Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

With a light tap of his whip, Liu Qing sent the Five Finger Mountain, which had been hurled by the Five Finger Mountain God, flying away.

The mountain god of Wuzhi Mountain showed surprise in his eyes.

"What an amazing magical treasure!"

"What a magnificent image of a Buddha with two heads and four arms!"

The mountain god of Wuzhi Mountain blurted out, unable to contain his amazement. After the amazement subsided, his eyes became extremely solemn.

I was ordered by the Jade Emperor to stop Liu Qing from going west. I thought it would be an easy task, but now it seems that today I am likely to face more danger than good.

Despite the ominous premonition, the mountain god of Wuzhi Mountain showed no sign of backing down.

The Jade Emperor had been kind to him. When he was just a small mountain demon, the Jade Emperor favored him and nurtured and promoted him all the way, which led to his current status.

He was also entrusted by the Jade Emperor with the most important position of the Five Finger Mountain God in the Three Realms. Such a great favor could not be repaid except by death.

The mountain god of Wuzhi Mountain suddenly threw out Wuzhi Mountain and frantically poured in divine power, causing Wuzhi Mountain to suddenly grow several times larger, reaching a size of hundreds of miles in circumference.

The mountain god of Five Finger Mountain formed hand seals and manipulated Five Finger Mountain to smash downwards with all his might. Instantly, Five Finger Mountain, which had grown several times larger, crashed down on Liu Qing with a thunderous sound.

As the Five Finger Mountain crashed down due to inertia, there was no need to distract him from controlling it. The Mountain God of the Five Finger Mountain then recalled the Mountain-Splitting Axe, held it in his hand, and with a single step, arrived in front of Liu Qing and slashed at him.

The axe sliced ​​through space, swinging wildly at Liu Qing, one blow after another. The axe also used its essence, energy, and spirit to disrupt Liu Qing's vision, rather than defending its physical body.

The mountain god of Wuzhi Mountain seemed to have gone mad, no longer defending itself, but only attacking relentlessly.

He was trying to entangle Liu Qing in this way, preventing her from escaping from the rapidly falling Five Finger Mountain.

He knew that when the Five Finger Mountain crashed down, he too would be crushed into dust, but for the sake of the Jade Emperor's decree, he was fearless even if it meant sacrificing his own life.

The Five Finger Mountain crashed down with a terrifying rumbling sound, creating a powerful wind pressure that stung the skin.

A ruthless glint flashed in the eyes of the Five Finger Mountain God. He threw an axe and, taking advantage of Liu Qing's parry, suddenly roared and pounced, locking Liu Qing's body tightly with his hands and feet.

He wanted to take Liu Qing with him to death, just to repay the kindness of the Jade Emperor.

Faced with the madness of the Five Finger Mountain God, Liu Qing was not afraid at all, but he was annoyed by the entanglement: "Since you want to die so badly, then I, your master, will grant your wish!"

"This mere Five Finger Mountain can only keep that monkey in check, but it can't keep me in check!"

Liu Qing stopped teasing him and became slightly more serious. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the falling Five Finger Mountain had already reached his head.

In the next instant, they would be crushed to pieces.

Liu Qing looked at the Five Finger Mountain God who was tightly holding him with a mocking expression, then suddenly transformed into a wisp of breeze, breaking free from the Five Finger Mountain God's hold and escaping the range of the falling Five Finger Mountain.

boom--

The Five Finger Mountain crashed down with a tremendous sound, smashing protruding rocks into powder and crushing low shrubs and wild grasses into green sap.

The huge pit left behind when Wuzhishan was pulled out has completely disappeared and has even expanded considerably.

The entire Wuzhi Mountain, carrying the momentum of its fall, slammed half of its body into the earth.

Liu Qing revealed his true form, blew out a gust of demonic wind, dispersing the dust and smoke that had been stirred up, and looked over.

A phantom spirit, filled with resentment and frustration, flew out from under the Five Finger Mountain, pointing at Liu Qing and cursing incessantly.

He originally intended to take Liu Qing with him to death, but he was no match for Liu Qing's methods. His own body was reduced to dust, while Liu Qing remained unharmed.

Liu Qing smiled coldly, shook the Yin Jade Spirit Banner, and instantly blood-like soul threads rapidly extended from within the banner, binding the soul of the Five Finger Mountain God and pulling it into the banner surface, forcibly erasing its consciousness.

Taking advantage of this opening, Liu Qing waved his hand and unleashed a burst of divine power, lifting up the Five Finger Mountain and drawing it into his own Power Cave Heaven.

Wuzhi Mountain is formed from one of the palms of the Buddha's golden body. Whether for refining weapons or for enhancing the power of a grotto-heaven, it is an invaluable treasure.

After the Five Finger Mountain was taken away, a large pit appeared in its place. Liu Qing scanned it with his divine sense and found the Mountain-Opening Axe, a spiritual treasure dropped by the Mountain God, and then absorbed it into the Power Cave Heaven.

The mountain god was smashed, and his flesh turned into a pool of blood and mud. Liu Qing didn't waste it. After all, it was flesh and blood from the Three Flowers Realm. Even if it turned into blood and mud, it couldn't be wasted. He took it and buried it under the Blood Peach Tree to replenish its nutrients.

After the consciousness of the Five Finger Mountain God was erased and his body and soul were destroyed, his authority and Dharma realm emerged. Liu Qing entered the scroll with his divine sense and transferred all the contents inside to his own Authority Cave Heaven.

After completing the series of procedures, including killing, looting the corpse, and collecting the puppet, Liu Qing continued to follow the guidance of the scent-smelling insect and flew northwest.

After flying northwest for five or six hundred miles, Liu Qing suddenly felt a surge of malevolent energy rising from below, blocking his path.

Liu Qing stopped and used his Yin-Yang Divine Power to look down.

Then they saw a sheer cliff below, situated between two mountain peaks, with a mountain stream running through it. The stream was filled with surging black water, its waves reaching hundreds of feet high.

That foul aura emanated from the black waters of this mountain stream. Liu Qing's heart stirred, recalling the Journey to the West he had read in his previous life, and he knew that this black water stream was Eagle's Sorrow Stream.

The dwelling place of Ao Run, son of the West Sea Dragon King, and the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon.

On his wedding night, he caught his bride, Princess Wansheng, having an affair with the Nine-Headed Insect. Enraged, he fought them and, during the battle, set fire to the palace's pearl.

This pearl was the inner core of the dragon pearl, symbolizing the succession to the throne of the West Sea Dragon Palace. Afterwards, it was reported to the Heavenly Court by its father, the West Sea Dragon King Ao Run, for the crime of disobedience, and it almost got executed.

Later, Guanyin of the South Sea intervened at the opportune moment and pleaded for his pardon. He was then punished by being confined to Eagle's Sorrow Gorge to await the arrival of the pilgrims.

From the above, one can see the deep-seated scheming and plotting behind Liu Qing's actions.

Even though the Nine-Headed Insect was a great sage of the demon race with superb skills and abilities, he dared not have an affair with the West Sea Dragon King's daughter-in-law under the very nose of the Dragon King.

The Third Prince of Jade Dragon was enraged by being cuckolded and unintentionally set fire to the place, but his own father accused him of disobedience and brought him to the Heavenly Court.

It is said that the Dragon Pearl, which symbolizes the succession to the throne in the West Sea Dragon Palace, could actually be destroyed by fire.

Furthermore, when his son was cuckolded, instead of confronting the Nine-Headed Insect and Princess Wansheng, the father accused his son of disobedience.
This is so unbelievable, it's absolutely jaw-dropping.

At the time, Liu Qing was young and only focused on watching the monkeys, so he couldn't think of anything else. But now, looking back, he can smell a strong scent of conspiracy and scheming.

It was nothing more than the Dragon King of the West Sea, who, having lost face, wanted to send his son into the pilgrimage team, firstly to secure a future for his son, and secondly to deepen the connection between his West Sea and Buddhism.

In this matter, the West Sea Dragon Palace represented the Four Seas Dragon Palaces and extended goodwill to Buddhism on behalf of the West Sea Dragon Palace, secretly communicating with it.

The reason is simple: the Heavenly Court is very wary of the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas, and often finds a pretext to punish them, such as the Jing River Dragon King and the Wei River Dragon King who were killed in the past.

The Dragon Palace of the West Sea had had enough of living in constant fear and anxiety, so they started to flirt with Buddhism and secretly communicate with it, hoping to curry favor with Buddhism so that the Heavenly Court wouldn't have to slaughter a dragon for a feast every now and then.

Liu Qing didn't care about the matter between the Four Seas Dragon Palace and Buddhism; it was simply a matter of one side needing to expand its power and the other needing to survive.

What Liu Qing was concerned about was whether the Jade Dragon Third Prince was still in Eagle Sorrow Gorge below.

The presence of the Jade Dragon Prince indicates that the pilgrimage team has not yet arrived. If he were not present, Liu Qing would need to speed up and catch up with the westward journey.

Liu Qing had a premonition that the pilgrimage team must not be allowed to reunite, otherwise the journey to the West, which was initiated prematurely by Buddhism and the Heavenly Court, would be unstoppable.

Liu Qing descended from the clouds, hovering above Eagle Sorrow Gorge. He stretched out his palm and flipped it, unleashing his great supernatural power to overturn rivers and seas.

The next instant, accompanied by the rumbling sound of water, the entire Eagle's Sorrow Gorge turned upside down: "Is that the Third Prince of Jade Dragon below? I am Liu Qing, son-in-law of the East Sea, come out and meet me at once."

Liu Qing shouted loudly, his voice echoing throughout the Yingchoujian River, but after waiting for a long time, no one responded.

Liu Qing's eyes turned cold. He unleashed his divine powers of Severing Rivers, Overturning Seas, and Dividing Streams, combined with the Great Divine Power of Overturning Rivers and Seas, to cut the entire Yingchou Ravine into strands, and then carefully scanned it with his divine sense.

Even though he was the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon, with a deep background and the inheritance of the true dragon, capable of changing size at will, he could not escape Liu Qing's meticulous search.

Sure enough, the person hiding in the Eagle Sorrow Stream could no longer remain hidden.

With several sharp whistles, five figures flew out of the river one after another.

The five figures surrounded Liu Qing, their Buddhist light surging, each wielding a spiritual treasure, and all exuding a fierce aura.

“The snake demon is very cautious. We have laid a trap in Eagle Sorrow Gorge. We will catch you and kill you as soon as you enter the water.”

"But you failed at the last minute. You're lucky!"

Liu Qing chuckled, and as he flew in the sky, he vaguely sensed a hostile aura, clearly indicating that it was trying to stop him from going west.

If Liu Qing still doesn't realize that someone is targeting him, then he's incredibly stupid.

However, while I had guessed it might be the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon, judging from the appearance of the five people lying in ambush, it is not him.

These five people were surrounded by Buddhist light, clearly Buddhists. The first person had a golden head and held a vajra sword; the second person had a silver head and held a vajra pestle; the third person had a bronze head and held two hammers; the fourth person held a steel whip and was pitch black, like cast iron; and the fifth person held two maces and looked the most ferocious.

A thought struck Liu Qing, and upon seeing the five people's appearance, he guessed their origins.

It turns out that it is one of the Five Directions Protector Gods of Buddhism, a powerful guardian deity.

No wonder I didn't see the five of them in front of Wuzhi Mountain, only the mountain god of Wuzhi Mountain. It turns out that the five of them were waiting for me here.

The aura emanating from the Five Directions Protectors at this moment indicates that their cultivation level is all at the Divine Realm.

This was Liu Qing's first time facing an enemy at the Divine Realm level. Instead of feeling fear, he was somewhat excited.

Having broken through to the Five Qi Realm and nearly perfected it in a short time, his cultivation and strength have increased several times over. He urgently needs to prove his strength in battle, and the arrival of the Five Directions Exorcists is just in time.

"Snake demon, you are merely at the Fifth Qi Realm, no match for the five of us. Quickly kneel down and beg for mercy, and convert to Buddhism!" (End of Chapter)