Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Seven Buddhist figures, including the Buddha of Precious Light and the Buddha of Medicine, traveled south along the Grand Canal, transforming into various tribulations on Liu Qing's path as he journeyed through the dragon's lair, awaiting his arrival to overcome these trials.

Meanwhile, the other Buddhists were entangled by the Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, such as Chi Jingzi, and the Immortal Pilu, who tore open space between them to fight in the void, so as to prevent the battle between the powerful beings from affecting the human realm.

Mahasthamaprapta, the leader of the eight great bodhisattvas, tore through the space in front of him and said to Vairocana, "Since you have overestimated yourself and come to me, I will be waiting for you up ahead!"

Pilu Xian turned and glanced at Liu Qing, his expression solemn as he transmitted his voice: "At the crucial moment, you can use the sword intent that your teacher left you to kill the enemy!"

Having said that, Vairocana followed Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva and went into the void.

In the blink of an eye, the seven people left behind by Buddhism transformed into human beings to block the way, while the others paired up and fled into the void.

In the rain-soaked Grand Canal, only Liu Qing remained.

Liu Qing patted the token at his waist that represented the leader of the Jie Sect. The token seemed to sense something, and a faint sword intent began to move on it.

A sword intent left behind by Master Yu Yu Dao Ren.

As a fragment of a saint's soul, Yu Yu Dao Ren also possesses the perfect cultivation of the Great Luo Realm, but that's not the key point. The key point is that Yu Yu Dao Ren has a portion of the sword cultivation of the Tongtian Saint.

This sword intent carries a portion of the power of a saint.

If it is activated, looking across the Three Realms, no one, whether it be Dipankara Buddha, Tathagata Buddha, or Jade Emperor, can stop it.

The minor injuries result in serious harm, while the severe injuries result in death.

It is precisely because of this method that powerful beings like Tathagata, Dipankara, and Haotian, who are at the peak of the Great Luo Realm and half a step into the Primordial Dao Fruit, are so wary of it.

It was because of the sword intent token of Yu Yu Dao Ren, which contained some of the power of a Tongtian Saint, that Liu Qing dared to insist on taking the dragon path even though he knew there were great risks ahead.

It's simply because they have this sword intent as a backup!
With a deafening roar, Liu Qing plunged headfirst into the raging Grand Canal.

As before, he released several water golems to help him clear the silt and widen the river channel, and did not give up on doing good deeds because there were Buddhist-induced calamities waiting ahead.

The silt was gradually cleared away, the river channel was continuously widened and deepened, and the floodwaters along both banks poured into the Grand Canal, no longer ravaging the people and other living beings on both sides.

The merits accumulated are continuously increasing.

Liu Qing was also slowly but steadily widening the river channel and calming the flood while heading south.

One li, ten li, thirty li, fifty li, one hundred li
The river suddenly narrowed ahead, and a huge iron pillar, hundreds of feet high, stood in the middle. The raging flood was forcibly separated here, and then, due to the rapid rotation of the water, a huge whirlpool was formed, which occupied the entire surface of the Grand Canal.

The Six-Eared Macaque stood in the middle of the vortex, its eyes shooting out divine light as it looked at Liu Qing, who had come out of the vortex, and bared its fangs.

There are four monkeys in the world: the Spiritual Stone Monkey, the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey, the Long-Armed Ape, and the Six-Eared Macaque.

Among them, the Spiritual Stone Monkey is capable of transformation, understands the seasons, knows the terrain, and can move stars and change constellations; it is Sun Wukong. The Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey understands yin and yang, knows human affairs, is good at entering and leaving, and can avoid death and prolong life; some say this monkey is Wuzhiqi from ancient times.

The Long-Armed Ape can grasp the sun and moon, shrink mountains, discern good and bad fortune, and manipulate the universe. Legend has it that it is Yuan Hong from the time of the Investiture of the Gods.

The last of the four mischievous monkeys to be born was the Six-Eared Macaque.

The Six-Eared Macaque is skilled at listening, discerning reason, knowing the past and the future, and understanding all things. Like the other three monkeys, it does not belong to any of the ten categories and is not known by any of the two realms.

He had a face like a thunder god, with sunken cheeks, protruding fangs, and eyes that shone with divine light. He had three ears on each side of his head and stared fiercely at Liu Qing.

"Snake demon, I, Six Ears, am your calamity. If you wish to escape the dragon, then come!"

Liu Qing did not back down and plunged headfirst into the whirlpool of the torrent. When the Six-Eared Macaque saw Liu Qing enter, it suddenly roared and its body instantly grew to hundreds of feet in size. It reached out and grabbed the iron pillar that had stabilized the torrent and struck Liu Qing head-on.

This iron pillar that stabilized the torrent and formed a whirlpool was the weapon of the Six-Eared Macaque, the Iron Staff of Free Will.

The Iron Staff of the Willful Will crashed down with terrifying force, and the momentum it carried three zhang away from the staff parted the torrent.

Liu Qing glanced at it coldly, opened his mouth and spat out the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, which crashed into the Sui Xin Iron Rod Soldier. Then, he spat out the Qiankun Ruler, which followed behind the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone and slashed at the Six-Eared Macaque.

The Six-Eared Macaque was merely at the Undying Realm, with combat strength roughly equivalent to the early stage of the Great Luo Realm. Liu Qing, at this moment, possessed combat strength comparable to a Great Luo Realm cultivator even with a casual strike.

The Six-Eared Macaque's powerful attack was easily blocked by Liu Qing, whose Will-Free Iron Staff was knocked away by the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone: "Good snake demon, good magic weapon!"

The Six-Eared Macaque was shocked. Before he could process his shock, he saw Liu Qing's Universe Ruler, imbued with the power of a minor world, swiftly slash down.

The Six-Eared Macaque's expression changed drastically. He tried to use his Willful Iron Rod to defend himself, but it was too late, so he could only dodge in a panic.

Just as the Six-Eared Macaque dodged, he saw the distant swirling torrent shatter and explode with the power of the Qiankun Ruler.

The Six-Eared Macaque was terrified, shocked by the power of Liu Qing's spiritual treasures, and envious that Liu Qing had two innate high-grade spiritual treasures, each of which was stronger than the acquired mid-grade Sui Xin Iron Rod Soldier in his own hand.

Liu Qing felt no pressure at all against the Six-Eared Macaque. He had even suppressed Sun Wukong, let alone the Six-Eared Macaque, whose combat power was slightly weaker than Sun Wukong's.

Liu Qing had originally planned to finish the battle quickly.

Seeing the Six-Eared Macaque dodge, giving him no chance to catch his breath, Liu Qing opened his mouth and spewed out another breath. The Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, a superior-grade innate weapon, carrying boundless firepower, enveloped the Six-Eared Macaque. The Six-Eared Macaque was good at listening, so how could he not know the origin of the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover? Upon seeing Liu Qing take out this treasure, he was so frightened that he hurriedly jumped away to dodge.

The Six-Eared Macaque had long lost the confidence it had when it first arrived at the Grand Canal. Under the attack of Liu Qing's three consecutive high-grade innate spiritual treasures, it was terrified.

He originally intended to bring more trouble to Liu Qing, but now he tragically discovers that Liu Qing has become his own trouble.

He was filled with grief and indignation. How could Liu Qing have such good fortune to possess three innate top-grade spiritual treasures?

For an ordinary person, having even one such item would be a stroke of good fortune, but Liu Qing possessed three.

Before he could feel jealousy and fear for long, he saw Liu Qing open his mouth and spew out two beams of spiritual light. Within the light, a golden cymbal and a pouch appeared.

That bag was actually a high-grade acquired spiritual treasure, the Human Race Bag. The bag was opened and aimed at the Six-Eared Macaque, its terrifying suction power enveloping him.

The Six-Eared Macaque looked up and burst into tears. He had thought that Liu Qing's possession of three innate high-grade spiritual treasures was already an incredible stroke of luck.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qing took out two more items.

How can anyone live like this?

The Six-Eared Macaque hurriedly unleashed all his magical power to desperately resist the sucking force of the human seed bag. Unexpectedly, another innate high-grade spiritual treasure, the Golden Bell, suddenly split in two and crashed into the other half, producing a piercing sound.

The sound of the golden cymbals entered the ears of the Six-Eared Macaque, disturbing his mind and making his breathing unstable. Even his magical power was shaken and surged wildly.

The six-eared macaque could no longer maintain its balance and was slowly about to be swallowed up by the human-shaped bag.

The Six-Eared Macaque desperately threw out the "Following Heart Iron Rod" and crashed it into the human-shaped bag. Suddenly, three magical items flew over.

However, it was the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, the Qiankun Ruler, and the Nine Dragons Divine Fire that arrived.

Although the power of the fire dragons was limited by the heavy rain, the terrifying heat evaporated countless floods, turning them into mist that blotted out the sky.

The rising thick fog obscured the Six-Eared Macaque's vision. Before he could see what was happening, he heard a whooshing sound coming from both sides of his body.

Boom, boom—

The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone and the Qiankun Ruler struck the Six-Eared Macaque hard.

The Six-Eared Macaque spat out blood, already severely injured. Its wounded body could no longer withstand the suction of the Human Seed Bag. With a half-scream, it was sucked into the Human Seed Bag.

The Six-Eared Macaque was merely offering himself up for Liu Qing to crush. Liu Qing didn't linger and unleashed five high-grade spiritual treasures—four innate and one acquired—and suppressed the Six-Eared Macaque in just two rounds.

After the Human Seed Bag absorbed the Six-Eared Macaque, Liu Qing used the Human Seed Bag to release the Six-Eared Macaque and suppress it in the underground of the Lesser Thousand Worlds.

The "Sui Xin Tie Gan Bing" (a type of weapon) is kept as a collectible.

The moment Liu Qing overcame the tribulation of the dragon-man transformed from the Six-Eared Macaque, he felt his body suddenly change again.

First, the Azure Dragon's body swelled from 1,200 zhang to 1,500 zhang, and then the dragon blood within its body faintly tinged with gold.

Liu Qing was overjoyed. His dragon blood began to evolve, signifying that Liu Qing, having traveled the dragon path, was finally able to begin transforming into a dragon.

After the Six-Eared Macaque transformed into a dragon and the calamity was over, the section of the canal ahead was no longer an obstacle. Liu Qing then continued to widen the waterway and clear the silt.

He still released a few water puppets to help. These water puppets were one of Liu Qing's methods, not considered external force, so it was not considered a trick.

As the water puppet exerted its power, Liu Qing's true form, the Azure Dragon Walking the River, moved forward steadily, seemingly slowly, just like before.

One li, two li, ten li, one hundred li, one hundred and fifty li
As the dragon-walking ritual progressed, the Grand Canal was widened and deepened, the floods on both banks were quelled, and the lives of the people were saved. Little by little, good deeds followed.

【merit +2】

【merit +4】

[Merit +3].
From the northernmost entrance of the Haihe River in Zhuojun, the Grand Canal has traveled 500 li. Liu Qing has also widened the waterway for 500 li, quelled the floods on both banks for 500 li, and gained 500 points of merit.

After Liu Qing quelled the subsequent floods, the heavy rains gradually stopped, but continued to fall along both banks of the canal, thus the floods persisted.

Whether it was because of Liu Qing's dragon-walking adventure or because it was destined to rain heavily, heavy rain kept pouring down as Liu Qing traveled south along the Grand Canal.

After traversing the 500-mile section of the canal, they reached Zhuojun and continued south. Soon, Liu Qing, riding a dragon, arrived at a river.

The river appears calm, but beneath that calm surface, a blazing sun and a bright moon are eerily reflected.

The sun and moon interact, forming a yin-yang embrace.

Liu Qing's eyes turned cold. He knew that this seemingly calm river surface was once again fraught with danger. Looking at the sun and moon reflected in the water, he knew this calamity was caused by the Sunlight Bodhisattva and the Moonlight Bodhisattva, two of the eight great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism. (End of Chapter)