Journey to the West: The roadblock!

Chapter 115 Encountering the Blackwater River (Part 1)
Meanwhile, Ao Tu was refining the Demon Emperor's essence blood.

The demon emperor's essence blood fell into Ao Tu's body. It was like a great sun rising in the east. When the sun rises, there is light. When the light is born, it melts. When it melts, all the meridians are relaxed. When all the meridians are relaxed, the essence and energy are abundant. When the essence and energy are abundant, life is strong. Thus, the root is perfected, and the fire seed and golden lotus are without leakage or flaw.

Compared to the previous two times, the process of refining the Demon Emperor's blood essence was unexpectedly easy this time.

Although the power brought by the Demon Emperor's essence blood is largely incompatible with the essence blood of the Ancestral Witch and the Ancestral Dragon, the position of the Demon Emperor's essence blood in Ao Tu's body is different from the former two.

In the first two instances, the essence of the Ancestral Dragon changed Ao Tu's dragon scales and bones, while the essence of the Ancestral Witch strengthened Ao Tu's flesh and blood.

Both involve enhancing the physical body, and they are in serious conflict with each other.

The essence blood of the Demon Emperor is different.

There are three treasures in spiritual practice: essence, qi, and spirit.

Both the essence of the Ancestral Dragon and the essence of the Ancestral Witch belong to the category of "essence".

However, the essence and blood of the Demon Emperor correspond to Qi.

A great sun was born within Ao Tu's body. It was not a real sun, but rather a condensation of pure magical power, imprinted with the innate laws brought by the Demon Emperor's essence blood, and golden runes shimmered within it.

Ao Tu never imagined that magical power could contain innate laws.

This kind of change is unattainable.

Nowadays, Ao Tu's spirit is lacking only in "spirit".

I don't know how to complete it.

However, Ao Tu's body has not yet become unbalanced, so there is no urgent need to enhance his soul.

In addition to these, the power of that law, independent of other laws and like chaos, has increased again.

Who would have thought that the essence blood of the Ancestral Dragon, the essence blood of the Ancestral Witch, and the essence blood of the Demon Emperor—three completely different essence bloods—would come together to possess the same primordial power?

Ao Tu still dared not delve deeper into comprehending this power.

However, he already had some understanding of this force.

Because the Blood Sea King and he were originally one. After the Blood Sea King died, his essence returned to Ao Tu's body, and Ao Tu naturally understood everything, including his understanding of that axe blow.

Even someone who doesn't know how to use a sword can become a master swordsman after fighting with a sword a hundred times on the battlefield.

The same applies to supernatural powers.

It's a pity that using that move is too taxing; otherwise, if Ao Tu used it a few times each time he faced difficulties, he could quickly master it.

Composing himself, Ao Tu opened his eyes.

Two golden rays flashed past.

After absorbing the Demon Emperor's essence blood, Ao Tu's appearance did not change much, except that his golden eyes became brighter and brighter, and he also gained some inexplicable aura.

Ao Tu did not notice this imposing aura at first.

However, when Mingniang and Baigujing saw Aotu at night, their bodies involuntarily felt submissive.

The changes in the two caught Ao Tu's attention.

Ao Tu guessed that this might be some kind of bloodline suppression.

Mingniang brought over a basin of medicinal soup to bathe Ao Tu's feet. As she reached out to massage Ao Tu's feet, a dreamy look involuntarily appeared in her eyes the moment she touched his body.

Mingniang said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, your feet are so hot..."

Ao Tu said, "Yes, my cultivation has made some progress recently."

At the same time, the White Bone Demon was massaging Ao Tu's shoulders. She felt the same way as Ming Niang, but she was trying her best to restrain herself.

Mingniang, however, could hardly restrain herself.

Her hands climbed up between Ao Tu's legs.

Ao Tu kicked him away and said:

“If you have nothing to do, go to the riverbank and give the people a dream.”

Mingniang regained consciousness and replied with her head down, "Yes."

Beside the Blackwater River, in a village, the villagers dreamed of the river god again.

In the people's dreams, the river god emerged from the water, his appearance unclear. The river god told them that a divine monk would soon pass by and build a great bridge.

The next day, the people woke up and began to work in twos and threes. Occasionally, someone would talk about it, but no one was too surprised.

The river god's dream visits have been going on for more than half a year, with the river god appearing in dreams every few days, and the people have become accustomed to it.

As for building a bridge over the Blackwater River, the people didn't have high expectations.

Most people only knew how to bury themselves in farming, working from sunrise to sunset every day, thinking most about how to pay the king's taxes, rather than crossing this river that was more than sixty miles long.

As time went on, news of the river god appearing in dreams inevitably spread from both banks to the outside world.

On this day, an official came to the village by the river.

The news of the river god appearing in a dream had been circulating for a long time. The officials initially did not want to pay attention to it, thinking it was just ignorant people spreading rumors. However, the news continued to circulate for more than half a year without stopping. In particular, it was spread to the royal city by some merchants, which alarmed His Majesty the King. Therefore, the officials were ordered to investigate the truth of the matter.

Upon arriving at the villages along the river, the officials did not dismount from their sedan chairs, but the people all knelt down to pay their respects.

The official inquired about the dream from the river god.

The people all speak the truth.

Seeing this, the official ordered his men to separate the people and question them. As a result, the people, from fifty-year-old elders to ten-year-old children, all said the same thing.

The official was somewhat alarmed and ordered his men to find a family to stay at, intending to verify the authenticity of the document himself.

On the other side, in the Blackwater River.

As the two tiger cubs watched the officials move into the village, they sank to the bottom of the water and rushed to report to Ao Tu.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The officials have arrived!"

Ao Tu laughed, "We've finally arrived. What's this country called again?"

Tiger Brother said, "Your Majesty, this place is called Huoluo Kingdom."

Ao Tu nodded and said, "Summon that old river god."

The two tiger cubs went down to call for help.

On Ao Tu's side, he used the "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones" technique to create an incarnation of a river god, dressed in a divine robe, with two dragon horns on his head and a slightly gloomy face.

Soon, the two little tigers summoned the river god of the Blackwater River.

Ao Tu said, "Lend me the seal of the Blackwater River God."

The river god of the Blackwater River was shocked upon hearing this, thinking that Ao Tu was going to steal the divine seal.

He was unwilling to lend it.

Ao Tu didn't care whether he wanted to or not, and with a wave of his hand, he snatched the divine seal away.

The river god of the Blackwater River knelt down and pleaded, "Your Majesty, you cannot take away this divine seal!"

Ao Tu said, "Who took yours? I just borrowed it. You'll benefit from it in the future."

Ao Tu handed the divine seal to the river god's avatar and said to the Blackwater River god, "From now on, he will be the river god, understand?"

The river god of the Blackwater River was extremely unwilling, but the situation was beyond his control, so he had no choice but to obey, saying, "Yes..."

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The Records of Huoluo Kingdom: Huoluo Kingdom stretches along both banks of the Blackwater River, extending over 600 li from east to west and over 100 li from north to south. Its customs and traditions are similar to those of Wuji Kingdom, with only minor differences in language.

The goods were shipped from Luoguo to the west, which was more than 800 li away, and arrived at Chechiguo.

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As night fell, the official stayed up late at the farmer's house.

This place is near the riverbank, damp and humid, with many mosquitoes; it really doesn't seem like a place for people to live.

The official didn't feel sleepy until the early hours of the morning and finally managed to lie down.

In a daze, amidst the drifting steam, a figure walked over.

The official looked on in confusion and saw that the figure had two strange horns on its head. He immediately exclaimed in terror, "Monster! Monster!"

Ao Tu said, "I am not a monster, I am the Dragon King of this Blackwater River."

(End of this chapter)