Chapter 1015: Key Seed, Land of Creation

Liang Qu left Ling Xuan and the others underwater to reason with and appeal to the emotions of the Snow Mountain Lu Wang, successfully drawing them into the Imperial Court's ranks.

On the ice field.

Liang Qu communicated with the Ze Ding, his pupils dilating with immense excitement.

A stockpile of eight hundred thousand!

Once exchanged, that would be nearly forty points of fusion!

It was all pearls and shells. In the past, near Fengbu County, he had to cajole, deceive, and rack his brains just to get a clam pearl from an old giant clam, yielding at most a few thousand essence.

Today, he only needed to tap it with his spear-tip, and they would obediently offer them up.

To this day, his fist had grown ever larger; the feeling of finishing a job and leaving without needing to use his brain was truly refreshing!

With twenty more, and forty thousand essence, the Water King Ape could become the Water Ape Great Sage!

As it happened, there were two huge sources of income this year: the fish taxes from the Jiaoren and Long Ren tribes!

Especially the Long Ren tribe!

Jiaoren tears were worth at most eighty or ninety thousand, but the Long Ren tribe supported him with all their might, giving the lion's share to Liang Qu—thousands of lotus seeds every year, a guaranteed minimum of over one hundred thousand. If he then went to the Toads and the Sea Fangzhu to demand some, and stirred things up at General Yuan's place...

"I'll return to Pingyang in a few days!"

Liang Qu clenched his fist. He intended to tie up the loose ends and return to Pingyang Prefecture to break through.

Ascending to the Perfected Form Realm, his cultivation began to take on a sense of "seclusion." Entering a quiet room for ten days or half a month was perfectly normal.

Hantai Prefecture lacked a sense of security; it was far less comfortable than his old home.

He tallied his gains.

Ling Xuan and the others moved quickly, following him ashore a quarter of an hour later.

"Did Lu Wang agree?"

Ling Xuan nodded. "He agreed to go with us to the locations of other hidden stakes for further observation. If it proves true, he will join us."

"When are we going to the Hidden Cave?" Liang Qu, having tasted success, rubbed his hands together.

"Liang my lord, please be patient. Every time we pull out a stake, we restrain our activities to observe the Snow Mountain's reaction."

"Fine. If you run into someone you can't beat, find me."

"Understood."

Liang Qu liked Ling Xuan very much.

Last time, when the hedgehog proposed "advancing by retreating," Ling Xuan had helped out, directly allowing Bai Mingzhe to smooth over the internal resistance within the Bai family, sending over Moon Spring Water and earning him quite a few extra things.

This feeling of having someone arrange and help was very worry-free.

Ling Xuan was equally pleased.

They had actually mastered the Snow Mountain Lu Wang stake a year ago, but on one hand, it was sensitive, and on the other, this guy was too tough. Without absolute certainty of strength, they had kept dragging it out.

Moreover, Liang Qu seemed to have functions that overlapped with Jian Zhongyi; bringing Liang Qu along had instantly increased the functionality and upper limit of their entire team!

Each took what they needed.

As for Jian Zhongyi.

After today's contact, under the supervision of Ling Xuan and the others, the opponent was behaving honestly.

No need to rush.

Hantai Prefecture.

A gyrfalcon glided out, crossing more than half of the vast Blue Lake, and landed on the shoulder of the "Northern Frontier Eagle" Balstai.

"my lord, any gains today?"

"He's not there. After burning the Moon Spring, he shouldn't have returned, but is instead on the Blue Lake."

Balstai shook his head.

His "gyrfalcon" was condensed from heart fire supplemented by secret arts, and its search method was completely different from other eagles. Strong individuals were like the sun, moon, and stars before its eyes, vast and bright, while the weak were like sand in the desert, completely unremarkable.

A person's name, a tree's shadow.

Liang Qu had defeated Haruhan of the Naiman tribe, and his reputation in the Northern Court was not small.

On this trip, he had heard that the opponent had killed Bai Chenfeng and Bai Chenhonglang; he was at least of the Bright Moon tier.

Over several days, the sun, moon, and stars of the entire Hantai Prefecture were accounted for, so he guessed he should be on the Blue Lake.

Balstai knew of the Zhang Longxiang affair and never dared to be careless.

When the population is large, you get all sorts of people.

The Central Plains was a wealthy land; the same amount of land could accommodate several times, even dozens of times, the population of the Northern Court, and the geniuses produced were also countless.

If one genius appeared in every hundred thousand people, then the Great Shun would have one in every town, and by the time you reached a prefecture, and then a province, they were truly countless.

Although there were individual differences, Balstai believed that in terms of the collective, the size of the population was the key to a nation's strength. As long as they maintained a basic security environment and stable living, if the Northern Court wanted to surpass the Great Shun, they could only wait for the right timing.

If it weren't for the difference in realms, and the fact that he couldn't easily leave the border and provide the Great Shun with an opportunity, Balstai would have even considered calling another "Eight Beasts," or at the very least, one of the "Twelve Wolves."

Inside the quiet room.

Long Eying digested the snail pearls and Ice Soul Pearls, cold mist drifting around her like ribbons.

Liang Qu called the Little Xiao Shenlong into the study.

"Boss, Boss! Are we going to the Xiandao? I've already stocked up!" The Little Xiao Shenlong patted its belly. "But the mirage energy hasn't been fully digested yet, so it might not be until autumn."

"It's fine, let's go to the Xiandao first."

Last time, the Little Xiao Shenlong had swallowed all the mirage energy and spat out a Yin-Yang Five Elements Seed, which required one million Water-Zeal Essence to evolve into a Yin-Yang Five Elements Disk, which had truly frightened Liang Qu. Now, ten days had flashed by, and he was prepared to go ask the "original."

One million was too much.

Without figuring it out, Liang Qu didn't dare use it at all.

"Alright!"

White mist sprayed out, and his whole body felt light and airy.

Opening his eyes again.

The magnificent Dragon Palace in the clouds appeared before his eyes.

Liang Qu took the 【Yin-Yang Five Elements Seed】 out of his pocket and shouted to the white mist on the ceiling.

"Senior, what is this? Last time, after the Third Prince swallowed the mirage energy, he spat it out."

After a long while.

A voice that seemed to ring from the horizon, hollow and distant, came out.

"Yin-Yang Five Elements Seed."

That didn't say much.

"This junior's knowledge is shallow; I do not know what use this Yin-Yang Five Elements Seed has?" Liang Qu had wanted to say he knew the name and had specifically looked it up, but then he thought, this name was told to him by the Ze Ding, and he shouldn't show it.

The white mist on the ceiling churned, and hollow eyes faintly appeared again.

"Key seed."

"Key seed?" Liang Qu was stunned.

The white mist pondered for a while: "I felt the aura of a position fruit. Where are you?"

"Blue Lake, Qiongji Jiacuo, the upper reaches of the Huai River, Drought Demon position fruit." Liang Qu was concise. "It has not yet appeared in the world. This junior is acting under the Imperial Court's orders to stop it."

"Do you want it?"

"If it appears in the world, yes."

"The Drought Demon requires massive amounts of baleful energy to be drawn out. What if it doesn't appear?"

"It proves the Great Snow Mountain is stupid and the Great Shun's ability to handle things is strong; that is also a good thing."

When the Great Snow Mountain set it up initially, they must have left a margin. Don't look at how Ling Xuan had been working hard for three years; in fact, he hadn't completely destroyed the Snow Mountain's plan.

The Imperial Court had two plans and was grasping both.

It was best if it didn't appear, but if it did, they would control the intensity as much as possible and snatch the small position fruit.

Sending it to the Southern Frontier to subdue the pseudo-dragon would also be a good solution, ensuring the greatest degree of benefit.

"There is a way to have the best of both worlds."

"Best of both worlds?" Liang Qu was stunned. "Xiao Shenlong my lord, what does this mean?"

"The Yin-Yang Five Elements Seed, upgraded to a Yin-Yang Five Elements Disk, then guide a stream of baleful energy out, and the Drought Demon will appear on its own."

"This junior does not understand, where does this baleful energy come from?"

Liang Qu scratched his head. This tiny seed contained massive amounts of baleful energy?

The white mist was silent for a long time.

"Great Li Dynasty."

Clouds drifted and mist swirled, and it was deathly silent.

After a long while.

"Grass!"

Liang Qu's mouth was dry and his tongue was parched; he suddenly understood what kind of key this thing was.