Chapter 1133: Borrowing a Chicken to Lay Eggs (6k2, Mid-Monthly Plea for Monthly Votes)

The brilliance of the Marsh Cauldron faded and scattered within the sea of consciousness.

"I don't know how many divine abilities the Grand Master and the Ascended King of Yue have cultivated up to now."

Liang Qu's spirits were lifted.

He knew few flood dragons, and naturally the ones he was closest to were the old monk and the King of Yue.

Bai Yuan's divine abilities surged to five, and combined with Liang Qu's own three, the total number of divine abilities reached an unprecedented eight.

Even for a flood dragon martial saint, cultivating through branching from the Art of Creation, just in terms of numbers, would require many years of cultivation!

The old monk and the King of Yue are both new martial saints; in terms of numbers, they may not necessarily have more than him.

Moreover.

The essence of the Art of Creation is the divine ability at the stage of Entering Zhen Xiang, the divine ability seed from the time of Hunting Tigers, already having a foundation; the divine abilities cultivated upon this foundation ultimately bear one's own shadow, wrapped in the base tone, and it is impossible to cultivate divine abilities that are utterly unrelated, or rather, the difficulty is extremely high.

Only melons can grow on a melon vine.

Take the 【Dragon Tiger Golden Body】 for example; if one ascends to flood dragon, transforming the Entering Zhen Xiang divine ability into the Art of Creation, it can easily derive the divine ability 【Point Earth to Become Steel】, one internal and one external, and further develop into 【Seal Heaven, Lock Earth】; here, the old monk can perform spatial sealing, restricting Liang Qu's use of 【Water Travels a Thousand Li】, and similar spatial traversal.

Aside from single cultivation, the Art of Creation can combine cultivation; for example, 【Dragon Tiger Golden Body】 and 【Chuanzhu Zhan Jiao】, since Chuanzhu Zhan Jiao itself has the attribute of cutting space, combining development, 【Seal Heaven, Lock Earth】 will be easier than the pure 【Dragon Tiger Golden Body】.

However.

Where there is a spear, there is a shield.

Naturally, someone can study a spear to counter a shield that can 【Seal Heaven, Lock Earth】; Liang Qu can well study the nature of 【Chuanzhu Zhan Jiao】 to break 【Seal Heaven, Lock Earth】.

This is also why, within the Blood River Realm, Liang Qu wants to fight the Cold Cicada Wu Sheng.

Martial saints who have lived too long have myriad tricks; no one knows what they will produce, and many of their methods may fail.

The current Liang Qu is different.

His divine ability library is ever more abundant.

【Water Travels a Thousand Li】, 【Deep Sea Prison】, 【Vortex Palace】, 【Heaven-Supporting Pillar】, 【Water Dragon Pierces Clouds】—each one counts, with extremely low relevance.

Ordinary martial saints cultivating in this leapfrog manner would consume vast amounts of time, energy, and resources!

Forcefully constructing opposing divine abilities, even sixty years or a hundred years may not yield a single one.

"Speaking of which, Refined Refined Ze Ling at forty percent, without transforming into the Art of Creation, is it because of the main body?"

Liang Qu pondered silently.

Suppressing the urge to try 【Water Dragon Pierces Clouds】, he launched an intercontinental divine ability, feeling the heat flow of Refined Refined Ze Ling's nourishment on his soul, constantly growing, continuously elevating and flourishing.

Fusion, flourishing.

With one vigorous effort.

【Absorbing Dragon Seed Qi, Three Strands】

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Consuming six strands of Dragon Seed Qi can generate one Yinglong pattern.】

【Dragon Seed Qi: Eight】

Eight > Six!

Today's enhancement is complete.

A thought stirred.

【Dragon Seed Qi: Two】

The Marsh Cauldron flashed with brilliance.

Six strands of golden-yellow qi rushed out from the Marsh Cauldron, intertwining and constructing a yellow dragon raising its head.

At the fifth flourishing, Liang Qu had seen this scene before; as the Dragon Seed Qi increased, the yellow dragon became ever more lifelike.

In an instant.

Heat rose along the spine, the body like light smoke!

The field of vision suddenly shifted, day and night inverted.

Towering mountains, lofty pines, clouds and mist rolling and flowing.

From daytime to nighttime, from the deep sea to towering mountains, passing through mountain rivers and streams, the great marsh wilderness.

Consciousness rose without limit.

Within the cabin, above the soul.

The half-fish, half-snake blue-gray was covered with a layer of hazy yellow light; Liang Qu's 【Fisherwoman】 body elongated again, and the snake tail of his lower body actually grew some hair, transforming into a flood dragon tail!

The jagged bones likewise began to become rounded and smooth.

The originally ugly monster fish truly became mighty! Born with a hint of dragon appearance!

……

Blood River Realm.

The Heavenly River surged forward endlessly, never to return, nourishing the earth.

Shen Zhongliang brought along Lao Yingtian's sister Lao Mengyao, silently waiting outside the town of the Heavenly Fire Sect for a long time, counting the days as they passed one by one, growing increasingly anxious and restless.

The River God Giant Fish told him to set out in five days; the journey to the Heavenly Fire Sect is distant, the River God can arrive in half a day, but he needs to run for several days, arriving at the Heavenly Fire Sect just in time for ten days; up to now it has been another five days, totaling about half a month.

"Could it be that the River God Giant Fish is delayed in the sect investigating a case? And even uncovered a major case?"

Shen Zhongliang grew more fearful the more he thought, his mind wandering all day, and he actually became visibly emaciated.

Lao Mengyao was quite impatient.

In all matters, one speaks of securing the gain.

She withdrew from the Jade Dew Pavilion to join the Heavenly Fire Sect, not to come out as a free person; the later she becomes a disciple of the Heavenly Fire Sect, the more she worries about unexpected incidents.

Elder Yu is a dignified second-rank elder; if he truly regrets it, what can a weak woman like her do?

By then, the Jade Dew Pavilion would not take her back, and the Heavenly Fire Sect would not want her either.

The two of them unconsciously grew gaunt.

Finally.

By the twentieth day, people were almost worried sick, nearing a month.

Liang Qu returned to the netherworld, rushing hastily to the agreed-upon place.

"River God, Great Fish!"

Shen Zhongliang approached with a trembling heart, startled by Liang Qu's appearance, couldn't help rubbing his eyes, confirming he wasn't seeing things.

At the moment the River God appeared

in an instant, it split into three in his field of vision, as if three strange fish were coming at once, but upon closer look, they merged back into one, with no trace of three, yet it could transform into a single, even stranger form—clearly the River God fish was before him, yet he couldn't grasp or touch it, like a mass of clear气, causing dizziness.

This dizziness wasn't the most striking; what was more striking was the appearance!

Previously, the River God was half-fish, half-snake, the front half like a catfish whisker, the back half a sickly snake; now the front half had become carp-like, the back half……a flood dragon tail?

Still very incongruous, very strange.

At least it looked much better than the initial monster form, somewhat resembling a divine beast.

The sect master is becoming increasingly formidable!

"【Dragon's roar, tiger's howl, phoenix soaring, crane flying—the bearing of a true man】." Shen Zhongliang lifted his spirits, repeatedly flattering, "Half a month without seeing you, River God Great Fish has become even more formidable—must be due to cultivation progress, truly unparalleled in the world!"

"Elder Fish!" Lao Mengyao looked full of anticipation.

"I gained something, delayed a moment; we'll exchange pleasantries later. Shen Elder, wait outside for a while. Mengyao, come with me to the Tianhuo Sect." Liang Qu gestured with his fin toward Lao Mengyao.

Lao Mengyao's heart blossomed with joy.

Here it comes, here it comes!

Tianhuo Sect, Tianhuo Dream, Tianhuo are all people above others!

Only saw Liang Qu flick his fin—suddenly a clear wind swept all around; Lao Mengyao only felt her whole body lifted, sinking into a mass of soft cotton, and in a blink, she had already landed.

"We've arrived."

Arrived?

Lao Mengyao opened her eyes in disbelief—lofty immortal island, grand sect aura, towering and unreachable, exactly the legendary Tianhuo Sect!

How could this be?

They were in the town outside the Tianhuo Sect, the Tianhuo Sect lies on the Tongtian River, at least a hundred li from here!

Seeing the River God bring Lao Mengyao and suddenly vanish, heading to report to her longed-for Tianhuo Sect, Shen Zhongliang let out a deep breath.

The River God still called him Shen Elder!

Given the change in physique, it's probably truly an accident.

"I frightened myself."

……

Ze Ding poured down radiance.

【Pattern-born Yinglong, wandering the six voids, level: six】

【Wandering the six voids, drawing tail to paint the river, guarding the heavenly gate, holding the earth's axis, wandering endlessly.】

【Yinglong's favor: shared river blessings 3, rule 0.2.】

【Ding Master: Liang Qu】

【Refining Refined Refined Ze Ling: Water Monkey Great Sage (Orange) (Fusion degree: 50%)】

【Refined Refined Ze Ling's favor: Martial Dao Communion with Gods Fifth Level (River Lord Emperor); Yinglong Pattern Sixth Layer; Tian Wu Yu Pattern Second Layer】

【Innate Skill: ……】

【Innate Divine Ability: Water Travels a Thousand Miles, Deep Sea Prison, Vortex Palace, Holding Up Heaven, Water Dragon Piercing Clouds】

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River Rule Degree: 0.5 (Blessing Degree: 28.278)】

【Ze Essence: 90,090】

【Dew Seed: One】

【Dragon Seed Aura: Two】

【Heaven-Earth Long Qi: Two】

Time was too tight; after Liang Qu's promotion in the yang world was complete, he rushed back to the netherworld without stopping, having no time to experience

a complete renewal.

Yinglong's favor became the sixth layer, rule degree increased by another 0.1, blessing degree likewise increased.

It seems due to the death of the true body, it caused no anomaly in the Jianghuai, no leakage of blessing aura.

The changes in rule degree and blessing degree are natural, needing no further words.

The greatest change in the sixth layer's favor is the enhancement of the third divine ability—range unchanged, still ten zhang, thirty meters, but whether weakening or strengthening, it has become much more pronounced, jumping from twenty to thirty percent to forty to fifty percent!

Especially when moving with the wind.

"Like opening a door."

Liang Qu recalled his previous feeling.

From the Tianhuo Sect town to the Tianhuo Sect summit, borrowing a few wisps of wind, he arrived directly.

If the wind were continuous, from this end to that end, he could almost "glide" past, time span so short it's astonishing, fully comparable to 【Water Travels a Thousand Miles】!

In other words, a short-distance maneuver!

Though not spatial teleportation, it has a movement trajectory, but in combat it's far more convenient than 【Water Travels a Thousand Miles】, with lower consumption; Bai Yuan can shuttle through water realms, already known to all demons, whether the Chu King or flood dragon, all have prepared special spatial sealing means against it—yet it's not as useful as the current 【Yinglong Killing Classic】.

Moreover, the ability to manipulate heaven and earth's气 has greatly increased.

Previously, when handling the dark stakes of the Great Snow Mountain, Liang Qu was like an electrician, carefully adjusting circuits; now it's as if he can yank them all out at once, grip them in hand, then reinstall them all—efficiency increased a hundredfold.

What a pity for the electrician fin technique I painstakingly hammered out before.

Productivity increased, resulting in worker fish being laid off.

Liang Qu pondered all the way.

Meng Yaoyao dared not ask more, following silently, her whole-body stiffness utterly out of place inside the Skyfire Sect.

Entering through the back door ultimately lacks one fraction of confidence compared to promoting up.

While experiencing the enhanced effect of Vertical Gaze, he brought his cheap disciple to find Lao Ying Tian inside the Ministry of Revenue.

"Little Tian! Look who it is?"

"Elder Fish!?" Lao Ying Tian went wild with joy, practically throwing down his abacus and vaulting over the counter, "You're back!"

An elder's single disciple quota has been bid up to sky-high prices outside.

Lao Ying Tian managed it with merely two months' salary and travel allowance, and since then Elder Fish had not been seen; he was terrified, thinking he had taken advantage of Elder Fish just entering the Skyfire Sect and not knowing the market rates,

but now seeing Elder Fish's slick bargaining manner, he didn't seem like a fish who would make that kind of mistake.

"As a fish, I naturally keep my word, my righteousness reaches the clouds; let sect affairs have delayed me for so long." Liang Qu patted his chest, immensely heroic, "To speak of it is shameful; I just entered the sect, previously reading books in the Scripture Pavilion, I don't understand the various ministries well, only know I can accept disciples, but don't know how, still need you to take me for a trip."

"Should, should, Elder Fish this way please!"

Believe your ghost.

Lao Ying Tian cursed inwardly, seeing Elder Fish again today, he was one hundred percent certain Elder Fish was an old hand, wanting to pull his younger sister in before his own face to deepen the impression, and owe him another favor.

However, as a disciple, even a second-rank disciple, being able to interact with a second-rank elder certainly won't be wrong, the more the better.

Genealogy Registry Ministry.

The Genealogy Registry Ministry inside the sect, just like the Ministry of Revenue in the imperial court, is responsible for registering the identities of sect disciples and elders, and alongside the Ministry of Revenue ranks as the two ministries with the greatest power.

"Elder Fish, you are a second-rank elder, theoretically able to accept five third-rank disciples, twenty fourth-rank disciples, no sect review needed; confirm you want to use one quota to accept Meng Yaoyao as a fourth-rank disciple?" The Genealogy Registry Ministry second-rank disciple flipped open the register and asked.

"Wait."

Lao Ying Tian and Meng Yaoyao's hearts rose to their throats, both looking toward Liang Qu.

Could it be he's reneging at the critical moment?

"It's third-rank disciple." Liang Qu emphasized.

"Third-rank?" The Genealogy Registry Ministry second-rank disciple froze.

"Right, I see Yaoyao is clever and quick-witted, making her a fourth-rank disciple would waste her talent, promoting later is troublesome, might as well do it in one step, third-rank disciple then." Liang Qu patted the table, pressed his fish fin to seal with a fingerprint.

Meng Yaoyao was in a dreamlike trance, a flush rising on her face; she not only entered the Skyfire Sect, but as a third-rank disciple!

Lao Ying Tian was even more stunned, unable to speak.

The disciples immediately took Meng Yaoyao to register information, leaving a portrait and preparing disciple robes and disciple tokens.

Lao Ying Tian was overjoyed, rubbing his hands vigorously.

"Little Tian." Liang Qu drew out the tone.

"Elder Fish!" Lao Ying Tian's expression was respectful, feet planted straight, "Whatever requirements you have, you speak; as long as I don't violate the law, what I, Lao Ying Tian, can do, there is nothing I won't do!"

Heh.

This kid isn't stupid.

Senior Brother Lu Gang's reminder opened a brand new door for Liang Qu; previously he never thought of borrowing a hen to lay eggs, only kept walking the path of collecting blood treasures.

Looking now.

What ownership.

Being an accountant, managing company accounts and finances isn't good?

Failure is called crime, success is called operation!

Befriending Lao Ying Tian was purely force of habit; wherever Liang Qu goes he likes to pull "two" well-connected people,

understand some unknown inside information, prevent stepping on pits in a strange environment, he himself never expected to use the other party this fast.

Only.

For this kind of big matter, the fourth-rank disciple pulled for connections at the start is clearly not enough; the current situation requires upping the stakes, go for third-rank!

Lao Ying Tian was originally the most suitable candidate Liang Qu selected after examining techniques from multiple angles.

One, status sufficient.

Elders divide into core elders and grand elders.

Disciples don't have these; the highest is first-rank disciple, second-rank disciple in the Skyfire Sect is already a considerably high level, often counting as a minor leader.

Elders are responsible for management, detached from practical work; the ones truly operating are still disciples.

Two, has a convenient relationship weakness to befriend, a younger sister in a first-rank sect.

Coincidentally Liang Qu has a quota on hand, conferring favor without cost.

Three, not too old a toad, nor too honest, just an in-between type, an "honest person" with a bit of his own small calculations; this kind of person can be incited to act, yet not easily come up with ideas himself.

"This elder comes from a small sect; you should know."

Lao Ying Tian nodded: "I've heard of Elder Fish's story."

"You've heard of my story?"

"Fastest second-rank sect, renowned far and wide."

"Hahaha, a hero doesn't mention past courage." Liang Qu waved his fish fin, gazed toward the Tongtian River, eyes revealing emotion, "Just because of small sect origin, every time I save up some blood treasures, I'm not willing to spend a single piece, all hidden in the ice cellar; our family generations are poor people, scared poor."

"Elder Fish is truly inspirational, a model for our generation!" Lao Ying Tian raised a big thumb, simultaneously not quite understanding what Elder Fish wanted to do, "Elder might as well speak plainly; I, Lao Ying Tian, say nothing else, repay kindness without fail, even if Elder Fish's request is unreasonable, today I'll just pretend I didn't hear, absolutely won't go out and speak of it."

"A fine 'repay kindness without fail', just like me!" Liang Qu didn't conceal his admiration at all, "Because of poor origin, I sometimes can't help yearning, curious in my heart, just how many supreme-grade and first-grade blood treasures are in this Ministry of Revenue in total."

Lao Ying Tian froze, not knowing why Elder Fish asked this, thought a moment and answered: "Many; the sect has eight treasuries total, low-grade and mid-grade almost never enter the treasuries, they're all high-grade; first-grade I haven't counted carefully; as for supreme-grade, I haven't been to other treasuries, the Sixth Treasury should have one or two hundred."

Sixth Treasury, one or two hundred supreme-grade!

Liang Qu's blood surged and flowed, nearly drooling.

Damn it, a treasury's worth could almost draw out a drought demon position fruit!

On the contrary, working ten years might not even yield one!

Grab!

No.

Settle accounts!

Calmed down

"How are treasuries usually guarded?"

Lao Yingtian warned loudly: "Elder, what are you trying to do!?"

Earlier, when the elder asked about the quantity, he already found it strange—how come he's now asking how it's guarded?

"Don't rush, don't rush, just chatting casually—what are you nervous about?" Liang Qu lowered his voice, "You just said you hadn't heard anything!"

Lao Yingtian fell silent for a moment.

"Elder Yu, please speak."

Liang Qu spun halfway in midair: "I have a route outside—risk is higher, but profits are great. As they say, wealth is sought in danger. If you don't want to remain a second-tier disciple your whole life, upon success, you get one part, I nine—guaranteed you'll earn at least one super-grade blood treasure, seven top-grade!"

Super-grade blood treasure!

Lao Yingtian's eyes flashed.

Such a great benefit?

"Wealth moves hearts, but I still don't understand—why is Elder Yu asking about inventory?"

"Because my plan is to make money from money—I need to borrow top-grade blood treasures from the sect treasury, then return them later. No gods or ghosts will know; we only profit from the surplus." Liang Qu raised his fish fin and rubbed it.

Lao Yingtian's pupils dilated.

The new Elder Yu has such guts? Joined the Heaven Fire Sect only a few months ago, and already thinking of this?

Lao Yingtian worried: "Elder Yu, won't you be scammed? I've heard outsiders have fraudsters—first they give rebates, then they find people to take over, tail too big to drop. How much did you invest? If it's not much, you can still pull back now—don't sink deeper!"

"What what? I'm the operator—the project is mine! Could I not know if it makes money?"

After hesitating, Lao Yingtian decided to ask clearly: "Elder, how much do you want to borrow, and for how long?"

Liang Qu extended his fish fin and gripped tightly.

"I want it all!"

Lao Yingtian's mind went blank, he cried out in shock: "Impossible!"

Disciples from the Records Bureau cast glances all around.

"Shh! Look at you—can't you be steadier? What's with the ghostly wail?" Liang Qu covered Lao Yingtian's mouth.

Lao Yingtian instinctively apologized, then pulled away from the fish fin, urgent: "Impossible, Elder Yu—so many blood treasures, even fools know they'd be missed! Not to mention the supervising elders and disciples! That would get someone killed—even if you're an elder!"

"You didn't hear me finish—how do you know it's impossible? Though I'm borrowing a lot, the loan period is short."

"No matter how short, it's still not..."

"One moment!" Liang Qu raised his fish fin, "Just one moment! I guarantee I'll return all the blood treasures!"

Lao Yingtian fell silent, fingers unconsciously moving the abacus.

One moment?

One moment truly isn't without opportunity.

But what can one moment do to earn so much profit

?

With a nine-one split, he as elder gets nine, one part is one super-grade, seven top-grade—meaning total profit is ten super-grade, seventy top-grade?

Calculating 150 super-grade, the profit rate for one moment reaches as high as six point seven percent!

Such a profiteering project simply doesn't exist in this world!

"Elder, lower your fin—outside are all core elders." Lao Yingtian earnestly pleaded, "If you abandon this thought, I absolutely won't tell anyone!"

Liang Qu remained unmoved; seeing Lao Yingtian move his fingers, he knew this guy had a scheme, had stirred his thoughts—only he didn't believe it.

Indeed, it's hard to make people believe.

The main treasure of the Blood River Realm is blood treasure—super-grade blood treasure is the most valuable, equivalent to using gold to buy gold—how is this making money from money?

So-called nine-one is merely Liang Qu treating his own blood treasure as profit to give to Lao Yingtian.

Now the problem is: how to convince Lao Yingtian that he truly has this "good business" under his fin?

Here we must also thank the old monk.

"Tongue Recognition Method"!

In speech, it can make a cultivator's words more convincing to others!

Consciousness-Only Method, each has its wonderful use.

Liang Qu surfaced halfway: "I want to use blood treasure to do a big thing! A soaring-to-success big thing—that's why I took the risk to find you. Opportunity comes only once—miss it, and it won't return. Do you really think one moment can earn that much, two moments earn double? How could that be?"

Lao Yingtian was speechless.

"Now is exactly such an opportunity—look, your sister is already a third-tier disciple. For now, don't move connections to transfer her—save money, just let her stay under me. I'll pull strings to make her a second-tier disciple. Once you earn this one-tenth profit, you use profit to pull your own connections, get first-tier disciples to jointly nominate, I'll help you—walk the elder's path, who knows, you might become a first-tier disciple!"

Lao Yingtian breathed heavily.

He is a first-tier disciple, his sister a second-tier disciple?

What a wonderful start!

Liang Qu faced the Tianhe, spread his fish fin, striving to paint a beautiful blueprint for Lao Yingtian.

"Opportunity comes once in a thousand years—just this once, just one moment! I can guarantee: even if it fails, the borrowed blood treasures won't lose half a piece—return them to their owner, and it's as if it were a dream. But if it succeeds..."

Freezing cold weather.

Sweat the size of beans seeped out on Lao Ying Tian's forehead, his palms loosening and tightening, tightening and loosening.

"Master Yu! Brother!"

A clear, crisp voice rang out from behind the two of them.

Lao Meng Yao had changed into the third-rank teal disciple robes of the Heavenly Fire Sect; she stood with her hands behind her back, index finger hooking index finger, toes touching the ground, standing prettily behind them.

Youthful and lovely, a slender graceful figure.

The gazes of passing disciples were all drawn to her.

In a trance, Lao Ying Tian saw the wrong color — his sister's body was not wearing the green robes of a third-rank disciple, but the blue robes of a second-rank; looking down, his own body was also not wearing blue robes, but the purple robes of a first-rank!

His pupils contracted.

Who!

Who put the purple robes on him?

"Good! Lovely Miss, go out there and bring honor to your master's face!" Liang Qu raised his large fish fin, praising her extensively, making the young girl's face redden; as she brushed past Lao Ying Tian, she patted his chest, "This matter, no rush, you consider it well."