Chapter 1181: Changing Heaven and Earth (Combined)

Water spiders, octopuses, salamanders, and giant crabs lined up in a long queue like a train.

Seeing so many water beasts, Liang Qu had an expectation, but hearing it with his own ears, his heart still sank.

"So, the Mermaid King has completely cut off contact with you? And gave the position of Demon King of the Sea Abyss Palace to the Ray King?"

"That's right! That Mermaid King is truly hateful. Counting the old things, hundreds of years of friendship, the moment sister went back to explain, it made us pack our things and leave."

Lady Hai Yun was indignant, her pale pink skin gradually turning pink, as if her anger had materialized, nitrogen argon coming out. "That Ray King had long wanted a share of the pie. Sister's accident was just what it wanted. It even sent demons everywhere to post notices, saying my sister had no credibility, which is why she was removed from the Whale Emperor's list. It even sent subordinates to besiege our sea merchants. Now the business in the sea cannot be done, and the demon kings we were familiar with before have all become cold."

Sea Fangzhu was helpless: "It was I who destroyed the neutral credibility of the sea merchants. I cannot blame the Mermaid King—"

"Good thing." Liang Qu smiled. He took out a notebook and wrote down the Ray King's name.

"Good thing?" Lady Hai Yun was dissatisfied, losing the gentleness of their previous meetings. Two pink tentacles intertwined, as if hugging her arms. "How can it be a good thing? I tell you, the Great Medicine of Creation is returned to you. Sister and I came today because we have nowhere to go. We want to stay in Jianghuai, eat your food, drink your drink,

and when we find a way out, we will leave!"

"Hahaha!" Liang Qu sneered, grabbed the pink tentacles, and wrapped them around his arm. "Little beautiful fish, you want to leave after coming to my territory? Where in the world is there such a good thing? One life repays one life, one favor repays one favor. The Fangzhu and I are already even. If I catch you and refine you into an elixir, and sell you as a beautiful fish to sea beasts, the world would have nothing to say."

Lady Hai Yun's expression changed suddenly: "You, you, you, what do you want to do? Let go, hurry up and let go!"

"Little Water, don't tease Little Yun, she is timid." The azure tentacles rolled down the pink tentacles. Sea Fangzhu was low-spirited. "I also didn't expect the Mermaid King to be so decisive. I thought I could do business alone, but the Ray King cut off the sea route. Coming to Jianghuai today—"

"I know what you mean, don't worry, just stay with peace of mind." Liang Qu put away the small notebook. "Since we can't be sea merchants, let's be river merchants.

My Huai River is not worse than the Whale Emperor's East Sea. From now on, in the Jianghuai Great Marsh, Master Fangzhu will be the North Water King!"

"Ah, am I not the North Water King?" The little mirage dragon circled and popped its head out. Liang Qu pressed it down with a finger.

Sea Fangzhu waved its tentacles repeatedly: "The North Water is too big. I am a newly entered demon king and cannot sit in town. We can go to Jian Water, the five lakes of the Huai River—"

"Jian Water?" Liang Qu was "dissatisfied". "The imperial court just granted me thirteen ports, and I am just preparing to show my skills, connect with the Jianghuai Great Marsh, and build a Huai River trade chain with the Great Marsh as the center, letting Master Fangzhu sit in town. The channel that can transmit demon kings has a great price and is not easy to get. If Master Fangzhu goes to Jian Water, how can you help me? Isn't that sacrificing efficiency and adding trouble?"

Listening to the dissatisfied words, Sea Fangzhu felt joy in its heart: "Is it really okay?"

"Fake."

"Little Water..."

"Of course it's true." Liang Qu grinned. "Master Fangzhu, just keep the Great Medicine of Creation given by Round Head. Tomorrow I will write a decree and stamp it for Master Fangzhu. However, I haven't had time to clean up the North Water yet. I was in the Imperial Capital before. I will send the Dragon People, Dragon Sturgeon, and A-Fei to help you later."

"No trouble, cleaning up is still no problem."

"Whether you can clean it up is not your business, it's my business. I worry about my business being delayed. Coming to Jianghuai today is to visit relatives. In a few days, I have to look at the fiefdom in the west. They are all fishing villages, without large ports, and need to be built up. It's very busy. Settle down early so you can come and help me. I have very high requirements."

Octopus King, Whale Emperor, Mermaid King...

Sea Fangzhu thought of a lot in an instant, and lost a lot, finally leaving one word.

"Good!"

"Yay, sister!"

"Yes, sister."

The pink and azure tentacles intertwined together.

Octopus King, Jiaolong, from the past to the present, all were life-saving favors, which would not be offset by one favor repaying another, but rather appeared more precious.

After settling Sea Fangzhu and the Octopus Clan, Liang Qu took the persimmon from the monkey's hand, wiped it, and ate it. He looked around; there were several hundred monkeys,

a proper large monkey group, each holding a small wooden stick, with a bundle on the tip of the stick: "What about you? Why did you run down from Shoushan?"

"Roar roar roar!"

The golden-haired monkey king jumped up and down, baring its teeth, and rose and fell with the hundreds of monkeys behind it.

"Old Yuan drove you out." Liang Qu touched the monkey king's head, grabbed the monkey's paw, and pulled it onto his shoulder to squat. "Then how did you arrive with the sea merchants?"

The golden-haired monkey king huffed and puffed, and the hundreds of monkeys moved at the sound, running into the sea merchants and pushing out rafts.

The monkey king paddled with both hands, and finally spread its limbs, sticking out its tongue and lying on it, as if exhausted.

"Use this?" Liang Qu was surprised. "You paddled rafts all the way from Peng Ze?"

The Jianghuai Great Marsh alone was ten thousand miles across, not to mention the long Huai River from Peng Ze to Jianghuai.

The monkeys were just a group of spirit monsters.

Lady Hai Yun added: "These little monkeys were very hard-working. When we met them, they were all on the rafts, so sister took them all on.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have arrived this year."

"Poor things." Liang Qu touched the monkey head, not knowing how they angered the old turtle. "It's okay, Old Yuan doesn't want you, I do. From now on, you follow me."

"Roar roar roar!"

Finding a new boss, the monkey group had the momentum of a tsunami, pulling wooden sticks and swinging bundles, dancing with joy.

The little mirage dragon secretly thought it was bad. Having a little hedgehog at home was enough of a headache, and now another one of the same kind...

Summoned Round Head, let the finless porpoise lead the way, went to the Long Gong to pick soldiers and generals. After the fins were sufficient, they went to the North Water. The grand sea merchant team disappeared into the Great Marsh. Liang Qu took the hundreds of monkeys onto the treasure ship, feeling emotional.

"Not stable."

The Jiaolong was driven away. The throne of the Long Gong should also have been transformed by A-Fei into the shape his butt needed.

However, Liang Qu's control over the Jianghuai Great Marsh was not high, even worse than the previous Jiaolong. His orders could not reach outside the Jianghuai Great Marsh, and even the control of the East Water and North Water within the Great Marsh was gone.

The territory was large, but there was no resource output; it was an empty shell.

West Turtle and South Frog had just helped him, so he definitely couldn't use the posture of a Water Lord to demand work and resources, which would ruin the friendship. The two kings helped the white ape; the benefit was one aspect, but more was to go further, not to find a boss who would be restricted.

The arrival of Sea Fangzhu just helped Liang Qu control the North Water, and then dig resources from the Jianghuai Great Marsh to provide development support and quickly expand his power.

Eating the grain of the next year in advance.

The loans of the kings were also a problem.

Back then, he promised the Turtle King and Frog King that they could use the Long Gong treasury. Just relying on the merits of the Southern Frontier and the Ghost Mother Sect, he was still far from the level of the Long Gong treasury.

"Yo, where did these monkeys come from? Quite clever."

Xu Zishuai looked at the vast Great Marsh, then at the golden-haired monkey king on Liang Qu's shoulder, puzzled about where they popped out from, before he could reach out.

"Roar roar roar."

One monkey after another climbed onto the deck along the ropes, like crabs chasing the tide, densely packed, squeezing into a piece, grabbing the railing, climbing the mast, acting like they were familiar, occupying the treasure ship.

"Whoa! Ashui, which deep mountain and old forest did you find these from? What are you doing with so many monkeys? Opening a circus? Martial Saint moonlighting? You've got something." Ke Wenbin and others all came out, surprised.

Liang Qu scratched the monkey head: "Just happen to be building a prince's mansion, no need to hire people, just let the monkeys do it."

"Okay, you have connections. I thought you were just practicing on the ship for a month, but it turns out someone sent you subordinates?"

"I practiced for a month?"

"Yeah, came out in the ninth month, now it's the tenth month. Don't you feel the weather is much cooler?"

The monkeys' movements startled everyone on the ship. Su Xiaoran wanted to touch them but didn't dare. Ke Wenbin grabbed one directly, scaring Su Xiaoran to run around.

"Tsk tsk."

Long Yao and Long Li took out biscuits, learning the sound of Wulong to call the monkeys. A few golden-haired monkeys carefully took them, tasted one, and squeaked.

The monkey group scrambled, piling up into a small mountain.

A monkey smell drifted from the territory. Otter-Otter-Open stepped out of the captain's room, arms crossed, looking down at the golden-haired monkey king.

The golden-haired monkey king turned its head, also stood up, arms crossed.

The river wind blew fiercely.

The golden hair and brown hair on their heads danced at the same time.

It's an enemy monkey/otter!

"~Te!"

Like a nail hitting a wooden board.

Otter-Otter-Open's mouth squirmed, accumulated for a long time, and spat a mouthful of saliva fiercely on the ground.

The monkey king was furious, climbed the mast, and jumped off.

Otter-Otter-Open slid down the mast, swooping down.

Heaven and earth, stars colliding.

Joyful count.

Left hook, right hook, right whip leg, top heart elbow, whirlwind palm...

Figures intertwined, then cleared. The monkey king was grabbed by the head hair, violently tilted back, opened its mouth, and was pressed onto the floor again, its head kissing the deck one after another.

The monkey king lost all face, the monkey group was in chaos, the golden-haired monkeys grabbing biscuits dropped the crumbs and swarmed up, attacking in a group.

Otter-Otter-Open's round eyes bulged, murderous aura was awe-inspiring, paws supported the ground, 360-degree Thomas spin, flew thirty monkeys, grabbed the tail of a monkey in mid-air to swing its position, backflipped and touched the ground three times, avoided the encirclement, paws cut open, set up a stance, fast attack and fast fight.

Monkeys kept laying on, piling up into a mountain, and monkeys kept flying out, falling into the Great Marsh to become drowned chickens.

Screams, wails, squeaks, a piece of noise, the monkey king paddled with both hands, struggled to climb out of the monkey pile, and was grabbed by the head by Otter-Otter-Open, grabbed by the head and beaten violently, fell again.

"Hey, you, just arrived and you're not peaceful, why provoke the ship captain?" Xu Zishuai sighed, dragging the monkey king with a head full of bags. "The ship captain practices in the three nines of winter and the three nines of summer, dances with the chicken, never changes day by day, and is famous in the Martial Hall, tempering actual combat, is the Martial Hall's number one actual combat instructor. Speaking of ape boxing, I don't dare to say I'm better than it. How can you, a mountain spirit and wild monster, compare?"

The monkey king tilted its head and stuck out its tongue.

"It's dark, why is it still noisy?" Xu Shi walked out of the cabin, finding all the monkeys on the ground, with nowhere to step. "Where did so many monkeys come from? Dead?"

Bang!

Flew the last one, Otter-Otter-Open carried its paws, stood proudly in the wind, showing the demeanor of a grandmaster.

Even spirit soldiers didn't need to be used.

Its opponent has always been only one!

Xu Zishuai laughed: "Ashui's same kind, here to work for himself."

Xu Shi was speechless: "Can't you find some people to do the work?"

"They came to the door, just use them." Liang Qu let Otter-Otter-Open wash the floor, walked over with a smile. "Did it disturb you? I'll let them be quiet."

"It's okay, not time to sleep yet." Xu Shi didn't care about this, looked at Liang Qu. "Finished practicing?"

"Yes, it's come to an end. Mother, do you have something to look for me?"

Xu Shi nodded, signaling Liang Qu to follow her.

On the deck, Xu Zishuai excitedly threw down the cable to fish for monkeys.

Following the junior brother is lively, with all kinds of fresh things.

In the study, Liang Qu lit the golden bright oil lamp, helped Xu Shi sit down, and turned to pour tea.

"Going to sleep, no tea."

"Got it." Liang Qu put down the tea canister and poured a cup of plain water.

"I wanted to find you and talk about it that day in Cangzhou, but in a blink of an eye, you went into seclusion. You only came out today. I didn't want to interrupt and call you. Your master is a rough man, can't think of the details. If I really did as you said, by the time I knew and wanted to change it, it would be too late."

Liang Qu was confused: "What is it?"

Xu Shi asked back: "Those thirteen ports of yours, all the way down, you don't intend to recruit people?"

"No need. I have the support of Dragon People and water beasts. Jiangchuan County has mermaids, and there is Master's Huaiyin Martial Hall. Every year there are good seedlings. Senior brothers and sisters can also come. Yixing has fellow villagers. Not lacking people. Collecting from various places, still need to arrange specially." Liang Qu said halfway, suddenly realized. "Is there someone here who wants to come? It's okay, you say, I'll take them all!"

Xu Shi laughed: "Who told you this?"

"Then—"

"Other vassal kings don't need to recruit, but you cannot not recruit."

"Why?"

Xu Shi rolled her eyes: "Is your cultivation too high, holding a hammer in your hand, seeing everything as a nail, and not using your smart brain anymore? Are you granted ports?"

"Yes, thirteen, Yixing is the head."

"Then when you came back, did you happen to pass through the canal and the Huai River? And were there major clans from both banks coming to respond?"

"Yes."

Xu Shi explained patiently: "Your fiefdom is a port, mainly for trade, not for other material output, waiting for crops. Other vassal kings can do the same behind closed doors. You need circulation, and you are taking over a new port, all needing construction. If people go to you, they won't go to others, and you will always share the benefits of others."

"Many places we passed before had major clans in control. If you had recruited a portion at that time, firstly, they are all people who know the business, and recruiting them wouldn't be useless. Secondly, if you encounter things in the future, you can send people to talk and find connections. Although they are all solving things, the difficulty is different. Would people make things difficult for their own family?"

Liang Qu was stunned, immediately felt it made sense, slapped his thigh, but was embarrassed: "Mother, I have already let the words out. If I recruit later on the Huai River, wouldn't I offend places like the Canal and Cangzhou to death? I can't go back again, it would lose too much face..."

"You shouldn't have looked for your master for this kind of thing, at least not just him."

Liang Qu was helpless: "I will definitely look for you first in the future. Now I can only continue to go down like this."

Xu Shi sipped the plain water: "I have remedied it."

"Mother!" Liang Qu stood up suddenly, ran behind the chair to knead Xu Shi's shoulders, "How did you remedy it?"

"You said you wouldn't recruit, so I could only let your master come forward and say in Cangzhou that the Huaiyin Martial Hall is recruiting instructors and students. If they perform well, they will be recommended to you. Some people have already set off."

Hiss!

"Mother! My own mother! The day I saw the Prime Minister in court, it wasn't as smart as you."

"Heh, you and Xiao Si love to say this kind of thing." Xu Shi stood up. "Let the monkeys outside stop making noise, I have to go back to sleep."

"Okay, I'll see you off."

"Alright, I'm not seventy or eighty and unable to walk. Go find your Eying."

"Heh."

Liang Qu rubbed his hands.

His fiefdom form requires going out to deal with people. With Xu Shi saying this, he really needs to recruit people along the way. Now it's even better, with an extra screening buffer from the Huaiyin Martial Hall. The Martial Hall also expanded its income and instructors, killing two birds with one stone!

Having the shade and reliance of elders is undoubtedly a great blessing in life.

Comfortable.

In the cabin, he directed the river otters, Liang Qu arranged the rooms, stuffed the bruised monkeys in, let them spend a quiet night, and work on the shore tomorrow.

Communicated with the Ze Ding.

Fusion degree reached 50, basically no innate skills, very rare. Reaching 99, only one 【Water Thorn】 was added, just as the name suggests, water thorns in the water.

The key is 【Prince Prosperity】 and 【Spirit Descent】, two innate skills that appeared only after perfection.

In the past, the perfection of Ze appeared with the divine skill 【Spirit Transformation】, not a divine ability, stronger than a divine ability. If he couldn't transform into a white ape, Liang Qu's fight against the Jiaolong would have been out of the question. Maybe it would have been a few years later, watching the Jiaolong succeed in walking the water.

【Spirit Descent: Manifest spirit body, descend to control beasts, observe four directions, listen to eight sides】.

【Prince Prosperity: There is a Water Lord in the river, benefiting all things, grass and trees flourish; spiritual treasures appear in the world, pearls and jade are born frequently; the king's virtue is manifest, things are abundant and people are rich; the king's way is vast, prosperity is flourishing, the higher the governance, the more prosperous it is.】 ===== CHAPTER 1182 =====