Chapter 1182: Time Flies, Rewarding Merit (Combined)

"Mine, all mine, frog haha, frog hahahaha!"

White flow roared, falling from high altitude.

Old Toad grabbed the corner of the bag, emptied two yellow-skin bags, and returned the large treasure fish that had escaped into the vine cage, crumpling the empty bags and...

Categorizing them by floor.

Big Fatty and Second Fatty squatted in the canyon cutting up large fish, looking up.

"The Elder seems so busy lately."

"Yeah, yeah, he used to go out once every three to five days, now he goes out every other day. Are there really that many treasures outside?"

"I feel like since the White Ape came, the Huai River has become different."

"Hey, why are the water weeds in the canyon so lush..."

Big Fatty pulled and tore the water weeds covering the large fish clean, suddenly seeing two Dragon Sturgeons flying from the sky. Three Dragon-men jumped down from above, one of whom was the third elder of the Dragon-man clan, Long Long Zong Yin. He bowed respectfully and spoke to the Elder. The Elder jumped a hundred feet high, kicking its frog legs without stopping, following the Dragon-men out of the cave.

Its stomach was elbowed.

Big Fatty touched its belly and turned its head, finding Second Fatty winking at it. Following Second Fatty's gaze, it looked over.

The Elder's cave, the door half-closed.

The two frogs looked at each other, the corners of their mouths splitting to the back of their heads simultaneously. Unable to care about sharing the delicious large fish, they looked left and right. One went to keep watch outside, the other quietly approached the Elder's cave.

The Elder was small, and the cave entrance was also small. Big Fatty couldn't squeeze in, so it could only stretch its webbed feet in to grope.

"Treasure fish is on the second floor. Third floor?"

"Fourth floor!"

"Remembered, your memory is still good." Big Fatty took a turn, two frog toes forming a "person" shape, counting one floor at a time as it touched upward. Its buttocks were suddenly kicked hard. "Why kick me? Don't be anxious, I'll share with you—"

Halfway through, Big Fatty stopped, recalling the sound it had just heard—

Turning its head cautiously.

Second Fatty looked at the sky and whistled.

Looking down.

Big Fatty gently retracted its webbed feet, pinched the handle, and closed the door.

"Elder, I saw your room was too messy, and you were in such a hurry to go out that you forgot to close the door, so I prepared to tidy it up for you—"

Clatter.

With webbed feet held high, blasting out a vacuum, Old Toad grabbed Big Fatty's chin fiercely, pulling the frog head down violently, frog eyes sticking to frog eyes: "Now,

immediately, right now! Send me to the Dragon Palace, then swim a hundred laps around the Great Marsh, a hundred laps!!"

Second Fatty rejoiced. Before it could slip away, a black shadow loomed, Toad hugged its face, stretching it violently.

"And you! A thousand laps, one! thousand! laps!"

The Dragon Palace was prosperous, beautiful, and unparalleled.

After half a year of effort, the cracks in the square were repaired, the trash was swept away, and the collapsed houses were not fully repaired, but they were not broken in plain sight. The fire tree and silver flowers in the center regained a little vitality, not completely dead.

The Fat Catfish took a spirit level, calibrated the small air bubbles in the middle, moved it inch by inch, and the Pincer also hung a plumb line, comparing parallel lines.

After confirming everything was correct, the two beasts took three steps back, admiring their masterpiece.

After half a year, Pincer absorbed rigidity, and Fierce Tooth General splashed ink, rubbing it round and flat.

Supreme Royal Throne!

No carved beams or painted rafters, only rules and majesty.

The throne was six zhang wide, the backrest a hundred zhang high.

Towering to the sky, horizontal and vertical, square and upright. The armrests, backrest, and seat were all jade-white rectangles, with a three-zhang-wide gilded ribbon embedded in the center, running through top to bottom. At first glance, it was golden and brilliant; looking closely, it revealed five-colored light like pearls, pearl and mother-of-pearl light!

Hearing from the Dragon-man clan's first elder, Long Chen, it was originally a shell sent by a thousand-year-old clam to the Dragon Lord, melted and cast into the throne.

Really beautiful.

The Fat Catfish pressed its head against the stool, sliding all the way to polish it, excitedly reporting to the Heavenly God, welcoming the Heavenly God to come and inspect.

"Good!"

Receiving the reply, the Fat Catfish was overjoyed, fantasizing about how the Heavenly God would reward it. Suddenly, white steam surged around its body, and immediately after, it seemed the Heavenly God cast a gaze from a distant place, and boundless power poured into its body.

The Fat Catfish widened its eyes.

Whoosh.

The white flow dissipated.

The Fat Catfish was puzzled. Its fish fins actually lifted themselves, gripping into a fist, scaring it.

Pincer circled the Fat Catfish.

"Don't worry, it's me."

Comforting Pincer and A-Fei, Liang Qu opened and closed his five fingers.

His fingers were short and fat, his palms white, his back black, without nails, like the interstellar scientist Jumba Jookiba. Then he felt himself become weak, with an extra tail.

Asking the Fat Catfish how it felt.

"This is 【Spirit Descent】? A-Fei feels stronger, I feel weaker. It should be that the strength is neutralized, and most of A-Fei's and my own divine abilities can be used. A-Fei consumes half, and I consume half?"

Reaching out to grab, the Water Dragon Spear appeared. With a flick, the Water Dragon Spear turned into Water Dragon Piercing Clouds.

The strike range had become wider!

The range of Water Dragon Piercing Clouds was roughly three thousand miles, covering a small half of the Jianghuai Great Marsh. But Liang Qu discovered that after 【Spirit Descent】, this three thousand miles was calculated based on the center where the Fat Catfish was located!

"An aircraft carrier."

Liang Qu marveled.

The performance of 【Prosperity of the Prince】 was difficult to reflect intuitively and required time and range verification. The essence of 【Spirit Descent】 was clear at a glance.

He commanded so many subordinates, each of whom could carry his 【Spirit Descent】, and then become an "aircraft carrier"?

Of course, the most critical point was that as a Heavenly Dragon Martial Saint, his activity level after becoming a "stone in the river" had increased!

In the past, the spiritual connection could only confirm the position of water beasts and communicate with them. He couldn't see what the water beasts saw and had to rely on their descriptions, which was why he had to teach them the names of objects in the past so they had a basic understanding of the world—knowing what a tree was, what a river was. Now, Liang Qu could see it himself, no different from a clone, and could still go to Loulan.

The throne was towering, like a giant's palace, an ant crawling into a church.

A-Fei had a large build, its line of sight just level with the chair surface. Liang Qu estimated that if he stood here, the stool could be ten times higher than him. Even if the White Ape came to sit, it would appear too huge. However, big is good, big is a kind of beauty, and even more so a kind of momentum.

A country of a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, nine layers of city gates.

If you don't see the magnificence of the imperial residence, how do you know the dignity of the Son of Heaven?

The Dragon Lord had nurtured it for a thousand years. Remodeling the throne was too difficult. Letting A-Fei carve beams and paint rafters wasn't realistic, and the construction period would drag on indefinitely. He simply went in a minimalist direction, especially the backrest, straight to the sky.

Jumping onto the armrest, the seat was smooth, reflecting the fish face.

If a camel-hair rug were spread on it, and cough cough.

Restraining his wandering thoughts, Liang Qu fiercely encouraged A-Fei's efforts and the achievements of Fat Pincer Heavy Industry, telling it to continue its efforts and create greater brilliance. Afterward, he withdrew from the Fat Catfish.

The surging power flowed out of his body. The Fat Catfish was caught off guard, its buttocks hitting the ground. Seeing Pincer coming over, it immediately retracted its fins to support its cheeks, pretending to be sitting and thinking.

Pincer clamped its double pincers, curious about what had just happened.

The Fat Catfish looked at Pincer with deep eyes and asked Pincer why the Heavenly God descended on it and not on Pincer.

Pincer shook its head.

The Fat Catfish took three steps, its eyes deep.

It was very obvious.

The loyalty of the water beasts was not as good as it, and the ability of the water beasts was not as good as it.

From now on, it was the Heavenly God's agent!

Long whiskers folded ninety degrees.

Loyalty!

Integrity!

Pincer panicked, raised its large pincers, and folded them ninety degrees.

Loyalty!

Integrity!

The Fat Catfish walked outside the main hall, standing proudly with its fins, its long whiskers pointing at "Cannot Move."

You, go stir-fry twenty dishes!

Pincer waved its large pincers, urging "Cannot Move" to stir-fry two hundred dishes.

"Poo."

"Cannot Move" snorted, ignoring the Fat Catfish, and burrowed into the fire tree and silver flowers.

The Treasure Ship of Creation docked at the Shangrao Pier. The master's sect and the River-Lake Office crowd dispersed with a roar. Those returning home returned home, those handling accumulated affairs handled affairs. The monkeys danced with joy as they left the ship, lining up in a long snake formation, squeaking and calling to recognize the door with the little Mirage Dragon, setting up camp.

On the pier, the villagers were somewhat fearful, yet happy, as if hiding something.

Liang Qu pretended not to know, flicking silver ingots to treat them to tea, announcing a grand flowing banquet tomorrow, and turned to step into his home.

The Imperial Capital was for being a prince; Pingyang was for living.

Pingyang was not as prosperous as the Imperial Capital, but as long as one stepped into this place, it made people comfortable and at ease.

Liang Mansion. The golden-haired monkey king commanded with ease, the monkeys were in full swing. Having been away from home for half a year, many places needed repairs—moss spreading from the corners, grass seedlings growing from bird droppings in the roof tiles. Wulong was excited and stuck to people, the silly chicken called out and flew down.

Long Yao and Long Li tidied the bed. Long Long Eying leaned against the round window, her legs crossed, revealing a plump arc, organizing letters with the cool breeze of the courtyard, writing books and replies at the desk.

In the garden pond, the Dragon-men broke the water flow, carrying boxes, salvaging them one by one.

Liang Qu was enthusiastic: "How is it, Third Elder, are all the things here?"

Long Long Zong Yin bowed: "Reporting to the Water Lord, according to your instructions, the Dragon Palace's precious corals and all kinds of jewelry are all here, including those collected recently from the North Fish King Palace and various large clans everywhere. There are basically no omissions."

"Good!"

Liang Qu opened a box, and the bright precious corals came into view.

The Dragon Lord's Dragon Pearl was undoubtedly one of the biggest spoils of this battle, but water beasts also loved rare treasures, and the Water Ze Essence in the corners was not a bit less. Half a year, the collection of the entire Great Marsh and all races, was all stored today. There were hundreds of boxes, which was the accumulation of the entire Jianghuai Great Marsh and the Dragon Palace, absolutely a huge wealth.

Couldn't wait.

【Water Ze Essence +1244】

【Water Ze Essence +2412】

【Water Ze Essence +4122】

Water waves rippled.

Waterfalls flowed and washed, green-eyed snail flowers fragrant.

Watching Liang Qu arrange the treasures, the old one in the pond inexplicably gave birth to a touch of emotion and thought, a taste that couldn't be said, like the heart being stifled in the dusk, watching the sun bake the water until it was hot, the whole river full of broken gold.

Ten years, clearly a short moment in its life, yet more memorable than the past thousand years.

The sixteen-year-old black and thin boy who said he wanted to touch the broken plate pearls in Fengbu County seemed to overlap with the young man who was married and granted a title at this moment.

It liked to travel, so it traced the river from the East Sea to Jianghuai.

People are much more interesting than water beasts.

Walking slowly, keeping a safe range of not docking and not entering deep water, watching the sunset, watching the Great Marsh, watching rare animals, occasionally seeing a few bold fishermen rowing boats overhead, talking about a few chats and distant places. If there was something interesting, it would think about whether to go over and take a look. It rarely stayed in one place for a long time, but coming to this small pond, it stayed.

It saw the sixteen-year-old Liang Qu entertaining his senior brother, seven-year-old Little Shunzi standing by the pond in a Jianghuai Daze, four-year-old Prince of Xu Yue's grandson running from the front yard to the back yard riding Wulong.

Liang Qu became busier and busier, running outside every three days, going for half a year, a year, cold and clear; Little Shunzi came less, he grew up,

becoming that sixteen-year-old boy; the grandson also had to go to the academy.

Seeing the Fat Catfish of several meters, the "Cannot Move" of several meters, the Pincer of more than a foot, the Third Prince who was still a fat worm, the Datakai who fought every three days, growing to now, not knowing how big.

Size as desired, the old one in this three-acre round pond, couldn't see what they looked like when they were fully grown.

Seeing the river otter family avoiding the heat, bringing the river otter family, the river otter family bringing another river otter family, and a noisy Old Toad coming behind, comparing age with it.

Seeing Liang Qu coaxing Old Toad, selling the three-acre pond for the sky-high price of several treasure fish.

It basked in the sun, taught water beasts to read, taught Datakai how to read maps, sail, listened to the Third Prince boasting about what happened outside.

Clearly it was just yesterday.

"Old Shell." Liang Qu closed a box and opened another.

"Hmm?"

"You've been to so many places, East Sea, Jianghuai, have you been to the Dragon Palace?"

"I have never traveled to the deep abyss, how can I swim in the Dragon Palace?"

"Then do you want to go to the Dragon Palace and see?"

"Good!"

"I'll let A-Fei take you later."

"Is there no waterway?"

"Alas, forgot, I'll build one for you later, straight to the Jianghuai Dragon Palace! You can stroll around comfortably from now on."

【Water Ze Essence +3,867,400】

【Water Ze Essence: 3,868,000】

【Separated by days, passing through the four seasons, you can consume 3,000 Water Ze Essence to condense a dew seed.】

【Water Ze Essence: 3,865,000】

【Dew Seed: 2】

"3.86 million."

After touching everything, condensing a spring/summer dew seed, Liang Qu felt regret in his heart.

Is it a lot?

Shockingly a lot.

This is the entire harvest of jewelry from the Great Marsh, as much as the coral given by the Imperial Court last time, and without needing to urge the growth of the five-element seeds. Changing to fusion degree could have 19%.

But averaged out, it's far from enough.

There are so many water beasts under his command, and the Dragon-men also need to be rewarded. A-Fei and the others need a million to upgrade once.

Inviting the White Dragon King, A-Fei made great contributions. The last upgrade to the second realm was just because there were some treasure plants on hand, totaling 60,000, and 800,000 were A-Fei's own efforts. Liang Qu felt it wasn't enough.

If the salary is commensurate with the merit, then those who work will be encouraged, and those without merit will admire.

Should distribute a million, directly rising to the third realm.

The demand for the first elder Long Chen to adjust the breakthrough limit is also not low, a dignified Heavenly Human Grandmaster.

Long Eying is a wife and doesn't count. There are no generals under his command who can support the facade. The flood dragon had three snakes, and he couldn't rely on himself for everything.

"Husband." Long Long Eying organized the letters and walked out of the study. "All the princes in the world have sent congratulatory letters and gifts. The five great paths invite you to preach. Scattered local officials have given congratulations. I have already written replies for the princes' letters, and the gifts—"

"Keep what can be kept. Send treasure medicines to the Frog King and Turtle King. For the five great paths, just say that if there is an opportunity, I will go, but the time is uncertain."

"Good. I have also written the books for the titles. Frog Duke as National Teacher, A-Fei as Great General, Round Head as—"

"Hard work, beloved consort." Liang Qu brushed her temples and smiled.

Long Long Eying blushed when she heard the address of beloved consort: "It's not troublesome."

"Knock knock knock~"

Just returned to Pingyang, finished one thing, and another came.

Before Liang Qu could calculate how to distribute the essence and reward the meritorious ministers, Chen Qingjiang knocked on the copper ring of the gate.

"Hey hey, I'll come, I'll come!"

Fan Xinglai rushed out to open the gate.

"Uncle Chen!" Liang Qu walked into the hall, picked up the teapot, and poured a cup of tea for Chen Qingjiang. "I just returned, and many things are piled up. I didn't have time to see Uncle Chen. You came now because—"

"Alas, A-Shui, a big thing happened in the town while you were away." Chen Qingjiang looked worried.

"Is Uncle Chen talking about the town not paying grain for five months, waiting for the Imperial Court to cancel it, and also beating the grain collection official?"

Chen Qingjiang was stunned and stood up: "You know? But they didn't dare to say it, and sent me to say it."

"I knew it from other places." Liang Qu leaned against the back of the chair and waved his hand, not saying where, otherwise a town of people could be scared to death. "Uncle Chen, don't worry, sit down and talk slowly. So, they feel ashamed themselves, don't dare to find me, and let Uncle Chen you come to plead?"

"Should be like this?"

"What can be done? It's not a big deal. How is the injured grain collection official?"

"It happened in the fifth month. By today, the injuries are almost healed. Chen Chen Xianglao asked everyone to pool money, and they compensated quite a bit."

"Who took the lead?"

"Chen Dahu and Chen Min and the others. By the way, your younger brother is also there, also mixed in."

"My younger brother?" Liang Qu was surprised. "Where did I get a younger brother?"

"Liang Liu, Liu Zi, Liang Liang Guangtian's son, your cousin. How could you forget this? You also have a cousin and a cousin, one eight years old, one four years old."

"Hiss—"

Liang Qu gasped.

Damn it, if he wasn't reminded, he really wouldn't remember having a cousin.

And he really didn't know about the eight-year-old and four-year-old cousin and cousin. When did Liang Liang Guangtian give birth?

Liang Qu pinched his eyebrows.

"Xinglai!"

"Proprietor!"

"Ride a horse, beat the gongs and drums, and prepare to hold a general meeting at the pier."

"Understood!" Fan Xinglai turned to leave, but was called back by Liang Qu.

"How old are you this year?"

"Twenty-five, why, Proprietor?"

Liang Qu laughed: "I said why you were so diligent today, it turns out you've reached the age. It's just autumn, I'll find time to catch a wild goose for you."

"Really?" Fan Xinglai was incomparably surprised. "Proprietor, you still remember."

"Nonsense." Liang Qu said unhappily. "Didn't you worry about my mood that day, just asked me twice casually? How could I not remember? Alright, hurry up."

"Understood, going right away!" **Chapter 1183: The Offensive and Defensive Positions Change**

"Nonsense." Liang Qu retorted, "Didn't you worry that day that I was in a good mood, and you asked me twice just to be sure? Can you not remember? Alright, hurry up and go."

"Understood, going right away!"