Chapter 1189: Great Change (Seeking Monthly Tickets, Combined)

The night wind was cold and clear, the whole mountain was desolate, but the enthusiasm of the people of Huangzhou was like fire, and the noise shook the sky.

On the mountain peak, Xu Wanzheng, the ancestors of the three families, Su Guishan, Yang Dongxiong, and others were still lingering in the shock of the Whale Emperor's great fin, their hearts pounding, and a sentence echoed in their ears.

Let the Martial Saints and Demon Kings of the world compete! And they even wanted Liang Qu to help formulate the competition rules!

"Gulp."

Xu Wanzheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his sleeves were soaked. Even for the two Perfected Forms of the Xu family in the local area, he had to be careful to serve them, for fear of saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing. The Heavenly Dragon was even more like the sun in the sky. Just seeing it would scorch one's skin, a big shot one wouldn't even dare to think about. Such big shots gathered together to compete like the young people below?

Great Cloud Dream covers, magnificent Zhanghua builds.

How magnificent! How grand.

If one could go to witness it personally, to see it, one would die without regrets!

However, with so many Martial Saints and Demon Kings leaving their stations, and with the Southern Frontier and Northern Court, would there really be no trouble between countries, causing chaos in the world?

"I hosted the Great Hunt and brought out the Xuanhuang Plate to reasonably take governance degree. The Whale Emperor inserted a fin to host the East Sea Great Hunt and invited heroes from all over the world. What is it for?"

Liang Qu looked out from the railing. He agreed to the Whale Emperor, but his thoughts were not on the Great Hunt below at all, flying to who knows where.

Lighting a fire against the wind burns oneself.

He used the Huangzhou Great Hunt to earn governance degree, and the Whale Emperor used his Great Hunt to earn "fun." Everyone was borrowing the topic to play, and they were all fish-catching talents without flaws.

The Whale Emperor didn't say when to host the East Sea Hunt.

"Time is still early—"

The grander the event, the more time it needs to prepare. How many Martial Saints cultivate, and one retreat takes half a year.

If it is hosted in a hurry, perhaps many Martial Saints won't even know the news when they come out of retreat.

A competition is lively only when there are many people. An invitation system with heavy rewards naturally needs to inform the world first and wait for the "greatest common divisor" when the most contestants are free.

Must return to the Underworld as soon as possible.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"Ouch! Ouch! My money!"

"Useless! Useless!"

"Refund! Refund! Refund!"

On the "big screen," the hot favorite expert who originally had hope for the top fifteen, the Heaven-Reaching Wolf Smoke expert Huo Guanyu, was eliminated, a big upset. It turned out that he was set up by a few juniors from the Xu and Chi families, who used fog beasts and waterways to slide him out of the water tower in one fell swoop.

There was a booing sound in the gambling house, and two or three others cheered enthusiastically.

The competition had not ended, and there was no result. Obviously, they had bought the bet on which big shot would be eliminated on which day. Because there were many definitions and conditions, the odds were extremely astonishing, often over a hundred times! One or two taels turned into hundreds of taels, getting rich overnight.

Xu Zishuai's hands were itchy.

He thought of the scene where he bet on his junior brother to defeat Huo Hongyuan last time and made a lot of money. It was very dashing for a while, but unfortunately, Liang Qu was not competing this time, and he couldn't see the clues at all. It was really possible to lose everything, so he only threw ten or twenty taels with Ke Wenbin and others to play.

The competition became more and more intense.

More and more big clans knew about the mystery of the waterways in the river.

"Immortals and mortals have paths, all relying on a pair of soles, soaring in the world, wandering the rivers and lakes. East to Danqiu, west to Taihua, morning tour to the North Sea, evening to Cangwu."

Come to see the Great Hunt during the day, and go home to sleep on the bed at night.

With such a sharp weapon for traveling back and forth, the aristocratic families surrounding Peng Ze all rushed to Huangzhou, occupied the mountain peaks to watch the competition, and urged their own children to enter the competition.

Even if they were Galloping Horses or Four Gates, teenagers and twenty-year-olds had to go up. Their fathers and mothers called it "tempering courage" and "broadening horizons," as if this Heaven-Reaching Water Tower was not a Great Hunt, but an alchemy furnace that could turn stones into gold, and rolling in it would temper them, making their quality three points better.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Rongguang also found two suitable "life-extending" clients with construction qualifications for Liang Qu.

They agreed to extend their lives before the New Year. The two clients were also generous people. With Xu Rongguang's guarantee and Liang Qu's reputation abroad, they were willing to pay the one million taels first, bringing people in before the New Year to build two fief ports each.

The construction of the fief was flourishing!

A flow of over one million taels of silver appeared every day, setting off a torrent in major markets. Small vendors shuttled through the crowd, the Huai River and Peng Ze were full of painted boats, lights were flickering, singing and dancing every night, and the prosperity for a time was no less than that of Nanzhili!

The moon rose and set, and the sun rose and set again.

The Great Hunt has always lasted for two days and three nights.

Between the mountain ridges, more than one million people were all looking forward to the results. Even the fierce tigers were scared away by the swarms of people.

At this time, the last night had arrived, and the struggle had become completely white-hot. Many people no longer cared about making moves, grabbing treasure fish from others, and the "cannot move" state refreshed wave after wave.

The gambling house no longer opened new markets. The shopkeepers of each family tore the tickets into two copies and distributed them. The odds no longer changed, and no latecomers could enter the competition.

Eighty percent of the hundred waterways running through the river were controlled by groups. The "lucky boy" was actually as lucky as ever, always secretly developing without being discovered.

Eight of the ten treasure fish released by the Old Man of the Bamboo Hat were caught. Four people grabbed them and withdrew, swimming desperately out of the tower, taking the treasure fish as a guaranteed reward. Among them, three succeeded, and one was intercepted halfway.

Inside the Heaven-Reaching Water Tower, only one blood lion and one semi-transparent silver-tailed fish remained.

The silver-tailed fish won by having protective color, which was difficult to discover, and was agile itself. Its actual value was only in the lower-middle reaches of the ten treasure fish.

The blood lion was purely highly poisonous and powerful. Fortunately, it didn't encounter a powerful Hunting Tiger. Its value ranked first, several times that of the silver-tailed fish, and its capture difficulty also ranked first.

"Hehe, no one caught it—doesn't that mean the treasure fish is mine?" Liang Qu grinned.

With such a large net worth of the furnace, things given out would definitely not be taken back; he couldn't afford to lose that face.

Since no one grabbed it, it was a "surplus."

A twenty-jin large blood lion was extremely rare, at least forty thousand essence, maybe it could hit fifty thousand. The lotus seed output of the dragon people for half a year was not small at all.

"Elder, Elder, look, look!" Long Yao stood on tiptoe, grabbed Liang Qu's arm and shook it, full of joy. "Someone found a treasure fish! It's Guan Congjian!"

"What? Which treasure fish?"

"Blood lion!"

Liang Qu was shocked and pulled up the screen to zoom in.

Eleventh floor.

The blood lion shook its head and tail to explore the water tower, while Guan Congjian, holding two Xuan water forks and a silver silk net, was lurking behind it, acting sneaky!

Damn it!

Guan Congjian! What are you doing!

You usually eat so much of my rice, and now you still want to eat the Master's big treasure fish?

If you still recognize me as your Master, turn around and leave now, immediately, right now!

However, there was no spiritual link between Liang Qu and Guan Congjian, so he couldn't pass the message at all. He could only watch the other party act, but was helpless.

Guan Congjian rubbed his nose, resisted the urge to sneeze, and looked around, not seeing anyone lurking.

"Strange, I always feel like someone is scolding me behind my back. It must be that kid Qi Hongyuan who is jealous that I can come to Huangzhou! Hey, I haven't had a good meal in three days, I'm bored to death. I have to go to Master's house for a big meal later."

With the treasure fish in front, thinking too much was useless. Guan Congjian took the fishing net off the Xuan water spear.

The blood lion was too fast, and carrying the net would slow down his speed.

He often went to Master's house for meals, had seen all kinds of treasure fish, and often listened to Old Toad and Wu Cangshou bragging. Although Guan Congjian ate little, he knew their respective strengths and weaknesses. The blood lion's weakness was that its dive was fast but its retreat was slow, and the sharp thorns on its body were extremely sensitive to water flow, just like a fly. He had to aim at the front and trick it.

He gripped a Xuan water fish fork without water resistance tightly.

Guan Congjian tightened his muscles and threw it with all his might.

The Xuan water spear merged into the water, turning into a sharp arrow, brushing past the forehead of the blood lion that was fleeing in panic. The blood lion retreated in a panic, "following the trail." Just at this moment, the second Xuan water spear struck, hitting the fish tail squarely.

The huge force caused the Xuan water spear to pierce through the fish body, splitting it into two directly, bringing out a puff of blood smoke.

"! Hit!"

Guan Congjian swam forward happily and hugged the blood lion.

He often watched Master eat heartily, but he hadn't eaten such a good treasure fish himself yet.

"Yay!" Long Li cheered. The top-notch treasure fish was obtained by an acquaintance, and he was also Sister Lichan's husband, so she was still very happy. As a result, just as she cheered halfway, her lower abdomen was poked by Long Yao with an elbow, making her gasp. Long Li rubbed her little belly and was annoyed. "What are you doing?"

Long Yao pursed her lips.

Looking in that direction, Long Li happened to see Liang Qu's mouth twitching, unhappy.

"What's wrong with the Elder?"

"I don't know, he was like this just after you reminded him." Long Yao shrugged. "Ask Sister Eying. Sister Eying is like a roundworm; she must know."

The two stood on tiptoe, quietly circled to Liang Qu's left, and tugged at Long Eying's sleeve.

After Long Eying finished listening to the words, she realized that Liang Qu was unhappy. At first, she thought it was because of the Whale Emperor, but then she thought about it—with such a big thing, Liang Qu would definitely not show it. Combining it with what Long Yao said about "reminding," she looked at the screen on the water tower, suddenly understood in her heart, and pulled Long Yao and Long Li, whispering in their ears.

"Hahaha!"

"So that's how it is, so narrow-minded!"

Bang! Bang!

Two knocks on the head.

"Ouch."

"Elder, why did you hit us?"

"You are not smart yourselves, and you are so close to me. Do you think I can't hear you?"

"Pfft, pfft, pfft."

Liang Qu bent his fingers and raised them again. The two immediately squatted down and shrank into Long Eying's arms. Long Eying hugged their little heads like a mother hen.

The Xu family and a group of family ladies laughed happily.

"He is a young man after all. If it weren't for his big name, I would really forget that the Prince of Huai is the same age as my grandson."

"Yes, it's also thanks to the young man. Otherwise, where would there be so many tricks? I was never interested in the Great Hunt before. It was dark at night and I couldn't see anything. It's more interesting now."

"Alas, no way, it's always so fast." Lady Xu looked helpless. "Sometimes I wish he were slower. People wouldn't be so busy."

The ladies opened their mouths and suddenly had nothing to say.

With the capture of the blood lion, the competition became completely white-hot.

However, the screen did not move away from Guan Congjian, but instead stirred up more emotion.

Guan Congjian, who had captured the precious blood lion, did not swim out of the water tower to withdraw from the competition, nor did he put the fish in his waist to carry it. He took out a dagger, pulled out the blood lion's poison sac and sharp thorns, and ate it raw!

"Waste! Waste! Such a rare blood lion should be supplemented with good medicine and made into a body-tempering elixir. Eating it raw like this is truly a waste of heaven's gifts!"

"No, no, he is breaking through! Is he burying a divine seed?"

There was a burst of noise on the mountain peak.

The two Immortals also cast their eyes over.

"He buried a divine seed." Liang Qu was surprised.

Guan Congjian's age was about the same as his, only two years older. He was born with a martial bone. He was just thirty this year. His realm was about the same as Zhu Zongwang, the Tail Fire Tiger of the past. He had entered the Hunting Tiger but had not buried a divine seed. He was much worse than Huo Hongyuan. He belonged to the top ten favorites, but not the favorite to win the championship. The divine seed was the thing that opened the gap between Hunting Tigers.

Huo Hongyuan was thirty-five this year and had already buried two, and was about to bury the third. But now, if he could succeed, the gap between the two would narrow to one! If he was lucky, it wasn't impossible to win the championship!

Liang Qu clearly remembered the scene where Guan Congjian broke through after fighting. Regardless of victory or defeat, as long as he fought, he was hearty. If he was hearty, he would gain something, and if he gained something, he might break through...

Glancing at the scoreboard.

Hunting fog beasts and grabbing treasure fish were all means to increase points.

The points of the first place, Huo Hongyuan, had reached a terrifying 7,832 points.

The second place was also biting very tightly, with more than 6,900 points.

Most of the disciples of the Huaiyin Martial Hall were outside the top 100, with the highest being around 200 points. These points would be converted into credits in proportion.

Because of the fog beast mechanism, in previous Great Hunts, treasure fish were snatched away, and only registration points remained. Now, there was a guaranteed bottom line that could not be snatched away, and many people even shifted their focus to specialize in fog beasts.

And Guan Congjian—.

"Ninth place, more than 3,000 points? That's quite a difference." Liang Qu took a look and found that they were all treasure fish points. "Strange, didn't he go to fight the fog beasts? The fog beasts are always refreshing. These treasure fish points are much higher than many people. Has he been catching fish all along?"

Born with a martial bone, he had a huge advantage below the Perfected Form, at least he could cross a small realm. Guan Congjian's strength should be in the top five.

"Doesn't seem like much?" Xu Zishuai was reminded and reacted.

"No impression." Ran Zhongshi shook his head.

"He didn't really fight." Ran Zhongshi replied, "I saw that he basically went to catch treasure fish. He would fight if he encountered one, but he wouldn't go looking for them."

"Strange, isn't this kid the one who likes fighting the most? Wait." Liang Qu realized a possibility.

"Boom!"

The Golden Bell True Qi swayed the water flow. Guan Congjian took a long breath, threw out a treasure fish, summoned the finless porpoises along the way, turned over and rode on them, pulling himself to charge into the eleventh floor!

With his Qi machine completely unmasked, many hunters noticed him, watching him break into the territory of a Hunting Tiger fog beast.

The strength of the fog beast on the eleventh floor had already reached the initial stage of Hunting Tiger, which was quite extraordinary.

However, Guan Congjian was breaking through, his momentum was like a rainbow, and his Golden Bell True Qi penetrated his body, actually suppressing the fog beast!

Some people watched, trying to grab the beast head at the last moment, but they didn't see Guan Congjian get injured until the fight was over, and he left.

Bang!

White smoke exploded.

Points +242.

After finishing a fight, Guan Congjian took a long breath, his muscles and bones exploded, and he threw out five more treasure fish.

The "cannot move" state went out, opened his mouth to swallow five treasure fish, and green light flew out from the wooden horns on his head.

Light enveloped him.

The momentum that had fallen slightly rose rapidly, even higher than before fighting the fog beast!

The commoners were in an uproar.

"Good boy!"

Liang Qu understood why Guan Congjian had been catching treasure fish all along; it was to refresh the "cannot move" state.

One drum, then exhaustion, then depletion!

Those with higher realms than him were all active on the twelfth and thirteenth floors.

The fog beast on the eleventh floor was just right, and no one could threaten him. It was a unique opportunity.

Three Immortals gathered at the top, one million people watching, Perfected Forms recovering, the Hunting Moon Festival with autumn wind blowing, Martial Saints setting the competition, and just the right opponents—the overlapping of countless conditions constituted a unique stage. This kid was "hearty" to the extreme!

Guan Congjian rode the finless porpoise to find more fog beasts.

Just half an hour.

Two Hunting Tiger initial stage beasts were kicked off the porpoise, and the treasure fish on their bodies were all confiscated. Guan Congjian's ranking soared to third, carrying the "momentum" of being invincible, and rushed into the twelfth floor!

If the momentum is strong, the person is strong!

Compared to the beginning, Guan Congjian's strength had increased by at least thirty percent!

Time passed slowly.

Liang Qu enlarged Guan Congjian's screen to occupy half, and everyone watched him break through like bamboo, regretting not having placed a heavy bet on this kid earlier, missing the opportunity in vain.

His cheek muscles bulged, and his masseter muscles stood out like ropes. A terrifying smile bloomed on Guan Congjian's face, completely immersed in the slaughter.

Another hour and a half.

Two Hunting Tiger initial stage beasts were picked off the porpoise, and the treasure fish on their bodies were all confiscated. Guan Congjian's ranking soared to third!

Guan Congjian was shirtless, his whole body was crimson, like a piece of red iron tempered a thousand times, and his momentum continued to soar.

"Clatter."

The silver hook swayed.

It sank into the water tower.

Another twenty-jin blood lion!

One!

Damn!

Liang Qu widened his eyes, watching this cheating-like act, but was helpless.

All rules cannot withstand one sentence—the Immortal likes it.

Suddenly, one large blood lion appeared in front of him. Guan Congjian was stunned, his brain didn't think much.

Eat!

Two Xuan water spears were thrown, following the same method, repeating twice, hunting the blood lion again, pulling out the poison thorns, eating the fish meat raw, and sucking the fish blood.

The crimson skin became redder, and the surrounding water area seemed to be boiled, constantly emitting dense white steam, steaming upwards.

"Hoo!"

Crackle.

Bones exploded.

Guan Congjian hugged the finless porpoise, mighty and majestic, rushing into the thirteenth floor in one ride.

"Dong!"

The Yaksha steel fork hit the Golden Bell.

The heavenly sound surged. ===== CHAPTER 1190 =====

Crackle, crackle.

Bones popped and cracked.

Guan Congjian hugged the finless porpoise, and with great momentum, the pair charged into the thirteenth floor.

"Thump!"

The Yaksha's steel trident struck the Prime Minister's bell.

Celestial tones reverberated.