Chapter 130: Dominating the Fifth Water Beast!

"The River Patrol Office in Pingyang County is newly established, but with other River Patrol Offices before it, we only lack a proper office location. Everything else is exactly the same, and the rules and regulations will not change.

However, rest assured, the River Patrol Office is not strict. After all, we are not under the jurisdiction of the prefecture but take orders from the River Patrol General Office. There isn't much mandatory job content; it's mainly about targeted task collection.

Like you, this River Patrol Officer, your jurisdiction is Yixing Town and the surrounding markets. The content is to patrol the nearby water areas to ensure there are no water beasts causing trouble within your jurisdiction. After a disaster occurs, the number of casualties cannot exceed a certain number; otherwise, you must accept an audit by the Three Judicial Departments to investigate whether you have committed dereliction of duty.

The judgment method is mainly decided based on water area range, depth, demon beast strength, and the number of casualties.

If it's a small spirit monster and it's still in the shallow water area, and the number of casualties exceeds ten, that is a nailed-down dereliction of duty. Lightly, you will be whipped; heavily, you will be demoted and exiled, or even lose your head."

Ran Zhongshi specifically warned him.

It is true that Xu Yuelong has a relationship with Liang Qu, but for now, this relationship has not reached the point where he can shield Liang Qu at will, let alone with Wei Lin, who has a higher official position, on the side. He would never let go of the opportunity to make an issue out of Xu Yuelong's subordinates making mistakes.

Liang Qu nodded. He is not a person who easily gets carried away. He knows what he should do and what he should not do, but he has another question.

"Then if there are no water beasts causing trouble, wouldn't it be fine to stay at home every day?"

"Haha, Brother Liang is sharp! Otherwise, why does everyone think the River Patrol Office is a good job? It's because there are very few busy times; it's mainly about taking specific tasks, accumulating military achievements, and exchanging for rewards."

Ran Zhongshi introduced while walking, taking him to visit the entire interior of the storied ship.

"Military achievements are mainly divided into two categories: small achievements and great achievements, which are collected in the file room.

Obtaining small achievements can exchange for things from the small achievement list, mostly blood-replenishing elixirs, qi-benefiting elixirs, ordinary weapons and armor, and martial arts.

Obtaining great achievements can exchange for things from the great achievement list, and the things will be much better: heavenly materials and earthly treasures, top-grade techniques, superior martial arts, spirit weapons, and spirit armor.

It needs to be noted that small achievements and great achievements are not interchangeable. If you establish one hundred small achievements, you still can't exchange for a single item on the great achievement list.

Look, this is the file room. Once the River Patrol Office is settled in the future, it will be moved there."

Ran Zhongshi pushed open a cabin room, and Liang Qu walked in.

Inside was a twenty-square-meter room with several large wooden boards standing, on which many paper pages were nailed.

Two registrars sat at the long table in the middle and greeted Ran Zhongshi and Liang Qu one after another.

Liang Qu nodded lightly.

The registrar is a ninth-rank official, and Liang Qu is a from-eighth-rank official, half a rank higher than them, so it is normal to receive the greeting.

"Registering military achievements requires repeated confirmation. There must be one registrar and three colleagues present, and killing people requires a head, and killing beasts requires a beast head; otherwise, it cannot count."

Liang Qu came to the wooden board and scanned it roughly a few times.

The tasks had already been organized and placed on the same wooden board according to different strength levels.

Exterminating water beasts accounted for half, and exterminating the Ghost Mother Sect accounted for the other half. It was written that after accepting, it would be judged whether there was eligibility for collection, and more specific information would be notified after confirmation that there was no error.

Liang Qu currently cannot independently accept the task of exterminating the Ghost Mother Sect unless he accepts it together with others.

It seems that the Ghost Mother Sect envoy and the ferryman were forced to spit out quite a bit of information.

"We brought quite a lot of things. Besides two storied ships, there are two cargo ships, but there are no true top-tier goods; those all need to be reported before they can be sent over."

Ran Zhongshi took Liang Qu to visit the utility room, file room, and armory one after another, and finally took him to collect the boat and confirm the finless porpoise to be commanded.

This is the privilege of an eighth-rank River Patrol Officer.

A ninth-rank River Patrol Chief can only collect a uniform, a small boat, and a refined steel spear.

The things for an eighth-rank River Patrol Officer are several times better. Besides the uniform and boat, he can also have a Profound Water Spear and a finless porpoise at the spirit monster level.

The Profound Water Spear is a short spear, about 1.5 meters long. When forged, it is mixed with Profound Water Iron. The overall shape is like a whole square bar twisted into a spiral shape, and finally, a spear tip is pulled out at one end.

A light throw can project it straight in the water, rotating by itself to increase power.

As for the finless porpoise, Liang Qu, as an eighth-rank River Patrol Officer, can have a finless porpoise as a helper.

The token he collected earlier was the proof of controlling the finless porpoise, a mini finless porpoise made of near-white jade, the size of a thumb.

Liang Qu had originally thought about secretly approaching a finless porpoise and dominating one, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.

Under Ran Zhongshi's guidance, Liang Qu first went to see the boat. The shape was not much different from his covered boat, but it was much larger.

The length was over seven meters, the hull was deeper, and it could even hold a set of tables and chairs inside. The roof was also higher, so he could enter without bending over. On both sides were wooden windows that could be flipped open.

Most importantly, it was new!

Every wooden board was clean and bright, much better than his covered boat full of scratches.

The vehicle was upgraded again.

"What is that?"

Liang Qu walked around the boat and found a small boat hanging on the other side of the boat, more than three meters long, two feet wide, and very narrow, like a shuttle, barely able to accommodate one person lying down.

"That is a finless porpoise boat." Ran Zhongshi opened the waterproof compartment at the bow and took out a strange set of harness from it. "This is a harness specifically for the finless porpoise. You can sit in the small boat and let the finless porpoise pull you like driving a horse. It is very fast. Because it is small enough and shuttle-shaped, it can completely shuttle through the water, but it requires you to hold your breath beforehand."

Good fellow!

Liang Qu didn't expect that his thought of letting water beasts pull the boat had actually been realized by the River Patrol Office first!

He looked around, and the other boats nearby were about the same, only with slight differences in some small places, so he didn't dwell on it anymore.

"Let's take this one."

Ran Zhongshi nodded, and two soldiers lifted the boat and helped put it into the water.

The two then took a boat to a certain water area where finless porpoises were playing.

Liang Qu took out the token, grabbed the lanyard, lowered the jade mini finless porpoise, and infused blood qi into it. A finless porpoise poked its head out and swam quickly toward the side of the boat.

Every token is made by pressing and kneading the cuticle on the finless porpoise. When blood qi is stimulated, it can emit the qi fluctuations familiar to the finless porpoise, making it difficult to recognize wrongly.

The summoned finless porpoise circled the boat, very excited.

The body length was between six and seven meters, as big as the small boat. The snout was short and wide, and the head was very large.

The most powerful thing about the finless porpoise is its head. The impact force is very strong. Once in a group, they are like cannonballs, which can bring extremely serious internal injuries to the enemy.

"It seems the finless porpoise anchored by the token is this one. It's a male. Liang Shidi Liang has good luck." Ran Zhongshi congratulated him.

Male finless porpoises are larger and more powerful, so they will be better as helpers.

Liang Qu nodded and reached out to touch the finless porpoise's head.

It's decided, it's you!

I'll secretly dominate it when I bring it back to Yixing Town.

Liang Qu cupped his hands and thanked him: "Brother Ran, you have guided me all the way, and I have caused you much trouble. I am very grateful."

As a sixth-rank Water Balance Guard, Ran Zhongshi taking him, a from-eighth-rank River Patrol Officer, to register, choose a boat, and choose a finless porpoise, can completely be called condescending.

Ran Zhongshi pressed Liang Qu's hands: "Eh, Brother Liang, no need to be so polite. You and I are colleagues, so we should naturally take care of each other.

That Wei Lin is not easy to get along with. If we are a scattered sand, it will be even more inappropriate. I have a younger sister who has gone to the county to buy a house today. After settling down, we should interact more."

Liang Qu was not familiar with Ran Zhongshi; the biggest relationship bond between the two was Xu Yuelong.

Ran Zhongshi did not show such friendliness to everyone in Xu Yuelong's faction.

That's right, Liang Qu is Master Yang's disciple, but Uncle Yang is Xu Yuelong's Uncle Yang, not his Uncle Yang.

His good relationship with Xu Yuelong doesn't mean he has to have a good relationship with Liang Qu.

Otherwise, with so many people, their ancestors all have some origins; does he have to smile at everyone?

In the final analysis, it lies in Liang Qu's own investment value. Ran Zhongshi's closeness to Liang Qu values Liang Qu's future.

The so-called "threshold," if the ability is enough, it is a "door"; if the ability is not enough, it is a "threshold."

The bumps and hurdles in life are mostly caused by insufficient ability. If you show enough talent, you will always attract so-called noble people.

Ran Zhongshi is not the Duke's grandson, but his grandfather is also a Marquis, and his status is extraordinary.

Liang Qu did not refuse the invitation, saying directly that he would definitely visit when he had time, then bid farewell to Ran Zhongshi, rowed the new boat, and took the finless porpoise to Yixing Town, coming to an unmanned water area.

Up to now, Liang Qu has dominated four water beasts in total.

The immobile one and the Fatty Catfish were both dominated at the ordinary beast level. Although Fist-Head and A-Wei are spirit monsters, the situation is special.

Fist-Head was in the cub stage and had almost no self-consciousness.

A-Wei, as a reptile, also has a very low brain capacity and weak self-consciousness.

It only became smart after being dominated and enlightened.

The finless porpoise is the first spirit monster Liang Qu has dominated in the true sense, and he doesn't know if it can succeed.

He drew the Azure Wolf, cut his index, middle, and ring fingers, and summoned the finless porpoise.

The finless porpoise floated quietly on the water, not knowing what Liang Qu was going to do.

The IQ of gregarious animals is generally higher than that of solitary animals. They possess simple sociality, and spirit monsters even more so. The finless porpoise can know who to listen to through the token, which is clearly a performance of being smart to the extreme.

For this reason, Liang Qu did not dominate immediately, but just touched the finless porpoise's back, telling it not to panic no matter what.

The finless porpoise seemed to understand and nodded.

Seeing this, Liang Qu did not hesitate anymore, drew his finger across the finless porpoise's back, and the water character slowly emerged, condensing but not scattering, emitting a dim blood light.

A powerful spiritual force roared into his mind. The resistance of this force was not strong, just purely thick, as if the previous soothing had worked. In the emotions Liang Qu could sense, there was only a little panic.

Liang Qu patted the finless porpoise's back, soothing the water beast. After dozens of breaths of confrontation, the resisting spirit gradually relaxed.

The fifth spiritual link connected like a spider web, established firmly in Liang Qu's sea of consciousness, occupying all the remaining spiritual space.

The fifth water beast, dominated successfully! ===== CHAPTER 131 =====