Chapter 1397: Stick, Solidify, Adhere — Rolling Stones into Elixirs (Two-in-One)

"Strange, the mighty overlord of the East Sea, actually willing to let you parasite on him for years?"

"The Algae King is quite reasonable to deal with, and he's the only overlord I've ever managed to stick to."

"The only two!" the Blue-Gai King raged.

The Pot King interrupted discontentedly, sinking into his own memories: "Finding the Algae King was a matter of decades ago. At first, the Stick ability was difficult, requiring a heavy price. Later, as the number of Buff abilities increased, my Stick itself had value.

Many of my abilities worked on the Algae King too, especially two Buff abilities that helped enormously — a mutual benefit. It's just that the conditions agreed upon back then haven't been fully repaid yet; even now I still have to go once a month to stimulate the marimo's growth. It has to be a full sixty years, and there are still a dozen or so years left."

"I see. No sex life means carefree, not afraid of being seen." Liang Qu frowned again. "But you're a barnacle — how do you parasite on marimo?"

Plant-type spirit medicines are the majority; those in heaven and earth that can become yaoguai are exceedingly few. To be called the 'Algae King,' it must be the 'Middle Overlord' among the Seven Overlords of the East Sea, the only one who didn't come to duel him at the banquet a month ago — the Marimo King!

Liang Qu was surprised by the richness of this old brat Pot King's 'Stick experience' and the breadth of his yaomo veins.

This is also why he had to covet the Pot King. If the Stick ability were easy, he would have long since commanded barnacles himself to cultivate them.

First, one must reach a Yaowang; innate abilities condense into a Creation Art. Second, the Stick time isn't short — several years for a single swap. Third, the Stick target needs careful screening; at the cost involved, who would willingly let a barnacle stick on them for three years for no benefit?

Running into a key ability one desperately seeks but cannot obtain — they'd likely go mad just like the Pot King.

Water-marsh essence, dominion degree, time, energy — this major category, every single one is his fatal weakness; he has none of them. Wanting to get rich overnight, he can only pick up ready-made ones.

The Pot King smiled faintly with pride: "The Heavenly God might as well carve off the Blue-Gai King's flesh and see if he can pry me off."

The Blue-Gai King flew into a rage, his ten million tentacles bowing in unison: "You malignant tumor, you parasite! Your heart deserves death. Heavenly God, distinguish loyal from treacherous, execute the treacherous minister!"

"Hmph, I am of great use to the Heavenly God; what use are you? You deserve to have your flesh carved!"

"Courting death!"

"Vile beast, spouting wild words — today I'll poison you to death!"

"Hmph? Poison, a joke to experts — you think I'd fear poison?"

"Ola ola ola ola————"

"Muda muda muda muda————"

"Shut up!"

Silence.

The Pot King explained honestly: "My three innate abilities are all Stick, metamorphosed into Creation Arts. Their power is extraordinary — not merely sticking to flesh and blood as the object, but locking onto the Blue-Gai King himself as the target. So even if you cut off the flesh I'm stuck to, I'll fall back to my original position; however the target fares, it doesn't hinder me."

Liang Qu nodded; he understood this, but now he was even more curious about the Marimo King and couldn't help asking a few more questions.

The Pot King thought for a moment: "The Marimo King is somewhat like the Heavenly God's General Yuan — he also walked out his own cultivation path, not a Yaowang in the traditional sense. He seems to coexist and reciprocate with heaven and earth.

All the marimo in his territory are manifested from a single alga of his. And the Algae King has lived a very long time; no one is quite sure how long he's lived. That he's not interested in the Huaijiang position isn't strange.

As for other abilities, I don't know. The Algae King only showed me this one."

"Can you even only see one?"

"Usually not. Once I Stick, the Stuck target's abilities hold no secrets. It's that the Algae King split off a marimo for me; the avatar I Stuck to only has this one ability inside. Sticking to one versus sticking to three is just three years' growth versus four years', but even if I Stick to one for three years, I feel this ability is worth it."

"You didn't know to go find the Algae King to Stick?"

"It was the Eight-Clawed King who divined it for me."

A 'Gu Yu' suddenly popped up, and Liang Qu's expression went blank.

Counting up, the Eight-Clawed King must be nearly ten or so years old now, right?

The Pot King reminisced: "Humans have the Four Wilds Heavenly Instrument; the yaozu lack the skill to forge it. Back when the Eight-Clawed King was among the sea merchants, its divination was a hot-selling product. A good number of my ability leads and sources were bought from it."

"Audacious tumor! Right now the Heavenly God is the Sea Fangzhu's legitimate husband; the Sea Fangzhu is honored as the Divine Empress. You reminisce about the Eight-Clawed King so — you must have a second heart! You deserve death!"

"You're talking nonsense, courting death!"

"Ola ola ola ola————"

"Muda muda muda muda————"

".

"

Liang Qu pinched the bridge of his nose.

How do the Blue-Gai King and the Pot King bicker even more than A Fei and the Third Prince?

"Enough! I am the Heavenly God!"

The underwater fell silent again.

Golden eyes sweeping around, Liang Qu said: "From what you say, the Algae King is indeed formidable. If there's a chance, I might go see him."

The Pot King stopped cursing: "This matter is simple. Next time I fertilize the Algae King, the Heavenly God can go together with me; I'll introduce you."

"We'll talk when there's time."

Liang Qu didn't dare make contact rashly. Listening to the Pot King, he always felt the Marimo King was a bit like a large-scale, Yaowang-version of 'Wang my lord.' Since the Pot King already had the abilities from him, there was temporarily nothing needing contact — just curiosity, nothing more.

"I came to make contact on behalf of the imperial court's reception; I can't stay too long. You two are inspecting the branch — staying a few days is fine. Keep in touch through the link."

Yu Dun's side's 'Further Sublimation' needs to be reinforced at fixed intervals, lest it decline; Liang Qu cannot stay long.

"As you command!"

Objective achieved, inconvenient to linger. Before leaving, Liang Qu suddenly reached out, pressing his hands on the two water beasts' body surfaces, and a strand of cool 'tentacles' pierced in of its own accord.

Water beasts, once they reach Yaowang, no longer have that much essence and dominion degree to help supplement, evolve, and mobilize subjective initiative. Before there was no way, but now————

Immediately, under the shocked gazes of the Blue-Gai King and the Pot King, especially the Pot King, 'tree roots' coiled around, raising every single one of their dozens of abilities a whole stage!

Innate abilities, copied abilities, defense, offense — not a single exception!

It felt like something exploded in his mind; extreme, surging emotions poured in, transforming into a boundless snowy plain.

White.

Pure white.

"Th-this — what technique is this?"

"Snap!"

Blue Cap King was still in shock, only feeling his head sink, he turned his head to look, and Pot King was actually completely limp, babbling on one side and drooling on the other, even muttering to himself.

"Haha, hehe, hehe————Pot Grandpa I made it, Pot Grandpa I made it! In the East Sea there is only one hegemon, and that is me, Pot Grandpa, hehe, hehe."

Blue Cap King worried, it's over, this big rise and fall, won't he really be stupid?

Liang Qu smiled with hands behind his back: "This is my third fruit, it can make anything sublimate", divine abilities, treasure plants, treasure fish, even realm, but, the authority is not yet fully nurtured, so it is only temporary sublimation, to be continued later————"

Blue Cap King's heart pounded wildly, with ecstasy.

"Thank the heavens!"

"Remember, follow me, the road may be a bit winding, but the future is certainly bright, work hard, fish fish are all there."

"Yes, sir!"

Pot King giggled foolishly: "Yo! Hehe, hehe, haha, Pot Grandpa I made it! I made it!"

"Blue Cap King's position fruit was refined, Pot King's position fruit was stuck with adhesive, the two guys' position fruits on their bodies cannot come into immediate contact, stuffed into the Marsh Cauldron, I don't know if their position fruits can match any of my lineage puzzles————"

Quiet chamber, Liang Qu rummaged in his bag, swallowing the last few slices like sugarcane residue of medicine dregs.

【Water Essence+345】

【Water Essence+345】

【Water Essence: twenty-five million three hundred thirty thousand】

"The guess was indeed correct, the Immortal Alchemist's methods are truly domineering, directly extracting medicinal power, refining it into pills, while the Water Essence remains in the medicine dregs, for future refining of immortal pills, one must definitely package the medicine dregs together.

But, only added over three hundred thousand essence? Not much at all, even if due to the passage of time, due to the change of carrier? Due to the treasure medicine becoming dregs?

Flint pearls are not as good as clam pearls, organic gemstones, completely different, the form of the carrier affects the absorption and retention efficiency of Water Essence, if one could figure out this attached situation and moreover create it, then it would be good, cast a wide net, catch lobsters just like that."

Liang Qu could not think of a clue, stopped wasting his thoughts, communicated with the Marsh Cauldron.

【Can consume one spirit fish to nourish the Flood State, adding one divine ability support count】

His gaze fell upon the eight mysterious yellow, Liang Qu in one breath conjured three spirit fish.

【Heaven and Earth Long Qi: seventeen】

【Water Essence: twenty-five million three hundred thousand】

At the bottom of Blue Tide, three spirit fish with mysterious yellow eyes freely swam and darted.

"Add!"

A point of coolness on the brow.

【Can choose four to support in the Dominion Over Water Beasts talent divine ability.】

【Flood State current support: none】

Liang Qu without hesitation, glanced at the surging out, extended out a long strip of divine ability page.

Healing, longevity, attack, transformation, traversal————

Things like these, not fighting is completely unimportant.

Among them only a few are very special, but the most special of them are actually not the ones that speed up cultivation, but rather Pot King's talent divine ability that can stick!

He directly locked on, switched to Pot King's three, and Ball Algae King's one.

【93】 【Stick】, 【Paste】, 【Fix】!

【94】 【Stone Rolling into Pill】!

【95】 【Stick】, as the name suggests, sticking others' divine abilities, fifth rank.

【96】 【Fix】, fixing the stuck others' divine abilities onto oneself, third rank.

【97】 【Paste】, giving others paste divine abilities, second rank!

【98】 Damn it, Pot King this guy, not only can he stick others' abilities to expand himself, but he can also damn well stick his own divine abilities onto others!

【99】 Moreover, 【Stick】 has reached heaven-defying fifth rank, no wonder it can stick the position fruit.

【100】 Liang Qu finished dominating, after looking at this most crucial three talents, all felt damn.

【101】 Pot King can completely fix the two divine abilities he needs from Ball Algae King onto Ball Algae King, yet he stubbornly refuses, turning it into sixty years of service.

【102】 Too damn shrewd, the old thing living hundreds of years, not a single person in the world knows it not only can 【Stick】, but also can 【Paste】, hiding what for? To trade divine abilities, earn the spread, isn't that better for snowballing?

【103】 Stick, Paste, Fix, three divine-like divine skills, and the three are not separated, can mutually enhance, 【Stick】, 【Paste】

【104】 The existence of can make 【Fix】 easier, conversely, the existence of 【Paste】, 【Fix】 makes 【Stick】 more solid.

【105】 Unfortunately, Liang Qu is not of the Caltrop Flask clan, under the Flood State's support he can use, but has undergone many changes, efficacy reduced, but the essence unchanged, that is why he needs to expand into four.

【106】 Can't————stick oneself to oneself?

【107】 Fix the Flood State's divine abilities onto himself?

【108】 The divine ability treasury longed for has arrived, but currently there is a flaw, back when in the Whirlpool Palace, the support condition was that water beasts must be in the Whirlpool Palace, evolving into the Flood State, as long as water beasts are in the overlapping range of the Flood State and reality.

【109】 Originally, Pingyang and East Water could not be reached, but after the Flood State changed into the Flood State, from a radius becoming a long river, adjusting the "river" direction, conversely it could overlap with Pot King, but Blue Cap and Pot King cannot always be there.

【110】 Pot King has always been sticking from others onto himself, completely different from Liang Qu now.

【111】 If the needed divine abilities were directly used with Pot King's set, fixed onto oneself, then that could be————

【112】 【Stone Rolling into Pill: Round Gathering Qi, Rolling Refining Purification, Age Pressure Compression】

【113】 Sixth-rank creation art!

【114】 In the Lower Dantian, amidst the shattered ruins of the Dragon Court, countless streams of light flashed and flowed on the broken stones, gathering upward, condensing into clusters of rotating air currents, tightening into a tiny core.

【115】 Ball Algae King's Stone Rolling into Pill!

【116】 With this divine ability support, without it, within the great realm, there will be no more bottleneck!

【117】 And with this divine ability, cultivation speed can be greatly increased, as long as this cluster of rotating qi condenses into a pill, one can designate, or break open a rank, or expand the root sea, or ascend rank creation, thus left foot stepping on right foot, reaching an astonishing sixth rank.

【118】 The more it rolls, the rounder, the larger, the tighter, the only thing needed is time!

【119】 The time to condense into a "pill" varies by individual situation, low rank fast, high rank slow.

【120】 If such a cultivation divine instrument were fixed, then there would be no need for Pot King to always stay in the Jianghuai.

【Stick】、【Adhere】、【Fixate】！

【Rolling Stone into Elixir】！

【Stick】，as the name suggests, sticking others' divine abilities onto oneself, fifth tier.

【Fixate】，fixating others' stuck divine abilities onto oneself, third tier.

【Adhere】，granting others divine abilities, second tier!

Damn it, this Pot King bastard can not only stick and adhere others' abilities to expand himself, but he can also damn well stick his own divine abilities onto others!

And 【Stick】 has reached a heaven-defying fifth tier, no wonder it can stick onto a position fruit.

After Liang Qu finished overseeing and examining these three most crucial talents, he all felt damned.

Pot King could completely solidify the two divine abilities that Algae King needs for himself directly onto Algae King, yet he refuses, stubbornly turning it into sixty years of service.

So damnably shrewd, this old thing has lived for hundreds of years, and not a single soul in the world knows it not only can 【Stick】, but also can 【Adhere】—what is it hiding for? To trade divine abilities, profit from the spread, isn't that a better way to snowball?

Stick, Adhere, Fixate—three godlike divine arts, and the three are inseparable, able to mutually enhance, 【Stick】, 【Adhere】

's existence makes 【Fixate】 easier, conversely, 【Adhere】, 【Fixate】's existence makes 【Stick】 more solid.

Unfortunately, Liang Qu is not of the Pot Clan; though he can use it under the blessing of the Flood State, he has undergone many changes, efficacy reduced, but the essence remains unchanged—this is why he must expand into four.

Can't————one adhere to oneself?

Solidify the Flood State's divine ability onto oneself?

The long-pondered divine ability treasury has arrived, but currently there is a flaw: back when it was the Vortex Palace, the blessing condition required aquatic beasts to be within the Vortex Palace; evolving into the Marsh State, as long as aquatic beasts are within the overlapping range of the Marsh State and reality, it suffices.

Originally, Pingyang and East Water were unreachable, but with the Marsh State transforming into the Flood State, shifting from a radius to a elongated river, adjusting the "river" direction conversely allowed overlap with Pot King, yet Pot King and Blue Lid cannot remain there constantly.

Pot King has always been sticking others' abilities onto himself, completely different from Liang Qu's current situation.

If one were to directly use Pot King's set of needed divine abilities and fixate them onto oneself, then it would be————

【Rolling Stone into Elixir: Circular Qi Gathering, Rolling Refinement for Purification, Time-Pressed Consolidation】

Sixth-tier Creation Art!

Within the Lower Dantian, amidst the shattered ruins of the Dragon Court, countless streams of light flash and flow over the broken stones, gathering upward, condensing into visible rotating air currents, which contract into a minuscule core.

Algae King's Rolling Stone into Elixir!

With this divine ability, without it, within any realm, there would be no further bottleneck!

Moreover, with this divine ability, cultivation speed can be greatly increased; as soon as this rotating air current condenses into an elixir, one can designate, or break through a tier, or expand the Root Sea, or ascend through Creation—thus, by stepping left foot on right foot, one has reached an astonishing sixth tier.

The more it rolls, the rounder it becomes; the more it rolls, the larger it grows; the more it rolls, the tighter it binds—only time is needed!

The time to condense into an "elixir" varies by individual; lower tiers are faster, higher tiers slower.

If such a cultivation divine artifact were fixated, one would no longer need Pot King to constantly stay in Jianghuai.

"The art of fortune for ordinary people is already difficult at the third stage, and it gets harder the higher you go; with this divine ability, one can break through the fourth, fifth, and even sixth stages, but the sixth stage is not the limit—one can still ascend further!"

Liang Qu communicated with the Jumang position fruit, directly "ascending again"!

Blue light burst forth, 【Stone to Elixir】, layer upon layer, breaking through to the seventh stage; to others, Jumang would decline, but for Liang Qu himself, timed activation makes it a permanent fixture.

"Hiss, so fast."

Liang Qu stared blankly at that tiny core.

The tiny core kept tumbling and coiling in the vortex, like a spider wrapping its prey, expanding at nearly visible speed, quickly becoming round and smooth; he clearly remembered the Pot King saying it would take thirty years to form a single elixir, breaking through once.

Looking at this.

How could it seem that no long time is needed to condense a "Breakthrough Elixir"?

Thinking of his own fifth-stage Undefeated Golden Body.

Could the transition from sixth to seventh be a qualitative change?

Or perhaps the martial bones' support?

"That counts as a good thing."

Liang Qu stroked his chin; he would immediately sit in the temple for the seventh time—if successful, that would make him a high-ranking martial sage, progress so rapid it makes one's hair stand on end.

With a thought, he turned the pond water into tentacles, caught another loach, and stuck it to his Hukou, continuing the experiment.

The vine pot cannot be casually detached; once stuck, it cannot be left for at least three years—can he detach it casually?

His divine ability comes from Hong Guo's support; remove the support, and the divine ability would vanish—no divine ability, no sticking, theoretically feasible.

The loach is small, the size of a little finger.

Even if it fails, crushing it would leave only a patch of colorful fish skin on the Hukou that cannot be removed for three years, like a tattoo, minimizing the impact.

【Stick】!

In an instant.

The sensation of connected bloodlines appeared; the originally jumping loach was instantly stuck fast to the Hukou, unable to move, its belly violently heaving, full of terror.

Liang Qu could even slightly manipulate the small fish's movements.

Afterwards, he withdrew the support for 【Stick】, 【Attach】, and 【Fix】.

Liang Qu stared fixedly at the small fish on his Hukou.

Uh.

The small fish flicked its tail, slapped the Hukou, the whole fish leapt up, and slammed heavily to the ground.

Smack!

The loach fell to the ground, repeatedly leaping.

Liang Qu stared at the small fish for a long while, leaned against the wall, and laughed out loud.

For a long while.

"Now I needn't hesitate—want to use it, just use it; could I stick with Eying? Give this divine ability to her? What would it be like if stuck to Eying?"

Liang Qu calmed his emotions, born of a mischievous thought; as he thought this, the water currents lifted the small fish from the ground, wound around the courtyard, and fell back into the pond.

"Plop!"

Boom!

The small fish fell into the pond; within the Yang Mansion of Pingyang Prefecture, breath surged skyward!

"That is————"

Heposuo, the Three Legal Departments, the Demon-Hunting Office, several government offices, Xiang Fang Su, Ko Wenbin————all stared blankly toward the west.

Yang Mansion?

"What's happening? Who has entered Zhen Xiang?"

"I don't know, haven't heard anyone is just one step away from the door."

"Is it Senior Brother Yu!?"

Liang Qu's face uncontrollably turned red.

Success!

The flames burned Xiong Xiong, flickering and flashing.

Yang Dongxiong, Lu Gang, and Xu Zishuai tightly surrounded the watching Yu Dun and Liang Qu.

"Junior Brother Yu, how is it?"

Hong Guo's support on the Pot King's 【Penetrating Bone Pulse Illumination】.

Liang Qu grasped Yu Dun's wrist, examined it thoroughly, missed nothing, and the joyful expression deepened.

"I feel no difference at all—quite normal! Congratulations, Senior Brother Yu, you are now a Grand Master!"