Chapter 1492: Supreme (Two-in-One)

Spring Qi stirs, all things suddenly only.

After the Awakening of Insects comes spring.

The dragon people are busy, preparing for this spring's lotus root planting, and with the spring chill still sharp, visitors traveling the river wrap themselves in fleece-lined padded jackets, selecting King Lotus roots; occasionally, when the mood strikes, they ride water spiders into the water themselves to harvest the last batch of winter lotus roots.

Lotus roots are available almost all year round, and due to the different harvesting seasons, each has its own way of eating.

The fragrant lotus roots of July and August are crisp, sweet, and high in moisture, almost fiberless, not durable for storage, dug and sold fresh, served cold-tossed, stir-fried plain, or vinegar-sautéed — crispness is what's sought; September's autumn lotus roots, in season, good for stir-fries; from then on until March of the next year, they are all old lotus roots, firm and powdery-glutinous, with obvious threads, best for stewing soups, with a sweet aftertaste. The King Lotus remains undefeated in autumn and winter, evergreen through four seasons; its production seasons are the same as common lotus, but because it is not on the tourist routes familiar to Yixing visitors, it has become a fine destination known to few — only a lavish guest willing to spend a thousand gold to charter a boat can reach its depths.

Boiling water rolls.

White smoke curls upward, index finger stirring red coals.

Long Chen sits cross-legged on an emerald lotus leaf, propping up a small charcoal stove, slowly brewing tea, sipping a mouthful, tea fragrance overflowing, savoring the sweet aftertaste, watching water and sky merge into one color, watching giant lotus leaves rise and fall in the waves, gently swaying.

He likes this kind of life very much; sometimes with nothing to do, he can sit for a whole day, watching fish surface to breathe, watching the wind shift from morning's cold to noon's warmth to night's dryness.

Since the flood dragons were driven out of the Jianghuai, after the initial busyness, the rest was routine; daily affairs of the Long Gong, large and small, were mostly handled by Third Elder Long Zong Yin. Eying married, the clansmen settled, the Long Gong flourished day by day, prosperous exceedingly; Long Chen thought that in this life he already had absolutely no regrets left. Recalling the past, shrinking in a corner of the great marsh, meticulously calculating for a single breath of morning dew Qi, the three of them drawing lots — like a world away.

To the point that he often regretted, regretted that when the flood dragons attacked, the dragon people and dragon sturgeons should not have resisted to the death, should have withdrawn in time, hidden silently, preserved strength. Waited for Liang Qu to appear, the clan's strength would inevitably be far more prosperous than now; so many old friends would not have become a patch of mud; Eying even more would not have lost her parents.

"Ah..."

Amidst regret Long Chen laughed at himself, feeling he was truly insatiably greedy, wildly fanciful.

Even a Dragon Lord cannot know future developments, right?

"Hey, Big Brother, why are you staying here again! I've been looking for you for half a day!"

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"Long Zong Yin? Why so hurried, could it be something happened at the Long Gong?"

"Yes, something happened, a sky-big matter!"

Long Chen tensed.

A sky-big matter?

What sky-big matter could there be now?

"Could it be the flood dragons came back? How dare they? For the Whale Emperor's face they were let off once; returning again, aren't they afraid of being flayed and skinned?"

Long Zong Yin panting heavily, stood before Long Chen, gripped Long Chen's arm, slapped Long Chen's back hard, shouting like a monkey: "It's Eying, Wu Sheng, Yaolong, new Dragon King! My heavens! Eying, Wu Sheng, Yaolong, new Dragon King."

"Hah?"

"Tianxia Chamber of Commerce, if I hadn't gone to Tianxia Chamber of Commerce to discuss business today, I wouldn't know this matter."

Long Zong Yin's eyes bloodshot, breathing like an ox, whole body trembling, skin redder than a boiled prawn, speaking incoherently.

He was simply going mad.

The whole person had already been completely dominated by emotion; in his heart, on his body, a blazing fire was coursing, burning, like a volcano wanting to erupt; words spoken were like Guangdong farmers separated by two mountain peaks, forced to roar across.

"It's March 3rd! The Tianxia director told me the imperial court has already prepared to announce to the world; I went to find the King of Yue again, the King of Yue also said yes, at the E River, in the Northern Court.

Hahaha, the first pair, the first pair of Yaolong couple, hahaha, Big Brother! Eying, Eying, Yaolong, Yaolong, Dragon King ah! I watched her grow up ah, never thought, not a single bit did I think!

The Dragon Lord never achieved it, the Dragon Lord never achieved it ah."

Long Chen's arm ached; he didn't know how Long Zong Yin, a Grandmaster, could pinch a Tianren Grandmaster until it hurt, but he also extracted the key from the chaotic words.

Eying, Yaolong!?

"Ah hahaha, ah haha, Big Brother, Big Brother! Right, must tell Second Elder, tell Second Elder, no, must tell all, holiday, leave, grand leave, every year March 3rd must sacrifice! Open treasury, release treasure fish and lotus seeds, universal celebration, universal celebration of the couple... really, why not come back and say a word, we actually relied on others to know, no no no, can't, just broke through, consolidation is important, consolidation is important, not saying is right..."

Long Zong Yin's voice disappeared from ear's side, drifting far away.

Long Chen's pupils lost focus.

Emerald lotus leaves magnified infinitely, blocking out the sky, blocking out the water surface; lotus nodes rooted in mud, growing madly, swelling, hollow stems thicker than a flood dragon's waist.

Ears buzzing, restless birds crying, thousands upon thousands of summer cicadas drilling into ears, bombarding his eardrums.

He could see nothing, hear nothing.

A river wind blows, lotus leaves undulate, shadows cover sky and earth.

Plop!

"Eh, eh, Big Brother, Big Brother! What's wrong?"

"Third Elder, why call me back? Why so noisy in the clan grounds, is there some happy event? I came back and saw everyone not working, holiday? Hah? Big Elder fainted? What happened?"

Long Yanrui rushed back hurriedly, scratching his temples, baffled.

Long Binglin kept taking deep breaths; he struggled for a long while before easing his excitement; now explaining to others, he couldn't help getting excited again: "Eying, Eying became Wu Sheng! Big Elder is overly excited."

Long Yanrui froze, pupils visibly expanding, enlarging, panting heavily, finally jumping up, crying: "Bad!"

"Bad?" Long Binglin puzzled, "What's bad?"

"Brother-in-law at home is one Yaolong, hard enough to have kids as it is; now both are Tian Long, what monkey year horse month will they conceive ah! Eying Jie too! Don't know to suppress a bit; brother-in-law dotes on her so much, still doesn't suppress her; what to do if she's divorced later?"

Long Yanrui clenched fist against palm, hating iron for not becoming steel.

Long Binglin: "..."

"Dragon King lifespan extraordinary; your brother-in-law will eventually reach Furnace; both are existences of eternal life, what's there to worry about?" Second Elder Long Qingyi helplessly.

"Also true; speaking of which, how did my sister silently become Yaolong ah; clearly I reached Zhen Xiang first, still at first realm to this day." Long Yanrui slightly melancholy. Long Binglin's mouth corner twitched; he knew the situation somewhat more clearly.

First realm to second realm, Water Lord's Primordial Yang; second realm to third realm, Dragon Lord's last Yao Emperor essence blood; Tianren Heyi, Whale Emperor's Penglai Pilgrimage, Water Lord's Sublimation Maintenance; Tongtian Juedi, unique soul and body tempering, tempering in the two worlds.

He wasn't clear on the final step, also the most difficult Koutian Gate, how it succeeded, but it inevitably related to Liang Qu.

Essentially, this is completely three Furnaces, even half-step Huahong top methods mutually combined, the world's unique treatment, difficult to replicate. Even Zhang Longxiang probably never received Great Shun Immortal's support. Three Yaolong, cannot help a Hunting Tiger with decent talent ascend to Zhen Xiang? That would be strange.

"Alright, Yanrui, calling you back is to have you handle a matter." Long Qingyi reminded, "You go to E River, confirm once more, ask Water Lord and Eying when they're coming back, if they have celebration ideas, how they want to celebrate."

"Yes! I'll go right now!" Long Yanrui excited.

"Hooray! Holiday today, I'll treat you to lunch, I'll treat you!"

"Come on, let's go to Tianbo Tower to enter the dream, play a couple rounds, see what a master is!"

"If you've got guts, don't use Huaiwang!"

Huaiyin Martial Hall, cheers rang to the heavens, noisy and bustling.

The pebbles on the ground trembled lightly, tens of thousands of feet stepped down, even the dust was turning.

After being incorporated by the imperial court, Huaiyin Martial Hall was no longer Yang Dongxiong's martial hall, merely retaining a strong Yang family hue; now Yang Dongxiong serves as mountain chief, and after several generations, the hue will naturally become tradition and memorial, but this in no way hinders everyone from celebrating Huaiwang and cheering for Huaiwang's consort. Xu Zishuai even announced extra rations today and a holiday tomorrow.

Wen Wen Shi Yun sat on the steps, counting on her fingers:

"Grandpa is Yuewang, master is Huaiwang, mistress is Long Wang, master's guide is Mingwang, plus Hui Dashi and Qie Jiejie's Yinglong failed. I go, so awesome, turns out I'm the strongest second generation in Dashun?

Feels stronger than imperial princes, but why do I only have one Golden Body jade tablet? Not acceptable, at least one per person..."

Liang Qu's heart turned cold, he eyed Zhang Wang suspiciously.

The intuition of Heaven-Man Unity told him he was being watched by some petty thief. But the thief wasn't big, maybe an acquaintance. He didn't take it to heart, gazing at the floating black-gray, feeling a sense of hardship overcome and relief.

Changjiao walks the river, matching the Yinglong in seizing food.

And Feilong in the sky is no longer as simple as transformation.

The "Yijing &183; Qian Hexagram" fifth line statement: Nine Five, Flying Dragon in the Sky, advantageous to see the great person.

The Azure Dragon Seven Mansions, in the midsummer Wu month, move to true south midheaven, forming the celestial phenomenon of "Flying Dragon in the Sky," corresponding to the fifth line of the Qian Hexagram.

The fifth line is called Nine Five, Nine Five, being the most auspicious line among all lines of the Qian Hexagram, symbolizing things at their most flourishing period.

In yang numbers, nine is the highest, five is the center, hence also compared to Nine Five Supreme.

Nine Five Supreme does not refer to the emperor! But refers to the "extreme" within an existing thing!

In my past life there were no immortals, "extreme" was the emperor, hence Nine Five Supreme was the emperor.

This is already the most extreme, exaggerated special fate, in the dark there is favor.

Fate can be referenced, not blindly followed, but at this crucial moment, drawing a Flying Dragon in the Sky is simply as morale-boosting as throwing out nine Holy Cups. Recalculated fate.

Liang Qu focused more on returning to the newly self-cultivated position fruit.

Just like Songmang and Xiushou initially, just conceived, unable to use authority notwithstanding, the Ze Ding gave out very little information, almost only a name, and the hint of the central position fruit.

Feilian, Liang Qu had some knowledge.

One is Feilian E Lai, a father-son pair, assisting Zhou in cruelty, sycophantic ministers, E Lai famous for courage and strength, able to split tigers and rhinos with bare hands, father Feilian renowned for speed and running ability, later becoming the "God of Ice Melting and Tile Dissolving."

Two is the divine beast Feilian, preceding Zhaoshu as pioneer, following Feilian as runner. Also called Longque, Wind Earl.

Regarding Yinglong alone, Liang Qu thought the second possibility more likely, but he couldn't really imagine what the wind's governing position fruit would look like? Or perhaps it's not simply surface-level wind?

Compared to wind, more like qi, possessing water as well, that is flow, everything that flows.

Opening the Dragon Gate on the heavenly pivot and earthly axis, one can see heavenly earthly spiritual mechanism, linking long qi and strange phenomena, Liang Qu felt, this Wind Earl, perhaps not just wind, but leaning toward the upper-layer meaning of "flow" and "change."

"Cultivating authority shouldn't be too hard, back then Tianyuan was my not-yet-thousandfold root sea, prematurely ripened, causing mutual blockage, now it's two thousand seven hundredfold, Tian Shu Chaolu also recovered, supplying two is definitely not difficult, just can't ascend, speed up cultivation..."

Liang Qu felt invigorated.

Two self-cultivated position fruits, if not for insufficient development time, who else!?

"If I could also produce Chuan Zhu Di Jun's, that'd be great, then it'd be three self-cultivated..."

"Ah well, Jiaolong didn't come to deliver dragon head, can only think about it."

Aside from position fruits and Fubo, the greatest gain was upgrading a divine ability【Yinglong Killing Canon】to the same level as【Dragon Tiger Golden Body】! 【Dragon Tiger Golden Body】fifth level's momentary invincibility is already extraordinary, after sixth level, there's even a hint of eternity, able to maintain a "point," undisturbed by all things. He relied on this to briefly resist Dalì Taizu's black mud splatter, having no predecessor, he named it himself Heng Teng Shen.

【Yinglong Killing Canon】sixth level likewise, normal range expanded from former ten zhang to a thousand zhang, any item's position inside can be changed "without trace"! Any attack can be strengthened or weakened! Even forming a "magic-ban zone," tenth level and below Yinglong perhaps unable to perform any attack, any external force altering object movement!

Realm is Dao, divine ability is technique.

The level of technique, in some sense harder to raise than Dao, but combat power boost effect is extremely exaggerated.

"Another day full of vitality, Ehe, my treasure land, welcome."

Finished digesting personal gains.

Not in a hurry to seek E Ying.

Just now Yinglong, E Ying needed longer digestion time than him, and Liang Qu vaguely felt, leaping Dragon Gate seems not quite the same as normal knocking on Heavenly Gate...

"Dragon King, coming to Ehe on this trip, I've indeed troubled you greatly, Ehe's tribulation is also unavoidable.

First, my research has borne fruit, my lady is just at this opportunity, not to be missed, straight into Heavenly Dragon.

Second, similarly a rare opportunity, with one push, I borrow your Dragon King's qi, also gained something, gratitude beyond words.

If any loss occurs, I willingly compensate fully, will also prepare heavy gifts, separately thank. Dragon King has any requests, within permission, none should not be obeyed! White Dragon King sits on Dragon King throne, expression inscrutable.

For three consecutive days, it hasn't understood why Huaiwang's consort could directly enter Yinglong, things absolutely not as simple as Liang Qu said.

"Dragon King Palace has no loss, thanks gifts unnecessary, being able to witness the true dragon appearing not belonging to the three great rivers, also counts as a rare experience, when I congratulate Huaiwang, only the dragon species shackles..."

Liang Qu understood: "Dragon King rest assured, I will not hide privately, fifty-two dragon species great demons can all come seek me, the rest not entering great demon dragon species likewise, including demanding promises always count."

White Dragon King nodded: "Much trouble."

"Should be."

Bubbles gloomy, Kuiwen long boots stepped down the steps.

Fifty-two dragon species great demons still each occupied their own territory, seeing Liang Qu step out of Dragon King Palace, they were more excited and worshipful than White Dragon King, excited to the point of three sleepless nights, unwilling to go up and kiss toes. White Dragon King's clawed first general, leading Tianhe Bai, from former respect, changed to worship, frenzy.

They witnessed an unprecedented miracle!

If dragon people hope for Dragon King, what about them? Can they?

Of course..........

No.

Others don't know, but Liang Qu understands, the precondition for opening Dragon Gate is mastering Heavenly Pivot, holding Earthly Axis, aided by suitable heavenly earthly spiritual mechanism, fish leaping Dragon Gate, completing transformation.

The whole process is similar to innate true spirit, Dragon E Ying likewise transformed from human to dragon, leading Liang Qu to feel leaping Dragon Gate and knocking Heavenly Gate perhaps differ.

But regardless of whether they are the same or not, the precondition is always "suitable heavenly earthly spiritual mechanism."

In short, a blessed land of feng shui.

By utilizing the heavenly tribulation, the accumulation of the Dragon King Palace, the Frog Duke, and the Vitality of Heaven and Earth, Liang Qu finally created the first condition, Eying became the Dragon King, and created the second. "Opening the Dragon Gate won't work, but using a bit of essence is still possible."

When the Heavenly Gate and Earthly Axis first emerged, Liang Qu could already bypass direct control and simply consume the essence of the marshes to make up for it—now it's sufficient, no need for complete replenishment, breaking the shackles only requires a slight elevation upon them.

One after another, the great monster dragon seeds, holding back their excitement, queued up ahead; Liang Qu helped each one transform. Each great monster felt it had shed its mortal shell and been reborn, its path unbroken, and after transformation, unwilling to leave the Dragon King Palace, still lying openly in meditation, sparing no effort in cultivation, firmly grasping this chance to change their fish-like existence. The White Dragon King gazed wistfully.

In the corner of the Dragon King Palace, Su Gui Mountain saw Liang Qu busy, he had much to say, but after thinking, chose to continue planting peas.

March 12.

"Crack."

The ice shell shattered, the overbearing Dragon King aura sweeping across Ehe!