Chapter 165: The Useless Old Thing

The entire bottom of the water is as quiet as a cocooned spring silkworm, hanging on the tip of a leaf with only the sound of the wind.

"Glug, glug."

"Fist" knocks on its head, spits out a few bubbles, and floats upward unsteadily.

"You actually can talk?!"

Liang Qu slaps the giant clam's outer shell hard, making a thumping sound, stirring up the water flow and making the water grass dance wildly.

Up to now, Liang Qu only learned from the fat catfish that the great demon toad can talk, and its communication is no different from ordinary people.

But that is a great demon, equal to a Perfected Form Jiang Zongshi, and even a relatively top-tier existence among great demons. It would be strange if such an existence couldn't communicate.

A tiny giant clam actually has the ability to speak?

But the giant clam only says those two sentences, then falls into deathly silence, no longer opening its mouth no matter how Liang Qu asks.

"Hey, don't play dead!"

Liang Qu finds a rock on the ground and smashes it hard against the giant clam's outer shell.

There is no damage, but the sound and vibration produced are very huge.

"Fist" clamps a giant rock and comes up to help. The fat catfish and "Cannot Move" search for rocks in the surroundings, using their heads to push them over. One person and one beast smash them and then change to rocks.

After knocking for half a moment, the giant clam still has no movement.

Liang Qu throws away the broken stone in his hand.

"You can talk, so I'll tell you: the two martial artists I know are both Hunting Tiger martial artists; they can easily smash your shell!"

"Hunting Tiger also cannot open my shell!"

Oh my!

Quite capable.

Liang Qu doesn't know if the giant clam is bragging, but given the hardness of the giant clam's shell, it's truly a bit credible.

"You aren't afraid of shaking, but aren't you afraid of fire roasting? If shaking doesn't work, aren't you afraid of fire roasting?

If a Hunting Tiger martial artist can't open it, moving you to the shore and building a bonfire to roast you should work, right?

If one day doesn't work, then two days; if two days don't work, then three days. I'll roast for a while, then pour cold water on you, and after pouring cold water, I'll continue roasting. Do you know what method this is? The method for splitting mountains!

Relying on this method, ordinary people can level mountains thousands of zhang high. I'll use mysterious fire on you, pour ice water..."

The giant clam trembles violently again.

"Shameless to the extreme!"

"You call me shameless, doesn't that prove my method is useful?"

Liang Qu laughs loudly.

Can a person really be held back by urine?

Don't look at the giant clam being less than ten meters; it's estimated to be heavier than many tens-of-meters-long demon beasts.

If he really wants to open it, there is only a difficulty in transportation.

After laughing, Liang Qu leans against the giant clam, hugging the big seashell: "You have spiritual wisdom, so we can communicate; we don't have to fight to the death.

Think about it, if I really wanted to do that, I wouldn't have said it out to you, right?"

The giant clam is silent.

The fire roasting method is despicable and shameless, but it still has confidence.

The giant clam clan is not good at moving, but it has innate abilities, can make its weight multiply, and can be connected to the earth. It is the earth, and the earth is it.

To transport it, one must be able to move the earth for a square area.

Hunting Tiger martial artists among humans want to move it out...

Difficult!

"Stubborn as a dead duck."

Liang Qu shakes his head, his four fingers waving, tapping on the giant clam's outer shell.

"Actually, it's not just two Hunting Tiger martial artists; I also know a Perfected Form Jiang Zongshi. The key is that he is an old monk, and monks believe in Buddhism. The 'Lotus Sutra' says Buddhism has seven treasures.

Gold, silver, amber, coral, glaze, agate..."

Liang Qu stretches out his fingers and counts them one by one, putting down a finger for each count. When he counts to the sixth, he stutters.

"Eh, what was the last one? Monks like to make that thing into beads to ward off evil and protect peace. It seems to be called..."

The giant clam can't hold it anymore.

"What do you want?"

"Haha, simple. Just ask you a few questions. Why can you talk? And you speak in ancient language."

Logically, ancient language might be used in written language, but it's not used much in daily life. It's too much effort, and the brain has to take two turns.

Unexpectedly, the giant clam answers with a question.

"How can you hear my words?"

"I am asking you, not you asking me."

Liang Qu knocks on the giant clam's shell, letting it know its place.

The giant clam is speechless. It is even more confused than Liang Qu himself, pondering for a while before organizing its words.

"Water beasts that have reached the so-called demon realm can communicate with intent. My intent is not connected with yours; how can you hear my words?"

Liang Qu is enlightened. Is it really his own problem? Can he directly steal encrypted communications?

Thinking about it, he feels this is either the ability of the Ze Rong or the reason for the water's favor.

"Then why do you speak ancient language?"

"I have lived for a thousand years, and I have always used this way!"

The giant clam is almost going crazy. It has lived for a thousand years, and it has always spoken like this.

What ancient, what modern, it has always been like this.

"A thousand years?"

Liang Qu is shocked. He knows giant clams are long-lived, and some can live for hundreds of years, but he didn't expect this big guy before him to actually be a thousand years old!

This is the advantage of the species. Martial artists can extend their lives to eight hundred at the Martial Saint level, but some species are naturally long-lived.

Liang Qu's eyes shine.

"Living so long, then don't you know many secrets? Do you know what treasures are in the Jianghuai River? Do you know where there are any ten-thousand-year-old treasure plants?"

Giant clam: "..."

"I am not good at moving, so I know... very little."

"So it's a useless old thing."

Giant clam: "..."

If it could move quickly, it would have run away long ago, and wouldn't be left here to be bullied by a yellow-haired brat.

It really wants to clamp this person to death.

It's a pity its ancestors didn't give it a pair of legs!

【Water Essence +0.1】

Liang Qu's eyes flash: "Have you heard of something called water essence?"

The giant clam ponders for a while.

"Never heard of it."

Never heard of it...

Liang Qu ponders. It seems the giant clam doesn't know it has the ability to help him absorb water essence.

"Where are you from, and why are you here?"

"I was born in the East Sea, but my clan suddenly suffered a great change. At that time, I was still young, about two feet long, and my memory was not yet clear. I drifted with the waves to this place, and since then, I know nothing."

"Do you know the demon court at the bottom of the Jianghuai River? Have you heard of a great demon that looks like a toad?"

"There is a Long Gong at the bottom of the river, with the Long Wang as its head. The great demons are listed in the four corners, which are the four palaces of the demon court.

I have never heard of a toad great demon. I often swim in shallow water and have not been in contact with the demon court, so I know very little about the various demons."

"There is a Long Wang at the bottom of the Jianghuai River?"

"The Long Wang is dead, and only a flood dragon remains, occupying the magpie's nest."

"How did the Long Wang die?"

"Don't know."

So there really is a flood dragon.

Liang Qu gets a definite answer for the first time; the rest, including those in books, are ambiguous legends.

Looking at it this way, the so-called demon court is an organization of demon beast society under the command of the Long Gong.

Long Gong, huh.

I don't know if the Long Gong at the bottom of the Jianghuai River is really as magnificent as in the stories, with countless gold, silver, and jewelry.

Will I have a chance to live in it in the future?

Liang Qu's thoughts drift a bit far, then he looks back at the giant clam in front of him and continues to ask.

"In your state, what kind of strength do you count as?"

"Those of my clan who are born over three zhang long are all what humans call Perfected Form great demons."

Liang Qu looks up and down. How can the giant clam before him be nine meters, close to three zhang.

A great demon close to Perfected Form is at this level?

It seems to have noticed Liang Qu's disdain.

"My clan is good at defense and longevity. In the same realm, no one can break the outer shell, and the lifespan is even harder to match. The rest... are relatively weak."

All points in defense and lifespan, huh.

Liang Qu can roughly understand. Humans' division of so-called demon beasts is mostly based on their own strength system.

In reality, the world is big, and all kinds of demon beasts may appear, which is not surprising.

"One last question, you have pearls on you, right?" ===== CHAPTER 166 =====