Chapter 194: Finless Porpoise King

Liang Qu flipped out the anchor stone on the bow and untied the rope buckle on it.

Plop.

A white splash exploded on the water surface, foam splashing onto the boat deck, drying and fading into shallow watermarks.

Liang Qu took out the iron anchor and tied the rope.

The anchor given by Ran Zhongshi is the right size, fitting his boat perfectly and making it look much better.

A boat, after all, needs an anchor. A stone was neither fish nor fowl, and it was bulky, with nowhere good to put it.

This was much more comfortable.

Ripples spread on the water surface, raising splashes. Bu Neng Dong revealed its pupils, with the white, chubby Mirage Insect stuck between the two horns on its head.

This place used to be Quan Tou's exclusive spot, but unfortunately, Quan Tou grew too fast and couldn't stay there after a few months. Now it was the Mirage Insect's turn; it was wide and chubby enough, and the size was just right.

The fat catfish followed closely behind Bu Neng Dong, poking its head out and spinning in the water to stir up water dragons, while Quan Tou and Yuan Tou were a bit slower, surfacing last and lining up on both sides of the boat.

A-Wei on his wrist moved at the sound, spreading its wings and dancing in the sky. The six beasts were gathered.

No, there was one more.

A small figure floated up close to Yuan Tou, its appearance almost a proportional reduction of Yuan Tou—it was Jiang Xiao Tun.

Jiang Xiao Tun's physique was half a circle larger than when Liang Qu first saw it. It wasn't growing fast or slow, likely in its juvenile period.

Liang Qu communicated with the Ze Ding to check the evolution points needed for Yuan Tou.

【Can consume 272 points of Water Ze Essence to evolve the Finless Porpoise into a Finless Porpoise King.】

Every time he divided the treasure fish and spirit monsters, he had never shortchanged Yuan Tou. It was just that as a latecomer, it was much later than the Fat Catfish and Bu Neng Dong, but now it was close to meeting the evolution conditions.

The Water Ze Essence accumulated in the Ze Ding, emitting fluorescence, rising and falling, colliding with the tripod walls, making a vast tidal sound.

After thinking for a moment, Liang Qu allocated 272 points of Water Ze Essence from the Ze Ding and moved his thoughts.

Brilliant light flew out from the Ze Ding, lingering around Yuan Tou, instantly wrapping it in a piece of fluorescence.

The light mass wrapped into a cocoon, Yuan Tou's figure gradually elongated inside, and its physique grew constantly.

The other beasts were accustomed to it, only Jiang Xiao Tun circled around Yuan Tou, calling incessantly until Yuan Tou patted its head with a fin, and it stopped.

The Fat Catfish puffed up its cheeks and shot out a few streams of water, all of which were dodged by A-Wei in the air, finally landing on the Mirage Insect.

Two insects, one big and one small, piled up a small three-story tower on Bu Neng Dong's head.

Bu Neng Dong closed its eyes, old and steady, not caring at all that its head was much heavier.

The light dissipated, Yuan Tou's body length approached nine meters, leaping to be on par with Bu Neng Dong and the Fat Catfish, the three beasts lined up.

Jiang Xiao Tun was greatly shocked, circling Yuan Tou many times, calling incessantly, until Yuan Tou patted its head with a fin and it stopped.

Thus, the six great command beasts under Liang Qu, excluding the Mirage Insect, had all reached the same level.

Communicate with the Ze Ding.

【Can consume 8,000 points of Water Ze Essence to evolve the Finless Porpoise King into a Spirit Porpoise King.】

8,000 Water Ze Essence was not a small amount.

Once it became a Finless Porpoise King, organizing a Finless Porpoise tribe shouldn't be difficult.

At that time, Liang Qu wouldn't need to command them; he could indirectly control a water beast tribe through Yuan Tou, with at least ten Finless Porpoises at the martial artist level as a base.

Over so many days, it wasn't that Yuan Tou hadn't found wild Finless Porpoises, but unfortunately, the solitary ones were basically old Finless Porpoises driven out, which were of no use.

Prime wild Finless Porpoises all had their own tribes. To command them, one had to defeat the leader, and one couldn't gang up on them. If the tribe beasts didn't submit to you, killing the leader would only make them scatter like birds and beasts. It had to be one-on-one, King against King.

Yuan Tou had been completed by the Water Ze Ding, and its strength was much stronger than ordinary Finless Porpoises, but it was still far from challenging the leader.

Now it should be able to give it a try.

"Let's go, let's go see if the water beasts you found meet the conditions."

Liang Qu lowered the boat anchor. The iron anchor cut through the rolling water, smashed into the river bottom, dragged for several meters, and firmly inserted into the mud and sand.

The entire boat jolted, drifting along with the current and remaining firmly anchored nearby.

Stopping the boat, Liang Qu grabbed Fu Bo, took the beasts, and dived into the water, first arriving at the Old Giant Clam's location.

Seeing the Finless Porpoise, which was a circle larger and had some changes in details, the Old Giant Clam felt an inner earthquake.

This, what is going on?

Only a quarter of an hour has passed, how did this Finless Porpoise grow a circle larger?

What heavenly treasure did it eat?

Liang Qu grabbed the Mirage Insect from Bu Neng Dong's head and brought the little Finless Porpoise over.

"Old Shell, you look after the Mirage Insect and the little Finless Porpoise first. I'm taking A-Fei and the others out to handle some business. Don't worry about the ones on the side; don't let Jiang Xiao Tun steal the lotus root in the middle."

The Old Giant Clam was silent for a while and agreed.

Liang Qu nodded, turned, and dug out a few pieces of lotus root as spares.

Under the stimulation of Bu Neng Dong's innate ability, the effect of the lotus roots became better and better. A section of lotus root in the center of the lotus root field could have four or five points of Water Ze Essence, barely keeping up with his strength growth.

One person and four beasts, according to the order of distance, explored them one by one.

"The deep water area is truly prosperous; there are plants growing in reverse everywhere."

Liang Qu casually broke off a piece of water grass and chewed it in his mouth.

No Water Ze Essence, just an ordinary plant, yet it could grow in waters below a hundred meters. The light reaching here was already very weak, making it difficult to support the growth of normal plants.

That could only be for other reasons.

Liang Qu grabbed a handful of silt. He had seen a viewpoint in a certain book: the underwater area was closer to the earth's core, so the earth vein aura was rich and mellow, which could nourish a lush underwater environment.

But he felt it was wrong. The growth of plants on the entire river bottom wasn't more lush the deeper it was.

Before ten meters deep, there were indeed all kinds of plants on the river bottom, and then they plummeted.

Below twenty meters, it was basically barren, continuing to a depth of a hundred meters, where water grass appeared sporadically, and then it showed an opposite trend of growth. After a hundred and fifty meters, the water grass was as lush as a prairie.

Below that viewpoint, many annotations were left refuting it, thinking it was nonsense and unreasonable.

As for the specific reason, no one knew; there was no conclusion.

It was truly magical; clearly, the mud was no different from normal river mud.

The Fat Catfish in the front paused, waving its fins to indicate they were about to arrive. Liang Qu followed them, lying on the ground, moving slowly.

So sturdy!

Before seeing it, Liang Qu had already perceived the form of the water beast, with obvious muscular knots. No need to go over and look; it clearly corresponded to the "ox" in the three sacrificial animals, which meant sturdy and hardworking.

The Fat Catfish swimming in front patted its chest, indicating that the water beast it found was the same as it, representing "fat."

Liang Qu fell into silence, not saying a word about the Fat Catfish's unauthorized modification of the word's meaning.

He quietly shuttled through the water grass, and through the gaps in the water grass, he witnessed with his own eyes that touch of imposing crimson, lying in a cave, exposing half its body to rest. Between breaths, the surging water flowed toward all directions.

It was undoubtedly a real Great Spirit Monster. On land, it would be a match for a Wolf Smoke martial artist.

However, the one in front of him should have just crossed the threshold of a Great Spirit Monster, its aura unstable, with slight fluctuations.

According to the Fat Catfish, it had been here several times, and this spirit monster was always resting, perhaps having just broken through its realm and was using sleep to nourish itself.

The vast majority of spirit monsters had such a habit, consolidating their realm through sleep.

Having broken through not long ago, A-Wei would sneak attack first to inject poison. With one person and four beasts, the odds of winning were quite high.

"One of the three beasts is found." ===== CHAPTER 195 =====