Chapter 205

In the valley of the rising sun, the god is called "Tian Wu," who is the Water Earl.

Light patterns lit up on the Ze Ding, and an inexplicable charm spread out.

Pain deep into the marrow spread along his spine, as if someone were holding a candle, trying to burn out the fat in Liang Qu's bone marrow bit by bit.

Unlike the Ying Dragon pattern which appeared on the upper part of the spine, the Yu pattern was on the lower part, and the feeling was even more intense.

After a while, the cold sweat dissipated into the water current.

Liang Qu unclenched his teeth, his footsteps floating.

Picking up the Tiger-Eating-Human You again, the charm coiled on it had long since dissipated, and there was no longer such a terrifying scene.

Something had been absorbed from it by the Ze Ding, in exchange for the favor of another Water-Governing God.

Liang Qu knew who Tian Wu was.

Tian Wu, eight heads and eight faces, tiger body, eight feet and eight tails, blue-yellow color, spitting clouds and mist, governing water.

It's just that, previously, the Ying Dragon pattern didn't have the saying of Ying Dragon's favor, but this time there was actually Tian Wu's favor?

Why would this be? Is it the difference in quantity?

Is the aura in this Tiger-Eating-Human You higher than that of the two-zhang pseudo-dragon tendon? And where did the aura inside come from?

The Ying Dragon pattern gave him a top-tier movement technique out of thin air that didn't need training; what was the function of the Yu pattern?

【Yu is honored as Wu, spitting mist and driving clouds, Layer: One】

【Obtained river favor 0.02】

His vision shifted.

The surrounding wind and clouds changed, all around were great rivers and tides, in the distance wind, rain, thunder, and lightning intertwined, and one hundred thousand mountains stretched out.

Liang Qu looked around blankly, as small as a grain of rice placed on a wilderness.

Immediately, monstrous waves surged, the surrounding water level rose rapidly, covering the mountains, rising all the way to the horizon, connecting with the sky.

He couldn't surface at all, but soon, wisps of white mist spread from the junction of the sky and the water.

That white mist was like a sharp awl, forcibly chiseling the entire world apart, separating the sky and water again.

"Yin and Yang chaos becomes mist... the aura covers the things on the ground..."

The wind stirred up waves, and the boat swayed gently.

Rippling golden light scattered into the distance.

Liang Qu stood on the river surface; within a radius of one mile, great mist surged and collapsed in all directions.

Stepping into the mist, the entire great mist seemed to turn into his eyes, without the slightest obstruction.

Flying birds folded their wings, leaving a long trail, and fish leaped out of the water, slapping away a little white mist.

Taking two steps, his figure was even more light and agile.

A domain belonging exclusively to him could be said to have spread from underwater to the junction of water and land.

Ying Dragon is wind, Tian Wu is cloud.

It was the opposite of "wind follows the tiger, clouds follow the dragon," becoming "wind follows the dragon, clouds follow the tiger."

Not only that...

Liang Qu sat cross-legged, driving his Golden Body, and the dragon and tiger auras intertwined and coiled.

Looking closely, the dragon body was coiled with wisps of clear wind, and the tiger body carried faint white mist.

The power was even greater than before!

It was indeed different.

The Dragon-Tiger Golden Body would give birth to dragon and tiger auras, which had the effect of slaying evil and breaking spirits.

The moment he obtained the Yu pattern, Liang Qu felt an abnormality in the Dragon-Tiger Golden Body.

Looking at it now, it was a feedback to the dragon and tiger auras, along with the previous Ying Dragon pattern.

Liang Qu didn't know if this was good or bad, but it was highly likely good.

Ying Dragon and Tian Wu were both much fiercer than ordinary dragons and tigers.

What little ghost would dare to bump into these two great gods?

Even a glare from eight hundred miles away would kill them!

Let's try controlling water again.

The great mist dissipated, and surging waves rose from all around; the sound of rushing water filled the entire world, and water spray was falling everywhere.

In a trance, the entire surface of the marsh seemed to be lifted by Liang Qu, shaking the great marsh.

Approaching eight thousand tons...

From five hundred tons to eight thousand tons, it suddenly increased sixteen times.

It was normal; the fusion degree doubled, Liang Qu's own strength increased several times, plus the 0.02 favor degree just now, sixteen times was a normal value.

And it just sounded like a lot; the actual volume was only a cube with a length, width, and height of about twenty meters.

It wasn't big, but it wasn't small either, roughly the size of a pond in a wealthy family.

Furthermore, controlling water didn't have much use for small targets; it was mainly effective for large targets.

Liang Qu asked Yuan Tou and Scarhead to move the Buddha carving he had seen earlier.

He didn't expect that because the light underwater was poor, the Buddha statue, which had originally looked black, became magnificent after being brought to the shore.

Golden silk threads appeared in the amber-colored texture all over its body, making the entire Buddha statue look like it had an extra trace of divinity.

He didn't know what kind of wood it was made of, so Liang Qu didn't dare to damage it rashly.

Reaching out to touch the cover plate on the back, he tapped it lightly, vibrating it open bit by bit, and finally pressed it slightly to reveal the entire back plate.

No water flowed out.

Liang Qu breathed a sigh of relief; no water flowing out proved that after so many years, it hadn't soaked in water inside, so if it were any scriptures, they would likely be well-preserved.

Laying the Buddha carving down, he used the sunlight to see clearly that inside was a rolled-up scroll.

Taking the scroll out from inside and unfolding it a little, the handwriting on it was clear and the paper surface was smooth.

Perhaps because it was isolated from the air, the pages hadn't even yellowed.

Reading word by word, Liang Qu closed it in disappointment.

Damn it, it's just an ordinary scripture.

It's not some secret manual, nor is it some martial art; it's just a Buddhist scripture talking about great principles.

It's useless to ordinary people.

Good things won't all fall on one person's head; he'll send it to the old monk later, and he might like it.

Liang Qu rolled up the scroll, stuffed it into his back, and covered the back plate again.

This trip out had huge gains.

The Jianghuai marshes were truly full of treasures, and there were very few competitors for development.

A small finless porpoise tribe could collect so many good things; he couldn't imagine what a magnificent sight it would be on the toad's side.

"Yuan Tou, A-Fei, you stay and help Scarhead and the others move house; just move near the lotus root water area."

Liang Qu left an order, drove his boat back to Shangrao, wrapped the Buddha statue and the Tiger-Eating-Human ghost in burlap, and hurried home.

It just so happened that the old monk was at home.

"Master, I found a good thing!"

Liang Qu moved a table out of the hall and unfolded the burlap wrapping the Buddha statue in the courtyard where the light was better.

The old monk stared at the Buddha statue, observing the golden patterns on it.

"Ming wood root?"

"Ming wood root?" Liang Qu lowered his head, "The material of the Buddha statue?"

The old monk nodded.

"Ming wood is worth more than gold and is amber-colored; Ming wood root is worth several times more than that, which is why it has golden patterns. Standing beside it, do you feel a sense of peace and auspiciousness?"

"Yes."

"That's it. Ming wood can calm people's hearts, help thinking, and enlighten wisdom.

Carved into a wooden pendant, only a finger-sized piece is needed; if a child wears it all year round, they will be smarter than other children, and even for a martial artist, it can help with enlightenment.

And the effect of Ming wood root is several times that of Ming wood."

Liang Qu's eyes flashed; he didn't expect the Buddha statue itself to be a treasure.

No, it's so valuable, the scroll behind it should also be extraordinary.

"Where did you find such a huge piece of Ming wood root?"

"Fished it out of the water; I don't know how long it had been soaking, but not a single bit of algae grew on it, and there was consecration behind it, a bundle of scrolls. Thinking you might be interested, Master, I brought it back."

"May I take a look, old monk?"

"Feel free to look; if you like it, I'll give it to you, Master."

Hearing about the value of Ming wood, Liang Qu became even more careful as he pried open the cover plate and took out the scroll.

The value of the scriptures behind it must be high, but it also depends on the person; for example, a first draft of the Jin Gang Jing is a Buddhist treasure, but for Liang Qu, the only way to realize its value is to sell it to a monk.

If the old monk wants it, he'll just give it to him; the value of the "Dragon-Subduing and Tiger-Taming Jin Gang Jing" itself is definitely higher than this scroll of scriptures.

Holding the scroll, the old monk slowly unfolded it and observed it.

The sunlight shone obliquely, passing through the scroll, and the black characters cast shadows, slanting onto the tabletop.

Liang Qu watched with his own eyes as the old monk's brows furrowed bit by bit.

The first time in history!

"What did you see, Master?"

"I dare not assert; I still need to study it for a while."

The old monk shook his head.

"Then you can take it back to your room and read it slowly, Master."

The old monk nodded and took the scroll back to his room.

Liang Qu moved the wooden statue into his room and ran to find the old giant clam with the bead that looked like a Jiaoren tear.

He went up and patted the old giant clam's big shell, handing the bead forward.

"Old Shell, you came from the sea and are well-informed; do you know what this is?"

"Eh, a Jiaoren tear? How did you get this?"

"It really is a Jiaoren tear."

Liang Qu twisted the little bead, not expecting that what he found by chance was actually a Jiaoren tear.

"Aren't Jiaoren in the sea? How come there are some in the Jianghuai marshes?"

"When I first arrived, there were many Jiaoren tribes in the Jianghuai marshes, and their fabrics were quite popular. Later, after the True Dragon passed away, the Jiaoren tribes also migrated away. Your Jiaoren tear should be a relic from that time."