Chapter 270

Fan Xinglai left.

Liang Qu went to the stable to cut grass for him, fed Chishan, touched its neck, and dispelled the sense of estrangement from not seeing it for half a month.

"So strong."

Chishan's fur was like flames, sleek and shiny, and as it lowered its head, its muscle lines were smooth, and its mane hung down naturally.

Liang Qu took out the Qinglang from his waist, pricked his finger, squeezed out a little blood, and after smoothing it out, joined three fingers to draw a "Water" character.

Red light flashed, and the fresh blood seeped into the skin.

A long time passed.

No mental link appeared in the sea of consciousness.

Still not working.

Cannot control it.

Liang Qu wasn't annoyed; he had long been mentally prepared for failure.

"I don't know if this merit will be enough to ask for a rank-up elixir for Chishan; I'll try again then."

There are six ranks of Dragon-Blood Horses, which are a symbol of status and glory.

The Great Shun has almost perfected the breeding of this horse.

Appearance, speed, endurance, stability.

All four aspects are peerless treasures.

It is completely priceless, and even if it appeared on the market, no one would dare to buy it.

But the best part is the rank advancement of the Dragon-Blood Horse.

Before a first-rank Dragon-Blood Horse, you only need a corresponding rank-up elixir to advance it!

As a fifth-rank Dragon-Blood Horse, Chishan comes and goes like the wind, carrying hundreds of pounds as if it were nothing.

Even for Liang Qu as a Galloping Horse martial artist, it is a very good means of transport, and it is extremely eye-catching when going out on the street.

It's just a pity that although Liang Qu has made many contributions, it's hard to say if he can get a fourth-rank elixir; it depends on whether the higher-ups are generous enough.

After feeding the fodder, Auntie Zhang came through the side door to cook.

"Master! It's been half a month!"

"Yes, it's been half a month, is everything well at home?"

"Thanks to your blessing, everything is fine. What would you like to eat? I'll go make it right away."

"Just make whatever is fast; I have things to do this morning."

"Done!"

Auntie Zhang went into the kitchen to get busy, adding water and burning fire.

Just as she finished making porridge and side dishes, Fan Xinglai rushed back, standing at the kitchen door panting and gesturing.

"Nothing much, there's a big donkey in that big grass shed, in its prime, the fodder in the trough is very fresh, and there's an old woman with a child in the courtyard playing, laughing quite happily; I think there's nothing wrong."

Liang Qu nodded: "Sorry for the trouble, sit down and eat."

"I'll just make do with something; I haven't swept the stable today, and if I'm late, Master Chishan will be unhappy, and if it's unhappy, it kicks the stall, and it's already kicked several broken, all of which I repaired."

Fan Xinglai took two meat pancakes and hurried back to the backyard, shoveling horse manure while eating, not affecting his appetite at all.

Liang Qu smiled and turned to greet the old monk.

After half a month away, and after everything was settled, he came to the pond.

The otter family had already settled in and became helpers to the beaver family, helping to carry logs from underwater to the shore and doing simple work like peeling bark.

The two little beavers further processed the logs into various ship planks, which were fixed to the dragon bone by Mrs. Da He Li.

The head of the household, Mr. Big Da He Li, was sitting on a small stone stool, looking down at the drawings in his hand, occasionally looking up to direct the two little beavers to work, and there was a thick stack of partial drawings by its feet.

The drawings were asked for by Liang Qu from Liu Quanfu before he left Yixing Town; the overall shape was complete, but the Big Da He Li couldn't read, so it didn't know the specific dimensions, but as a beaver, having the drawings was enough, and dimensions were no problem at all; the entire construction process was orderly.

Liang Qu felt that he should exchange his merits at the River Patrol for a real, usable shipbuilding drawing another day, rather than an empty shell like Liu Quanfu's, which could only be looked at but not used, sinking in minutes if put in the water.

It's not for the toad.

The toad's little boat would be soaked in water sooner or later, so it didn't matter if it was usable or not.

He wanted to upgrade his own ride.

The small boat sent by the River Patrol was only seven meters long, much larger than an ordinary awning boat, but it was still not enough for him.

At least he needed a ten-meter class one, with two cabins and one or two masts.

But a large boat requires crew to operate, raising and lowering sails, otherwise it can only rely on water control to sail.

It's fine if there's no one, but if there is...

For this reason, Liang Qu never had the time to deal with it; the small boat was fine, but now, the crew problem seemed to be solved.

He looked at the otters carrying logs, muscular, strong, with four limbs, and very flexible, no worse than humans.

Spirit monsters as crew, it's strange, but it's much better than him showing off his water control ability.

Perhaps others would see it and be awed by him, the River Lord of the River Patrol.

Noticing Liang Qu coming over, the Big Da He Li rolled up the drawings in its hand and tucked them under its arm, moving over.

Halfway there, it suddenly remembered something, lay down by the pond, scooped up water to wash its face, and then used its claws to dip in water to comb the raised fur on its head smooth, only then meeting Liang Qu.

The Big Da He Li unfolded the drawings, pointing with its claws.

The old giant clam acted as a translator.

The general content was to report the shipbuilding progress, indicating that everything was proceeding steadily and very smoothly.

After the report was finished, a big fat head emerged from the underground river.

The fat catfish looked left and right, saw Liang Qu by the pond, and with a dive, most of its body landed on the shore.

Water splashed everywhere.

Liang Qu blocked with his hand, and the pond water in mid-air fell back into the pond.

The Big Da He Li became a drowned beaver; it ran to the water's edge, found that its neatly organized fluffy fur was wet and stuck to its body, and the whole beaver lost its spirit, its fat belly collapsing and covering its feet.

The fat catfish opened its mouth and spat out several water lingzhi.

All were freshly picked precious plants.

With the fat catfish's appearance, Cannot-Move carrying the mirage insect, Fist, and Round-Head followed closely behind, and even Scar-Head brought several subordinates, all spitting out the precious plants they had collected.

For a time, all kinds of precious plants arrived on the shore.

Water lingzhi, water water caltrop, white silver pearl grass, water cogon grass.

There were four kinds in total, nine items, all the harvest of the fat catfish and Cannot-Move over the past half month.

It wasn't much, mainly because Liang Qu gave an order before leaving not to run too far, to prevent accidents on the Bing-Fire day.

He didn't expect it to delay the progress of collecting 10,000 water essence.

I wonder how much water essence so many precious plants can contribute...

Liang Qu picked up a water lingzhi, soaked it in the pond to wash it, and swallowed it.

The Qilin Elixir and the Wither-Prosper Twin Lotus cannot be eaten at the same time because the medicinal power of both is too strong.

A water lingzhi is at most a few dozen points of water essence, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the Twin Lotus.

Even if he ate everything right now, he guessed it wouldn't be much.

【Water Essence +34】

【Water Essence +46】

【Water Essence +27】

【Water Essence +41】

Nine precious plants, all swallowed.

The total essence reached 8,310, still 1,700 short of the 10,000 integer.

Liang Qu cast his gaze toward the old giant clam.

After living together for so many days, the old giant clam's pearls should have accommodated quite a bit more, right?

I don't know if the absorption rate will be higher after clearing a wave of pearls before?

"Old Shell!"

The old giant clam shivered.

"What... what for?"

【Water Essence +306】

Liang Qu reached back, and the old giant clam immediately closed its shell.

Living under someone else's roof, a handful of bitter tears.

Enduring you, yellow-haired brat, bullying me, this thousand-year-old giant clam!

A stable living environment is not so easy to obtain either.

Hey!

Liang Qu patted the old giant clam's shell: "I'll bring you some good water algae another day."

Still 1,400 short.

Not much, not little, relying on the old giant clam, precious fish, and precious plants, there should be results within ten days.

Liang Qu decided to go into seclusion!