Chapter 322

In the season of White Dew, the fast-growing reeds sprouted flower spikes, the brown velvet covered in water droplets, a scene of dampness.

Outside, the shouting was incessant, and the water birds sheltering from the rain in the reed clusters trembled, stretched their wings, and flew out of the swing mouth.

On the open water, fishing boats were staggered, layer upon layer, as if growing a layer of fine fish scales.

Seventeen wide-bellied square boats over five feet long furled their sails and docked in the desolate port, the hulls swaying gently.

Lian Jingye let people help him onto the deck and looked up at the old man commanding the fleet on the mast.

"Old Song, have you pulled over everyone who could be pulled over?"

The dark-skinned old man with a mouthful of rotten teeth jumped down from the mast: "Master Lian, according to your instructions, everyone who could be mobilized has been mobilized! Not a single one left!"

Huyan Shijing, who boarded the boat later, scanned the area: "Are there any that can be squeezed? Can you free up two more boats? Why haven't I seen a single large boat? I remember the two boats of Jin Quansheng and Jin Detai weren't in the port?"

"Inspector, you don't know me, when have I not handled things for you? It's really impossible to squeeze them out; several warehouses on land were flooded, and the cargo can only be temporarily placed on the boats.

There are large boats, and the two boats of Jin Quansheng and Jin Detai are also there, but you said you wanted to save people. According to me, large boats are not as useful as small boats!

Inspector, Master Lian, don't look at how widely the flood has spread; the depth is actually just that much. I know clearly where the Black Water River can go and where it can't. It's different on land! Who knows if there are stones underneath? According to the flood depth, large boats basically walk on the ground, very easy to hit the bottom, and once they hit the bottom, it's all over! Not easy to walk, not easy to use!"

Lian Jingye shook his head: "Then you have to call them over! If there's no warehouse to unload, unload everything onto the Shahe Mountain; if it really doesn't work, find a high ground to pile them up, send people to watch, and cover them with oilcloth!"

Old Song felt his scalp itch and reached out to scratch it, not understanding why Lian Jingye had to go to such lengths.

Was someone holding a knife to his neck?

Seeing that Old Song wasn't taking it seriously, Lian Jingye said: "Old Song, listen to me carefully, your boat mobilization is a small matter, but it concerns my Lian Jingye's head! You must not be careless!"

Old Song suddenly realized.

Someone really was holding a knife to his neck!

Covered in injuries, beaten by someone?

"Inspector, Master Lian, rest assured, I will run another trip immediately."

"Hmm, as soon as possible!"

"Go quickly and return quickly! Do a good job, there will be no shortage of rewards later!"

Huyan Shijing took out a money bag and threw it into Old Song's hand.

"Alright!"

Old Song weighed it in his hand, knowing there were seven or eight taels of silver, and beamed with joy; he didn't dare to delay and called two young and strong boatmen to carry him away.

"Let's go, go look elsewhere."

"I remember there are a few fishing boats..."

Under the Shahe Mountain, Lian Jingye, Huyan Shijing, and other high-level members dragged their injured bodies everywhere to issue orders and mobilize the fleet.

More and more fleets approached the foot of the Shahe Mountain.

Inside the quiet room of the mansion on Shahe Mountain, Liang Qu swallowed two precious plants in succession, gaining a total of 3,417 points of Water-Marsh Essence, all of which were invested in the fusion degree.

With the rise in fusion degree and the energy of the precious plants themselves, Liang Qu's internal aura climbed step by step, and the rippling might blew the candlelight in the quiet room to sway.

The Jade Pillow Orifice was on the verge of collapsing, producing fine cracks, and ultimately could not withstand the waves of Qi and blood.

Boom!

A fierce momentum surged from his whole body, the candles were extinguished on the spot, and the entire quiet room fell into pitch darkness.

Liang Qu felt as if he had taken a deep breath of peppermint while sleeping in midsummer; a strong sense of coolness spread along the back of his head, then passed to his spine, and surged toward his limbs and bones.

The Jade Pillow Orifice is the center of "Spirit," and the intention is connected to this orifice, which means the intention and spirit are combined, and one can naturally "fix the intention and prosper the spirit"!

The fatigue and Qi and blood loss from the previous life-and-death struggle were swept away, and the proportion of the spiritual connection with the fat catfish and other beasts in his mind dropped significantly.

Besides this, a wonderful connection spread from the Tail Gate Orifice and the Clip Spine Orifice, the three orifices connected to each other, becoming a whole, and resonated with the upper, middle, and lower Dantian!

The "Ten Thousand Victories Holding the Origin" and the "Dragon-Subduing Tiger-Taming Diamond Sutra" Qi circulation routes changed again, intertwining and connecting in his body, complementing each other without interfering with each other.

"Strength," "Momentum," and "Spirit" combined!

"Intention," "Form," and "Power" converged!

The six gathered together, expanded outward, protected his body, and wisps of ethereal Qi dissipated.

In the darkness, gold and iron rang out!

On the square boat.

Wei Shao looked down at the map and found that the Shahe Gang was very far from his position, his brows furrowed.

Like Liang Qu, Wei Shao also needed boats to form a fleet, and Yu Dayi naturally pointed out the same path—the Shahe Gang.

But Wei Shao, knowing that Liang Qu was nearly five hours faster than him, fell into a dilemma.

At the current speed, by the time he arrived, Liang Qu would definitely have left.

If the other party hadn't borrowed a boat, that would be easy to say; Liang Qu couldn't borrow one, but that didn't mean he, Wei Shao, couldn't. Cheng Chong was only at the initial Wolf Smoke stage; although their realms were the same, Wei Shao was confident that the entire Shahe Gang added together was no match for him.

To put it nicely, it was borrowing; to put it bluntly, it was robbing.

But if Liang Qu had borrowed one, how many would he have borrowed?

Could the remaining boats in the Shahe Gang form another fleet?

If a fleet couldn't be formed, Wei Shao would have wasted several hours on the road for nothing.

Coming out a day and a half early, except for a few subordinates investigating the disaster area, it was equivalent to having achieved nothing; when Wei Lin raised supplies and arrived with the main force, how would he conduct himself?

Wei Shao clenched his fists, and the edges of the map wrinkled in large areas.

Go or not go?

Wei Shao looked at the boatman behind him: "In Huazhu County, are there any other fleets or boat gangs?"

Both boatmen were helpers mobilized by Yu Dayi, and they shook their heads upon hearing this.

"Reporting to the Lord, the merchant ships in the several major merchant houses have basically all been mobilized by the Magistrate, and the only one left that can have a large fleet is the Shahe Gang."

"Oh, in those towns, small merchant gangs, wealthy masters, and small fishermen also have boats. If you go door-to-door to piece them together, maybe you can have one?"

Alas...

One step behind, every step behind.

How did Liang Qu travel? So much faster?

Is the Dragon Blood Horse really that extraordinary?

Wei Shao took two small ingots from his bosom and threw them to the boatman.

"Row faster!"

"Sit tight, Lord!"

The boatman beamed with joy and used all his strength.

"Hoo!"

In the quiet room, a long, leisurely sigh.

Poof!

The candlelight rose again, illuminating the quiet room.

Liang Qu stood up, looked around, and fine "blade marks" were all over the quiet room, all caused by the Qi he had unconsciously stimulated when breaking through.

Qi is the internal hard energy of a martial artist; it not only has the function of protecting the body but is also a technique for killing enemies!

Even if the martial artist's own martial arts have no breakthroughs, the killing power can still be raised by a level!

Once this energy is born, one can be called a Galloping Horse expert, nourishing life and longevity, thoroughly eliminating the pain of a hundred years!

Without fighting others and leaving hidden injuries, one can almost live to the end of one's life without illness or disaster.

Communicate with the Marsh Tripod

【Tripod Master: Liang Qu】

【Refining Marsh Spirit: Marsh Zerong (Green) (Fusion Degree: 45.2%)】

When the water monkey's fusion degree exceeded half, the first innate skill appeared—Water Leap.

The Marsh Zerong is more ferocious; every ten percent increase has an innate ability appear, the ability is extraordinary, all of which are very useful key skills.

Based on this calculation, the Marsh Zerong's fusion degree exceeding half will not be simple; perhaps a very reliable water-type ability will appear.

It's just that there is still a gap of 4.8 from the fusion degree exceeding half, equivalent to 4,800 points of Water-Marsh Essence.

The gap is so large that to fill it at once, at least one underwater precious plant not inferior to the Two-Life Flower is needed.

Water-Marsh Essence needs to exceed 5,000, a truly rare item.

It is really hard to find.

"I don't know if the Shahe Gang's fleet has been formed yet."

Liang Qu calmed his Qi and pushed the door to leave the quiet room.

The back hall was in an uproar.

"You didn't see it, how fierce that monster fish was! It really could cure a child's night crying!"

Lu Xinqing sat at the table, holding a large chicken leg, gesturing and describing the danger of the monster fish.

Someone didn't believe it: "Really or fake?"

"Can that be fake? Thousands of people watched it with their own eyes! Three feet long! The front foot is all a big head, and the head is full of plate armor, the plate armor is at least a foot thick! It grew all the way to the position of more than two feet."

"The armor is that thick? Strange, did the blades get rolled?"

"Hey, that's right, not only is the armor thick, but the fish's biting power is even stronger; it came up and bit a martial artist in half. I saw the corpse, it was miserable. Later, seven or eight Galloping Horse martial artists surrounded it and couldn't take it down! As a result, Lord Liang came over, and guess what?"

"What happened?"

"I guess it must have been a fierce battle, a narrow victory!"

"Wrong! Just one arrow, one spear! It slaughtered the monster fish on the spot! Those martial artists were all stunned, but the people were in danger, so we left quickly and didn't get to eat the monster fish's head soup."

"Such a big fish head, no pot to stew it!"

"If it's true, I'm afraid that under the same realm, the monster fish has no opponents?"

"I've lived for more than twenty years, why have I never seen such a monster fish?"

"Maybe it ran out of the deep water area? I heard that the deep water area is full of monsters, one fiercer than the other, and if they can't mix, they run to the shallow water area."

"If you haven't seen it, you can follow our fleet later. If you are lucky and run into Magistrate Yu, let you see it!"

Lu Xinqing sat at the table, eating and drinking, his mouth full of oil, surrounded by Shahe Gang members listening to him brag.

Since Liang Qu climbed the mountain, he hadn't said that Lu Xinqing was a water bandit he had caught, and keeping him by his side belonged to waste utilization, saving manpower.

The Shahe Gang treated Lu Xinqing as Liang Qu's subordinate, providing him with good food and drink.

It just so happened that Lu Xinqing hadn't eaten for more than a day, and while eating and bragging with everyone, he was having a great time.

"Go in and tidy up, call Lian Jingye and Huyan Shijing over."

Liang Qu called two gang members.

Lu Xinqing, surrounded by everyone, was startled by the sound, hurriedly wiped his mouth, stood up, and bowed.

"Lord Liang, you've come out of seclusion?"

Liang Qu ignored him and let the two Shahe Gang members go quickly and return quickly.

"Eh, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go call them."

Lu Xinqing took the lead and rushed down the mountain, and in no time, he was carrying Old Huyan up the mountain.

Huyan Shijing felt his chest stuffy from the bumping, landed, took two breaths, and said: "Lord Liang, rest assured, the fleet is all gathered, just waiting for you to inspect it."

"We'll talk about the fleet later, you first take me to a few places where Cheng Chong often stayed."

Liang Qu took out the booklet from his bosom.