Chapter 388: You sign the document!

Inside the hall, blood energy surged, baking people so they couldn't feel half a bit of spring chill.

Li Li Shoufu blurted out: "Is Lord Liang serious about this?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

Liang Qu's counter-question left Li Li Shoufu speechless.

Snake demon, snake monster.

The pronunciation difference was quite large, so he wouldn't have misheard.

A snake demon, equivalent to a Hunting Tiger Great Martial Artist!

Even if one broke through to Wolf Smoke, it was still a world of difference.

"Don't worry, I have my own ingenious methods. Registrar Li, just go and pass the word. I have just broken through and still need to consolidate. I will go and explain later."

For some reason, Liang Qu was full of confidence.

The words had already reached this point.

Li Li Shoufu didn't dwell on it anymore, just assuming Liang Qu had some special means, and bid farewell.

Watching Li Li Shoufu bypass the shadow wall, the main gate closed.

Liang Qu rose to his full height, his bones cracking and popping.

Hoo!

The violent wind that rose in the room pushed open the doors and windows.

The scorching blood energy was like a furnace, baking the hall until the temperature rose by another three points.

Wulong yawned, raised its hind leg to scratch an itch, and leaned against the threshold, drooping its dog head.

Sleepy in spring, tired in summer, dozing in autumn, hibernating in winter.

Having eaten a good meal, Wulong was stimulated by the heat, and sleepiness surged up. In no time, it fell asleep on the ground.

Liang Qu walked from the room to the courtyard, set up his stance, and slowly guided, drawing out streaks of green light that penetrated his body.

The green light flowed like a waterfall.

Every time it surged and circulated, Liang Qu's aura rose by a notch.

Muscles and bones rubbed to produce the sound of gold and jade, and blood energy rose like ethereal wolf smoke!

Focusing his mind and looking inside.

The green light spread everywhere. Wherever it walked, muscles grew, bones were tamped, and internal organs wriggled.

All changes were extremely subtle, but they combined to make Liang Qu's already powerful and inhuman physique and essence increasingly strong and vigorous!

Like a tiger entering the forest, a trapped dragon ascending to heaven, a feeling of breaking free from all shackles—he couldn't help but let out a long roar, surging ten miles away.

Great freedom!

Great liberation!

"Congratulations to the benefactor for your martial arts advancement!"

The roar surged, and the old monk put his hands together, standing at the door.

The scarred-face river otter wore a yellow robe, respectfully standing by.

"Master! I really couldn't help it!"

Liang Qu's expression was spirited, but his hands and feet didn't stop.

His energy was too exuberant, his muscles wriggled, his bones trembled, and he felt an unbearable itch, so he had to vent it thoroughly.

The old monk was not surprised.

Condensing meridians and gathering meridians, True Gang entering the body, meant breaking through the shackles of the human body and opening up a brand-new path ahead.

Under the feedback of both, there would be a stage of significant upward movement.

Therefore, just stepping into Wolf Smoke was by no means the peak state of a martial artist.

It required the whole body's internal breath and blood energy to be washed by the major meridians, and combined with True Gang body refining, to be completely stabilized.

The entire process would take roughly three to five days.

In the courtyard, Liang Qu's ape fist didn't stop. After the green light, white light appeared.

The old monk turned his prayer beads.

Gathering the second True Gang, perhaps it would rise for another two days.

And so, under the old monk's observation, Liang Qu practiced the ape fist more than a dozen times. The dryness in his body finally subsided somewhat. He gathered his momentum, bowed to the old monk again.

The old monk put his hands together: "The old monk heard that there is a snake demon causing trouble north of Huaiyin Prefecture?"

Liang Qu wiped away the hot sweat, gasping for breath: "It can't be called causing trouble; it's just occupying a place and not letting the commoners and clans engage in production."

"Can you handle it?"

"Master, don't worry. I have my own ingenious methods and will definitely be able to solve this matter properly!"

"Good."

The old monk paced into the room.

The scarred-face river otter bowed.

Liang Qu nodded slightly.

To this day, the people in the house had become accustomed to the scarred-face river otter family coming and going freely and moving around at will.

Oh, Tatta Kai was an exception.

Several scarred-face wooden carvings were still buried at the bottom of the pond, all collected by the Fat Catfish and placed in Fist's cave, not knowing what they were preparing for.

Liang Qu returned to the quiet room. With one foot, the stone curtains shattered into crumbs less than a grain of rice, raising a cloud of dust.

The two great True Gangs fought, and the dissipated Gang Qi was enough to crack gold and split stone. The entire quiet room had suffered heavy damage.

The original stone curtain ground was now like walking on a beach, completely unable to stand, so he needed to find a craftsman to rebuild it.

"Calm down your breath, and go to the Tianbo Merchant Association in the afternoon."

Strength increased, and the movement of the breakthrough became larger and larger.

He had to prepare some good materials.

Afternoon.

Liang Qu, who had restrained his blood energy, stopped practicing and went to the Tianbo Merchant Association first.

Quiet room cultivation was a universal need for martial artists, and the conditions were about the same.

The Tianbo Merchant Association claimed to connect the north and south, having everything. Inside, there was a complete set of plans and price lists, and even the estimated completion date.

Liang Qu hesitated for a long time, and endured the pain to choose a well-received quiet room worth eight hundred taels, built with a mixture of green gold stone, green pine wood, and clear heart jade. After leaving the address, he hurried to the River Patrol Office to report.

As expected, Xu Xu Yuelong hadn't gone out fishing, but sat alone in the study staring at the intelligence, his brows furrowed so tightly they could crush a fly, ignoring Liang Qu's arrival.

Liang Qu stood at the desk and reminded him in a low voice.

"Commander?"

Xu Xu Yuelong then looked up, his gaze deep, scanning back and forth.

"Broken through?"

"Thanks to the Commander's care."

"Since you've broken through, you can at least be called a local expert. Then do you know what kind of strength a water demon implies?"

Liang Qu said solemnly: "I know, it's equivalent to a Hunting Tiger Great Martial Artist, an expert among experts like you, Commander! Only because the snake demon relies on the terrain and shrinks in the water, if it were on land, wouldn't you be able to handle it easily, Commander?"

Xu Xu Yuelong originally wanted to tighten his face and let Liang Qu retreat in the face of difficulties, but hearing this, he almost couldn't hold it.

"Since you know, then tell me, why should a Wolf Smoke martial artist go to deal with a snake demon?"

"I have my own ingenious methods."

Xu Xu Yuelong raised an eyebrow. He thought for a moment.

"Can't say?"

"Can't say."

"Then do you know what the consequences will be if you fail?"

Can't a Wolf Smoke martial artist kill a Great Martial Artist?

Not to mention the extreme cases of the elderly Hunting Tiger and the peak Wolf Smoke in their prime, one could even say quite a few.

Poison, traps, sneak attacks, sieges, diverting disaster to others, kidnapping wives and children to threaten them into submission.

The significance of many despicable means was to overcome the strong with the weak!

The gap between Hunting Tiger and Wolf Smoke was large, but it wasn't so large that a Wolf Smoke expert going all out couldn't stab a knife into a Hunting Tiger expert in a weak and relaxed state.

But despicable means had a fatal flaw: the accident rate was extremely high!

Xu Xu Yuelong naturally thought Liang Qu was going to use some despicable means to deal with the snake demon.

The snake demon's compromise was quite strong.

This point could be seen from the first time it let them hand over the only remaining offspring and let bygones be bygones.

But strong compromise didn't mean it wouldn't jump over the wall like a dog!

Confused people could do confused things, let alone confused demons!

Facing Xu Xu Yuelong's questioning, Liang Qu certainly couldn't tell the truth, saying that he had completely integrated the Ze Rong and had an awesome trump card.

This trip to Xiangyi wasn't just to explore the Twenty Jiaoren ruins.

If he handled well what everyone else was unwilling to do, that would be a great merit!

When traveling abroad, opportunities were fought for by oneself, and merits were earned by oneself!

Thinking of this, Liang Qu pushed his hands forward and bowed deeply.

Thinking of this, Liang Qu pushed his hands forward and bowed deeply.

"Brother Xu, trust me once. If there are any accidents, I, Liang, am willing to bear all the consequences alone!"

"You, a mere Water Intendant..."

Xu Xu Yuelong originally wanted to mock him, but suddenly remembered that this kid in front of him had an imperial decree from the Holy Emperor, not comparable to an ordinary seventh-rank official.

A long silence.

Bang!

Xu Xu Yuelong tore off a piece of white paper and slapped it onto the desk.

"You write a promissory note!"