Chapter 483

Liang Qu sailed on the lake, slipped into the depths of the Great Marsh, and when there was no one around, cast his line and waited quietly.

The river tide surged, the boat hung at one point, motionless.

About a quarter of an hour later.

The waves in the distance broke, rippling out strange water patterns different from the continuous river tide.

Red Scale brought three demons along, seeing at a glance the new official uniform on Liang Qu.

Spirit deer stepping on water, white waves surging, as if the surging river tide were imprisoned in the clothes, continuous and endless, but not the brocade fish auspicious cloud uniform of the Water Minister.

"Spirit deer stepping on waves... promoted?"

"Promoted?" The yellow-scaled giant snake on the left was surprised, "Could it be because he killed the Green Viper?"

"......"

The snakes were silent.

Living underwater all year round, they didn't know much about the human race, but promotion required merit; that was universal, and the younger one was, the greater the merit required.

From April to June, not much time had passed, and they hadn't heard the fishermen of Yixing Town say that Liang Qu had made any great merit.

Calculating the time again...

Blue Viper was furious: "What does this mean? Kill the chicken to warn the monkey? Showing off?"

"Blue Viper! Impatient again!"

Red Scale glared at Blue Viper, truly at the limit of its patience.

After enduring the Net Lord's body refining and quenching, the strength increased greatly, as if wearing armor all over.

The pain and itching in between, however, were like ants eating the heart, which no ordinary snake could endure; plus, Blue Viper was already hot-tempered and too easy to be impulsive.

Thinking it over.

Red Scale said faintly: "Blue Viper, go keep watch!"

"Me?" Blue Viper's vertical pupils contracted, "Keep watch? With the snake monster?"

"Do I need to say it a second time?"

Red Scale sending it away now undoubtedly made Blue Viper lose the chance to negotiate with Liang Qu and earn the merit of the Bai Yuan's whereabouts!

But Huang Lin and Orange Scale guarded Red Scale on both sides, watching silently.

Blue Viper suppressed its anger.

"You will regret this!"

"I am the captain!"

"Hmph!"

No matter how big Blue Viper's temper was, it knew the weight of the Flood Dragon's appointment and couldn't beat the three snakes combined, so it snorted coldly, flicked its body, and left to stop passing boats and people.

The ears were finally quiet.

Comfortable~

Red Scale's scales relaxed, experiencing a long-lost peace, looking at Huang Lin and Orange Scale.

"Blue Viper is too stupid; you don't need to pay attention to it. Humans often say, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall; the other party knows he has a feud with the snake clan and still dares to come alone, so he must have guessed the reason.

But he still came, so he must have the intention to sell information; now wearing an official uniform, he just wants to sell it for a good price, earn more benefits; bribing spirit monsters and bribing great demons are not the same price."

"Lord Red is right."

Huang Lin and Orange Scale suddenly realized, infinite awe rising in their hearts.

The two snakes had spent two months with Red Scale and were deeply impressed by its wisdom.

Deserving of being a captain.

Even if this trip achieved no merit, it was only a matter of time before Red Scale had its own side hall in the Dragon Palace.

But it would likely succeed.

From Xiangyi County to Pingyang Prefecture, and then to the River God Sacrifice, everything was in Red Scale's plan, without error!

Thinking of the Flood Dragon's importance in catching the Bai Yuan, first summoning the demon kings, then sending countless subordinates.

And in the end, this heaven-shaking merit finally fell on its head, and the two snakes couldn't help but be excited.

"Let's go."

The stagnant strange water patterns continued to close in, drawing a long water line.

Surrounded by snakes, danger lurked everywhere.

Liang Qu felt like he was going to a meeting alone, the black pieces on his arm armor bristling, he handed out the small order and secretly pinched it.

The distance between the two sides was pulled to within half a mile.

Red Scale, Huang Lin, and Orange Scale broke the water surface, the water washing over their scales, gathering into white foam.

Scanning the circle.

Each snake demon's body size was no worse than the dark green giant snake.

The red and yellow ones were even better, but the blue giant snake from the sacrifice had disappeared.

Furthermore...

Iron-headed fish often had alienated bodies, held weapons, and practiced martial arts; the snake clan rarely did, all keeping their primitive appearance.

"Body size characteristics?"

Liang Qu guessed.

In the same great realm, the dark green giant snake was over three hundred meters, while the sturgeon demon and iron-headed fish were mostly over sixty meters.

Alienating into a human form, the latter was undoubtedly much easier than the former, which almost had to be remade.

While pondering.

The three giant snakes swam toward the boat.

Red Scale raised its head, then felt its body was too big, the shadow cast completely covering the small boat, so it lowered its head slightly, its line of sight barely level with Liang Qu, and opened its mouth to congratulate him.

"Lord Liang's appearance is abundant, his lineage has records, and people often say he has the appearance of a heavenly human; I have heard of this in the Great Marsh and was skeptical, but seeing it yesterday, I was not deceived! Seeing you again today, you have been promoted, soaring to the nine heavens, congratulations!"

Huh?

Studied it?

The first sentence Red Scale opened its mouth to say made Liang Qu feel surprised; he flicked his fishing rod, looked at Red Scale's vertical pupils, and said faintly: "Humans and demons are different races; my promotion, even if I become the Governor of the River, what does it have to do with you? Why congratulate me?"

"That may be so, but the River Earl's office driving the river porpoises, isn't that a model of human-demon cooperation? Different tribes, still have the opportunity to form alliances and coexist."

"Form alliances and coexist?" Liang Qu sneered, "I thought you came to avenge the giant snake of Xiangyi County."

If you were really here for revenge, would you come over?

Red Scale rarely complained internally; it knew clearly that the other party appearing here meant he had the intention to sell information, but it had to cooperate and act it out to maintain a "decent" appearance.

"The Green Viper's son destroyed the fish pond and crashed the boats; it deserved its crime. Its revenge for its son was also not a fault; everything is just seeking benevolence and getting benevolence, why avenge it?"

Liang Qu was even more puzzled.

A snake demon, he thought it would be short and sweet, but didn't expect it to be so well-versed in human affairs.

So sensible?

Seeing the other party was slow to explode treasures, he had to follow up.

"Nothing to offer, not..."

"Hmph, hypocritical!"

Blue Viper, keeping watch in the distance, saw the man and snake chatting for a long time and became increasingly dissatisfied.

Huang Lin and Orange Scale served on both sides, also feeling it was pretentious.

One was willing, one wanted to do it, but they wouldn't say it directly.

Fortunately, there was Red Scale, otherwise the two snakes really wouldn't have noticed.

Pretend, pretend.

The human heart is ten thousand times more complex than the snake heart!

Fighting for half a day with hypocrisy, maintaining the wit of "decency."

Red Scale gave a timely wink: "I know Lord Liang has a deep friendship with the Bai Yuan and must know its whereabouts... Huang Lin!"

Huang Lin hurriedly flicked its tail to hand over a wooden box.

Red Scale took it, opened the wooden box, and a piece of golden light shone!

Liang Qu narrowed his eyes slightly, discovering it wasn't gold inside, but three small golden sharks!

He had eaten them before, the Golden Gong Fish gifted by the Toad King!

Five thousand essence per fish!

"This fish is a specialty of the South Sea, called Golden Gong Treasure; there is a golden gallbladder in the fish belly, the taste is absolutely beautiful, eating it makes one feel like an immortal; now it only takes one word, and the three big fish all belong to you, my lord!"

Good, good explosion!

After so much talk, finally waited for the dry goods!

The three in front of him, although not as big as the ones gifted by the Toad King, were not small, worth at least over ten thousand water essence!

Liang Qu's heart was happy, pretending to sneer.

"Just three treasure fish, and you want me to sell out the Bai Yuan? Do you think I am as cold-blooded and ruthless as the snake clan?"

"What is selling out? Frost and dew are shared, not raising different kinds; the Bai Yuan and Lord Liang are on good terms today, nothing more than wanting to rely on your power to protect itself, each taking what they need..."

Didn't you just say humans and demons have the opportunity to form alliances and coexist?

How come in the blink of an eye, it's not raising different kinds and each taking what they need?

Huang Lin and Orange Scale scratched their heads.

Red Scale knew it wasn't that easy to talk: "Orange Scale!"

Orange Scale was startled, hurriedly presented the second treasure box, opened it, and there were three fluorescent blue lotus flowers!

"These three treasure lotuses are worth as much as the Golden Gong Fish; today, my lord, just open your golden mouth, and the three fish and three lotuses will be presented in full; after the matter is done, there will be other generous gifts!"

Red Scale was determined, its words sincere, "My lord came today, isn't it for these?"

Lowering its eyebrows to scan.

Golden Gong Fish, treasure lotus flowers.

Just one move, and it was thirty thousand essence! Truly atmospheric!

Pity...

Splash!

The iron hook came out of the water.

"You misunderstood."

Red Scale froze.

"The Bai Yuan is my closest friend and brother..."

The golden fish flashed with treasure light, a falcon streaked across the sky, extended its sharp claws, suddenly saw the giant snake on the river, and flapped its wings to fly away in a hurry.

Liang Qu retracted his fishing rod, squinting at Red Scale.

"Need to add money!"