Chapter 488: Everything Is Settled!

Five hundred Dragon-Men lined up and stalled at the entrance of the vortex waterway.

The old toad stepped on a giant rock, held a wooden stick with its webbed feet, and its frog eyes were bright.

Long Binglin respectfully offered a large wooden box.

The old toad opened it, beamed with joy, pulled out the "Road Closed" wooden sign, and hopped away.

"Use it, use it, I'll give you a 20% discount when you come back!"

Dragon-Men: "..."

Moving away the blocking toad.

The Dragon-Man team endured the terrifying pressure of the "small mountain" in the distance, trembling with fear, and proceeded one by one.

Watching the team advance in an orderly manner, Long Binglin fell into deep thought.

He often heard the Great Elder in the clan say that in the past, the Dragon King in the Long Gong would often disappear inexplicably, causing the Imperial Guard to search everywhere.

But just when everyone was anxious to the point of getting blisters, the Dragon King would suddenly appear safely and soundly in the Long Gong...

No.

Blasphemy!

Long Binglin stopped his wandering thoughts, and his gaze became firm again.

"You wait here, do not reveal yourselves to others, so as not to cause trouble for my lord. Long Pingzhan!"

"Here!"

"While we two are away, you temporarily lead the team!"

"Rest assured, Lord Lin!"

"Good!"

Five hundred Dragon-Men waited on the spot.

Long Binglin and Long Eying followed "Fatty" and the two, Long Yao and Long Li, through the underground river channel and carefully entered the pond filled with lotus flowers.

Splash!

The Three-Layer Pagoda Turtle was startled and fled in three directions.

Liang Qu received the fat catfish's message, sat in the center of the pavilion, and with a wave of his hand, the water stains on several people rolled into thin streams and flowed into the pond.

"My lord!"

Long Binglin and Long Eying restrained their emotions and stepped forward to greet him.

Liang Qu nodded in response and looked at Long Yao and Long Li behind them.

"You've worked hard. Your monthly allowance will be tripled. Later, have Auntie Zhang make two portions of frozen milk for you."

Long Yao and Long Li happily returned to their room.

Liang Qu withdrew his gaze, swept over Long Eying, and then fell onto Long Binglin, feeling quite surprised by Long Zong Yin's decision.

"Why is it you two? Are you not going to consume Qi... Oh, the one consuming Qi is Yanrui?"

"My lord, you misunderstand." Long Binglin cupped his hands, "The person to consume Qi has not yet been decided. The Elder sent us two here because he was worried that Yanrui is too young and feared he might offend you.

Moreover, two Great Martial Artists are safer; if there really is a dangerous situation, there is more room for maneuver."

Saying they wouldn't take action against them, only responsible for searching, but Long Zong Yin was ultimately worried about accidents.

Facing a group of snake demons, sending two Great Martial Artists, even if they couldn't beat them, they could still run.

As for handing the knife handle to the Snake clan... that would be a matter for when the time comes.

Liang Qu was moved, but expressed confusion about the first half of the sentence.

"Not yet decided? Why so slow?"

In the Dragon-Man clan, the three Elders are the leaders, coordinating everything, and the power relationship is unusually simple.

There is no problem of efficiency decline due to multi-level leadership.

Isn't giving Qi to someone a matter of a big shot's word?

Could it be that the three Elders are divided into three factions?

Doesn't look like it.

Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe hadn't talked little about the environment in the clan.

The Dragon-Man clan in Liang Qu's impression was very united.

The Third Elder, Long Zong Yin, is responsible for all matters, big and small.

The First Elder and Second Elder are the martial power pillars, rarely appearing, and are united.

"My lord, there are five difficulties in consuming Qi..." Long Binglin specifically emphasized the word "five," and said helplessly, "Finding and receiving—thanks to the Toad Elder's blessing, it was solved smoothly, but not to mention the last difficulty, there are still two hurdles of consuming and transforming that need to be overcome."

"Oh."

Liang Qu suddenly realized.

He had forgotten for a moment that consuming Qi is not a simple matter for others.

"Where are you at now?"

"Searching for the medium for consuming Qi, and measuring the good and bad luck within it, which is the 'transforming' step. The highest few items currently are: I have ten-thousand-year black ice, Eying has a mysterious pearl, and Yanrui has withered water lotus roots, which have medium-good, medium-average, and medium-average luck respectively.

The Elders are trying to find other suitable media to see if they can pull it up by another 10% to 20%. We don't dare to hope for supreme-supreme, but raising it to great-good, or even supreme-good, would be wonderful."

"Supreme-supreme 90%, medium-good 60%, medium-average 50%?"

"The next level, 80% is already supreme-supreme, something that can be met but not sought. After that, medium-good 50%, medium-average 40%, medium-bad 30%, and bottom-bottom is basically unsuitable."

How many percent suitable is the spirit fish generated by ten thousand water essence?

Supreme-supreme?

Or even higher?

Liang Qu gathered his thoughts, pulled a leather map from his bosom, and spread it on the stone table in the pavilion.

"Back to the point, the urgent priority is to find the snake demons' eyes and ears. This map is a topographic map of the waters of Pingyang Prefecture and the two counties to the north and south.

I have marked the snake demons' habitats. You use this map to deploy defenses and patrol. Remember not to let it spread. Forgot to ask, how many men did you bring?"

"Five hundred Galloping Horses."

"Five hundred Galloping Horses?" Liang Qu looked up.

Long Binglin's face revealed shame.

"If my lord feels it's not enough, I will go back and discuss it with the Elder again?"

"No, no, no, it's enough, it's enough."

Damn!

Is Elder Long so capable?

Two people patrol one mile, five hundred Dragon-Men can surround a 250-mile defense line!

The snake demons' positions are fixed; there is no need to cover the entire area around Pingyang Prefecture, just surround the center of the snake demons and expand in a circle.

Moreover, Galloping Horses are sharp-eared and bright-eyed, so they can be stretched even further. The snake demons will be surrounded by an invisible giant net; all information will not be able to get out, nor will it be able to get in!

It's settled!

Everything is settled!

Without eyes and ears, what will the Jiaolong use to settle the score?

After harvesting this batch of Red-Scales, he can continue to deceive them in the future!

Liang Qu pondered for a while.

"After this matter is over, you don't need to rush to 'consume Qi' when you return to the clan. Wait for me to think of a way; perhaps I can help raise it to supreme-supreme."

Supreme-supreme?

Long Binglin and Long Eying looked up suddenly.

"My lord really has a way..."

"Just an idea; I don't know yet if it will succeed or not."

Liang Qu didn't speak too fully, so as not to slap his own face.

But for the Dragon-Men, this was already great news!

"Yes!"

Long Binglin and Long Eying took their orders and left.

Liang Qu stood on the spot, his spirit flying beyond the heavens.

For a long time.

Liang Qu ran to the east wing to find Su Guishan.

"Great-Uncle, when exactly is the Wu Sheng's fleet coming? It's been almost four days, why isn't there a whisper of news in Huaiyin Prefecture?"

Su Guishan stuffed the tea canister into the drawer.

"I'm not a roundworm in the Wu Sheng's belly, and news acquisition has a lag. Have you heard about digging the canal in Lanzhou?"

Liang Qu nodded.

The first time he paid taxes, the tax official waved a whip and shouted that if the autumn taxes weren't paid in full, they would be dragged to Lanzhou to dig the canal.

Not only had he heard of it, but the memory was still fresh.

"The Lanzhou canal section is almost dug. It will officially open to ships in March of the beginning of the year. Marquis Weining didn't take the old route, but brought the fleet through this new road, and encountered some accidents midway, which delayed things for a while.

But you, kid, just put your heart in your stomach. Marquis Weining's carriage is the Flowing Light Boat specially bestowed by the Holy Emperor, and its speed is far beyond ordinary ships. It won't take three days from north to south of the entire Huaiyin Prefecture."

Liang Qu felt relieved upon hearing this.

Lanzhou is adjacent to the northwest of Pingyang Prefecture. After entering the Lanzhou canal stage, the next step is to merge into the Jianghuai River.

It really wasn't far.

Great-Uncle didn't lie.

Now it was truly settled.

The Jiaolong's eyes and ears were being caught.

The snake demons' death star was flashing.

Advancing side by side!

Cultivate, cultivate!

Liang Qu dove into the quiet room.

Following the meridian connection.

The foot meridians and torso meridians were also about to be condensed! ===== CHAPTER 489 =====