Chapter 589: Big Clan!

Liang Qu remembered very clearly.

The West Turtle clan migrated from Dongtian Lake in the middle reaches.

Dongtian Lake and Peng Ze cannot be said to be close; the two are separated by a province. From the perspective of measuring with two legs, they don't have anything to do with "close."

However, the Huai River runs from west to east, pouring into the sea, connecting and nourishing billions of lives, and there are five big lakes derived from the main trunk.

Jianghuai is the easternmost and largest, the best in the world.

Peng Ze is in the middle, and tracing back to the west is Dongtian. The two lakes are "close."

"Official, you are from out of town, you didn't catch up with this year's Autumn Equinox. In front of the General Yuan Temple in Yigan Township, it was truly lively. It hasn't been like this for many years, just because in September of this year, a water chestnut picking girl in Yigan Township saw 'General Yuan' carrying the island and manifesting.

Just this one look, all the backaches and leg pains were cured, and her face was moist! The temple fair was held for seven days, and all kinds of martial arts in the rivers and lakes made people look!" The shopkeeper added two pieces of braised meat to Liang Qu's bowl with a big spoon, his interest high.

"Sacrifice?"

"Yes, big sacrifice, two sacrifices every year, one at the Spring Equinox, one at the Autumn Equinox, Dragon King, General Yuan, and Yan Gong all have to!"

Liang Qu laughed and asked: "Worship so many, aren't you afraid of taboos?"

"Courtesy doesn't blame." The big spoon was put into the soup basin, and the shopkeeper took it for granted, counting with his fingers, like counting family treasures. "One silk, one sheep, one pig, one cup, three goblets, the main sacrificer has to wear an official python robe and patch, and perform the two-kneeling and six-kowtow ceremony.

Don't say I'm a small vendor, the etiquette of worshiping gods, the ancestors and ancestors are clear!

In this land of ours, children are not excited to hang longevity locks when they are born, just tie a turtle, no money use wood carving, copper casting, have money use gold and silver to hit."

Liang Qu nodded, moved his chopsticks, finished the noodles in three or two bites, and stacked a finger-joint of copper coins again.

"Thank you."

"Official, you are polite, come often if you have time! Where there is delicious food, fun, and news!"

Watching the guest drill into the crowd outside the shed, the boss went up to collect the bowl and wipe the table.

The river wind was slightly cold, thousands of sails floated, a piece of sparkling light.

The bold water birds folded their wings, poked out their sharp claws, and took advantage of the fishermen's inattention to steal small fish in the boat.

*Splash. *

The fish seller lifted the wooden basin, mixed with fish blood, and the pink sewage of white scales washed the stone path and poured into the sewer.

Liang Qu left the stall and didn't go into the water to join the Dragon People.

He was attracted by the shopkeeper's words, tasted local specialties while eating three breakfast stalls, and asked about local customs.

As a result, he found that the atmosphere of worshiping gods around Peng Ze was much stronger than in the Jianghuai area, and even leaned toward "witchcraft."

"People are sick, don't drink medicine. The God Lord comes, the plague ghost wants to go. Welcome the old witch, night descends the god, white sheep and red carp are arranged horizontally, children worship before the case, the family is poor and has no food, the god doesn't blame.

The old witch beats the drum and dances and sings, paper money rustles and yin wind is more, the witch says your life should stop here, the god thinks you are pious and lends you death, sends the god on the horse and the witch goes out, the family climbs the roof to cry and call the soul."

"Is the flood in Peng Ze more serious than in Jianghuai?"

Liang Qu pondered.

He has some understanding and learning about the water areas and rivers near the Jianghuai Great Marsh, but he really doesn't know much about the situation around Peng Ze.

"Do you know?"

Finding a quiet, uninhabited reed marsh and returning underwater, Liang Qu asked Long Long Eying and Long Long Binglin.

"I have heard of it." Long Long Binglin recalled. "In the past, I heard the elders in the clan talk about it, saying that Peng Ze is five rivers entering the lake, and the relationship between the river and the lake is very close. If the water from the upper reaches of the Huai River increases sharply, it will easily backflow into Peng Ze.

Conversely, if the Huai River water level continues to be lower than the Peng Ze water level, it will cause Peng Ze's water storage to be emptied, exposing the riverbed, both of which will cause floods."

"Emptied?"

"The clan elder said that the year he went there, the surrounding prefectures and counties were in a great drought, and the Huai River kept drawing all the water from Peng Ze. In just one month, the water surface dropped by two feet and three inches, and the exposed circle of riverbed was enough to build half a prefecture."

Terrible.

Two feet and three inches, more than seven meters.

It doesn't sound high, but with Peng Ze's vast area, the amount of water that disappeared would be an astronomical figure.

Liang Qu didn't dare to think about what that situation was.

Long Long Eying added: "I observe that there are many hills around Peng

Liang Qu nodded.

He had noted this point.

The Jianghuai Great Marsh is located on a plain, and with its downstream tributaries as dense as a woven fabric, floods come quickly and recede just as fast.

The Peng Ze hills, however, are extremely prone to water accumulation.

As expected.

Everything has a root cause; nothing happens without a reason.

The essence of craving the protection of a Water God is the hope of obtaining solace from disaster through divine blessing. The more intense the craving, the more it indicates the severity of the natural disaster.

When disaster strikes, people's pent-up emotions must find a place to be released and entrusted, in order to alleviate their fear and anxiety.

"I wonder if Bai Yuan has a chance to set up a temple and earn some favor..."

Liang Qu's eyes shifted.

The Water King Ape can plunder favor, but how much it can plunder remains unknown.

Favor is something that the more you have, the better.

With every little bit more, the power of water control underwater can increase significantly.

Liang Qu racked his brains, using up everything he had ever learned.

For example, the manifested tentacles can grasp objects without passing through them, they can open wide nets to wrap around fish, and the water spears and vortex blades condensed have all improved in lethality.

After the Jianghuai favor increased, there was a trend toward developing in the same direction, though the manifestation was relatively weak.

Not only that.

By increasing favor, when staying in the water on ordinary days, the amount of water essence naturally absorbed can also be a bit more.

One should compete when it is time to compete.

The appearance of 【Water Travel for a Thousand Miles】 makes Liang Qu no longer so dependent on the mood of the Flood Dragon to obtain favor.

"'General Yuan' can occasionally show his face and have a temple built for sacrifices; in the future, if there is a flood, showing his face a little to save some people, there is no reason it would be any worse."

Outside the Jianghuai Great Marsh, there are quite a few opportunities.

Being born on a top-tier map, it is true that resources are abundant, but there are also many places that are restrictive.

Excluding the Toad's southern district, there are risks in all other directions.

"Find Round-Head first."

Round-Head and the Fat Catfish were tasked and set off in advance.

The Fat Catfish, who was wandering around blindly following the Old Toad, had no movement for now, but Round-Head had already made gains.

In just one day, it found a surprisingly large wild finless porpoise pod in Peng Ze!

A flying start!

It is worthy of being the number one capable beast under his command.

Liang Qu waved his hand.

The water beasts and Dragon-men gathered around.

Casting 【Water Travel】, the three people and two beasts turned into afterimages, crisscrossing Peng Ze.

Two quarters of an hour later.

Jagged rocks stood everywhere.

Ethereal water grass grew waist-high.

Round-Head and its underlings had been waiting for a long time; they led everyone carefully to the south, arriving beside a dirt slope to observe the wild pod they had discovered.

The finless porpoises swam in the water, flicking out silver bubbles as they turned.

Not long after finding the wild pod, Round-Head had not yet figured out the exact number, but judging from the porpoises on lookout, a conservative estimate was that the number was twice theirs!

Liang Qu released his underwater perception, extending into every cave, and in a few breaths, he grasped the situation, feeling slightly startled in his heart.

"What a massive scale!"

The leader on the opposite side was also a peak Great Spirit Monster, with over sixty adult finless porpoises under its command, two Great Spirit Monsters, and over twenty small finless porpoises, totaling more than eighty!

The Spirit Porpoise King bred in the River Patrol Office commanded no more than a hundred finless porpoises.

The food, drink, and cultivation of finless porpoises bred by the imperial court were all taken care of by specialists; the environment was comfortable, and there were fewer fights and killings.

This resulted in a finless porpoise of the same strength being able to command a pod size about one-third larger than the wild scale.

The finless porpoises before him, relying on their own strength, reached over eighty, which was enough to prove they were extraordinary; they probably wouldn't worry about encountering ordinary water demons.

Finless porpoises are intelligent, have aesthetics, have the habit of collecting beautiful things, and are also very good at catching treasure fish. With the two pods merging before him, totaling over a hundred...

Subduing them before the Great Hunting Meet, where would the Old Toad need to take action?

Liang Qu rubbed his hands.

"Are you confident in taking them down?"

Round-Head nodded solemnly, its fins patting its chest.

Both are peak Great Spirit Monsters, and the pod size is less than half, but with a Heavenly God presiding, the advantage is on its side!

"Good, do it!"