Chapter 870: High mountains are looked up to, great paths are walked upon

Northern Territory.

Bubbles were eerie.

Two pufferfish flicked their tails, patrolling the territory.

"What's wrong with the head? Haven't seen a fish shadow for several months. Could it be that cultivation has had a great breakthrough?"

"Not very clear, anyway, closed doors for half a year."

"Closed doors for half a year, eh. Hey, a few days ago, I heard that the Great Shun Imperial Court's merchant fleet was attacked and suffered heavy losses. Do you think it could be..."

"Shh, be careful with your words, don't talk nonsense... " One of the pufferfish was about to speak, but its vigilance got the better of it, and it subconsciously looked left and right. Unexpectedly, a glance at the corner of its eye really saw something, so it hurriedly stopped talking and shouted, "Hey! That fat-tailed fish! What are you doing sneaking around near our Pufferfish Clan?"

Pfft!

In the mud, the fish tail flicked, a radish was pulled out of the ground, raising a large piece of mud sand and black mist.

Fat-tailed fish?

Another fool who couldn't tell fat from strong.

The fat catfish was dissatisfied, full of disdain for the pufferfish's intelligence, but thinking of its arduous task, it flicked its tail and squeezed out a simple and honest smile.

Half a quarter of an hour later.

The two pufferfish were half-believing.

"Want to join our Pufferfish Clan?"

The fat catfish nodded vigorously, flicked its long whiskers, looked up at the moon, and complained about its miserable life in its original clan.

The clan leader was narrow-minded, jealous of talent, and bullied it all day long, making it unable to eat enough or sleep well every day, causing it to lose a lot of weight. It could only come out to find another way to survive. Hearing that the Jianghuai Pufferfish Clan was thriving and backed by the Iron-Head King, with no fish daring to provoke them, it felt admiration.

"Hahaha, there's actually a demon beast that can't eat enough. Your clan is really clumsy!"

"Exactly, exactly! Clumsy!"

The two pufferfish laughed mercilessly.

The fat catfish wasn't angry, rubbing its double fins.

"Fine, since you look kind, the Pufferfish Boss is broad-minded. I'll take you to see him and see if the Boss is willing to take you in!"

"Right, go see him!"

The pufferfish waved its short fins.

The fat catfish was overjoyed and followed with a flick of its tail.

At the same moment the Fierce Tooth General was undercover among the pufferfish.

Sea tides surged.

Mountain abysses stood tall.

Whoosh~

The white flow collapsed, Liang Qu leaped continuously, finally laying the vortex channel toward the Sea Abyss Palace.

The octopus introduced the way all the way.

"Lord Hai Fangzhu!"

"Little Water!"

The azure tentacles rolled over in surprise.

"Second Great King! Second Great King! Something big happened, something big happened!"

"What big thing?"

"Demon beast defecting!"

The skin and flesh of the pufferfish in the cave relaxed, and the sharp thorns that had been pricked out stuck back to the skin, looking quite relieved.

"Demon beast, jealous of talent, can't eat enough? Came to defect to our clan?"

"That's right, that fat black fish said so."

"Where's the fish?"

"Outside, I let other fish prepare food for it."

"Take me to see."

"Follow orders! Second Great King, please take this road!"

The pufferfish Second Great King, Ci Ji, flicked its tail and swam out of the cave.

Great Demons cannot act rashly. On weekdays, the interests and entanglements between clans are mostly handled by demon beasts. A demon beast is not a small fish; if it can really be drawn into the clan, it is worth seeing.

Clatter, clatter.

In the fish mountain.

The fat catfish was eating heartily, not even spitting out the fish bones, swallowing them head and tail in one gulp. It didn't expect the pufferfish to be so hospitable, treating it to a full meal without doing anything.

Beside the fish mountain, several pufferfish were busy, constantly contributing large fish, their bellies bulging, panting.

The pufferfish that led Ci Ji here was confused and grabbed a pufferfish.

"So panting, how much did you give?"

"Reporting to the Lord, this is the third fish mountain piled up, the demon beast you brought back really can eat..."

The pufferfish was shocked.

This black guy can actually eat so much?

Is it because it couldn't eat enough after being bullied, or is the normal portion not enough?

Seeing the Second Great King coming, the fat catfish was still eating heartily. The pufferfish hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed its long whiskers.

"You fool, stop eating!"

The fat catfish smacked its big mouth, burped a seven-percent-full burp, and asked what was wrong.

"My Second Great King is here! Why don't you hurry up and pay respects!" The pufferfish's short fins pointed backward.

Second Great King?

The fat catfish was startled, looked up and saw Ci Ji, whose sharp thorns were like long swords, its whole body aura powerful like a mountain, its body size clearly a circle larger than the other pufferfish, fierce and unparalleled.

It's a Great Demon!

"The Pufferfish Clan actually has two Great Demons?"

Inside the Sea Abyss Palace.

The octopus climbed onto the floating island, its tentacles flicking, grilling the fish in a slightly unfamiliar way, adding seasoning, and entertaining the Great King's guests.

【Water-Marsh Essence +124】

【Water-Marsh Essence +56】

Liang Qu ate a piece of fish meat, pondered the information passed back by the fat catfish, and frowned slightly.

"The Pufferfish Clan is more troublesome than imagined..."

Two pufferfish Great Demons, the quick victory he expected would have to be discounted, and some extra arrangements needed to be made.

There are many kinds of pufferfish.

Unfortunately.

This thing in the Northern Territory is like a pufferfish, it's highly toxic!

Either completely unharmed, otherwise there will be more or less some trouble.

It's just that he didn't expect Round Head to arrange for the fat catfish to act as an "undercover" to obtain intelligence.

If it were another fish, Liang Qu would have to suspect whether his subordinate water beast was taking this opportunity to eliminate dissidents, but changing it to the fat catfish, things seemed much more normal.

"Too salty."

"Yes, yes!"

The octopus hurriedly scraped off the undissolved salt grains.

Liang Qu tore open the fish head, sucked dry the brain marrow, and conveniently put the fish bones into a sack, preparing to bring them back to his subordinate water beasts.

On cooking fish.

Not as good as Da He Li.

【Water-Marsh Essence; 391,000】

According to the previous agreement, he visited the Sea Hai Fangzhu once in winter and got two more treasure fish. Liang Qu rushed back to Pingyang Prefecture, arranged the flowing banquet for late November, and spent a lot of money to book a floor of the Tianbo Building.

Life is precious when you are proud, no need to hate being withered.

Unlike the capital with many officials and dignitaries, Pingyang Prefecture didn't reach that level. Few people rented the Tianbo Building. The manager waved his hand, and the highest-spec venue was directly discounted by 70% for Liang Qu, costing only five hundred taels of silver. The waiters and tableware were all provided by the Tianbo Building, and one hundred invitations were given away.

Liang Qu wrote the invitations himself.

Academy teachers, colleagues from the River Patrol Office, sect...

After writing dozens of copies, he couldn't help but sigh that he really knew quite a few people in his hometown.

It was booming on the shore.

Undercurrents surged underwater.

With capable subordinates.

It was enough for Liang Qu to proceed on two lines, orderly.

From traveling to infiltrating the enemy's interior, it took less than ten days, and the fat catfish had already successfully blended in, brushing its face in the pufferfish clan's lair.

"You ask about the Great King's divine ability?"

On the way to fight the dog-headed fish, the fat catfish nodded vigorously. In its ink-black fish fins, it quietly handed over a good treasure fish, "side-stepping" to inquire about the news.

The accompanying pufferfish's eyeballs turned.

"Why do you ask this?"

The fat catfish flicked its long whiskers, its admiration like the surging Huai River, endless.

High mountains are looked up to, great paths are walked upon... Meeting a sage in the wild marsh, admiring the footsteps of the virtuous... When virtue is present, how can one not ask about its height, not ask about its length?

The pufferfish was stunned.

A fish really cannot be judged by its appearance. The black guy is stupid and fat, but its belly is full of ink.

Taking advantage of no fish paying attention, it secretly accepted the treasure fish.

"Where did you learn human ancient texts?"

The fat catfish's black skin tightened, realizing it had slipped up. Just as it was about to find a reason to muddle through, it collided with a fish from the side, and the hard thorns were uncomfortable.

"Teach the brothers."

The fat catfish glanced down.

The pufferfish understood, its short fins flicked, and it handed back the treasure fish.

Three days flashed by.

The vortex channel rotated endlessly, bringing up a little mud and sand. Broken water algae floated out of the cave, and before they could sink, they were sucked back in.

Silver armor shimmered, hair danced, Liang Qu and a group of subordinate water beasts swam quietly, waiting before the vortex.

"Whoosh."

The white flow collapsed.

Long Yao and Long Long Binglin landed one after another.

White clothes fluttering.

Today Long Yao wasn't wearing a long skirt, but changed into a set of long pants and silver-edged long boots, which was another kind of heroic spirit.

"Elder!"

"Are the tools ready?"

"Rest assured, Elder!"

"Good! No time to lose, let's talk while we walk!" Liang Qu waved his hand, walking while explaining the intelligence gathered by the fat catfish to the two of them. "Today, the Pufferfish Clan has a territorial dispute with the Dog-Headed Fish Clan, the fish hands in the clan are not as usual, it is a great time to take action..."

"Elder, where is A-Fei?"

Long Yao looked around. She saw Cannot Move, Round Head, Fist, Third Prince was in her hand, A-Wei was wrapped around Liang Qu's hand, but she didn't see the fat catfish, which was usually the most lively and interesting.

"It went to fight."

"Hmm?"

"Small matter, it doesn't matter. I'll tell you about the divine abilities of the Pufferfish Great King and Second Great King first..."

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