Chapter 902: Is a Basket of Snake Tails Also a Snake?

"Lord Net?"

King Xu Yue closed the book, his eyes thoughtful.

"Exactly. In the year I went to the Imperial Capital, the affair of the Eight Beauties of Jianghuai caused a great stir in Nanzhili. When I came, I inquired along the way and found that there was also this saying in Ningjiang Prefecture. Elder Nan Wa also glimpsed some mystery in the Eastern Domain. Thinking of Lord Net, the Fourth Great General of the snake tribe, I came to the Teacher's place to find the big snakes and get to the bottom of it, to avoid accidents."

Liang Qu broke down the reasons clearly.

"I have indeed heard of the Eight Beauties of Jianghuai, but I didn't notice anything unusual. I just thought it was fermented by busybodies in a prosperous age. There are countless similar rumors in the world, and there will always be a beginning. Hearing you say this, it really looks like someone is fanning the flames."

"My Lord, could it also be the work of the Ghost Mother Sect?" Housekeeper Zhang Xu spoke up.

Liang Qu frowned: "The Ghost Mother Sect again?"

"Just a groundless guess." Zhang Xu cupped his hands. "Since the beginning of last year, there have often been demon people preaching in my Ningjiang Prefecture, promoting the Ghost Mother Sect's 'Vacuum Hometown' set. The Pingyang River Patrol Office sent many experts to investigate. Those who should be caught were caught, those who should be killed were killed, but we still haven't found the source; it's only been contained."

"Besides, water and land are not connected, and the appearance of humans and demons is very different. There are very few forces that can quietly influence things on land from the water."

"That is indeed so..." Liang Qu nodded.

Vacuum Hometown.

The core doctrine of the Ghost Mother Sect.

It claims that the Yin-Killing Water Old Mother sent gods and Buddhas to the world to take back the imperial children lost in the red dust to the Vacuum Hometown. Death is the return to the origin, and returning to the origin allows one to ascend to heaven; ascending to heaven means arriving at the hometown.

The Great Great Qian Demon Empress who fled to the Jianghuai Great Marsh in the past is one of the incarnations of the gods and Buddhas in their mouths.

Unparalleled in beauty, more beautiful than a heavenly fairy.

Everyone who sees her is swayed, willing to offer their flesh and blood.

She practices seven volumes of divine arts, each famous, with infinite power, and has many capable generals.

In short, crazy blowing.

The so-called return to the Vacuum Hometown after death, in Liang Qu's view, is just offering sacrifices to the Ghost Mother, reversing the position of life and death, the same principle as the Fetal Pearl Elixir nurtured by the Mountain Ghost eating people, fooling people into being willing to die, used to resurrect the experts in the sect.

Speaking of which, Liang Qu wasn't even sure if the current Ghost Mother Sect could still be called the remnants of the Great Great Qian.

The Great Great Qian background and the new sect color, which one was more intense?

Things like sects are like maggots in the bone; once you get involved, it's hard to scrape off.

If you preach for too long, your own people will believe it.

"The big snakes are there, but I might have seen the Lord Net you speak of."

Liang Qu's eyes lit up: "Please show me the way, Teacher!"

"Zhang Xu, call someone to bring the things found on that blue snake."

"Yes!"

Zhang Xu went out to order the guards to fetch the items.

King Xu Yue looked at Liang Qu: "What is this about the Jianghuai Theater?"

"The Teacher should remember the cloth I made with Dragon Spirit Gauze the year before last."

"Mm."

"In the current Jiangchuan County, Magistrate Brother Quan Brother Quan Linghan of the Twenty Jiaoren has used this as a foundation to build a new Grand Theater, using 'The Palace of Eternal Life' as a template to draw a big cloth shadow. The Twenty Jiaoren are good at singing, and the audio-visual enjoyment is much better than my small workshop. It just so happens that it's the New Year's holiday..."

"Listening to what you say, it's not a loss of fun; it's worth taking the time to take a look."

"If the Teacher is willing to go and give guidance, Jiangchuan County will definitely be honored..."

He introduced it briefly.

The two talked about cultivation matters again. Liang Qu reported his recent situation one by one, and also took the opportunity to ask clearly about many problems in his cultivation, benefiting a lot.

At the end.

"Teacher, the student is quite curious about one thing."

"What is it?"

"Hunting Tiger enters Perfected Form, there are three steps: Opening Mysterious Light, Smelting Hundred Scriptures, and Eating Heaven and Earth Long Qi. I don't know the steps for Perfected Form entering Sky Dragon?"

King Xu Yue laughed loudly: "Why? You haven't entered the second realm of Perfected Form, yet you are looking forward to Sky Dragon? Want to break the record of the Dragon-Elephant Martial Saint too?"

Liang Qu grinned: "Just curious, talking about it as idle chatter today, maybe the student can prepare early."

"It doesn't hurt to tell you. The ancients said, 'There is the Way of Heaven, there is the Way of Man, there is the Way of Earth. Combining the three talents and doubling them, hence six. The six are nothing else, but the Way of the three talents.' Hunting Tiger entering Perfected Form has three steps, and Perfected Form entering Sky Dragon also has three steps..."

"My Lord, the things are here!"

Halfway through the conversation, the guard interrupted.

Liang Qu didn't continue to ask, turning his head to look at the object in the guard's hand. Zhang Xu raised his hand to take it.

Thud!

A muffled sound.

The water liquid swayed.

A large glass cylinder, one foot high and palm-wide, filled with amber water, came into view.

The cylinder was filled with dense white filaments, like a large spider web, and there was a striking center point, with all the tentacles spreading out from the center point.

Sticking his face to it and tapping the glass cylinder with his index finger, he could faintly see the filaments wriggling slightly.

Liang Qu exclaimed: "This is... a living thing?"

Zhang Xu explained: "Among the several big snakes that blocked the way in the past, there was a big snake named Blue Hui. This filament was taken from its body. It has a nucleus, and along the nucleus, the tentacles spread out like a spider web. The aura is about the level of Wolf Smoke."

"At that time, Blue Hui called it 'Net Snake.' The snake tribe will implant the 'nucleus' onto the spine, under the skin and flesh, making it grow and fuse with the flesh and blood, possessing the ability to forge the body."

"Thoroughly refining it not only greatly increases the strength of the tendons and bones, but the skin and flesh also seem to be covered with a piece of gold-silk soft armor. The flaw is that it takes a long time, and during this period, the flesh and blood are extremely itchy, and the severe pain cannot be relieved. Very few in the snake tribe can endure it."

Liang Qu's mouth twitched.

Implanting a nucleus.

What kind of evil body-refining method is this?

Thinking that something similar would be swimming in his body, goosebumps broke out all over him.

"Housekeeper Zhang, can you send someone to ask the big snake about some details of Lord Net? It's not appropriate for me to show up immediately." Liang Qu was worried about his relationship with the White Ape, plus their mutual pitting and harming friendship, so showing up to ask would add unnecessary trouble.

"Magistrate Liang, rest assured."

"Teacher, can I take this jar temporarily and come back in the afternoon? Then I'll ask you again what the three steps are?"

"Take it." King Xu Yue waved his hand.

"Ten thousand thanks, Sir!"

There was no time to lose. Having obtained permission, Liang Qu hugged the glass cylinder and went out.

Seeing that the matter was so urgent, Zhang Xu immediately arranged for someone to go and ask the big snake.

On the wilderness.

Mud and sand surged on both sides.

One red and one blue big snake pulled the chains, running over to reclaim the river channel in the cold weather, panting.

Such a small job shouldn't have made them this tired, but they had just had their newly grown snake gallbladders cut before the New Year, and they hadn't fully recovered, so their physical strength was insufficient.

Just as they wanted to apply for a rest, several guards in the distance approached quickly.

Blue Hui raised its head and flicked its tongue.

"Is it mealtime?"

Sea Abyss Palace.

Water beasts shuttled.

"Lord Shopkeeper, do you recognize this living thing?" Liang Qu took out the glass cylinder.

"Vine Star Fish?"

The Sea Shopkeeper wrapped Liang Qu with one tentacle and the glass cylinder with another, recognizing it almost at a glance.

"Does the Shopkeeper recognize it?"

Liang Qu was overjoyed.

If it comes to being knowledgeable, who can compare to a sea merchant who travels north and south and trades goods?

Without sufficient knowledge, one cannot estimate the value of goods, and the entire trade system cannot proceed smoothly. A fair and knowledgeable leader is the soul of the entire system and the lubricant for the machine to run!

Therefore, Liang Qu crossed the vortex waterway for the first time and came to the Sea Abyss Palace to see the Sea Shopkeeper.

"Mm, the Vine Star Fish is originally a marine creature, quite common."

"Does it have any connection with snakes?"

"Snakes?" The Sea Shopkeeper smiled lightly, her cold and slippery tentacles rubbing against Liang Qu's face. "How did Little Water associate it with snakes? If you really want to talk about it, the Vine Star Fish is more like a starfish. Oh, wait, the Vine Star Fish does have a nickname that is indeed related to snakes."

"What nickname?"

"Basket Snake Tail, because it looks like countless snake tails gathered together."

Liang Qu stood frozen in place.

After all that.

The Fourth Great General of the snake tribe isn't a snake at all?

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