Chapter 962: Shifting Favor

The triangle is the most stable structure among polygons.

The Great Shun Dynasty lacks such a clear geometric definition, yet it possesses a wealth of summarized experience.

The Cloud Sea Heavenly Palace.

The Heavenly Palace is a divine ability, the Cloud Sea is the Qi Sea; ordinary Perfected Forms lack Heart Fire, and the Cloud Sea has only three fulcrums. No matter how these three points are combined, they have nothing to do with three-dimensional shapes.

Four are completely different.

With a few strokes, Wu Sheng Zhang Longxiang established the Heavenly Palace as a triangular base and the Heart Fire as the apex of a three-dimensional triangular pyramid.

In the three stages of a normal Perfected Form, the Qi Sea limit is a ratio of 1:4:16. Liang Qu originally thought his Heart Fire would add one more, a ratio of 64. Looking at the triangular pyramid in the booklet, perhaps it could reach 70 or even more!

The span is so great that even Liang Qu, whose second Dragon Court has yet to condense, feels his heart racing.

With such a majestic Qi Sea, the divine abilities unleashed would be inexhaustible!

A bloody profit!

The trip to Datong Prefecture and the harvest of Heart Fire are by no means inferior to the Life-Bound Buddha he obtained. Not counting the growth in temperament from the Six Demon Trials, in terms of combat value alone, it is even higher.

It was painful, but he chose this path himself.

Without Zhang Longxiang's strike, Liang Qu would never have been certain if he could comprehend this rare thing in his future life. He flipped back to the first and second pages of the booklet, memorized the method to "seal" the Heart Fire, and communicated with the Ze Cauldron.

When he exchanged moves with Zhang Longxiang, the Ze Cauldron seemed to have undergone some new changes.

【Cauldron Master: Liang Qu】

【Refined Ze Spirit: Water King Ape → Great Sage Water Ape (Purple to Orange) (Fusion Degree: 210%)】

【Water Ze Essence: 293,000】

【Ze Spirit Favor: ———】

【Innate Ability:】

【River Favor Degree: 14.6479】

"Strange, no change—"

Liang Qu rubbed his eyes and wiped away the tears, unable to see how it differed from before.

It was exactly the same.

"What change?" Long Eying rubbed her cheek against his and asked with her eyes closed.

"Forget it, if there isn't one, there isn't one." Liang Qu couldn't find a clue, so he stopped dwelling on it and pushed the doubt to the bottom of his heart. He wrapped his arms around Long Eying's waist, pressed her onto the bed, and squeezed her peach with his palm. "There is a major matter, Wife, help me come up with an idea."

Long Eying opened her eyes, her eyelashes fluttering.

Liang Qu leaned against her earlobe: "How do we invite the Great Master back?"

The trip to Datong Prefecture was quite satisfactory, leaving only one final important matter.

Invite the old monk back to Pingyang Prefecture to hold the fort!

According to the messages in the links with Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe, Su Guishan acted with lightning speed; the Confucian Temple on Pingyang Mountain has already begun construction, and the Kui Pavilion has been directly converted into a Scripture Library.

As for the Confucian Temple, it can go wherever it likes.

During this year's imperial examination, those who came to the Pingyang Prefecture government office had nowhere to worship the God of Literature.

Long Eying grabbed the large hand that was kneading her body and thought for a moment: "Will the Great Master agree?"

"I think he should agree; the Great Master's side is actually the simple part."

Liang Qu was not annoyed; he undid a button on Long Eying's chest and reached in to grope.

"Are you worried that the Hanging Temple won't agree?"

"Pretty much."

Perfected Forms are not cabbages, and the Heavenly Dragons above the Perfected Form are even more so.

To lure a Wu Sheng away from the Hanging Temple, to take their grandmaster away for a year with empty hands and a white wolf, even giving them three million would be easy to talk about, but to build a temple just for a place to stay?

Long Eying thought for a moment: "Then don't tell them first. Just say we are inviting the Great Master back to Pingyang to observe the Dream Meng Meng Bai Huo. Although the Dream Meng Meng Bai Huo has fallen into the hands of the Frog Clan and it is not good to publicize it, it should be fine for Great Master Master Di Xian and a few others to know.

Once the Great Master arrives in Pingyang Prefecture, we will use 'gaining insights' as an excuse to drag it out for two or three months. By the time the Hanging Temple reacts, even if the Great Master doesn't agree, they won't be able to take him back. Wherever the Great Master is, that is where the initiative lies. A great difficulty becomes a small difficulty, and the momentum of offense and defense—"

"This is your idea."

Long Eying was stunned. Seeing Liang Qu's expression, she rolled her eyes, pressed her feet against Liang Qu's lower abdomen, and used force to kick him off the bed.

"Why are you angry?"

Liang Qu grabbed her feet and kneaded the soles.

Long Eying stepped on his knees with her bare feet: "You had this idea all along, yet you insisted on me saying it out loud to be the villain?"

"Nonsense, it was clearly your wisdom that inspired your husband!"

"Shameless!"

"Haha, talk is cheap. Don't step, don't step! My hard-body training is powerful, what if I hurt you? Today, your husband will act as a servant and go fetch water for you to wash your face, how about that!"

They frolicked for a while.

Long Eying opened the drawer at the head of the boat and pulled out a piece of paper: "Forget about fetching water, go find these first."

"What is this?"

"Array materials. The two cultivation techniques you showed me need to be prepared for A-Fei and the others to practice. It should be more convenient to collect them in a Buddhist place. Each set is around 30,000. Prepare three sets first. Once they get started, anthropomorphism will be much simpler. If things go smoothly, it should be successful in a month or so."

"I have no money left." Liang Qu dug into his pants pocket and took out a whole stack of silver notes. "I withdrew a quarter's salary in advance before coming here, and only 60,000 is left."

After buying the Yue King Jade Tablet, Liang Qu's wealth and assets fell to around five squares, not enough to make up three sets of nine squares.

Long Eying sighed, fastened the buttons on her chest, and pulled a stack of silver notes from the lining of her white boots under the bed: "There is 30,000 here. Added together, it should be enough."

"Where did you get the money?" Liang Qu was curious. He knew Long Eying also had a salary, saved up as a noble lady, but could it add up to 30,000?

"Why ask so much? Go quickly!"

"I obey the order of the Water Lord's wife!"

The cold wind was biting.

The snow under his boots crunched.

White mist rolled from his mouth and nose. The cold wind scraped by, and he couldn't stop his tears from flowing.

"Phew, the big beaver's boat in the Vortex Palace is almost finished. I should ask King Toad for two pieces of Water Gold."

In the battle against Longxiang, the Dragon Spirit Gauze could no longer withstand the tearing of the steel wind. Given the surging blood Qi before, the Dragon Spirit Gauze fused with the Vast Sea Blue Gold, strengthening its toughness. Liang Qu felt he could repeat the old trick.

"All the money is spent. Any future gains will mostly have to wait for the Great Merit to come down."

Exchanging a Great Merit for treasure materials can be completely regarded as thousands of essences. With dozens stacked up, it is absolutely not to be underestimated.

Liang Qu pondered the plan, and a wisp of staff wind grazed the tip of his nose.

He looked up.

In the courtyard, a large tin staff was being danced by Otter-Otter with great vigor, sweat covering the bridge of its nose. That tin staff was not simple; judging by the patterns on the staff body, it had been refined at least thirty times. It was somewhat extravagant even for a Galloping Horse, and look at the refining technique.

"Did Cao Shixiong Lu forge the Zen staff?"

"It was no trouble." In the side courtyard, Lu Gang threw a towel into the basin. "The boat boss came to find me, and having nothing to do, I forged it."

Liang Qu shook his head helplessly.

He gave back to the sect, and his senior brothers were not thick-skinned people. However, unable to help with the Grandmaster's business, they instead transferred this feedback to the water beasts he raised.

"Cao Shixiong Lu, it's better to save some energy. Junior Brother has a big project coming up."

"What do you mean?" Lu Gang was puzzled.

"I found two cultivation techniques with A-Fei. They are about to become anthropomorphic, so they will inevitably need weapons and armor. According to their size, they will easily be measured in zhang."

"Leave it to me." Lu Gang was concise.

There was no need to say much about the friendship.

After giving a heads-up and recording everything that needed to be done, Liang Qu found Master Huai Kong to help find people to purchase array materials, and on the way, he saw off his subordinates, Cha Qing and others. With these few small matters, the time was approaching the start of the morning Dharma assembly.

Ants marched on the floating stairs.

Just about to go out.

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Liang Qu's mind. He re-communicated with the Ze Cauldron and stared firmly at the end.

【River Favor Degree: 14.6479】

He seemed to know what the change was.

"Binglin!"

"My Lord!"

Long Binglin flashed in front of him.

"Feel this well!"

Liang Qu's tone was serious. Long Binglin held his breath as he saw the Elder place his hand on his shoulder.

Not long after.

A unique charm emerged and surged from Long Binglin's body, drawing a strange look from Long Eying.

Inside the Ze Cauldron.

The brilliance flickered slightly.

【Bestow Favor.】

【River Favor Degree: 14.6478】!

Compared to before.

The River Favor Degree had decreased by 0.0001!

No, that's not right!

To be precise, the 0.0001 that was missing must have been transferred to Long Binglin! ===== CHAPTER 963 =====