Chapter 989

Above Blue Lake, thick fog permeated the air.

The treasure ship was hidden within it.

The Golden-Haired Tiger licked the fur on its body, and seeing no one paying attention, it secretly raised a leg to scratch, inadvertently brushing against its nose, intoxicated by the fragrant scent.

"Bai Bai Mingzhe, Bai Bai Chenfeng, current, former, eighth-branch descendants..."

Liang Qu flipped through the pages, circling and marking.

Investigating for half a year had not been in vain; digging for mines every day and chatting nonsense with the miners, they were practically half-Hantai people.

The greatest contradiction within the Bai family naturally stemmed from the clan leader replacement incident caused by the intervention of the Great Shun imperial court's external environment.

Bai Bai Mingzhe went to live in Southern Zhili at the age of eight and learned martial arts in the Imperial Capital at fourteen. During the formative stage of his worldview in his youth, he received the most orthodox Great Shun education. Southern Zhili, as a private territory, was incomparably prosperous and not some grassroots stage of entrepreneurship. It is said that Bai Bai Mingzhe's first love, his "white moonlight," was also in Southern Zhili.

Cross it out.

Rumors, not enough to be evidence.

Based on Liang Qu's life experience, especially his past life experience.

It is perfectly normal to develop worship and conversion after seeing prosperity. This is also the root of "soothing distant people lies in the righteousness of loose control." After a few generations, local resistance will diminish. After a few small-cost hot wars, they will be logically incorporated into the territory.

But it is very clear that the imperial court was anxious to replace the former clan leader, Bai Bai Chenfeng, for no other reason.

The two-hundred-year-old Bai Bai Chenfeng was close to the Great Great Qian and the Lotus Sect. It is said that he practiced secret Snow Mountain techniques and was completely unfamiliar with the Great Shun; even his surrender was forced by his clansmen.

One is close, one is not; the latter even lost the position of clan leader, so contradictions naturally arose.

However, to say that Bai Bai Mingzhe is a dog of the Great Shun is also impossible. There are no fools among those who have cultivated to the Grandmaster realm. Inclination is inclination, but the Bai family is his own home. If things are handled too severely, they will instead develop rifts with each other. Even if Bai Bai Mingzhe were truly a dog, the Bai family would fiercely resist internally.

"The time is too short. Another hundred years, when the older generation of Perfected Form experts die of old age and a new batch of Perfected Form experts grow up, Hantai Prefecture will be considered stable..."

"Elder, what shall we do next?" Long Long Binglin asked.

"No rush." Liang Qu closed the pages. "Let's go home for the New Year first, then go to the General Suoshuang Temple to take a look, and inquire more about the situation at Blue Lake. Let me ponder it carefully."

Dealing with the Bai family is not the priority.

He is here to quell the blood sacrifice of the Great Snow Mountain. The ultimate goal is the Drought Demon's position fruit, and solving Magistrate Jian Magistrate Jian Zhongyi along the way is just a bonus. But the Emperor is far away, and if one doesn't get along with the biggest local snake and have a place to stay, it will be troublesome if one gets backstabbed.

Yet, according to Cha Qing's account, the entire Bai family is adopting a strategy of contraction. Direct descendants are rarely seen, and those with notorious pasts have all disappeared, keeping a low profile.

"Hard to handle..."

Crackle, pop.

Firecrackers exploded on the long street, scattering gunpowder smoke, and the pungent smell of sulfur surged with the cold wind.

Xu Xu Zishuai patted the red paper off his head and grinned as he entered the house after setting off the firecrackers. The atmosphere inside the Yang residence was harmonious, and a bombshell piece of news was dropped during the banquet, stirring up waves.

"Senior Brother Yu is getting married? How come we never knew?"

"It's not a big deal."

"How did you meet? Quick, tell us."

"Nothing much to say. I'm getting on in years, so I asked the Mistress to act as a matchmaker. We met once in the autumn and felt it was good, so we had the intention of getting engaged. Taking advantage of the spring, when the wild geese fly north, I'll catch a few in the third month and raise them first."

"Great, great! Raise your glasses, let's toast to the Second Senior Brother!"

Lively and boisterous, faces flushed red.

Liang Qu stood up with them to toast.

Just at this moment.

The Ze Ding trembled.

【Drowning Karma Dissipated】

【Drowning Karma Accumulation: None】

"Drowning Karma..."

It had been three days since he traveled back from Hantai, and the Drowning Karma had naturally dissipated and disappeared. Liang Qu stared intently at the Ze Ding information, and a flash of inspiration crossed his mind. He suddenly thought of a special method.

Could he trigger a little more 【Drowning Karma】 and let 【Drowning Karma】 handle things?

If there is an accumulation of one, there will be two.

Disaster Qi, Evil Qi...

One is a minor misfortune that doesn't hinder life, but what about two, three, four, or even ten, dozens, or higher Drowning Karma!

Being mocked wherever he goes, provoked by blind second-generation heirs wherever he goes, suffering all the cold shoulders and slights, dogs raising their legs to pee on his shoes when they see him, someone wanting to occupy his seat while eating at a restaurant—isn't this the highest level of misfortune?

Enjoying the "protagonist treatment"?

Thinking about it, it's actually quite exciting.

Liang Qu rubbed his hands, eager to try.

The one who tied the bell must untie it. The matter of the Great Snow Mountain must be solved by the Great Snow Mountain, and he still has to cross Blue Lake. But how to trigger more 【Drowning Karma】?

"A-Shui, what are you thinking about? Your mouth is curled up, are you brewing something bad?"

"Thinking of something happy."

"What happy thing? We're family, tell us!" Xiang Xiang Zhangsong egged him on.

"Can't say, if I say it, it won't come true."

"Braggart!"

"Alright, it's good to have happy things to wish everyone a Happy New Year, may everyone have happy things!" Xu Xu Zishuai raised his glass high and looked at the head of the long table. "Master, have you thought of the toast yet! We've been waiting for half a quarter of an hour!"

"It's hard for your master to think of something new every year, he's already run out of words." Lady Xu teased.

Yang Yang Dongxiong stroked his beard and laughed: "I'll have words even in another three hundred years. Come, raise your glasses! May everything be auspicious and go as you wish after the New Year!"

"Great! May everything be auspicious and go as you wish after the New Year!"

Bang!

Cups and goblets clinked.

Laughter and cheers.

Early February.

Lu Gang delivered a set of brand-new spirit weapons to "Cannot Move." Aside from the armor, the most important part was a serrated, thick-backed machete called Gluttony.

It was made entirely from the teeth of a giant shark, capable of closing and extending into a chain-like form, connected by electric eel tendons, and could discharge electricity for attacks. It was made almost entirely of biological materials.

Therefore, Gluttony was different from ordinary spirit weapons. Ordinary spirit weapons require finding materials of the same origin to self-repair, slowly absorbing them to fill cracks. Gluttony does not; it transforms into a python and swallows prey to grow itself, becoming even more powerful.

At the same time.

Long Long Eying brought the "Maha Karma Sea Observation" back to the tribe, and together with the Sturgeon tribe's cultivation techniques, they exchanged knowledge. Several Perfected Form experts pooled their wisdom and successfully adapted a cultivation technique suitable for Round Head.

Returning to the Great Snow Mountain.

Huai Kong held an iron bowl in his hand, drawing the third set of formations on the deck.

Liang Qu stood on "Cannot Move's" forehead and instructed: "Remember to change to be shorter and thicker, and keep the tail balanced. This way, when you use Size Ruyi to shrink or expand, your body shape won't be easily noticed. About two zhang is fine."

Round Head waved its fins and saluted with the side of its forehead.

"Good, very spirited! Huai Kong, sorry to trouble you to get busy first, I'm going up the mountain to take a look."

"Very well."

Midnight.

Liang Qu changed into a set of simple clothes he had bought temporarily and made his way to the General Suoshuang Temple at the foot of Ice Mirror Mountain.

Hantai Prefecture is extremely vast. In many places, one can only see snow-capped mountains and grasslands at a glance, and besides that, there is the vast azure lake. There are no roads or markers at all, and being unfamiliar with the place, it was not easy to travel. After searching for a good while, the few of them finally identified the direction.

Perhaps because it was only a few days after the New Year, the front of the General Suoshuang Temple was filled with people praying for blessings, with the line stretching for hundreds of meters.

"Gurgle, gurgle."

Under Long Long Eying's speechless gaze, Liang Qu drank a whole pot of water in one breath, shook his belly, held back the urge to urinate that he had had since the morning, and found a small, deserted path to sneak up the mountain.

"Don't know if it will work or not."