Chapter 999: The Great Khutuktu

River wind was vast.

The old toad stood on the bow, its back feet circling the deck, sighing, occasionally looking up at the sky, reciting poems.

"Why is Frog Duke so restless?" Long Eying asked.

Liang Qu patted the railing: "Smoke deep in the alley, candles dim between windows, seeing it for the first time, the heart is timid. How can I tell the parting again?"

"Liang Great Talent has poetic inspiration again, right?"

Liang Qu kept his mouth shut.

"I just feel." Long Eying brushed the hair behind her ears, "It's not just because of the timidity of being close to home, right?"

Hearing this, Liang Qu nodded.

"Maybe the frog in the heart has already passed away."

"..."

Being rolled eyes at by his wife again, Liang Qu didn't care: "Truth is often unpleasant."

Aside from rare species like the Treasure Toad, the lifespan of the demon race and the human race has its own strengths and weaknesses, some high and some low.

Ice Jade Toads live in the Blue Lake, their clan land is an ice crystal palace, naturally cold, slow metabolism, belonging to a small rare species, it is very normal for the lifespan to be a bit longer. Alas, it has been a hundred years since the Dragon King disappeared. If they couldn't break through to Perfected Form, today, they would likely have become a grave.

Even if promoted to Great Demon, they would have married as a frog wife long ago, there is no reason to be a lonely frog, where would they remember the old toad from a hundred years ago?

Of course...

There is also the possibility of marrying as a frog wife, and the husband's lifespan is exhausted.

It is relatively rare among humans. Excellent women often find stronger husbands. Women are Hunting Tigers, men are Perfected Forms. In the frog clan, it is not absolute that males are higher than females. And no matter where, the situation of two Perfected Forms and two Great Demons in one family is rare.

Liang Qu believes in the old toad's vision, even if it is the beautiful frog at the head of the village, it must have some extraordinary qualities.

In summary.

The frog in the heart is a Great Demon, the husband died early, the scene of children and grandchildren...

Pfft!

Water splashed.

A spherical object, jade white with a bit of azure, broke the water surface, rotated in the sky for several circles, threw a trail of water on the deck, and finally landed on the bow with an ice fork.

"Hey! Wa cha wa cha hu hu zha! (Who is coming, trespassing on the Ice Jade Toad clan land)"

"Mixi mixi, Labrador!" The old toad jumped forward, dancing.

The old toad actually knows Snow Mountain language?

Liang Qu was a bit surprised.

Seeing what Liang Qu was thinking, the old toad shook its belly, turned around and made a small claw web, indicating that it knew a little bit.

The little toad was quite suspicious, muttering, and jumped into the Blue Lake. After a while, it re-emerged from the water surface.

The old toad was arrogant, waving its hand to signal to follow, but the little toad waved its double webs and pointed at the old toad.

Having its face slapped, the old toad was a bit unhappy.

Liang Qu smiled and said: "Frog Duke, go ahead. The Ice Jade Toad has worries, which is truly normal."

Four Perfected Forms on a ship, two of which are second-level, no one dares to let them into their own nest easily.

"Fine." The old toad shook its cheeks, "Let this Duke go and meet her first!"

Thump thump.

A big and a small water splash splashed up.

Liang Qu stayed on the ship waiting quietly.

By late April, Pingyang Prefecture was already somewhat stifling and hot, yet Hantai remained in the perfect warmth of spring—neither cold nor hot. The wind brought moisture and warmth from the distant grasslands, and the massive ice armor shattered, clear snowmelt flowing through the fissures.

The avalanche caused by the battle with Bai Chenfeng in early April piled up in the fields. At this time, it gradually became clean water for irrigating farmland, like a silver mirror, occasionally with a breeze, flashing gently.

"Spring is here..."

Under the water.

Individual caves are like crystals, individual toads here are jade white with a bit of clear blue, beautiful, sunlight shines with water waves, often reflecting light.

Truly a beautiful frog!

The old toad looked left and right, feeling nervous.

The Blue Lake is far from the Jianghuai Great Marsh. Going back and forth, at least two months. So when the Dragon King was there, mostly Blue Lake demon beasts came, and few Jianghuai demon beasts went. This is its first time coming to the Ice Jade Toad clan land.

The her of the past was the first beautiful frog among the Ice Jade Toads, exquisite and cute, with extraordinary talent, destined to be the successor of the next patriarch, don't know now...

"Three thousand floating worlds, I have three loves, the sun, the moon, and you. The sun is for the morning, the moon is for the dusk, and you are for every morning and every dusk..."

"There is a beautiful frog..."

The little toad didn't know what the old toad was muttering, just followed the patriarch's order to take the old frog to see.

Just as the old toad repeated it, the little toad stopped abruptly: "Here!"

"Here?"

The old toad looked up, seeing a cave entrance of fifty zhang, enough to stuff two treasure ships vertically, and was silent for a while.

"This is your patriarch's residence?"

"Naturally!"

"The patriarch's cave is the brand of the clan, it is very normal for the cave entrance to be big..." The old toad comforted itself, pacing into it. Caves are mostly narrow outside and wide inside, so they can live comfortably.

Deep into more than a hundred zhang.

The old toad kept repeating in its heart, but halfway through, it was suddenly blocked by a cold, thick wall.

"Croak! Why is there a wall in the middle of the road?" The old toad stretched out its claws, touching and feeling, suddenly a hearty laugh came from overhead.

"Duo Bao, a hundred years have passed, you are still so good at joking."

The old toad was stunned, raised its claws, and stepped back step by step, until a behemoth squeezed into its line of sight, even the air in its throat was squeezed thin.

"Croak!"

The sun and moon rotate.

"Strange, why haven't they returned yet?"

Ice Wheel Bodhi Temple.

Namkha Khutuktu pinched his fingers to calculate.

Danzeng Qujie had left the Bodhi Temple for more than a month. He sat on a treasure ship, ten days would be enough, going and coming would be no more than twenty days. Even if there were delays, it shouldn't be more than half a month...

Khutuktu is the title of a high-level living Buddha, second only to the Khutuktu, Chinbo, and Dharma King of the Snow Mountain sect, far from being comparable to a small living Buddha like Danzeng Qujie. He felt a bit of bad luck in his heart.

"Gelu, go take the magic weapon, and take Danzeng Qujie's blood life card, I want to divine!"

"Yes!"

Before long, various magic weapons were displayed on the case.

The little monk caught a glimpse of the hexagram, his hand shook, and the skull bowl fell to the ground.

Namkha opened his eyes: "What did you see?"

The monk knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly: "Great Khutuktu, the little monk saw nothing."

"Lying!" Namkha scolded, then softened his tone, "Speak, I won't blame you."

The little monk hesitated for a while, reciting the hexagram: "Blood moon breaks golden feathers, ice river buries mandala, west wind carries bone curse, east earth... blooms new lotus..."

"What does it mean?"

"Danzeng Master, possibly died... ah!"

The little monk knelt on the ground crying, blood holes dripping on his head.

Namkha turned the eyeballs in his hand, and other monks dragged the person down.

"Gelu!"

"Great Khutuktu."

"How do you think it should be handled?"

Gelu bowed his head: "Danzeng Master has extraordinary strength and is assisted by Drowning Karma. Not knowing the enemy's details, we must not act rashly, to avoid expanding damage. Why not send the small temple adjacent to the Blue Lake to investigate the situation clearly, and then attack with thunder?"

"Good." ===== CHAPTER 1000 =====

Gelu bowed his head: "Master Danzeng possesses extraordinary strength, and with the aid of the Drowning Karma, we do not know the enemy's true depth. We must not act rashly, lest we increase our losses. Why not first dispatch the small temple neighboring Blue Lake to probe the situation clearly, and then strike with the force of a thunderbolt?"

"Good."