Chapter 133

In the depths of White Egret Marsh, a white flood dragon and a black eagle met in the air.

The black eagle spoke, its voice hoarse: "Big brother, have you found a way?"

White Egret Marsh has three Golden Core Beast Kings in total; the white ape is one of them, while this black eagle and this white flood dragon are the other two, and naturally the white flood dragon is the boss.

The reason White Egret Marsh has been able to exist and preserve such a large territory these years is precisely because of this white flood dragon.

To protect White Egret Marsh, this white flood dragon labors without complaint, obeying the orders of Great Wu, doing any thankless, arduous task.

When the white ape caused trouble, this white flood dragon was working in Azure Province, so the white ape had the chance to cause trouble, leading his subordinate ferocious beasts out of White Egret Marsh.

When it received news of the white ape's disturbance, it was also the time when the imperial court, furious, ordered Azure Province to prepare to level White Egret Marsh.

Naturally, the imperial court also granted the white flood dragon a pardon for leveling White Egret Marsh, but the white flood dragon need not die.

However, these years the white flood dragon has done dirty, hard, unpleasant work solely for White Egret Marsh, so he still roams about, constantly seeking connections, hoping to find a chance to save White Egret Marsh.

The white flood dragon shook his head: "There is a slight chance; I have heard news that now, within all of Azure Province, only one person can save us—I will go beg him."

The black eagle's eyes instantly turned red: "Big brother, you're going to beg someone again—why lower yourself so?"

The imperial court said, "This has nothing to do with you, big brother—just leave now; at worst I'll fight them to the death!"

The white flood dragon lowly shouted: "Third brother! Shut up!"

"'Your second brother's mind is slow; I never took him out, but you have gone out with me—you should understand how strong Great Wu is, and thus you should also understand how difficult it is for them to give us a patch of land to survive.'"

"'All things in the world have rules; Great Wu has no bad rules—our bad rules are ours! Great Wu gave us this patch of land to survive, but it was your second brother who couldn't resist temptation and broke the rules.'"

The black eagle lowered its head: "Then, big brother, who are you going to see? I'll go with you; if we are punished, count me in, and even if we die, let me die before you!"

The white flood dragon shook his head: "No, only I can go; I originally shouldn't know that person's identity, and you are not suited to go."

Nameless Valley.

As the last medicine barrel was carried into the valley, the Majestic Army all lay on the ground, gasping heavily.

And the dragon-elephant roars inside the valley finally ceased.

Shen Qing's body flowed with rich golden light, and behind him also appeared a faint golden dragon phantom.

This time Shen Qing used the white ape's golden core as the main medicine, with over ten thousand catties of medicinal herbs as auxiliary, plus the tremendous absorptive power of the Ancient Primordial Heaven and Earth Body, directly breaking through three layers of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Technique in one go, pushing the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Technique to the tenth level.

Body refinement and true qi cultivation are two different paths, and practicing the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Technique to the tenth level is equivalent to the Golden Core realm among true qi martial artists.

That is to say, Shen Qing's true qi has not yet broken through to Grandmaster, but his flesh has already been pushed to the Golden Core realm.

Furthermore, with the blessing of the Ancient Primordial Heaven and Earth Body, Shen Qing does not even know how far his power has reached.

But suddenly, Shen Qing muttered: "Does it have to be this coincidental every time?"

Immediately he gripped the hilt of the Crimson Sky sword and shouted low: "Since you've come, why not come down? Are you waiting for me to go up and drag you down?"

As his words fell, a gust of wind blew through the sky, parting the clouds that obscured the heavens and revealing the white flood dragon's form.

The Majestic Army stationed outside the valley was dumbstruck.

The white flood dragon swiftly descended toward the valley.

Shen Qing's face showed a hint of a smile, his whole body's blood rapidly boiling, fierce sword intent shooting straight to the heavens, golden light and glazed white light on his surface shining together, the dragon-elephant roaring fiercely, shaking the valley constantly trembling, behind him a golden and a red huge dragon phantom constantly roaring.

Shen Qing looked at the white flood dragon in the air, his fighting spirit rising, his right hand gripping Crimson Void, ready at any moment to swing out Open Heaven.

The white flood dragon in midair looked at Shen Qing, continually shocked; he was stronger than the White Ape, he had heard how the White Ape was defeated, it was Shen Qing and Chen Ju who jointly defeated it.

He did respect Shen Qing, but only because of Shen Qing's Shen family status, not because of Shen Qing's strength; but now it seems he was wrong, and terribly wrong.

Outside false rumors harm people.

In the white flood dragon's view, Shen Qing defeating his second brother wouldn't need to join forces.

He looked at Shen Qing's aura and even felt his own heart tighten; he even felt that in strength he might not be a match for Shen Qing.

Cannot match strength! Will die!

With a bang, the white flood dragon quickly landed, landing not far from Shen Qing, its body pressed tightly against the ground, even its head pressed tightly to the ground, even burrowing into the earth, ensuring its body was lower than Shen Qing's.

"Bailu Ze's Bai Yun has met Young Master Shen, I am guilty! It's my second brother who is ignorant, unable to resist the Wokou's temptation, came out and broke the rules, I admit fault! I, Bai Yun, accept punishment; Young Master Shen, however you punish me is fine, I hope you give Bailu Ze a way to survive."

Shen Qing fell silent, his fighting spirit reaching its peak, the Open Heaven in his hand already fully charged, but you give me this?

Shen Qing snorted, released the sword hilt, and the various phenomena around his body slowly faded.

"You are the current master of Bailu Ze, right?"

"I have heard of you; three hundred years ago, a proud white python emerged from Bailu Ze to face all the heavenly talents of Qingzhou, that white python must be you."

Bai Yun shook his head: "In front of Young Master Shen, who dares to call themselves a heavenly talent?"

Shen Qing continued: "You say, let me give Bailu Ze a way to survive? The evil was done by the White Ape, the order to raze Bailu Ze came from the court, what are you looking for me for?"

Bai Yun lowered his head a bit more: "Young Master Shen, in all of Qingzhou only you have the power to stop them from razing Bailu Ze; I beg you, save Bailu Ze, I, Bai Yun, am willing to be your servant, to give blood and cut flesh..."

Shen Qing sneered: "Shut up, you? Willing to give blood and cut flesh? You make it sound like I'm a bad person."

"It's you Bailu Ze who broke the rules! Do you know how many people the White Ape harmed as it went east?"

"Two towns and several villages couldn't evacuate in time, over ten thousand people died!"

"How, are you so precious? Being a slave would exempt Bailu Ze from the death penalty? One life of yours could offset the lives of ten thousand commoners?"

Bai Yun only felt somewhat dead-hearted, but still wanted to struggle a bit.

"Young Master Shen, it was my second brother who broke the rules; I admit it, we Bailu Ze are willing to accept punishment."

"But these years I've been serving the Great Wu, and Bailu Ze also has many feral beasts holding official posts in the court, the River Earl also has several..."

Shen Qing directly interrupted its words.

"This is why you can still leave Bailu Ze to come see me."

Qingzhou's great army had long surrounded Bailu Ze, even ten at the Yuan Dan realm had gone; if not for Bai Yun having done some good deeds, upon leaving Bailu Ze he would have been hacked into ten sections.

Just then, Cao Shen also walked into the valley; Shen Qing glanced at him, then looked at Bai Yun.

"I also give you a chance to atone: return to Bailu Ze, bring the remaining feral beasts to Jia Shui Jun to resist the Wokou, scatter and join the army incorporated into Jia Shui Jun, and thereafter when facing the Wokou you must be at the front! When the Wokou retreat back to the Eastern Sea, your death penalty will be lifted!"

"And you will be my mount."

Do you have any opinion?

Bai Yun's eyes lit up: "I have no opinion, I have no opinion, as long as there's an opportunity! As long as there's an opportunity!"

Bai Yun kept kowtowing: "Bai Yun thanks Young Master Shen Qing! Bai Yun thanks Young Master Shen Qing!"

At this moment, Shen Qing raised his head to look at the sky: "What about you? Do you have any opinion!"

In the sky, an ancient figure appeared, his aura far deeper than Bai Yun's.

Bai Yun froze, when did this person start following behind me? Could it be that after leaving White Egret Marsh, I've been under surveillance all along?

Moreover, I didn't feel anything at all, how did Shen Qing discover it?

The old man quickly descended to the ground and made a bow to Shen Qing.

"I naturally have no opinion, Young Master Shen Qing is wise."

"This move can both avoid the losses from our army attacking White Egret Marsh and reduce the pressure of resisting Japanese invaders on our Jia Shui Jun, Young Master Shen Qing is wise!"