Chapter 162: Always Worshiping the Father, Today Acting as the Mother

Xiao Yu stared at the black fish river inspector for a long time without speaking.

The black fish demon felt uneasy and anxious, muttering, "Zhenyuan Daxian, little god has already clearly stated my name, identity, household registration, and the government office I belong to. Can you let little god take my leave? There are several hundred miles of Wind Roaring Bay that need to be patrolled every day!"

"You also have eighty-eight adopted sons?" Xiao Yu asked.

The black fish demon laughed dryly, "Those eighty-eight sons are not my subordinates? The river demons in Wind Roaring Bay that have a bit of climate have all been taken into my mansion by me, adopted as foster sons to help me patrol the river."

"This is also the River God grandfather's meaning."

"The river demons that have become spirits, if they don't obey, don't want to enter the River God system, they must either be beaten to death immediately or expelled into the Liushahe, so as not to harm the common people of Tianmen Town."

Xiao Yu thought thoughtfully.

Daoist Priest Qingsong had once said that the reason Tianmen Town was special was mainly because the section of the Liushahe to the east of Tianmen Town had a River God conferred by the Heavenly Dynasty.

The River God could protect several thousand miles of the river upstream and downstream from being invaded by spirits and monsters, making it safest to cross the river from Tianmen Town.

Even if the Lieyang Marquis took a flying vehicle, he had to distribute talisman armor to the entire army and be ready for battle at all times.

The flying vehicles of the Zhou Rao Kingdom were not as fast as the flying vehicles, and if they encountered an ambush by demons while crossing the river, they would definitely not be able to escape.

"So, you are still a good god who loves the people? But why do you snatch village girls, and when village girls fall into the river bay, not only do you not save them, but you also choose the young and beautiful ones to take back to the Immortal Mansion as concubines?"

The black fish demon said in grievance, "Little god does indeed have a bit of a 'monarch's disease' and is quite fond of beautiful village girls, but little god does not forcibly snatch living village girls near the river bay."

"Zhenyuan Daxian, not all village girls are like you, who are fierce and god-like even after entering the water, fiercer than our river demons—"

Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes, "What did you say?"

The black fish demon hurriedly lowered his head and flattered, "Little god is vulgar; I wanted to praise the Zhenyuan Daxian for being powerful, but my choice of words was inappropriate."

Then he hurriedly returned to the previous topic, "You have also seen that the strong winds and tsunamis blowing from the Liushahe in the east all pour into Wind Roaring Bay."

"The wind is high and the waves are urgent in the bay, there have never been any boats, no fishermen, and all those who fall into the water never survive."

"The village girls little god picked up were all dead village girls, and many even committed suicide by jumping into the river."

Xiao Yu said, "How can dead village girls marry you?"

The black fish demon whispered, "People are dead, but as long as you find their bodies, you can summon their souls..."

"Imprisoning living souls, desecrating corpses, making the deceased unable to be liberated—this is even more abominable than snatching living village girls!"

Xiao Yu drew her sword and slashed his fish face thirty or forty times, drawing blood and bruising him, while he kept begging for mercy.

"Zhenyuan Daxian, spare my life, Zhenyuan Daxian, spare my life, little god will listen to you, from now on I will only snatch village girls, and will never pick up corpses again!"

"You still dare to go from bad to worse, planning to snatch village girls, you deserve a beating!"

Xiao Yu gave him another seventy or eighty slaps, and the fish head was beaten out of shape.

Seeing him lying on the ground spitting only blood foam, his face becoming a lump of rotten meat, and his cries almost gone, she stopped.

"Don't pretend to be dead, get up... no, continue kneeling. I have discovered that you, this black fish, are very dishonest and lack discipline, perhaps because your parents died early."

"Sigh, this Zhenyuan Daxian has always been free and easy, and now I can only reluctantly take your mother's place to discipline you."

After saying this, Xiao Yu lifted her chin slightly, looked down, and looked at him silently.

The black fish demon was not in danger of life, just beaten into a pulp by the steel sword containing the "Flowing Sand Sword Intent."

He was stupid to begin with.

Now his brain was buzzing, almost splitting, so naturally, he was even more unable to understand the meaning of Xiao Yu's words.

"What are you staring at, hurry up and pay respects to your foster mother!" Seeing his stupid look, Xiao Yu couldn't help but shout.

"Foster mother?"

The black fish demon was still confused, but he had accepted more than two hundred foster sons and daughters (only 88 remained), and was very familiar with the scene of worshiping a foster father.

Now it was like triggering an instinct engraved in his bloodline; although the position had changed, he also had a sudden realization, "Zhenyuan Daxian, do you want to be my foster mother?"

"If you want to be closer, call me biological mother, and I'll pinch my nose and accept it," Xiao Yu said.

The black fish demon naturally was ten thousand times unwilling in his heart.

But the injuries on his face reminded him every moment: he was now truly a fish on the chopping block!

"Foster mother!" He lowered his head and bowed three times, "Child 'Black Jin Gang' pays respects to foster mother~~"

"Good, good, good, you are a group of good filial sons and grandsons."

Feather Foster Mother, Feather Old Ancestor laughed happily.

She felt around on her body, very embarrassed, unable to find even a silver corner.

"Good sons and grandsons, your grandmother came out in a hurry today and didn't bring any gifts, so I will teach you a set of 'Flowing Sand Divine Sword'."

It wasn't her worshiping a foster father today, it was others worshiping her, and it was her turn to give gifts.

The day she worshiped Tiger Minister and Wen Danxia, they taught her Tiger Soul Seven Kills and Wind Yin Treasure Mirror.

She followed their example and decided to demonstrate the "Flowing Sand Sword Intent" she had just created to them.

It was both a gift and a way to make them fear her more.

She was full of confidence.

The lobster demon could be personally conferred by the River God as a "River God Mansion Warrior," indicating he was at least a "Double Flower Red Stick."

In short, very good at fighting.

As a result, the Shrimp Warrior's "Water Arrow Divine Ability" was crushed by her Flowing Sand Sword Intent.

Sure enough, Xiao Yu swung her sword forward lightly again, performing a move of "Heavy Waves Pressing Mountain," and all the demons and Black Jin Gang's expressions changed drastically.

She seemed to swing her sword forward lightly, but under the water, it was as if an invisible mountain had fallen... it wasn't completely invisible either.

It was that the river water in front of her suddenly became abnormally heavy, pressing down violently, and then the heavy river water formed giant waves, rolling and crushing forward.

This was not "Demon Art," just mortal sword intent.

"Did you learn it?"

Seeing the shock on their faces, Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

The demons shook their heads, "Grandmother's sword technique is god-like, the little ones can't learn it."

"Comprehend it slowly."

Xiao Yu waved her hand and let them set up the banquet under the water.

Black Jin Gang stuck his three-pronged grass fork into the stone, "Buzz buzz~~~"

Transparent ripples rippled, and a transparent bubble twenty meters in diameter and only two meters high appeared around them.

Very magical, the bubble didn't completely isolate the river water.

It just formed a layer of transparent water film between the objects in the range and the water flow outside.

The water film had almost no thickness, but it separated the wine in the cup and the food on the plate from the river water outside.

One could see the river water flowing over the plates, but the soup and temperature in the plates were not taken away by the river water.

The bodies of the people and demons also had a layer of transparent water film, but the feeling was still being in the river water.

Xiao Yu was curious in her heart, but didn't want to appear too village-like in front of her foster son and obedient grandsons.

After all, they all looked like they were used to it.

After drinking two rounds of wine toasted by her foster son and obedient grandsons, the atmosphere at the banquet was much more relaxed and harmonious than before.

Xiao Yu asked with a smile, "Jin Gang, my son, tell mother about the situation of this two-hundred-mile Wind Roaring Bay, how is the water condition, what are the specialties, who are the neighbors..."

Black Jin Gang put down his wine glass behind the first table on her right and said, "Wind Roaring Bay is also called Wind Roaring Gorge; the river bay is actually a gap and secret passage between mountain ranges."

"Calling it 'two-hundred-mile Wind Roaring Bay' is actually more than two hundred miles."

"Counting the winding tributaries and undercurrents, there are seven or eight hundred miles of water area."

"When the Liushahe rises, the river bay floods, spreading inland, and even directly connecting to the inland Black Dragon River and Liang River."

"However, Wind Roaring Bay has a large water area, but because it connects to the Liushahe, it often has Weak Water pouring in, so there are no specialties."

"Even the two banks of the river bay are mostly barren mountains, the land is barren, and the villages are sparse."

"Leaving Wind Roaring Bay to the east, you officially enter the Liushahe, and within two hundred miles, it is all the water area of the Yellow Sand Little Saint."

"Going further out, it belongs to the protectors of the River God Mansion..."

He detailed the ten or so protectors who were close by.

Those over a thousand miles from Wind Roaring Bay had long since passed the River God Mansion, and he hadn't been there and wasn't familiar with them.

Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes and asked softly, "Besides the River God grandfather, are there any other great demons in this Liushahe?"

"There is no shortage of great demons in the Liushahe, everyone knows!" The black fish demon nodded affirmatively, then said embarrassedly, "But I am a man who loves his home; if not summoned by my superiors, I rarely even go to the Liushahe, so I don't know the great demons outside."

"You haven't even heard of the names of the great demons outside?" Xiao Yu said.

The black fish demon thought for a moment and said, "There are certainly names, the most fierce one is the Black Flood Demon King eight thousand miles to the south!"

"He calls himself 'Arrogant Dragon Lord' and is a three-clawed flood dragon."

"Powerful, cruel, eating two hundred living people every day, and raising thousands of fierce demon soldiers and generals, they are bloodthirsty and love to fight, conquering south and north, east and west every year, and even once attacked the River God Mansion."

"Fortunately, our River God Mansion also has a big backer."

"Is it the Heavenly Dynasty?" Xiao Yu asked.

"What does it have to do with the Heavenly Dynasty?" The black fish demon was stunned, then said with full reverence, "It is the Great God Ba Snake! Mother, you live in Tianmen Town, you must have heard the legend of the Great God Ba Snake."

"But that is not a legend, the Great God Ba Snake really exists."

"So it is the Great God Ba Snake..." Xiao Yu was a little surprised, but more enlightened.

"Have you seen the Great God Ba Snake?" she asked.

"No, the Great God Ba Snake is elusive, many protectors haven't seen the old man."

"Arrogant Dragon Lord is so arrogant, did the Heavenly Court send Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to deal with him?" Xiao Yu asked again.

The black fish demon shook his head blankly, "I haven't heard of any Demon King being attacked by Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals."

"I have lived my whole life, and you, Mother, are the only one; even Arrogant Dragon Lord is not as capable of causing trouble as you!"

He had a very sincere look on his scarred face.

Xiao Yu's face was dark, and after asking a few more questions, she announced the end of the banquet and let the grandsons move the tables, chairs, and plates back.

She pulled the black fish demon aside and whispered, "The Shrimp Warrior's matter is probably hard to end well."

Black Jin Gang's eyes flickered, "Mother, don't worry, I will try my best to cover it up."

Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes and looked at him, "Actually, when I introduced myself to you, there was a paragraph I didn't have time to say before you recognized my identity."

"What words?" Black Jin Gang asked curiously.

"I have a life-and-death friendship with Daoist Priest Qingsong, and the Divine Mace Protector personally said that I am a benefactor of the Taiyi Dao."

Black Jin Gang looked a bit blank.

Xiao Yu frowned, "You don't even know Daoist Priest Qingsong and the Taiyi Dao?"

Black Jin Gang shook his head, "Mother, this Wind Roaring Bay is too remote."

Xiao Yu said impolitely, "It's not that Wind Roaring Bay is remote, it's that you are too village-like, too afraid of death, and unwilling to go to the Liushahe outside to make friends."

Then she told him in detail about Daoist Priest Qingsong's identity and the story of Daoist Priest Qingsong driving the protectors to carry the noble son of the Heavenly Dynasty.

This time Black Jin Gang showed a look of sudden realization and nodded, "Indeed, there is such a thing! Right now, the Yellow Sand Little Saint often goes to the opposite bank to transport humans to the 'Hurricane Wharf' on the edge of Wind Roaring Bay."

Wind Roaring Bay had too much wind and waves, making it impossible to sail, so the nobles of the Heavenly Dynasty would land directly and walk the mountain road to reach Tianmen Town.