Chapter 163

"Godmother? Grandmother?" The river demons were in an uproar upon hearing this.

If the Black Fish Spirit had a normal human face, he would definitely be blushing red right now.

"Everyone, shut up!" He shouted, making the water bottom quiet again, and said, "Tonight's banquet is for Father to worship—"

He stiffened his body, turned his head, and whispered, "Mother, your child doesn't even know your surname, given name, or where you are from yet!"

Xiao Yu coughed lightly and said loudly, "Grandsons, come closer and let Grandmother introduce herself to you personally."

The river demons were suspicious and looked at the Black Fish Spirit.

The Black Fish Spirit glared at them.

They hurriedly came to Xiao Yu's feet, knelt honestly in the water, and looked up at her eagerly.

Honestly, this scene was truly a bit scary, even more Cthulhu-like than the Cthulhu imagery from her previous life.

Each of them was not human-shaped, with deformed heads that were a mix of human and fish faces, their bodies were sticky, their sizes were abnormally huge, and their eyes held an innate cruelty and viciousness.

But strangely, Xiao Yu didn't lose any sanity points.

Instead, she felt an instinctive sense of superiority and pride in her heart.

The gaze she directed at them held not a shred of fear or even caution, only a disdain so indifferent that even she didn't notice it.

"Do you know the Heavenly Emperor?"

Xiao Yu didn't introduce herself immediately.

Reporting her name directly as "Yu Little Fengxian of the Red Sleeve Workshop in Tianmen Town" was too low-class.

She had to build up her prestige first.

"We know." The river demons nodded.

A female clam demon even called out cleverly, "Grandmother, the Jade Emperor is the Lord of the Three Realms; everyone knows that."

"Alas, Grandmother was foolish; I slashed the palace envoy with a blade and even said the witless, rebellious words, 'I want to kill, and even God cannot protect you.'"

The river demons had blank expressions, not understanding what Grandmother meant.

The Black Fish Spirit's expression changed, and he screamed, "Godmother, are you the 'Audacious' Yu Little Fengxian?"

"Oh, my son, you work in the Bay, so you've heard of my name? But I am 'Righteousness Reaching the Heavens,' not 'Audacious.'" Xiao Yu was a bit surprised.

The Black Fish Spirit swallowed his saliva and said, "Two days ago, Grandfather River God sent orders to the water gods in all directions, telling us to be more restrained recently, not to leave our respective waterways, and not to slack off.

Because a lunatic appeared in Tianmen Town who dared to scold the Jade Emperor in front of the envoy, and the Jade Emperor is furious and wants to..."

"Wants to what?" Xiao Yu asked.

Black Jin Gang shook his head and said, "I only heard rumors and don't know clearly, but Lord Jade Emperor might be sending one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals to descend to the mortal realm to capture you."

Xiao Yu rolled her eyes.

"Hiss~~~" The river demons believed it and gasped, their eyes full of awe as they looked at Grandmother.

Xiao Yu sat on a stone like a general, looked around at the 88 demon grandsons below, and said, "That's right, I am Yu Little Fengxian, who offended the Heavenly Emperor."

"Grandsons pay respects to Grandmother!"

Even if they had doubts in their hearts, at least on the surface, the demons were all very clever.

"Son Black Jin Gang pays respects to Godmother!" The Black Fish Spirit also knelt in public and kowtowed nine times to Xiao Yu without making a sound.

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

Godmother Yu, Ancestor Yu, laughed happily.

She felt around on her body, feeling very awkward, as she couldn't even find a single silver coin.

"My good sons and grandsons, Grandmother left the house in a hurry today and didn't bring any gifts, so I will teach you a set of 'Quicksand Divine Swords'."

Tonight, it wasn't her worshipping a foster father, but others worshipping her, so it was her turn to give gifts.

That day when she worshipped General Guan Huchen and Wen Wen Danxia, they taught her the Tiger Soul Seven Kills and the Wind Yin Precious Mirror.

She followed their example and decided to demonstrate the newly created "Quicksand Sword Intent" to them.

Not only was it giving a gift, but it could also make them fear her even more.

She was full of confidence.

The Lobster Demon could be personally titled as a "River God Mansion Mediator" by the River God, which meant he was at least a "Double-Flower Red Stick."

In short, he was very good at fighting.

As a result, the Mediator Lobster's "Water Arrow Divine Ability" was crushed by her Quicksand Sword Intent.

Sure enough, Xiao Yu swung her sword again to perform a move called "Heavy Waves Pressing the Mountain," and the expressions of the demons and Black Jin Gang changed drastically.

She seemed to swing her sword forward lightly, but it felt as if an invisible mountain had fallen to the bottom of the water... and it wasn't entirely invisible.

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

This wasn't "demon magic," 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 divine; we little ones can't learn it."

"Slowly contemplate it."

Xiao Yu waved her hand, letting them set up the banquet under the water.

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

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

It was very magical; the bubble didn't completely isolate the river water.

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

The water film had almost no thickness, yet it separated the wine in the cups and the food on the plates 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.

There was also a layer of transparent water film on the surface of the humans and demons, but it still felt like they were in the river water.

Xiao Yu was curious in her heart, but she didn't want to appear too ignorant 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 worship ceremony was officially over.

While drinking, Xiao Yu kept a secret eye on things, holding the wine in her mouth and using medical techniques to observe the "life and death breath" within her own body.

Only after confirming that no "illness breath" was growing did she swallow it all.

She was a bit disappointed; it wasn't any immortal wine, and it wasn't even pure enough, having an astringent taste like fermented rice.

The fresh fruit was interesting, though; they were all spiritual fruits picked from the bottom of the water.

For example, the crisp and sweet green lotus roots, the red water chestnuts the size of a fist, and the tender water caltrops with thin green skins—these were still things she recognized, but many she hadn't seen before and couldn't name.

Not only did they taste good, but after eating them and circulating her internal energy, her body felt cool and very comfortable, and the growth rate of her internal energy increased by thirty percent.

Eating one or two meals might not have much effect, but if they could be consumed long-term, the improvement to her cultivation base would be very obvious.

It was more than ten times stronger than the bone-strengthening soup sold at the General Guan Family Pharmacy!

After drinking half a bottle of wine and eating a few plates of spiritual fruit, the atmosphere at the banquet was much more relaxed and harmonious than before.

Xiao Yu asked with a smile, "My son Jin Gang, tell Mother about the situation in the two-hundred-mile Wind Roar Bay; how are the water conditions, what are the specialties, who are the neighbors..."

Black Jin Gang sat behind the first table on her right, put down his wine cup upon hearing this, and said, "Wind Roar Bay is also called Wind Roar Gorge; the river bay is actually a crevice and hidden passage between mountain ranges.

It's called 'two-hundred-mile Wind Roar Bay,' but it's actually more than two hundred miles.

Including the winding tributaries and hidden currents, it has seven or eight hundred miles of water area.

When the Liushahe floods, the bay floods and spreads inland, and it will even directly connect to the inland Black Dragon River and Liang River.

However, although the Wind Roar Bay water area is not small, because it connects to the Liushahe, weak water often pours in, so there are no specialties.

Even the banks on both sides of the river bay are mostly barren mountains, the land is barren, and the villages are sparse.

Heading east out of Wind Roar Bay, you officially enter the Liushahe; for two hundred miles in all directions, it is the water area of Huangsha Xiaosheng Yellow Sand.

Further out, it belongs to the various Protectors of the River God Mansion..."

He detailed the dozen or so Protectors who were nearby.

Those more than a thousand miles beyond Wind Roar Bay had long since passed the River God's 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, are there any other big demons in this Liushahe?"

"There is no shortage of big demons in the Liushahe; everyone knows that!" The Black Fish Spirit nodded affirmatively first, then said awkwardly, "But I am a homebody; if not for the summons of my superiors, I rarely even go to the Liushahe and don't know the big demons outside."

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

The Black Fish Spirit thought for a moment and said, "There are definitely names; the most fierce and famous one is the Black Flood Dragon Demon King, eight thousand miles to the south!

He calls himself 'Dragon Lord Leng Aotian' and is a three-clawed flood dragon.

He is powerful, cruel, and vicious, eating two hundred living people every day, and he also keeps thousands of fierce demon soldiers and generals under his command. They are bloodthirsty and love to fight, waging wars north and south, east and west every year, and they 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 the Heavenly Dynasty have to do with it?" The Black Fish Spirit was stunned, then said with full reverence, "It's the Great God Ba Snake! Mother, you live in Tianmen Town, so you must have heard the legend of the Great God Ba Snake.

But that's not a legend; the Great God Ba Snake really exists."

"So it's 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 like a divine dragon that shows its head but not its tail; many Protectors haven't seen the old gentleman."

"Dragon Lord Leng Aotian is so arrogant; has the Heavenly Court sent heavenly soldiers and generals to deal with him?" Xiao Yu asked again.

The Black Fish Spirit shook his head blankly, "I haven't heard of any demon king being attacked by heavenly soldiers and generals.

In my entire life, Mother, you are the only one; even Dragon Lord Leng Aotian isn't as capable of causing trouble as you!"

His scarred face actually held quite a bit of sincerity.

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

She pulled the Black Fish Spirit aside alone and whispered, "I'm afraid the matter of the Mediator Lobster will be hard to resolve."

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 him over, saying, "Actually, when I was introducing myself to you, there was one more thing I didn't have time to say before you recognized my identity."

"What thing?" Black Jin Gang asked curiously.

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

Black Jin Gang's eyes were a bit blank.

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "You don't even know Daoist Daoist Qingsong and the Donghuang Taiyi Sect?"

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

Xiao Yu said bluntly, "It's not that Wind Roar Bay is remote; it's that you are too countrified, too afraid of death, and refuse to go to the Liushahe outside to make friends."

Then she detailed the identity of the Daoist Boy Daoist Qingsong and the fact that he drove the Protectors to carry the noble young master of the Heavenly Dynasty.

At this, Black Jin Gang showed a look of sudden realization and nodded, "There is indeed such a thing! Right now, Huangsha Xiaosheng Yellow Sand often goes to the opposite bank to transport humans to the 'Hurricane Wharf' on the edge of Wind Roar Bay."

The wind in Wind Roar Bay is too strong and the waves are too rough for boats, so the nobles of the Heavenly Dynasty go ashore directly and walk the mountain road to reach Tianmen Town.

Xiao Yu said, "If Huangsha Xiaosheng Yellow Sand pursues the matter of the Mediator Lobster, you must avoid others and hint to him quietly—that Yu Little Fengxian has the backing of the Donghuang Taiyi Sect.

Besides, she was fine, cultivating in the water, when the Mediator Lobster came to harass her, using all sorts of filthy language, and then he made the first move and even tried to kill her, with water arrows flying everywhere; I was forced to defend myself, having no other choice—do you understand what I mean?"

Black Jin Gang nodded repeatedly, "I understand, I understand; it was the Mediator Lobster who took the initiative to cause trouble, and Mother, you were only passively counterattacking."

"My son, good and obedient~~" Xiao Yu stroked his sticky fish head with satisfaction.

Black Jin Gang also showed a satisfied, silly smile.

Xiao Yu added, "Now I'm going back; after I leave, you go immediately to find Huangsha Xiaosheng Yellow Sand and report to him about me killing the Mediator Lobster."

Black Jin Gang's expression changed, and he hurriedly knelt down, crying, "Mother, please, you must believe me! Although I only recognized you as Mother today, once a Mother, always a Mother; your child could never do the scoundrelly thing of betraying Mother!"

Xiao Yu laughed, "Jin Gang, Mother isn't testing you. Mother sincerely hopes you will go find Huangsha Xiaosheng Yellow Sand."

"Why?" Black Jin Gang was full of confusion.

"I want to throw myself into the net!"

Xiao Yu smiled and whispered a few more words into his ear.

Black Jin Gang still didn't quite understand, but he finally nodded.

After Xiao Yu left, he swam quickly toward the outside of Wind Roar Bay.