Chapter 166

Black Jin Gang said, "When your son went to the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng's mansion, he wasn't home; he had gone to the opposite bank of the Liushahe to transport the noble guests of the Heavenly Dynasty.

By the time it was almost dark, he finally swam back, exhausted and panting.

After seeing your son, he immediately asked what was going on with the wounds on my face.

Your son followed your instructions and told him the truth.

I said that the Guard saw Mother and was moved by lust, took the initiative to provoke you, tried to kill you, and was ultimately killed.

I was caught by you and forced at sword-point to recognize you as my Godmother.

The Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng was furious upon hearing this, saying that you, a mere human, dared to kill a River God Mansion Guard and even forcibly took a patrolling river yaksha as a godson; it was simply audacious and showed no regard for the River God Mansion.

Your son immediately persuaded him with a conflicted expression, saying that the matter was already settled, Mother was already Mother, and begged the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng to grant a method that would satisfy both sides, so as not to fail the River God or Mother."

Xiao Yu nodded lightly and asked, "What did the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng say?"

Black Jin Gang said, "He glared at me with his eyeballs as if he wanted to eat me. I was so scared I knelt down and kowtowed continuously, saying repeatedly—perhaps there is a method that satisfies both sides, which is to arrest Godmother and take her to the River God Mansion to be sentenced to 'stationed military service.'

This would neither harm Godmother's life nor fail to uphold the dignity of the River God Mansion.

Since Godmother could kill the Guard, she is at least a 'Feather Guard' if placed in the River God Mansion.

Letting the 'Feather Guard' complete the Guard's patrolling duties would be the best of both worlds."

Xiao Yu frowned slightly.

This was still her plan, but the order was not quite right.

When she was at the Red Sleeve Workshop, it wasn't convenient for her to go to the Lianghe and Qingshuihe outside.

One reason was that Tianmen Town was too prosperous, with too many pleasure boats, cruise ships, and merchant ships on the river.

Making even a slight commotion underwater would easily alarm the townspeople.

Moreover, the river was shallow, and her diving behavior would inevitably be exposed to the Guan Guan Chenghuang and the Duty-Officer.

She wanted to test her Kunpeng Transformation, but she didn't want to expose her own changes to the Guan Guan Chenghuang at all.

The Lianghe and Qingshuihe were in Tianmen Town; she didn't know if there was a River God, but Tianmen Town was the Guan Guan Chenghuang's territory, so it would surely be difficult to hide anything from him!

So she would rather be a "Kun trapped in the shallows" in the pool at Xiao Jing Xuan.

Now, dozens of miles away from Tianmen Town, Wind Roar Bay connects to the Liushahe and is under the jurisdiction of the River God, not the Guan Chenghuang.

And the water is deep and the waves urgent, so the Duty-Officer can only stare from the sky and dare not enter the water at all.

After verifying her Kunpeng Transformation and realizing how perfectly she adapted to the underwater environment, Xiao Yu had the thought of developing elsewhere.

The Red Sleeve Workshop in Tianmen Town was actually not bad.

But if she could get rid of the surveillance of the Guan Guan Chenghuang and the Prince of Qinghe, rely on the River God Mansion, and become a free and easy patrolling river guard—gaining a great backer, no longer fearing heavenly punishment, and being able to pay respects to more and stronger demon king godfathers—wouldn't that be even more wonderful?

Thus, she took the initiative to surrender, letting Black Jin Gang report her to the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng.

She had already thought of the crime: she would use Zhu Yitao's sentencing of her for "stationed service."

She would get the benefits, the River God Mansion wouldn't lose a thing, and everyone would be happy.

But in her plan, it was supposed to be that when the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng was struggling with how to deal with her, Black Jin Gang would then hint from the side and propose the "stationed service" crime that would satisfy both sides.

Now, the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng was only furious and hadn't yet struggled, but Black Jin Gang had already laid all his cards on the table...

"The Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng not only didn't agree with your method that satisfies both sides, but was even more furious, right?" Xiao Yu sighed.

Black Jin Gang said in surprise, "Mother, how did you know? He cursed me for being a stupid traitor who colluded with you to play tricks on the River God Mansion.

I was scared silly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously, saying repeatedly, 'I am an honest person, I just want to save my Mother' and so on."

Xiao Yu held her forehead; this black fish son was too stupid.

He was stupid, so he could be easily subdued by her and driven by her at will.

But because he was stupid, he was more likely to ruin things than to succeed.

"What did the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng say in the end?"

Black Jin Gang said, "The Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng wanted to send shrimp soldiers and crab generals to capture you, so I hurriedly told him about your background.

Upon learning of your relationship with the Taiyi Sect, his expression changed immediately."

Xiao Yu said with a wooden face, "I told you, tell him about my background as soon as he learned that the Guard was killed and you became my godson; why did you wait until now to say it?"

"What's the difference?" Black Jin Gang asked blankly.

Xiao Yu said helplessly, "He still refused to let me go in the end, right?"

Black Jin Gang revealed a look of surprise again and nodded, "He said that Changqingzi is currently staying in Jiangzhou City in the Ba Kingdom, on the opposite bank of the Liushahe.

Jiangzhou City is similar to Tianmen Town in Western Shu.

Changqingzi, like Daoist Qingsong, also comes from the Taiyi Sect and seems to be an elder of Daoist Qingsong.

So the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng intends to wait until the 'Great Qin Westward Crossing' is over, wait for Changqingzi to leave the Quicksand territory, and wait for the Heavenly Court's punishment for you to end, before personally taking you to the River God Mansion to be questioned."

After speaking, a smile even appeared on his black face, "Mother, your son handled this errand quite well, right? It won't be long before you can get your wish and be tried at the River God Mansion.

By then, your son will persuade them a few more times, and they should be able to sentence you to a crime of stationed service."

Xiao Yu couldn't bear it any longer and drew her sword to slap his black face—she performed the swinging motion halfway, then remembered her previous promise, and the sword light flashed, landing on the top of his head.

"Slap, slap, slap!" She slapped him forty or fifty times in a row, stopping only when Black Jin Gang was dizzy and his eyes were dull.

"This fool is not worth plotting with!"

Xiao Yu gave up the idea of fleeing Tianmen Town and relying on the River God Mansion.

A moment later, Roaring Shanzhuang.

"Master, you've finally returned. Did you find the 'Underwater Veterinarian'?" Xiao Qiang poked its head out of the doghouse and asked expectantly.

Xiao Yu stopped, walked up to it, squatted down, and placed two fingers on its dog paw to sense for a moment, then said, "You need to be nourished."

In just a moment, the Qi of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements within the dog's body had been balanced by her.

The dog treasure was no longer leaking.

But the life qi currently in its body was very weak and needed to be strengthened through medicinal diet to build up its qi and body.

Even a medical expert as skilled as Divine Physician Min couldn't just rely on taking a pulse and guiding qi to heal a patient.

Most of the time, Divine Physician Min would prescribe medicine for patients.

Xiao Yu's medical arts were not as good as Divine Physician Min's, so it was even more impossible for her to heal a patient out of thin air.

"Nourish with what?" Xiao Qiang lay on the ground and shivered twice, both surprised and suspicious, saying, "Master, what just happened? I feel my body is suddenly much more comfortable."

"Your dog treasure was damaged and your vitality was leaking. I helped you fix the dog treasure, but for you to recover your health, you need a medicinal diet that replenishes vitality..."

Xiao Yu immediately thought of a great nourishing item suitable for the dog to consume, and said, "Wait a moment."

She returned to Wind Roar Bay at the bottom of the cliff, swam around, but didn't find the Guard she had killed last night.

Returning to the entrance of the abyss, a group of demon grandsons were surrounding Black Jin Gang and complaining endlessly.

A river demon who hadn't finished its physical exam wailed, "Your son waited in line all afternoon, and it was finally my turn for Grandmother to remove the hidden poison, but Godfather went crazy and drove Grandmother away."

A river demon who had already finished its physical exam sighed, "Godfather, your son's stomach hurts terribly, and I was hoping Grandmother would turn back and take a look at me! Now Grandmother is angry, and I don't know if she'll come back tomorrow."

Black Jin Gang rubbed his swollen head with one hand and rubbed his chest with the other, shouting, "Your son is obedient and filial; I truly don't know where I offended Godmother. Not to mention that you all need Godmother to treat your illnesses, my heart is still hurting!"

Xiao Yu's remaining anger toward Black Jin Gang disappeared, replaced by helplessness.

Compared to the "wild demon" Xiao Qiang, this group of man-made (created through enlightenment) demons were underdeveloped and too stupid.

Entrusting them with important tasks was her mistake, not theirs.

"Black creature, my son!"

"Mother, you couldn't bear to leave your sons after all~~~" Black Jin Gang's eyes lit up, and then he was moved to tears, pounced over, knelt before her, and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your son was wrong; don't be angry, Mother. Even if you're angry, you must first help us treat our hidden poison."

"Get up! I have an important matter to entrust to you," Xiao Yu said.

"Godmother, you speak; once our illnesses are cured, we will definitely get the matter done for you!" Black Jin Gang patted his chest and said.

Xiao Yu said, "Yesterday, the Guard died an unnatural death, so we must find his body and bury him properly.

Well, you all spread out in a line and look for it in the nearby water.

After finding it, hand the body over to me, and I will take him to Roaring Shanzhuang to be laid to rest."

"Uh, we are river demons; we don't need to be laid to rest," Black Jin Gang said with a strange expression, his eyes flickering.

Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes, "You know where his body is?"

Black Jin Gang smiled foolishly, "Shrimp meat is delicious, and eating it can increase demon qi, so after the banquet ended yesterday, your son found the Guard's body first and ate him. I only went to find the Yellow Sand Huangsha Xiaosheng after recovering a bit of my injuries."

Xiao Yu's forehead veins throbbed, "How much demon qi did you increase?"

Black Jin Gang smacked his lips a few times and said, "About half a percent, I guess."

—Shrimp meat is so delicious and can increase internal qi, so why didn't you bring it to honor Mother? The Guard was killed by Mother, so the responsibility also falls on Mother, you bastard!

Xiao Yu was both angry that Black Jin Gang wasn't filial and secretly hated herself for being careless and forgetting the time-traveler's traditional skills of "killing demons to seize treasures" and "killing demons to eat meat."

"The Guard was sturdier than you; did you eat the whole body? Was there anything left?" she asked, enduring her anger.

Black Jin Gang smiled, "Mother is right; the Guard had a large shell and was full of fat. Yesterday, I only ate the shrimp tail muscles, which were the hardest to eat, and there is still a set of entrails left, which I was planning to use as a midnight snack."

"Bring the entrails to me," Xiao Yu said.

Black Jin Gang asked, "Does Godmother want to eat the shrimp paste?"

"I'm taking them to feed the dog."

Black Jin Gang became conflicted and said very reluctantly, "It's fine for Godmother to eat them, but feeding them to a dog is too wasteful."

"Stop talking nonsense and bring the entrails here," Xiao Yu shouted.

Black Jin Gang said, "Leave half for me, okay? There's too much, and the dog won't be able to finish it!"

"You bring the entrails over first."

Black Jin Gang glanced at the grandsons who were looking over with eager eyes and whispered, "Godmother, follow me."

He swam around in circles for more than ten miles before digging the Guard's body out of a crevice in the cliff.

Originally, the Guard had two legs, but after death, the two legs had gradually degenerated into a shrimp tail.

At this time, the nearly two-meter-long shrimp tail was completely hollowed out, leaving only a layer of shell and a black fecal intestine floating in the water, connected to the chest cavity.

"Why did you hide it here?" Xiao Yu asked.

Black Jin Gang smiled triumphantly, "As the saying goes, a horse won't get fat without night grass. If I dragged it back, the grandsons would divide it up, and how much would be left for my coffin money?"

Xiao Yu was speechless.

Black Jin Gang then shamelessly said, "Godmother, look at him, how sturdy he is; there are one or two hundred pounds of entrails in his belly! Pulling this fecal intestine out is enough to feed your dog."

Xiao Yu also felt that the whole set of entrails was a bit much, so she said, "Leave half for you; my dog is also a demon and can eat a lot."

Looking at the Guard's "chest armor," which only had a chip the size of a fingernail, her heart stirred, and she said, "The armor on your body is quite imposing; who helped you forge it?"

"I also think it's very imposing!" Black Jin Gang touched his black soft leather armor and laughed, "There is a turtle blacksmith in the River God Mansion; everyone calls him 'Old Dun,' and I don't know if he's a relative of Grandfather River God.

The five hundred patrolling river yakshas in the River God Mansion all received their weapons and armor from him."

Xiao Yu said, "Hand over the Guard's shell to him and ask him to help me forge a set of inner armor; can that be done?"

Black Jin Gang didn't even think about it, nodded, and said, "Whether it can be done or not, we'll know once we try."

Xiao Yu's small face twisted into a ball.

This godson was brave in taking on tasks and did whatever he was told, which was very good.

But couldn't he use his brain before doing things, to think about whether it could be done and how to cleverly accomplish things that couldn't be done?