txolops Chapter 019 Subduing Demons in Jingshui
Chapter 019 Subduing Demons in Jingshui
As the sun gradually set in the west, Li Yue's figure swayed and transformed back into that of a carp.
He chanted a spell to summon the water ghost back. Several large fish baskets were already full, and there were two bluefish, each nearly two feet long, with water plants piercing their gills.
Li Yue carried the straw rope and water plants in his mouth and went straight back to the Water Palace.
"They arrested so many."
Seeing the full fish basket and the two large blue carp, the silver carp woman was somewhat surprised.
The kitchen is responsible for providing blood-based food and bait for the entire Water Palace. These are all uncivilized monsters who eat raw meat and drink blood, so the ingredients only need to be simply divided and do not need to be cooked, which is quite simple.
Sometimes, however, there isn't enough food, so they have to catch some fish and shrimp themselves to make up for it.
Today, Li Yue volunteered, and Granny Hualian assumed he wanted to take the opportunity to go out of the water palace for a stroll, so she didn't pay much attention. She didn't expect that he would catch so many in half a day.
"It's just a job, why work so hard? Go and get some rest."
The silver carp woman smiled and had the little demon carry the fish basket inside, then poured out the fish and shrimp to slaughter and cut them up.
"Then I'll head back now."
Li Yue nodded, flicked his tail, and turned to leave.
Watching Li Yue wander around, Granny Hua couldn't help but smile. Not only was he timid, but he was also a simpleton.
He turned around, quietly took a piece of pork from under the table, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
The daily blood food provided is sufficient in quantity, but for the same quantity, small fish and shrimp are far less effective at improving one's cultivation level compared to pigs and sheep.
With so many fish and shrimp caught by Li Yue, she could then cut off even more pork and mutton blood dishes.
"So many."
Back in the water plants where he was resting, Li Yue opened the Book of Erotic Sacrifice again and couldn't help but frown.
It takes a whopping 5000 experience points to upgrade Iron Anchor General to level 2! That's fifty times more than Fish Chaser and Dream Boy.
The higher the rank of the deity worshipped, the greater their supernatural powers, but correspondingly, the more experience points are required to level up.
Level 1 requires thousands of experience points, let alone leveling up to level 10 and meeting the requirements for advancing to the main god level.
Even at level five, activating supernatural powers requires 20,000 to 30,000 experience points.
How many years will this take?
Moreover, unlike the Fish Chaser and the Dream Boy, the Iron Anchor General's divine duty is to protect passing ships. The Tongtian River is not a waterway for transportation, so there are few ships traveling on it, and naturally even fewer that need rescue.
In other words, there are very few opportunities to earn experience points by performing clerical duties.
"It's not that easy after all."
After a moment's hesitation, Li Yue let out a helpless sigh.
The gods worshipped in illicit rites are divided into five ranks: miscellaneous gods, righteous gods, chief gods, emperors, and heavenly deities, which advance in rank accordingly.
Furthermore, it is further subdivided into nine ranks and eighteen levels: miscellaneous gods from the ninth to the seventh rank, righteous gods from the seventh to the fourth rank, main gods from the fourth to the second rank, emperors from the first to the first rank, and heavenly venerables are of the highest rank.
Among gods of the same rank, the higher the grade, the stronger the supernatural power.
General Iron Anchor is a fifth-rank official, which is considered a relatively high rank among the righteous gods, but correspondingly, he requires more experience points to level up.
"Fortunately, I managed to get a fifth-grade magic weapon."
Fortunately, after obtaining a divine position, one can unlock exclusive magical artifacts.
As a fifth-grade magical artifact, the power of the Wave-Stopping Stone has already been demonstrated in preliminary tests.
Enlighten the spirit and strengthen the body; transform into form and refine treasures.
As an ordinary mortal waterway, the Tongtian River has no rare natural treasures. Most aquatic creatures in the transformation stage refine their own parts, which are nothing more than scales, claws, and teeth.
The water buffalo that was drowned earlier had a piece of bezoar refined inside its body, which was already considered rare.
None of these magical treasures can compare to the Wave-Stopping Dock.
This fifth-grade magic artifact alone is enough to make all of Li Yue's previous hard work worthwhile.
I decided to stop thinking about it and just level up slowly.
The following morning, Li Yue once again took the initiative to go out of the mansion to replenish the food supplies.
"Should we send a few of your underlings with you?"
"No."
"Alright, you don't need to exert yourself too much. Just be careful."
After giving him a few words of advice, Grandma Flower Carp couldn't help but smile as she watched Li Yue leave with the fish basket in his mouth.
If she could catch as many fish and shrimp as she did yesterday, she could replace a lot of pork and mutton blood dishes.
"So little?"
After leaving the water palace, Li Yue swam straight to the waters near the east bank, where the water ghosts had already prepared the offerings obtained from fishing the previous night.
Only five or six pig legs and three pieces of mutton. Looking at the water ghost next to him, I wonder if he slacked off last night.
probably not.
Without further thought, he devoured and refined the blood food one by one.
With the Dream God Temple destroyed and Li Yue no longer able to obtain offerings from the Dream God after leaving the West Bank, he can only occasionally enter the dreams of women on the East Bank by scattering petals through the Dream-Entangling Branch, earning a small amount of experience points to slowly increase his Dream God experience.
Thus, for now, they can only obtain food through offerings from the fish-driving boys.
Compared to Li Yue's current appetite, it is indeed a bit too little.
Even so, it was still much more than what the Water Turtle distributed every day.
To avoid being tainted by resentment, Li Yue only used the pieces of meat distributed by the Water Turtle as food, without refining them to improve his cultivation.
After refining the blood food, Li Yue handed the fish basket to the water ghost and ordered him to catch fish.
Then find a calm and peaceful place, cultivate by absorbing the essence of the sun, and wait for the distressed ship to appear.
Where the divine office is located, it senses the influence of the surrounding area.
After acquiring the divine title of Iron Anchor General, Li Yue could sense whenever a ship encountered danger in the Tongtian River.
As the day passed and the sun gradually set, there was still no news.
It seemed there was no gain today, but Li Yue didn't mind and prepared to return to the Water Mansion.
Whoosh!
Just then, the sound of water was heard, and two perch, each over six feet long, swam towards this side along the bank.
Upon seeing Li Yue, the two perch suddenly stopped, a hint of panic flashing in their eyes.
But both sides had already seen it, and it was too late to turn back. They could only pretend nothing had happened and continue walking slowly forward.
Just as they were about to pass Li Yue, two spotted bass suddenly pounced on them.
Whoosh!
Li Yue was already on guard, so he immediately twisted his body to avoid it, and shouted loudly to ask questions while keeping a little distance.
"This is the Water Turtle's domain! What kind of wild demons are you?!"
"We're eating you aquatic creatures, the king of water turtles!"
The two spotted bass, their eyes fierce, attacked from both sides, lunging forward once more.
Li Yue still tried to dodge, but he couldn't manage to avoid one thing at a time and was bitten on the back by a sea bass.
With a ripping sound, the sea bass's sharp teeth sliced through the scales, but failed to break through.
"Such hard scales."
The two sea bass looked on in surprise, then realized what was happening and were horrified.
"Those scales have been refined... Oh no, he's in the transformation stage!"
Whoosh!
The next moment, two streams of water gushed up, and the two perch turned to run away.
They had only cultivated for a little over two hundred years, and seeing that Li Yue's physique wasn't much bigger than theirs, they assumed that his cultivation was about the same. Little did they know that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
"run?"
Li Yue's eyes turned cold. Now that he knew his secret, how could he let them get away?
Splash!
The Wave-Stopping Stone was summoned, accompanied by the sound of chains, like a meteor hammer being swung out.
The massive iron anchor remained completely unobstructed in the river.
Boom!
With two muffled thuds, the two perch, each weighing three thousand pounds, were instantly smashed into two clumps of minced meat.
Immediately afterwards, two pebbles fell out of its belly.
"King of the Black Snakes"
Li Yue's face darkened as he looked at the patterns and words carved on the pebbles.
These two are spies under the command of the Black Snake King.
The Black Snake King is one of the three great demon kings. It currently occupies the western waters, which are directly opposite the waters of the Water Turtle.
[Subdued the demon in Jingshui, fulfilling the divine duty of the Iron Anchor General, experience points +40!]
"Um?"
Li Yue was taken aback when he saw the notification sound that suddenly appeared.