Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 316 Walking Dragon
The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival.

Taboo: Everything goes wrong. Advisable: Turn into a dragon!
In the Qinhuai Niwan Palace, where the aura was becoming more and more restrained, the mountain god Luwu, with golden eyes and red claws, was sitting on the Kunlun Qingyan, surrounded by nine white cloud tails. He opened his mouth and spit out an incomparably hot [Samadhi Divine Wind].

In the vast blue sea not far away, an eight-headed god with green and yellow fur and black patterns on his body roared, and a scarlet and ferocious blood light spread out from the center of his chest and abdomen, circulating back and forth on his body surface.

boom!
With a loud bang, Tian Wu, who had activated the [Wild Hunting and Blood Hunting], rushed into the [Samadhi Divine Wind] filled with [Nine Heavens Strong Wind] and [Angry Sand Rain], and a strange red light bloomed in it.

"It seems that these two [Divine Power Seeds] are evenly matched. However, [Flying Sand and Rocks] is an area damage after all. It will take more time to wear off the layers of protection of [Wild Hunting Blood Hunter]."

Qin Huai opened his eyes, escaped from the Niwan Palace, grabbed a loose black robe, put it on in a few seconds, and walked out of his residence.

Today is the big day for Yunmeng Young Master Ao Tao to escape from the unknown Luofu Mountain people. In order to avoid any troubles caused by a direct confrontation, Qin Huai also followed Ao Ling to Cixi at the mouth of Qiantang River, but he requested to act as a hidden chess piece, move freely, and not show up in front of people.

Wow.
Qin Huai looked at the thick dark clouds and heavy rain in the sky, then glanced at the Qiantang River whose water level was rising wildly. With a flash of his body, he flew towards the sea in the distance.

In fact, the river water has been rising rapidly since the day the decree was issued by the Old Dragon Lord of Dongting Lake, but it has never risen as rapidly as it does today.

Although the continuous heavy rainfall will cause the water level of Qiantang River to rise after the beginning of the plum rain season every year, such a sharp rise today would probably still make millions of people who have never seen the big world feel frightened and helpless.

Fortunately, there were still capable people in the Yangzhou Governor's Office, not just mediocre people who were just sitting there doing nothing. Under the strict order of the Grand Governor Liu Shi, the officials stationed in the prefectures and counties on both sides of the Qiantang River had already evacuated the people and made preparations for flood prevention and control.

However, the brick and tile houses and fertile farmland built on both sides of the river are inevitable losses. It all depends on whether the three aquatic tribes can discuss a countermeasure with the Governor's Office and pay compensation afterwards.

The rushing water rolled up huge waves on the river surface, like a mad dragon that had been dormant for a thousand years and suddenly emerged from the abyss, swallowing up all the ships still lingering on the Qiantang River in the blink of an eye.

On the increasingly wide Qiantang River, there was not even a piece of floating wood.

At the same time, more than ten miles outside the Qiantang estuary, the sea was covered with green waves and blue waves.

Woo rumble~
Along with the sound of the Qiantang River's incoming tide, a deep and powerful voice suddenly rang out from the misty, empty cloud: "Children, [Drive the River and Divide the Sea]! Get ready!"

Qin Huai seemed to sense something, and a cyan-gold light immediately flashed in his eyes. He [Break the Delusion] penetrated through layers of invisible boundary membranes like smoke and mist, and saw thousands of sailors standing on the clouds of the East China Sea.

Swords and spears stood in rows, the array was bright, and the demonic energy rising into the sky gathered into a thick dark cloud, which seemed to have lowered the sea surface by three inches.

Among them, Tuo Mo, wearing iron armor, a golden helmet and holding two bamboo steel whips, was leading five thousand elite Tuo soldiers, standing in the front, looking down at the ferocious and violent sea together.

Qin Huai changed his gaze and looked towards the sea, where there was a dark wave that stretched from the distance to the estuary, and there were all kinds of fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs everywhere, big and small.

In fact, a few days ago, a large number of fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, whether near the East China Sea or downstream of Qiantang, gradually gathered at the estuary driven by their blood instincts. Among these fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, the water goblins with spiritual wisdom were the most eager for the flesh and blood of real dragons and the opportunity to become dragons.

After all, the opportunity to jump over the Dragon Gate and change one's fate only comes once every thirty-six years, and no water monster is willing to let it go.

Although they were also afraid of being eaten by the Taotie Young Master, and afraid of being liquidated by the East China Sea Dragon Palace after successfully sharing the real dragon.

But if you can't win, you can always escape. As long as you can become a real dragon in the end, it's worth it even if you have to disappear like those evil dragons that once occupied the magpie's nest in Qiantang Water Palace, hiding your head and showing your tail!

Under the beautiful illusion of the future, this "rebel" team that is willing to sacrifice its life and dare to overthrow the emperor is still expanding until this moment.

Qin Huai stood on the boat and looked around. He couldn't even count the various types of aquatic creatures concentrated between the rivers and the seas. Could there be millions or tens of millions of them?
At this moment, a loud noise happened to be heard.

Boom!

It turned out that the white waves as powerful as a galloping horse surged through the estuary and had reached the Jilongmen, the first of the three major dragon gates.

The rich water element between heaven and earth began to surge violently, and under the illumination of the stars in the sky hidden behind the sun, it gradually underwent substantial changes.

At this time, four dragon-shaped clouds connected head to tail appeared in the sky above Qin Huai's head. There were white clouds in the west, red clouds in the south, black clouds in the north, and blue clouds in the east.

As the fog rose above the sea, a majestic, imposing and heavy giant gate suddenly emerged from the clouds.

It is nine bays wide from east to west and five bays deep from north to south, taking the number "nine fives". It has double eaves and hip roofs, glazed golden tiles, and is known as the "eight eaves and nine ridges". There are auspicious clouds, colorful paintings, and golden dragons on it.
It is neither false nor true, it is actually a precious item, and it is the first of the three major dragon gates - [Jilongmen]!
Countless aquatic creatures just took a glance and their blood began to boil. They wished they could fly into the sky immediately and turn into dragons.

Qin Huai stood on the sea and looked into the distance. He could vaguely see a very ferocious white tiger appearing in the sky above the distant city of Lin'an.

The green dragon extends its claws, and the white tiger sits majestically.

It is true that: the Wanren Dragon Gate is dangerous, and the Tianmu Tiger Cave is secluded.

Rumble!
As bright and brilliant thunderbolts fell on the Dragon Gate one after another, the aquatic creatures between heaven and earth seemed to have received some signal. The sea boiled in an instant and they rushed towards the [Jilongmen] like crazy.

Whoosh whoosh~
Countless white water lines burst out in an instant like sharp arrows, vying for the attention of each other and refusing to give in. Among these aquatic creatures, the fastest was a half-human, half-fish, black catfish that was about ten feet tall.

Its eyes were as bright as the evening stars, its teeth were like saw teeth, there were gusts of cold wind when it walked, and there was a layer of murderous air wherever it stood. It held a black bone spear in its hand and walked on the waves, leaving other of its kind far behind.

The moment it approached [Jilongmen], it transformed into a five or six meter long Qiantang catfish.

The scales on his body are as dark as crystal ink, his belly is bulging like a clam, and there are two long black golden whiskers around his mouth. Although he has not yet transformed into a dragon, he clearly has a bit of dragon appearance!
The fat black catfish swung its tail vigorously and struck the water. Huge waves immediately rose up from beneath it, carrying its body up into the sky. One zhang, two zhang, three zhang.
In just a blink of an eye, it successfully crossed the solemn and majestic [Jilongmen] in the thunderstorm.

At the moment when the fat catfish covered with wounds crossed the Dragon Gate, a wisp of water essence that had been stored in the [Jilongmen] for the past thirty-six years was released, along with a hint of hazy starlight emitted by the stars in Tianyuan, which was instantly absorbed by it.

The next moment, the catfish spirit fell lightly into the Qiantang River and continued to rush towards the next dragon gate of the Jiuqu River.

Behind it, more aquatic creatures could not withstand the bombardment of the thunder and rain. They fell from the sky with a crackling sound and fell back into the sea, their life or death unknown.

Qin Huai, who was standing nearby and watching the show, only made a rough estimate and realized that less than 10% of these aquatic creatures could successfully cross this [Jilongmen], and among this 10%, the vast majority were extraordinary demons and monsters with their own opportunities.

Looking at the [Jilongmen] and other catfish that had been left far behind, the fat catfish laughed wantonly: "Hahaha, luckily I had the audacity to ask the [Tunjiang Bass] who had successfully transformed into a dragon, and got the shortcut secret method of cannibalism. Since then, I have worked hard every day and dared not to stop. Today, my hard work has paid off and I have such a chance to transform into a dragon. How can we, the aquatic creatures with backers, be compared with you wild inferior species? Hahaha."

Apart from those born with dragon energy that is rich in dragon spirit from the womb, the rest of the aquatic creatures who want to jump over the Dragon Gate must not only rely on their own cultivation, but also on the dragon spirit contained in their bodies.

However, dragon energy is hard to find. If ordinary water monsters want to store some dragon energy, they can either occupy a temple and become wild gods enjoying offerings, using incense to shed dragon energy; or they can devour the blood of primates nurtured by the local water and soil, and peel off and refine the dragon energy bit by bit from the bodies of the rural folks under the rule of a powerful dynasty, and use it for themselves.

No matter which method is used, if one wants to accumulate enough resources to jump over the three [Dragon Gates], the effort required is no easier than practicing Taoism for two thousand years.

Behind the fat catfish, countless white water lines swam from the bottom of the sea. After jumping over the Jilongmen, they went upstream along the Qiantang River.

But the aquatic creatures who could jump over the Dragon Gate were only one in a million. The remaining monsters, looking at the corpses of their own kind that were charred by the thunderstorm, couldn't help but feel like retreating and wanting to escape from this place.

But at some point, Tuo Mo had led his crocodile soldiers and sailors to form a formation, which was slowly shrinking like a giant net, driving thousands of water monsters towards [Jilongmen].

The Alligator Dragon Army's [Magical Power: Driving Rivers and Dividing Seas] can even shift and separate rivers and lakes, not to mention these low-level water monsters.

Qin Huai, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, saw this scene and roughly understood the intention behind Tuo Mo's actions.

He wants to raise Gu!

He wanted to force these millions, or even tens of millions of water creatures who had ill intentions towards his young master to [Jump Over the Dragon Gate].

If you fail, you will die!
Under the pressure of life and death, the success rate of [Jumping over the Dragon Gate] should indeed be greatly improved.

As for how to replenish the physical strength and energy consumed by multiple failures, it's very simple. The water surface is full of fish and shrimps that were struck by thunder and rain and are full of meaty fragrance. Just eat them.

Qin Huai took a last look at the water monsters who were fighting each other in the hope of temporarily improving their spiritual power, and then followed the vanguard troops that had crossed the first dragon gate up the river.

As time went by, the water in the river became more and more turbulent. The pressure on these aquatic creatures swimming upstream increased greatly, and they could only move forward or retreat under the impact of the turbulent water.

When the first carp spirit, which was exhausted, suddenly turned its head and opened its mouth, biting off most of the body of the swordfish next to it, the other ferocious and fierce fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs immediately followed suit and devoured their "kind" around them to replenish their energy.

Carp is a fish, swordfish is also a fish, and they are of the same kind, but are they of the same species?
of course not.

Listening to the sounds of fighting, screaming, and chewing echoing in the Qiantang River, Qin Huai's eyes swept across the turbid river water that was constantly surging with blood, flesh, bones and scales, without stopping at all.

He had extraordinary eyesight and could see clearly that among the surging waves, there were many aquatic monsters that had emerged from the killing and successfully fought their way out of the encirclement. In the end, they would "accidentally" encounter one or two pink jade pearls that emitted the vitality of grains in the Qiantang River section.

Those pink jade pearls, which were of at least the [Gingyan] grade, gave off an irresistible and intoxicating aroma. As soon as they appeared, they would be snatched up immediately and then swallowed up in one gulp without any choice.

"Eat, eat, this may be your last meal before execution."

Qin Huai sighed softly, and set up the [Nine Heavens Gangfeng] around his body. In an instant, he rushed to the front, just in time to witness the fat catfish galloping at lightning speed in the Qiantang River, and rushing through the second increasingly majestic [Dragon Transformation Gate] in the Nine Bends of Water.

At this moment, the fat catfish felt proud, and felt that the water essence in its body was even more abundant. It almost flew directly out of the water and shed its body as a dragon!
Looking at the third dragon gate that is getting closer and closer, it is also the most important [True Dragon Gate].

The fat catfish's mind inevitably recalled all the experiences he had since he gained intelligence.

When it was a small fish, it hid and lurked. When it grew a little bigger, it competed with other aquatic creatures for food and territory. After it became a spirit, it was bullied by the red carp tribe. Fortunately, it was rescued by the [Swallowing River Perch].
Red carp dragon!
Today I will tell you that you, the carp clan, are not the only ones who can leap over the Dragon Gate and become true dragons!
With the flame of revenge burning in his chest, the fat catfish overcame the increasingly powerful water pressure and its own weight, and leaped up in front of the [True Dragon Gate] that seemed to be higher than Tianmu Mountain.

Suddenly, the fat catfish flying high in the sky was surrounded by wind and clouds, fog and rain, and a blazing red fireball fell from the sky and landed right on its tail.

The tail is burned by heavenly fire, and you are reborn!
Boom!

A dazzling colorful thunderbolt flashed by, and the originally ugly and terrifying fat catfish disappeared without a trace, replaced by a dark dragon with a fat head like a camel, double horns on the forehead, a fluttering carp tail, and four claws on the belly!
"It worked! I can be called the True Dragon Lord in the future!"

The catfish dragon was so excited that his face was filled with joy that it couldn't express it in words. Before it could finish its words, a terrifyingly large eight-petal copper hammer filled its sight and suddenly hit it on the top of its head!
Bang!
"A real dragon? Are you worthy of it?"

Hearing these words of disdain and ridicule, the catfish dragon, whose eyes were full of stars, forced himself to open his eyes. He looked at the red dragon head in front of him that looked more like a real dragon than he did, and his blood immediately cooled.

The reason was simple, because the person who came was none other than the Red Carp Dragon Li Yu, who had a great grudge against him!
Just when the catfish dragon thought he was going to have a fierce fight with Li Yu, a faint female voice suddenly rang out in the air:
"The time has come, Xie Pang Xia Lang, light the fire and set up the pot!"

(End of this chapter)