Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 135: The power of mountains and rivers is eternal, walking on the waves and water to slay the evil god

The god of incense is like a farmhand of a landlord, who toils all year round, fulfilling wishes and solving problems. If he slacks off for a moment, the people may not repay his vows and burn incense, and may curse him. In serious cases, the heavens may feel the impact and punish him, deduct his merits, demote him to a lower position, or even send down thunderbolts as a heavy punishment.

I live a cautious and fearful life. Although I want to live forever, I would rather not have it.

But the authority of God is different, because the authority is in harmony with the Tao, and the authority comes from the mountains, rivers, and earth. The mountains, rivers, and earth are eternal, so the authority is eternal.
If you have authority, you have a divine position. Even if you have committed a grave sin, the Heavenly Court can remove your divine position, but it cannot easily deprive you of your authority over the mountains and rivers.
This is because the authority over mountains and waters is as old as the heaven and earth. Even before the heavenly court appeared, the authority over mountains and waters already existed.
Therefore, the God of Power lives forever and is truly free and unrestrained. Even if the Heaven Court deprives him of his position as a God of Power, the worst that can happen is that he can become an unofficial immortal without any official duties.
Anyway, the authority over the mountains and rivers of Hedao has already been acquired. It is unlikely that the Heavenly Court would completely wipe out the mountains and rivers of Hedao and destroy their spirituality as well, right?

It's not that it can't, but the cause and effect involved are too huge. Although the Heavenly Court is great, it cannot completely replace the Way of Heaven, not to mention that above the Way of Heaven, there is the Great Way.

Back then, the monkey led countless demon soldiers and generals to attack the Heavenly Palace and severely slapped the Heavenly Palace in the face. In the end, he was only sentenced to be crushed under the Five Finger Mountain.

Didn’t the Heavenly Court think of completely destroying the spirituality of the Monkey King’s ancestral lineage of Flower-Fruit Mountain and removing it from the list of the Three Realms’ blessed places?

This is the same principle. Compared with the incense god, the authority god is more powerful and more free. The difference is like heaven and earth.
I can give you the face of Heaven and be bound by your Heaven, but you must not be too arrogant and go too far.
We can all get along with each other. If you have problems in heaven, you can call on me for help, but you cannot treat me like the god of incense that serves as your head servant.

Moreover, if I help you, you have to pay me. I only obey orders and not instructions, so I can barely be considered a bounty hunter in your heaven.

The Wei River Dragon King was an exception. He interfered with the heavenly calamity and seriously challenged the majesty of Heaven. Moreover, his authority in Hedao was only a water vein in the South China Sea, not a major river like the Jing River. Therefore, Heaven had no scruples in killing him. At most, it would lead to the spiritual annihilation of Hedao's water vein and the creation of an extra sea eye in the South China Sea.

Hong Gu told Liu Qing in detail what she knew about the incense god and the power god.
Liu Qing listened carefully and finally understood it thoroughly. After understanding it, the joy he originally felt at the ninth-grade incense priesthood that he had evolved on his own became dull.
To become a god, one must become a god of authority. To be in harmony with the Tao, one must be in harmony with the authority of mountains and rivers. Moreover, the authority of being in harmony with the Tao comes from mountains and rivers, which are of great importance to the sentient beings of the Tao.
The God of Authority is free, strong, and not subject to many constraints. Compared with the ancient immortals, there is essentially no difference, just a different name.

The divine way of power is the way to immortality.

After making up his mind to become a God of Authority, Liu Qing's demon consciousness moved and he looked at the ninth-grade incense god floating above the head of the Yin God, feeling that it was a bit useless.

It is tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw it away. How should we get rid of these ninth-rank incense-burning priests?

I had no idea what to do for the moment, so I had to put it behind me and deal with it later.

Having nothing better to do, Liu Qing asked Hong Gu, "Sister, how about we go to the aqueduct and meet the Red Cloud God?"

Hong Gu smiled dotingly: "Okay, Xiaoqing, if you want to go, I will go with you."

The young couple agreed and prepared to go. Liu Qing raised a magical mist to block the sight of other river monsters, and then summoned the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast Shui'er. Then he swallowed the Lingbao Dragon Palace in one gulp, and rode on the back of the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast with Hong Gu, walking on the waves, crossing mountains and ridges, all the way to the west.

This water-avoiding golden-eyed beast had already achieved the authority of Taoism a hundred years ago, but it had not received the divine office. Therefore, its Taoism followed the ancient ways and it was a fairyland for humans.

However, he was imprisoned in Lingbao Dragon Palace for a hundred years by the Old Dragon King of Jinghe River. Later, he was rescued by Liu Qing and recognized as his master. Although he recovered some of his Taoism, he was not at his peak.
The cultivation level revealed at this time was only the initial stage of Lianxu Hedao. However, even though his cultivation level had declined, his origin had not been lost, and the authority of Hedao was still there.

Therefore, the talent and supernatural powers from her heyday are still there. After Hong Gu and Liu Qing rode on her back one after the other, she let out a soft hiss, and in an instant her four hooves flew over the waves, walking on the water, crossing the snake pond, and reaching the mountains. After reaching the mountains, a hurricane rose from her feet, and she was as fast as lightning, not much slower than in the water.

Shui'er's body was ten feet tall at the shoulder and three feet long from head to tail. His body was covered with scales, but he had a thick lion's mane on his back, and a sudden dent.
At this time, Hong Gu and Liu Qing were riding on it, and they just landed on the concave part of the back. They heard the sound of wind beside their ears, ruffling Hong Gu's hair and brushing Liu Qing's cheek, making her feel itchy.

The mountain is riding the wind, and although the speed is not inferior to the water, it is not as stable as the water. The mountains are ups and downs, and although the water has tried its best to be calm,
But there were still some bumps along the way. Liu Qing felt sorry for Hong Gu and had to hold her in his arms to prevent her from getting tired from the bumps.
Hong Gu and Liu Qing were both in human form at this time. Seeing Liu Qing put his arm around them, their faces suddenly turned red, a little shy, but sweet in their hearts. Thinking that they had already secretly given their love to him, they did not resist and slowly leaned back to lean against him.

Her body was a little stiff at first, but the masculine scent she smelled made her heart beat like a deer, and she slowly relaxed.

A strange beast was flying on the wind, with a golden boy and a jade girl riding on its back, and they were in love. If others saw it, they would definitely praise them as a couple from heaven.

The mountains are ups and downs, and it is inevitable to be bumpy when flying in the wind. Hong Gu snuggled up in Liu Qing's arms. Liu Qing hugged the beauty tightly in his arms. The wind blew over the beauty's body fragrance, and he felt his heart fluttering.

They hadn't walked more than a hundred miles when Hong Gu suddenly snorted softly, and the blush on her face instantly spread to the back of her ears. Shui Er was confused and asked blankly, "Master, Madam, can you show me why there is something branded on my back?"

Hong Gu was embarrassed and angry, so she touched Liu Qing's waist with her little hand, pinched the soft flesh without any hesitation, and twisted it around. Liu Qing was embarrassed and gasped in pain, but dared not say a word.

Spring is coming.

We passed through mountains and rivers, walked through dense forests, walked along grasslands and crossed mountain streams. Before we knew it, we had traveled another two or three hundred miles west. Then we saw a large lake in front of us. The lake was vast, not inferior to Dayan Lake. The surface of the lake was covered with water hyacinths, and the lake water was green. It was obvious at a glance that the water quality was not as good as Dayan Lake.

The Green Fish Monster, the lord of Shilang Lake, is probably not good at regulating the water veins. He has the title of lord but does nothing but occupy the position.
The water quality of such a large main lake is so poor that the creatures in the lake feel suffocated. Even when there is no wind at night, they often float to the surface to breathe air, and even the moon worship and breathing are delayed.

He shook his head. After all, Shilang Lake was an ally among the Five Lakes. Although Liu Qing was dissatisfied, he could not intervene for the time being, so he had to keep it in mind.

Although Liu Qing and Hong Gu are in human form now, they are covered by the evil fog and the mist raised by the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast Shui'er, so they are not worried about being discovered by the river monsters in Shilang Lake.

When river monsters or mountain monsters practice and can almost completely transform into human form, they will keep doing so.
Although he had been maintaining his human form, which consumed his demonic energy, his current level of cultivation was sufficient to sustain the consumption.
In order to prevent the demon from seeing through his identity and hiding himself, he had no choice but to do so. Moreover, after merging with the Dao and becoming a god, he would always maintain his illusory human form.
It's nothing but hiding one's origins so that others can't easily see through them, lest one be targeted by the enemy and killed.

For example, Liu Qing, a snake and python, is most afraid of realgar and is not good at drinking. If the enemy sees this and sprinkles realgar-containing things everywhere, Liu Qing will inevitably be restrained when responding.

From now on, except when fighting desperately, most of the time they will maintain their human form. In the eyes of monsters, humans almost all look the same, and the whole tribe has face blindness.
Transforming into a human form can also help to hide one's identity to a certain extent.

Regardless of whether the monsters in the rivers of Shilang Lake were swallowing the moonlight or floating to the surface to breathe air, Liu Qing and Hong Gu turned south, following the main vein of Shilang Lake and heading towards the southern tributary.

Hong Gu blushed, and she struggled out of Liu Qing's arms, sitting upright in front, no longer letting Liu Qing hold her, for fear that something would hurt Shui'er again.

Liu Qing felt a little embarrassed and confused. This snake python was already in heat, so why was it still so angry?

"Shui'er, don't walk on the waves. Let's swim across."

Business is important, so first go into the water to extinguish the fire in your heart.

I don't know what this branch heading south is called. Maybe it's like the snake pond, guarded by a river monster in Shilang Lake.

Shui'er swam extremely fast underwater, even faster than on the surface. His ability to control water was no less than that of water escape, and he also had cover, so he could swim hundreds of miles underwater without disturbing the river monster.

The water vein ahead suddenly narrowed and the water became much shallower. They had reached the end of this vein. The water-avoiding golden-eyed beast surfaced. Hong Gu and Liu Qing looked over.
I saw that at the end of that branch, there was a deep ditch no more than ten feet wide dug by humans. The ditch meandered eastward, flowing in the gullies and depressions of the plateau, irrigating the millet and wheat fields on both sides.

This deep ditch must be the water diversion channel.

On both sides of the water diversion channel, the people of the plateau gathered along the river, and cave dwellings were carved out of the earth slopes. Although it was late at night, the lights of the people sleeping late could be seen, dotted like stars falling from the sky.
Further away, with Liu Qing's eyesight and ability, he could vaguely see a huge city. There was a gate in the northwest of the city, as dark as a monster's mouth.

"Sister, it's time to go here. Shall we go down?"

Liu Qing looked at the winding water channel under his feet. The water in the channel seemed gloomy and cold in the night. Although it was not deep or wide, it was inexplicably dangerous.

The canal water is black and has a faint foul smell. There is no algae or duckweed in the water. Even the water hyacinth, which likes dirty water the most, is rarely seen.
There are very few fish and shrimps in the water, only a few river clams, snails, loaches, eels, rare common fish such as black carp, silver carp and carp, but there are a lot of water nematodes.

Water nematodes are shaped like earthworms, but are smaller and thinner than earthworms. They are red all over and mostly live in shallow water near the shore. They feed on humus in the mud. Occasionally, if you are lucky, you can pick up some dead fish and shrimps.

(End of this chapter)