Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 87: Steward He acts as a referee, and Madam He returns to the void through spiritual cultivation

The Palace Master Yuan Datou naturally set the rules for the martial arts selection, and naturally no big demon would object, so they all agreed.

Immediately, the Lord of the Mansion waved his hand, and he and his wife, Madam Yu, acted as referees, and Steward Yu acted as side referees. They moved outside the hall and prepared to begin.

It was the first time that Liu Qing met the wife of the Mansion Master Yuan Datou. Curious, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at her secretly.

The lady was also a river monster that had completely transformed. She only had a pair of fins on each arm, and the rest of her body looked like a human. Her body was covered in fish scales that had turned into a yellow and white dress. Her hair was tied up in a bun, and she wore lotus silk water shoes. She had a plump figure and a dignified face. She sat with the master of the mansion, Yuan Datou, showing her hostess style.

Although the Mansion Master Yuan Datou also transformed completely, his appearance after transformation was not as perfect as Madam Yu's. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he still retained the green bean eyes of a turtle.

Judging from the completeness of the transformation, it is not that Madam Yu is more capable than the Mansion Master, but that women love beauty while men are rough, which is due to their personalities.

However, being able to transform to such a perfect degree, Liu Qing secretly guessed that this Madam Yu at least had the ability to refine her spirit and return to the void.

Today was a big event for the Water Mansion, so the Mansion Master was only present with Madam Yu, while the former concubine Madam Bang did not show up.

From this we can see that the mansion lord Yuan Datou is quite clear-headed.

The shad steward's transformed form is almost human-like, and it seems that he also has the ability to refine the spirit and return to the void. However, according to Xia Kexing's private introduction,
Although this steward has profound Taoism skills, his talent is extremely ordinary. Up to now, apart from the sac space, he has not awakened any other bloodline talents.

The river monster has not awakened any blood talent for combat, and can only rely on its body to fight. It has great skills but cannot exert any real power. You can imagine how weak its combat power is.

Therefore, although Steward Xian had such a high level of Taoism, he was not counted among the great monsters in the martial arts selection by the master of the mansion, and had to be used as a referee on the spot.

Normally, this steward, with such a weak background, could never occupy the high position of one of the three great giants of the Water Palace.
It was really because this guy was lucky. Like Xia Kexing, he had been following the master of the mansion before he became successful.

It is said that when the master of the mansion first transformed into a demon, there were only two monsters around him, one was Xia Kexing, and the other was the shad housekeeper.

In a moment, Qingyu's personal guards outside the hall cleared a space for the great demon masters to use as a fighting arena.

The thirty great monsters from the eight pools, five rivers, and seventeen canals were stationed there, as well as the four patrols of Xia Kexing, General Turtle, and Grandpa Eel.

A total of thirty-six great water monsters are ready.

They fought in pairs, forming exactly eighteen pairs. Among them, the most experienced ones were General Turtle, Grandpa Eel, and Old Turtle Yuan Haowen.
Among them, General Tiao has completely transformed, at least he has reached the stage of refining his spirit and returning to the void, so he should be the most accomplished among all the candidates for the Great Demon Dao.

The eel has all the limbs and torso, only the head has not yet transformed. I am afraid it is in the late stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

Old turtle Yuan Haowen is slightly inferior to Grandpa Eel. Apart from his head, there is still a turtle shell on his back that has not yet disappeared. Perhaps he is in the middle stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

Others who are in the early stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation include the Four Short Men stationed in the Four Short Rivers, the Little Turtle General stationed in the Rocky Pool, the Crab General stationed in the Hairy Crab Pool, the Shrimp Qianqian stationed in the Wuding River, the Water Beetle Monster stationed in the Shuijia River, and there are also three patrols in the east, south and north.

These are all people with higher Taoism than Liu Qing. As for the other garrisons, most of them are in the middle and late stages of refining essence into qi.

After counting, there are eleven great monsters whose Taoism realm is higher than mine. The Palace Master will only select ten people when he goes to Jinghe this time.
Therefore, Liu Qing wanted to squeeze out a few of them. Of course, he couldn't forget the Sanliu River garrison who had the same realm and Taoism as himself.
The three water willow monsters are good at combined attacks. Among all the water monsters, their combat power is second only to General Turtle.

This shows that a high level of cultivation doesn't necessarily mean high combat prowess. Liu Qing was confident that his skills were no less impressive than those of the three water willows, and that making it into the top ten would be easy.

The top ten will be enough. This is just a screening of candidates for the river sacrifice, not a real fight during the Jinghe River Festival.

There are many methods that should not be used. There is no need to offend colleagues and partners for the sake of temporary victory or defeat.

It is said that Liu Qing made friends with people from all walks of life in the Water Palace by selling salt. Now, he is the most popular monster in the Water Palace. From the Palace Master to the ditch guards, everyone is on good terms with him.

After making up his mind, Liu Qing began to plan his actions.

At this point, Steward Xie received a signal from the Mansion Master and Madam Xie. He coughed a few times and said, "Everyone, I'll throw out thirty-six small clams. Each shell has a number marked inside, from 'one' to 'eighteen'. Those who choose the same number will fight each other."

"In order to maintain harmony during this martial arts competition, we must stop at the right time and not cause serious injury or death."

The monsters were unwilling to participate in the first place, and after hearing this, they took it even less seriously. The shad steward threw out a small clam, and each of them took one with a smile. After opening it, they found their match.
They all laughed and asked the other party to show mercy, while they were secretly calculating in their hearts that they would fight with the other party a few times later, pretending to deal with the Lord of the Mansion, and then they would find a flaw to be defeated by the other party.

Compared to going to the Jing River to participate in the river sacrifice, where you fight with other old monsters in the water palace and long river, it is better to stay at home.

He drank wine and ate meat every day. In his spare time, he would take advantage of the moonless nights and take the salt sent from the Snake Pond to other water palaces to smuggle it and earn money from incense and worship.

Yes, these stationed monsters are no longer satisfied with selling salt in the water veins under their jurisdiction, but have started smuggling.

Liu Qing picked up a small clam at random, opened it, and saw that it was written with "13". After asking around, he found out that his opponent was the Knife Fish Monster stationed in the "Eighteen Li Canal".
The Knife Fish Monster is also in the late stage of refining essence into qi, and is considered to be one of the most advanced among the Eighteen Channels. However,

Since he had formed a salt goods alliance with Liu Qing long ago and depended on Liu Qing for food, when he found out that his opponent was Liu Qing,

He walked directly in front of Liu Qing, winked at her, and said flatteringly, "Brother, we'll go for a few rounds later. After you deal with the Palace Master, I'll show you a flaw and let you win."

Well, before it’s my turn to enter the competition, I’ve already secured a place in the top eighteen.

Liu Qing was touched by the kindness shown by the knife fish monster.

Liu Qing was ranked thirteenth, and there were still ten more monsters in front of him to fight. It was not his turn yet, so he had to be patient and watch the other big monsters fighting each other.

The silver carp monster stationed in Lijiaqu was fighting against General Turtle, who was the best among the monsters in the water palace in terms of both Taoism and combat power. So, as soon as it came on the field, it admitted defeat.

In the following games, there was also a ditch guard, who was unlucky and ended up guarding a river or a patrol.

Regardless of status, position, or level of cultivation, none of them could match the other party. They either gave up and admitted defeat, or just dealt with it casually and admitted defeat. It didn't look like a fight at all, but rather like a joke, which made Liu Qing extremely bored.

It was the eighth match, the battle between the rattlesnake demon and the pufferfish demon stationed in Sanshilipuqu, that made Liu Qing excited.

(End of this chapter)