From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 285: Lishui Longhou and Alchemy

Lishui area of the East China Sea.

The ship sailed in the East China Sea for four days and four nights, starting from Yazhou Kuhai and passing through the waters of Jinlu Island. It was unknown how many waters it passed through along the way.

One night, Yu Shuyang went to the deck to look out for the wind and saw a group of mermaids floating on the water and singing.

After asking the boatman, I learned that this was the famous Li Jiao mermaid. According to legend, the Li Jiao mermaid can explore the Li dragon and take out the dragon pearl. By touching the dragon's chin, she can take out the dragon pearl from the Li dragon's jaw.

Collecting mermaids is a characteristic of the Lishui Sea. They are all servants of the Lishui Dragon Marquis, and their ability to explore the Lishui Sea and take pearls is most useful here.

As soon as the ship entered the Lishui Sea, its movement became very slow. Dense dragon beard grass floated on the sea, and Li dragons could be seen swimming by from time to time.

Lilong, whose full name is Black Lilongju, is a dragon horse with a completely black body and is also a member of the same clan as Lishuilonghou.

The mermaids use the black dragon's jaw to pick the pearls, so the dragon foals in the Lilong Sea, regardless of whether they have become intelligent or demonic, cannot be captured or harmed at will.

"Island Master Yu Shuyang, come out for some fresh air?" Chi Gaogang saw Yu Shuyang on the deck and walked over happily.

During the four days on the ship, he was almost annoyed to death by Chi Dajiang and Chi Gaochang, who bothered him with all kinds of trivial matters, such as calculating the money for the talismans he brought with him, or counting the spiritual materials in the cabin.

He also knew that this time, his mother had asked for help, forced him to be added to the ship coming to Qingqiu, and was named as the person in charge of purchasing the elixir, so she must have been resentful of him in her heart.

To be honest, he had no other choice. The ancestor of the Chi family was about to die. Even if he obtained the elixir, the chances of successfully breaking through to the fourth level were not great.

For this reason, he had to take the initiative in this matter so that he could gain more benefits when the family business was divided in the future.

Of course, he also hoped that the ancestor would get better. Even if the chance was one in ten thousand, the eldest son of the demon fairy family and the nephew of the Fu family's branch were completely different things.

"I heard that we have arrived at the Lishui Sea. I came out to take a look." Yu Shuyang replied with a smile.

A few days ago, Chi Dajiang came to see him and specifically talked about some things about Chi Gaogang, saying that he was a troublemaker and a scoundrel.

If Yu Shuyang is offended, he doesn't need to do it himself. He can just tell Master Chi and give him a satisfactory explanation. He hopes that it won't affect his quest for the elixir.

Yu Shuyang did not comment on this. Since he could find a way to squeeze in, he was not a stupid person. No matter what his purpose was, as long as he was not stupid, he would not provoke him.

"Island Master Yu, we will be crossing the Lishui River in half a day and must submit to inspection by the Dragon Marquis Water Palace.

Please stay on the deck for a while and then go back upstairs. Leave the mess to us. It will be troublesome when checking.

"Every time they're asked for things like eating, taking, blocking, and demanding, it's so frustrating! It's really easy to deal with the people above, but it's hard to get rid of the minions below." Chi Gaogang commented, shaking his head.

He was learning and applying this on the spot. Chi Gaochang had told him this not long ago. He was worried that he would run into the Longju soldiers who were checking him and get them detained, which would be troublesome.

"Oh, I'll go back now. I want to see the Li mermaid and the Li dragon!" Yu Shuyang said, then went back with his hands behind his back.

Chi Gaogang looked at the back and felt discouraged. He had been looking for an opportunity these days to get close to Yu Shuyang, but he never came out of the room.

We finally met, but he left without saying a word. I asked him to do it.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he acts unrestrained in front of Chi Dajiang and Chi Gaochang. In fact, half of it is intentional pretense so as not to be ignored. He is not here to hang out with them.

His mother got the exact information from Fu that half of the chance of purchasing the elixir would fall on Yu Shuyang, which made him think of making friends with him and improving their relationship.

Yu Shuyang went straight back to the cabin. It was not because he thought it was troublesome to be interrogated by the Longju soldiers, but also because he could tell that Chi Gaogang was confused.

I understood in my heart that this person was neither stupid nor smart, but just like Zhu Zisi, my cousin from the Zhu family, who thought she was smart.

He was too lazy to deal with it, so he went straight back to the cabin, saving trouble for both sides. He could have some peace and quiet, and Chi Gaogang could save himself from having to make small talk.

When he pushed open the door, he saw Li Zhen, Wan Jia and Qi Feng, three monsters lined up in a row, all squatting there and immersed in the forging body.

That day, he asked Li Zhen about the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and asked the Wan family to brew a pot of Dragon and Phoenix tea. Afterwards, the four of them each drank a cup.

Yu Shuyang had drunk it once before from Fu Yangzi, and drinking it again didn't have much effect. He sat in meditation for half a minute and then finished his muscle and bone training.

Without thinking about these three monsters, Yi Lian was unconscious for four days and four nights. There were many times when he suspected that the three of them had poisoned him.

He used his divine pupils to investigate one by one. The three monsters were active in mind and their bodies were being tempered. He could feel the energy in their bones growing stronger little by little.

They were about to reach the Qingqiu Islands after crossing the Lishui River. What should they do if the three of them were still not awake?

Feeling upset, Yu Shuyang went out to get some fresh air!

To be honest, he was not worried about Li Zhen and the other three, but he was afraid that this was an opportunity and it would be a pity to be woken up and interrupted.

Not long after, about half a day, the ship suddenly stopped, probably because it entered the waterway of Lishui.

The cabins on the ship all have windows, which are made of the shells of water clams ground into a paper-thin layer and inlaid on the lattice windows, making them as transparent as if covered with a layer of water gauze.

Yu Shuyang went to the window and looked out, and saw a row of black dragon colts outside the ship. These dragon colts were similar to ordinary horses, but they did not have dragon horns on their foreheads.

There were two warriors in armor stepping on the waves and dividing the water, coming out from a row of dragon horses. Both generals were three feet tall, and their armor could not be seen, only a huge horse head could be seen.

The two generals were outside the boat, saying something to Chi Gaochang, and then threw a beam of light onto the boat, which Yu Shuyang couldn't understand.

He was looking at the dragon colt through the window, recalling what Uncle Mo had said about the yellow dragon soldiers and the fire dragon soldiers, and wondered if these dragon soldiers were forged from the dragon colt soldiers.

After all, the Dragon Palace couldn't allow flood dragons and wild dragons to forge magical weapons, right? When it came to fighting and deploying troops, perhaps only the Daoist soldiers forged by dragon horses could be successful.

"Island Master Yu, please come out for a moment. I have something to discuss with you."

The voice of the craftsman Chi Dajiang was heard from outside the door.

Yu Shuyang got up and went out, and saw Chi Dajiang holding a visiting card in his hand. He didn't recognize it, but he knew the dragon pattern on it, so he wrote the two words "visiting card".

"Island Master Yu, there is a situation now. Lishui Longhou got the news from somewhere and knew that you were on our ship.

Now, the Dragon General from the Water Palace has sent a greeting card, hoping to invite you to the Water Palace. What do you think is the most appropriate way to handle this?" Master Chi looked very embarrassed.

Yu Shuyang first took the visiting card. He felt that it was quite heavy. He touched the texture and found that it was made of soft red gold forged into paper, and the words were written with rotten silver ink.

He opened the invitation, which was addressed in the name of the Lishui Dragon Marquis, inviting him to attend a meeting at the Water Palace. The tone was earnest, and the words were not eloquent, showing the sincerity of the invitation. The East Sea Dragon Palace had a total of thirty-six Dragon Marquises, all of whom were appointed according to their strength, with the lowest being a fifth-rank demon immortal.

The sincere invitation from a dragon marquis or a demon fairy must have an ulterior motive besides the sincerity contained therein.

"Master Chi, don't feel embarrassed. I've never seen the Dragon Marquis in my life. Today is a good opportunity to open my eyes."

Yu Shuyang said something lightly to comfort him, so as to prevent Chi Dajiang from looking as if he was facing a great enemy.

"Oh, what happened? I should have known not to take this route. Is Island Master Yu in danger on this trip?" Master Chi asked with concern while blaming himself.

Seeing the anxious look of the old monkey, Yu Shuyang couldn't tell whether it was true or not, so he didn't think about it anymore. To be honest, he never suspected that the Chi family was playing tricks.

After all, the Chi family doesn't know his background, and it's even more impossible that he has anything to do with Lishui Longhou. The fact that they came to their door now is simply because they calculated that he would come, so they asked them one by one with the visiting card in their hands.

"Don't worry, Master Chi. I'll be back soon. I only have one request: please keep an eye on the door and don't disturb the quiet meditation inside."

Yu Shuyang gave some instructions before leaving. To be honest, he was not really worried that Long Hou would cause him trouble, and it didn't seem like he would cause trouble at the moment.

"Don't worry, Island Master Yu. Leave this matter to me." Master Chi said in a sonorous and powerful voice.

After the old monkey finished speaking, he ran back to the door of the room and guarded it like a door god.

Yu Shuyang went out with the visiting card. Chi Gaochang and a group of sailors were on the deck, originally to deal with the inspection of the Longju soldiers.

"Master Yu, please get in the car." The horse-headed dragon general bowed and said politely.

A bronze chariot rose from the sea, pulled by three pure black dragons. Only when you get close can you see a layer of fine scales under the black horse hair.

Yu Shuyang did not hesitate. He created a gust of wind and flew directly to the carriage, where he sat down steadily. The three black dragons pulling the carriage were very smart, as if they could sense that he was sitting firmly.

Three black dragons neighed in unison, pulled the bronze chariot and headed towards the sea. The chariot was also a magical weapon that had been refined with the magic to divide the water and disperse the waves.

Yu Shuyang sat in the carriage, as if protected by an air mask, not affected by the pressure of the sea water at all, and could see the sea scene on both sides.

Three black dragons pulled him into a grassland. The dragon beard grass and toad grass here were spiritual roots that had accumulated over the years. The worst one was also a fifth-grade medicine.

There are many dragon foals and black dragons eating grass in the grassland, and there are also transformed monsters cutting rotten aquatic plants. If you are at the bottom of the sea, just looking at this scene will make you feel like you are on the prairie.

Yu Shuyang released his spiritual sense and looked around. The grassland was vast and boundless. His spiritual sense could not detect the end at all. Just by visual estimation, it was at least tens of thousands of miles.

Three black dragons pulled the carriage directly into the Water Palace Cave Heaven. The scene here was different. It was completely a dragon palace in the water, with magnificent palaces everywhere.

When the carriage landed, there were eight clam girls waiting there. Each of them held a jade plate in their hands, which contained water-repellent beads, water-dividing beads, water-light beads... eight kinds of water-repellent treasures.

Yu Shuyang's current demon form is a dragon carp, and he can move freely in the water without casting any spells. However, he was not polite and pinched a water-dividing bead, which was one inch and two centimeters long.

As the saying goes: 70% is precious, 80% is treasure, and 1 inch and 2 points is treasure. It is definitely a rare treasure, and it is not an exaggeration even if it is placed in the East China Sea.

Holding this water-dividing bead in his hand, not a single drop of water remained within a foot of Yu Shuyang's body, as if he were walking on flat ground.

Another mermaid maid came out, holding an octagonal palace lantern in her hand, leading the way in front of Yu Shuyang. It can be seen that there are formations everywhere in the water palace, and the palace lantern in the mermaid maid's hand is the key to the formation.

Along the way, Yu Shuyang released his divine pupils and spiritual response, constantly analyzing the formations arranged in the water palace, and using the Black Tortoise Book to deduce. When he arrived at the living room of the water palace, he still hadn't figured out any results.

All the furnishings in the living room were very exquisite, arranged to represent eternal prosperity. Before he could take a closer look, he heard the sound of a jade chime coming from afar.

Then he saw a man about 12 feet tall, wearing a dark black robe with a dragon pattern, holding a dark green jade flute in his hand.

From the pair of dragon horns on his head and the mighty power of the Dragon Marquis emanating from his body, it is not difficult to guess that this person is the Dragon Marquis of Lishui.

"Master Yu, please come in. My surname is Zhao, and my given name is Mo. I want to make friends with you and have been waiting for a long time." Zhao Mo spoke in a human language that was not fluent.

Yu Shuyang clasped his hands together and returned the greeting, saying, "Lord Zhao, I'm honored. But how did you know me?"

“Master Daoist, you may not know that Master Yin Chenzi is well-known in the East China Sea, and many people come to him to make elixirs.

Some time ago, the alchemist announced that he would accept you as his apprentice and teach you how to make alchemy, including some immortal and magical pills, and asked everyone to send some precious medicines to him.

"My young master has been waiting for a long time. I have a magical elixir that I would like you to help me refine. I have prepared three sets of precious medicines. Please refine them in your free time." Zhao Mo explained politely.

Then he asked the maid to bring over the jade tray. The three precious medicines were all wrapped in water grass paper. Each one looked smaller than the palm of a hand, but in fact, they all used the Ruyi technique.

"Lord Zhao, to be honest, I don't know how to make pills right now, let alone elixirs. If you ask me to make one, I don't know how long it will take." Yu Shuyang declined.

He didn't know what kind of elixir he was going to refine, so he naturally didn't dare to take on too much responsibility. Moreover, he was very disgusted with this kind of request.

Zhao Mo, the Dragon Marquis of Lishui, was obviously stunned, and then he realized that a Dragon Marquis who could command an area of water must have a good brain.

"Oh, blame me for not explaining it clearly. This precious spiritual root medicine is for you to refine your hands. Whether you succeed or not, you will receive a generous gift.

When Xiao Hou met his first wife, he was already a fifth-rank cultivator. Over the years, he had only hoped to have a son or daughter, but unfortunately, his wish was not fulfilled.

Now that the Taoist priest has come to learn his craft, he will have to learn how to refine elixirs sooner or later. It is just like learning one more elixir recipe, if he can refine one or half a pill.

I'm hoping the Taoist priest can give me some information. I only want to buy one pill, and I hope the Taoist priest will grant me that." Zhao Mo was crying as he spoke.

For a moment, Yu Shuyang was speechless, but it also answered a question, that is, how the news that he came to learn alchemy was leaked.

"Lord Zhao, I never learned alchemy in my early years, so I don't know when I'll be able to make your elixir.

Let's put it this way, I'll take the spiritual roots and precious medicine first, and don't mention any generous gifts. Let's talk about everything after the golden elixir is refined." Yu Shuyang put the three herbs into his portable magic bag.

When Lord Zhao heard that Yu Shuyang did not want a generous gift, he was extremely unwilling and insisted on taking him to the Water Palace Treasury to choose a gift.

Yu Shuyang was also absolutely unwilling to go to the Water Palace Treasure House no matter what. Refining the elixir was not a one-time deal.

He doesn't understand the current situation. If he takes advantage now, he might end up losing money.

(End of this chapter)