Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 142: Marshal of the Orange Cat Country, General of the Three Flower Country

The people were strong and thieves were everywhere. The roads were muddy and there were dead bodies on the road. Wild dogs and vultures were wet and gnawed at the corpses in the rain.

Their eyes were red and there was a faint black aura around their bodies. That was not demonic energy, but human souls hovering around corpses. Because the corpses were eaten, they were trapped by wild dogs and vultures and could not reincarnate.

In the black air, these human souls let out unwilling cries, raised their heads to the sky, as if accusing others. They angrily questioned why the sky did not send down thunder and fire to put an end to such a tragic incident of wild beasts eating people?

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and a cold wind blew wildly from afar, blowing the rain clouds that had originally been arranged in a regular pattern into a mess.

As if sensing the accusation of the human soul, thunder and lightning grew faintly in the dark clouds, and suddenly a flash of lightning fell.
But halfway through, they were dispersed by a murderous aura that came from nowhere. The murderous aura was blood-red, and there were faint sounds of countless swords clashing and the screams of dying soldiers.
The cold wind blew faster, the dark clouds became more chaotic, and lightning bolts fell one after another, but were all dispersed by the killing energy.
The world is in chaos,
The way of heaven is powerless.

Liu Qing only vaguely sensed it, but Hong Gu saw it clearly. She looked solemn and explained a few words to Liu Qing from time to time.

"Great chaos is about to break out on earth, and the laws of nature, which once operated smoothly, have also become obscure."

"Affected by the killing aura, the operation of the Heavenly Dao becomes obscure, and the originally detailed laws of the Heavenly Dao will become full of loopholes."

"If it were a normal time, the heavens would have sent down thunderbolts to crush the beast. But now, despite the killing aura, the vicious dog is still rampant. If it devours a few more corpses, it will awaken its spirit and transform into a demon."

"Birds, beasts, fish, and insects are born with only two souls and four spirits. Now they devour corpses and bind human souls to replenish their three souls and seven spirits. Then they can awaken their spirits and transform into demons against the will of heaven."

"I think that soon, all the birds, beasts, fish and insects in this mountain and water will wake up and abandon this vicious path of cannibalism to awaken their spirits and transform into demons."

"A great catastrophe has begun on earth, and the aura of murderous calamity is shrouding the world. Even if the Heavenly Dao wants to control it, it is powerless. Even if there are thousands of incense gods and power gods, I am afraid it will be just a drop in the bucket for billions of people. From now on, Xiaoqing, I think Sister will be very busy."

Hong Gu frowned, feeling distressed that she would not be able to spend much time with Liu Qing due to her busy future.

"Oh, you forgot that your sister is a powerful god. She only listens to orders and not to proclamations. Why bother with it?"

Perhaps in Hong Gu's eyes, no matter how many disasters or how many lives are destroyed, they are not as important as accompanying Xiao Qing.

Liu Qing smiled without saying anything, but his thoughts were racing in his mind. When a great catastrophe struck the world, he had already been prepared. With careful planning, he might be able to seize many opportunities in the catastrophe.

"Master, Madam, we seem to be at the front."

Shui'er, the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast, reminded him, interrupting Liu Qing's plan.

Ahead, the Liupan River reaches its end, where a barrier lake appears. The river water converges into this small barrier lake, making the lake very deep.
On the south side of the barrier lake, a small waterway was created by the blocked river water. The waterway follows the gullies naturally formed on the Loess Plateau and meanders towards the west.

It formed an unnamed ditch, similar in size and shape to the Xiaolugou controlled by Liu Qing, with reeds and shrubs growing on both sides.

The river is not wide, but is covered by water plants such as water hyacinth and duckweed, and the water is neither clear nor turbid.
Such an environment must be the best habitat for fish, shrimp, turtles and crabs.

However, when Liu Qing and Hong Gu rode Shui'er into the nameless ditch, they found it dead silent.

There are few fish, shrimp, turtles or crabs in the river, even snails and clams are rare. There is almost no living creature in the water. Only in a few water holes can a few fish and shrimp survive.

Such a good habitat, but there are only a few aquatic creatures. Looking around, the empty river is dead silent.
It was exactly the nameless river mentioned in the jade tablet.

The destination has arrived.

Liu Qing and Hong Gu exchanged a glance, both understanding what was meant. With a clear whistle, they both revealed their true forms, the horned viper to the left and the dragon fish to the right, each patrolling the nameless river ditch.
After carefully checking whether there were any river monsters causing trouble or whether the water quality was good or bad, the two returned after an incense stick of time, transformed back into human form, and shook their heads together.

There was no river monster causing trouble, and the two of them did not feel any discomfort in the water, and the water quality was also excellent.

But why are there so few fish and shrimp?

Logically speaking, there should be one or two river monsters and thousands of fish and shrimps in such a ditch, but the two of them patrolled carefully and did not find any monsters.
With no monster to ask for the reason, Liu Qing and Hong Gu were a little troubled.

"Xiaoqing, you're smart. Think about what I should do."

Liu Qing was also confused. He frowned and thought for a long time without saying a word. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of countless dense footprints on the wet ground beside the nameless river.

"Sister, do you understand what I'm saying?"

Hong Gu was a little confused: "Aren't these just footprints left by wild animals that came to the river to drink water at night? What's there to understand?"

Liu Qing smiled: "Sister, you didn't look closely and thought these footprints were left by wild animals drinking water. But didn't you notice that these footprints are all the same size?"

"The footprints are all the same size, indicating they were left by beasts from the same group."

"There must be many wild animals drinking from this wild river in the wilderness, but why are only people from the same tribe coming here?"

Hong Gu became more and more confused.

Liu Qing continued, "Also, sister, have you noticed that these footprints were left by some kind of wild beast?" Hong Gu gave her a stern look, "Sister, you're a fish in the water, how could you possibly know what the footprints of a wild beast on the shore look like?"

Well, that's a logical reason.

Liu Qing was also born in the water as a snake and python, so he should not have known it. However, since his soul came from the afterlife, he could naturally tell from the claw marks that these guys coming to the river were cats.

"It's cats, a whole bunch of wild cats."

Hong Gu suddenly realized, "It's a cat's nature to eat fish. Perhaps a large group of wild cats have eaten all the fish and shrimp in the river to the point of being like this."

Hong Gu was a little disgusted again: "Xiao Qing, let's go find those wild cats and kill them all!"

For Hong Gu, wild cats were her natural enemies when she was young. Now that she has achieved success in her cultivation, she naturally wants to make up for the fright she suffered in her childhood.

Liu Qing agreed, and the two of them walked side by side, following the traces under their feet to find the wild cat's nest.

The traces spread to the northwest, and when you reach the end, you will see a large area of ​​abandoned and dilapidated caves. Now there is no trace of the villagers who once lived there. Only the caves dug out from the earth slope are left. The cave entrances are overgrown with weeds, and the weeds are covered with spider webs.

Liu Qing had already used his water control ability to manipulate the river water to pave a waterway under his feet. When the waterway extended to the front of the cave,

Suddenly, there was a sharp meow, deafening.

In the blink of an eye, countless cats of various sizes and colors rushed out from the caves at the reminder of the sentry.

Hong Gu looked at the countless civet cats, orange cats, calico cats and other cats, and the fear that came from her blood instinctively made her skin break out in goose bumps.

She frowned and stopped, her eyes showing discomfort and more disgust.

Even after becoming a god, the memories of his childhood still remained. In the past, there were always a few civet cats by the pond, drooling and looking at him.

Liu Qing hid Hong Gu behind him, manipulated the river water to become a chair, and asked Hong Gu to sit down: "Sister, let me take care of these, you can just stand aside and help me stir up the battle."

"Okay, but you have to be careful, Xiaoqing. There are also many demons among these wild cats."

Hong Gu hesitated for a moment before sitting down, but then she wiped her mouth and took out a dozen magical treasures, such as a bronze mirror, a round fan, a hammer, swords, spears, two-pronged forks, etc.

Well, if she hadn't been so frightened and disgusted when she was young, I'm afraid no matter how many cat demons there were, they would not be a match for Hong Gu's attack with this round of magic treasures.

Liu Qing stepped forward, having already taken out the two fang swords, 'Master' and 'Wait', and hidden them at his sides.

"Meow, where did this ugly ghost come from? How dare you run wild in my civet cat country?"

"Yes, ugly ghost, the Orange Cat Country's Grand Marshal Mao Shisan is here, come quickly and die!——"

"Hey, the general of the Sanhua Kingdom is here, ugly ghost, kowtow quickly!——"

After Liu Qing transformed, he had a thin waist, long legs, broad shoulders, sword-like eyebrows, star-like eyes, and a cold face. In addition, he had a single horn on his head, which gave him a unique and extraordinary temperament.

Hong Gu was so fascinated by him that she had nothing to do with ugliness. However, in the eyes of these cats, she became an ugly and hideous monster.

Perhaps in the eyes of these cats, the human body has no hair and no claws, which does not conform to their aesthetic standards.

Liu Qing is a stingy person, especially when he is proud of his human form. When he is called an ugly ghost by others, he becomes even more murderous.

Looking around, there were thousands of wild cats of all sizes on the opposite side. Judging from the aura they emitted, there were hundreds of them that were spirits.

There are two to three hundred cat monsters that have transformed into demons, and most of them are middle and lower level cat monsters who have transformed essence into qi, or transformed qi into spirit.
There are only dozens of cat demons who have reached the state of Lianxu Hedao, and the three tabby cats, orange cats, and calico cats who were talking and cursing just now have the highest level of Taoism, which is Lianxu Hedao realm.

Liu Qing glanced at the most arrogant general of the Sanhua Kingdom. Seeing him rushing towards him, he suddenly clasped his fists and said flatteringly: "Master, wait a minute!——"

The general of the Sanhua Kingdom who rushed in mid-strike saw Liu Qing's flattery and listened to Liu Qing's flattery. He couldn't help but look smug, thinking that Liu Qing was frightened by him and wanted to beg for mercy.
As his body stopped, the blood talent that was about to be activated also subsided. The general of the Three Flower Nation stood upright, one front paw pinching his waist, the other pointing at Liu Qing:

"Although you look hideous, you know your strengths and weaknesses. Kneel down and kowtow three times, and I will spare your life. Haha, haha—"

The next moment, a sound of breaking air suddenly rang in his ears. The laughing general of the Sanhua Kingdom felt a chill in his heart. He looked down and found that he had been pierced by two holes in his heart.

The foul-smelling demon blood gushed out from the wound. Because it was a penetrating wound, the gushing demon blood drew a parabola to the front and back with the body of the Sanhua Kingdom's general as the center.

Very round.

(End of this chapter)