Journey to the West: From Fish-Chasing Boy to the Boundless Heavenly Venerable of the Golden Palace

"I can't believe it!"

The Iron Anchor General's divine duty is to protect ships on the water. As the saying goes, prevention is worse than cure. It is better to eliminate potential dangers in advance than to rescue ships when they are in danger.

This is precisely the principle behind calming the waters and eliminating evil spirits.

Perhaps this is the true duty of General Iron Anchor!

A fifth-rank deity would surely do more than just rescue ships. If that were all, why would he have to be a war god?

I pondered for a while, but it was just a guess without any real basis.

In any case, having another way to gain experience makes leveling up easier.

Li Yue stopped thinking about it for the time being and chanted a spell to summon the water ghost.

Several baskets of fish took the bait and ordered the water ghost to devour the two sea bass spirit corpses.

Water ghosts, being yin beings, can also enhance their spiritual power through blood sacrifice.

These two spotted bass spirits could easily increase one's cultivation by seven or eight years, but Li Yue was worried about being haunted by their resentment and dared not consume them.

As for bringing him back to the Water Palace, let's not even talk about the lack of rewards or benefits. If they ask him about it later, how will he explain how a mere carp spirit managed to defeat two ferocious perch by himself?

The best way to deal with it is to let the water ghosts it serves devour it.

"Are you here to see Jinlianzi?"

Watching the water ghost frantically devour flesh and blood, Li Yue made a guess in his mind.

There were originally seven golden lotus seeds, which were swallowed by seven small monsters. The snakehead, the bigmouth catfish, and the grass shrimp have now become kings, while the whereabouts of the other four golden lotus seeds are unknown.

Li Yue saw it clearly that day: a golden lotus seed entered his stomach, and he instantly transformed into a perfect human form, increasing his cultivation by at least three or four hundred years.

Recently, there have been rumors that the effects of lotus seeds go far beyond this.

One can achieve perfect transformation and directly enter the Spirit Nourishing stage; if all seven are consumed, one can transcend tribulation and become an immortal!

These are not lotus seeds at all; they are clearly the Nine-Turn Great Elixir.

The idea that seven lotus seeds could lead to immortality seemed far-fetched, and Li Yue didn't entirely believe it.

Judging from the three demon kings searching for golden lotus seeds all over the Tongtian River, it is clear that these golden lotus seeds can be eaten in large quantities, and the more you eat, the greater the benefits.

"That's enough."

However, this has nothing to do with him.

He already possesses the rites of a lewd priest. As long as he follows the proper procedures to advance his divine rank, he can obtain magical treasures and master supernatural powers. There is no need for him to wade into the muddy waters of the Golden Lotus Seed.

He shook his head and returned directly to the Water Palace.

Then, Li Yue continued day after day, and before he knew it, more than half a month had passed.

"This is even slower."

During this period, he saved a total of three ships and gained 150 experience points.

Based on this calculation, it would take two or three years to reach level two, a speed that is incredibly slow.

Moreover, as the three demon kings fought incessantly, the Tongtian River became increasingly chaotic, and the number of merchant ships crossing the river has been decreasing recently.

After all, no matter how good money is, you need to be alive to spend it.

Li Yue felt quite helpless about this and could only wait for the overall environment to improve.

"Hmm? Someone's in danger."

That night, Li Yue was resting when he suddenly heard cries for help coming from the water in the distance.

Come to life!

Li Yue was overjoyed and immediately got up to leave the Water Mansion.

The Water Palace is guarded day and night, but entry and exit are not restricted. After all, as a demon, one does not strictly abide by the rule of working during the day and resting at night.

Whoosh!

With a flick of its tail, it swam straight eastward at top speed.

"There."

After swimming for two hundred miles, we reached the center of the river. The old turtle with the stubborn head occupied the western bank, and further ahead was the territory of the snakehead king.

Li Yue paused briefly, then swam over.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, before they had gone too far into the territory of the Black Snake King, they saw a large two-masted ship, fifty or sixty meters long, anchored on the water.

The ship was brightly lit and filled with the noise of people.

Beneath the boat, the torchlight cast a faint glow, revealing shadowy figures bobbing and gliding with the waves.

It's a monster.

"They're still chiseling at the ship!"

"Damn monsters! Stab them to death!"

The boatmen tried to row away from the water, but were blocked by monsters on both sides of the boat.

Others stood on the deck and threw harpoons down, but rarely hit their targets.

Those monsters had not yet taken human form; most of them were fish spirits. Unable to climb the high gunwale, they kept ramming against the hull.

Li Yue suddenly realized that it wasn't a whirlpool or a reef, but rather these monsters trying to destroy the ship.

The purpose of doing so was not to covet the cargo on the ship; most of the goods that humans love are of no appeal to monsters.

What they're really interested in is people!

Eating one person can increase one's cultivation by ten years.

"These guys must be crazy."

Thinking of this, Li Yue's expression turned serious.

Eating people increases one's spiritual power, but people are not to be trifled with!

Leaving aside divine protection, there are also many cultivators among the human race who possess great magical power.

Monsters eat people, so they will definitely seek out a sorcerer to subdue them.

Think of Bai Suzhen in later generations; her thousand years of cultivation were also taken away by a monk.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if a monster eats people, it will try to conceal it.

These minions of the Black Snake King brazenly attacked merchant ships; their audacity was truly outrageous.

"Push harder! Drill a few more holes, and the ship will sink!"

Besides the two sides of the ship, there are three shrimp demons underwater, constantly ramming the bottom of the ship with their shrimp spears.

There are already several small holes drilled out nearby, but they have only been temporarily plugged.

But as these shrimp spirits said, if too many holes are dug, they will eventually become unblockable.

Once the ship sinks, everyone on board will become their prey.

"I've drilled through another one! I've drilled through another one!"

The shrimp spear pierced through suddenly, and a shrimp spirit shouted excitedly.

Boom!

But the next moment, before he could even claim credit, a huge iron anchor suddenly flew over and smashed him to pieces.

"What's going on!"

The other two shrimp spirits were startled and quickly looked in the direction of the anchor.

But it was a carp spirit with a human body and a fish head.

"Transformation period?"

"Where did you come from, you fish spirit! Don't you know we are the King of Snakeheads..."

Boom!

Two muffled thuds followed, and the other two shrimp spirits were also smashed by the swinging anchor.

After eliminating the three shrimp demons that were scuttling the boat, Li Yue picked up the anchor and floated straight to the surface.

There were three or four fish-like monsters on each side of the boat, entangled with the oars and constantly ramming the boat.

Li Yue, with a serious expression, swam towards the port side first.

"Enemy attack!"

"An enemy is stealing..."

After one fish spirit was killed, the other spirits noticed and cried out in alarm.

Hearing the shouts, the monsters on the other side swam over as well.

A carp spirit with a human body and a fish head was seen killing his companions while carrying a huge iron anchor.

His eyes immediately turned bloodshot, and he rushed forward.

Although the Transformation Stage is a higher realm than the Awakening Stage, the difference in cultivation is only one or two hundred years.

Moreover, the methods are limited, and they basically rely on physical abilities.

Only when one reaches the Spirit Nourishing stage, which allows them to cultivate various spells and supernatural abilities, will there be a significant difference.

The quantity alone can make up for it.

"act recklessly."

Facing the charging monster, Li Yue snorted and swung the iron anchor in his hand.

Pong!

With a muffled thud, another fish spirit was smashed to pieces.

With this fifth-grade magic artifact, how could an ordinary little demon in the Qi Awakening stage possibly withstand it?

Weighing three thousand catties, an ordinary fish spirit or water monster is like a ripe watermelon; if it even brushes against or touches one, it will instantly die a horrible death!

After only a few rounds, only two fish spirits remained.

"Ouch! Run!"

Only then did the two fish spirits come to their senses, and in a panic, they turned around and tried to run away.

Splash!

The next moment, the iron chains clanged again, and the anchor flew out from behind.

Before the fish spirit could even turn around to check, it was smashed to pieces.

One got away.

Although he killed another one, he was too busy to deal with the other one, who had already escaped far away.

It was just a little fish spirit; it was gone, so what? Li Yue didn't care.

[Subdued the demon in Jingshui, fulfilling the divine duty of the Iron Anchor General, experience points +210!]

A notification sound rang in his ear, and Li Yue's eyes widened slightly. It seemed that the more monsters he killed, the more experience points he would gain.