Heyuan Prefecture had two great rivers, the Yu Bei River and the Luo River, one to the north and one to the south. When the weather turned cold, they froze over with a thick layer of ice.
Crack, crack, crack.
Boom!
Liang Qu tapped lightly with the tip of his foot.
Cracks spread across the surface of the Yu Bei River for dozens of zhang. Three-foot-thick ice collapsed with a thunderous crash. Countless chunks of ice plunged downward, then surged back up under buoyancy, colliding and piling together.
Having opened a breach, Liang Qu dove headfirst into the icy river. His robes drifted around him as he felt the freezing current rushing past his sides, and it was as though he had returned to those days when he sailed out to fish.
Though life had been a little hard back then, every day had brought a full harvest, brimming with drive.
Now, he was a Great Grandmaster whose name shook the world. He would never again have such simple joy...
"What a pity. There are quite a few familiar demons in the Jiang Huai Great Marsh, but I'm a stranger in the Flowing Gold Sea. I have no connections."
Liang Qu knew nothing about the Flowing Gold Sea. Before setting out, he had only asked Senior Brother Yang Xu for a little information on dragon beasts and learned several rough locations. The exact positions would require him to search for them himself.
Time was tight.
Learn while doing. Search while doing.
He started with the Vortex Waterway, constructing paths all the way toward the nearest great demon dragon beast. Rumor had it that it had dragon horns on its head and scales covering its body—a typical Dragon Seed—and commanded a small demon settlement. It was only a little over three