River Porpoise King
Liang Qu turned over the anchor stone on the bow of the boat and untied the rope knot on it.
Thump.
A white splash erupted from the water's surface, the foam landing on the boat's deck, drying and fading into a faint watermark.
Liang Qu took out the iron anchor and tied it with a rope.
The anchor that Ran Zhongshi gave him was the right size, perfectly matching his boat and making it look much nicer.
A boat needs an anchor, and a rock is an odd choice; it's too big and doesn't fit well anywhere.
This is much more comfortable.
Ripples spread across the water, splashing water everywhere. Cannot Move, only two pupils were visible, and a plump white Mirage Worm was stuck in the two horns on its head.
This place used to be the exclusive spot for Fist, but unfortunately, the Fist grew too fast and couldn't stay there for more than a few months. Now it's the turn of the Mirage Worm, which is wide and fat enough and just the right size.
The Fat Catfish followed closely behind the Cannot Move, poking its head out and swirling in the water, creating trails of water. The Fist and Round Head catfish were a little slower, and finally surfaced, lining up on either side of the boat.
Upon hearing the sound, Awei on his wrist moved, spreading its wings and flying in the sky, bringing all six beasts together.
No, there's one more.
A small figure floated up close to Round Head, its appearance almost a proportionally smaller version of Round Head's —it was Little River Porpoise.
Little River Porpoise was about half a size bigger than when Liang Qu first saw her. She was growing neither fast nor slow, so she must have been in her teens.
Liang Qu communicated with Ze Cauldron to check the evolution points required for the Round Head.
[Can consume 272 points of Marsh Essence to evolve the River Dolphin Finless Porpoise into the River Porpoise King]
Every time the Treasure Fish is divided equally, the Spirit Monster never lacks a Round Head. It's just that as a latecomer, the Fat Catfish and the one that Cannot Move much are now almost ready to meet the conditions for evolution.
The Marsh Essence accumulates in the Ze Cauldron, emitting a fluorescent glow, undulating and colliding with the cauldron wall, producing a vast and desolate sound of tides.
After pondering for a moment, Liang Qu allocated 272 points of Marsh Essence from the Ze Cauldron and had an idea.
A dazzling light flew out from the Ze Cauldron, swirling around the Round Head head and instantly enveloping it in a glow.
The ball of light enveloped the creature in a cocoon, Round Head body gradually elongated inside, its size continuously increasing.
The other beasts were used to it, but the Little River Porpoise circled around the Round Head head.
The Fat Catfish puffed out its gills and shot out several streams of water, all of which were dodged by Awei in mid-air, finally landing on the Mirage Worm.
Two insects, one large and one small, piled up a Xiao San tower on their Cannot Move heads.
Cannot Move, his eyes were closed, and he seemed completely unconcerned about how much heavier his head was.
As the light faded, the Round Head creature, nearly nine meters long, leaped to the same length as the Cannot Move and Fat Catfish, the three beasts standing side by side.
Little River Porpoise was greatly shocked. It circled Round Head many times, calling out incessantly, until Yuantou patted its head with its Round Head and it stopped.
At this point, all six of Liang Qu's ruling beasts, except for the Mirage Worm, had reached the same level.
Communicate with Ze Cauldron.
[This can consume 8,000 points of Marsh Essence to evolve the River Porpoise King into Spirit Porpoise]
It also contains a lot of Marsh Essence.
Once you become the River Porpoise King, organizing River Dolphin population shouldn't be difficult.
At that time, Liang Qu will not need to command; he can indirectly control a group of Water Beast through Round Head, with at least ten River Dolphin at the level of Martial Artist.
Over the years, Round Head has indeed found some wild finless River Dolphin, but unfortunately, they are mostly Old River Porpoise that have been driven out and are of little use.
Mature wild finless River Dolphin all have their own groups. To lead them, you must defeat the leader. You can't gang up on them, because the porpoises won't submit to you. Killing the leader will only cause them to scatter like birds and beasts. It has to be one-on-one, king-on-king.
With its Round Head Cauldron of the Water Marsh, it is much stronger than an ordinary River Dolphin, but it is still far from being able to challenge a leader.
Now we should be able to give it a try.
"Let's go see if the Water Beast you found meets the requirements."
The Liang Qu, and the iron anchor cut through the surging water, crashed into the riverbed, dragged for several meters, and firmly embedded itself in the mud and sand.
The entire boat paused, drifting with the current, firmly anchored nearby.
After anchoring the boat, Liang Qu, riding the Fubo, led the beasts into the water and first arrived at the location of the Old Giant Clam.
Seeing the River Dolphin finless porpoise, which was a size larger and had some changes in details, the Old Giant Clam was shocked.
What, what's going on?
How come this finless River Dolphin has grown so much in just a few minutes? What heavenly materials and earthly treasures has it been eating?
Liang Qu plucked the Mirage Worm from its Cannot Move head and brought the Little River Porpoise over as well.
"Old Bei, keep an eye on the Mirage Worm and the Little River Porpoise for now. I'm taking A Fei and the others out to run some errands. The ones on the side are fine, just make sure the Little River Porpoise doesn't steal the lotus root from the middle."
The Old Giant Clam was silent for a moment, then agreed.
Liang Qu nodded, then turned around and dug out a few pieces of lotus root as a backup.
Cannot Move, the lotus root's effects became increasingly better. A section of lotus root in the center of the Lotus Root Field could contain four or five points of Marsh Essence, barely keeping up with his growth in strength.
One person and four beasts explored each one in order of distance.
"The Deep Water Area is really thriving, with plants growing in reverse everywhere."
Liang Qu casually broke off a waterweed and chewed it in his mouth.
It's an ordinary plant without Marsh Essence, yet it manages to grow in water hundreds of meters below the surface, where sunlight is already very weak and it's difficult to support normal plant growth.
Then it must be some other reason.
Liang Qu grabbed a handful of silt. He had read a viewpoint in a book that the underwater world is closer to the Earth's core, so the earth's energy is rich and mellow, which can nourish a lush underwater environment.
But he felt something was wrong; the underwater plants did not grow more lushly the deeper they went.
Before reaching a depth of ten meters, there were indeed various kinds of plants on the bottom of the water, but then the number decreased sharply.
Below 20 meters, the area is basically barren. This continues until a depth of 100 meters, where a few aquatic plants appear sporadically. Then, they grow in the opposite direction, and after 150 meters, the aquatic plants are so lush that it resembles a grassland.
Below that viewpoint, many comments were left refuting it, deeming it nonsense and unreasonable.
No one knows the exact reason, and there is no definitive conclusion.
It's amazing, the mud looks exactly the same as normal river mud.
The Fat Catfish at the front stopped and waved its fins to indicate that it was about to arrive. Liang Qu followed them, lying down on the ground and moving slowly forward.
So strong!
Without even seeing it, Liang Qu had already sensed the form of the Water Beast. Its muscles were clearly bulging, and without even going over to look, it obviously corresponded to the "ox" among the three sacrificial animals, which means strong and hardworking.
The Fat Catfish swimming in front patted its chest, indicating that the Water Beast it had found was just like it, representing "plumpness".
Liang Qu fell silent, not uttering a word about the Fat Catfish's unauthorized alteration of the meaning of the words.
He moved quietly through the water plants, and through the gaps in the plants, he saw with his own eyes that imposing crimson figure lying prone in the cave, half of its body exposed as it rested. With each breath, the surging water rushed in all directions.
It is undoubtedly Great Monster Spirit; if placed on land, it would be comparable to a Wolf Smoke Martial Master.
However, the one before them had barely crossed the threshold of becoming Great Monster Spirit, as its aura was somewhat unstable and fluctuated slightly.
According to the Fat Catfish, it had come several times, and the Spirit Monster was always resting, perhaps because it had just broken through to a higher realm and was nourishing itself through sleep.
Most Spirit Monster have this habit: they consolidate their realm through sleep.
Not long after the breakthrough, Awei launched a surprise attack, injecting poison. With one person and four beasts, his chances of winning were quite high.
"One of the three beasts is here."