Demon Court Four Pillars

The destructive desires that arise from the sudden increase in power are a result of the imbalance between one's own position and that of the world.

Just like a three-year-old child who explores the boundaries of the world through destruction.

That's all.

Liang Qu was enlightened by a sudden enlightenment.

Breaking through the combined effects of the Wolf Smoke Marsh Ape's Spirit Transformation amplified the sense of imbalance between oneself and the world many times over. The instinctive urge was to wreak havoc to redefine one's situation, and there was no need to suppress it; one could release it to the fullest.

The same applies to anyone else.

However, the average person's experience is often smaller, so the feeling is not deep enough. After a period of time, they will naturally adjust and adapt.

The saying that power can lead people astray is probably based on the same principle.

A sense of imbalance arises, and one wants to rediscover one's place in the world, but in the process of destruction, one is unable to restrain oneself with morality and sinks into depravity.

Liang Qu thought to himself.

"When will you leave, Benefactor?"

"Get everything packed and set off before midnight."

The Old Monk nodded and took out two small wooden tokens from his sleeve.

The central figure of the short poem is a cross-legged miniature, its outline radiating soft golden light.

"If you encounter danger, breaking or crushing one of them will be enough to withstand several blows from that Snake Demon with your bare body."

Wow! There's such a good thing? Liang Qu was overjoyed, accepted the thumb-sized small token, and thanked him solemnly.

The Old Monk clasped his hands together in prayer.

"Let's just stay here and rent money."

After dinner, prepare some dry food for the journey.

The Water Beast traveled back and forth through the underground river, flocking to the dock to await orders on the Fuzhou-style boat.

The River Otter carried Fubo on their shoulders, and the beavers carried wooden boxes, one by one, as they carried them onto the boat.

"Fist, you're gone! I'll find you a better position when I get back!"

Their Fist bumped against each other, reluctantly bidding farewell to the cave.

The six months spent in the cave made it deeply attached to the cave, and its return would undoubtedly mean starting all over again.

There's nothing we can do about it.

There were obviously no good mines near Liang Qu's house; it was mostly clay, so this was a good opportunity to free up a space.

The once bustling pond quickly became much quieter.

Only Liang Qu remained.

He sat on the Old Toad's personal stone, circulating his internal energy to cleanse his Blood Qi and qi through his Thrusting Meridian, and quietly waited while breathing deeply.

The moon hangs on the branch.

After several busy days, the Dragonfolk peeked out and immediately saw Liang Qu sitting cross-legged on the giant rock.

"Grown ups?"

"Is the master waiting for us?"

"Yes." Liang Qu nodded. "I need to ask you some questions."

"If you have any questions, please ask. We brothers will answer them to the best of our knowledge!"

"About the Snake Demon in Fragrant Township County..."

Liang Qu was in no hurry to set off, as he was waiting specifically for the Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe brothers, hoping to gain a deeper understanding of the Snake Demon.

After all, the two of them had reminded each other once after the holiday.

Upon hearing the "Dragon Lord's " question, the two felt ashamed.

"The distance between Huaiyin Prefecture and Ping Yang County is quite far. We only met with Long Zijian once during the Spring Festival to learn about their situation. We haven't had any contact since then, and we don't know the specifics."

Liang Qu remained silent, but fortunately, he had been mentally prepared and was not too disappointed.

Long Pingjiang clasped his hands in a fist salute. "Sir, are you perhaps going to deal with the Snake Demon?"

After being reminded by his elder brother, Long Pinghe looked around and noticed that the usually bustling pond was much quieter, and the group of most active River Otter had disappeared.

"Yes, we'll set off today."

Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe were greatly alarmed.

Liang Qu broke through today and spent the whole afternoon concealing his aura. The two of them hadn't noticed yet and were quite alarmed.

"My lord, you mustn't! Now is the time to bide our time and conceal our abilities. Why provoke that Snake Demon?"

The fact that the Old Dragon Lord was able to reincarnate doesn't mean the new Dragon Lord can be the same!

What if things really go wrong? The Dragonfolk race will slowly perish in the Great Marsh! Liang Qu's gaze was deep. "I and that Snake Demon are bound to clash sooner or later, so I might as well take advantage of this incident to get ahead of the game."

Long Pingjiang was stunned. "I am foolish and do not understand what you mean by this, sir?"

"I ask you, what are the Demon Court Four Pillars that are distributed in the east, west, south, and north of the Great Marsh?"

"Naturally, it was the Southern Toad and the Northern Fish, the Western Tortoise Eastern Snake. After the True Dragon passed away, the Eastern Snake King transformed into a Jiao, leading his entire clan to move into the central Dragon Palace. Apart from the portion of the eastern waters he still held, he gave most of it to the Northern Fish and another unknown Great Demon."

"I have never seen what the so-called Northern Fish looks like, but..."

Liang Qu leaped onto the bank, flipped over a plank near the beaver family's wooden house, and pulled a piece of charcoal from the River Otter's grilled fish fire.

Roughly sketch the strange Dunkleosteus and was covered in plates, which had been slaughtered in Hua Zhu County, and then lift the wooden board.

"Does the Northern Fish look like this?"

Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe glanced at each other, then stared in disbelief.

"You've met him before, sir!?"

"Last year, when we were managing the floods in Hua Zhu County, we encountered one." Liang Qu put down the plank. "Last Xia Tian, I also killed a Snake Monster. This year, Snake Monster have appeared in Fragrant Township County, which has attracted Snake Demon."

Northern Fish come to the South Bank, and snakes and Great Monster Spirit creatures appear in the Shallow Water Area.

In fact...

"Are they all here to see me?"

The Long Pingjiang and the Long Pinghe remained silent.

Liang Qu is not stupid.

Back then, Toad told him to avoid going to the east and north, but he didn't explain why.

Liang Qu always kept this in mind, and after receiving the imperial edict on flood control, he was able to access many hidden secrets.

When Ran Zhongshi mentioned building a ship fleet last time, he said that the Northern Fish were powerful, which led to the higher share of the northern fleet. He gave a rough description of this.

Now, after verification by the Dragonfolk, it is indeed the strange fish that was once slaughtered in Hua Zhu County.

North and south are opposite each other.

What purpose could the strange fish have taken to travel such a long distance to reach this place? What purpose could so many Great Monster Spirit have in the Shallow Water Area? Not to mention that almost all the Snake Demon in the entire Great Marsh are under the command of the Flood Dragon!

Their goal in coming to the South Bank is actually very obvious.

Considering the great commotion the Flood Dragon had previously caused by summoning Great Demon, the Flood Dragon in the Great Marsh, like the Dragonfolk, had actually already taken action.

Liang Qu had not realized this until this year when all the events were connected.

Long Pingjiang's face was full of worry. "Since you knew, why did you go there on your own initiative? What if you let the Flood Dragon..."

"Because on the surface, the whole thing has nothing to do with me."

Liang Qu spoke calmly.

The Snake Demon's disturbance stemmed from a feud with the Zhang Clan and Li Family over the theft of their child, and it was in the wrong to start the conflict.

If the Snake Monster hadn't crashed into the fishpond, destroyed the large ship, and hadn't encountered the Abundant Martial Virtue Fragrant Township County, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.

But since things have escalated to this point, even if Liang Qu were to kill him, Flood Dragon wouldn't dare utter a sound. In fact, because of his connection with Da Shun, he was eager to distance himself from the situation.

I would never dare to venture into the Shallow Water Area to investigate!

Even when the true dragon was alive, the Jiang Huai Great Marsh still had to agree to three rules with the dynasty.

Let alone the fact that the Flood Dragon hasn't become a real dragon yet, even if it did, it wouldn't be in its place to boss people around.

The Flood Dragon, being a half-dragon, doesn't have the same exaggerated effects as a real dragon, but it's still incredibly nourishing! The several Martial Saint stationed in Southern Zhili wouldn't mind capturing a powerful tonic that had rashly washed Shang An, thus adding one or two more Martial Saint to their Lineage.

"In other words, Snake Demon dies at this critical moment, it would be a pointless death."

For a sufficiently vast land and a sufficiently large court.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat! As for the Flood Dragon, anything related to Da Shun...

Don't mess with them.