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The sun shines brightly for two days, making people feel dry and the water hot.

After 23 days at sea, as July turned into August, the fleet had a bountiful harvest and turned back for the official return journey.

The shadow of the mast was less than a person's length long, and dense, green fishing nets hung along the side of the boat, occasionally adorned with a few whitish fish scales, emitting an unpleasant fishy smell.

Looking back.

Those with high cultivation levels were relatively unaffected, but those with low cultivation levels were treated quite differently.

"Haha, Black Yinbin!"

"Don't be silly, is it really that dark?" Bai Yinbin was so frightened that he looked for a mirror everywhere.

"Just kidding, it's a little red, not black." Xiang Fangsu laughed heartily.

"There's only one Bing Fire Day a year, about twenty days in total." Ke Wenbin lay on the bench, looking listless. "We were lucky, we got plenty of sunshine."

"Fortunately, nothing bad happened. Several Great Monster Spirit passed by. I thought that on Bing Fire Day, when all things are restless, there would be a fierce battle, but they just passed by, as if they were looking for something." Bai Yinbin put down the bronze mirror and rubbed his chin. "Could there be some movement in the Jiang Huai Great Marsh that we don't know about?"

"Possibly."

"You guys are just bored, aren't you happy? No Great Monster Spirit, no Ghost Mother Sect, just two torrential rains, how great is that?"

Thinking about Shang An the day after tomorrow and escaping this sea of suffering, Ke Wenbin couldn't help but sing and hum a tune.

Liang Qu remained silent.

He probably knows the reason.

A vast, "legitimate" Deep Water Development Land recognized by the Dragon Palace is undoubtedly fatally attractive to small and medium-sized groups.

However, Liang Qu's mind was not on this at all.

Gaze at the sun.

"It's been twenty days."

The journey will last for twenty-three days, with the Bing Fire Day appearing on the third day. Today is the twentieth day.

Three Suns in the Sky, ten days a wisp of light...

After Xiang Fangsu and the others returned to the Ice Platform, Liang Qu lingered on the deck for a long time before leaving.

The shadow of the mast shrank to its apex, then slowly lengthened.

More and more birds flew across the sky, filling the orange-red sunset and transforming into black arcs.

Ze Cauldron remained completely silent.

In the evening, Liang Qu, who was eating by the window, felt somewhat melancholy; the grilled fish tasted bland.

"A Shui, if you're not going to eat the last piece of fish belly, I'll eat it." Xiang Fangsu picked up her chopsticks.

"You eat it."

Xiang Fangsu didn't stand on ceremony, spitting out the big thorns as she asked, "What's wrong today? You don't even have an appetite for Treasure Fish that costs over a hundred taels?"

Every day when fishing for Treasure Fish, several valuable "big fish" often swim in. It is rare to find one worth thousands of taels, but there are quite a few worth one or two hundred taels.

When fishing, losses are inevitable. Eating a few fish is no big deal, like a default "perk" when cleaning up a battlefield.

Ke Wenbin scoffed, "Could it be that you've been away from home for over twenty days and are already homesick?"

"It seems like A Shui has never traveled that far before," Bai Yinbin said.

"Nonsense! Didn't we go to Hua Zhu County for more than two months last year to manage the floods? You've already forgotten?"

"Oh, right, that's not quite the same. I'm busy with the Flood Calamity every day, so I don't have time to think about it. Plus, it's nearby." Bai Yinbin sighed as he spoke. "I haven't been back to see my old man for over a year."

"If you want to go back, just take a long leave. With Xu the Eldest in charge, what's there to be afraid of? Without your Wolf Smoke, we won't be able to resist the Ghost Mother Sect's attack any day now. Isn't A Shui going to Huang Province for a long leave in September or October?"

"Forget it, my older brother went to the border army and hasn't been back for four years. It would be a bit pretentious of me to just write letters. But it would be nice if my mother would surprise me one day and come to see me."

Bai Yinbin rested his chin on his hand, his gaze passing through the window to the Great Marsh, his thoughts churning inexplicably.

"Hey, don't be surprised, it's really possible. Once the Canal is completed, we can start from the Imperial Capital, go south downstream, then enter the Great Marsh, and take Treasure Ship. It will be much faster and safer than we were back then."

"You might see your mother the day after tomorrow when we reach the shore, and she'll bring us a bunch of delicious food," Ke Wenbin boldly guessed.

Bai Yinbin laughed heartily and took the initiative to change the subject.

"Fang Su, your cultivation is the highest among us. There was Heavenly Bridge when we came. When are you going to join the Hunting Tiger?"

"I'll try my best this year."

"???"

The three looked at each other in bewilderment.

"So soon? I haven't heard you mention it before?"

"Why bring it up if it's not broken? It's not too late to bring it up after it's broken," Xiang Fangsu matter-of-factly.

"Oh no, first Zhong Shi, Fang Su, how did things start getting intense?"

Xiang Fangsu picked out a small fish bone with her chopsticks and chuckled twice, "I already increased the intensity when you came, okay? Has the Third Bridge even been built yet?"

"Damn it, they set this up last year, are they just deliberately trying to cause trouble?"

"I said I didn't make it, and I left the fish head for you. Now that I've made it, I'll leave it to Hunting Tiger."

Xiang Fangsu moved swiftly, quickly grabbing the fish head, biting off the skull, and sucking out the fish brain.

Ke Wenbin: "?"

After dinner.

The afterglow of the setting sun.

The long table shimmered with a blood-red light, which then, in a fleeting moment, was covered by a layer of gloomy darkness.

Night fell.

[If one obtains a wisp of Red Qi and it merges with the Marsh Essence, a Spirit Fish will be born, which can Sublimation of Favor.]

Inside the Ze Cauldron, amidst the colors of sapphire blue, cyan gray, and crimson red, an additional long, crimson Long Qi appeared! The four streams circulated!

"Phew~"

The road took a turn for the better. Liang Qu breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back, looked up at the gradually brightening moon, stretched, and settled down with peace of mind.

The third Red Qi obtained so far!

After more than ten days of uncertainty, I was finally able to make a decision.

The Bing Fire) Three Suns in the Sky, then fades into a wisp every ten days.

Two days in the sky, twenty days a wisp of light.

A guaranteed minimum return every year! Awesome!!! Xiang Fangsu raised an eyebrow. "Hey, what's going on? You're breathing heavily and stretching, and your mood has improved again?"

Liang Qu smiled broadly, "I've figured some things out."

"I've figured some things out." Ke Wenbin's eyes narrowed with wariness. "Are you about to Sudden Enlightenment?"

No, not at all.

Liang Qu patted his stomach, his appetite was whetted. Seeing that the table was empty, he ordered two more servings of rice and ate heartily.

"Sudden Enlightenment is not a good thing." Before leaving the kitchen, Ke Wenbin earnestly warned, "You will miss out on a lot of the glory on the path of cultivation. That is the joy of reaping the harvest only after taking one step at a time and working hard."

Liang Qu nodded repeatedly, turned back to his cabin, and hurriedly closed the door, telling Awei to keep watch all around.

Without hesitation, 20,000 essences were immediately invested in Ze Cauldron.

A flash of light.

The cauldron Long Qi, and half of the essence was gone. In its place were two small red-eyed fish, swimming and intertwining!

[Consuming two Spirit Fish will Sublimation of Favor: Martial Dao Divinity Second Level]

Ascend! The patterns on the Ze Cauldron intertwine, and light bursts forth.

In a short while.

The sound of water filled my ears.

I opened my eyes, and a drop of water fell from high above, hitting my forehead, its chill penetrating to the bone.

The vastness of heaven and earth was overwhelming, and a sense of emptiness and desolation washed over me.

As before.

The surface of the fluorescent blue water shimmered, and two red-eyed fish swam around each other, their pupils as bright as the sun.

Their eyes met, and the fish leaped and crashed into the cauldron.

Liang Qu waited quietly.

Witnessing the ripples, one can sketch a magnificent scene.

Witnessing the heavens and earth rising to the same height, Divine General emerged from the cauldron's wall, connecting the Circumstellar Stars.

The Divine General general strode forward, and the entire sea of fire seemed to be cleaved in two by a divine spear, remaining there for a long time.

Until.

The unity of God and man.

Boom! The Blue Sea surged back, engulfing everything.

Ke Wenbin, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly sat up, his eyes wide open.

"He still says he hasn't had Sudden Enlightenment!"

"Ship-hewing!"

"Fang Su, wake up! Sink the boat immediately!"