Soaring Water Riding Waves, Expanding into a Grand Courtyard!
The water surged, squeezed, and lifted.
Liang Qu stood swaying precariously on the water's surface.
Saying he stood on the water isn't quite accurate; he wasn't Water Movement with his feet on the surface. Rather, the water reached his thighs and then stopped sinking, with his entire upper body floating on the surface.
Even so, it was enough to make Liang Qu happy.
Even before Marsh Spirit advanced to the next level, he was already able to perform a rudimentary Soaring Water Riding Waves.
He kept controlling the water flow and adjusting the direction little by little, and soon he was able to float steadily on the surface of the water and began to glide forward, backward, left and right.
The river wind was strong, Liang Qu's robes clung tightly to his body, truly embodying a sense of righteousness and a thousand miles of exhilarating wind!
"Wuhu, take off!"
Surfing without a skateboard! Liang Qu had never experienced the feeling of flying, but he felt almost like he was flying in the sky now.
Aren't they all fluids, free and unrestrained?
Aside from the fact that squeezing Water Control consumes a lot of physical strength, there are no other problems! As his underwater abilities become stronger in the future, coupled with the mobility of Water Leap, and the blessing of the Spirit Artifact Fubo, he generally doesn't need to be afraid of Spirit Monster, and if he can't beat them, he can escape.
Furthermore, the two beasts are only a few essences away from evolving, and then they can go to the outer edge of the Deep Water Area to explore, where there are truly many good things.
Ancient battlefield ruins, shipwrecks, various Spirit Plant, Treasure Fish, and minerals—these must be of considerable value.
The real underwater exploration has begun! The current Shallow Water Area are just the tip of the iceberg.
Splash! A Big Grass Carp weighing over ten pounds suddenly leaped out of the water and slammed hard into Liang Qu's belly.
Liang Qu groaned and collapsed into the water, clutching his stomach.
What the hell? How come grass carp suddenly flew out?
Grass carp look like torpedoes. Fishermen say that a 20-pound grass carp can break a person's ribs.
Liang Qu wasn't seriously injured, but he was caught off guard and hit in the stomach, like he'd been punched, causing him to lose his breath.
He resurfaced, but when he tried to catch the grass carp again, it had already escaped.
They run pretty fast.
After receiving the blessing, Liang Qu's rough perception range expanded to twenty meters, and his detailed perception circle was also ten meters. He was only down for three or four seconds when a grass carp managed to escape.
Hateful!
Liang Qu rubbed his stomach, returned to the boat in frustration, and seeing that he couldn't catch it, he had no choice but to give up and rowed towards Shang Rao Wharf.
Strictly speaking, he wasn't lying to his senior brother; he genuinely wanted to go back and see what the house Chen Zhaoan had mentioned was actually like.
Shang Rao Wharf.
Lin Songbao leaned back in his recliner, squinting as he listlessly basked in the sun, trying to ward off the winter chill.
Every afternoon, the fishermen are either out on their boats and haven't returned, or they've gone out at night and are still sleeping. It's the time of day with the least work and the most leisurely time.
"Song Bao!"
A shout startled Lin Songbao from his drowsiness. He sat up and saw Liang Qu approaching by boat in the distance.
"Water Bro?! You went fishing?"
"No, I just came back from the Martial Arts School. The incident with the Mountain Ghost has made me afraid to travel by land."
Liang Qu moored the boat on the shore, packed his things, slung a long wooden box over his shoulder, and strode Shang An.
Since word got out that he had become Master Yang's disciple, he no longer needed to pay berthing fees when he stopped his boat at Shang Rao Wharf.
I should go to Pingyang Wharf sometime and maybe I can save four coins a day.
"Has anything happened these past two days?"
"What could possibly happen? There are two Martial Artist, one at the third level Second Barrier, carrying bows and swords. They came over the morning after you left and stayed in the house arranged by the township."
Those Village Elder praise you every day for your talent and for not forgetting your fellow villagers. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were their grandson. If I go and inform them now, they'll definitely come over with drums and gongs to welcome you."
"Then let's forget about it."
"What's that long thing behind you?"
Liang Qu's expression shifted slightly, but he casually put down the long wooden box. "It's nothing, just a long spear, a gift from my senior brother."
"My goodness, what a beautiful gun!"
Lin Songbao's eyes showed admiration. He had never seen such a beautiful weapon before. It was just as beautiful and majestic as the storyteller had described!
Liang Qu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with an eyebrow, "Right? I think so too. I call it Fubo."
"Fubo? What a beautiful name! It's so pretty, can I touch it?"
"Feel free to touch me, no problem."
A quarter of an hour vanished inexplicably, and Liang Qu had no idea why.
"Alright, I have to go now. I came back today to look at houses."
"I've been there. They've hired experienced workers, so it's been quite fast. The framework is already built, and Village Elder come to supervise every day. There shouldn't be any problems."
Liang Qu was slightly agitated by what he was being told. After upgrading his ships from muskets to cannons, was he finally going to upgrade his house too? Life was really getting better and better.
Liang Qu headed straight for his earthen house, but halfway there he took a shortcut to avoid the villagers who kept greeting him.
When he got home, he was shocked.
The first thing you see is a half-built blue brick wall, through which you can clearly see the interior of the courtyard.
The crossroads were paved with large stone bricks, replacing the original Yellow Mud Ground. The left and right sides led to the West Wing, and the beams and pillars had been erected, giving them their outlines.
At the far end of the crossroads lies the main house. The purlins connecting the main structure and securing the gable walls are already in place, and the main construction and the installation of the main beams will begin soon.
Where the hell is this? Why is there such a big courtyard? Is this my house? Liang Qu looked around and only dared to confirm when he saw Uncle Chen's courtyard.
It really is his house!
Looking at the half-built screen wall inside the gate, Liang Qu couldn't help but wonder Master the craftsman was building a two-courtyard house.
"Entering the courtyard" means that you are in the courtyard as soon as you enter the gate, which is the most common type of courtyard house.
The "second courtyard" is a small courtyard at the entrance. After walking a few steps forward, you will see another gate. The main courtyard is larger in scale and is usually arranged this way by wealthy families.
The saying "never stepping out of the front door or the second door" refers to this.
Screen walls are typically found only in courtyards with two main courtyards. They are isolated walls erected in the middle of the courtyard to block the view of passersby and ensure privacy.
As for the "three-courtyard complex," it naturally refers to three gates and three courtyards, plus an additional back courtyard, mainly for the use of the female members of the family. There are also larger versions of four or five courtyards.
The Yang Residence consists of four courtyards, with an additional large courtyard next to it featuring a lakeside pavilion. It's easy to get lost without someone to guide you.
That's an exaggeration.
Liang Qu thought he was just expanding the house, but he didn't expect that not only would he have built a courtyard house, but it would also be a two-courtyard house! A rough count showed that there were more than twenty strong laborers working for him inside, sawing timber, laying blue bricks, and joining mortise and tenon joints.
The craftsmen inside, who were helping to hold up the ladder, noticed Liang Qu's arrival and quickly called over several strong men to come forward and greet him.
"Master Liang, please take a look and see if it suits your taste and if there's anything wrong with it. Don't worry, we haven't touched your original mud house at all; it's perfectly intact! It's just that some villagers brought rice and flour these past two days to thank you for saving my life, and I was worried that leaving it outside in the rain would spoil, so I went inside to check on it!"