Chapter 935: Xiang Liu

“Yao Ji, you haven’t… been corrupted by the Demonic Dao, have you?” Li Qi suddenly asked Yao Ji.

Because, after much thought, he could only come up with this possibility.

To find a powerful figure to supervise Yao Ji, with Haotian’s status, he could easily choose a Second Grade, raising his hand would bring a pile of people.

Therefore, Li Qi was certainly not chosen because of his status and strength.

So, what was the characteristic that allowed Li Qi to enter the First Grade’s sight?

Undoubtedly, it was the nature of ‘Heavenly Demons absolutely not interfering’.

Heavenly Demons would not interfere with Li Qi’s actions, so using Li Qi’s actions was very safe on the Demonic Dao’s side.

Therefore, the inference Li Qi made was…

Pushing Yao Ji to his side was actually using this nature, hoping that Heavenly Demons would not cause trouble for Yao Ji.

Li Qi made his guess based on this.

Perhaps… Yao Ji had once been corrupted by the Demonic Dao, and this might even be the reason for her Reincarnation and re-cultivation?

“Yes, I was corrupted by the Demonic Dao.” Yao Ji half-lay on the stone bed, lazily eating Medicinal Pills, without any hint of avoidance, as if this was not a big deal to her.

However, she still waved her hand and unfurled some Dao Resonance.

As the Dao Resonance existing in Yao Ji’s main body, a part of it was revealed.

This thing was very incomplete, almost unable to see the information it originally contained, and it could be seen that the loss caused by Yao Ji’s ‘re-cultivation’ was very great; she had almost completely lost the memory and understanding related to these matters.

If the Yao Ji before re-cultivation and the current Yao Ji were both taken out, then both sides probably would not think that the other was themselves; this was the drawback of re-cultivation.

If re-cultivation retained all your own characteristics, then… you would simply have changed bodies, and it would not count as re-cultivation at all.

Therefore, one must discard, for example, discarding all ‘belonging to oneself’ parts, burying all things like Dao Foundation, finding a place to bury them.

What ultimately remained was the most important and most streamlined part that the Great Power believed to be their own, which was then cast into Reincarnation.

Li Qi read some basic information from it, but it was still very chaotic.

After organizing it, he found that it recorded—

Yao Ji, the Dao of Huifeng Blending All Views Refining Spirit and Flying Transformation, at the time Emperor Yu was controlling the waters, residing under Shaman God Mountain.

A Great Wind suddenly arrived, cliffs shook and valleys collapsed uncontrollably. Thus, encountering Yao Ji, he bowed and sought help.

Yao Ji immediately commanded her maidservants to bestow upon Yu the technique of summoning ghosts and gods, and then ordered her gods Kuangzhang, Yuyu, Huangmo, Dayi, Gengchen, Tonglu, etc., to assist Yu in cutting stones and clearing waves, breaking blockages and guiding dangers, to follow their flow.

Very brief information, nothing else could be read, presumably Yao Ji herself only knew these things.

However, this made Li Qi’s brows furrow even tighter.

Yao Ji once helped Emperor Yu control the waters, and the Spiritual Artifact for Emperor Yu’s water control, as is well known, was stored in the East Sea, and was finally taken away by the Golden Monkey.

And later, as far as Li Qi knew, the Golden Monkey, for some unknown reason, wanted to shatter the Desire Realm, but at the moment it was about to shatter it, it was Sealed by the Heavenly Demon and suppressed under his own Divine Treasure Iron; this strike had been unable to be swung for a long time.

Finally, due to Li Qi’s arrival, the Golden Monkey broke the Seal and swung that long-stagnant strike, shattering the Desire Realm, and at the same time ignited the prelude to the First Grade Great War, directly leading to the reshaping of the Universe, and the Human-Shaman War and Human-Dragon War entering a new chapter.

At the same time, the Demon of Death was resurrected… Dipamkara Buddha blocked the Demon of Death in the past, preventing him from interfering with the present, the Universe was also reshaped nineteen times, the conflict between Taiyi and Huanglong erupted, Haotian was forced to act, and then sent Yao Ji to Li Qi.

Ah… my head hurts so much.

Li Qi only felt another pile of things weighing on his head; even though he was already Third Grade, he couldn’t pursue it further, there were too many possibilities and too many entanglements, making it impossible for him to start.

Then, can he only trust Shamansan?

Li Qi glanced at the ‘Desire Realm Tinder’ in his hand; this thing might be able to develop into a brand new Desire Realm, it just needed some fuel.

“Hmmph? So, is there anything else you want to ask?” Yao Ji sat up, eating Medicinal Pills like popcorn, while asking Li Qi.

“Nothing, asking more is useless, you probably don’t know anything else.” Li Qi shook his head: “By the way, what is the relationship between the ancient Emperors and the Heavenly Emperor? You helped Emperor Yu before, but Emperor Yu stood on the side of Mortals, right? Why do you now oppose the existence of Mortals?”

Hearing this question, Yao Ji said indifferently: “What relationship? That’s complicated, but generally it can be divided into two sides, one side supports all the Heavenly Emperor’s decisions, and the other is similar to me.”

“However, why did I help Emperor Yu back then? Hehe, I can only say that I regret it now, I shouldn’t have had sympathy for Mortals back then.”

Yao Ji said this, but she still seemed to have no emotional fluctuations, as if she was talking about someone else’s business.

“Sympathy? Well, then you stay by my side. Heavenly Demons won’t interfere with me, and they are basically forbidden from actively contacting me. It’s safer to be by my side.” Li Qi nodded and said.

“Anyway, the Heavenly Emperor said to let me follow you, so whatever you say, it is.” Yao Ji had no objection, she found another place to lie down.

However, although her behavior seemed to have no rules and was extremely casual, if her words were disregarded and only her actions were observed…

Then, it would be found that Yao Ji, in her sitting, lying, walking, and moving, carried a natural demeanor; her mindset was casual, but her movements were not casual at all, appearing very noble and elegant, as if she was not idly eating snacks, but rather in a palace, preparing for a grand ceremony, performing solemn etiquette training.

This demeanor seemed to be engraved in her bones, which directly led to the easy misconception that Yao Ji was a very easy-going person if one did not delve deeper.

After all, people with good manners always appear easy to get along with.

The so-called ‘etiquette’ is actually something meant to show one’s elegance and lack of hostility.

Li Qi shook his head.

Yao Ji’s posture had deceived him before.

He cast these thoughts aside and then walked out of the Mystic Radiance Mountain Immortal Cave.

Currently, Li Qi had nothing else to do; Shamansan didn’t need him to continue fighting. What he needed to do was maintain his combat power, so that after the Human Dao made a move against him, he could immediately join Shamansan’s grand plan.

At this time, there was indeed nothing to do but enjoy the scenery outside Mystic Radiance Mountain.

Li Qi walked outside Mystic Radiance Mountain. As the location of his Immortal Cave, Mystic Radiance Mountain had always developed very well.

Niu Huang was very good at being a Mountain God; Li Qi hadn’t misjudged him back then. Now, Niu Huang, who was already Sixth Grade, was still diligently maintaining the geomancy of this mountain.

Li Qi walked through the mountains, found a stream, and sat on a rock by the river.

Although it was called a stream, since it was located within Shaman God Mountain, it was actually more than a li wide and about five hundred li long, just a small river surrounding Mystic Radiance Mountain.

He sat by the river, casually plucked a branch from nearby, tied a thin string to it, and began to fish.

Speaking of fishing, this was actually an old hobby of Li Qi’s.

Li Qi had three hobbies: reading, eating, and fishing.

Reading was something he had always done; finding something to read daily had almost become Li Qi’s instinct.

However, eating and fishing, his two hobbies, had not been done for a long time.

Too busy, no time.

Thinking this, Li Qi cast the branch into the river.

He recalled that when he was Fourth Grade, fishing involved carrying Spiritual Artifacts and fishing in giant stellar rivers. At that time, swinging his hand to pull the line, shaking the long rod, dropping a silver hook, and casting a golden pellet, the things he caught included suspended Kun and Ni, and hooked Phoenix-Dragons. When they took the bait, the vibrations would shake the clouds for light-years away, and the ripples would be visible from afar. Fishing was so grand that it could be seen from several light-years away.

But now that he was Third Grade, wanting to fish for a taste, he was at his doorstep, picking up a branch to catch small white fish, the kind Mortals wouldn’t even bother with.

However, isn’t this also quite good?

Li Qi sat leisurely by the river. He was night fishing; it was evening now, and the surroundings were pitch black, but the moonlight in the sky was still visible.

Therefore, one could see various insects chirping incessantly in the dense grass, on the branches of trees, and in the shadows of leaves.

All sorts of sounds, accompanied by the sound of water, rose and fell, different sounds interwoven and mixed together, yet they were not noisy, but instead gave a feeling of ‘stillness’.

It was indeed strange; although the surroundings were filled with the sounds of insects and lapping water, being in it, one only felt utter silence.

The myriad sounds paused at times, overlapped at others, as if in telepathic harmony, making the night even more beautiful.

This must be a form of harmony.

However, just at this moment, another voice came.

“Fishing rod, fisherman in tree shade, good mountains, good waters, ten thousand times over.”

“Chasing fame and fortune everywhere under heaven, weary traveler at the end of the world awaits his homeland.”

“Li Qi, why do you look like you’re about to die now? Didn’t you get promoted and make a fortune? Why aren’t you as spirited as when I first saw you?” An old man said this, holding an exquisite fishing rod, and with a flick of the rod, the hook leaped dozens of li away.

Fragrant silk fills the reel, obscuring the view, the fishing line stretches ten thousand zhang, alone by the flow.

What a brilliant technique.

“Ah, Shen Yijun, you’ve come at a good time. Fishing alone is always a bit lacking, come sit here.” Li Qi patted the stone next to him.

The person who came was none other than the old man who had introduced Li Qi to fishing, the Shen Yijun.

So many years had passed, and he was still Fifth Grade, but his cultivation was much more stable.

It made sense, many Fifth Grades would stay at this rank for millions of years, as breaking through to Fourth Grade was not that simple; more likely, they would never break through in this lifetime.

However, why would he appear here?

Li Qi could have ‘pinched his fingers’ and followed the Karma line to figure out everything about the other party, but there was no need for that; he wasn’t a peeping tom.

“I won’t go over there, you’re a big shot now, sitting next to you makes me feel uneasy.” Shen Yijun laughed.

As he spoke, he had already hooked a big fish of forty to fifty catties and pulled it directly out of the water.

“Hey, hey, hey, cheating? Why don’t you just net them or drain the water?” Li Qi couldn’t sit still and immediately reprimanded him.

Fishing is about the state of mind; regardless of the size of the fish, it must be appropriate for the fish’s level.

You just come up and electrocute the fish by draining the water, that’s not being a Martial Artist.

“If you have a fishing rod but don’t use it, and use a branch instead, how can you fish?” Shen Yijun refused, one man, one rod, one hook, and he even put down bait. With his bait level, the fish production of this river would triple in the future, and every single Fish King would be upgraded by one Grade, perhaps even transforming into human form.

Once the bait was laid, he would certainly fish with all his might.

This made it so that Li Qi’s branch caught not a single fish; they all went towards Shen Yijun’s hook.

Li Qi was helpless and had to put away his branch.

However, the branch was not dead; he casually stuck it into the ground.

Presumably, a tall tree would grow here a hundred years later.

Li Qi took a step and came to the side of the Shen Yijun, who was constantly catching fish, and said: “Why did you suddenly come to me?”

He knew that the Shen Yijun had been working in the guild all these years.

Li Qi’s guild was still operating, but it was no longer very important to Li Qi now; most of the guild’s profits were handed over to Mount Luofu and the guild’s internal operations.

Li Qi was actually too lazy to manage it; he basically treated the guild as if it didn’t exist.

The Shen Yijun, while reeling in his catch, said: “I heard, Li Qi, you’ve become successful now. Even my Old Ancestor has heard your name and asked me to bring you a message.”

The Shen Yijun’s Old Ancestor?

Li Qi did know that this old man, the Shen Yijun, had his surname from ‘Divine’, indicating that he was a direct descendant of a Heavenly God.

However, the descendant of a Heavenly God is not necessarily a Heavenly God, and may not necessarily follow the Divine Dao. He himself was a Martial Artist and seemed to have no relation to the Divine Dao.

At this moment, his Old Ancestor suddenly appeared, asking the Shen Yijun to bring a message.

Something was fishy.

“Oh, that, then who is your Old Ancestor?” Li Qi asked.

“My Old Ancestor, what was his name? Oh, he’s called Xiangliu.” Shen Yijun said.

“Xiangliu? Wait, Gonggong’s subordinate? The Di Qi (Earthly Qi) Xiangliu? No wonder, you used to hunt Dragons all day, Body Tempering with Dragon blood and Dragon souls, is it because you are of Xiangliu’s Bloodline?” Li Qi realized the connection.

When the Shen Yijun first met Li Qi, he was on his way to hunt Dragons, and his Inner World was filled with various Dragon souls and Dragon blood. (See Chapter 455 for details)

And Xiangliu was a fierce god from ancient times, a subordinate of Gonggong, and had a great grudge against True Dragons.

Gonggong ordered Xiangliu to cause floods and swamps to destroy Mortals.

Then, Emperor Yu had the Fire God Boyi light the Great Fire to dry up the swamps, and also had Ying Long lead the Dragons to defeat and Seal Xiangliu.

As Xiangliu’s Bloodline… it was only natural for the Shen Yijun to hunt Dragons.

“So, Xiangliu found you now and wants you to convey a message to me? What did he say?” Li Qi asked.

“My Old Ancestor said that he can help you with the Human-Shaman War, but you need to help him unseal.” Shen Yijun replied.

Help Xiangliu unseal?

Wait, Xiangliu doesn’t seem to be on the side of Mortals.