Chapter 196 Success
A good start.
The "strong" that Ah Fei found is very powerful and perfectly fits the fantasy of ordinary people, leaving no room for doubt.
Liang Qu led the four beasts out of the red beast's range.
"No hurry, go check out the other three you found first."
The fat catfish and his friends found a total of four water beasts that met the three requirements.
Two are “strong”, one is “cute”, and one is “fat”, just waiting for Liang Qu to make the final decision.
Let’s check out the other three first.
From the fat catfish's behavior, we can see that its understanding of the meanings of the three words is slightly biased.
This is normal. For example, what is blue? If a person is taught from childhood that the color of the sky is "yellow", then he will think that the color of the sky is "yellow".
It's not color blindness, it's not mental disorder, it's just cognition.
Of course, it is not necessarily a cognitive problem, it may simply be because the fat catfish is too narcissistic.
Liang Qu clearly made strong references to three words: strong as in unable to move, cute as in round head, and fat as in a fat catfish, but he insisted on referring to fat as strong.
You can’t wake up a fish that’s pretending to be asleep.
As for the red beast, it won’t be too late to capture it after he has finally made up his mind. Maybe there will be a better one.
Beasts have their own territory, commonly known as their comfort zone. Not only beasts, but humans are the same.
Ordinary people will not easily leave their hometown unless another region can bring greater development potential and more opportunities.
Once it finds it, it won't run away.
After leaving the red beast’s territory, Liang Qu looked at the remaining three beasts one after another.
The second one was a pure white, long-haired water beast with long, flowing hair. It swam like a ball of hair. It had four claws and two half-protruding eyes. It was eating grass when it was found.
It does have some similarities with a sheep, which fits the definition of "cute", and its aura is at the peak of the level of goblins, but not quite at the level of a big goblin.
Liang Qu stroked the forehead of Yuantou to show encouragement, saying that in terms of intelligence and self-awareness, he was still as smart as the Yangtze River dolphin.
The third one is still "strong".
It is shaped like a fish, covered with fine scales and has a thick body. At first glance, it does look very powerful, but it has a skeletal mask on its face, which fits closely and covers its face, making it look like a human face.
It is more terrifying than strong. Although people may not say anything about it, they will feel uncomfortable in their hearts if it is used as a sacrifice.
If a big monster passes through and kills people this year, we might have to think about the river god sacrifice.
After making a comparison, Liang Qu crossed out the skeletal fish. No matter in appearance or strength, it was not as good as the red beast at the beginning.
Finally, it was Fatty’s turn to be the fourth one.
On the way, the fat catfish looked listless and fell behind the team.
Apparently, it knew what the fourth water beast looked like, and for a moment it had trouble accepting its own classification.
The fourth fish was discovered by Quantui, who led the way. When the fish entered Liangqu's perception, he was slightly stunned.
goldfish?
The fourth fish resembles a species of goldfish called "Ranchu".
Its head is red, its body is white, its tail is flowing, and its scales are sparkling, like a flowing rainbow.
The key point is that it has a big belly and a bulge on its head, making it look very "fat", like an old centenarian.
Its aura is at an intermediate level among the monsters, not very strong. Any one of Liang Qu's monsters can step forward and knock it down.
If it is allowed, the stronger the sacrifice, the better. However, the fish in front of me fits the image too well. At first glance, I feel that it is a blessed fish.
Liang Qu made the decision immediately.
"That's it. Now we have all three of them."
There are less than ten days left before the River God Festival, and he is too lazy to look for other options, so he will catch them all today to avoid any accidents.
It can be said that the three beasts found by the four water beasts are more in line with the meaning of three than the traditional cattle, sheep and pigs.
Even if a big monster passed by the river the next day, the fishermen would think that the river god was so happy that he came, and they gave Liangqu a thumbs up.
"Go borrow two nets first."
Liang Qu climbed onto the barge, and while it was taking up the anchor, the moisture on his trousers gradually dried up, and he turned around and headed for Pingyang County.
When we got there, the last bit of moisture on our pants was washed away by the sun.
He put on his coat, jumped onto the deck, and stopped a soldier on the deck.
"Is Lord Ran here?" Ran Zhongshi is in charge of supplies on weekdays, so it would be right to ask him if he wants to borrow something.
"Yes, just..."
The soldier looked up and pointed to the fourth floor. Before he could explain clearly, Ran Zhongshi had already opened the door and walked to the side.
He put his hands on the railing and shouted down.
"What's the hurry?"
"Come to borrow something."
Ran Zhongshi waved his hand, and Liang Qu jumped over the edge of the boat and landed on the fourth floor.
"What to borrow?"
"Three fishing nets, one that can catch a big monster, and the other two that can catch ordinary monsters, about the same size as a finless porpoise of the same level."
Liang Qu knew that there must be something inside the Heboso, otherwise it would not live up to its name.
Ran Zhongshi raised his eyebrows: "Yes, there is, but it's a big monster? You?"
Liang Qu said without hesitation: "I know what's going on."
Ran Zhongshi nodded, and he took Liang Qu to the compartment, turned the lock, and pushed the door open.
He counted the grids one by one, pulled out a large net from the third drawer, and took out two nets from the fourth grid.
There were three in total, which were handed to Liang Qu.
Liang Qu touched the net and found it very flexible, especially the largest one. Under the light golden silk, one could see a twisted metal wire, which was very sharp. If there was a monster struggling inside, it would definitely not feel good.
"Three. The big one is made of diamond spider silk mixed with lapis lazuli, and the two smaller ones are made of only diamond spider silk. If you rent all three together, it's 130 taels a day. I'll give you a deduction, so it's a full 100."
"This is not good."
Liang Qu had never seen such a rounding off, and the cost of a network was immediately deducted.
"No one has come to borrow the internet in the past two days, so use it. A few broken lines are not a problem. Just don't make holes. You will have to pay for holes, and that will be expensive."
"Thank you, Brother Ran. I only need to borrow it for one day."
Liang Qu bowed, went out with Ran Zhongshi to register, and couldn't wait to pay and leave.
Ran Zhongshi looked at Liang Qu's back and shook his head.
"Youth means vigor."
When going into the water again, Liangqu went straight for the weakest "Feishuo", starting with the easy ones and then moving on to the difficult ones to avoid any accidents.
"Ranchu" swam freely in the water plants, completely unaware of the danger coming.
Liang Qu had no intention of engaging in a battle of wits or courage against a water beast that had only the strength of an ordinary goblin and did not seem to be an expert at using poison.
Water prison, Awei injected poison, a set of silky combos, and took him away with a net.
The poison spread, and "Ran Shou" lay in the fishing net in a daze, not even understanding what was happening.
After tying the net, Liang Qu did not let Awei detoxify. Instead, he asked Awei to control the toxin content when injecting the poison to ensure that "Lanshou" would only faint but not die.
The monster has strong vitality and is half-dizzy, so there is no problem for it to survive until the River God Festival.
It is best to kill the sacrifice freshly, for the freshness of it.
Next up is “cute”.
It was still not too difficult, but it was quite difficult to control. Before the Awei poison could fully take effect, it started struggling in the net. Roundhead got angry and hit it with his head. The long-haired water beast's eyes turned white and it fainted.
"Good guy."
Liang Qu stared at the round head, slightly surprised.
The Incapable and the Fat Catfish both have their own innate skills, and the Fist and Round Head naturally have them as well.
The ability of the fist is to harden, and the defense of the shell is doubled. The color of the shell becomes significantly darker when used.
Roundhead charged forward quickly, and his short-distance speed was almost the same as his water leap. Unexpectedly, the effect would be so good.
Only the "Red Beast" is left, and it is the strongest and needs to be taken seriously.
Liang Qu tied the net and took the two beasts back to the lotus root waters first, asking the old giant clam to look after them. He then brought the big net and came to the territory of the "red beast".
As luck would have it, the "Red Beast" was actually awake.
(End of this chapter)
