Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 326 - 222: Wave Creation, Snot, and Pupil Skill
This was Chen Ku’s seat.
When Chen Ku entered, the Store Manager Qin Sifan gestured for Chen Ku to sit down and said:
"According to some information from inside the city, Li Yutang and several leaders of the Fish and Dragon Association showed up yesterday at a ’Leather Shop’ under the association in the city. We need to hold a meeting to discuss and hear everyone’s thoughts on what to do?"
Listening to this news, Chen Ku pondered and said, "Since the hall wiped out the Firewood Iron Shop, the Fish and Dragon Association has known it can’t compete and, coupled with their previous loss of high-level members like Li Chongguang and Ma Mingfeng, their strength has greatly diminished, causing them to retreat and even stop doing business, withdrawing largely from Baojiao City. This led to the fur and fish business in the city suddenly being leaderless, making people think the Fish and Dragon Association was virtually extinct. At this time, showing up again, do they want to compete with us?"
"The Fish and Dragon Association’s temporary withdrawal was to avoid our edge, a wise move indeed." Kou Ming said, "Li Yutang’s strategy of retreat to advance preserved much of their strength. This can be seen from the fact that even though we annexed the Twin Rivers Guild, we still couldn’t take over many businesses at the Longjiang Crossing. Those people, although temporarily submitting due to our current might, are merely pretending to cooperate while holding resentment. I guess they’re waiting for an opportunity. As soon as Li Yutang is ready for a counterattack, they will turn against us immediately."
"As long as we don’t take down the Fish and Dragon Association, we can’t get the business on the crossing side."
Cao Shouxiong said:
"Li Yutang’s appearance this time is an opportunity, just right for us to crush this rival once and for all, stepping on their reputation to unify Baojiao County."
The last time the Medicine King Hall was unprepared, yet they managed to annihilate the Firewood Iron Shop in one fell swoop.
Now, there are two top masters of the Five Realms within the hall.
Yang Luochen and his disciple, the old and the young, can sweep through any county just by showing up.
However, Chen Ku frowned slightly, saying:
"Things might not be so simple, right?"
"Junior Brother Chen has a point."
Kou Ming nodded, saying:
"Li Yutang being able to decide to retreat to advance back then must have prepared well now before showing up. I think it’s a trap. We know nothing about what Li Yutang and the Fish and Dragon Association are relying on behind the scenes. Rushing it may lead to problems."
"Chen Ku, what do you think?" Qin Sifan looked at Chen Ku.
Everyone looked at Chen Ku.
This already symbolized Chen Ku as having a significant say.
Chen Ku thought for a moment and said, "I think we should investigate first and figure out Li Yutang’s details, avoiding unprepared battles..."
Although he had always believed in striking first, this time instinctively felt like a trap, something was wrong.
"Then send out most of the hands to investigate first."
...
After dispersing the meeting, Chen Ku felt that he would be more efficient handling this matter personally.
"Hundred Li Tracking Technique!"
He followed Li Yutang’s scent, using the Hundred Li Tracking Technique.
The result was.
"Not in the county again?"
This finding further confirmed his suspicion that something was off with the Fish and Dragon Association.
He immediately summoned many mice and sparrows, even dispatching a small bee, keeping watch over the Fish and Dragon Association’s side, reporting back with any discoveries.
Thus, a day passed.
There was no movement yet from the Fish and Dragon Association’s side, as if the news of Li Yutang’s reappearance was just a feint, with no one knowing where he went again.
But Chen Ku received a reminder from the Grey Clothes Tower.
Money can make the devil turn millstones.
Two million taels of silver spent, and within two or three days, there was already news.
Arriving at the Grey Clothes Tower.
"Congratulations, sir, the bounty we posted for you in Qiu Dragon Mansion City has returned with news today, having delivered three kinds of demons you needed to the Grey Clothes Tower: a Five Realms ’Luo Fish’, a Fourth Realm peak ’Water Filth Snake’, and a Fourth Realm ’Double Pupils Bird’.
The Grey Clothes Shopkeeper said:
"These three demons cost you a total of eight hundred thousand taels of silver, and they are currently being prepared to be sent to Baojiao County, but due to the long distance, it will take at least three days for them to arrive."
"Three days? No need, just tell me the location of the Grey Clothes Tower in Qiu Dragon Mansion, write me a slip, and I’ll pick it up myself."
Chen Ku calculated that his Four Unlikes would need about a day to fetch the items back.
"Self-pickup? It’s not impossible."
Immediately, the Grey Clothes Shopkeeper wrote a slip and handed it to Chen Ku.
Chen Ku took the slip and went out, turned around, and reached outside the city, releasing Er Lang and the Four Unlikes, handing them the Storage Bag, saying: "Please take this journey."
Er Lang accepted the order, riding the Four Unlikes, heading towards Qiu Dragon Mansion City.
Chen Ku returned to the city.
Meanwhile, also recalling the origins and talents of the three Strange Beasts he purchased.
Luo Fish, said to originate from the oceanic water territory of Qiu Dragon, growing a fish body with bird wings, entirely gold-red, usually no more than a foot long but capable of creating huge waves, its tail flick can overturn large ships.
Water Filth Snake, only about a meter long, grows in the mountains, rumored to possess a demon art called ’Snot’, able to expel a mist from its mouth and nose that can temporarily knock a person’s soul out of their body, even cause it to dissipate temporarily.
Thus, recorded in the "Qiu Dragon Demon Record", if people encounter such a snake, they end up becoming vegetative people, the living dead, their souls knocked out of their bodies.
As for the Double Pupils Bird, it’s said to be a magical bird with double pupils, possessing an innate ’Pupil Skill’, with the specifics varying based on bloodline and cultivation level, ’Photographic Memory’ is just the basic capability of this skill. Alongside bloodline and cultivation advancement, other abilities manifest, such as seeing through actions, penetrating illusions, even seeing Yin Yang, and ghost and god vision abilities.
In a day’s time.
Er Lang and the Four Unlikes returned with the three demonic Strange Beasts.
Chen Ku arrived at the small courtyard outside the city.
Looking at these three not very large demonic creatures, he swiftly dealt with them.
[Diagram Master slayed the Double Pupils Bird, obtained a Fourth Realm Evil Qi]
[Diagram Master slayed the Water Filth Snake, obtained a Fourth Realm Evil Qi]
[Diagram Master slayed the Luo Fish, obtained a Fifth Realm Evil Qi]
Immediately, Chen Ku dismantled the Fire Beak Pot, Er Lang, and Iron Armor Rhinoceros, hanging these three Evil Qis on the Transformation Diagram.
[Double Pupils Bird Transformation!]
[Double Pupils Bird, Fourth Realm Demon, contains one in a million Golden-winged Great Roc’s bloodline]
...
[Water Filth Snake Transformation!]
[Water Filth Snake, Fourth Realm Demon, contains one in a billion Zhu Yin bloodline]
...
[Luo Fish Transformation!]
[Luo Fish, Fifth Realm Demon, contains one in eighty thousand Merfolk bloodline]
...
[Consumes forty-five Fourth Realm Evil Qis... achieved Double Pupils Bird Transformation·Transformation]
[Consumes forty-five Fourth Realm Evil Qis... achieved Water Filth Snake Transformation·Transformation]
...
[Consumes nine Fifth Realm Evil Qis... achieved Luo Fish Transformation·Transformation]
His total Fifth Realm Evil Qis were only a bit over ten, enough to elevate the Luo Fish to the Transformation Level.
Now, looking at the four transformations with Totem Divine Beast bloodline in his hand.
Hui Dragon Transformation was a major one, already containing Skinny Dog, Nine-Colored Deer, Nine-Faced Illusion Lion, Tiger-Headed Salamander, and Wooden Ox transformations within itself.
Now adding Double Pupils Bird, Water Filth Snake, and Luo Fish.
Chen Ku looked at the Transformation Diagram:
"Begin deducing."
The four transformation diagrams on the Transformation Diagram began to rotate.
[Diagram Master chooses an Ancient Jiao Hou ’Dragon Energy’ embryo, injecting Hui Dragon Transformation, Double Pupils Bird Transformation, Water Filth Snake Transformation, Luo Fish Transformation fetus transformation refining shape...]
[Deducing transformation refinement success probability...]
[Deduced successfully]
[This fetus transformation refinement will have a seventy percent probability of refining a Fifth Realm top-grade transformation ’Flood Dragon Transformation·Transformation’...
Twenty percent probability, refining a Fourth Realm super-grade transformation ’Hui Dragon Transformation·Transformation’
Ten percent probability, refining a Fourth Realm top-grade transformation ’Unknown·Transformation’]
