Chapter 433 Visit
After stepping on the Lishui River, Li Qi chartered a whole ferry.
Of course, it was not him who chartered it, but the governor of Lizhou chartered it for him. However, most of the boats on this river are similar, so Li Qi didn't care about it.
The ferry sent out its best and most experienced boatmen, almost all of whom were ninth-rank, which mobilized all the best players in the entire fleet.
Even the behind-the-scenes leader of this boat gang, a boat gang leader hidden in the dark world of Lizhou, came to steer the ship for Li Qi in person.
This gang leader, with a cultivation level of eighth rank, remembered every whirlpool on the Lishui River clearly.
Obviously, only the governor of Lizhou had enough information to find these people. If Li Qi was asked to find them himself, he could only charter a boat at random.
This is why Li Qi asked the local snake for help.
After Li Qi got on the boat, the boat gang leader was very respectful to Li Qi, almost kowtowed.
However, as the controller of the dark world, he probably can't kneel down.
Li Qi is not surprised by his attitude.
Because Li Qi also knows that he must have caused a huge storm in Lizhou City. Li Qi can easily find out the problem of the quarry through the information flow vision and the true knowledge rhyme.
For the governor of Lizhou, this is a matter of life and death. He will definitely investigate it thoroughly. I think a big reckoning has been set off in Lizhou City at this moment.
Qianjimen... I guess it will be destroyed.
Things that don't matter to Li Qi have already set off a storm in Lizhou, and thousands of people will die because of it.
Every move of the bigwigs can cause countless changes, just like the sunspot erupting once, but it may directly destroy all communications on the earth.
Of course, for Li Qi, all this doesn't matter, because he is not going to change the "world" of Baiyue. He is just a passerby who comes to see his old brothers and prepares a gift for them.
Following the boatman's call, this treasure ship, which reached the upper level of the ninth grade, started and carried Li Qi to the East China Sea.
One night passed.
When Li Qi got up the next day, he had left the city and came to an open river area.
Although the Lishui River is not a famous river in the world, it is a long river after all. At this moment, the river is dozens of miles wide, and the ship is wandering on it like a small boat.
There are many other ships around, but they are far away from Li Qi's ship, as if they are deliberately far away.
The reason is also very simple. Li Qi's ship is more impressive, and it is also a ninth-grade magic weapon.
Things like ships can of course be made into magic weapons, and the materials and money consumed are dozens of times that of ordinary magic weapons. It is a typical luxury.
For the monks who can go to heaven, earth and sea, the significance of this kind of boat is just to save physical strength and have some special power. However, the boat in front of him obviously has no special power. If it is just traveling on the river, it is a pure luxury, showing status and financial resources. It has no special features except that it is relatively solid and shining.
It is not that Li Qi likes to show off when choosing this kind of boat.
For Li Qi, it is necessary to use this kind of treasure ship, because the place he is going to is the deep sea, where ocean currents, sea beasts, wind and waves, and even the oppression of the world itself are a burden, and only treasure ships can bear this responsibility.
However, in this way, he seems to stand out in the inland river of Lishui, so everyone stays away from him and does not compete with him for the river.
Sitting at the bow, Li Qi looked at the wide and deep Lishui River and began to think about the purpose he had prepared from the beginning.
He came here this time to visit the God of Lishui. As the God of Mountains and Rivers who established a connection with him at the beginning, Li Qi was ready to thank him well.
"Captain." Li Qi shouted at the bow.
But a thin old man came out immediately and saluted Li Qi respectfully: "What do you want, sir?"
"We will stop for a while on the way and stay for a day. I want to go to Qinghua Palace to burn incense and visit the god of Lishui River." Li Qi said so.
As soon as he said this, the captain of the boat gang immediately became solemn.
The old man stood up straight with a solemn expression: "Are you serious, sir?"
"Why? Why not?" Li Qi asked.
"Sir, you are a big shot passing by, I am afraid you don't know our taboos... We, the boat gangs, all make a living in the Lishui River. If the god of Lishui River is unhappy, we may not be able to survive in the future." The hunchbacked captain wiped his sweat and said to Li Qi.
"Oh, are you afraid that I will offend him and then pat my butt and leave, leaving you to face his anger?" Li Qi smiled: "Don't worry, I also have a history with the God of Lishui River. He has done me a favor, how could I quarrel with him?"
"The God of Lishui River has done you a favor?" The old man was surprised.
"That's right, if it weren't for him, I might have died. I have always relied on him to have a bite to eat. I have survived the most difficult years. This time I came here just to repay this favor and reminisce about the past." Li Qi said with a smile.
"Reminisce about the past? You still have a history with him?" The captain of the boat was even more confused.
"How can a life-saving favor not be considered an old relationship? Okay, you have asked enough questions, just tell me directly how to visit Qinghua Palace so as not to lose manners. After all, I am an outsider and don't know the rules. If I ruin the host's mood before I arrive, it will be bad." Li Qi looked at the captain of the boat and said so.
The captain seemed to still feel that something was wrong, and advised again: "The God of Lishui is one of the most famous gods of mountains and rivers in Dalu Kingdom, and the list is quite large. Your status is not low, so I am afraid you can't accept those cumbersome rules... It is also very difficult to learn."
"Since you are here to see the benefactor, what's the big deal about some minor rules? Besides, I have done a lot of things like worshiping gods. I am still relatively clear about what is taboo and what is the meaning of what actions, so I won't get confused." Li Qi said so, without any intention of letting go.
Seeing that Li Qi was so stubborn, the captain didn't say anything against it. He just bowed and saluted, saying that he knew and would arrange it.
Not long after, he arranged the itinerary and handed it to Li Qi for review.
Nothing special.
Another four thousand miles ahead is the fork in the Lishui River. Going north is to Song Kingdom, and going south is to Xia Canghai.
In the middle of this fork in the road is the Lishui Temple. The temple of the Lishui God is built here. Anyone who takes the Lishui Road must contribute some incense and hope that the Lishui God will bless them with a smooth journey.
That temple, with incense and sacrifices from all sides, has developed into a big city and is also well-known in Dalu.
Li Qi agreed to this itinerary, and then he got a note about visiting the Lishui God, written in the form of a booklet.
In addition, the captain of the ship came to explain to him in detail: "Master, as written in this booklet, if you want to visit the Lishui God, you have to do all the things in it, and you also need to present three kinds of gifts, but the gifts are extremely precious and you need sincerity... It's really not easy."
"My sincerity is beyond doubt, as for the three kinds of gifts, just tell me." Li Qi said so.
He understood very well.
As one of the great water gods in the Dalu Kingdom, the God of Lishui River is in charge of the river transportation. Geographically, it connects Baiyue and the South China Sea. He is very popular. He only needs to occupy this precious land. He will be promoted to the sixth rank in the future. After a thousand years, he can be regarded as a top local snake in Baiyue.
Such a water god must be visited by people every day. If there is no threshold, people will definitely offer sacrifices to the god every day, and it will be annoying.
So Li Qi was not angry, but prepared to prepare gifts seriously to visit. He really wanted to thank the God of Lishui River.
Whether it was the initial opening ceremony of the river, the water vapor of practicing the carp flow, or helping him to remove the curse, although they were all seriously sacrificed at the time, the God of Lishui River also responded.
Faced with Li Qi's answer, the ship owner naturally did not dare to continue to persuade.
He had persuaded those who should be persuaded, and the rest was the boss's own business. If there was a problem, it could not be blamed on him.
"Then I'll tell you... I hope you won't get angry with the Lishui God after hearing this." The captain said with a wry smile: "First of all, we need to prepare a sacrifice, and it must be grand."
"Of course, I'm familiar with sacrifices." Li Qi nodded.
Sacrifices are his job, he is very familiar with them, and he is not worried at all.
"You can't be careless... How can ordinary people have the ability to hold such sacrifices? But those taboos and symbols can make people worry to death. I'm afraid we have to invite special witches, which is a lot of money." The captain reminded.
Li Qi smiled and said: "I have my own way, you can talk about other things."
The captain nodded and continued: "It's good that the master has made a decision in his heart. Then the second is that we need a water-based spiritual object, which cannot be a man-made magic weapon, but a natural spiritual object. The quality... at least it must reach the realm of divine will."
"So that's it, that's simple, what else?" Li Qi shook his head, that's it? It's no big deal.
The realm of divine will is actually just an eighth-grade magic weapon. It's no big deal. It's just that it's very mysterious in this place.
It's just because there are too many people practicing martial arts in Dalu Kingdom, and the eighth-grade martial arts can condense the divine will of martial arts, so there is such a name. After all, here, seven out of ten eighth-grade martial artists are martial artists.
In fact, it's not just Dalu Kingdom that has many people practicing martial arts. The whole world, even the entire outside the domain, martial arts is the most common way of practice. The reason is very simple. Martial arts is the easiest to develop and the easiest to get started.
There is no need for any mysterious research, no need for any inexplicable thinking, as long as you start to exercise your body, you will step into the path of martial arts.
Exercise your body and use your most primitive weapons to protect or destroy. This is the original true meaning of martial arts. It is simple and clear, clear and easy to understand, so almost all races and all worlds have formed their own martial arts.
For those less powerful worlds, martial arts is their only choice. After all, they are temporarily unable to form another new Taoist tradition, and martial arts is the only way to practice.
Generally speaking, the more backward a country is, the more prosperous martial arts will be. However, this is not necessarily the case. There are also many people who enter the second-grade world purely through martial arts.
That kind of existence, with a martial artist's spirit suppressing the heavens, is not inferior to anyone. After all, martial arts is easy to get started, but if you want to climb to a higher level, it is the same as other paths, or even more difficult.
The path of a warrior, even Li Qi feels bitter, let alone others.
"It's not that I doubt the master, but... the treasure of God's will is not something that can be taken casually. If our ship is delayed on the road for a long time, the South China Sea will not wait for anyone..." The captain reminded Li Qi.
"Isn't it just natural water vapor? How difficult is that? I'll get it right away." Li Qi stood up after hearing that.
Natural water vapor, like the natural gold vapor in Green Mountain, is a treasure that has a grade and special power when it is born. Li Qi had come into contact with it when he was in the ninth grade.
It was considered a treasure at the time.
Now...
It is everywhere.
But Li Qi put two fingers together, pulled out a translucent paper from the void, and threw it into the water. An incredible force burst out directly, and ripples suddenly appeared on the water surface, rolling outward in circles, raising layers of ripples.
However, just when everyone thought that some fierce power would burst out, the water ripples just disappeared.
Only a hand suddenly stretched out from the water.
That hand was made purely of water. There was no sense of magic, and there was no shadow of magic, but it just stretched out like this.
This hand clenched its fist, extending and stretching, even wetting the clothes of many sailors, scaring them to flee.
Then, he bypassed the old boat gang leader and stretched it in front of Li Qi.
Li Qi took it, nodded, and said, "Thank you."
The hand did not respond, but suddenly disappeared, fell to the ground with a snap, leaving a water stain. A closer look showed that it was just an ordinary water flow.
Others were stunned, but they didn't know what this method was.
Only Li Qi knew what this thing was.
Nothing special, just summoned the local water spirits.
What he just threw into the water was a decree, commanding the local water spirits in his name.
This is just like the powerful people stepping on the ground to summon the land god, which is a means of commanding the gods.
In the eyes of witches, everything in the world has spirits, which is the original "innate gods". The so-called "gods" are connected in themselves. It is the later Shinto that has the thing of becoming a god after birth.
Although the Lishui River already had a deity and occupied the position of spirit, the water spirit of the Lishui River naturally still existed. Li Qi wrote a blessing and ordered the local water spirit to find a wisp of natural water vapor for him.
He had done this before. When he was chased by the soldiers of Song State, he borrowed the mountain air from the mountain spirit with this trick, but he didn't return it.
Of course, it is impossible to eat for free now, so this time he exchanged this wisp of eighth-grade natural water vapor at the cost of his own cultivation.
So, in full view of everyone, the Lishui River sent the treasure to Li Qi.