Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 119 Underwater
  After Zhen Yingcheng of the Zhen family in Jiangnan came back from the capital, he was locked up in his home by his old concubine.

Even the ambush against Jia Qiang was conducted by his wife.

The failure of that attack severely damaged the Jiangnan Zhen family's top-notch military strength. A warrior-level archer like General Zheng, even if he retired from the army, was strong enough to suppress Jiangnan's strong men.

Not to mention the connections left by General Zheng in the army are extremely valuable assets.

General Zheng was killed and he was charged with the crime. As a result, the Zhen family in Jiangnan lost General Zheng and his influence in the army.

The most important thing is that General Zheng belongs to the old concubine. The third wife of the Zhen family did not inform the old concubine before doing anything.

The Zhen family has not taken any action against Jia Qiang for a long time, but it does not mean that the conflict between the Zhen family and Jia Qiang has ended.

In fact, the third wife of the Zhen family took action against Jia Qiang again, which re-intensified the conflict that had been resolved by the Zhen family's initiative to compensate.

"Did you find out clearly?" Zhen Yingcheng asked in a deep voice.

"My little snoop made it clear that Jia Qiang is about to take the provincial examination in Jinling. We passed Jia Qiang's wharf and found out that their ship set off on the fourth day of July!" A steward of the Zhen family in charge of intelligence replied.

Although the Zhen family has not dealt with Jia Qiang since the incident with General Zheng, they have been probing for information.

It is actually very easy to detect Jia Qiang's whereabouts. There are two ways to travel: land and water. The most convenient way to get from Yangzhou to Jinling is by boat, which is both comfortable and safe.

It is not a secret that Jia Qiang has a pier. The big ships belonging to Jia Qiang are docked at this pier. As long as you ask people inside the pier, you can know Jia Qiang's travel time.

Traveling by boat, especially for a wealthy family like this, requires preparation in advance.

"Jia Qiang, you really have no choice but to go to heaven. There is no way to hell. You choose your own way. Jinling is the territory of my Zhen family. Let him die in the water this time!" Zhen Yingcheng said with murderous intent in his eyes.

His wife was imprisoned in the backyard Buddhist temple for a month because of the death of General Zheng. If her family hadn't begged for mercy, the old lady would not have let her go.

And he lost even more. He was originally the third eldest child in the family and his status in the Zhen family was not high. Now he has lost a lot of power and interests.

The difficulties in the capital, the humiliation of his wife, and the loss of interests all created an indelible hatred between him and Jia Qiang.

"Third Master, don't worry. This time we have hired all the best in the water. If we start from the water, no matter how many guards there are on the ship, they will only be reduced to dead souls in the water!" The manager of the Zhen family replied confidently.

Indeed, as Zhen Yingcheng said, the Jiangnan Zhen family was extremely powerful throughout Jiangnan, and even more powerful in Jinling.

If he didn't want to wait any longer, Zhen Yingcheng would have wanted to wait until Jia Qiang came to Jinling before taking action. In that case, he could even bring Jia Qiang in front of him and humiliate him.

The Western-style gunboat left the dock on the fourth day of July. This time Jia Qiang did not take anyone else with him, only taking Jia Jinjiang with him.

He has his property in Jinling, so there is no need to worry about no one available there.

It was for the exam, and he didn't think about red sleeves adding fragrance. It was more convenient to go there alone.

From Yangzhou to Jinling, it took less than half a day by water. Although the dock had prepared everything for him on a Western-style gunboat, he had no intention of wasting this time.

Jia Qiang was sitting cross-legged in the cabin, practicing the 'Taixu Sutra'.

Jia Jingang stood outside the hatch, and no one could disturb his practice through the hatch he was guarding.

Since in the past few months, he has been practicing the 'Taixu Meridian' every night instead of sleeping, this has made him have a great breakthrough in the practice of the 'Taixu Meridian'.

Now his memory and understanding ability have improved a lot compared to a few months ago. This is why Lin Ruhai has felt that he has made great progress in a few months and thinks that he is expected to win.

The practice of 'Taixu Jing' is reflected in the character status panel in the game, which has also undergone considerable changes.

The most improved thing was his spirit, which increased from 32 spirit points to 38 points, which even exceeded the number of free attribute points brought by his level up.

The agility increased from 71 to 74, the constitution increased from 37.2 to 38, and the strength increased by 1 point to 210 points. This is almost another level of improvement.

Therefore, as long as Jia Qiang has free time, he will practice the 'Taixu Jing', and he does not have to worry about the impact of excessive practicing of the 'Taixu Jing' on his body.

The therapeutic effect of 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' is quite good. As long as you feel something is wrong, a 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' can solve it.

"Master, there's something going on underwater!" Just as Jia Qiang was concentrating on practicing, the ship's boss hurried over and shouted anxiously.

The boat owner’s surname was Xu. He was over fifty years old and had extensive sailing experience. He was invited over by Lin Ruhai because of Lin Ruhai’s great kindness.

The boss of the ship came to the cabin door and was stopped by Jia Jinguang who was like an iron tower. The boss of the ship did not dare to attack after being stopped. It was really Jia Jinguang who looked too scary.

Jia Qiang is practicing the 'Taixu Sutra' and cannot stop practicing for the time being.

However, with his 38 points of energy, he could still manage to be distracted while practicing.

When he heard something going on underwater, he knew it was probably a water ghost.

It's not that he hasn't encountered water ghosts before, but he solved them before they even entered the water.

Western-style gunboats were built for war and were equipped with devices to monitor underwater sounds. This is why the boss of the ship was able to discover the origin of the water ghost in advance.

Of course, this kind of thing must be dealt with immediately, otherwise even if the hull of the Western-style gunboat is thick enough, there is no guarantee that it will not be penetrated by the water ghost.

If the hull of the ship is really going to be punctured in the water, then the ship will sink.

His mind moved slightly, and part of his mind was used to control Jia Jinjiang.

Jia Jingang grabbed the ship boss with one hand and led the ship boss to the deck.

At this moment, the sailors on the ship were armed with weapons. Some sailors were observing the underwater situation, but if they wanted to attack the water ghosts in the water, they could not do it unless they went into the water.

Jia Jinguang put the ship's boss on the deck, ignored the ship's boss, and jumped into the water.

The boss of the ship was brought out by Jia Jinguang. At first he was still depressed, not knowing what Jia Jinguang meant.

But after seeing Jia Jingan's actions, he understood that Jia Jingan was going to deal with the water ghost.

He wanted to stop him loudly. How could a water ghost be so easy to deal with?

Even though all the sailors on his ship are not weak in water skills, they are still far from the water ghosts.

Water ghosts are not necessarily good sailors. What water ghosts are best at is holding their breath for long periods of time in the water. In order to be able to stay in the water for a long time, some water ghosts even carry skins with air in them.

Jia Jingang looks strong at first glance, but no matter how strong he is, he is only on land.

But no matter how worried the boat boss was, it was too late. Jia Jingang had already jumped into the water and disappeared like an iron lump. Under the water, as soon as Jia Jinguang entered it, he took out the River Suppressing Sword from the equipment slot.

His armor and weight were already extremely heavy, but with the addition of the three thousand kilograms of River Suppressing Sword, his body suddenly sank to the bottom of the water.

He looked at the bottom of the Western-style gunboat, and his vision in the water was extremely poor.

But as Jia Qiang's summoned creature, it has an instinctive ability to detect its master's enemies, which even goes beyond the scope of eyesight.

Jia Jingang discovered the water ghosts, five of them in total.

The water ghost holds a special chisel in his hand, which is a tool designed to destroy the hull of a ship in the water.

They discovered Jia King Kong when he entered the water.

One of the water ghosts pointed at a water ghost next to him and motioned for the water ghost to go over and deal with Jia Jingang.

They are confident. They are the top water ghosts in the Jinling area. They usually help some forces do dirty things in the water. When it comes to being in the water, they are not convinced by anyone.

The accused water ghost didn't hesitate and swam towards Jia Jingang, while pulling out a water spike from his waist.

But just as the water ghost was swimming downstream, he saw a huge black object hitting him.

The water ghost immediately got out of the way. His water properties were indeed very good. Jia Jingang's speed of waving the river-suppressing sword in his hand was greatly affected, but he was allowed to get out of the way.

But he did not escape the danger by avoiding the past. The seven-meter-five-meter-long, three-thousand-kilogram river-suppressing sword was swung in the water with a huge force of four thousand kilograms. The water flow caused by it caused the water ghost's body to move involuntarily.

The river-suppressing sword in Jia Jingang's hand turned around and returned. This time, the water ghost was not so lucky and was hit by the sword.

With a "bang" sound, the body of the water ghost exploded and turned into blood. The bones in the body were smashed into pieces by the huge force and became food for fish in the water.

Jia Jingang did not stop his movements. He was 2.2 meters tall and the river-suppressing sword in his hand was 7.5 meters long. He could use the river-suppressing sword to touch the bottom of the Western-style gunboat while standing on the bottom of the water.

He used the river-suppressing sword to continuously draw circles on the bottom of the boat. Only then did the four water ghosts approach the bottom of the Western-style gunboat and were considering how to break open the bottom of the boat.

This kind of boat from the West has a somewhat different structure from Daqian's boat. The bottom of the boat is protected by copper nails, which prevented the four water ghosts from taking action immediately.

They also lost the opportunity to take action. A huge suction force came from below. Before they knew what happened, they were sucked downwards by the huge suction force.

Rarely, as water ghosts, two of them couldn't help but drink two mouthfuls of water after being frightened.

This weakened the strength of the two water ghosts, and they lost their struggle and resistance, causing them to fall faster.

At the end of their lives, they saw what was causing the suction. It was a general holding a huge iron sword, and he used the huge iron sword to turn into a whirlpool.

When their bodies came into contact with the iron sword, they were shattered by the huge force of the iron sword.

Among the other two water ghosts, one was weaker and was sucked downwards, where he was also killed quickly.

The last water ghost, when his body was about to be shattered by the huge iron sword, the huge iron sword suddenly stopped, and then Jia Jingang grabbed the water ghost with one hand.

The huge iron sword disappeared instantly, Jia Jingan bent his knees and kicked out with all his strength.

His feet dug a deep pit at the bottom of the water. As his body jumped upwards, a large amount of sand rose up from the pit, making the water turbid.

The boss of the boat anxiously observed the water. He first saw a patch of red emerging from the water, and then more and more red.

"What's wrong!" He thought something had happened to Jia Jinguang, so he shouted. He turned to the sailors and said: "Everyone is ready to fight, and we must protect the young master!"

He had already thought about it, even if he risked his life, he would protect the young master in return for Lin Ruhai's great kindness.

Suddenly, there was a sound in the water, and then Jia Jingang's body jumped out of the water. He grabbed the side of the ship with one hand. With the power of one hand, his body turned over in the air and landed on the deck.

The boss of the ship was shocked to see that Jia Jinguang was able to jump directly from the water to the deck. The most terrifying thing was that Jia Jinjiang did this while holding a person in his hand.

He looked at Jia Jingang's armor and wondered if it was fake.

Jia Jinjin ignored the boat boss. He pinched the water ghost's neck lightly and made the water ghost faint.

He carried the water ghost into the cabin, leaving the ship's boss and the sailors staring.

The boss of the ship and the sailors didn't know how the underwater battle was going on, but looking at the situation, it goes without saying that Jia Jinguang not only solved the water ghost, but also captured one alive.

Jia Jingang returned to his original position. The armor and clothes on his body quickly disappeared and reappeared. The armor was put into the equipment slot, the clothes were put into the inventory, and then returned to his body.

In the process, the water on the armor and clothes disappeared.

Jia Qiang discovered the use of the game panel very early. When collecting something, as long as you deliberately exclude something, you can only take back the specified item, and the other things on the item will be left behind.

Where Jia Jingang stood, there was a puddle of water on the ground, which was the trace of the retraction just now.

After waiting for a while, Jia Qiang finally finished practicing the 'Taixu Sutra'.

"Bring people in!" He ordered Jia Jingan through his mind.

Jia Jinguang carried the water ghost into the room and threw the water ghost in front of him.

This water ghost has dark skin because he has been in the water all year round, and the clothes he wears are also very weird.

This kind of clothing is called Shuijiao, which is made of fish skin and can make the water ghost move faster in the water.

Jia Qiang played a 'Healing Technique [Advanced]', and only a small amount of the healing energy of 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' was released, allowing the water ghost to wake up from his coma.

The healing energy of this 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' can also prevent the water ghost from committing suicide.

"Tell me, who asked you to come?" Jia Qiang asked calmly when she saw the water ghost waking up.

The water ghost's eyes flashed with hatred. Four of their five brothers died in Jia Jinguang's hands. If eyes could kill, his eyes could make Jia Qiang and Jia Jinguang riddled with holes.

"Which big salt merchant asked you to come here? Wang family? Ma family?" Jia Qiang asked again.

The water ghost refused to speak. After hearing his question, he showed a sarcastic look, as if he didn't care about life and death.

(End of this chapter)