Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 42 Huzhongfang City
The northwest corner of Dayawan Lake is at the foot of the mountain, where it is a rocky shallow beach where it meets the waters of Dayawan Lake.

Although it is early spring, algae and moss have already dyed the rocks on the shallows green. The lake water ripples in the cracks between the rocks, and the water is no more than two or three feet deep.

At this moment, in the night, many aquatic creatures are like human vendors, shouting at the top of their lungs.

At their feet, various items for sale are placed on pieces of fish skin, clam shells, or large-leafed water plants.

"Brother, this is the market of our Dawan Lake Water Prefecture. If you like anything later, just tell me and I'll take it to you."

Liu Qing was greatly shocked. He never thought that there would be a market in the lake just like the one in the human world.

It seemed incredible at first, but when I thought about it carefully, it seemed reasonable.

After the aquatic fish, crabs, turtles and tortoises were born with intelligence, whether they were spirits or river monsters that had transformed into demons, they had long since escaped from ignorance.

At this time, while practicing, they will also pursue some material and spiritual needs. Where there is demand, there is a market.

This is where the lake market came from.

A river shrimp monster, as thick as an arm and more than two feet long, stood upright, enthusiastically soliciting customers.

At its feet lay a pair of gray arm guards.

"Excellent arm guard, capable of withstanding a full-strength attack from a monster. Only one or two ounces of incense silver, an unprecedented low price. Don't miss it if you pass by."

Friends who often eat river shrimps know that river shrimps will shed their shells. This gray arm guard is made from the chest shell shed by the river shrimp monster.

Hearing the river shrimp monster's hawking voice, Liu Qing was surprised again.

He turned to Xia Kexing and asked, "Brother, what is this incense silver it just mentioned?"

Xia Kexing wiped his mouth and took out a silver ingot from it. This silver was not the bright silver color like the ones in the human world, but was grayish and had a faint scent of sandalwood.

Just now it was the fish maw, this time it was the incense silver, and Xia Kexing’s mouth seemed to have a storage space similar to his own mouth bag.

"This is the incense silver."

"It is made with the power of incense and vows, using a special method. This method is known only to the Lord of the Water Palace and the eight incense envoys."

"There is incense in the incense silver. When our cultivation reaches the realm of refining emptiness and merging with the Dao, and the Yin Spirit born in our bodies becomes extremely powerful, we can use the incense in this incense silver to help the Yin Spirit break away from the demon body and merge with the Dao, and finally use the Yin Spirit to become the Incense God."

Hearing this, Liu Qing's eyes flashed with realization.

I have always heard Xia Kexing mention the incense and fire way before, but I have always been puzzled. If the incense and fire way is the only way to immortality, then why do aliens have to work so hard to transform from spirits and monsters, practice to become monsters, and then after becoming monsters, they have to practice hard to transform essence into qi, refine qi into spirit, etc.?

It turns out that the early stage of cultivation is only to strengthen the physical body, nourish the Yin spirit with the physical body, and finally allow the Yin spirit to be able to merge with the Taoist priesthood.

The Shinto is like a boat sailing on the ocean. The physical body is the boat, the Yin spirit is the sail, and the incense and silver are the oars. On the other side of the ocean are the various water gods, big and small.

Thinking of this, Liu Qing completely understood the path of incense and fire. If he followed this path in the future, there would be nothing he would not understand.

"Anyone like you, my brother, stationed in a water palace, will be notified of your efforts to regulate the wind and rain according to the four seasons, or to help the people by resolving difficulties. When tribute is paid at the beginning of winter, you will be rewarded with incense silver corresponding to your achievements."

"Brother, you have just entered the Water Palace and have not yet accumulated any merits. These ten taels of incense silver are given to you."

This brother is worth recognizing, almost like Brother Xia Kexing, the timely rain in Dayawan Lake.

However, I have received a lot of advice from it along the way, and this time it gave me some silver, but I have not given anything in return, so I feel embarrassed to accept it.

Just as Liu Qing was about to refuse, the "Divinity" column on the panel suddenly vibrated. [Explanation: Incense Silver can enhance Incense Divinity.]

Liu Qing was secretly delighted. The source of the incense's divinity was previously contributed by the snakes in the Snake Pond. When he passed the three levels, he felt something and guessed that the incense's divinity might be related to Li Shimin.

But Li Shimin had not yet become successful, so it was too early for him to get incense. He was worried about the shortage of divinity sources, but he never expected that he would find incense silver today.

Liu Qing shamelessly took the incense money.

He swallowed and put the incense money into his pocket. When Xia Kexing saw it, he just smiled and didn't ask any more questions.

It seems that the monsters and river demons it has seen have many ways of storing things. Thinking of the concealment made earlier, Liu Qing couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Xia Kexing went to the stall he liked to inquire about the price. Liu Qing spoke to him and then slithered around the market like a snake.

Next to the river shrimp monster, there was a crocodile monster, selling a crocodile whip. Liu Qing looked behind this guy with ill intentions.

But I was surprised to see that the crocodile tail was still there. I thought that the crocodile tail he was selling must have belonged to some unlucky guy from the same tribe.

River shrimps are sold as arm guards, crocodiles are sold as whips, and in addition to these, there are carps selling tadpoles and frogs selling carp roe. I think these two are selling their children in exchange for their own.

But, more often than not, there are monsters selling fish maws. This business is relatively good because many creatures such as water snakes, river shrimps, turtles and tortoises need to breathe in water.

If we talk about the best-selling item, it is still a water python. This water python has a slender body, about twelve or thirteen feet long, with dense scales and five-colored patterns.

What it sells are many things from the shore, such as various dried fruits, dried meat of cattle and sheep from land, and earthworms, which are the most popular with fish spirits.

Liu Qing was amazed. He sold a handful of dried earthworms tied with algae to the carp monster for one penny of incense silver.

This isn't just huge profits, it's almost robbery. Isn't it just bullying the carp monster that can't come ashore?

Thinking of this, Liu Qing's heart moved.

Looking back carefully at what I have seen along the way, I found that all the land goods sold are extremely popular among water monsters, the prices are also high, and the supply is almost in short supply.

It’s simple, things are valuable because they are rare.

Liu Qing's eyes slowly lit up.

He could also go ashore and get these things from land, and the variety he got was more than that of the five-colored water python just now.

If it can be sold, why can't I sell it myself? This is a quick way to earn money from incense offerings, much easier than painstakingly coordinating the wind and rain, or fulfilling wishes and solving problems.

With incense silver, you can quickly improve the divinity of incense.

Moreover, judging from the crocodile that just sold its own tail and the frog that sold its own offspring, these monsters are all fools who are ignorant of the ways of business.

Since you can all go ashore, why don't you learn from the five-colored python and sell things on land? It will make more money than harming your own kind and selling their offspring, right?

Liu Qing curled his lips, feeling as if his IQ was being crushed.

Although he had never been a businessman in his previous life, he still understood this basic principle of selling goods in a different place.

He took another look at the five-flowered monster and heard other monsters calling it "Chang Wuhua". Liu Qing praised it, thinking that it was indeed a member of the snake and python clan and was as smart as himself.

Liu Qing decided that after returning to Snake Pond and refining the Water Report Order, he would come to this market and start his stall business.

(End of this chapter)