Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 69 Incense and Demons
The turtle monster stationed at the Old Turtle Pond is a Taoist who has refined his Qi and transformed himself into a spirit. The human form it transforms into, except for the turtle shell and turtle head, looks just like a hunchbacked old man in the human world.
He was only about three feet tall, but he had a loud voice. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, he interrupted the charming glances of the Mandarin Fish Siren.
The confident-looking mandarin fish lady was so angry that her teeth were itching.

You old turtle, if you weren't so senior and such a close relative of the mansion lord, do you believe that I could have blown you away with just one blow of my fish tail?
Snakes are naturally lustful, and it is spring now. Just give me some more time. With my beauty, I can capture the snake from the Liu family, right?
The Snake Pond can be used to boil salt, which is a highly profitable business with a steady stream of incense and silver. If this girl becomes the garrison lady,
But it will not shorten the use of incense silver, which will greatly shorten the time of accumulating incense. It will only take fifty or sixty years at most to obtain a divine position and live an eternal and carefree life.

Pooh--

The turtle monster in the old turtle pond only felt his cheeks burning. Without looking, he knew that the master of the mansion's sister-in-law was cursing him.

But who can blame me? I, the old turtle, also have a pretty little kid at home.

Liu Qing saw that all the monsters had thoughts about him, and he couldn't help but shook his head secretly, but because he kept thinking about Hong Gu,

It was hard to accept the Mandarin Fish Banshee's love, so he followed the ladder handed to him by the old turtle and went down the table:

"I've only just transformed into a demon, so I haven't seen much. This Qingming River Festival is the first time I've heard of it. Brother Yuan, could you please explain it to me in detail?"

The lord of the mansion was born as a grass turtle, and after he turned into a demon, he took the surname "Yuan". Therefore, all the grass turtles, old tortoises, golden tortoises and other turtles in the water mansion also took the lord's surname Yuan.

Lao Bie gave himself a very literary name, called "Yuan Haowen".

The old turtle blinked its green eyes and looked at Xia Kexing with its slender head. Xia Kexing looked embarrassed and said, "Well, as an older brother, I haven't had time to explain it to Liu's younger brother. Old turtle, you are studious and curious, so you can explain it for me at the same time."

The old turtle nodded, cleared his throat, and started to talk in a dragon gate formation, which only made the mansion lord's sister-in-law, the mandarin fish witch, roll her eyes in anger.

"During the Qingming Festival, the power of incense and vows is at its peak throughout the year. The eight-sided incense envoys in each water palace are busy using secret methods to convert the power of incense and vows into incense silver. Every year during this season, the output of incense silver is often huge."

"When people worship their ancestors, their tombs are mostly located near mountains and water. Therefore, the mountains and water can receive blessings from incense. We cannot control the blessings on land, but we must not miss the blessings from the incense in the water."

"Therefore, every Qingming Festival, collecting incense and offerings from each water palace is the most important thing."

When Liu Qing heard this, a look of realization flashed in his eyes and he couldn't help but nodded.

Take the Li family for example. They built their ancestral tomb on the island in the middle of Dayawan Lake. By analogy, other families would also choose a good place like the island in the middle of the lake for their ancestral tombs, surrounded by mountains and water.

Therefore, during the Qingming Festival, when people worship their ancestors, the wishes contained in the paper money and incense will turn into the incense and wish power that the mountain and river monsters crave.
After being transformed by the incense master using secret methods, they will become ingots of incense silver. Small ones will become currency for transactions among spirits, and large ones will become important conditions for old monsters to seek divine positions.

Compared with other seasons in the world, the money generated by incense and money during Qingming Festival far exceeds others, such as the money used in the past to adjust the wind and rain according to the four seasons, or to solve problems and help the people.

"In that case, I believe the master of the mansion must have made preparations in advance. He just needs to wait for the Qingming Festival and instruct the incense envoy of the Water Palace step by step to convert the incense power of Fu Zelai into incense silver. This process must be something he is already familiar with. What does the master of the mansion have to worry about?" Just after figuring out the relationship between Qingming Festival and incense silver, Liu Qing had doubts in his heart again.

The old turtle smiled mysteriously: "Brother, you still suffered the loss of the short time of transformation. You don't know the reason why the master of the mansion is worried. Let me tell you in detail."

"For example, the Li family on the shore, their ancestral tomb is right on Dayan Lake, so the incense and vows generated don't require much effort. All we need to do is convert the incense silver step by step."

"This is the case with Dawan Lake Water Prefecture. The noble families and common people in other water prefectures also receive their own offerings and prayers, but..."

"There is a large river. Because there is no master to manage it, the huge incense and vows generated by it have been scattered into the river without any purpose."

Liu Qing raised his pupils and interrupted, "Since there's no master in charge of that river, the incense and wishes are wasted. Why don't we go and rob Dawan Lake?"

The old turtle clapped his hands and said, "That's right, why don't we at Dayan Lake go and rob them? But if we at Dayan Lake go and rob them, the other water palaces will do the same. That's exactly what the Palace Master is worried about!"

Liu Qing sneered: "Then everyone should rob according to their own ability. Those with better skills will rob more, and those with lesser skills will rob less!"

"But the Lord of the Mansion is very ambitious. He plans to snatch at least 100,000 taels of incense silver from the river this year!"

Liu Qing paused. "Hiss, one hundred thousand taels of incense silver? Madam Wangshu, why does the Lord of the Mansion need so much incense silver?"

After sighing, Liu Qing suddenly realized and said, "Isn't it to seek the position of River God?"

Xia Kexing suddenly interrupted: "Our master is a man of high ambition. He has been stationed at Dawan Lake for hundreds of years and has already saved up 800,000 to 900,000 taels of incense silver.
Originally, this incense silver was enough for the master to obtain an eighth or ninth rank servant god position, but our master does not want to be driven around by others. He is determined to raise a million in incense silver and obtain the seventh rank river god position! "

The old turtle also said: "I think you are still not clear, this position of river god starts from the ninth rank, and the first rank is the highest. Among them, the ninth and eighth ranks are subordinate gods, and the seventh rank and above are the main gods.
According to the custom, when one reaches the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void, the Yin spirit is nurtured in the body, and then the Yin spirit returns to the Yang, and after refining the void and merging with the Tao, one can beg for a divine position by offering incense and silver.
A ninth-rank follower god requires 10,000 taels of incense silver, an eighth-rank follower god requires 100,000 taels of incense silver, and a seventh-rank main god requires a million taels of incense silver. As for those above the seventh rank, I'm not knowledgeable enough to know for now."

Xia Kexing and Lao Bie's explanations made Liu Qing's heart surge with anxiety.

This is the first time I have heard the most detailed relationship between incense silver and priesthood. As long as you satisfy the spirit refining and return to the void, and cultivate the Yin spirit,
All mountain monsters and river monsters can seek divine positions. The ninth rank is worth 10,000 taels, the eighth rank is worth 100,000 taels, and the seventh rank is worth 1 million taels!

As long as there is enough money from incense offerings, one can beg for a priesthood, pass the civil service exam, and have a regular job, and no longer be a wild demon or god.

The master of the mansion has been dormant until now, quietly saving up 800,000 to 900,000 taels of incense silver, and he is thinking of taking advantage of this year's Qingming Festival to go to the ownerless river and rob a large sum.

Then he used one million taels of silver from incense offerings to beg the gods for the position of a seventh-rank god. What worried him must have been that he would not be able to collect the required one million taels, right?
However, the reason that Liu Qing was in turmoil was not because of the selling of official titles, nor because the mansion master could not raise a million taels of silver for incense offerings.
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