Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 74: The Demon of the Sea
That big bear is also stupid,

They are all as advanced as Liu Qing, but they haven't awakened their stomach space yet, and have only awakened a sound wave talent.
Liu Qing had to endure the stench in vain and search the internal organs for a long time, but found nothing.

It is not true to say that there is no harvest, at least the monster meat of Big Bear can also bring good luck to the creatures in the pond, and its bear skin,
Liu Qing peeled it carefully, kept it for the next time they met, and gave it to Li Shimin.

Liu Qing looked down on it. The bear demon had just ended its hibernation and was extremely thin. Its skin was rough and its hair was split, not smooth and shiny enough.

As for the other monsters under his command, they also looked down on the bear skin. After all, snakes, pythons and fish have their own scales, so how could they swim in the water wearing a bear skin?
After sending Xiong Da away, Liu Qing thought for a moment and used the Water Alert Order to move the water around the Snake Pond and above it, creating a mist.

The water is hazy and it is hard to see inside, which also provides a quiet environment for the creatures in the pond to mate.
At the same time, it can also conceal the process of boiling salt in the Snake Pond to prevent it from being learned by other mountain monsters or river monsters.

In fact, I don't worry too much about river monsters, most of them are not smart enough, but I am afraid of monkeys, foxes and other mountain monsters.
Monkeys are clever and apes are smart, foxes are cunning. After they are awakened, their intelligence is no less than that of human geniuses. You must never let them see you.

After finishing all this, Liu Qing meandered back to the crooked mulberry tree to take a nap.

Unexpectedly, not long after I fell asleep, I heard the rustling sound of the pond water. When I opened my eyes, I saw that it had started raining again.

It's such a horrible day! It rains the most in spring, making people feel wet and moldy. It finally cleared up for half a day, and now it's raining again.

Liu Qing moved his mind and used his magical power to control water to disperse the spring rain. No rain appeared on his body, but even so, he no longer had the warmth of the sunshine.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sound of the raindrops changing from rustling to rushing. The willows on the bank were swaying, but there was wind in the rain.

In an instant, the fallen flowers in the mountains formed a river, and the cool wind once again tore spring into pieces.

Liu Qing was annoyed by the broken feeling before his eyes, while Zuoshou Ge on the cliff cheered that the rain had come in time, as it brought coolness.

It no longer needs to sweat under the sun and cool down its body by diving into the water every once in a while, which greatly reduces its working efficiency.
Now that the rain has come and the wind has risen, there is no need to waste time anymore and we can devote ourselves to the work of digging rock salt.
Thinking that every hundred kilograms of rock salt could yield a good harvest of one or two ounces of incense silver, Brother Zuoshou transformed from a cold-blooded animal into a hot-blooded monster, full of energy.

It longs for the spring rain to never stop for a moment.

Brother Zuoshou hopes that the rain will not stop, but unfortunately he is not the Dragon King or the Water God, and cannot control the wind and rain of the four seasons.
After the rain lasted all night, it finally cleared up at dawn.

After delivering salt to Old Turtle Pond last night, the catfish went to the lake market to set up a stall to gamble on stones. This was a novel business, coupled with a well-established routine.
It has become a hot spot in the market again. According to it, the big and small river goblins in the market are crying and shouting, waving incense and silver in their hands.
Tell the catfish to leave them a piece of water jade stone, preferably a stone heart of low grade that contains the source of heaven and earth.
Even if it is an ordinary jade stone that can't produce any treasure, you can still take it home to decorate your cave and please your wife.
Therefore, this way of gambling on water jade is far more popular among river monsters than gambling on clams. After all, no matter whether you win or lose, there is always a guaranteed reward.

In view of the enthusiasm and gambling nature of the river goblins, the catfish made a lot of money gambling on stones tonight, earning seven or eight taels of incense silver.

According to the rules, the raw materials for gambling stones were provided by Liu Qing, so the catfish took out five taels and handed them over.
Liu Qing has income from salt goods. Although he has not yet settled accounts with the various water veins, a rough estimate shows that he earns a hundred taels of incense silver every day.
He looked down on the catfish's small gift and refused to accept it. He told the catfish that if Shuiyutan sent him water jade again in the future, he would take a look at it and give it to him to gamble on. It would be considered a reward from the master.

After all, the catfish has a whole family to support.

The catfish left with gratitude, and its loyalty reached 200%.

Just as they sent the catfish away, they suddenly heard a deafening roar in the water of the snake pond. Liu Qing hurriedly looked over.
But a piece of blue stone nearly a meter in size came from somewhere and fell into the pool.

Silver carp and bighead carp float on the water surface, river shrimps and crabs mate on the reeds, and frogs and toads hug each other.
The huge bluestone that fell from the sky hit him so hard that his stomach turned upside down and he was obviously dying.

Liu Qing suddenly became furious. He raised his 18-foot-long anaconda body and looked around the snake pond with his snake eyes filled with murderous intent.

Liu Qing's elephant-swallowing talent has been taking effect recently, and with the increased consumption of demonic flesh, his anaconda has grown rapidly. Counting from the day of the Waking of Insects, when he transformed into a demon, it's only been a month, and his size has nearly doubled. He's almost ready to shed his skin again. A fog formed around the snake pond, obscuring others' view but also blocking his own. He scanned the area but found nothing.

At this time, another huge rock fell from the sky and smashed into the snake pond, killing and injuring countless fish and shrimps.

This time, Liu Qing saw clearly that the stone was thrown from the mountain on the west bank of Snake Pond.

"That snake, come to me quickly and die. Otherwise, Master Xiong will fill up your snake pond today!——"

A loud roar came from the mountains.

Liu Qing stared grimly at the direction where the sound came from, and immediately swallowed a mouthful of water, filling only the space in his mouth, and then jumped onto the shore.

After walking along a winding road for only a hundred meters, he saw a demon standing on a mound in the mountains on the west bank, staring at him fiercely.

This monster only has a black bear head, and the rest of its body parts have all transformed into human form. Like the turtle monster in the old turtle pond and the shrimp Qianqian in the Wuding River, they are all in the initial stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

He was nearly ten feet tall, with a waist eight feet wide, his body covered with fat and muscles, with occasional blue veins like dragons visible, and a dense mass of black hair on his chest. He was truly a majestic and powerful man.

No wonder it can throw a stone weighing one or two thousand kilograms into the snake pond from a distance of a hundred meters. In addition to the black bear's natural brute strength, its Taoism is also amazing.

Liu Qing's heart sank, but he showed no fear.

"Did you kill my good-for-nothing brother Xiong Da?"

Liu Qing nodded.

It turns out that this bear monster is Xiong Da’s younger brother, Xiong Kuohai!

"In that case, you should pay him with your life!"

Xiong Kuohai didn't waste any words. He wiped his mouth and took out a pair of golden hammers. The hammers were made of black iron inside and bronze outside, and were plated with purple gold. The hammers were as big as a basket. At a glance, one could tell that these hammers were evil creatures.

Xiong Kuohai exhaled with joy, raised the golden hammer in his hand high, and smashed it down on Liu Qing's head.

The sound of the drums, urns and golden hammers was like the howling of ghosts and wolves.

Liu Qing's eyelids twitched, and he didn't dare to take it head-on. He dodged sideways, then stepped forward and swung his tail whip, heading straight for Xiong Kuohai's legs.

Xiong Kuohai raised his leg, pretending to kick, but at the same time he was distracted, retracting the Leiguweng Jinchui, grabbing the middle part, and stabbing at Liu Qing.

"The snake is so arrogant. Instead of waiting for me in the water, it dares to confront me on land. It simply doesn't know how to live or die!"

Liu Qing dodged the Lei Gu Weng Jin Chui and jumped out a few feet away. He looked at Xiong Kuohai coldly: "What if we're on land? I'll still use water magic to catch you!"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth and the water stored in the bag immediately turned into water arrows and shot towards Xiong Kuohai.

(End of this chapter)