Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 81: The fish and shrimps of fate return to the spirits and monsters, the sound of the snake pond book begins to open the door to enlightenment (seeking first order)
Changsun Wuji was startled.

This snake demon named Liu actually pulled me straight into the water. God have mercy on me, I can't swim, I will drown if I enter the water.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, the snake demon opened its mouth and spit out a water-blue bead. As soon as the bead appeared,

It began to spin, and as it spun, a faint mysterious light flashed.

Suddenly, a huge wave rose slowly from the calm pool. Liu Qing turned around and said with a smile: "Master, please step on the wave--"

As Liu Qing became more proficient in using the Water Spirit Pearl, it became easy for him to drive the Water Spirit Pearl to control the fog and waves in the pond.

Liu Qing slid along the snake's tail and stepped onto the waves first. Changsun Wuji hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and stepping on the waves.
As soon as I stepped on it, I felt as if I was standing on solid ground. I was immediately surprised and felt it was quite magical.

The water waves were like a boat, carrying a man and a snake quickly. In just a few breaths, they came from the south of the snake pond to the east of the snake pond.
After the waves subsided, Liu Qing led Zhangsun Wuji ashore and to the edge of the woods east of the Snake Pond.

The coaxed White Snake had already tidied up the bluestone table and taken out two river clams as tea bowls for the guests.
It was a pity that there was no tea in the Snake Pond. When a human guest came, it was not convenient to offer him the pond water. Just as he was worrying about this, he suddenly thought of something and hurried to the cave where salt was boiled in the Snake Pond, and scooped up a snail shell of boiling water.

Liu Qing had an idea in his mind and controlled the water in the pond to turn into a water chain, which wrapped up two stones from the mountain and used them as stools.

Xia Kexing is a demon, so he can sit on the ground. Zhang Sun Wuji is rich in the world, but he can't be too casual.

The white snake used its shell to pour boiling water into the clam bowl.

Liu Qing picked up the cup and said, "Master, please give me some tea..."

Ever since Changsun Wuji stepped into the Snake Pond, he found that the river monsters he saw were polite and elegant in their behavior and speech. They were not as rude and man-eating as the rumors said. So, he slowly let go of his anxious heart.

Changsun Wuji took a sip and exclaimed in surprise. He was surprised to find that the tea was quite salty.

You should know that wealthy families in the world often put refined salt into tea when entertaining guests. This custom originated from nomadic peoples. After the Five Barbarians Invasion of China, it gradually spread to the Central Plains of China as a sign of respect.

Unexpectedly, the White Snake accidentally encountered something that was in line with the human etiquette of entertaining distinguished guests.

After the tea had finished its five flavors, Liu Qing asked Bai She'er to prepare the banquet. He wiped his mouth and took out the buffalo monster he had killed and the body of Xiong Da.

Let the white snake be washed and skinned clean, take out the good meat and roast it, and serve it as the main dish later. As for the other broken pieces and corners, take this opportunity to create the creatures in the pond.

It has been nearly half a month since the last time I performed a miracle. Calculating the time, it is almost time for me to perform a miracle for the second time.

After having meat as the main course, we also need fruits and vegetables to relieve the greasiness. However, in early spring, there are not many choices in the mountains.

Fortunately, Liu Qing's soul came from the afterlife, so he had his own way of dealing with the situation. He ordered the White Snake to go down to the Snake Pond, blanch the newly grown water celery in boiling water, season it with salt, and serve it as a cold dish.

Then they let it climb up a mulberry tree, plucked the chujue, and steamed it in a large pot of clam shells boiled in salt, adding some wild mint from the shore and salt to season it.

Finally, there are many snakes and pythons in the Snake Pond. Wherever the snakes and pythons swim, there are many snakeberries in the shallow wetlands. The red fruits are delicious at this time. I picked a full lotus leaf and used it as a fruit after dinner.
However, the snakeberry needed to be washed several times to prevent it from being rubbed by a poisonous snake and poisoning Changsun Wuji. After thinking about it, he asked the white snake to go into the water again and pick some snails and river clams. Among them, the snails were stir-fried with mint and chili grass, and the river clams were stewed into soup.

An hour later, all the hot and cold dishes were served. In the middle of the bluestone table was a large clam-shell stewed beef and roasted bear meat skewers. Surrounding them were fried snails with spicy lychee, clear-boiled river clams, cold-mixed water celery, steamed zucchini, and a lotus leaf of snakeberry.

Originally, he could have made more dishes of fish, shrimp, crab and eel, but these tribes were all transformed from monsters, and Liu Qing didn't want to eat their own kind in front of them.

The table was full of delicious food, showing the taste of wild animals, but unfortunately there was no wine. White Snake originally planned to go to the western mountains to find a place with many monkeys to see if he could get monkey wine.
But Changsun Wuji rejected his idea, and he took out a leather bag from his waist, which weighed about five or six pounds and was filled with Sanlejiang, the finest wine in Chang'an City.

Now, with delicious food and fine wine, the host was enthusiastic and the guests were cheerful. Soon, they were drunk and the atmosphere became harmonious, and there was no longer any barrier between people and demons.

Today, the Snake Pond entertains guests, and the garrison master is in a good mood. The buffalo monster weighing over a thousand pounds and the bear monster weighing two or three thousand pounds,
Two or three hundred kilograms of beef tripe, beef liver, bear heart, and bear intestines were stewed and chopped into a pot of soup. All the shrimps, crabs, snakes, pythons, carps, eels, loaches, and other monsters ate the meat and drank the soup with great relish.

The remaining soup was allowed to cool and then poured into the Snake Pond and Xiaolugou as instructed, bringing another blessing to the creatures in the water.

According to the master's instructions, shrimps and crabs, the main force in the future of mining rock salt, received the most monster meat and soup, followed by the master's tribe of snakes and pythons, and finally the group of carp, silver carp, bighead carp, yellow eel and loach.
In addition, the clams and snails in the pond also get a share of the profits.

The banquet lasted from morning to afternoon. During the meal, the guests and hosts talked happily and the atmosphere was very lively. Only Changsun Wuji got drunk.

Liu Qing doesn't drink alcohol.

After Changsun Wuji fell drunk, Liu Qing quietly got up and ordered his left-hand brother and his group to go to the forest to cut down trees and brambles.
He guided them to build a wooden house on the water in the snake pond, using the dead old locust tree as the foundation.
They also filled the roof and wooden walls with reeds and dry grass, and finally made beds, tables and chairs. In this way, Changsun Wuji had a place to live during his stay in Snake Pond.

Instead of building a house on the shore, they built a wooden house in the water. In fact, it was because the monsters in the Snake Pond, such as the scarred carp, eel, knife-shaped catfish, etc., were still inexperienced and could not live without water.

I just hope that when Changsun Wuji gets old, he won’t get cold legs due to living on the water for a long time.

The next morning, the weather was clear, and Changsun Wuji began to get into the state, using the enlightenment reading materials he brought with him to prepare the lesson plans for the night class.

Such as Kaimeng Yaoxun, Mengqiu, Mingxian Ji, and Shijingshi.

As for the daytime, with the presence of the vampire master, the river goblins are still ordered to boil salt non-stop.

At night, there were stars but no moon, and the torches in the wooden house in the pond were burning, making it as bright as day.

Changsun Wuji stood on the corridor outside the wooden house, holding a book on enlightenment, and majestically glanced at the fish and shrimp floating on the water.

"Ahem, students, please follow me as I begin to read aloud. Do not be distracted, or I will punish you with my ruler."

Dean Liu Qing stood beside Zhangsun Wuji and said in a servile manner, "That's right, that's right. If anyone doesn't study hard, talks to each other, or slacks off, don't blame me for deducting your incense money!"

"The sky and earth are dark yellow, the mountains and rivers are vast, the sun and moon are stars, the clouds and rain are wind and frost, parents are respected and filial piety should be the first priority"

(End of this chapter)