Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 82: The Water Plants Awaken the Spirits, the Unnumerable White Snake Gets Tired of Studying
Last night, a stroke of luck created twenty or thirty new monsters that appeared out of nowhere in the waters of Snake Pond and Xiaolugou.

Among them, shrimps and crabs are the most numerous, ranging from shrimp one to shrimp nine, crabs one to crab ten, plus their big brother, the left-handed brother.

The shrimp and crab monsters in the Snake Pond are ranked first in number, reaching a total of twenty.

Originally, after the first creation, Liu Qing named them Shrimp Big, Shrimp Two, and Shrimp Three. However, after the number of shrimps increased dramatically, he could no longer keep up the order.
Liu Qing had no choice but to slap his forehead and directly use numbers instead, which is how we got Shrimp One, Shrimp Two, Shrimp Nine and so on.

Among the snakes and pythons, the original "four rings" and "five rings" of the silver ring snake were stripped of their names and renamed "one ring" and "two rings". The two newly born silver ring snake monsters became "three rings" and "four rings".
There is no other reason. It's just that Liu Qing is not good at naming. As the number of monsters under his command increases, it becomes more and more difficult to come up with names. He is simply too lazy to bother and just uses numbers instead, just like shrimps and crabs.

The rat snake 'Hua Cai' was renamed 'Yi Duo', and the newly born monster of the same kind was renamed 'Liang Duo'. If there are more in the future, they will be arranged in order.

The green-barked tree anacondas and water pythons, seeing the terrible names given to other snake spirits, were determined not to let their master give them names again.

The two of them discussed with the black, white, and gray pythons and came up with a final plan.
The short-tailed water python was renamed "Yi Tiao", the green-skinned tree anaconda was renamed "Er Tiao", and the four three-flowered pythons were renamed "San Tiao", "Si Tiao", "Five Tiao", and "Six Tiao".
As for the newly born snake and python monsters, they were called "eight" and "nine". Liu Qing curled his lips secretly when he heard this.
You blame me for giving you names that are not nice. But you guys also have names that are one or two. Haha, now you have names that are nine or nine.
Master, I'll see what you'll do if there are more monsters born from under you. Should we call it "Ten Strips", idiot? There's no such thing as Ten Strips in Mahjong?
There are no newly born eels or loaches, but there are river clams and river snails, which are at the bottom of the food chain in the snake pond.
Unexpectedly, two monsters appeared. They were the batch that Liu Qing had just introduced from the Wuding River when he was whipping the clams away. There happened to be one river clam and one field snail.

Liu Qing hasn't decided on a name for them yet. Fortunately, they have just begun to awaken their intelligence, like newborn babies, so he can wait and see.

What surprised Liu Qing the most was that among the monsters that were transformed this time, there was actually a water chestnut!
This water chestnut was originally the largest one at the bottom of the pond, with a thick stem, lush branches and leaves, and radishes extending from the bottom of the pond to the surface, with lush white flowers.

This time, it scattered the internal organs of the bull and bear monsters all over the place, and even swallowed a piece of buffalo monster's kidney the size of a fist with its roots.
If other aquatic creatures swallowed this large piece, they would have burst long ago. However, this water chestnut was blessed with great fortune and not only did it not burst,
Instead, it transformed into a monster in one fell swoop, and was smarter than other fish and shrimps as soon as it was awakened. Although it cannot speak yet, it has left other monsters of the same period far behind.

At this time, its vines have reached 70 to 80 feet, and its trunk is as thick as a child's arm. It extends from the water and winds around the wooden house in the pond.

The wooden house was painted with a layer of dark green, and countless white flowers grew among the palm-sized leaves.

As the monsters in the water followed suit, it happily shook its branches and leaves, making rustling sounds, as if it was also reciting aloud.

Liu Qing saw that the flower had no pollen, only pods, indicating it was a female flower, so he named the water chestnut spirit "Cao'er".
It's not a very nice name, just an ordinary one, but it's much better than one or two.

Compared to the spiritual wisdom of this water chestnut, the other newly born spirits, although they have awakened their spirits and followed the old monsters' example, they are still ignorant.
I am still unable to refine my transverse bones to speak, and I cannot sing songs with my face raised, so I can only snore and blow bubbles, thinking of it as reading.

"Brothers should live in harmony, be friendly and respectful, eat and drink in moderation, dress modestly, be faithful in words and deeds, and observe proper etiquette."

Liu Qing sighed secretly. No matter whether they were human or monster, there were smart ones and stupid ones. There were academic masters like Cao'er Yimohong and Ji Ping'an.

There are such poor students as Zuoshou Ge, Baisheer Bazhi and others. Yes, after Zhangsun Wuji taught them the enlightenment training for an hour,

After another hour of teaching, my White Snake, who was fierce and cold in front of others but gentle and well-behaved behind others,

She couldn't even learn to count from one to ten, infuriating Changsun Wuji to the point of raising his ruler several times. If he hadn't considered her a close associate of Liu Qing, he would have given her a beating. The white snake, its tail curled up before her, once again only counted to one, and nothing more. Facing Changsun Wuji's expression of disdain, she felt so aggrieved she almost cried.

Is this a strange Nunu? Damn Master, you asked Brother Zuoshou and a bunch of other shrimps and crabs to count their claws, but they don’t have claws, only one tail. No matter how many times you count, isn’t it still just one?
White Snake was about to cry, and looked over pitifully: "Wuwu, Master and brother, Nunu is too stupid, Nunu doesn't want to go to school anymore——"

Liu Qing took a deep breath, then exhaled, calmed himself down, and snaked his body closer, saying softly:

"Good boy, Baishe'er, how could you not go to school? It's just that you don't know the math. That's not a problem. Look at the magic trick I'll show you—"

As he spoke, he manipulated the water in the pond to form a water chain, which wrapped around several water snakes in the grass on the shore and lined them up in front of the white snake.
He made their tails face the white snake, and then said, "You are angry that you only have one tail and can only count to one, but why don't you think that if you find a few more tails, you can count to ten?"

Baishe'er's eyes suddenly lit up: "Master, this method is the best. I can learn it right away."

After saying that, Zhang Sun Wuji rolled his eyes and said, "Hmph..."

Zhang Sun Wuji had an embarrassed look on his face, and this opened his mind. Next, when he was teaching other stupid fish, eels, clams and loaches,

They followed Liu Qing's method, found a few more fish, shrimps or snakes and pythons, and let them count their own kind by holding their tails. Sure enough, the monsters got the idea and learned very quickly.

After teaching the numerology for an hour, it was still early in the morning, and Changsun Wuji, who was a good teacher, prepared to teach the monsters calligraphy.

"Ahem, students, now I'm going to teach you how to write from 'one' to 'ten'. First, watch me write, and then you can practice in the mud with your tail or pliers."

After half an hour, Changsun Wuji was sweating profusely. Even the smartest among the monsters, Yimohong, Ji Ping'an, and Cao'er, who were all top students, had not yet learned how to write "一".

Zhang Sun Wuji was at a loss again. Liu Qing had no choice but to step forward, clapping his hands and saying with a smile, "Since everyone is impatient with the long strokes of these characters, then I will simplify them and teach you."

After saying that, Liu Qing used the tail of a snake to write simplified numbers such as "one", "two", and "three" on the floor of the corridor.

White Snake was the closest, and after seeing it, she was immediately excited: "Master brother, Nunu has learned it, learned it."

As the white snake spoke, it also used its tail to draw lines on the wooden board, and excitedly showed off to the other spirits: "Look, 'one' draws one line, 'two' draws two lines, 'three' draws three lines, and 'four' draws four lines."

All the monsters immediately cast their admiring glances at him. White Snake raised his little head and asked proudly, "By analogy, 'ten' means drawing ten lines, and 'hundred' means drawing a hundred lines. Hehe, Master Brother, am I right?"

(End of this chapter)