Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 83: Crab's left hand turns into a demon, Liu Qing suffers backlash

On the third day after Changsun Wuji arrived, Li Shimin brought a group of his family servants to Shetan to transport salt.

Li Shimin's route this time was different from that of Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji came from the south along the Qinling Mountains. Although the journey was shorter, the mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk on.

Li Shimin led his men from Lijiabao in a horse-drawn carriage, and headed straight for Xiaolugou along the clan fields north of Lijiabao. Then he stopped the carriage, and he and a few brave confidants went west along Xiaolugou to Shetan.

When they arrived at Shetan, after greeting Liu Qing, they handed over the daily necessities such as rice, flour, wine, sauce, vinegar, etc. that they had brought to Changsun Wuji.

Li Shimin was thoughtful, otherwise it would have taken a lot of effort for Liu Qing to get these things.

After a brief conversation with his brother-in-law, he saw that his face was glowing and his expression was peaceful, so he felt relieved and declined Liu Qing's invitation to dinner. He prepared to take the salt and hurried home to send people to sell it in order to save money and food.

Seeing that Li Shimin had been bewitched by him and had begun preparing for an uprising several years earlier than the original history, Liu Qing was overjoyed.

He did not force him to stay, as he put the important matter first, so he ordered the monsters in the Snake Pond to take out the salt that had been reserved.

Every fifty kilograms of it was placed in a large river clam shell, and carried on the head of the monster while it swam on the water surface.
Leaving Snake Pond, we followed the waterway eastward to Xiaolugou, and finally placed them one by one on the shallow bank of Xiaolugou.
The monster sank to the bottom of the water and was taken over by the servants brought by Li Shimin, who then poured out the salt and loaded it into the carriage.

Finally, the river goblin takes back the clam shells to be used for the next salt filling.

After all, a batch of river clams had just been introduced from the Wuding River and had only been breeding for a short time, so there weren't that many clam shells available. They had to be kept for recycling.

Before Li Shimin left, Liu Qing asked him to bring some short weapons such as short knives, hand forks, and Emei crossbows when he came back next time.
Prepared for use by the river goblins and monsters under his command. According to the garrison orders stipulated by the Water Palace, Liu Qing is obliged to train his water soldiers in preparation for any eventuality.

Compared with the Shuifu sailors under the command of General Shuifu, what Liu Qing intends to train is nothing more than a militia similar to the human world.
As for the instructor who trains them, it is still Changsun Wuji.

After a few days of contact, Liu Qing discovered that Changsun Wuji not only had a profound family background in martial arts, but also had good martial arts skills and was an excellent archer.

The river monster was implicated by the monkey and was suspected and guarded by the heavenly court, which cut off the collection of cultivation manuals such as "gong, shu, jing, jue".

Therefore, they could not learn magic or sorcery. In the past, they fought with their claws and teeth based on instinct. Even those with outstanding talents could only awaken one or two bloodline talents.
In fact, there was a lack of means, so Liu Qing thought about asking Zhangsun Wuji to teach the river monsters some human martial arts and battle formation coordination methods, which was also a small consolation.
Let's give it a try. The final effect still needs to be tested at another opportunity. But no matter what the effect is, it is better than scratching with pliers or swinging with a tail.

Changsun Wuji nodded happily and agreed. After all, he was already a teacher who taught literature, and also a martial arts instructor, so what was the harm in that?

After Li Shimin sent more than ten carriages of salt to Shetan, Zhangsun Wuji's interest in being a teacher became stronger.

The world is in chaos right now, and Shimin is determined to compete for power. With the help of Shetan Salt Merchants, there is a great possibility that he will succeed in the end.

The Changsun family has been tied to Li Shimin, and they share the same fate. At present, as Li Shimin's strongest arm in starting his career, Shetan,

Then I must win over Li Shimin. Isn't it just being a teacher and instructor for the monsters? As long as he doesn't become a son-in-law, I, Changsun Wuji, can do it for the sake of my brother-in-law.

Changsun Wuji looked generous and regarded himself as a hostage of alliance and a princess to be married off, so he agreed to Liu Qing's request without any hesitation.

Not only did he agree to be an instructor, he also took the extra mile to tell the goblin students many interesting anecdotes about the human world, loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, filial piety, weddings and funerals, and local customs and habits during breaks. The goblins were interested, but not much. Rather than listening to Changsun Wuji's chatter, they would rather follow Brother Zuoshou and cook more salt so they could get a share of the incense money.

Except for the water monster Cao'er.

It listened most carefully and seemed to be the most yearning. It placed its fluffy grass head on Changsun Wuji's legs, and while listening, it shook the branches and leaves, making a rustling sound.

[Today's Intelligence: Level Black, the Blue Crab's Left Hand Monster has reached Perfect Daoism. Today, it will begin to challenge three levels to transform into a monster. One level is called Shedding Shell, one is called Plague, and one is called Crane Food. If you pass all three levels, you will become a monster. If you fail all three levels, you will return to ignorance.]

A black light suddenly appeared in the intelligence box, but the black was not very glaring. After Liu Qing opened it, he saw this prompt.

Shell shedding, plague, or crane food?

These three levels don't seem difficult, and as long as you are there, you will definitely be able to pass them.

The next challenge that Brother Zuoshou encountered was just as Liu Qing had predicted. He easily passed the first level by shedding his shell.

The old left-hand brother, who was only stationed at the Snake Pond, was weak and frail after shedding his shell.
An ordinary river shrimp can be punctured with claws, but looking at the entire Snake Pond Xiaolugou, no one is so blind as to dare to get close to it, let alone cause it any harm.

Therefore, the first level went extremely smoothly.

In the second level, plague, after his shell hardened, Zuoshou suddenly encountered water mold disease, a common disease among shrimps and crabs.
The main symptoms include the growth of gray-white flocculent hyphae on the crab's body surface and joints such as its claws and legs, which causes slow movement, loss of appetite, and physique weakness.
If ordinary shrimps and crabs encountered this kind of plague, they would surely die. However, Brother Zuoshou is a powerful monster, so how could he be killed by this water mold disease?

It jumped onto the fire and rolled around, burning the water mold mycelium to death, and then crawled out before it was cooked and turned red.

After diving into the water and resting for half a day, I easily passed the second level.

The third level is Crane Food. A crane monster in the early stage of refining essence into qi is drawn here by the heaven. It stretches its neck and pecks at the left-hand brother.

Liu Qing sneered, controlled the pond water to turn into a water chain, tied up the stupid crane, and then drowned it in the water.

In this way, all three levels were passed, a trace of demonic energy slowly grew, and Brother Zuoshou finally turned into a demon.

Liu Qing walked closer with a smile, and was about to congratulate it, but suddenly his heart was throbbing, and he felt the cold sun and moon, and the torment of heaven and earth.

Liu Qing's face changed drastically and he felt panic in his heart.

Before I had time to think about why, I heard a faint click and the abnormal feeling slowly dissipated.

Liu Qing frowned, reached out his hand, and took out a jade pendant.

The jade pendant is half the size of a palm, round in shape, with a black dragon engraved in relief and the word "Li" engraved in relief. It is round and smooth, with a blood-red color.

At this moment, countless dense cracks appeared, as if it would shatter in the next moment.

This jade pendant was given to Liu Qing by Li Shimin when he transformed into a demon and broke through the barrier. Liu Qing put it in the space of his mouth bag and almost forgot about it.
(End of this chapter)