From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 165: Secrets of the Scented Fragrance Sect

The fortress by the Huangsha River, Yu Bajie's home.

The snake servants spread out the flowers of the iron plum tree to dry in the sun. The flowers looked like a carpet, with colors ranging from white to red and from light to dark.

The whole yard was covered with plum blossoms, leaving only a small path for people to pass through. The fragrance of plum blossoms permeated the entire village, and the air was filled with a faint floral scent.

Standing in the yard of his eighth sister's house, Yu Shuyang felt a headache from the smoke, so he thought of taking a water gourd to absorb the fragrance of plum blossoms.

He didn't expect that the water gourd he had refined had been used up by him. He collected the golden light of incense for his junior brother, and the five medicinal evil spirits for Wan Jia and Tu Liu.

There are also four gourds of black and red evil spirits in the magic bag, which are prepared to be given to the three students to sharpen their swords when they practice sword-making in the future.

Fortunately, a few days ago, the water rat spirit compensated him with a big gourd, saying that it floated down from Taibai Peak, and he also saw a golden light.

Yu Shuyang took it out and casually slapped a few spiritual characters on it. The gourd was not resistant to refining and was clearly an ordinary object.

He didn't bother with it anymore and casually opened the mouth of the gourd, using it as a temporary container to hold the plum blossom fragrance for a while, and then hand it over to his eighth sister to deal with.

He didn't expect that he couldn't pry the gourd open by holding the head. Then he realized that something was wrong. With his current body of a dragon carp, he could hold iron with strength as strong as mud.

Now that he could see that something was wrong, the rest of the things were easy to handle. He had a magic skill that could see and hear everything - the art of collecting wind and observing qi.

This spell was learned from the Spring Breeze Spell. At the beginning, one could only summon the wind to explore, using the spring breeze to replace the eyes to see.

Later, the Spring Breeze Exploration was combined with the Wangqi (Looking at the Qi) technique, which enabled one to observe the earth's qi and human destiny. With the completion of the Eight Winds Refining Technique, one gradually developed towards seeing the sky and hearing the earth.

Combining the clean ears of the Winter Wind Spell and the wind tongue of the Summer Wind Spell, he completely refined the art of gathering wind and observing qi. He could now call upon the wind to investigate, and could see, hear, and ask.

Yu Shuyang then blew wind towards the yellow gourd, and only then did he realize that it was not an ordinary thing, but actually a treasure gourd.

The treasure gourd is specially used to hold elixirs and spiritual wine. It is similar to the Yangyuan gourd that Li Taiping wants to refine, in order to store elixirs for a long time without losing their medicinal properties.

Even if there is treasure now, it cannot be taken out. A magic key is needed to open the treasure gourd. The gourd and the elixir are integrated. If the gourd is broken by external force, the elixir will be directly shattered into ashes.

Just as Yu Shuyang was feeling emotional, he saw his brother-in-law Huang Wenxun and cousin Li Zhen walking back dejectedly.

"Eighth brother-in-law, what's wrong with you two?"

"Ninth brother, something big has happened." Huang Wenxun sighed and then began to describe what happened.

It turned out that they went to the Bai Mansion and originally planned to get back the cultivation supplies for Li Zhen this time. Unexpectedly, the Bai family gave up before they even started to negotiate the terms.

Later, Huang Wenxun went to Tea City. At that time, Mr. Bai Qi had found big merchants from five cities, and he had the best relationship with Aunt Xue from Tea City.

After some investigation, I found out that the Wenxiang Sect was causing trouble again in the north. Although it wasn't very loud, it was almost out in the open.

Compared with the Lotus Sect, the Wenxiang Sect can be considered a junior sect, and it was even killed one disaster later than the Snake Sect of Zhenjun Changshe.

Unfortunately, after the last killing calamity, Wen Xiang taught two ruthless people, one was Xiang Gai Niangniang who was a butterfly spirit, and the other was She Wei Niangniang who was a fox spirit.

Both of them have committed a calamity of killing. One has obtained the status of a god and must return to his position to face the calamity, while the other is destined to commit a calamity of killing. A demon monk wants to kill her to help her pass the calamity.

It was also discovered that those who were at odds with the two ladies were all Shinto monks from the Eastern Demon Sect, and they had no idea that both sides were using such tactics.

The final result was that in the last killing calamity, the Eastern Demon Sect was almost defeated and its inheritance was almost cut off, and the Wenxiang Sect also suffered severe decline.

Not long ago, a group of followers in the north raised the banner of Xianggai Niangniang, intending to gather their former disciples and re-establish the name of Wenxiang Sect.

This incident spread widely. It had nothing to do with the Huai River, but the Eastern Demon Sect had been crippled, and several of its descendants had taken refuge in the Huai River Market. For a time, the Five Sects and Eight Lineages were in a state of panic. The two factions had fought fiercely, leaving both nests utterly devastated.

The Huaishui Market is called a market, but in fact it is a secret place similar to a paradise, called the Water Market, which is as famous as the Mountain Market, Sea Market and Ghost Market.

The Water City is supervised by the Five Associations and managed by the Eight Banks at the upper and lower levels. It is a gathering place for freight and financial transactions between the north and the south. The largest cargo temple in the East is built inside.

The five associations are: Salt Association, Tea Association, Grain Association, Transport Association, and Medicine Association. They have great power in the water market. Huang Wenxun has the current situation because of his relationship with the Salt Association.

"Eighth brother-in-law, even if the Wenxiang Sect is rebuilt and seeks revenge on the descendants of the Eastern Demon Sect, what does it have to do with us?" Yu Shuyang asked in confusion.

"Ninth brother, this matter is not related to the Wenxiang Sect or the Eastern Demon Sect, but the Huaishui Grand Fair. Rumor has it that the Five Associations and Eight Lineages have already held a meeting.

We will set up a stage to perform a "performance" on August 15th this year, and then we will announce whether the market will be closed or not.

This is Shui City's way of dealing with the killing calamity, not introducing the killing calamity, in order to protect the secret realm of Shui City, and the messenger of Xuantian Duobao Zhenjun has also arrived.

"It's safe to say the market will be closed for now. It just depends on how long it lasts and whether the water market will be closed." Huang Wenxun said with a tragic look on his face.

Once the water market stops, his source of income will be cut off. Currently, all the immortal sects and aristocratic families are watching secretly and will not engage in large-scale commodity transactions.

"In that case, let's act quickly before the market closes." Yu Shuyang panicked after hearing this.

The godmother brought back goods worth at least 50 million talismans from the East China Sea. If calculated based on the selling price, it would be at least 80 million, plus the 30 million she brought back with the goods.

It has to be a place like Shui City to handle it. If we go directly to the aristocratic family and immortal sect, we will have to compete with trading companies from all over the place. Now there are turmoil in the north and the south, so we should not delay too long to avoid being involved.

“Now that almost everyone has received the news, we are not doing any bulk cargo and are waiting to see what happens next.

Once the wet market is closed, the prices of some goods will skyrocket immediately. If it is closed for a short period of time, the prices of some fresh goods that are not durable will also plummet.

Now, not only merchants do not do bulk business, but the surrounding immortal families also do not do it.

Today, I followed my eighth sister to the Bai family and then to the tea city to visit Aunt Xue. We were all planning to wait for news on August 15th.

Li Zhen had a look of loss on his face after he finished speaking. This was the first time he was on his own, and he didn't expect it to be more troublesome and full of twists and turns than the last time.

"Since this is the case, there is no other good solution. We can only wait for a while. Send a flying talisman to your godmother and explain everything clearly.

This dispute between the Wenxiang Sect and the Eastern Demon Sect involves Shui City, there is nothing we can do about it. I didn't know about it a few months ago, so don't lose heart.

If it really doesn't work, let's go directly to the north. If the water city doesn't work, there is still the mountain city. It's no big deal.

The mountain city is right next to the Eastern Capital Tyrant Army. Let alone the dispute between the Wenxiang Sect and the Eastern Demon Sect, even if the two attacked the mountain city, it would be impossible for the market to close."

Seeing the hurt expressions on the two demons' faces, Yu Shuyang couldn't help but comfort them. There must be a reason why the four cities were ranked on the same level.

The treasure ship had to cross a customs checkpoint when traveling from Wuzhou to Zhongzhou, and a lot of money had to be paid for the round trip.

"I'll send a flying talisman to my mother right away. We also brought a lot of fresh seafood on the boat. If it doesn't work, I'll have to split it into small portions and sell them." Li Zhen said worriedly.

These fresh goods were all proposed by him. The original plan was to bring a batch of seafood, either to sell or give as gifts, to open up a cooperative relationship with the immortal family.

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