From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 195 Beanworm Demon Cao Qing

There are three kinds of ink: smoke ink, oil ink, and lacquer ink. Each has different uses. Smoke ink is waterproof and good for calligraphy, oil ink is transparent and good for painting, and lacquer ink is used to make black lacquer.

Smoke ink is best made with old pine roots, and ink is best made with tung oil. This has been a truth for thousands of years.

At the moment, Yu's father was using hemp to refine ink and smoke ink. Yu Shuyang naturally couldn't say much, after all, it involved exchanging real characters with the book fairy Shui Houzi.

When Father Yu saw Yu Shuyang flying a kite, pulling a white rope with a mountain of hemp behind it, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

This hemp is not the ramie or yellow or white hemp used to make hemp ropes, but the sixth-grade spiritual herb - fire hemp, which can absorb fire energy and continue to grow. It is not a flower or plant that grows in spring and dies in autumn.

The skin of the fire-damaged tree is extremely tough. The cables on the treasure ship are made of it. It took a lot of effort for Yu Fu and his men to cut it down.

"Put them all over there first. You need to pick all the hemp seeds so that they can be sent to the fire room to burn into ink. Otherwise, go to the west and call Cao Qing.

It's a green worm spirit that hasn't transformed yet. You'll know who it is at a glance." Father Yu said, pointing in a direction.

"Where did this demon come from? What's his trick?" Yu Shuyang was confused by his father's faction, but instead of getting angry, he asked another question.

"He's the ink maker Dazhener invited from Chaoju City to help make ink. He'll be staying in Yatou Mountain permanently from now on.

You'll know when you go and see. I won't tell you anymore because I'm busy." After saying a few words, Father Yu went to sweep the smoke from the smoked bowl.

Yu Shuyang walked in the direction pointed by Yu's father and saw a square fire pit built in a valley.

The style of the fire pit is similar to that of the stove, the only difference is that there is no opening on top to place a pot, but it is sealed, purely for burning fire and producing smoke.

Behind the fire pit is not a chimney, but a 40-meter-long flue kiln, which ensures that the smoke from the fire remains in the chimney.

The fire pit and the chimney are both built with fire rocks. The craftsmanship is very good. There are no gaps between the bricks, and they are all square and neat.

A large green caterpillar, larger than a dog, was guarding the fire pit and adding hemp to the fire. The fire from the hemp was surprisingly green.

Before Yu Shuyang could open his mouth to ask, the caterpillar turned its head and looked at him, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

The voice sounded like that of an old smoker, hoarse yet clear. Unfortunately, it looked awkward with the face of a big green caterpillar.

"My name is Yu Shuyang. My father asked you to go over to the place where ink is burned." Yu Shuyang said in two simple sentences.

The big caterpillar stuffed a few more hemp sticks into the fire pit, and before leaving, he spit out a green-red fire bead from his mouth and threw it into the fire.

This big green caterpillar is called Cao Qing. It is a demon born and raised on the island. It is a bean caterpillar transformed into a demon, and its birthplace is Yatou Mountain.

That was when the Fire Crow Immortal was still around. He merged Crow Head Mountain into the land veins of Chaoju Island. As the floating island shrank, the fire energy was squeezed into the rocks and turned into igneous rocks.

In order to nourish the fire energy of the fire rock, the Fire Crow Fairy planted various fire-type spiritual plants on the mountain, such as fire mulberry, fire hemp, fire locust, fire grass, etc.

He is an expert in fire refining, but not so good at growing spiritual plants. He can only dig holes and sow seeds. Whether they can survive depends on fate, and he doesn't care about the harvest.

There is no need to grow spiritual plants for the money of selling talismans. Just let the fire spiritual plants grow freely. Over time, they will breed many fire spiritual insects. The Fire Crow Immortal does not care, as long as it can nourish the fire energy of Crow Head Mountain.

It was at that time that Cao Qing ate fire mulberry leaves for a long time on Yatou Mountain, and finally he became enlightened and gained wisdom. He did not become wise until he died while undergoing tribulation when the Fire Crow Immortal broke through to the fifth level.

All the insect spirits were imprisoned in the mountains, and their lives were not too difficult. However, without the sun and fire of the Fire Crow Immortal, many fireflies and fire-elemental spiritual plants slowly died.

Later, Crow Head Mountain was bought by the Fire Duck Fairy. This plagued Crow Head cultivated the underground fire. After some transformation, the fire energy flowed into the depths of the mountains and nourished the underground fire.

For a moment, the anger in Fire Crow Mountain subsided, and most of the spiritual plants on the mountain were killed or injured. Cao Qing and the others who had lived for a long time went to find the Fire Duck Immortal to seek justice.

Naturally, he was beaten to a pulp. The only reason he wasn't killed was because of the rules of the five islands and eight cities of Yazhou, which prohibit killing little goblins at will.

From then on, the insect spirits and the Fire Duck Fairy became enemies. How could these little creatures defeat the fifth-grade demon fairy? In the end, they were all driven away.

Cao Qing is the most ambitious among their group of little demons. He vowed that after becoming an immortal, he would come back and set fire to Yatou Mountain to avenge the humiliation he suffered from the Fire Duck Immortal.

Before he could become an immortal, the Fire Duck Immortal set fire to the Thousand Barriers Cliff and was already on the wanted list of the Bitter Sea Cliff Continent. There was no way to avenge this vengeance, and he felt extremely uncomfortable with the anger he held in his heart.

It happened that Li Zhen came to Chaoju City to invite the ink craftsman. When he heard that he was going to Yatou Mountain, he followed him back without saying a word.

Cao Qing's cultivation level was not high, he had just broken through to the early eighth level, and it was all thanks to the recent burning of hemp and breathing in the green flames of the furnace.

Over the years, he has been wandering in Chaoju City, doing odd jobs everywhere. He has learned several skills but failed to master them. Either his master did not teach him carefully, or he was too stupid to learn.

The only skill he had was making fire. He ate too much fire mulberry in his early years, which caused a ball of mulberry fire to accumulate in his stomach. The mulberry fire was as fierce as a blaze, and it could produce green flames when used to make fire.

This green flame was the fire used in alchemy. He joined an alchemy room and became responsible for the fire. He also learned a small magic to transform fire into flame, and transformed his belly of mulberry fire into a green flame. Before he could learn to make the elixir, the alchemist of the alchemy room was trapped in the Fox Kingdom of Qingqiu. After a long time, the alchemy room was out of business, and the alchemist's apprentice closed the room and went to the Fox Kingdom to find his master.

He turned to the kiln that burned ink smoke and this time everything went smoothly. With his skill in controlling the green flame of the kiln, he learned all the skills of an ink maker.

It was not a long distance, but it took Yu Shuyang and Cao Qing a quarter of an hour to walk. Cao Qing talked non-stop along the way.

Yu Shuyang had been listening carefully and had a more intuitive understanding of the five islands and eight cities. The demon city was built in imitation of the human city. In addition to the city lord's family, the people living in it were all kinds of wandering demons.

There are workshops and shops everywhere in the city, and the little fairies can go in and learn how to work. In the early stages, apprentices are not paid, but fortunately, food and accommodation are provided. As long as they don't break the law, they will learn a skill sooner or later.

This Cao Qing is a giant green caterpillar that has become a spirit. When he reached the seventh level, he did not transform into a human, but instead transformed into a hawk moth. There are very few skills he can learn. If it were not for the mulberry fire in his belly, he would probably only be able to do hard labor.

"Boss." Cao Qing greeted Yu Fu warmly. Now that he was the master chef in Yu Fu's ink shop, he addressed him as Boss according to the rules.

Yu's father was also very enthusiastic. He built the ink workshop and had a bit of manliness in it. In addition to looking for the book fairy and the water monkey to exchange for real texts, he also wanted to run a business and earn money to support his family.

"A Qing, you came at the right time. These hemps have just been chopped. I have already called some people. You can teach them how to do it together." Yu's father said with a little embarrassment.

This fire hemp is a spiritual plant. There is fire energy in the fire hemp seeds, and they must be peeled off from the hemp stalk as soon as possible, otherwise the fire energy will dissipate through the broken hemp stalk.

Cao Qing was so engrossed in talking to Yu Shuyang that he didn't even look around. The face, neck and body of the big caterpillar were all one piece.

You can't talk while shaking your head from side to side, otherwise you won't see the pile of anger and numbness that is as big as a small mountain.

"Boss, why are you cutting so much hemp? Isn't it said that the skin of hemp stalks is as hard as iron and difficult to cut?" Cao Qing was really scared and stuttered.

In the past, Yu Fu, Fathead Fish and their four men had all gone to cut hemp. Either the blade of their knife broke, or it took them half a day to cut only one hemp.

Finally, we had to find some shrimp soldiers. They had a foundation in martial arts and had practiced the skills of the strongman. They had no problem chopping down the iron bark plum tree, so naturally they could chop down the hemp as well.

The shrimp soldiers worked carefully and always asked questions before starting. They knew that the logging quota could not be cut down all at once. After cutting down the hemp, they also helped to replant the hemp. They were truly old hands in the spiritual field.

Yu Shuyang was just a young and foolish man, and he practiced controlling the sword with his mind without caring about anything else. Moreover, he also asked, and Yu's father said that they had all been chopped down.

Not long after, Uncle Mo came with three students, and seven or eight spider spirits also came to the Wuhui Cave in Qianzhang Cliff, so there was no shortage of manpower.

Yu Shuyang had been in seclusion for two months, and this was the first time he saw his three students after coming out. He followed Master Yu's example and asked each of them about their progress in practicing the martial arts.

The eldest brother Jin Bupa is the fastest in cultivation. The eight talismans have been refined halfway and are just waiting for the golden fire to produce thunder. There is a golden platform and a fire hole on the isolated peak to gather Qi.

The second brother, Yu Lishui, was also not slow in his cultivation. He had refined five of the twelve talismans, one more than the eldest brother. He cultivated the gold and water to generate thunder, and there was also water veins on the solitary peak to gather Qi.

The third brother was not so good. He had gold hidden in the soil. Although there was a golden unicorn treasure land on the isolated peak that gathered energy, it was only golden energy that was gathered. He was able to refine only three of the ten talismans.

Yu Shuyang couldn't help but say a few more words to Yu Zangfeng. He didn't expect that his apprentice must be feeling aggrieved, so he begged his master to help him dig a hole in the earth.

Yu Shuyang was helpless after hearing this. It was not difficult to create a treasure cave of earth, but the ground hole on the solitary peak where qi gathered had been turned into a fire cave.

There was no other way. Since his own apprentice had come to him for help, he had to help find a solution. He said, "There are no more underground holes on the lonely peak. If you want to build an earthen cave, you have to find another place. I'm sure you don't want to do that.

The master will write a note for you. Go find Tu Liu and ask him to let you into Zhitian every day to practice for one or two hours.

In the Zhitian, there are five kinds of Zhi that gather Qi, and the Yin and Yang Wu Ji earth are constantly circulating. The effect is no less than that of an earth cave, and it can also help you understand the magnetism of metal and earth.

In this way, Yu Shuyang taught three students once. Now there are enough people, and he doesn't want to stay and work, so he wants to go and pay a visit to Yu Mu.

When Yu's father saw his son was about to return to the cave, he hurriedly said, "Your mother is not at home. She went to the city with your cousin's wife to open a noodle shop in Chaoju City.

The shop over there needs to be renovated, so if you want to see her you can only go to Chaoju City. You should just help her out here."

Yu Shuyang felt suffocated when he saw his father's sly smile, but he couldn't disobey him, so he had to stay and help peel the hemp seeds.

He couldn't help but think of the last time he was in seclusion at home and asked Yu's father to help look after the spiritual fields. At that time, he felt that Yu's father was lazy all day long and wanted to assign him to do more work.

I guess Yu's father was in the same mood at that time. He also thought that if the Yu Mu Noodle House opened, Senior Brother Fathead Fish and the four waiters would have to go there.

By then, Yu Fu, who is refining ink, won’t capture him as a soldier, right?
For a moment, he actually felt that he did not have enough manpower.

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