From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 284: Dragon King and God of Wealth

The sea of suffering, the house of Chi’s boat.

The ship has seven floors, and the cabins below are filled with various woods. The Chi family came here this time to build a palace.

The prince of the Fox Kingdom on Qingqiu Island is about to be crowned, and a prince's palace needs to be built. Therefore, a batch of wood and craftsmen from last time are needed.

Yu Shuyang didn't care about the affairs of the Chi family at all. When he got on the ship, he specially called Li Zhen over to ask about the affairs of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the East China Sea Dragon Palace.

Inside the room, the candlelight spirit Wan Jia was using spiritual fire to brew tea, which he learned from Fu Yangzi. He opened up a paradise on Bagua Mountain, had many contacts with the aristocratic families of the human race, and learned the craft of brewing tea.

"Cousin, when did the Wan family learn how to cook? It seems to have a unique charm." Li Zhen smelled the fragrance of tea as soon as he entered the door.

Yu Shuyang pulled out a seat and helped Li Zhen lay it out. He motioned for him to sit down first and said, "You'll have to wait a while for the tea to be brewed. This is Qinggong brewed tea, the craftsmanship of a human family. You'll know when you try it."

Li Zhen watched with great interest as the Wan family lit a fire and brewed tea, using specially made utensils: a small red clay stove, a silver teapot with cloud patterns, and a white porcelain water jar filled with purple morning dew water.

The Wan family put the tea balls on the fire and slowly smoked them. The fragrance of tea filled the room. After the tea balls were roasted, Qi Feng pounded them into fine powder.

Seeing Li Zhen looking intently, Yu Shuyang couldn't help but smile and said, "If you like, I'll let the Wan family teach you later. This is different from brewing bud tea. Tuan tea uses alchemy techniques when making tea.

There were outsiders on the ship just now, so I didn't dare to ask you. Now everything is fine. The ship still has three or four days to sail, so it's a good time to ask you.

"Based on the strength of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, it's impossible for them to be controlled by the East Sea Dragon Palace. So why is Qingqiu Island blocked by the East Sea Dragon Palace?"

Li Zhen chuckled. Just now on the boat, when Master Chi was introducing the itinerary, he felt that his cousin glanced at him and knew that he must ask him a question.

“The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is certainly more powerful than the East Sea Dragon Palace, but it is no match for the Four Seas Dragon Palace, and it has no way of doing anything to the True Dragon Clan.

Otherwise, it would not have been harvested by the Dragon Palace using the price difference earlier. At present, Jinlu Island is not able to compete with Haishi at all.

Instead, they are competing for the support of the God of Department Stores, the God of Money, and the God of Wealth. This matter will not produce any results in the short term.

The siege on Qingqiu Island wasn't just about spiritual food, but also about the scramble for talisman coins. The Fox Nation was using talisman coins instead of real money, and they were now circulating among ordinary people. Li Zhen told them everything he knew in one breath.

Yu Shuyang digested the thought silently. Behind the East China Sea Dragon Palace was the Four Seas Dragon Palace. This was very obvious. After all, the eight dragon gods were of the same blood.

Just like the so-called true dragon clan, they are the bloodline descendants of the eight dragon gods. For example, many dragon sons and grandsons in the East China Sea Dragon Palace are descendants of the Canglong, not the bloodline descendants of the contemporary East China Sea Dragon King.

With only the seven surnames of Dongyi, the five surnames of Qingqiu, the five islands and eight cities of Yazhou, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the entire True Dragon Clan really have no way to compete. The gap between the two is too great.

Yu Shuyang was much more unfamiliar with the God of Goods, the God of Wealth, and the God of Money. He was not as familiar with the Real Dragon and the Dragon God. After all, he had awakened the Dragon Carp bloodline and was always paying attention to this information.

"What are these God of Goods, God of Wealth, and God of Money you just mentioned? I didn't understand a word you said. Please explain it to me." Yu Shuyang asked directly.

Li Zhen turned his head away from watching Wan Jia brew and order tea. After thinking for a moment, he said, "This matter is very complicated and cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.

I need to think about how to explain it to you. There's a struggle between talisman money and real money, a struggle between gold wealth and water wealth, and a struggle between general merchandise and wealth."

Yu Shuyang waited quietly for an explanation, and couldn't help but recall the dispute over department stores and financial goods in his mind. He seemed to have seen it before.

After thinking about it, I suddenly remembered that there were two temples dedicated to the God of Goods in Huaihe Water Market, one new temple was a big temple, and the other old temple was a small temple.

At first, Shui Shi set up a stage in front of the small temple to perform opera, so he did not enter the Temple of the God of Wealth. Now recalling it, it seems that the god in the small temple is called the God of General Merchandise, and the god in the big temple is called the God of Wealth and Goods.

On the other hand, Li Zhen thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. These things were told to him by his master, Zuo Xianshi, and they contained many principles of the immortal way.

"Alas, if I pick any one of these things, I can't explain it clearly. I'd better explain it to you in detail so that you don't have to ask me again.

The Eight Dragon Gods, as you know, are the eight ways of true dragons. Since the end of the ancient times, there has been no one in Middle-earth who has attained the path of a true dragon.

Our current Dragon King of the East China Sea was a deity who returned to his position in the Middle Ages. I don’t know what’s wrong with him, but he seems to have a grudge against the God of Wealth.

First, two kinds of coins were refined from pearls and Shengqian, named real coins, and circulated among the aquatic creatures in the East China Sea.

This naturally encroached upon the authority of the God of Money, causing dissatisfaction among the Supreme God of Wealth, thus triggering the first great war between gods in the East China Sea.

The Dragon King of the East China Sea relied on the power of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas to suppress the God of Money in the East China Sea. Later, in order to escape, the God of Money used the Money Tree to refine the Spirit Shell Coin.

As a result, the spirit shells used to breed pearls and refine real money were fished out in large numbers and were on the verge of extinction. Without pearl coins, real money could not function relying solely on winning coins.

Zhuqian is similar to today's Fuqian, and Shengqian is similar to today's Suiqian. Shengqian is only used in large quantities when there is a large amount of business.

Moreover, refining victory coins requires dragon spirits, which only appear among the seaweeds on the seabed during the sacrifice to the Dragon God on May 5th every year.

Since then, Dragon Palace no longer deals in real money, and now only considers winning coins as rare items or natural treasures."

Upon hearing this, Yu Shuyang interrupted and said, "Cousin, wait a minute, you mean this, not returning the winning money?"

As he spoke, he took out a Taiping victory coin from his magic bag. This was made by Uncle Mo using the dragon spirit ghost to offer sacrifices. It could knock down weapons.

He remembered that when he went with Xia Wushou and the bull demon Hong Tao to deal with the tiger demon, he used this thing to knock down the white bone short arrow. Thanks to this victory coin, otherwise, he would have been shot to death by the white bone short arrow.

Li Zhen took the victory coin and looked at it, then said, "Yes, this is the victory coin. The dragon tribe used to like to use it against their enemies.

With dozens of victory coins, as long as the enemy is restrained, no matter how high his level is, he will inevitably be beaten up.

It doesn't work now. The God of Money has been weakening real money. Without the great law of money connecting to the God of Money, only a dozen kinds of talisman money are still effective.

Cousin, this coin of yours has already been used. It's less than half full, so I guess it can only be used once more."

Yu Shuyang smiled and took back the winning money, saying, "This was a gift from Uncle Mo a while ago. I may not have the chance to use it in the future. Go on, what happened next?"

Li Zhen shook his head, not agreeing or disagreeing with his cousin's statement, and continued, "Later, the God of Money escaped naturally and fought with the Dragon King of the East China Sea again.

He was forced to swear an oath that he would no longer promote real money and would not infringe upon the authority of the God of Money. In exchange, he received the blessing of the God of Money. The East China Sea Dragon Clan is good at making money.

Later, a second war between gods was triggered, which was about the power of wealth. The Dragon King created the myth of water dragon spitting out wealth, which became widely circulated near the East China Sea.

This time, the one offended was Xuantan Dragon and Tiger True Lord. Unlike the God of Money, he was an ancient deity who had been awakened from his slumber by his four subordinate Gods of Wealth. The result was predictable: the East China Sea Dragon Palace was destroyed. Since then, no mention has been made of the water dragon spitting pearls or the golden dragon spewing wealth.

Now, the creatures in the East China Sea dare not even touch upon the subject of wealth when practicing their cultivation methods. This shows how fierce the fight was back then.

Later, it is now, the current dispute over department stores and goods, which was caused by the market town established by the God of Goods, the God of Wealth, the God of Money, and a group of auxiliary gods under his seat.

The earliest ones were the water market of the Huai River and the mountain market in the north, both of which were responsible for connecting the north and the south for cargo transportation. Later, as silk weaving became popular, a Tianjie was built.

There was nothing wrong with it. The Water Market, Mountain Market and Sky Street were all for trade, to expand the God of Wealth Dao and to benefit the God of Wealth Dao practitioners.

But the Dragon King of the East Sea happened to take a fancy to it, and he created a sea market and started sea and land trade. However, due to the agreement with the God of Wealth and the God of Money, he was not allowed to get involved.

So now they've come up with a bartering scheme, splitting the power of the God of Goods into two parts: money and goods, and general merchandise."

Li Zhen finished his words in one breath and felt his tongue was tired. When he looked back, he saw that the tea at the Wan family was almost ready.

"The tea is ready, give me a cup first. I've been talking for so long that my throat is almost dry."

Yu Shuyang smiled and said, "Don't drink this tea in a hurry. Drinking this tea for the first time will have the effect of strengthening your body.

You haven't explained how this relates to the Fox Nation. Why does the Fox Nation use talismans and money to compete for the God of Wealth, the God of Money, and the God of Goods? "

Seeing his cousin's serious look, Li Zhen knew that if he didn't explain clearly today, he would not let him drink tea, so he had to sit still and continue talking.

“We cultivators, whether we are demon immortals, gods, or human immortals, all circulate and use talisman money.

This talisman money can be used for spending. On the one hand, it was created by the God of Money, and was made by pressing and refining the God's ban on the Money Tree.

On the other hand, talisman coins are valuable. Whether they are talisman coins or New Year coins, they are made by magic power sacrifices. In professional terms, they are in line with the value.

Ordinary people and half-demons who do not practice cultivation do not have such great value in either production or spending. The money they use is just ordinary money.

In recent years, with the increase in the number of mortals, the power of money has become stronger and stronger, and a problem has gradually emerged, that is, how to exchange money for talisman money.

It was also at this opportunity that the God of Money, the God of Wealth, and the God of Goods became uneasy, and the Dragon King of the East China Sea took advantage of the opportunity.

Nowadays, the Fox Country is promoting the integration of talismans and money. It is an experiment and also a demonstration. Therefore, the three gods have sent down their spiritual responses and are waiting for the final result.

If the Fox Nation wins, Hai City loses, so now the two sides are fighting openly and secretly."

Yu Shuyang nodded, and he understood in his heart. He didn't expect that there would be so much trouble in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, nor did he expect that so many things would be one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes.

However, wouldn't it be enough to calculate the actual value of these money and talisman coins, and then set up the exchange rate? For example, one New Year coin is equal to one thousand talisman coins.

Thinking of this, Yu Shuyang was about to ask when he saw Li Zhen pick up the tea and was about to drink it. He hurriedly shouted to stop him, "Don't drink it yet. There is still one trick left to use. Otherwise, the effect will be greatly reduced."

Li Zhen had the teacup at his lips, but he put it back abruptly. He looked at his cousin and complained, "Cousin, you shouldn't be so hasty."

Yu Shuyang chuckled, took out the Yin-Yang True Shape Fan, and said, "This tea ball needs to be refined twelve times. Its full name is Dragon and Phoenix Flower Tea Ball.

Although it is called tea, it is actually a kind of elixir used to strengthen muscles and bones. It must be refined with the power of the law.

Don't be anxious, I have another question. Just now you said that the Fox Country is promoting the integration of talismans and money to replace cash.

Why not calculate the value of money, like the New Year's money and the talisman money, wouldn't it be less troublesome?"

Li Zhen sighed deeply and couldn't help but sigh: "Cousin, I haven't seen you for a few days, how come you have become a questioner?
To calculate the value of money is a very difficult matter. First of all, what do you use to calculate the value of mortals?
The value of talisman money is spiritual energy. This item is necessary for spiritual practice and will never change. Talisman money uses the spiritual energy of the ten directions and five elements, while New Year money uses the spiritual energy of the twelve Earthly Branches.

This money has always been calculated in terms of five metals, but the value of mortal money varies from place to place in the Nine Provinces, so how can it be calculated clearly, let alone the exchange amount with the talisman money?

Money is useless to cultivators, but talisman money is useful to both cultivators and ordinary people. It is natural that useful things replace useless things."

Yu Shuyang understood after hearing this, but he still felt that it was inappropriate. Since the power of money was growing stronger, there was no reason to cancel it.

However, he couldn't think of a solution. Looking at his cousin's expression, he knew it was not a good idea to ask any further. Moreover, even if he asked further, Li Zhen would not be able to know the answer.

"I'll cast the spell right away. You should adjust yourself now. The stronger your foundation will be, the better your bones and muscles will be forged, and the more perfect your transformation into a human form will be."

Yu Shuyang said a few words to comfort Li Zhen, and waved the true form fan in his hand to activate the true form of Tai Chi Green Ox and Liangyi Green Sheep. He secretly used the method of Weichen Chess to refine the tea into nine changes.

Then, in the white porcelain teacup, a dragon shadow and a phoenix shadow were seen circling back and forth in the water.

Li Zhen was stunned by the scene. He picked up the teacup and looked at it again and again. He didn't dare to pour it into his mouth for a moment, but he couldn't stop smacking his lips.

"What are you standing there for? Drink quickly." Yu Shuyang hurriedly reminded.

Li Zhen then drank it in small sips until he finished a cup of tea. He fell into silence. The law of clouds and mist spread in his bones and muscles, and then attracted his own spiritual charm and legal charm.

"Master, what do you think? Is the mysterious light I arranged intimidating?" Saoxia Xuling's divine consciousness transmitted the message.

It turned out that Yu Shuyang had been pestering Li Zhenwen, and he could see that he was getting impatient, so he made up the last reason.

In order to make the effect appear realistic, he deliberately used the Yin-Yang True Form and performed a trick of refining dust. However, the spiritual tea refined with the Yin-Yang True Form lacked any momentum.

Only then did he ask Saoxia Xuling for help. He used two rays of mysterious light to transform into the phantoms of a dragon and a phoenix, which looked much more powerful.

As expected, Li Zhen was frightened!

"Master, why don't I remember this step? Can't I drink the tea after making it three times?" Wan Jia asked in confusion.

Yu Shuyang laughed heartily, then whispered, "I was just fooling around, otherwise, Li Zhen would have been furious.

Remember, don't let anything slip from your mouth in the future, and don't let anything slip from your mouth, Qifeng."

Yu Shuyang picked up a cup of tea and took a sip. The cloud tea balls were roasted, ground, and then boiled into a soup with purple morning dew water. It was mellow and sweet in the mouth, and a surge of uplifting energy penetrated into his lungs.

(End of this chapter)