From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 8 Happy Fish Bliss
Xiyu Blessed Land is a blessed land created by the immortal Xiyu when he became an immortal by refining the earth's energy. It is more than 300 kilometers in radius, with a hundred-meter-high mountain named Yushan in the middle.

The top of the mountain was flattened by the immortal Xiyu, who built a Taoist temple called Qingze, which contained north and south altars and water and fire refining pools. The immortal lived alone there and did not keep any servants in the palace.

Two courtyards were built between the top of the mountain and the middle of the mountain. One was called Baizi Courtyard and the other was called Qiansun Courtyard. They were for the blood relatives of the Great Immortal Xiyu within three generations and the fish monsters whose cultivation had broken through the seventh level to live in.

Halfway up the mountain is a huge institution of higher learning, where rows of school buildings are connected together, looking like terraced fields from a distance.

This is a public school in the blessed land. The school is managed by Madam Wushuang, the first wife of the Great Immortal Xiyu. The school teaches the younger generations the knowledge of magic and the practice of various arts.

The teachers in the academy will be fish monsters of the eighth rank or above from the same tribe. They will be responsible for teaching the fish monsters who have not yet entered the Dao realm. They do not need to pay tuition, and all their living and learning needs will be provided by the academy.

Most of the fish spirits that have not yet broken through are fish fry laid from eggs in the Nanyu Pond. They do not know their biological parents. They were sent from the Nanyu Pond to the academy to study after they became spirits from ordinary fish.

"Cousin, is this Yushan Academy?"

Li Zhen couldn't help but be curious. He had heard from his mother Zhu Sanniang in his early years that she had come here to study. Today, Yu Shuyang took him around to play, and the first place they were going to was here.

“Yes, this is Yushan Academy, but it’s a family school and is basically not open to the public.

The courses taught were very simple and simple arts. It was more of a craftsman school than a clan school.

Moreover, there is a time limit. Those who cannot break through to the ninth level within ten years will be sent out to form a bond."

Yu Shuyang doesn’t think this place is that good. He is more like a student who is about to graduate and is evaluating his life in the past few years.

The university consists of three parts: the dormitory, the classroom, and the library. There is nothing interesting to see, it is just a formality.

"Let me take you to Dongtian. Maybe there's something you need to open up a trade route."

A large area of land east of Yushan has been developed into spiritual fields, managed by a middle-sixth-rank master named Yu, who is also the teacher that Yu Shuyang kowtowed to and became his disciple.

This place is divided into three parts: Donggeng Garden, Xuefu Garden, and Xiliang Garden. Donggeng Garden is the private land of Xiyu Daxian, and all the plants planted there are spiritual roots and precious medicines.

Xuefu Garden is the food field of the academy, where spiritual melons and rice are grown. The teachers in the academy who understand planting bring a group of fish spirits with talents suitable for planting to practice and learn the skills of spiritual planters and farmers here.

The West Grain Garden is the food field allocated to those with cultivation level of seventh rank and above. The fish father and fish mother each have ten acres of land, and they plant spiritual herbs of low rank.

“Cousin, the spiritual grain business has no market in the East China Sea. The Fox Country has spiritual grains of all kinds, as well as the auspicious nine-tailed fox that practices the way of a good harvest.

It can be said that the entire East China Sea, including the sea merchants, who are engaged in the spiritual food business, cannot avoid the Fox Country. This business is not going to work."

Li Zhen had seen the spiritual fields in the blessed land. This one was too small. He had seen grain fields of thousands of miles in the Fox Country. That scene was more spectacular.

The main trading partners of this trade route are the Fox Country and Dongling Avenue. Selling grain to the largest grain merchant in the East China Sea is no joke.

Yu Shuyang didn't expect that the spiritual food business, which he thought was fine, turned out to be the most difficult to succeed, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

So he took him to Beifang, which was located north of Yushan Mountain and was rich in spiritual trees and spiritual beasts.

Beifang is managed by an eighth-rank shrimp spirit, who leads a group of shrimp spirits to cut wood and raise fish here. He has also built a trading market, and all the fish spirits in the blessed land come here to do business.

"These spiritual trees are all good, but unfortunately the yield is not large. Otherwise, it would be a good business."

Li Zhen took a fancy to the spiritual trees here. These spiritual trees were born out of joy and are auspicious trees. They are top-quality trees for building houses and ships.

"Since my cousin thinks it's okay, I'll go back and tell my father that although there aren't many trees in the forest, they're actually cut down every ten days. I don't know how much is stored in the warehouse, but the consumption in the blessed land is limited, so I think there's no shortage."

Yu Shuyang was delighted. It was worth it that he took Li Zhen for a walk. He finally found something useful.

"Why don't you go to the market, which is the largest trading market in Fudi, to see if there are any suitable products."

Yu Shuyang invited his cousin to see it, and the results were naturally disappointing.

The blessed land of the fifth-rank fish immortals is insignificant compared to the East China Sea. The treasures that the fish demons refine with the hundreds of immortal arts taught by the academy are much cruder.

"If the quantity is large and the price is cheap, I can try a few of them, but the profit is not high. Besides, they are all common items and lack special features."

Before Yu Shuyang came, he had also thought about this. There are many markets in Donghai, and there are also large merchants along the coast. The amount of goods coming and going is huge. He is more likely to take a chance, just in case he finds something suitable.

Yu Shuyang led Li Zhen to the west, where was the Hardware Platform, also known as the Gold Smelting Institute, where hardware weapons were forged and Fudi Dao soldiers were trained.

From a distance, it looked like a huge military camp. The fish monsters, shrimp monsters, and clam monsters were each wearing fish scale armor and forming different formations.

The atmosphere was extremely powerful, with Taoist soldiers as formation talismans. A team of soldiers practiced the same spell together, and once it was cast, it instantly condensed into a Dharma image.

"This is a military formation method. You are really amazing. In the East China Sea, only the Dragon Palace and the Dongling people have it. If you can..."

Li Zhen couldn't continue talking before he finished speaking. He felt it was ridiculous. To train such a large number of Taoist soldiers into their current state would consume at least a hundred times more spiritual objects.

Moreover, the fish monsters among them are all members of the Xiyu tribe, and are not slaves that can be bought and sold.

“The hardware platform is quite unique. Look at the fish-scale armor they wear and the five magical weapons they hold in their hands. These are all mass-produced.

Do you think it is suitable for East China Sea trade?"

Yu Shuyang has always liked this place, mainly because there is a gold smelting workshop inside that forges five weapons and refines magical instruments. He often comes here secretly.

If it weren't for his talent that only suited him to planting, and if he wasn't arranged by the school to farm, he would definitely stay here and not leave.

"Magic weapons are naturally suitable for any place, but we need to think carefully. You have also seen fish skin clothes. Magical weapons like this that are sold must be designed before they can be sold.

Otherwise, someone with ulterior motives will be able to crack the rune ban and even trace back the sacrificial method. That would not be good. By then, the flaws will be found and a special method of restraint will be developed.

By then, you will all have to change your equipment, but it is indeed a good thing."

Yu Shuyang nodded. Damaging the runes and concealing the magic ban were simple problems. There were a bunch of fish monsters in the blessed land.

Whether it is the Great Immortal Xiyu, the Wushuang Patriarch, or the Fish Master, they can all help solve the problem.

"I won't show you the south. The South Fish Pond is where the bloodline of the clan is passed down. No one is allowed to disturb it."

"Alright, let's go home and discuss it."

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