Da Zaojun

Chapter 130 Salt Token
After Chen Xiu achieved the eighth rank, his confidence swelled greatly and he wanted to compete with Song Wuji.

Song Wuji was afraid of damaging his confidence, so he evaded the question, "We still have to explore the secrets of Salt Mountain and search for treasures. Besides, even though this demon is dead, this pig is as big as an elephant. I need to butcher it and make a whole pig feast, so I have to find a way to transport it back."

Chen Xiu finally calmed down and said, "Then let's go back and fight again!"

The two of them immediately searched the secret realm. Perhaps because the pig demon was dead, they soon found the secret realm treasure chest.

When I opened the treasure chest, I saw a token with the words "Salt Voucher" written on it.

If there were no pig demon slaughtering the creatures in the secret realm, this secret realm should be related to salt permits. The salt permit system is related to the salt and iron monopoly. It is a salt trading license issued by the Salt Administration Office, and the salt tax is also calculated according to the number of salt permits.

This token can be used to issue salt permits to regulate the amount of salt produced by the secret salt mountain. If the salt permits are issued indiscriminately, they will become worthless. If they are accurately controlled, salt can be produced and salt taxes can be collected.

Besides the token, there was only a recipe for Blue Frost Salt and fifty portions of Blue Frost Salt. There wasn't even a single martial art, technique, or spell.

However, according to the evaluation, this secret realm is probably only a ninth-grade secret realm. Who could have imagined that there would be such a powerful pig demon, who has gained intelligence and is so cruel?
Qingshuang salt is bluish-white in color, like autumn frost, and tastes sweet and salty, not bitter. Although it is not a tribute, it is a must-have for wealthy families to "rinse their mouths". After rinsing your mouth with Qingshuang salt water, it can clean your teeth and leave a fragrance.

Of course, even as mouthwash salt, it is a high-quality salt that ordinary people cannot afford. Ordinary people eat coarse salt, which is salty with a bitter taste. It is slightly poisonous and they are not afraid of it. Anyway, it will not kill them in a short time.

This kind of green frost salt is also sold for two taels of silver per catty.

As for whether there are corresponding rituals for worshiping the Salt Mother, there is no mention of it, and it is also unknown whether becoming a salt worker can obtain the power of the corresponding rituals and whether one can achieve the ninth rank.

However, I think people from all walks of life can gain strength from it. Salt people may also have their own special powers. They can use salt to drive away ghosts, cast spells, or practice martial arts.

After all, even the Beggars' Sect has its own forces and elders.

The Salt Gang is even more powerful than the Beggar Gang. Like the Cao Gang, they are both said to be the source of food and clothing for millions of people.

The requirements for becoming a disciple of the Salt Gang are more stringent than those for becoming a disciple of the Beggar Gang. After all, to be honest, the Beggar Gang is just a group of beggars and hooligans, and there is no threshold for joining.

The salt gangs are mostly wealthy families.
These green frost salts are relatively normal, but the "Seven Non-Desire Salts" obtained by Song Wuji burning the pickled corpse with stove fire are obviously abnormal. The salt is colorful and contains the seven emotions and six desires.

In addition, there is a salt treasure jar obtained from the Salt Mother Temple. The salt in the jar can absorb spiritual energy and turn into salt treasure.

And the salt mother that can grow salt on the ground is one of the treasures of the earth. However, Song Wuji is afraid that if he just eats it and refines it, he will eat too much salt, so it would be a good idea to save it for seasoning.

In addition, the treasures obtained were the six snow-white fangs of the pig demon, a butcher knife named the "Killing Knife", and a golden incense burner named the "Sumeru Mountain Burner". The incense burner was shaped like Mount Sumeru, and the incense burned was also Buddhist incense.

But what the pig demon burned was actually the corpse oil dripping from the pickled corpse.

Song Wuji's stove grille was unable to absorb the fragments of the glass relic, so it should not be a fragment of the divine nature. It might be a rare treasure like the dragon scales of the real dragon and water virtue, with some Buddhist principles... Perhaps a tower needs to be built to worship it, so as to obtain Buddhist rituals.

Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are known as the Three Religions, and they certainly have their own unique characteristics. I'm afraid some demons will disguise themselves, wearing the cloak of the Three Religions, and do corrupt things, like this Zhu Baoli, who used pickled corpses to set up the Tantan formation, seducing the demons to his own advantage.

After searching the secret realm for a while, the two finally confirmed that there was no one alive, and it was even worse than the Lin Family Village.

All the people in the secret realm, regardless of age, were made into pickled corpses by the pig demon, or slaughtered by the pig demon and sold to other demons in the meat market.

Song Wuji sighed deeply and thought to himself, "This pig demon slaughters innocent people. He has absolutely no humanity!"

Chen Xiuze said, "Didn't the pig demon say it wanted to raise human sacrifices? Why haven't we seen any civilians being raised by the demon?"

"That was his and the tiger demon's plan. They're probably waiting to execute it after they've attacked the city."

Afterwards, Song Wuji exorcised the demon on the spot, dissected the pig demon completely, practiced the knife skills of Pao Ding, completed the ritual, and became Pao Ding, the head chef.

Originally, the hair had to be removed when slaughtering a pig, but with Song Wuji's stove lit, even this procedure was no longer necessary.

The pig's head was chopped off and used for sacrifice in Taichang County. The pig's internal organs, including the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, blood, large intestine and small intestine, were used to thank the three elders of the Beggar Sect, who specifically requested to eat the pig-killing dishes.

After the remaining pure meat is dissolved and the ritual is completed, it can be used as part of the cooking process. It can be refined into lard, roasted ribs, roasted meat, chopped into meat patties and soup, or even pickled into bacon, smoked meat, and made into sausages. Anyway, most of the conditions for the eighth-grade chef to dissolve the eighth-grade demon have been met, and all that is left is to make it into a dish and then eat it.

When he was exorcising the monster, Song Wuji also dug out an inner elixir from between the pig monster's heart and kidneys, which was the pig monster's inner elixir.

The Pig Demon's Inner Elixir: The pure energy of those who ascend to immortality rises, while the turbid energy of those who are possessed by the devil sinks. The sky is clear, the earth is turbid, the yang is clear, the yin is turbid, the soul is clear, the spirit is clear, and the essence is turbid. This elixir contains turbid energy, and those who eat it will be tested by the three turbid spirits. Those who pass the test will expel the turbid energy and take in the clear energy, and will be light and healthy. Those who fail will be polluted by the turbid energy, and their bodies will be heavy and clumsy, making it difficult for them to fly in the clouds, and they can only escape underground or run across flying sand and rocks.

Okay, okay, another test.

As long as you refine these inner elixirs, you will encounter various tests.

After pickling the meat that could not be taken away with salt, Song Wuji and Chen Xiu planned to return to Taichang City.

As for Lin Pandi's search for her natal spirit flower, that can only be discussed next time, or she can go out and look for it herself.

After returning to Taichang City, the two handed the salt secret token to Tian Chengbi.

After studying the matter for a moment, County Magistrate Tian spoke up, "The salt and iron monopoly is the economic lifeline of the imperial court. This token claims to be a salt permit, but it's actually a cash permit. The salt administration of the previous dynasty had serious problems, and the current administration isn't much better. Before the great disaster, the imperial court even dispatched salt inspectors to the southeast. They said they were inspecting the salt, but in reality, they were asking for money."

"Officials along the way paid taxes according to their ranks. Seventh-rank officials paid five hundred taels, sixth-rank officials paid one thousand taels, and fifth-rank officials paid three thousand taels before they could pass through customs. And this is just for officials. Local salt merchants and specialized salt administration officials would pay even higher prices. Only after they had collected one million taels would they be happy to return, but this money would only be distributed to the people."

Tian Chengbi said, "However, salt is the most profitable. Although the monsters have transformed, the demand for supplies is even greater. After we open up the road, we can use the salt produced in the secret realm to do business and exchange what we have with other places."

(End of this chapter)