Da Zaojun

Chapter 201 Golden Skull, Silver Skull, Jade Skull

As soon as the gold ingot was presented, the three large dogs widened their eyes: "This is the artifact of the God of Wealth's authority!"

They were thinking, "Just show it already, and we'll let you pass. It's an instrument of wealth and power; you can print as much money as you want."

Especially Marshal Jinya, although he seized a copper coin, which was also an instrument of the God of Wealth's power, this copper coin was the wealth of the poor, the result of hard work. Ordinary people either farmed or did some small business, working from dawn to dusk to earn a living, which was difficult to resist the fate of the world and was easy to go bankrupt.

This is why the God of Wealth becomes the God of Poverty. It is difficult for an individual to fight against the general trend of the times, and a narrow perspective makes it easy to be swept up by the larger trend.

But this Wealth Gate Treasure is different. The Wealth Gate governs virtuous wealth, which is more in line with the order of the underworld, that is, "virtuous wealth enters the underworld treasury".

Before they could even speak, Song Wuji used the treasure ingot as bait and began to fish for something.

"Ok?"

Feeling the movement from the fishing rod and the float on the Yellow Springs River, Song Wuji decisively pulled the rod, and sure enough, he caught something!
But then, dripping water appeared on the surface, and a golden loach, weighing about one or two pounds, was caught.

[Loach falling from the underworld]

"The Yellow Springs flow eastward, its waves washing away heroes. The rebellious king, transformed from the dragon's aura, sank into the Yellow Springs after his death, lying in the mud, and transformed into a dragon loach. Its taste is delicious, and eating it increases the original king's aura by 1."

The primordial royal aura, which Song Wuji had refined, was present in both the Luohu python and the tiger demon. Therefore, they were the rulers of the Tiger Kingdom, the Dragon Lord of Luohu, or something similar, naturally possessing the destiny of a king.

After refining, Song Wuji gained [Heavenly Mandate +1]. He could also refine the Lord's Seal. When he had enough, he could change from an ordinary Lord to a King's Mandate Lord, similar to establishing a dynasty. Song Wuji refined them himself. The more Heavenly Mandate he gained, the more divine fragments he could refine, and the more complete his authority became.

There was only one Yellow Springs Dragon Loach, and it was difficult to make even one dish from it, so Song Wuji decided to try fishing for it a few more times.

After examining the treasure chest and finding it undamaged, Song Wuji threw the pole again.

But a moment later, there was another commotion.

Song Wuji thought to himself, "As the saying goes, good resources are worse than good skills. This Yellow Springs River has accumulated countless historical events and treasures. If it weren't for the fact that I'm still waiting to return to the mortal world, I would really like to fish here for a longer period of time."

Swing the stick up.

But what I saw was a broken branch, made of copper, with rusty copper coins on it.

[Money Tree Branch]
It can be placed in a treasure basin for repair, using copper coins as nutrients, and may be able to regrow and sprout again, thus repairing the damaged artifact of the God of Wealth's authority.

Song Wuji shook his head. He already had several of these artifacts wielding the power of the God of Wealth, but they were utterly useless. He had no method for making money, nor any business to pursue. And now, in these chaotic times…

But why did so many gods of wealth die? Were they sacrificed?
Song Wuji continued fishing, catching seven or eight items in a row, all of which were quite good treasures, but he didn't catch any gold bones, silver bones, or bronze bones.

He cast the line again and caught another fish.

[Carp from the Underworld]
Yellow River carp, every year on the second day of the second lunar month, swim back up the Dragon Gate, leaping to become a dragon. Those who fail are charred at the tail and perish in the Yellow Springs. They love to eat the remnants of their fate. They are delicious, and eating them adds 1 point to one's original royal aura.

Excellent, a delicacy from the underworld on par with the Fallen Dragon Loach. Moreover, it's the transformed form of a Yellow River carp that failed to leap over the Dragon Gate and died.

It seems they've used up all their luck, and this time, they haven't been able to catch any treasures for a long time.

Suddenly the fishing rod sank, and a feeling even heavier than when he caught the Scaled Shadow General came down on him.

Song Wuji immediately used his water-carrying supernatural power to stabilize himself, grit his teeth, and keep pulling.

It must be said that the ferryman at Huangquan Ferry had a good quality fishing rod. Neither the rod nor the line broke at all, so there was no fear of the line being cut.

Marshal Jin Ya had already reached Song Wuji's side, his eyes fixed expectantly on the Yellow Springs River: "What did you catch?"

Song Wuji had no time to answer him. Even with all his might, he still couldn't pull him ashore.

"A behemoth!"

Marshal Gold Tooth exclaimed, "You might as well let go of the pole. If you get dragged into the River of the Dead, you might never be able to get up again."

Song Wuji would never agree to such a thing.

After an unknown amount of time, the underwater force suddenly loosened, and Song Wuji stumbled backward a few steps before being thrown back.

But then they saw a golden skeleton being fished up, with the treasure ingot being bitten by its golden teeth.

As soon as the golden skull came ashore, its two eyed skulls lit up with a spiritual light and began to move on their own: "Oh dear, this bottom of the Yellow Springs River is really no place to stay. Fortunately, you, righteous man, fished me out."

But the skeletal hand removed the head, emptying out several fallen dragon loaches and some silt from the underworld.

[Golden Skull]

Song Wuji didn't see the introduction at all.

Then the skeleton walked over and said, "Hero, why don't you lend me your fishing rod? I have a second brother, who is a silver skeleton, and a third brother, who is a bone skeleton."

Song Wuji: "?"

Could there be a river god in the River of the Underworld? A skeleton fell in, and a golden skeleton was picked up, while a silver skeleton came out. The god said, "Young man! Did you fall in with this golden skeleton, this silver skeleton, or this ordinary skeletal skeleton?"

Marshal Golden Tooth was already drooling over the golden skull, which perfectly fulfilled his request to Song Wuji: to prepare a golden bone.

Of course, there wasn't just one bone, but the whole skeleton!
He barked, and the Silver Fang General and the Bronze Fang Captain attacked together, surrounding the Golden Skull.

But then the golden skull made a "slurping" sound: "Little dog, go away."

Song Wuji silently handed over the fishing rod to him and collected the three dragon loaches that had fallen out of his head. A few more would be enough for a dish. Song Wuji had already decided to make deep-fried dishes. In the eighteen levels of hell, there was a deep-frying hell. Song Wuji's lard was almost used up, and he wanted to go and see if there was any higher-quality oil, and also find an oil jar.

Three large dogs bit the golden skull, but they couldn't budge it at all. Instead, the golden skull seemed to have several ornaments attached to it, and it fished peacefully.

After fishing for a while without catching anything, he got anxious and said to Song Wuji, "My righteous man, how about this, you do the fishing. My luck seems to be so-so, I might not be able to catch my two brothers."

More than just ordinary, every time Song Wuji cast his club, he never missed a shot; he almost always hit consecutive shots. He was even thinking that the Yellow Springs River wasn't exactly devoid of life; it clearly had good resources.

Taking the fishing rod, the golden skull began to chatter incessantly: "Little dogs, can you get off me? My bones have no flavor, they're not tasty."

Seeing that he couldn't do anything to him, Marshal Gold Tooth relented, but still craved the bone: "Who are you?"

"I am the Golden Skull!"

The golden skull sang: "What end is there in wealth and fame? All the scheming is in vain. Countless jewels and gold cannot sustain the throat. Skull, skull, once impermanent, all things come to an end. Perhaps it is because of insufficient good deeds in the past life, many transgressions. Time flies swiftly, moment by moment cannot be held back. I urge people to cultivate themselves early and not to linger. Seek liberation early, and go together to the Pure Land."

Upon hearing the lyrics, Song Wuji finally recognized them. They were Taoist lyrics, roughly about Zhuangzi encountering a skeleton and expressing his feelings to it. The skeleton replied that death was better than life.

However, it was later changed to a golden skull and a silver skull, which advised people to cherish the time they have while they are alive. It became a common sentiment that gold and silver cannot be taken away, and it lost some of its transcendence.

Even if you don't want to, it can transform into a concrete thing and appear in the netherworld.

A short while later, Song Wuji felt the fishing rod sink and immediately started pulling on it again.

The golden skull came to your aid: "I'll help you!"

The next moment, a powerful force was applied, and another skeleton was quickly pulled out. This skeleton was entirely silver.

Immediately, even the silver-toothed general started drooling.

But then, the silver skull's two eye sockets also emitted a divine light.

After emptying the dragon-like creature and the mud from the underworld from its head, the silver skeleton said, "Big brother! You've come out too!"

"Yes, yes, congratulations! Congratulations! We've been reborn!"

"Then let's rescue our third brother too!"

Immediately, the golden and silver skulls looked at Song Wuji with great eagerness.

Song Wuji sighed inwardly: "These two skeletons are probably even more powerful than the Fish Scale Yin General. I wonder what their strength and rank are... If they release some great demon, then we're doomed."

But all he can do now is continue fishing in the River of the Dead.

As Song Wuji fished, the two skeletons said, "Since we received guidance from the True Man of Nanhua and began our cultivation, we have never suffered such a great loss. We have actually been thrown into the Yellow Springs River and become a nail in the hole."

"It's not just us who haven't suffered losses. Our third brother followed Laozi and led the ox. Over the years, he was known as the White Bone Immortal and obtained the immortal rank of Corpse-Dissolving Ancestor. But even he lost his rank and fell from his position. He was driven into the Yellow Springs River with us and became a nail."

"Alas... This great calamity has affected the Three Realms and Six Paths. If it weren't for this righteous man, we would still be nailed to the bottom of the Yellow Springs River! We should really thank him."

"Nothing? We can't take it with us when we're born, and we can't take it with us when we die."

"Should we give him a bone instead?"

Sensing the change in the fishing rod, Song Wuji pulled with tremendous force and exclaimed, "I've caught another one!"

The two skeletons remained silent and followed Song Wuji in pulling the lever.

This time, however, it wasn't a skeleton.

A giant dragon-like snake bit the hook.

This dragon and snake were enormous, probably ten or more feet long.

But if you look closely, isn't it just like a loach? Only magnified many times.

[The Fallen Dragon of the Underworld]
Song Wuji's vision went black.

What did they catch?

As soon as the fallen dragon reached the shore, it began to vomit, which consisted entirely of mud and silt from the Yellow Springs.

Amidst the silt, a crystalline jade bone could be faintly seen.

The jade bone twitched slightly, and sure enough, it was another skeleton.

The skeleton crawled out of the mud, and like the gold and silver skeletons, it first removed its head, then emptied the mud and the small loach from inside.

"Oh dear! I'm so bored!"

"My two elder brothers, you've escaped too! Congratulations!"

"congratulations!"

"congratulations!"

(End of this chapter)