Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 146: Golden Millet in the Four Continents of Mountains and Seas, Nine Ears of Wheat on Kunlun Mountain

Just as she finished speaking, a charming cry came from behind her: "Hey, isn't that Master Qu Yuan? Why did you hide away when you saw my sister today?"

Qu Yuan's old face suddenly turned red and he was speechless.

Hong Gu glanced at him with a look of disgust, and pulled Liu Qing to her side, away from Qu Yuan: "Xiao Qing, don't dare to learn bad things from others."

Qu Yuan was suddenly ashamed and embarrassed.

It was just a brief interlude. Afterwards, Qu Yuan took Hong Gu, Liu Qing and the other two, turned west from the main road and came to the alley.

According to Qu Yuan, there is a main road in the east and west, and in the north and south of the city. In addition to the two main roads, there are seven or eight alleys extending out, dividing the entire city into 10 to 20 areas.

Each area has different livelihoods. The place we are going to this time is the West Sixteenth District, the most lively area in the City of No Return.

After half an incense stick of time, we passed through the layers of houses on both sides of the alley and arrived at the huge market.

As soon as I approached, I was suddenly filled with a clamor of people, and the noise was piercing.

All kinds of mountain goblins, river goblins, monsters, and even some incense gods wearing cloaks covering their faces were seen jostle each other, walking back and forth, buying or selling, making it very lively.

The Jing River is vast, stretching for thousands of miles. There are also many islands in its waters. There are wild beasts on the islands. The wild beasts transform into monsters and become gods. They also belong to the Jing River system and are brought into this realm. They have reproduced for countless generations, so there are also many mountain monsters.

The market covers a large area, several miles in radius. It is lined with lotus leaves as wide as umbrellas, and under each lotus leaf is a stall.
The vendors behind the stalls, whether they were goblins, river monsters or mountain demons, were all shouting at the top of their lungs to sell the items in their stalls.

"Nine-eared wheat, grown in the fine paddy fields outside the city, nourishes the body and strengthens the blood. Eating it daily is comparable to the lower-grade river delicacies from the outside world. Each bucket only costs a hundred taels of incense silver. Don't miss it if you pass by—"

"Golden millet, oh golden millet! This year's new millet is delicious and fragrant. Cook a pot of it to nourish Yin and transform Yang. Each dou only costs one hundred and fifty taels of incense silver."

"Linen woven from Sizhou hemp is impervious to water and fire. Each piece is only two hundred taels of incense silver. It's the lowest price in the market. Come and subscribe—"

Nine-eared wheat, golden millet, four-continental hemp, mountain and sea beans, and Kunlun wheat, these five are the five spiritual grains for offering sacrifices to the Dharma Realm.
Listening to the vendors' calls, Liu Qing scanned the grains one by one, and was greatly surprised. He wanted to buy some and take them back to Shetan to see if he could grow them himself.
If it can be grown, the Snake Pond will have more good fortune in the future.

Unfortunately, I spent a lot of incense silver last time to absorb the divinity of incense, and I only have a few hundred taels left. If I want to buy some of each, the money I have is not enough.

Hong Gu was very considerate. Before she knew it, she had two bars of gold in her hand and quietly put them into Liu Qing's hand.

She said with some shame, "Xiaoqing, when my sister left the East China Sea, she thought these incense silvers were useless, so she didn't bring any with her. She only took the authority gold. You can make do with it for now."

Well, I was shown off again.

If incense and money can buy things, why can't power and gold buy them? Is this just making do?

The poor Liu Qing did not understand the world of rich women. Looking at the two ingots of power gold weighing a full one hundred taels in his hands, Liu Qing drooled all over the floor.

Never mind, I’ll just buy the grains this time, and when I have more in the future, I’ll use them to absorb the divinity and increase my power.

Having money in his pocket gave him confidence. Liu Qing walked with his feet turned outwards and approached the frog monster who was selling golden millet.
He raised his eyebrows and said, "Boy, give me a stone of this golden millet. Don't try to trick me with the empty grain, or I'll kill you."

The frog demon was only in the late stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, so he didn't dare to dissatisfy Liu Qing's tone. He immediately bowed his head and bent over, with a charming smile on his face: "Master, I am grateful for your kindness. How dare I fool you?"

"Master, please wait a moment. I, Biyan, will weigh the full amount for you right away."

One stone is equal to ten dou, and one dou is worth one hundred and fifty taels of incense silver, for a total of one thousand five hundred taels. Liu Qing took out an ingot of fifty taels of authority gold and handed it over.

"Master, I am tired of paying for incense and offerings. It is not only heavy but also takes up space. Here is an ingot of power gold, which will serve as payment. Please exchange it for me."

Liu Qing said this and threw it over casually, looking like a wealthy man.

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The frog demon with blue eyes who was weighing the golden millet was stunned when he saw the ingot of power gold being thrown at him. The scale in his hand also fell from his hand in shock.

"Master, are you saying that you want to use this authority money to settle the bill?"

Liu Qing frowned: "Why not? I'm telling you, don't think about adding to the master's energy consumption when dismantling and replacing!"

Liu Qing knew something was wrong and gave a special warning.

According to the exchange rate of gold and silver in the human world, one ounce of gold is worth one hundred ounces of silver. These fifty ounces of authority gold are equivalent to five thousand ounces of incense silver.

After paying off the 1,500 taels required for one stone of golden millet, there was still a lot left. He did not dare to cheat on the account, nor could he cheat. After all, in his previous life's college entrance examination, Liu Qing had scored a high score of 61 in mathematics.
If something goes wrong, they will definitely use the excuse of fire consumption to charge more money when exchanging it for incense silver. As Mr. Liu who once ran a stall in the Dawan Lake Market,

He is well aware of these low-class methods.

The frog demon's green eyes bulged out as he stared at the ingot of power gold, his eyes full of greed. His mouth was wide open, and he was swallowing and sticking out his tongue.

At this time, the demon dealers at several stalls nearby were also attracted by the golden light of the Power Gold and cast doubtful glances at it. When they saw clearly that it was the Power Gold, they all exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh my god, it's the power gold—"

"My seventh uncle, the incense ancestor, actually has someone using authority gold to buy things?"

The frog demon Blue Eyes was awakened by the screams, and quickly grabbed the ingot of power gold, looking vigilantly at the drooling vendors around him.

"This gentleman is here to buy something from me. You damned bastards, get out of here! My blue-eyed grandfather is an eighth-rank river god on the other side of the Wei River, humph!"

Liu Qing just realized at this moment that it was probably because the authority gold he took out was too precious that shocked the monsters.

Qu Yuan really couldn't understand why a mere demon slave was so favored that he could even be rewarded with precious power and gold?

Taking another look at Liu Qing, with his broad shoulders, narrow waist, mantis legs, handsome face and pretty face, it suddenly dawned on him. I heard that some female gods would keep lovers, so it must be this snake, right?
As the concubine of a seventh-rank god of power, he deserves his words. Qu Yuan explained quietly:
"Authority is precious, it is born from the mountains and rivers, or the sun, moon, stars and other powers. Each one has a fixed number in the universe, which can help the authority to conform to the Tao and understand the laws.
"It is the most precious 'wealth' of the four elements of 'wealth, companions, Dharma and land'. It is rare and precious. Others who have it would treasure it up and keep it for their own use. But you, on the other hand, use it to buy a mere grain of gold. It's a complete waste of natural resources!"

After saying that, he glanced at Hong Gu and sighed, "Who told you to have a wealthy and good master!" Hong Gu raised her head and winked at Liu Qing mischievously, but Liu Qing's face turned black and he cursed in his heart, "Damn old man, which eye of yours could tell that Master Liu was a demon slave?"

Holding back his frustration, Liu Qing bowed and asked, "God, do you know how much this ounce of authority gold is worth in incense silver?"

"You bastard, power and gold are hard to come by, who would use them to exchange for incense and offerings, you spendthrift old man!"

Hong Gu interjected quietly: "It's okay, there are plenty of these things at home."

Qu Yuan suddenly felt difficulty breathing and extremely suffocated. After a while, he took a deep breath and suppressed the irritability in his heart.

"Two hundred taels!"

Liu Qing was really surprised. He never thought that this authority gold was so precious. It was far beyond the exchange rate of 1 to 100 that he thought, and it was as high as 1 to 200.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, a series of shouts rang out from several nearby stalls: "Sir, I'll give you three hundred taels in exchange for your power gold."

"Get lost! You can exchange one tael for three hundred taels. Why are you so deceiving? Master, leave it to me. I will pay three hundred and fifty taels of incense silver."

This bidding made the frog monster Biyan very anxious. He looked around coldly and slowly stretched out the five toes of his front paws.

"Five hundred taels, one tael of authority gold for five hundred taels of incense silver!"

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Countless gasps rang out, and the other demon vendors at the stalls were all extremely shocked. "Bi Yan, are you fucking crazy? Three or four hundred taels is still profitable, but five hundred taels? You're going to lose your pants!"

The frog demon squinted his blue eyes and thought to himself, "You fools, don't you know that today, the Lord of the City of No Return, the Third Rank Incense God, the General of the Wei River Pingshui, has offered a huge reward of 1:550 to allow his most outstanding grandson to achieve the power of the Dao.

Not only did I make a lot of money from this business, but I was also able to establish a relationship with General Pingshui. You shallow-eyed people don't understand anything. Do you have any hair? Haha——

Qu Yuan was stunned by such a high replacement ratio. Damn, when I came here a few days ago, wasn't it still 1 to 200? How come the price changes every day?

These monster dealers, as well as the river monsters and mountain monsters who were watching, did not think of going over to rob. Firstly, private fighting was strictly prohibited in the sacrificial realm. If there was really an unresolved grudge, they could apply to go to the South City Sacrifice Platform to resolve it.

Secondly, the monsters in the sacrificial realm all had good eyesight, and they clearly felt a suffocatingly powerful and terrifying aura around the snake demon master.

At least she is a god of incense. Even if they are bold, they dare not guess that Hong Gu is the god of power. After all, the god of power is rarer than power gold.

Liu Qing's fifty taels of authority gold were exchanged for twenty-five thousand taels of incense silver, which he then gave to the frog demon Biyan in front of him.
This move made Frog Blue Eyes so happy that he kept bowing to thank Master Liu for his kindness. However, this made the surrounding monster dealers jealous.

He spent 1,500 taels and got one stone and ten dou of golden millet.

Each grain is full and round, golden in color, and has a faint fragrance. A single grain of golden millet is far inferior to the ordinary river treasures.

But each golden millet is only the size of a pea, a dou has tens of thousands of them, and a shi has trillions.
With so much accumulated, it is probably not weaker than the source of heaven and earth contained in the top-grade river treasures.

Liu Qing was overjoyed. If the frog demon Biyan only had so many on his stall, he would have planned to buy more.

According to Frog Blue Eyes, these five kinds of spiritual grains, although common in the Dharma Realm, are still considered rare. There are so many spiritual fields outside the city, and the annual output is only about ten thousand stones.
Most of them were collected by the ancestors of various gods and distributed to the talented descendants in the tribe. Only a small part of them were circulated in the market.
The price is high. If ordinary people are greedy, they can buy one or two liters to try it. But there is no such generous guest as Master Liu who can buy it all with a wave of his hand.

Just this one stone of golden millet is probably all the millet produced and circulated in the market of Fajie this year.

Liu Qing smacked his lips with some regret. It seemed that he would not be able to eat this stone of golden millet for the time being. It had to be used as planting grain.

Afterwards, Liu Qing bought out the other four types of grains at the nearby stalls, including Jiusuihe, Sizhouma, Shanhaishu, and Kunlunmai.

Like the golden millet, each one is one dan in weight. Among them, the four continents hemp is slightly more. In addition to one dan of seeds, there is also a piece of woven linen cloth.

A total of more than 13,000 taels of silver were spent on incense offerings to buy up all the grains circulating in the entire market this year.

It seemed to be intentional. Just now, one stone of each kind of spiritual valley flowed out, no more and no less.

Liu Qing swallowed the Five Grain Spirit into his mouth and stored it. He then handed the woven linen to Hong Gu, saying that he would make some clothes for her later, so that she wouldn't have to constantly use her body scales to transform.
I always feel that the clothes made from the scales of the body are like nothing when I go out, and the clothes from the human world that Li Shimin sent me last time are

They are all ordinary things, neither waterproof, fireproof, windproof, dustproof, etc. They can be changed occasionally in the boudoir to add some fun, but they cannot be worn outside.

Take this time for example, he was flying in the air and walking on the waves. How could human clothes withstand that?

Hong Gu accepted it happily, but then became a little shy and looked at Liu Qing pitifully: "Xiao Qing, I don't know how to make clothes."

Uh, what's wrong with the lady of the Liu family not being able to make clothes? Does a lady from a noble family, the future wife of the River God, have to know needlework?

"Why bother sister with such trivial matters? Just leave it to Shui'er."

Before Qu Yuan appeared, Shui'er followed Liu Qing's instructions and transformed into a human form. At this time, Shui'er, who looked like a pretty girl, also imitated Hong Gu's tone and said, "Master, I don't know how to make clothes."

Well, my job is to be ridden by the master, so it is reasonable that I can't make clothes. When I go back, I will ask White Snake and Snail Girl,
Oh, by the way, the White Snake has just transformed into a demon and doesn’t have hands yet, so she probably can’t do it. It seems that this difficult task will have to be handed over to Tianluo Xiaoya.

I hope she can, otherwise Master Liu and his wife will punish her by making her push the millstone when they make soy milk in the future.

Naturally, after buying spiritual grain seeds, they must be equipped with farming tools. Fortunately, there are all kinds of farm tools in the market. Liu Qing spent thousands of taels of incense silver.

I bought a magic hoe, a plow, and other things. These were low-grade magical instruments with traces of artificial refining, rather than undecorated objects like the water-sounding turtle shell and the demon-shocking drumstick.
Qu Yuan explained that these techniques must have come from the hands of gods in the Dharma Realm.

When you were a demon before, you were not allowed to practice various collections due to all kinds of precautions. But once you become the god of incense or the god of power, the heaven will bestow upon you various breathing methods, Taoist methods of protecting the way, and alchemy and weapon making.

This is the benefit of taking the civil service exam and being recruited.

(End of this chapter)