Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 151 Beast Taming Techniques: Monkeys Mining, Qiao Luo Becomes One of the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust

Hong Gu closed her eyes to examine it for a moment, then quickly opened them and said with disdain, "It's just a method of controlling beasts, but it's useless."

Hong Gu felt this spell was useless against her, but Liu Qing liked it very much. The reason was simple: recently, Li Shimin and the various branches of the Water Mansion had been demanding more and more salt.

The snake pool's daily salt production, now limited to fish and shrimp, has reached its limit, and even Left Hand Brother and his crew are exhausted.

Liu Qing had already set his sights on a group of monkeys living in a wild cherry grove in the mountains west of Snake Pool.

Just when he was worried about how to control the monkeys to mine and boil salt for himself, this beast-taming magic came at the perfect time.

"Sister, could you please teach me this beast-taming magic?"

"Sure, what's mine is yours. Wait a moment, I'll teach you the spell." "No."

Hong Gu was about to make a move when she suddenly remembered something: "You can't learn it. The Heavenly Court forbids demon cultivators from keeping their books. If you learn it, you'll be breaking a taboo, and they'll come looking for trouble for you."

A glint flashed in Liu Qing's eyes: "The mortal realm is about to undergo a change of dynasty, and great chaos is about to erupt. The aura of slaughter has already begun to grow, enveloping the mortal world, causing the Heavenly Way to be unclear and the secrets of Heaven to be in chaos."

"Sister, do you still remember what we saw during the day? Even the Heavenly Dao was powerless against those wild dogs that devoured people, let alone someone who is merely learning a spell?"

Hong Gu was still somewhat hesitant. Although Liu Qing's words made sense, she was genuinely worried.

Liu Qing glanced at the scattered fragments of the tribulation stone on the ground and immediately clapped his hands and laughed, "The tribulation energy of the God-Sealing on this thing has not completely dissipated. It can be used to conceal the secrets of heaven."

Hong Gu finally made up her mind: "If anything seems amiss later, stop immediately."

Liu Qing nodded in agreement, then waved his hand, using water magic to sweep the scattered fragments of the tribulation stone above his head.

Hong Gu pointed a finger at Liu Qing's brow, and the profound incantation of the beast-taming spell was transferred to him all at once.

Liu Qing's Yin Spirit had long been formed, and he was exceptionally intelligent at this moment. He memorized the contents of the beast-taming spell after only one reading, and after silently practicing it several times in his mind, he successfully entered the basics.
Hong Gu looked up at the sky and saw that there was only a faint rumble of thunder outside Lingbao, but no lightning. She then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Being within the spiritual treasure space, and still affected by the lingering divine tribulation energy from the tribulation stones, the Heavenly Dao only sensed it, but couldn't perceive the details."

This method is feasible. My husband is truly clever to have thought of such a method. In the future, after a few more trips to the sacrificial realm, we can take all the waste stones from the gambling den, and then we can cultivate the magical collection of our East Sea lineage without worry.”

Liu Qing disagreed: "This beast-taming technique is just a minor skill, not very significant. If I were to steal the Daoist scriptures from the East Sea, I'm afraid the Heavenly Court would send people down to investigate."
"Let's wait until the world is in complete chaos, and the aura of slaughter completely obscures the secrets of heaven. Then, there will be no risk in learning it."

Over the next few days, Liu Qing secluded himself in the Spirit Treasure Space, cultivating the Beast Taming Technique to perfection. Only when he felt it was sufficient did he emerge from the Spirit Treasure Space.
Heading straight west from the Snake Pool, in the cherry grove, hundreds of monkeys, including long-tailed macaques, short-tailed gibbons, black-leaf monkeys, and golden monkeys, were frolicking and playing in the trees.

With a wave of his hand, Liu Qing drew the water of the Snake Pool, transforming it into a wall of water that encircled the entire cherry grove.

Then, using his water-controlling magic, he summoned chains of water to bind the hands and feet of all the monkeys before stepping forward.

He activated his beast-taming technique, transforming demonic energy into beast-taming talismans that imprisoned the souls of all the monkeys. The troop's king was a large blue-faced, red-nosed macaque, perfectly suited to be the foreman.

None of the monkeys in this troop had awakened their spiritual powers or transformed into demons; they were all ordinary monkeys. Therefore, the immobilization was carried out smoothly, taking only about an hour.
He then imprisoned all the male and female, young and old, and all kinds of monkeys. Liu Qing's demonic consciousness stirred...
The instructions were sent out in unison, accompanied by excruciating headaches. The monkeys cried out in pain several times, realizing the severity of the situation, and obediently went to the cliff north of Snake Pool to mine and boil salt.

Although they hadn't yet become spirits or mountain demons, monkeys are inherently intelligent, no less so than human children. They possessed hands and feet without needing to transform, and thus learned simple tasks like mining, boiling salt, and distributing it quite quickly.

In addition, Liu Qing divided the salt-making process into steps, with several monkeys taking charge of each step in an assembly line manner, and they quickly got the hang of it.

The giant macaque king, on the other hand, didn't need to do anything. Liu Qing held him in high regard, and he carried a thorny bramble.

With ears that could hear everything and eyes that could see in all directions, a stern expression and fierce eyes, he would whip any monkey that didn't work properly.
Liu Qing smiled, her face showing appreciation.

This big monkey adapted to his new role very quickly, obeying the boss and putting pressure on the employees; he was simply the best candidate for a leader.
Once I, Master Liu, have earned enough incense money, I will reward you with good fortune.

The apes they commanded operated a separate mining and salt-boiling production line, independent of the crabs and their companions.

The two groups of oxen and horses, one on the left and the other on the right, do not interfere with each other, but there is a subtle sense of competition between them.
The crab glared fiercely at the large monkey opposite it with its left paw, then turned to its subordinates—shrimp, crabs, snakes, pythons, and eels—and roared, "My little ones, work harder with me! We can't let these wretched monkeys outdo us!"

The newly appointed foreman, a large monkey, was no less formidable. He cracked his thorny whip with a sharp sound, glaring and baring his teeth: "Squeak, squeak—"

The oxen and horses raced each other, bringing great comfort to Master Liu.

As each clam shell was delivered into the warehouse, the smile on Master Liu's face never faded.

But the cheerful mood was tinged with gloom by the continuous plum rains of the past few days. For some reason, there's been an unusually heavy rain lately; normally, after the Qingming Festival, there should be a period of clear weather.
Furthermore, this area is located in the northwestern Qin region, which is not as rainy as the Jiangnan region, so such continuous rainy days should not occur here.

Liu Qing looked up at the sky, which was still overcast and filled with rain clouds, showing no sign of the rain stopping anytime soon.

The water levels at Shetan and Xiaolugou have already risen almost to the banks; if this continues, the ditches and rivers will likely overflow.
If this is the case in spring, then when summer brings even more rain, there is a high probability of flooding.

Liu Qing frowned and looked into the distance. From Shetan, heading southeast, was the location of the tens of thousands of acres of clan farmland in Lijiabao.

Li Shimin should be reminded to prepare to purchase grain early.

The river spirits mined and boiled salt during the day, and since they didn't need to practice breathing exercises at night, they had plenty of time to learn literature and martial arts from Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji was a good teacher; after imparting martial arts skills, he would also teach more about human warfare tactics and strategies.

The other river monsters showed little interest, but Scarface Carp, Bearded Carp, and Shan Xiongxin were the most diligent in their studies.
Furthermore, during the second act of creation, one of the spirits awakened, a snail, unexpectedly overtook the others and, together with the short-tailed water python, Ji Ping'an, the crooked mulberry tree, and the water fairy grass, passed through the three trials and transformed into a demon.
Leaving aside the short-tailed water python, a simpleton, after Ji Ping'an transformed into a demon, he was handpicked by Master Liu to guard the gate of the Liu residence on the crooked mulberry tree, his job being to open and close the gate.
In fact, the Liu residence was transformed from the Lingbao Dragon Palace. After being completely refined by Liu Qing, he could open and close its gates with a mere thought, without needing to worry about auspiciousness or safety.
But it was precisely for the sake of good luck that such an arrangement was made, which shocked all the demons.

"Open the door and may good fortune come!" "Yes, sir."

"Close down for good—" "Yes, sir."

After the crooked mulberry tree transformed into a demon, it was named "Sang Qingjun" by Liu Qing. All the demons were shocked. The name that the head of the family chose this time was really nice.

Although I'm terrible at coming up with names, I do occasionally have a flash of inspiration.

Sang Qingjun was unlike other birds, beasts, fish, and insects; he could only speak human language after transforming into a demon. Due to the limitations of his original form, his voice was somewhat hoarse, a distinctly husky voice.

Unexpectedly, it was a woman. After Liu Qing found out, he changed "Sang Qingjun" to "Sang Qingjun".

The water spirit Cao'er was originally a water lily in the pool. After transforming into a demon, she could speak human language. Unlike Sang Qingjun, who was taciturn, she always pestered Changsun Wuji, chattering incessantly with questions.

It seems to yearn for the human world.

As for the river demon that transformed from a snail, Xiao Ya took it as her younger brother and, without asking Master Liu, gave it a name on her own.
He was called 'Luo Cheng'.

It would be reasonable for Tianluo to be surnamed Luo, but it would be a terrible mistake to name her Luo Cheng. Liu Qing frowned and sighed. Snake Pool already had Shan Xiongxin, and now there was Luo Cheng.
Could it be that our place is going to be renamed Wagangzhai, and we're going to start a rebellion?

Luo Cheng also loved military strategy, which made Liu Qing even more upset.

"Xiao Qing, Scarface Carp, Bearded Carp, and Red Touch have all transformed into demons, but they haven't been given names yet. They came to me today seeking my help, and after thinking about it, I've given them some names. What do you think, are they appropriate?"

Hong Gu pointed at the scarred carp: "I named it Li Jing."

Then, pointing to a splash of red, she said, "It has a red dot between its eyebrows, like rouge brushed across its skin. And since it's a female carp, I call it 'Red-Robed Girl.' Doesn't that sound nice?"

Finally, looking at the bearded carp, Hong Gu frowned, somewhat troubled: "It has a mouthful of whiskers, so how about we name it Li Bearded Li?"

Hu Zili was immediately dumbfounded. Liu Qing couldn't stand it any longer: "Hu Zi means 'bearded man,' so why not call him 'Bearded Man'?"

Hu Zili was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly in agreement. Everyone said that the head of the household was terrible at naming people, but the name he gave me was quite good.

Liu Qing, who had just felt heartbroken because of Shan Xiongxin, was once again speechless when facing the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust.

Alright, the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties rose from my Snake Pool!

Suddenly, a thought struck him: could the black bear demon Xiong Kuohai, whom he had chased away earlier, not just share a name, but also be one of the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties?

I haven't seen it come for revenge lately, I wonder where it went. Luckily I have beast taming skills, I'll try to see if I can imprison the great demon.

After finishing all the trivial matters, Liu Qing took out the Five Grains Spirit Seeds from his pouch and looked around the snake pool.

Looking around, he shook his head helplessly; there was no suitable place to plant it. He thought about how in a few days, Lord Yuan Datou would become a god, and he would be able to succeed him as Lord Lord.

He then planned to find a suitable place to plant the Five Grains Spirit Seeds after he took over Dawanhu.

After days of continuous rain and countless hours of leisure, Liu Qing and Hong Gu rode Shui'er to the sacrificial ceremony at the Dharma Realm.

(End of this chapter)