Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 198 Yang Family Ancestor, a Fifth-Rank City God, Desires to Kill Liu Qing to End His Lifespan.

Liu Qing became more and more excited as the fight progressed.

This was originally to accompany Yuan Datou to the City God's realm to recruit ghost soldiers, but unfortunately, all his offerings had been spent.
He thought his gains from this trip had come to an end, but unexpectedly, Li Hu, the civil judge, gifted him two hundred years' worth of Yin medicinal herbs in an attempt to win him over on behalf of the Li family.
Now, with the outbreak of a soul beast uprising, what others see as a disaster is, in Liu Qing's eyes, a great opportunity.

After capturing these soul beasts, wouldn't handing them over to the Yin Jade Spirit Banner to erase their consciousness make them the best candidates for Yin soldiers?
There's no need to offer them incense or silver, nor to worry about them disobeying, as long as I have the Yin Jade Spirit Banner in hand.
They do whatever they're told. Which recruited ghost soldiers can compare to soul beast puppets?
Besides, these spirit beasts weren't bought with a single penny of incense money; they were all picked up for free on the battlefield.

In just a short while, Liu Qing used all three methods simultaneously to capture thousands of soul beasts, all of which were then transformed into puppets.
They'll stop after another incense stick's time. By then, they should have at least tens of thousands of soul beasts, all of which will have their minds erased.
Once they're out, they can be distributed among the various incarnations of the river god to serve as the river god's ghost soldiers and messengers. Wouldn't that be appropriate?

Liu Qing beamed with excitement, but her movements quickened as she worked, worried that she might run into the City God later.

So I only set myself a time limit of one incense stick's time to capture them, and left immediately after that time. Remember, no matter how good a soul beast is, you can't be greedy for more.

Liu Qing was excited about capturing the beasts, but when he turned around, he saw Yuan Datou foolishly using his divine power to swing the lotus hammer, smashing the soul beasts in front of him to pieces.

Liu Qing couldn't stand it any longer: "Brother, have you forgotten why you came to the City God's Realm this time?"

"I've come to the City God's realm to recruit ghost soldiers, but aren't they already queuing up?"

Damn it, Yuan Datou, you still can't figure it out? Do I have to tell you in front of Wenpan Li Hu that you're secretly capturing soul beasts to use as ghost soldiers?

He glanced discreetly at Li Hu, the judge, and saw that he chose to ignore Liu Qing's actions of secretly capturing a soul beast.
Sometimes, they could even kill a soul beast, but they only wound it, and then they hand the wounded, highly skilled soul beast over to Liu Qing.
Before Liu Qing produced the Yin Jade Spirit Banner, a post-natal spiritual treasure, Li Hu, the civil judge, only valued and tried to win Liu Qing over.

However, the moment Liu Qing produced the Yin Jade Spirit Banner, Li Hu, the civil judge, immediately increased Liu Qing's importance in his mind. With a spiritual treasure, Liu Qing's strength was several times greater than before.
The Li family not only needs to win over Liu Qing, but will also likely have to rely on him. With his spiritual treasure, Liu Qing is already a strong backer for the Li family.
Therefore, the reason why Li Hu, the civil judge, not only chose to stand by and watch Liu Qing illegally capture the soul beasts of the City God's realm, but also stepped in to help him is this.

This impartial judge, how could he be so unfazed by social niceties? Compared to being blamed afterward, he valued the powerful Li family outside.

Although Liu Qing understood, she was secretly grateful and relieved. Then, she gritted her teeth and said to Yuan Datou, "Brother, isn't this soul beast better than recruiting ghosts as Yin soldiers?"

Yuan Datou cried out in surprise, instantly realizing what had happened, and slapped his bald head in frustration.

Immediately, he accepted the pair of lotus hammers given to him by Liu Qing, held up the divine token, and blew out a stream of incense-like divine power, causing the token to enlarge and float in mid-air.

Then, following Liu Qing's example, they began by capturing soul beasts instead of killing them, first imprisoning them in their divine tokens, and then slowly taming them after they were released.

Although taming them is difficult, these are ghost soldiers picked up for free, without spending a penny on incense or silver, so why ask for so much?

"Brother Liu, after we get out of here, I'll treat you to a drink!"

Yuan Datou still had a conscience; when capturing the soul beast, he didn't forget to express his gratitude to Liu Qing.

Liu Qing curled her lip. This guy was stingy. Every time he treated someone to a meal, he ended up paying the bill himself.

Seeing that Liu Qing was distracted, Yuan Datou unleashed his true form, along with his Dragon Fiend technique, achieving a capture efficiency several times greater than his own.
Moreover, the captured soul beasts, once placed inside the Yin Jade Spirit Banner, soon emerge again, becoming puppets to strengthen the team. They have been fighting ever since, and not only has the team not decreased, but it has grown larger with each battle, which is incredibly enviable.

Unfortunately, he had no magical treasures and his skills were mediocre, so he could only watch with envy and helplessness. Fortunately, Brother Liu gave him some pointers, otherwise he wouldn't have even thought of capturing soul beasts to use as ghost soldiers.

Enough, enough. Stop being envious. Brother Liu Qing is a man of great fortune, far beyond my reach. I only hope to befriend Brother Liu and be able to follow him and have a taste of his soup, and that would be enough for me.

On Liu Qing's side, he had just transformed into the wind and sneaked close to a soul beast at the early stage of the Divine Power Realm when he immediately unleashed his Spirit Binding Chains, binding it and flinging it into the Yin Jade Spirit Banner.
Over there, Judge Li Hu coughed, and after giving a warning, immediately kicked a soul beast at the late stage of the Divine Power Realm.
Liu Qing's eyes lit up immediately. He quickly used the Spirit Binding Chains to bind the injured late-stage Divine Power Realm Soul Beast, then threw it to the Yin Jade Spirit Banner to erase its consciousness.

Just like officials and bandits colluding to do bad things, once it happens the first time, it will happen again. Once they get used to it, their cooperation becomes smoother and smoother.

Li Hu, the judge, was determined to help Liu Qing and became reckless. After all, whether he gave Liu Qing a soul beast or a hundred, he would be punished. For the sake of the Li family in the mortal realm, he was willing to risk everything.

He specifically targeted soul beasts at the late stage of the Divine Power Realm or higher, severely injuring them to render them incapable of resistance, and then dumped them on Liu Qing's side.
Liu Qing himself also gave up on capturing them himself, and simply followed behind Li Hu, the judge. He would injure one, then bind the other, and throw it to the Yin Jade Spirit Banner to erase its consciousness before releasing it to harm its companions.
And so, the official and the bandit worked together like habitual offenders, and in no time, every soul beast in the area that caught their eye was captured.

Finally, Liu Qing stared longingly at the three leading soul beasts: Tiger Power Immortal, Sheep Power Immortal, and Deer Power Immortal.

Li Hu, the civil judge, glared fiercely at Liu Qing, nearly dying of anger. Did they think he was made of iron? Although he was also at the Fifth Qi Realm, considered a great cultivator, the opponent had three Fifth Qi Realm cultivators in total!
One against three, I'm already doing well just to keep them at bay. You want me to catch them for you? You brat, do you want me dead?

When Liu Qing came to her senses, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

If I can't get it, so be it. What a pity! It's a three-headed, five-qi realm spirit beast, and a famous demon in Journey to the West. Who wouldn't want to collect it? I can only blame myself for developing a collecting habit recently.

Soul beasts roared, hovering in the ghostly mist. Tigers, leopards, bears, wolves, and other mountain beasts strode forward, while fish, shrimp, turtles, and crabs swung their tails, using the ghostly mist as a river.

Even the birds and poisonous insects flapped their wings, driven by the three spirit beasts—Tiger Power Immortal, Sheep Power Immortal, and Deer Power Immortal—and continued their assault on the City God's realm.

Li Hu, the judge, single-handedly held off three great soul beasts, while Liu Qing and Yuan Datou assisted him from the side. Of course, these two assistants were more interested in secretly enriching themselves by capturing soul beasts to take out and use as ghost soldiers.

Li Hu, the judge, had already taken out the Judge's Pen, a second-grade spiritual treasure, and used its power to block the three Tiger Power Immortals.

However, there were too many other spirit beasts. Unlike Li Hu, who was a civil judge, Liu Qing and Yuan Datou didn't exert themselves as much. Since they weren't part of the City God's realm, they didn't care about the spirit beasts' attacks and only focused on capturing them.

Facing hundreds of thousands of soul beasts of all sizes, the three were far too weak, and their defenses were on the verge of being breached.

At this moment, a fierce whistle filled with murderous intent came from the direction of Xuanjian City.

Liu Qing looked in the direction of the sound and saw a figure rushing towards them.

Dressed in the robes of a fifth-rank official, he rode the ghostly mist through the air, holding a dark book in one hand and the City God's sword in the other. His face was dignified and his expression was cold and stern.

Liu Qing's heart sank as he heard the anxious warning from Judge Li Hu: "Old Ghost Yang is here, kid, get out of the City God's realm quickly!"

Sure enough, it was the City God.

Liu Qing was secretly annoyed at himself for being too greedy. In order to capture the soul beast, he had forgotten the time he had set. He hurriedly summoned back his divided spirit and the Yin Jade Spirit Banner, which transformed into a black wind and fled towards the exit of the City God's Dharma Realm.

Before leaving, he reminded Yuan Datou, who was stunned and puzzled: "The City God is here? Why are you running away? We helped him fight off the soul beasts, shouldn't he be grateful to us? Why would he repay kindness with enmity?"

Liu Qing didn't have time to explain to Yuan Datou. A black wind wrapped around Yuan Datou and carried him towards the exit.

As the master of the City God's Realm, the City God's every move within it is under his watchful eye. Even though Liu Qing's Wind Transformation Technique was perfected and he was well concealed among the soul beasts, a gust of black wind rushed towards the exit.
However, the City God still managed to discover it. As long as he didn't use his mind to send messages in dreams, Liu Qing's wind-transforming supernatural power, no matter how well concealed, would inevitably be discovered with just a little attention.

When the City God discovered Liu Qing, he was filled with rage: "So it was you, you scoundrel? You spread rumors and misled Li Shimin into secretly accumulating power, plotting to seize the throne of my Great Sui Dynasty! Before, when you were hiding outside, I couldn't do anything to you!"

"Now you dare to enter my domain! Let's see where you run this time. I'll fry you in oil for a thousand years!"

The City God couldn't even care less about the soul beasts attacking the Dharma Realm; as soon as he saw Liu Qing, he immediately flew towards her.

"When the Sui dynasty lost its mandate, the whole world chased after it. Old ghost Yang, this is the cycle of fate. How can you blame him?"

Judge Li Hu hurriedly abandoned the three Tiger Power Immortals and went to greet City God Yang Zhen.

"My Yang family descendants are incompetent, and the country is currently unstable. Your Li family, or other powerful families, may try to seize it, but how can the changing of dynasties in the human world be allowed to be interfered with by a monster?"

"Old Li, for the sake of our past friendship, I won't blame your family or you. But if you try to stop me today, we'll fight to the death!"

The City God, Yang Zhen, now possesses the cultivation of the Three Flowers Realm, and his divine power is as vast as mountains and as deep as the sea, making him incredibly formidable. With a casual wave of his sleeve, he swept away Li Hu, the civil judge who came to stop him.

Seeing how terrifying the City God Yang Zhen was, the three Tiger Immortals instantly lost their courage. They exchanged glances, then all tucked their tails between their legs and fled.

Liu Qing panicked and immediately activated his Wind Transformation Divine Power to the fullest extent. Like a black tornado, he quickly ran towards the exit. As long as he was outside the City God's realm, the City God would be powerless against him.

(End of this chapter)