Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 208 Intelligence: Innate Mid-Grade Treasure, Picking Up a Bargain - Panlong Eight-Tone Cone

There was no other reason than that these underworld gods were all patriarchs of powerful families. For the sake of the Li family's great cause, Li Hu, the judge, chose to swallow his anger and win them over, so as to gain more support for the Li family in the mortal realm.

Compared to personal grudges, personal interests are more important.

In truth, neither City God Yang Zhen nor Judge Li Hu's attempts to kill or win over Liu Qing stemmed from personal grudges, but were all for the benefit of their families.

After all the matters were settled, Liu Qing prepared to resign from his post with Li Hu, the judge of the underworld, and several other underworld gods.

Suddenly, the long-absent intelligence box emitted a blinding purple light, causing Liu Qing's heart to tremble and his eyes to flash with surprise.

[Daily Intelligence: Purple level, Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Eight-Sided Spear Cone, incomplete form, with another part being the Yin Well. After refining and fusing them together, it will become a complete Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.]

Liu Qing looked at the dark well with surprise.

This Yin Well is actually part of a primordial spiritual treasure?

After refining it and fusing it with the eight-sided spearhead, you can obtain a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure!

If it weren't for the information box, I would have missed this opportunity.

Looking across the Three Realms now, which deity possesses a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure? Most only possess magical artifacts, and only a few, through fortuitous encounters, might have one or two acquired spiritual treasures.

I suspect that I am the only one who possesses a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure like this.

Liu Qing suddenly spread his fiery wings and flew to the sky above the dark well.

The civil judge Li Hu, the military judge Zhao Zhong, and other underworld gods who were about to leave looked puzzled upon seeing this. "You've already taken the spiritual treasures hidden in the Yin Well, what else do you want to do?"
Liu Qing suddenly unleashed his divine power, which transformed into a giant hand that grabbed the Yin Well and pulled it out completely.

Yuan Datou was puzzled: "Brother Liu Qing, why are you bringing up that Yin Well?"

The judges Li Hu and the other underworld gods also had this question, but Liu Qing remained silent, only smiling mysteriously.

Looking at the Yin Well, its exterior is octagonal, corresponding to the eight sides of the spearhead. Each corner has a pattern, which are the same as what Liu Qing had seen earlier: the weeping of gods, the wailing of Buddhas, the howling of immortals, the roar of demons, the wrath of monsters, the wailing of ghosts, the screams of humans, and the sorrow of spirits.

The figures in each pattern roar towards the sky, seemingly extremely unwilling, and deep within that unwillingness lies a faint fear.

Based solely on the patterns on the eight corners of the well, Liu Qing knew that this well was extraordinary.

Liu Qing poured the divine power of his authority into the Yin Well without any hindrance, and easily left a mark of divine power, which can be considered as the initial completion of the refining.

Having completed the initial refining of the Yin Well, Liu Qing threw the eight spearheads into it, and instantly, a tremendous change occurred.

The killing aura that had been refined and no longer actively emerged once again soared into the sky. The black and red killing aura rapidly spread in all directions, overturning everything in its path. Wenpan Li Hu, Yuan Datou, and others were all forced to fly hundreds of feet backward by this killing aura.

Immediately following, from within this murderous aura, countless wailing and mournful sounds emanated, some near, some far, as if echoing in one's heart, lingering and disturbing one's mind.

As if enlightened, Liu Qing once again infused a surge of primordial divine power.

This primordial divine power is the core of divine power, bearing Liu Qing's unique divine power imprint.

As soon as the primordial divine power was unleashed, the wailing and howling of ghosts instantly dissipated. The Yin Well quickly merged into the eight-sided spear cone, which then transformed into a cage, flying through the air and roaring towards the sky.

Liu Qing laughed heartily, flapping his fiery wings to catch up with the coiled dragon, and grabbed its tail: "Transform into a soldier!—"

The next instant, all the strange phenomena vanished.

Judge Li Hu (civil), Judge Zhao Zhong (military), Yuan Datou, and the others stared wide-eyed at what Liu Qing was holding in his hand, their faces filled with shock.

It is 18 feet long, with a black shaft and a red spearhead. On the eight sides of the original octagonal mace, there is a pattern: the weeping of gods, the wailing of Buddhas, the howling of immortals, the roar of demons, the wrath of monsters, the wailing of ghosts, the shrieking of humans, and the sorrow of spirits.

Liu Qing merely gave the strange spear a slight twitch, and the sounds of ghostly wails and howls disturbed people's minds, filling them with fear and causing their courage to dissipate.

On the shaft of the gun, a cage statue coils, and at the grip, a gaping, dark mouth seems to devour everything.

[Description: Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, is the most suitable weapon for killing dragon-type creatures. It possesses eight-tone enchantment, is a growth-type weapon, and can absorb spiritual materials to continue its growth and transformation, with no upper limit.]

Liu Qing was completely excited.

Acquiring a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, was only part of the reason; more importantly, it was due to its unique growth characteristics.

The spear formed from the Yin Well can devour spiritual materials to help the spirit treasure evolve. As long as Liu Qing has enough and good enough spiritual materials, this Panlong Eight-Tone Cone can continue to evolve.

There is no upper limit yet.

What is currently a mid-grade innate treasure may become a high-grade, top-grade, or even a supreme innate treasure in the future.

With limitless potential and limitless growth, among all the innate spiritual treasures that have appeared in this world, from the primordial era to the present Journey to the West, which one can compare to the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone?

The purple light emanating from the intelligence box is not due to its inherent mid-grade quality, but rather to its growth-oriented characteristics.

Liu Qing reached out and stroked the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, feeling the bursts of joy emanating from the spiritual treasure. He couldn't help but feel excited and his heroic spirit surged.

His eyes burned with fervor as he surveyed the surroundings from his elevated position, eager to thrust his spear forward and test the power of the Panlong Bayin Cone.

*Gulp*—Li Hu, Zhao Zhong, Jin Jia Yin Suo, and the Day and Night Wanderers, all looking on in shock at Liu Qing's judges.

Seemingly sensing the eagerness in Liu Qing's eyes, he quickly lowered his head, not daring to meet her gaze.

I'm afraid this guy will get too itchy and sacrifice himself to the gun.

He thought that subduing a low-grade innate spiritual treasure was already an incredible stroke of luck, but unexpectedly, this fellow was blessed with extraordinary fortune and actually discovered the anomaly of the Yin Well. He fused with it and it transformed into a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure.

How come we didn't notice? This well is actually a treasure.

So regretful.

I really want to gouge out my own eyes. What's the use of them? The treasure was right in front of me, and I couldn't even notice it. Liu Qing got a huge advantage for nothing.

It's too late to regret it now. He has a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, a weapon of slaughter. Even before he had an innate spiritual treasure, he could have easily crushed City God Yang Zhen.

Now that we have a primordial spiritual treasure, and a mid-grade one at that, even if we all joined forces, it wouldn't be enough to withstand a few of his spear thrusts.

I can’t afford to offend you.

From now on, we can only try to win over this Master Liu; we must not offend him.

Tonight, I will appear in my great-grandson Shimin's dream and give him my earnest instructions.

Judge Li Hu put on a smiling face, completely unlike his demeanor when they first met. His expression became three parts obsequious and ingratiating as he repeatedly congratulated Liu Qing on acquiring the innate spiritual treasure.

The other military judge, Zhao Zhong, was shackled with gold and silver chains, and spent his days and nights wandering around like a madman. His behavior was even worse; he was practically calling out "Master of the Household."

If Liu Qing weren't a river god and thus unable to become a god of the underworld, they would probably have already made him the city god of this realm.

Yuan Datou looked on with envy, but there was no flattery. He was a true friend of Liu Qing and was only happy for Liu Qing's improved strength. He was unwilling to be a sycophant.

Red Sister raised her head proudly, "Look at the man I found, isn't he amazing?"

Then, Liu Qing opened his mouth and swallowed the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, threw it into the Divine Treasury to nurture it, and ordered the divided spirit in his body to continue refining it, engraving a divine soul imprint, and completely refining it.

After doing all this, Liu Qing reached out towards the sky and pulled, tearing off the incense and magic realm of City God Yang Zhen that had merged into the City God's magic realm.

The incense-burning magic realm was torn down and forcefully opened by Liu Qing, revealing the inner cave. Liu Qing opened his mouth and inhaled, transferring all the incense silver, yin medicine materials, and several magic artifacts stored inside into his mouth pouch space.

Thus, the operation within the City God's domain came to a perfect end.

Having killed their enemy and obtained the treasure, there was no need to linger any longer. So, together with Hong Gu Shui'er and Yuan Datou, they left the City God's Realm.

Emerging from the City God's realm.

They appeared at the City God Temple. At this time, the ground inside the temple was full of holes dug out, the main hall was severely damaged by human activity, and there were countless corpses lying inside.

Some of these corpses were the result of the karmic consequences of destroying the City God Temple, and others were the victims of the infighting among Sun Hua's rebel army after Liu Qing left, who fought over gold and silver.

As soon as Yuan Datou came out, he wanted to take his leave, saying that he missed his old wife at home and wanted to go back to see her immediately. Liu Qing naturally did not stop him.

Yuan Datou wasn't stupid. What happened in the City God's realm made him realize that Liu Qing was deeply involved with the Li family. He wasn't very bold and didn't have much ambition. He only wanted to achieve immortality through the divine path. Now that he had achieved his wish, he naturally didn't want to get involved anymore.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and Liu Qing expressed his understanding, giving him a few Soul Nourishing Pills to help him recover from the damage to his soul caused by being boiled in oil.

As for the future, the two remained friends.

One was enjoying himself at the foot of the mountain, while the other continued to climb, wanting to see the view from the top.

Just as they stepped out of the City God Temple, they saw Li Shimin and his sister Li Xiuning pacing back and forth anxiously, leading hundreds of Li family private soldiers.

Upon seeing Liu Qing emerge, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, overjoyed.

"Brother Liu, you've finally come out."

"What's the situation inside? Was that old devil Yang killed? Were Shimin's ancestors rescued?"

Li Shimin was getting a little anxious. Perhaps there were other things that required his attention. He thought he should first find out what was on his mind and then make time to talk about other things.

"I killed the City God Yang Zhen, and my ancestor Li Hugong was rescued. He is now temporarily in charge of the City God's realm."

"If Brother Li achieves success in the future, he can be officially appointed as the City God, which would be a legitimate honor."

Li Shimin was overjoyed and quickly clasped his hands in thanks: "Brother Liu, I will remember your kindness and repay you in the future."

While Li Shimin was bowing in respect, Liu Qing used his Yin-Yang Divine Power to look and saw that the Emperor God statue floating above his head was much more solid than before.

On the other side, the fortune remained in the form of a carp, without any evolution. Liu Qing frowned. Logically speaking, Li Shimin's fortune should have greatly increased after taking Chang'an. At this time, the carp should have transformed into a grass python. Why did it not change?
This is probably why Li Shimin was waiting for him here, looking anxious.

"Brother Liu, Shimin has a request."

(End of this chapter)