Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 226 The Dragon Pearl evolves into a serpent, and an avatar takes control of the Jing River.
"I have entrusted you with the core inheritance of my Jie Sect. You must cultivate diligently day and night to quickly improve your strength. The journey to the West is only a few decades away. If you do not cultivate diligently, any powerful being will be able to easily suppress you."

"I will remember this and will not disappoint my teacher."

"It's a pity that some of the spiritual treasures I had in my early years are still with my original self when this soul was split off. Otherwise, I could have given you a few of them."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qing felt a pang of regret; it was indeed a pity.

However, he was not lacking in spiritual treasures: Yin Jade Spirit Banner, Thousand Rivers and Ten Thousand Waters Flag, Yin Yang Harmony Drum, Spiritual Treasure Dragon Palace, Mountain-Driving Whip, River-Walking Boots, Ruyi Double-Ear Furnace, and the Innate Spiritual Treasure Panlong Eight-Tone Cone.

In addition, killing the Great King of Inspiration also yielded the Nine-Petaled Crimson Copper Hammer, a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

In total, there are nine spiritual treasures, enough for Liu Qing to use.

But who can complain about having too many magical treasures? I used to envy Hong Gu for being able to spray out ten or more magical treasures with just a few breaths.

Liu Qing also wished he could be so extravagant, with so many magical treasures that he could throw them at people.

After receiving the reward from his teacher, Daoist Yu Yu, Liu Qing turned his gaze to his senior brother, the Golden Hoop Immortal.

The Golden Hoop Immortal blinked, looking rather embarrassed: "Junior Brother, I'm a penniless fellow, I don't have any magical treasures."

"Even if you possess some Taoist magic and supernatural powers, they are mostly derived from the Shangqing Immortal Technique of our Jie Sect. Giving them to you would be useless; you need to comprehend them yourself."

Liu Qing looked at the golden headband on the Golden Hoop Immortal's head, said nothing, and just stared blankly at it.

The Golden Hoop Immortal was shocked: "Junior brother, I can't give this to you. This golden hoop is a transformation of my true form."

"To be honest, junior brother, I was originally a primordial spiritual treasure, the Golden Hoop, which took human form. Later, I became a disciple of our master, and that's how I got the title of Golden Hoop Immortal."

The innate spiritual treasure, the golden hoop?

Liu Qing looked at the Golden Hoop Immortal with a meaningful gaze, wondering if the headband worn by Sun Wukong during Journey to the West was actually yours.

No wonder there was no news of you during the Journey to the West. You must have been killed by Guanyin Bodhisattva, who then refined you back into your original form, which became the golden headband that imprisoned Sun Wukong.

How pitiful.

Seeing the hint of pity in Liu Qing's eyes, Jin Gu Xian broke down, thinking that Liu Qing was pitying his poverty.

As a senior disciple, how could I be looked down upon by a junior disciple who had just entered the sect?

The Golden Hoop Immortal's mind raced as he pondered whether he had any treasures. Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Haha, I've got it, junior brother. I saw that your original form was a water snake, but now it has evolved into a dragon. You must be following the path of dragon transformation."

"It just so happens that my senior brother found a tribulation stone in the mountains a hundred years ago. Inside the tribulation stone is a dragon pearl, which can help your body evolve."

As he spoke, the Golden Hoop Immortal reached into the void and pulled something out from his own Dharma Realm.

With the Golden Hoop Immortal's cultivation level, this Dharma Realm is no longer a Dharma Realm, but a Divine Realm.

Liu Qing hurriedly looked over and saw that the dragon pearl was the size of a fist, with a rich aura of water on the outside and a drop of dragon blood inside. Within the dragon blood, the faint phantom images of three evil dragons appeared.

"Speaking of this dragon pearl, it also has a story. It was left behind when Yang Jian killed a three-headed dragon during the Investiture of the Gods. The three-headed dragon's body was refined by Yang Jian into a three-pointed double-edged sword, while the dragon pearl inside its body escaped into the Northern Swollen Mountain and was concealed by the Investiture of the Gods' tribulation energy. In the end, it was found by my senior brother."

Liu Qing happily accepted it: "Thank you for the gift, Senior Brother!"

With a single swallow, he devoured the three dragon pearls from the three-headed dragon, allowing the Devouring Elephant talent to refine them.

[Race: Dragon (in the process of metamorphosis)]

"My disciple, I am going to travel around the Three Realms. Your senior brother will accompany me. I will leave this place to you. If anyone bullies you, just say my name and I will definitely stand up for you."

Yu Yu Dao Ren hung the gourd containing monkey wine on his waist, along with the rusty iron sword. After speaking, he pointed his fingers and tore through space, leaving with the Golden Hoop Immortal.

Liu Qing sensed that the rusty iron sword hanging at Yu Yu Dao Ren's waist was indeed an ordinary item, not even a magic weapon, and was probably picked up casually on the road.

Even a mortal iron sword, in the hands of Daoist Yu Yu, is no less powerful than a magical sword specifically designed for killing.

Furthermore, within these Three Realms, there are few who are worthy of Daoist Yu Yu using this iron sword.

After the Taoist priest and the Golden Hoop Immortal left, Liu Qing began to sort out his gains from this trip.

First, the vast sacrificial realm now belongs to him, along with his senior brother Golden Hoop Immortal's gambling den, and everything else within the other realms.

Liu Qing immediately unfurled his fiery wings and flew to the sky above the sacrificial realm.

With a thought, he manipulated the Yin Jade Spirit Banner to erase the minds of Benboerba and Baboerben, turning them into puppets.

With the powerful Jie Sect as their backer, who cared about anything else? They acted even more recklessly.

Just as Benboerba and Baboerben's minds were erased, dark clouds instantly filled the sky, and rumbling thunder roared. Liu Qing was not afraid at all and looked over with his hands behind his back.

Sure enough, just a few rumbles of thunder were heard when a shout rang out: "Get out of the way!—"

The lightning obediently disappeared, and then a phantom appeared, wearing a top-grade incense god emperor crown, but bowed to Liu Qing.

"Wen Zhong, a disciple of the Jie Sect, pays respects to his martial uncle—"

Wen Zhong was a third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect. His master was the Golden Spirit Mother, Liu Qing's senior sister whom he had never met. Therefore, he called Liu Qing "Shishu" (senior uncle).

Liu Qing nodded, and Wen Zhong withdrew.

Although he was being used by joining the Jie Sect, he gained a formal title, which saved Liu Qing a lot of trouble. In the Heavenly Court, Jie Sect disciples made up the majority of the population, and with the protection of many deities, he would have fewer concerns about his actions in the future.

With the trouble caused by erasing the two demons' minds gone, the next step was the harvest. Both Benboerba and Baboerben were demon kings at the fifth level of Qi, so naturally they had accumulated a lot of wealth over the years.

Two Dharma Realms emerged from the void, and Liu Qing scanned them with his divine sense, instantly overjoyed.

The two demons' accumulated wealth over hundreds of years consisted mostly of incense money, power gold, and various river and land treasures.

These alone are enough for Liu Qing to absorb the incense and authority divinity, enabling him to evolve many new divine positions, or even advance to higher positions in the incense and authority divinity.

Numerous river treasures and celestial treasures can be used to refine pills without wasting medicinal power. There is enough to refine hundreds or even thousands of pills such as Water Essence Pills and Soul Nourishing Pills.

Even the auxiliary materials that Lian Liuqing lacked when refining the Dragon Elephant Pill could be found here.

Besides these, all the magical artifacts and spiritual materials that the two demons had obtained also belonged to Liu Qing.

Among the spiritual materials were several pieces of innate water jade. Liu Qing's eyes lit up, and he took them out and threw them to the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone to be refined and grow into a spiritual treasure.

As for the other acquired spiritual materials, although they were not of great use, Liu Qing also gave them to the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone to devour.

Some of the items that caught Liu Qing's eye were kept for later use in crafting magical artifacts or spiritual treasures.

After collecting all the treasures within the two demon realms, the remaining unclaimed realms were incorporated into the sacrificial realm by Liu Qing to expand its space.

After doing all this, Liu Qing opened his mouth and spat out two fanged swords, killing all the descendants of Linggan King, Benboerba, and Baboerben who were living in constant fear in their mansions.

Their corpses, along with those of their ancestors, were either used to refine magical artifacts by removing their teeth and scales, or to nourish the acquired spiritual root, the Blood Peach, with not a single part wasted.

Unless absolutely necessary, Liu Qing would not directly consume the corpse, but would instead use it to refine elixirs or feed it to the Blood Peaches.

This is done by not swallowing it directly, but to avoid wasting any spiritual energy.

Liu Qing summoned his first clone.

Now that the sacrificial realm has been successfully captured, it's time for the first avatar to take over the Jing River.

Soon after, the first avatar arrived riding a special attendant. Liu Qing instructed it to refine the core of the sacrificial realm. Once refined, this sacrificial realm would become the residence of the first avatar, the sixth-rank Jinghe River God.

Of course, the entrance to the sacrificial shrine, the former Wei Xiaokuan Temple, would be demolished and the Jinghe River God Temple rebuilt.

Liu Qing wrote a letter about this matter and threw it into the Jing River, instructing Li Shimin to send people to build a temple.

The beings within the sacrificial realm are still allowed to live here, earning incense money for Liu Qing, planting spiritual seeds of grains, and so on.

As for the other incense gods who had forcibly occupied the sacrificial realm, they were driven out by Liu Qing himself, and their right to reside there was revoked.

Although their right to reside here was revoked, they were allowed to use this place as a trading market or auction venue within the Jing and Wei River basins.

It's likely that soon, sacrificial rites will become an important source of income for Liu Qing, allowing him to earn incense money and power.

At this point, the sacrificial realm completely belonged to Liu Qing.

The first avatar is still refining the core of the sacrificial realm. Once it is completely refined, it will be able to completely control the sacrificial realm.

Seeing that everything was going smoothly, Liu Qing flew back to Da Wan Lake.

On the way, he summoned the demon soul of the turtle spirit, which had already refined itself and merged with the Dao, reaching the level of Yang Shen, and could now merge with the incense offerings of the Dao.

Liu Qing had no shortage of religious and official positions, so he waved his hand and appointed Gao Bie Jingyuan Haowen as the eighth-rank River God of the Floating Dragon Canal.

He also bestowed upon it a bottle of Soul Nourishing Pills to help it quickly integrate into its divine duties, which could be considered a reward from Yuan Haowen for helping Liu Qing secure the sacrificial realm.

In fact, it was a good thing that Yuan Haowen was deified by Liu Qing, worshipped Liu Qing as his god, and completely submitted to Liu Qing.

Otherwise, although Yuan Haowen was loyal before, he inevitably developed some thoughts as his cultivation improved.

The Scripture of Helping to Avert Calamities and Disorder that it cultivates is quite strange, and even Liu Qing is wary of it. If it were to turn against Liu Qing one day, Liu Qing would likely suffer a great loss.

It's better this way. Feng Yuanhao is his follower god, completely under his control, so he doesn't need to worry about him.

Turtle spirit Yuan Haowen thanked him profusely and left for the Wei River to continue his unfinished business with his master Shen Gongbao.

Liu Qing returned to Da Wan Lake.

Seeing that Hong Gu, Bai She'er, Xiao Ya, Shui'er, and Sang Qingjun were all worried and nervous, he couldn't help but feel guilty.

When they were suppressed by the Bodhisattva statue, the white snake must have sensed it. Since the others were unable to rescue them, they were understandably nervous and worried.

Now that Liu Qing has returned safely, the women are relieved.

The safe return of her beloved was a cause for celebration. That evening, at the mansion on the island in the lake, the fairy maiden Xiao Ya prepared a feast, and Liu Qing and the women enjoyed themselves together.

For some reason, Liu Qing's alcohol tolerance was very low today. The Monkey Spirit Wine quickly took effect, and he got drunk before he could even eat the hot dishes.

Hong Gu stood up and glanced at the four women: Bai She'er, Xiao Ya, Shui'er, and Sang Qingjun.

The four women blushed and remained silent with their heads down, but their glances, though furtive, were filled with anticipation.

(End of this chapter)