Yefutidaolu

Chapter 87 Precious Money
Simeng's mother was already petrified with fear.

Especially next to her, a member of her own tribe exploded, and the blood mist mixed with the water wrapped around her. Every time her gills moved to absorb water, she would absorb the blood mist into her gills. Feeling the strong scent of her own tribe, her whole body was stiff and she could not move.

She is just an ordinary mermaid.

There is nothing special about him, he is just an ordinary person. He makes a living by raising fish. The most valuable thing on his body is the gold given by his boss.

At this moment, I was suddenly faced with such a thing. My mind was completely confused, and I could not feel any other feelings except fear and obedience.

Gui Cheng walked over and looked at the mermaid who had become dazed due to fear and confusion.

People will become dull when they are extremely frightened. They will stand still and do whatever others tell them to do. Their brains completely lose the ability to think and they become numb, mechanical, and obedient like cattle and sheep.

"Si Meng Niang, this is the name, right?" asked Gui Cheng.

Simengniang nodded. This was a completely subconscious action.

"Have you met Gao Jian?"

This name finally pried open a little of Simeng Niang's thinking ability, and she suddenly came back to her senses. A glimmer of light appeared in her eyes that had originally lost their brilliance: "Boss——"

"Boss? Oh, Gao Jian, right? It seems like you have indeed met him." Gui Cheng took a look at what Simeng Niang was holding in both hands.

Although she held it very tightly, the gold hidden inside could still be seen through the gaps between her hands.

"The Divine Dynasty's precious money, ah, then it must be you." Gui Cheng nodded.

For a mermaid like this to have a gold coin from the Divine Dynasty, there must be no other channel except Gao Jian.

Thinking of this, Gui Cheng himself became a little dazed.

Precious money...

The coins of the Divine Dynasty are classified into Tongbao, Yuanbao and so on, so they are generally referred to as "Baoqian". Only the Divine Dynasty has the ability to mint them. In essence, they are one of the carriers of the Divine Dynasty's national destiny. For practitioners outside the Divine Dynasty, they are also a treasure with a high degree of recognition, so they have become one of the basic currencies in the practice world.

This is the credit foundation that the Divine Dynasty has accumulated over thousands of years. Even now, the Divine Dynasty is still the most powerful force in the entire world, without a doubt.

Perhaps some top-level immortal sects or hidden caves can compete with the Divine Dynasty in high-end combat power, but the Divine Dynasty’s iron hoof is a force that they cannot match.

The armies of many Western Regions or overseas countries, or some demon tribes, are not much worse than those of the Divine Dynasty, but they are far behind them in high-end combat power.

Only the Divine Dynasty has an overwhelming advantage in the number of practitioners at all three levels: high, medium and low. It is undoubtedly the strongest in the world and a giant monster that has been lingering in the Middle-earth for thousands of years.

For these mermaids, it is basically impossible for them to obtain the precious money of the Divine Dynasty.

That’s right, even the most basic copper coins are just for show, let alone real money.

For the common people of the Divine Dynasty, they may already feel that their lives are miserable, but in the land of the Divine Dynasty, the days are already something that many residents outside the Divine Dynasty dare not even imagine.

Even the "copper coins" that they thought were worthless were treasures in the eyes of residents outside the Divine Dynasty.

For example, the "four seasons" that the residents of the Divine Dynasty are accustomed to do not exist outside.

Without four seasons, the weather is so bad that it is unimaginable. Even if there are other practitioners controlling the weather, the stagnant energy of heaven and earth will naturally settle down, unable to flow, and eventually stagnate, forming various types of Jedi.

The circulation of the four seasons is essentially the circulation of weather and earth energy, just like the circulation of human blood. This is the difference between dead flesh and living flesh.

The land of the Divine Dynasty is still alive, and it will be more beneficial for practitioners to practice in it.

But outside the borders of the Divine Dynasty, most places are dead silent. The birth rate of practitioners will drop significantly, and the difficulty of practice will increase accordingly. Only some cave heavens or hidden immortal gates have the foundation to clear away this kind of sediment.

It's only in recent years that Dragon Palace has gained sufficient capabilities.

In the past, the Baishan River Dragon Palace would bring huge amounts of pearls, fish, and the corpses of various aquatic monsters to the Divine Dynasty every year in exchange for treasure money, and then use the treasure money to buy what they needed. With this back and forth, the Divine Dynasty would take away at least 40% of its turnover in various taxes.

Moreover, many people who want the Divine Dynasty to take in these 40% of them have no chance, because they are simply not qualified to be the Divine Dynasty's dogs, and can only be stray dogs running around outside.

The Divine Dynasty is corrupt, this is compared with the past.

To other forces today, the Divine Dynasty is still the most terrifying and powerful force in the world.

The Baishanjiang Water Clan had no idea how much it had cost. They didn't even bury the dragon balls of several dragon sons after their deaths, but took them all to the Zuo family. Only then did they establish connections with the Zuo family and become the candidate team for gods designated by the Zuo family. Only in this way could they be integrated into the Divine Dynasty as outsiders.

Just by doing this, the annual profit of Baishanjiang Dragon Palace is ten times more than before, and the number of newly added realms each year exceeds ten thousand.

This giant from the Central Plains was so huge that even though the iron sword was hung openly in Broken Dragon Gorge, no one in the Baishan River tribe, from the Dragon King to his sons, and from his sons to his grandsons, dared to object.

That's why Prime Minister Gui didn't dare to kill Gao Jian directly.

So now, just seeing the Divine Dynasty's precious money held in the hands of a merman, he felt a little frightened and even absent-minded.

But he immediately changed his expression, smiled, touched the merman's head, and said, "So that's how it is. Can you tell me where he went?"

"I...I..." Simengniang was trembling with fear and could not utter a complete word.

The shock between the old turtle's previous brutality and his current gentleness made her feel a little overwhelmed.

"Don't worry, I'm here to save him." Gui Cheng said, "Gao Jian is a distinguished guest of our Dragon Palace. We are so eager to save him. Tell me where he is and we will go to save him right away."

"Dragon Palace..." Simengniang trembled again when she heard that.

Impossible, the boss can’t be from Dragon Palace!

When Simengniang thought of the word "Dragon Palace", her teeth started to chatter.

What is the concept of Dragon Palace among the aquatic creatures? The mermaids, who are part of the aquatic creatures, know it very clearly.

The Dragon Palace is a place where...if you don't go in, you will suffer, and if you go in, you will suffer even more. But if you have the chance to go in, you will still try your best to squeeze in.

Both of her parents died in the Dragon Palace and abandoned her to participate in the Dragon Palace's external selection, but never came back.

How old was she then?
I don't remember, I just remember that after that, she lived alone and her life was not very good.

She often came into contact with people from the Dragon Palace because they would come to collect taxes. Half of the fish they raised had to be paid to the Dragon Palace, otherwise they would not be allowed to raise fish in the waters of the Baishan River.

Boss...has absolutely nothing to do with Dragon Palace.

The people in Dragon Palace would not do what he did and would not save themselves.

Thinking of this, Simeng Niang bit her tongue fiercely. The severe pain made her body, which was trembling with fear, barely regain some control. She looked at Gui Cheng.

Gui Cheng stood there and answered her question: "Well, we are from the Dragon Palace, so you just need to listen."

Simeng Niang managed to hold on and said, "Sir... he, he went into the abyss. He said he could come out. Now, maybe he is on the shore..."

When the old turtle heard this, he saw the shadow of a turtle shell appear behind him, and various runes engraved on the turtle shell began to flow.

This is the tortoise divination method.

Moreover, unlike Gao Jian's method, this tortoise-tortoise divination method is more advanced and can predict more things.

Even Gao Jian can master the method of divination to predict good and bad luck. As an innate master of tortoise divination, Lao Gui can naturally master more.

Soon, the flow of runes stopped.

"Well, although you tried to mislead me, you didn't lie." The old turtle looked at Simengniang and said so.

"But, you actually want to mislead me? In other words, you are hiding something from me, and what you said is true, but what you are leading me to believe is false?" The old turtle stretched out his hand and grabbed Simengniang's neck.

Simengniang felt that she couldn't breathe all of a sudden, and the blood in her body seemed to run cold. She was terrified and wanted to struggle, but the other party just pinched her neck, and she felt weak all over and couldn't move at all.

"I originally wanted to kill you and search for your remaining soul, but if I did that, it seemed like something would be missing. This matter is of great importance and cannot afford to make any mistakes. So, come down with me." said the old turtle.

It is very difficult to search the soul of a living person, because being alive is a kind of protection in itself, and the soul is protected by the small world of the human body.

The three gates and nine orifices are all natural things in the physical body. They have been protecting the most fragile spirit and soul from the beginning. So if you want to bypass the physical body and search for the soul directly, it is not impossible, but the old turtle can't do it.

Generally speaking, after killing the person, the soul is extracted and searched. Without protection, it is not difficult to find memory fragments.

Without the protection of the physical body, the soul will feel extremely painful when the wind blows. If there is thunder in the sky, the sound of thunder alone can shatter the soul. If it is exposed to the sun, it will melt instantly. Even if the blood of a living creature is poured on it, it will be dispersed. It is very fragile.

Ghosts and the like are never allowed to appear in public. They either possess corpses, or hide in dolls, puppets, or possess people in order to survive and show off their power.

If its true form is revealed, even if it is a ghost of the first level, it can be dispelled with just a basin of dog blood.

For a warrior of another realm, what would a dog-blood incident and thunder mean? If they were not injured, not sick, and not in a place where resentful and yin energy gathered, then they could rely solely on their own blood and yang energy to keep the yin ghosts of the same realm away.

This is the natural fragility of the soul and the mystery of the small world of the human body.

It was because of this that he spared Simengniang's life.

The old turtle put Simeng Niang down and said, "Follow me, don't even think about running, you can't get away."

"Kill the other mermaids." The old turtle waved his hand.

The mermaids suddenly howled in fear!

The old turtle frowned immediately. He hated the mermaids' extreme emotions and sharp voices, which were too noisy.

The other little turtles around immediately set off and swam towards the mermaids.

But at this moment.

"Wait a minute!" Simengniang suddenly shouted loudly!
The old turtle frowned, asked the little turtles to stop, looked at Simeng Niang, and said nothing.

Simeng Niang was panting heavily, bubbles kept coming out of her cheeks. She tried to stand up straight and said with all her strength: "If you do this, I will commit suicide here... so that you will lose the clue of the boss."

"Let them go, and I'll go down with you. You don't need to threaten me."

"Oh? Really? Do you think you can negotiate with me?" The old turtle narrowed his eyes.

Simeng's mother gritted her teeth. She was not smart, but her mind had never worked so fast in her life. She mustered up her courage and said, "They are nothing to you, so what does it matter if we let them go or kill them? But the information about the boss, even if it's just a little bit, is important, right? Using worthless things to exchange for something very valuable, isn't that what a wise man does? Or is it that in order to vent his anger, you have to sacrifice the big for the small? Killing someone may vent your anger, but you may miss the opportunity? Without my clues, you may miss the boss in the end!"

"Give up the small for the big, that's what adults should do, isn't it?" Simeng's mother closed her eyes and shouted with all her courage.

The old turtle smiled and said, "You are quite good at talking, and you even set me up. If I kill them, I will be a fool. But are you sure what you said is true? You won't hide it later?"

“I dare not hide it…” Simeng’s mother lowered her head.

The runes behind the old turtle started to work again.

Divination starts again.

After a while, he nodded: "Well... reluctantly, but it's the truth. Well, let's release these mermaids."

"As for you, come with me and tell me where your boss is and where you met him?"

"It's over there, come with me... In the beginning, it was because he was drowning in the sea... It's about sixty miles from here, not too far."

The old turtle was talking to the mermaid, followed by a group of small turtles, and they were heading sixty miles away.

Simengniang lowered her head and led the way.

Boss, you have to run faster.

You said you could come out a second time, then...it would be best if you could really come out a second time.

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In that glowing underwater mountain range, Gao Jian has almost figured out the place.

First of all, there is basically nothing special about the underground here, or rather... there is nothing here that can be of any help to Gao Jian.

Apart from this glowing mountain, everything else is ordinary and there is nothing magical about it.

The mountains do glow, and this light can resist the dark shadows outside. Gao Jian tried to mine the stones on it to see if he could get a piece down. In this way, he could use this glowing stone to dispel the dark shadows and successfully escape.

But he found that the glowing stone was extremely hard, and he could only use a sharp rusty knife to chip it down little by little. Fortunately, the rusty knife was so hard and sharp that it could dig out the stone.

But he finally got a piece down, and the stone immediately became dim after it was separated from the main body of the mountain.

"Tsk, I can't get out in this case." Gao Jian felt a headache as he looked at the dark shadow outside that was as thick as a substance.

It's safe to stay in the mountains, but we'll starve to death, right?
(End of this chapter)