Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 100: Walking on the waves and crossing the Yellow River, the monsters in the five lakes and four rivers

Hong Gu is gone.

He happily left the East China Sea and entered the Yellow River, then rode the waves westward, preparing to follow the Yellow River upstream to the Jing River.
Go to Liu Qing, whom she missed every day.

He didn't even have time to have a meal with the old Dragon King's Concubine Li. He begged to go to the Dragon Palace's treasury, then hurried out, took the snail girl with him, and ran away.

After she left, the old Dragon King slapped his forehead, as if he had thought of something, and hurried to the Dragon Palace treasury with Concubine Li to check.
I saw that the treasure house that was originally full of all kinds of rare treasures was now empty, with nothing left. Even the shelves where the rare treasures were placed had been packed up and taken away.

The old parents hurried to Longyu Zhai again. When they arrived, they saw ruins and numerous earth pits all around. There was no trace of its former splendor.

"Hiss, my beloved, please rub my heart, it hurts—"

The old Dragon King grabbed Concubine Li's hand and reached into his clothes.

Concubine Li rolled her eyes and said, "You big pervert, why are you so distressed? That treasury is just the smallest one in the Dragon Palace. If it's emptied, then it's emptied. How can our family lose any treasures?"

"Hehe, a girl is outgoing. Before she gets married, she takes things out of the house. Go ahead and take them. Consider them as her dowry. When she gets married, I'll see if I, Old Long, will give them back."

"Tsk, if you don't give it to me, I come from the Yellow River Carp Clan, and my family's wealth is not much less than that of the Dragon Palace."

Liu Qing, along with Grandpa Eel, the four short men, the water beetle and other big monsters who participated in the Qingming River Festival, went to Luanshitan first.

Later, we will wait for the palace lord Yuan Datou to meet up, and then go to Jing River together to participate in the river sacrifice.

Be the first to incense!
The little crocodile led the way, and the monsters left Dawan Lake and followed the southeast ditch, passing through the cliffs on both sides, or the mountains, forests, and fields.

After walking hundreds of miles south, I realized that the road ahead was suddenly open and the waves were deafening.

There are towering mountains on the east and west sides, and a winding ditch on the north side. The Rock Pool is located between the two mountains.
There are waterfalls falling from the mountain all year round, on both sides, with rapids dropping hundreds of feet and crashing into a pool of rocks.
Water splashed everywhere, the waterfall roared, and countless crocodiles of all sizes were floating on the surface of the rocky pool, or lying on the scattered rocks on the shore to bask in the sun.

The pond is more than ten miles in circumference, several times the size of Liuqing Snake Pond. The water inside the pond is as deep as the Old Turtle Pond where Yuan Haowen is stationed.
There are many duckweeds and lotus flowers on the water surface, and many reeds, cattails and water celery on the shore. The most numerous of them are rugged rocks, so it is called the Rock Pond.

There are many kinds of life in the water, including schools of fish and shrimps, and gatherings of turtles and tortoises, many of which are large creatures. Otherwise, they would not be able to feed the crocodiles, which have such an amazing appetite and are so numerous.

Facing south from Luanshitan, after passing through the canyon pass, you will reach the vast Jing River, which stretches for thousands of miles.

Going through here to the Jing River is the only waterway in Dawan Lake Prefecture. The canyon is a pass, and there are river monsters guarding the north and south sides.
On the side of the Rock Pond, there are several crocodile monsters who have refined their essence into energy and are stationed there to prevent the infiltration of the Jinghe water tribe.
On the opposite side, several forces in the Jinghe River tribe took turns sending their own river monsters to garrison. Previously, they were afraid that the Dayawan Lake Water Palace would come to Jinghe River to grab territory, but now they are wary of the small crocodile dragon in the opposite Luanshitan, and sent their crocodiles to smuggle salt.

Liu Qing supplied the goods, but how could a water vein station consume the salt goods quickly, so the little turtle dragon was very smart.
He first turned his attention to the Jing River, and relying on the convenience of being stationed in Luanshitan, he secretly smuggled salt to the Jing River for sale.
Soon after, several other nearby water veins were stationed there and followed suit, and eventually, all the veins of the Dawan Lake Water Prefecture began smuggling salt to the Jing River to make huge profits.

Except for the main vein of Dawan Lake and Snake Lake, all the others have become private salt dealers. Because of their smuggling, the incense silver accounts for the capital, so until now they have not yet paid the first batch of repayments to Liu Qing.
Liu Qing was secretly annoyed and planned to mix salt with river sand in the next batch, or raise their purchase price. He could not boil salt himself, and the majority of the profits were taken by them.

Poor Brother Zuoshou, he hasn't had a rest until now in order to supply them.

The next day was the Qingming River Festival, so the little crocodile had some free time today. Being generous by nature, he ordered his crocodiles, big and small, to fetch wine, meat, and preserved fruits, so that he and his brothers could have a good time today.

Last night in the Water Palace, with the Palace Master and Madam Yu by their side, the river monsters felt a little restrained.

The wine was Sanlejiang bought from the people, the meat was the fish and shrimp from the Rocky Pond, as well as the tigers, leopards, bears, wolves, elk and musk deer that came to drink from the shore.

They cut large chunks of it raw and served it in a clam shell. The little crocodile raised a bowl-sized snail wine glass and shouted, "Brothers, drink, drink! --"

Liu Qing, the snake-python, could not drink alcohol, so he had to eat vegetables. However, the bloody meat, which was only seasoned with crushed earthworm powder and salt, was hard for Liu Qing to swallow.

Liu Qing also had a picky taste. Ever since he started making fire by drilling wood together, he had gotten used to eating stewed or roasted food, and could no longer swallow such bloody food.

Drilling wood to make fire and keeping the fire alive is the Shetan's signature skill. Liu Qing was so cautious that even Xia Kexing couldn't learn it from him.

Liu Qing didn't drink alcohol or eat meat, as this would be a shame to his host's hospitality, so he had no choice but to grab the blood food, pretend to swallow it, and then hide it in his mouth pouch. He then spit out the cooked food he had stored earlier from his mouth pouch, and started eating and drinking.

After five dishes and three rounds of wine, Liu Qing deliberately started a conversation and led the drunken river monsters from bragging to the Jinghe River Festival.

"Everyone, if we want to get the first incense for the Lord of the Mansion during this river sacrifice, we must defeat the other great monsters from all over the world.
Oh, not counting our Dawan Lake, there are four lakes and four rivers."

"The Five Lakes and Four Rivers are the water veins under the jurisdiction of the Jinghe Dragon Palace. The water palaces similar to our Dayan Lake include Ankang Lake, Fulong Lake, Nanshan Lake, Shilang Lake, Liupan River, Malian River, Heihe River, and Honghe River."

"In addition, in addition to the Five Lakes and Four Rivers Water Palace under the jurisdiction of Jinghe River, there are several other water palaces in the main vein of Jinghe River, and their strength is not inferior to ours."

"Yes, like the Chang, Dou, Wang, Jin, Yuan, Bai, and Ling families in Jinghe River. We should also be careful of these seven families that are the main forces of Jinghe River. Their strength is no less than our Water Palace."

"The snake and python Chang family, the fighting fish Dou family, the king snake Wang family, the goldfish Jin family, the water ape Yuan family, the silver carp Bai family, and the mud carp Ling family. Although these seven families are all demons of the same clan and exclude other river monsters, their original bodies are powerful and their methods are extraordinary. In addition, they are from the same clan, so they are more united in battle and are extremely difficult to deal with."

"Five lakes and four rivers, plus the seven families of Jing River, a total of sixteen forces are participating in the river sacrifice, vying for incense. If we want to grab the first incense for the master of the mansion, it will be very difficult!"

"When the time comes, the great demons sent out by each family will definitely use all their means, whether it's their minions or their talents, to grab the first incense. They will definitely not show mercy to us. Brothers, please remember that the fighting will be extremely brutal, so you must survive!"

(End of this chapter)