Chapter 169: Longevity Peach

Archives room.

Several strange faces are waiting in front of the task board, frowning. It seems the task difficulty is not small, and they are weighing whether to take it.

Liang Qu comes to the long table, taps the wooden table with his knuckles, and hands over his booklet.

Registrar Huang Pingchang looks up, immediately puts down his ink brush, and gathers the book pages.

"Lord Liang has returned in triumph? Congratulations, congratulations!"

The several martial artists watching the task board hear the sound and quietly prick up their ears.

Liang Qu laughs: "Congratulations, congratulations. Where is Registrar Li? Why don't I see him today?"

Huang Pingchang takes the booklet on the table and opens it to copy.

"Shoufu took a fancy to a small courtyard a few days ago, and today he went to discuss the price with the owner, so he asked for a half-day leave.

Lord Liang doesn't know, you didn't return news for seven days in a row, which scared him enough; he was soul-less.

Thanks to the news yesterday that Lord Liang was fine and had made great merits in Fengbu County, he felt relieved to go buy the courtyard."

To be faster than Wei Lin, Xu Yuelong didn't send a message openly, and only the backbone knew the news.

That is to say, it was only yesterday that a little wind was leaked, letting Li Shoufu feel relieved.

Otherwise, he would truly be unable to eat or sleep, waking up in the middle of the night covered in sweat.

"It made Registrar Li worry. If Registrar Huang sees him, remember to bring a word for me, saying I will invite him to drink another day."

Huang Pingchang nods repeatedly: "Easy to say, easy to say."

He copies the booklet with one hand and flips out a booklet from the table with the other.

Several bright big characters are reflected on the first page, which is the Great Merit Exchange Book!

Huang Pingchang temporarily puts down his brush: "Lord Liang eradicated the Whale Gang in Fengbu County, and the merit is huge, exempting thousands of fishermen in Fengbu County from a great scourge. There must be a great merit.

Most of the things that can be exchanged for great merits are treasures, and many things need to be transported to be exchanged. Lord Liang might as well take a look now and make a draft of what you want.

When the great merit is confirmed, the things can be sent together, saving quite a bit of time."

"Many thanks."

The several martial artists in front of the task board whisper to each other after hearing this.

Someone wants to step forward to greet, but doesn't dare to disturb at this time, only waiting quietly on the side.

Liang Qu flips open the book.

【Great Merit Exchange Book】

【Qingyang Sword Art】

【Core cultivation technique of the original Qingyang Sword Sect, superior sword cultivation technique, fierce killing. Qingyang Sword Sect, rebelled in the Jianyuan era, has been destroyed.】

【Exchange requirement: One Great Merit】

【Note: Those whose path of sword-seeking is not firm should practice with caution.】

【Medicine Body Canon】

【Core cultivation technique of Medicine God Valley, can absorb all kinds of medicinal power, forge the body and strengthen bones. After completion, one is immune to all poisons, and ordinary injuries can be quickly self-healed.】

【Exchange requirement: One Great Merit】

【Note: Those whose family wealth is not abundant should practice with caution.】

【Dragon Transformation Sutra】

【Steel Body Technique】

【White Rainbow Piercing Sun Force】

【Consciousness-Only Law】

The names of the cultivation techniques alone are much higher-level than those of the small merits, most only requiring one great merit, and a small part requiring two or three great merits.

Liang Qu's demand for cultivation techniques is not very large, so he flips past them for now.

The material category is even more varied.

Water-sinking gold, tungsten gold, exquisite sand, and even the limbs of great demons that can shape spiritual weapons are all available.

【Red Fire Mourning Feather】

【Feather shed after the death of a Red Fire Bird, can shape spiritual weapons, or absorb the life essence within】

【Exchange requirement: Two Great Merits】

He never expected the feathers that the fat catfish and "Cannot Move" picked up back then to have such high value.

Liang Qu scans them, remembers them roughly, and then flips to the heaven-sent treasure category, which he is most interested in.

【Longevity Peach】

【Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, matures every thirty years, increases lifespan by five years.】

【Exchange requirement: One Great Merit】

【Note: The effect of the second one is halved, the third one has no effect, and one person can exchange for it at most three times.】

Just entering his eyes, it gives Liang Qu quite a shock.

One great merit can actually exchange for a longevity treasure?

Looking down, Liang Qu finds there are even better effects.

【Purple Pattern Peach】

【Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, matures every sixty years, increases lifespan by ten years.】

【Exchange requirement: Eight Great Merits】

【Note: The effects of the three are halved in sequence, the fourth has no effect, and it does not conflict with the Longevity Peach】

【Purple Pattern Xiang Core Peach】

【Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, matures every hundred years, increases lifespan by twenty years.】

【Exchange requirement: Fifteen Great Merits】

【Note: The effects of the three are halved in sequence, the fourth has no effect, and it does not conflict with the previous two】

Liang Qu calculates roughly.

If the merit is enough, exchanging for all three types of peaches can at least extend his lifespan by sixty years!

It's just that so many great merits are not easy to earn, and ordinary people at most exchange for the most ordinary peaches.

Flipping further down, there are other longevity items, but in terms of effect, it seems the three types of peaches are the strongest.

Liang Qu guesses that Great Shun should have mastered the breeding method of peaches, allowing them to be produced stably, simply as strategic materials among strategic materials.

Other longevity items are not as stable as peaches, so their value is slightly higher.

Lifespan is a precious thing.

Seeing Liang Qu lingering on the peach page for a long time, Huang Pingchang has a feeling.

"Human longevity is going against heaven. Perfected Form lifespan is no more than three hundred, Martial Saint lifespan is no more than eight hundred—how difficult it is."

Liang Qu smiles.

"Life is like a rushing stream; only through collision can there be beautiful waves. If it were unchanging, wouldn't the world be full of old guys, and where would our chance to stand out come from?

Today's martial arts are better than the past by how much. In the past, three out of ten died breaking the blood barrier, but now ten out of ten can live, and there are all kinds of mysterious techniques.

Perhaps heaven requires this, which is to have us replace one after another, so that the country has talented people in every generation."

Huang Pingchang cups his hands.

"The country has talented people in every generation—good sentence, Lord Liang is broad-minded!"

Liang Qu spreads the Great Merit Exchange Book on the long table, pointing to one of the treasures.

"If possible, I want this."

Huang Pingchang looks: "Two-Life Flower?"

【Two-Life Flower】

【A strange flower born in the volcanic crater at the bottom of the water, containing intense life essence, taking it helps grow cultivation, enhances toxin resistance, eliminates disease and disaster, and can also forge spiritual weapons.】

【Exchange requirement: Two Great Merits】

"Lord Liang is sure? Treasure plants in water are rare, and compared to treasure plants on land, there is a certain premium, about thirty to fifty percent."

"Sure."

For others, that is a premium, but for Liang Qu, the treasure plant itself plus water essence, the two added together, is his profit.

Furthermore, the opposite characteristics of this flower, if he didn't guess wrong, should have great use.

Huang Pingchang doesn't try to persuade him anymore and records Liang Qu's needs in the booklet.

"Our River Patrol Office has a garrison in South Huai Zhili. One round trip, it is estimated that half a month is enough. Alright, your booklet."

After the information is recorded, Huang Pingchang returns the booklet.

Liang Qu puts it in his bosom and turns to walk toward the door of the archives room.

The four martial artists who have been in the archives room look at each other, and after pushing each other, they squeeze out a leader.

Just as he wants to talk, Liang Qu has already gone out, and the four hurry to catch up.

"Lord Liang, stay!"

Liang Qu turns his head.

"Who are you all..."

He noticed the four people in the archives room early on, as if they were waiting for him intentionally.

It's just that it's not easy to ask more; who knows if he is being narcissistic, but he didn't expect he guessed right.

The tall man who is the leader has words on his lips but gets stuck. After a pause, he cups his hands fiercely.

"I am Yan Qingshan, beside me is my younger brother Yan Chongwen, and these are my fellow villagers Zhu Chunqiao and Ji Youdong.

Our four brothers originally made a living in Huazhu County, but later encountered disaster and followed to Pingyang County. Seeing the River Patrol Office recruiting people, we joined it.

But in the River Patrol Office, the four of us didn't know anyone, and the cultivation techniques we practiced were not good for underwater fighting, with no one to guide us.

In the past two days, hearing many deeds of Lord Liang..."

Yan Chongwen on the side elbows Yan Qingshan, telling him not to talk nonsense anymore.

Yan Qingshan grits his teeth and gets straight to the point.

"The four of us are willing to work for Lord Liang, hoping Lord Liang will take us in!" ===== CHAPTER 170 =====