Chapter 408

"Lord Liang, all the snake scales from the snake demon's back are here. We have already asked the alchemy master Gu Chi to prepare the snake bones, and the auxiliary materials still need to be prepared. We guarantee they will all be refined before the fifth month."

The steward of the Zhang family found Liang Qu and handed over the processed snake scales.

He opened the wooden box.

The tanned snake scales were neatly stacked, emitting an ink-green luster.

Liang Qu saw something wrong: "Just one box?"

Although he only wanted the back, the hardest part, given the length of the snake demon's body, shouldn't there be more than one wooden box?

"Lord, you misunderstand."

The steward hurriedly had people bring over two other square boxes.

Opening them, Liang Qu raised an eyebrow.

The snake scales in the box were bristling like a hedgehog, and the dense, continuous scales were enough to trigger trypophobia.

The steward explained: "The snake's scales exploded violently before it died, and it completely stiffened after death. In many places, even after tanning, the scales still won't close. Our masters are still trying to find a way to process them and hope to soak them until they soften."

Liang Qu reached out and pressed down, and in the blink of an eye, the snake scales sprang back up.

One could imagine what kind of terror the owner of the scales suffered before it died.

It couldn't win the fight while alive, and it remained stubborn and unyielding after death.

Liang Qu didn't force it: "Try again; if it doesn't work, forget it."

"Lord, you are magnanimous."

"Oh, also, there is a snake gallbladder under the bed in my room. Go get it and help me steam it through."

"Lord, please wait a moment."

Everyone left, leaving Liang Qu alone in the courtyard to loosen his muscles and bones and stretch his Qi and blood.

Pingyang Prefecture.

Yixing Town.

The wine banners fluttered at the high pavilions, and pedestrians walked shoulder to shoulder.

Martial artists from other lands, carrying their luggage, came and went from the inn doors, hoping to win a bright future.

Yi County became a prefecture, and changes were intangible. Many shops that hadn't been seen before were opening in full swing. In Yixing Town alone, there were three inns under construction and two lottery shops, with lights on day and night.

There were even brothels with puppet shows, shadow plays, and acrobatics... things never heard of before. The peddlers who carried fish to sell every day couldn't help but watch for two quarters of an hour before going to the entrance of the Longhe River to feast their eyes.

On the river full of painted boats, one could often see sleepy boatwomen sitting on the side of the boat during the day, lifting their skirts, their fair and delicate calves submerged in the water, rippling out circles of waves.

If these had little to do with ordinary people, the arrival of a large number of merchant caravans caused the price of rice per jin to drop by one copper, and every bundle of firewood to drop by one copper.

Perhaps the price drop was only temporary, but it was enough for the villagers to truly experience the joy of change.

In front of the River Patrol Office.

Merchant ships from the Great Marsh came and went, and river officials registered information and inspected goods in turn.

Postmen on the shore whipped their horses, leaping across the bluestone long street and entering the backyard.

The packages were unpacked and distributed to various studies by the registrar.

After a long while.

Bang!

Ran Ran Zhongshi rushed out of the study, turning into a blur, heading straight for the third floor.

Many martial artists on the ground floor noticed and discussed it, wondering what major event had occurred.

The study door was wide open.

Xu Xu Yuelong was organizing fishhooks without raising his head.

"What's the panic? Did the Ghost Mother Sect's Martial Saint attack?"

Ran Ran Zhongshi raised the letter in his hand: "A-Shui's reply!"

Pa!

Xu Xu Yuelong closed the wooden box and stood up. Seeing Ran Ran Zhongshi's expression, his heart skipped a beat.

"Did it succeed?"

"It succeeded!"

"I'll be damned!"

Xu Xu Yuelong stood up abruptly, went to Ran Ran Zhongshi, took the letter, and scanned it ten lines at a time.

It was written in vernacular throughout; it was indeed written by that kid.

"How did he do it? Tell me quickly!"

Ran Ran Zhongshi spoke rapidly: "It is said that he helped a Bai Yuan a great deal underwater before the New Year, and since then, he became friends with the big ape. The one who solved the big snake in Xiangyi County this time wasn't A-Shui at all; it was the Bai Yuan who took action!

The big snake was no match at all; it has already been dragged ashore and turned into materials. A-Shui also said he wants to treat us to snake gallbladder wine. Oh, right, he stuffed a snake scale in the letter bag."

Xu Xu Yuelong emptied the letter bag, and an ink-green snake scale the size of half a palm fell out.

The faintly lingering aura proved it was undoubtedly a snake demon!

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"A Bai Yuan?" Xu Xu Yuelong's expression was fascinating as he pinched the snake scale, "This kid is good at keeping secrets. No wonder he dared to sign a military order. Damn it, he made me worry for nothing for so long."

"A military order?"

"See for yourself."

Xu Xu Yuelong went to the bookshelf and pulled out a guarantee letter.

He hadn't told anyone about Liang Qu signing a military order at all; he had just taken on the task himself, and there were very few people who even knew who went to Xiangyi County to solve the snake demon.

It wasn't that he wanted to take the blame for Liang Qu.

He was just sighing at his own predicament.

Last year, when the Huazhu County levee collapsed, Xu Xu Yuelong had already been punished once. If the snake demon went crazy again, it would be hard to handle, and he would at least be demoted. But he thought he would drag it out as long as he could, and if something really happened, he would use the military order to shift the blame.

This way, if Liang Qu messed up, there wouldn't be many people who knew, and there would be more room for maneuver.

After all, Uncle Yang had worked hard, and before things fermented, he might be able to use his connections to save his disciple's life.

Ran Ran Zhongshi scanned the guarantee letter, dumbfounded.

This move was too bold.

To put it bluntly, brothers are sometimes unreliable, let alone monsters.

A Bai Yuan is a Bai Yuan, and a monster is a monster. Liang Qu signing a military order was equivalent to entrusting his life to a beast he had some acquaintance with!

Ran Ran Zhongshi put away the military order: "If you think about it constantly, there will be a response. A-Shui has made a great contribution again!"

A gambler loses everything if they lose, and has everything if they win.

The imperial court doesn't look at the process, only the results. The snake demon was solved; that is the result.

Three Hunting Tiger martial artists dealing with a snake demon would share the credit, and it would be a thankless job. But for a Wolf Smoke martial artist...

"This kid is going to be promoted again."

Xu Xu Yuelong tapped the table with two fingers.

He couldn't estimate how much credit he would get for killing the snake demon, but a promotion was inevitable.

"Polish the letter and post it so the people on Wei Lin's side can see it."

"Good!"

Ran Ran Zhongshi was elated and was about to go out when Xu Xu Yuelong suddenly called him back.

"What?"

"Is a Bai Yuan a water beast?"

Xu Xu Yuelong asked suddenly.

Ran Ran Zhongshi looked hesitant.

"Should be?"

After a long while.

Ran Ran Zhongshi took the polished letter to the first floor, picked up a letter opener on the central notice board, pierced the snake scale with one strike, nailed the scale and the letter to the board, and turned to leave.

Such a strange move attracted a large number of martial artists to watch.

A moment later.

Like a giant stone thrown into water, waves rolled.

Damn it!

That Liang guy has made a great contribution again!

Xiangyi County.

Liang Qu didn't know that his letter had caused a huge stir at the River Patrol Office, making countless people envious.

He was sitting cross-legged, looking at a huge snake gallbladder that needed to be held in both arms and emitted a thick "bitter taste," his face showing difficulty.

If it smells like this, what would it be like to eat?

But thinking of the huge amount of essence in the sturgeon demon's dragon tendon, Liang Qu used the Nose-Sense Method to turn the bitter taste into bursts of fragrance, dug out a piece with a spoon, and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Ugh~"

The intense bitter taste rushed straight to his crown, the hair all over his body stood on end, and every muscle in his tongue twitched and jumped.

The veins on Liang Qu's forehead bulged, and he couldn't stop retching. He gasped for air, tilted his head back, and forced himself to swallow.

To eat the bitterness within bitterness~

Liang Qu endured the bitterness, hugged the snake gallbladder, and swallowed it in large mouthfuls.

【Water-Marsh Essence +86】

【Water-Marsh Essence +92】

The snake gallbladder entered his stomach, and his body felt warm.

The Central Meridian exhaled and inhaled a large amount of Qi and blood.

Liang Qu was sweating profusely from eating. Finally, after gnawing away a small half, he had a sudden inspiration and felt the opening of a meridian.

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