611 Take what you need
Taibai Jinxing's eyes lit up. Although some words were not stated clearly, the old man couldn't tell. Shi Zhongkui was implying that he would provide ten years of merit and immortal wine in the future.
A jar of 100 kilograms of fairy wine only has 5 merit points, but if you drink it casually, even a god can drink at least one jar.
But Shi Zhongkui is not stupid either.
Back in the world of Red Mansions, Yang Jian and others could drink more than ten jars, or even twenty or thirty jars at a time. He would not continue to be so generous.
Therefore, in the past few hundred years, he had long replaced the raw material of immortal wine with the 'Samsara Qiong Liquid' from Tushita Palace.
Normally, a cultivator would be drunk for seven days after drinking one pot of this wine. Even a Taiyi Golden Immortal like Yang Jian would be drunk after drinking three to five jars.
Taibaijinxing drinks at most two or three bottles a month, which consumes 120 to 180 points of merit in a year.
In ten years, it will only be a little over 2,000 points at most.
Letting go in exchange for gold stars is naturally a good deal.
Not to mention the merit that can be gained from a double-crossed collar may be far more than two thousand points.
But the old man is not so easy to dismiss, "The Governor also knows that the young man is old and frail and cannot drink hard, let alone get too drunk.
Why don't you, the Grand Governor, sell me ten jars of fairy wine every month?"
It was a good idea, so Shi Zhongkui refused without any hesitation.
As for selling alcohol, it's just an excuse.
Moreover, Shi Zhongkui did not think that the value of ordinary treasures and resources in heaven could be compared with merit.
Those powerful magic weapons, Shi Zhongkui himself would not exchange them for.
Only your parents and teachers will give you good things unconditionally.
The two had a heated exchange of words and bargaining, and finally Taibai Jinxing hinted that she would help speak well of the Jade Emperor and help him get promoted when the time comes.
Only then did Shi Zhongkui start to think about it seriously.
A fourth-level immortal official is already an important minister. If he is promoted to a third-level official, he will be either a marshal or a general leading an army.
The number of soldiers in this "one army" is at least three to five thousand, or even tens of thousands.
Shi Zhongkui knew that Taibai Jinxing was taking the initiative to befriend him, and at the same time, he was also secretly identifying him as a close confidant of the Jade Emperor.
After thinking carefully, I agreed to send five jars to his house every month.
But as soon as Shi Zhongkui opened his mouth, he immediately regretted it.
Instead of giving away five jars every month for ten years, it would be better to extend the time to 50 years and only give out one jar every month.
Although ten and fifty years are considered short years for gods.
But who knows if something will come to Taibaijinxing in ten years' time.
Besides, if you can use the Immortal Wine of Merit to blackmail Venus for forty more years, it will certainly be more beneficial to you.
When Shi Zhongkui said that ten years turned into fifty years, his thoughts could not be hidden from Taibai Jinxing.
The old man smiled and said, "Grand Governor, every time I help you from now on, you can give me 50 more years of fairy wine, okay?"
This time Shi Zhongkui didn't hesitate at all and agreed immediately.
A jar a month is only 5 points, and a jar is only 60 points a year.
Although 50 years still requires 3,000 points, it is more cost-effective when the time span is so long.
And really speaking, it is still necessary to win over Taibai Jinxing. This old man's face in front of the Jade Emperor is far greater than that of most gods.
Moreover, since Yueyue invites a dozen gods with good connections to drink, he also holds banquets in the Royal Horse Prison from time to time, and invites dozens of them to come to the banquet.
The cost is so huge, it’s not even worth a gold star.
Not to mention, they clearly marked the price and asked for the fairy wine after saying that they would help me. If you don't agree to it, you would be really stupid.
But after a while, Shi Zhongkui became a little worried again.
There is no guarantee that the Jade Emperor will not think too much about wooing the Jade Emperor's close ministers.
When Taibai Jinxing saw Shi Zhongkui's change of expression, he thought for a moment and guessed what Shi Zhongkui was thinking.
"Don't worry, Grand Governor, the Great Heavenly Lord has never been concerned about you inviting relatives and friends to your house for drinks every month for so many years, and he doesn't care about how many young people there are.
Besides, since I dare to ask for it, I naturally have enough reasons to ask for it, so I won’t make it difficult for you, let alone arouse the suspicion of the Great Heavenly Lord.”
Shi Zhongkui's face looked better now, and if he thought about it carefully, he could actually think of many reasons that the Jade Emperor couldn't find fault with.
He smiled and said, "Please give me some advice from Mr. Xing."
Taibai Jinxing did not hesitate, "If the Governor wants to be promoted, he must make more meritorious deeds. Although the four heavenly masters have always been close to the Governor, whenever demons cause trouble, they will order people to send documents to the Governor's Mansion.
But after so many years, the Grand Governor should have realized that even if those errands were completed, they would not be considered a great achievement."
This time Taibai Jinxing didn't need to continue talking, Shi Zhongkui understood.
Speaking of which, the four great heavenly masters and many immortal officials have been surprisingly good towards me for so many years.
Whenever there is any demon causing trouble in the world, notify yourself immediately.
For one thing, we are all disciples of Taoism. For the sake of teaching and explaining the teachings, it is appropriate to help.
Secondly, drinking the Immortal Wine of Merit and Virtue is indeed not in vain.
But even if all the collection tasks are reported to the Demon-Subduing Governor's Office, it is indeed as Taibai Jinxing said, they are all trivial tasks.
Moreover, Shi Zhongkui only realized after being reminded that in the past few hundred years, except for every one and a half years, he had killed some monsters in the earthly and immortal world.
But he has never had the opportunity to lead troops to fight in the three thousand small worlds.
Not to mention contacting the Nine Netherworld and the Demon Realm.
However, Shi Zhongkui has always had a lot on his mind. Taibai Jinxing raised this matter at this time because Bao Buqi wanted to fool him into going to other worlds so as not to continue to stare at Journey to the West.
Moreover, Jiuyou or the Demon Realm are not so easy to conquer.
When Patriarch Bodhi threatened Sun Wukong, he said, 'If Sun Wukong reveals who his master is, he will be thrown into the Netherworld'.
As the saying goes, "The sky has nine levels of heaven, and the earth has nine levels of earth." This Jiuyou is the deepest and deepest place under the earth, but the Jiuyou land is so dangerous.
If the protection is not complete, there will be existences such as demon ancestors and demon ancestors.
After Shi Zhongkui sent Taibai Jinxing away, he stared at the sky where the old man left with a somewhat unkind look for a long time.
But even if you have doubts in your heart, before something happens, it's hard to say that you doubt what you, this old man, want to do to harm you.
If the Jade Emperor really wants to order him to lead troops to the Demon Realm, or Jiuyou stirs up trouble, Master Taiyi alone will not be able to pass the test of the Antarctic Immortal.
If the devil really appears and causes chaos in the human world, Shi Zhongkui will not be the pioneer anyway.
There are so many marshals in heaven, the emperor, he will not be used as cannon fodder.
The worst case scenario is that on the pretext that a breakthrough is imminent, I can hide directly in Yuxu Palace and seek advice from my master, Yuanshi Tianzun.
If you hide for three to five years, you can at least find out who leads the troops in the demon world and what their strength is before making a decision.
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Shi Zhongkui transformed into a mosquito and entered the cave of the Lion and Camel King. He easily escaped the little demon guarding him. Shi Zhongkui met the Lion and Camel King, the Black Bear Spirit and the Bull Demon King.
The Lion and Camel King and others suddenly felt confident.
Chapter completed!