Chapter 1899
Mountain God 2
To avoid getting bored, Shan Qing led a group of lesser demons to start building infrastructure.
Lava flows and groundwater flow beneath the mountain, which is why there are hot springs in the mountain.
Dan Qing chose to build a house next to the hot spring closest to the foot of the mountain, intending to open a hot spring resort there and make money by entertaining guests.
Who says monsters don't need money?
Even ghosts need money, let alone monsters!
Even monsters living among humans need money to survive.
With money, you can buy seasonings, grains, and cook delicious food.
The hot spring resort was built quickly, but the mountain was not close to the county town, so few people came here, and even fewer knew about the hot spring resort. The hot spring resort had zero daily revenue.
Shan Qing decided to advertise and distribute flyers.
The problem is, they don't have the money to buy paper and pens.
There are indeed many medicinal herbs in the mountains that can be exchanged for money.
But the little demons in the mountains are all a bunch of simpletons and fools. If they were sent to the city to sell medicine for money, Shan Qing was afraid they would be cheated.
However, he cannot stray too far from his original body and cannot enter the city.
Shan Qing: Let's focus on cultivating!
Liu Dong floated over: You can make your own pens, ink, and paper!
Dan Qing slapped his thigh: "That's it, there's another way."
The methods for making writing brushes, ink, and paper were closely guarded secrets in ancient times, but in modern times, you can simply search for them online.
Young people who frequent the internet are familiar with this kind of knowledge, after all, many of them still dream of time travel.
Dan Qing had read many online novels about infrastructure, so he naturally understood the simple papermaking technique.
He led a group of lesser demons to begin practicing with bamboo and plants. The magic was really convenient and saved them a lot of time.
A few days later, the paper was made.
Modern technology combined with supernatural magic produces paper that is of a higher quality than the paper currently on the market.
The paper they produced was snow-white, similar to modern A4 printing paper, and wrote on it very smoothly.
Making brushes and ink is even easier.
A few days later, the pen, ink, and paper were all ready, and it was time to write the flyers.
But the question is, who will write it?
All the demons and ghosts on the mountain are illiterate!
Including Shan Qing, the mountain god!
He's not illiterate, but he knows simplified Chinese characters, not traditional ones!
Dan Qing banged his head on the ground, thinking, "Oh God, may another bolt of lightning strike him to death!"
He didn't want to be an illiterate mountain god.
Liu Dong awoke from her cultivation, wobbled over to Shan Qing, and asked, "What's wrong?"
He looked like he had a deep-seated grievance.
Shan Qing: "It's nothing."
He wouldn't expect a baby to know how to read.
Liu Tong: "Don't lie to me, you must be in trouble. Tell me about it, maybe I can help you."
Shan Qing: "What can a little kid like you do? You can't even read."
Liu Dong: "I can read!"
Shan Qing: "You can read? How could you possibly read?"
Liu Tong: "After I cultivated, I regained my memories of my past life! I even passed the imperial examination in my past life."
Dan Qing's eyes lit up instantly: "A Jinshi (successful candidate in the highest imperial examination)? Haha, not bad, not bad! From now on, you will be the teacher of our Great Green Mountain, responsible for teaching everyone on the mountain to read!"
Liu Dong: "No problem!"
Dan Qing immediately had the little demons build a house to serve as a classroom. He personally made a blackboard from a wooden plaque and used white clay to make chalk. Liu Dong stretched out his chubby little hand. Fortunately, Dan Qing had made the chalk very small so that he could hold it in his hand.
Liu Dong wrote large characters on the blackboard, which were the traditional Chinese characters for Shan Qing's and the little demons' names.
The little demons learn at different paces. Some are very slow and can't even learn their own names in a day; others are very clever, like the only fox spirit in the mountain, who learned his own name in just two minutes.
Dan Qing was naturally the smartest one; in just three days, he had learned all the commonly used traditional Chinese characters.
Unfortunately, his calligraphy is terrible. If he wants to write some flyers, his scribbles are definitely not enough. He needs to practice more.
And so, all the intelligent creatures of the mountain began to study diligently.
Given the students' different learning paces, Liu Dong divided them into three classes.
The dumbest student is in Class C, and he learns only two words every day.
The monsters, who have the same intelligence as ordinary mortals, are in Class B and learn thirty characters every day.
Shan Qing and the fox spirit Huangfu You have finished learning to read and are now learning the Three Hundred Characters and the Thousand Characters from Liu Dong.
Before transmigrating, Shan Qing was a liberal arts student, so learning classical Chinese wasn't particularly difficult for her.
Huangfu You was born with a talent for studying; if he weren't a demon, he could have easily participated in the imperial examinations.
Dan Qing rubbed his chin, wondering if he should buy Huangfu You a household registration so he could participate in the imperial examination.
Huangfu Youze shook his head: "No, the examination hall is the territory of the Wenchang Emperor, and we demons are not allowed to enter. Also, the imperial court has dragon energy, which will suppress us demons."
Dan Qing recalled the novels and TV shows where even demons and immortals dared not directly attack the emperor.
In the novel *Investiture of the Gods*, even when Nuwa punished King Zhou, she had to take a roundabout approach, sending the three demons from Xuanyuan Tomb to ruin King Zhou's imperial fortune.
In Liaozhai, many demons hide near officials in order to escape the lightning tribulation.
All dragon energy and so-called official luck have a suppressive effect on demons and immortals.
Dan Qing sighed regretfully.
He genuinely wanted to see Huangfu You pass the imperial examination and become an official in the court.
Liu Dong spoke softly, "If you really want to participate in the scientific expedition, I have a way."
Shan Qing and Huangfu You looked at Liu Tong together.
Liu Dong: "I know a kind of talisman that, when worn on my body, can completely contain demonic energy within my body, so that it will not be detected by the Wenchang Emperor, nor suppressed by the dragon energy."
Huangfu You immediately said, "I want it! Little ancestor, can you make one for me?"
Liu Tong: "Okay, bring your own materials!"
Huangfu You: "Vermilion and yellow paper?"
He went to the paper mill and asked the fairy in charge to make a batch of yellow paper for him. As for cinnabar, it seemed that there were minerals in the nearby mountains.
Liu Dong: "That can only make the lowest-grade paper talisman, which can only help you enter the examination hall once. If you want to enter and exit the examination hall freely like a human, you need the highest-grade talisman. A talisman made of thousand-year-old peach wood or jade."
Huangfu You: "We don't have any jade mines in our mountains, but we do have a thousand-year-old peach tree that has developed sentience, though it hasn't taken human form yet. I'll go ask it for a branch later."
Liu Tong: "I'll make it for you when you come."
Dan Qing finally interjected, asking in surprise, "How do you know how to make talismans?"
Liu Dong: "Didn't I say that I awakened my memories of my past life?"
Shan Qing: "Weren't you a scholar in your past life?"
Liu Tong: "Scholars can also study Taoism! Look at those nobles during the Wei and Jin dynasties, didn't they also study Taoist teachings while learning Confucian knowledge?"
Shan Qing: "Were you a nobleman in your past life?"
Liu Tong smiled and said, "My biological father is a big shot!"
Yangmei the Immortal, an absolute big shot in the primordial world! (End of Chapter)