Chapter 1904
Mountain God 8
The county magistrate's eyes widened when he saw his wife.
"Madam, you are so beautiful!"
The county magistrate took the initiative to hold his wife's hand.
The magistrate's wife was overjoyed.
Since her daughter and son grew up, the county magistrate had never been so close to her.
Except for the first and fifteenth of the lunar month when I would go to her room to chat under the covers, I spent the rest of the time in my aunt's room.
She knew the magistrate was disgusted by her age and lost beauty; she hadn't seen the magistrate's eyes like that in a long time...
The county magistrate and his family were very satisfied with their trip to the hot springs.
The county magistrate's wife was most satisfied.
Her maid learned makeup from the makeup artist. Although she was not skilled and the makeup did not look as good as the makeup artist, it still made the magistrate's wife look much younger and prettier.
The county magistrate has been staying in his wife's room for quite some time now.
The county magistrate's wife unexpectedly became pregnant.
The other wives came to visit the pregnant magistrate's wife, wanting to know how she could still captivate her husband at such an advanced age.
They were greatly surprised to see the young and beautiful county magistrate's wife, and they all asked her how she became beautiful.
The county magistrate's wife told them about the hot spring resort.
These ladies had initially hesitated about the hot spring resort, but after learning that it could make people look younger and more beautiful, they immediately sent their servants to make reservations.
Every lady who visited the hot spring resort returned looking younger and more beautiful, naturally attracting even more people to the resort.
Men also love going to hot spring resorts. Aside from the health benefits of the hot springs, the resort's unique silk handkerchief service helps them relax and makes them want to stay longer.
The hot spring resort is doing incredibly well.
Some wealthy families, wanting to frequently enjoy the silk handkerchief service at the resort and finding the environment of Daqingshan Mountain pleasant, built holiday estates at the foot of the mountain.
Daqingshan has become popular with people.
Mao repeatedly hinted to the guests that a group of wealthy people had pooled their money to build the mountain god temple.
The mountain god temple was quite large, and Mao Lianlian, Huangfu You, and other fellows secretly instigated the temple builders to place several statues of themselves, these little demons, next to the mountain god statue.
In this way, even the little demons on their mountain can enjoy the incense offerings.
Mao Lianlian also asked Liu Tong for his opinion, asking him if he wanted a statue.
Liu Tong declined; he had no intention of accepting offerings.
Incense is a good thing; it can enhance the power of the gods.
However, incense offerings also have their downsides. If the gods rely on incense offerings instead of improving their own power...
Once the incense offerings cease, their strength will drastically decline, and they may even perish.
Coincidentally, Shan Qing shared the same idea as Liu Tong.
Although he took the incense that belonged to him in the temple, he did not absorb it, but instead collected it all.
This is also a kind of power, and it will be useful in the future.
Qin Xuwang arrived at Daqingshan with two fellow practitioners and was surprised to find that the place had completely changed.
His fellow practitioner asked, "Do you really sell yellow talisman paper here?"
Qin Xuwang wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead: "Yes, there is. If you don't believe me, come with me up the mountain."
The two fellow practitioners were skeptical, but they still followed Qin Xuwang up the mountain.
They saw a mountain god temple halfway up the mountain, and the three of them went in and burned incense.
Dan Qing emerged from the divine realm—since the Mountain God Temple was built, Dan Qing had established a connection with the temple, and an alternate dimension appeared within the temple, becoming Dan Qing's divine realm.
The two fellow travelers did not believe Qin Xuwang when he told them that there was a mountain god in Daqingshan.
After all, in this world today, apart from the underworld and the ghost messengers who roam around, the gods haven't shown their tracks for a long time.
Some lineages passed down by deities can no longer contact their patriarchs. It is said that all the deities in Heaven may have already left this world.
Now that they have seen the mountain god with their own eyes, they are very excited.
The two knelt down and were about to kowtow to Shan Qing.
Dan Qing wasn't used to people kneeling before him, so with a wave of his hand, the two of them involuntarily stood up.
The two men became even more respectful towards Shan Qing.
This being is not only a legitimate deity, but also quite powerful.
Befriending this person will provide more security in the future!
Qin Xuwang bowed to Shan Qing and said, "Mountain God, we would like to order some more yellow talisman paper."
They came on behalf of their sect to order yellow talisman paper, and the quantity was quite large.
Qin Xuwang used yellow talisman paper from Daqingshan Mountain to draw talismans, which greatly enhanced the power of the paper talismans.
During the journey, Qin Xuwang encountered a junior brother and a friend. Both of them knew how powerful Qin Xuwang's original talisman-drawing skills were. They were surprised to see the power of the talismans now and asked Qin Xuwang how he had improved the power of his talismans.
Qin Xuwang took out the yellow talisman paper.
After that, Qin Xuwang's sect and his friends' families came to him, asking him to bring them to Daqingshan to purchase yellow talismans.
Shan Qing was overjoyed that Qin Xuwang had brought such a large business deal to Daqingshan.
Dan Qing: "Besides the yellow talisman paper, would you like some cinnabar? Our cinnabar here is of very high quality, and it contains the blood of a three-hundred-year-old black dog."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Qin Xuwang and the other two shouted repeatedly.
It's hard to find even 100-year-old black dog blood, let alone 300-year-old black dog blood.
The protective effect against evil spirits inside is absolutely amazing.
Shan Qing summoned Huangfu You and asked him to take people to the paper mill.
Huangfu You greeted Qin Xuwang as if they were old acquaintances.
Qin Xuwang quickly introduced his two companions to Huangfu You.
His two companions also treated Huangfu You as an ordinary person.
Seeing that Huangfu You was holding a copy of "The Doctrine of the Mean," they mistook him for a scholar.
Companion A: 'Is Young Master Huangfu going to participate in this year's imperial examination?'
The reason for asking this question is that the county examination is about to begin this year, and many scholars have already come to the county town.
The two saw Huangfu You holding a book and assumed he was making the most of his time to review for the exam.
Huangfu You smiled and said, "Yes."
Mao Lianlian and the county magistrate's wife had a very good relationship and were already calling each other sisters.
Therefore, the identities of all the lesser demons on the mountain have been processed.
Huangfu You's participation in the imperial examination was recommended by a joint petition, and the county magistrate's wife also ordered someone to handle the matter.
This would allow Huangfu You to participate in the imperial examinations openly and legitimately.
Qin Xuwang: "I wish you success in the imperial examination."
Huangfu You: "Thank you."
Life is so good now; even a demon like him can openly participate in scientific expeditions.
Once he becomes a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) and enters the imperial court as an official, he must return to his clan's territory to show his people just how powerful the guy they once looked down on really is! He's now someone they can't afford to curry favor with!
With Huangfu You present, Qin Xuwang and the other two naturally received a discount.
Because of their large order volume, Qin Xuwang gave them an additional discount of 0.5%.
All three were extremely satisfied and ordered a large quantity of goods.
Fortunately, they all had storage bags, albeit very basic ones, each with a maximum space of only one cubic meter, but they were still able to hold all the goods. (End of Chapter)