The Monkey King

The pennant representing the treasury wavered slightly overhead.

In the noisy hall, immortals, immortals, slaves and even heavenly soldiers and generals were constantly coming and going. When they saw the monkeys, every one of them could not help but turn pale and shrink away.

The monkey is willing to turn into a human form. After all, it feels bad to be watched and pointed at by people wherever you go. But the problem is that there are talismans for spells everywhere in this treasury, in case it is accidentally triggered. It's even more troublesome.

In desperation, the monkey had to bite the bullet and follow Li Ping through the crowd.

"Sir, please wait a moment. I'm going to find someone right now."

"Go and come back quickly."

After Li Ping left, the monkey and the wind chime stood quietly in the corner of the hall, continuing to be watched.

Fortunately, the news that the Demon King has taken up his post in heaven has been known to everyone for a long time, otherwise it might have caused much chaos. For now, even if they can guess the identity of the monkey at a glance, the heavenly soldiers and generals passing by each other will unconsciously press their weapons, looking at the monkey with vigilance in their eyes.

Not long after, Li Ping led the little official whom the Royal Horse Supervisor had seen last time and a Qingli Xian'e whom he had never seen before.

"Well, sir." Seeing the monkey from a distance, the clerk bowed and saluted, the fear in his eyes not lessening than before.

Naturally, Xian'e also followed suit.

"Why is it him again?" Monkey asked.

"Sir, you don't know something. Mr. An is responsible for communicating with our Royal Horse Supervisor on weekdays. I am also the most familiar with him." Li Ping said.

Seeing Li Ping's flattery towards the monkey, the clerk called "Mr. An" and the Qingli Xian'e couldn't help but frown slightly.

"What about her?" Monkey pointed at Xian'e and asked.

"The little one saw that the list was quite long, and was afraid that there wouldn't be enough time in one day, so he took it upon himself to invite one more person over, so that the adults and Miss Feng Chime could go their separate ways. Sir, do you think this is okay?"

Upon hearing this, Xian'e nodded to the monkey and saluted, but she didn't even introduce herself.

"It's a good idea. I don't want to waste too much time." Monkey nodded.

After a brief discussion, it was finally decided that Monkey would be responsible for purchasing various weapons and armors, while Fengchi would be responsible for those miscellaneous items and Yang Chan's six bamboo slips of "prescriptions."

As soon as the clerk and Xian'e heard that Monkey was going to buy high-grade weapons and armor, they immediately became a little coy and talked about the rules of the treasury in a roundabout way. It seemed that they were afraid that Monkey didn't have the gold spirit and wanted to default on the debt, but they didn't dare to say it clearly. .

Seeing this, the monkey directly pulled out a box of gold essence and opened the lid.

In the golden brilliance, the two people's expressions were so wonderful that they immediately stopped talking. It's just that there is less worry and more doubt in the eyes.

How could the little Royal Horse Prison have such a huge amount of gold essence if it only cost so much per day?

Even a fool knows that something is wrong with this situation. It's a pity that heaven has not given them the power to reject the monkey, and the monkey cannot tell them the source of the bloody smell of these golden spirits.

After determining the route, Monkey asked Li Ping to bring the wind chime to find a small floating ship, and moved half of the gold essence to the ship and gave it to the wind chime and Xian'e, while he took the remaining half of the gold. Jing was led by the clerk into the carriage.

After flying over five pumice stones, the group arrived at their first destination: Jinwu Pavilion.

The name sounds particularly tacky, and its scale is pitifully small compared to other warehouses. But this is understandable. After all, how can a place where high-grade weapons be placed be compared with a place where ordinary weapons are placed?

As soon as he entered the door, Monkey saw rows of weapon racks with a dazzling array of weapons.

In front of each weapon, a wooden sign indicates the weight, price and name of the smelter. If it has special functions, it will also be written on it.

After just walking around briefly, Monkey asked: "It's a lot, but the quality is not quite good enough. Isn't there something better?"

"No more. Sir, the weapons in the Jinwu Pavilion are already the best in the treasury." The clerk whispered.

"Didn't I hear that there is everything in the treasury? Can't you find a better weapon? I think this place is worse than the treasury of the East China Sea Dragon Palace."

The clerk laughed twice and said, "My lord, you are joking. The treasure trove of the East China Sea Dragon Palace is the collection of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. How can the weapons in our treasury match those of us?"

"This is wrong. The Heavenly Palace is not as good as the Dragon Palace. How is this possible?"

As he said that, the monkey stretched out one hand in front of the clerk, loosened it slightly, and more than a dozen gold essence fell down.

The clerk quickly took it, but was so frightened that he looked around.

"Don't worry, I just took a look, no one was around."

Hearing this, the clerk breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Li Ping lightly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and put the gold essence into his sleeve.

"Thank you, sir, for the reward."

If these treasury officials who are responsible for connecting with various palaces meet any generous immortals, it is not unusual to receive some rewards. But after all, it is not a matter of publicity, and it is even more special to receive rewards from a demon king. That’s it.

Looking at the clerk, the monkey whispered: "Xiao An, tell me the truth. Is there something better, but you didn't tell me?"

Licking his withered lips, the clerk bowed and said with a flattering smile: "My lord, I misunderstood. There are indeed no better finished weapons in the treasury. But the materials in the treasury are the most and the best in the Three Realms." . This is because...the treasury simply does not dare to send people to build those top-quality weapons."

"Don't dare to build it? What do you mean?" Monkey asked.

"You don't know something when you first come to heaven. The creation and smelting of the best weapons and elixirs requires not only the best materials, but also the skills of an immortal. And even the immortals sometimes fail. On the one hand, these It is not easy to recruit a great immortal. On the other hand, if it fails, the treasury will not only lose the materials, but also the remuneration of the great immortals. In this case, the debt will not be settled. The treasury's The accounts are no better than those of the Royal Horse Superintendent, they are closely watched by the superiors."

"Is there such a thing?" The monkey laughed, turned around and walked slowly towards the area filled with bows and arrows, saying as he walked: "If you think about it this way, wouldn't all the blacksmith shops in the world need to be opened? Wouldn’t it be enough to pile all the losses on the finished product and sell it?”

The clerk quickly followed up, bowed and walked behind the monkey, and whispered: "You can't say that. The blacksmith shop in the world is for making money, but the treasury in heaven is not for profit, and its own position is different. , cannot be compared. This is one. Second... If this precedent is set, some people may be selfish in the future and conspire with others to account for the successful refining of weapons and elixirs and make the refining failure. Isn’t it time for... chaos?"

The clerk glanced at the monkey quietly, and then continued: "Those who can afford the best materials can naturally ask others to refine it themselves. Why not let them handle it themselves and save the treasury trouble. Sir, do you think this is the case? Li'er?"

"That... is true. I didn't expect there to be articles like this in it." The monkey nodded, reached out and took out a hard bow, pulled it, and said, "I originally wanted to buy some better weapons. It seems there is nothing we can do, so let’s just make do with these.”

With that said, he handed the bow to Li Ping.

After another round of shopping, Monkey not only got all the thirty-three weapons on the list, but also got a lot of spare ones. When I got out of the house, I found that the fifty-six weapons at the front and back only totaled 110,000 gold essence.

The ones I picked are already the best in the Jinwu Pavilion.

After buying the weapons, the next step is the problem.

How to transport it back?

It would be okay if they were hard bows, daggers, daggers, etc., but most of these weapons were heavy weapons such as battle axes and meteor hammers, weighing several thousand kilograms. There is definitely no way to pull it back with that carriage.

In desperation, Monkey had no choice but to ask Li Ping to find another floating ship while he stayed at the door.

what?

Wait for their golden touch.

For now, the gold system in heaven is not even remotely superior to the currency system in the mortal world, but it is still very early to say it is perfect.

In this place, gold is the only voucher. There is no such thing as paper money, and there is no such thing as transfer of accounts. All transactions must be in cash. It's okay if it's a small-amount transaction, but it's really a headache when it comes to a large-amount transaction.

Three clerks spent most of their time weighing the 110,000 gold. Fortunately, the scale here is accurate enough. If they were asked to weigh it one by one, I'm afraid they would all have to hit the wall.

Sitting on the suspended ship, the three of them headed towards the next stop - Jungodou.

Compared to the Jinwu Pavilion, this Jungotou is only half as good as it is, with few really good items. He casually picked up all the items on the list and paid 80,000 gold essence. The little official saw that it was still early, the monkey was still busy with his thoughts, and the wind chime was still busy with Yang Chan's "prescription", so he suggested to go to the wild next to it. Walking around the Fairy House, it was said that it specializes in selling trivial items.

After thinking about it, the monkey agreed.

The things in this wild fairy house are more eye-catching than the previous two places. Whether you want to buy them or not is another matter.

Like the fairy clothes that you can fly when you put them on, the bamboo slips that you can hold in your hand to express your thoughts without writing, the arrows that will automatically fall back into the quiver if they miss, the arrows that can fly when dropped in the water. Water instantly condenses into a liquid of ice, a fire that can burn without fuel but cannot feel the slightest heat... all kinds of things are interesting to look at, but what they are used for, I really can't say.

Speaking of which, they are just some gadgets to play with. Fortunately, this kind of thing is much cheaper than weapons and armor. Since everyone has come, the monkey picked some more at will, and his eyes finally fell on a wooden board that looked like a spiritual tablet.

"Is this... a fate card?"

I think Subhuti made a piece for the monkey when he left Xianyue Sanxing Cave.

This kind of life card can be found by casting a spell on the opponent's hair and locking it. Unless the person reaches the state of transformation and cuts off the contact, no matter where the other person is, he can use this life card to find it. And once one dies, unless the opponent captures the soul, the soul will be automatically recalled to the life card in preparation for resurrection.

"Fate card?" The clerk couldn't help but squinted his eyes and looked at the life card.

"What's the matter?" asked the monkey.

The clerk frowned and thought for a while, then said: "I remember, the life cards were not sold a long time ago. The life cards are made of Qiankun Qiyin wood, and the Qiankun Qiyin wood itself is valuable, and it is also worth a lot of money. It has many other uses. And this life card is really not useful for immortals who live above the seventh heaven, and it is too expensive for those little immortals who need to move back and forth in the mortal world... This kind of thing is generally only for the rich. Only immortals in the mortal world need it. There is really no market in heaven. I remember that I stopped preparing it a long time ago. I didn’t expect that there is still a piece here. Maybe someone ordered it and returned it."

The monkey lowered his head and looked at the wooden board in front: "Two thousand gold coins...well...it's really not cheap. But I do like this thing."

With that said, he took it off and handed it to Li Ping.

At this time, the wind chime has sent a message saying that everything on the list has been purchased, and now it is just waiting for the monkey to come back before leaving.

After hurriedly settling the bill, the three of them boarded the aeroplane and returned to the starting point.

After reuniting with the wind chime, the two floating ships merged into one. As usual, the clerk and Xian'e were asked to proofread everything on the ship. After confirming that it was accurate, the monkey took the wind chime and Li Ping back to the imperial palace. Horse supervisor.

Looking at the floating ship gradually going away, the clerk stood in front of the building and couldn't help but sighed and said, "Tell me, where did he get so many gold essences?"

"As long as he doesn't default on his debts, then why should we care about the rest?" said Xian'e.

After thinking about it, the clerk couldn't help but shook his head and muttered to himself: "That's right, why do you care so much? They can afford the gold essence, we just supply it."

At this moment, an old man who looked to be over fifty came panting from a distance and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Xiao An, where is the Bima Wen you just brought? There is an error in the accounts."

Turning around, the clerk said to the old man, "What's the matter? Are you paying too much? We all saw it clearly with several pairs of eyes just now. There can be no mistake."

"It's not that I paid less. That fate card has long been gone from the account." As he said that, the old man turned over the account book in his hand and showed it to the young official: "How could something that has been zero in the account for a long time be sold? , there must be something wrong."

Mr. An was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled around, and he pretended to be panicked: "Life cards? When did you buy the life cards?"

"This..." The old man was also slightly stunned and said: "Didn't you just tell me about the life card? And I just saw that there is a life card."

"Did you hear it wrong? It's not a life plate, I'm talking about a nameplate. As for your eyes... Hey, don't say it anymore, you must have seen it wrong. You can see things that you don't have, seriously. My old eyesight is dim."

"Nameplate? That's not right. I've thought about this situation too. I just clicked on it specifically. Every nameplate is missing."

"Then I must have forgotten to take it. I asked why I didn't see the nameplate when I re-inventoryed it. I thought it was dropped halfway, but it turned out that I forgot to take it at all." As he said this, the clerk made a gesture towards Xian'e. A look.

Xian'e immediately understood and said, "It's good to find it. It's not honorable to throw something away in our treasury. Please send it back to others as soon as possible."

"Is this really the case?" The old man looked at the clerk suspiciously, then looked at Xian'e, scratched his head and said: "The life plate is worth two thousand gold pieces, and the nameplate is worth ten pieces of gold. There is such a big difference. Why did he just think about it? Did you just pay the bill without thinking?"

"I have a lot of gold essence, how can you take care of it?" The clerk stretched out his hand to push the old man back, urging as he walked: "Hurry up and get the missing 1,990 gold essence and the nameplate. If I catch up now, maybe I can still catch up." r1152