sinovels Chapter 26 Yingzhao
Chapter 26 Yingzhao
The next few days were relatively uneventful, and soon ten days had passed.
Su Fan took out the [Shared Dream Pillow] once again and entered the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Luo Jiuchuan's pseudonym is indeed that of a creditor, but it seems rather unrefined for him to always be out collecting debts.
Therefore, Luo Jiuchuan doesn't need to personally handle debt collection. Besides, Jiang He, Wang Jianguo, and Chen Yang have been working hard collecting emotional crystals these past few days.
According to the contract, 90% of the emotional crystals must be used to pay off debts, and the remaining 10% can be used freely. I need to confiscate the emotional crystals from them.
With this thought in mind, Su Fan's mind stirred, and the scenery on the eightieth floating island changed accordingly.
Jiang He and his group wanted to collect tolls to come to this island. Entering the island would allow them to exchange knowledge and skills for more money, which would then allow them to utilize their value to some extent.
The architectural style of the 80th island remains largely unchanged, maintaining its previous ethereal and fairy-like aesthetic.
However, Su Fan began to ponder what the core building should look like.
In mythology, after Yu the Great tamed the floods, he inscribed mysterious runes on a stele, the Yu King Stele, to record the secrets of heaven and earth. The Langhuan Blessed Land, where the Heavenly Emperor stored his books, the Kui Xing Tower, where Kui Xing resided, and the Wenchang Pavilion, protected by the Wenchang Emperor, all fit the description, but they all feel like they're missing something.
Why not just build a pond, and when people get close to it, an exchange list will appear on the water's surface. They can throw in emotion crystals to get items, creating a strange combination of illusion and river god.
But something still felt missing. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck, and the main body of the design took shape.
At the very center of the island is a plaza, and at the center of the plaza is a large, radiant sphere.
This idea is quite appropriate. The sixth line of the fifth hexagram of the Book of Changes (I Ching) states: "The light of the superior man is trustworthy, and good fortune comes from his sincerity."
In the Imperial Commentary on the Tao Te Ching by His Majesty the Supreme Holy Emperor, Emperor of the Kaiyuan Heavenly Treasure, Emperor of the Great Sage of the Great Way, Emperor of the Great Ming and Filial Piety, Emperor Xuanzong of the Great Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, the commentary on "bright but not dazzling" is: "Brightness refers to wisdom."
As the saying goes, wisdom shines brightly, illuminating all darkness, yet it conceals its brilliance and hides its traces, not flaunting itself to the world, and forgetting its illumination.
The Mahaparinirvana Sutra states: "The wisdom of the Tathagata is like a great torch, illuminating all darkness."
Light has always been closely linked to wisdom. Since they have hinted at it so subtly, they should understand that they shouldn't always be thinking about exchanging for some magical items, but that knowledge is the most important thing.
Of course, they can exchange for rare items if they insist, but unlike a risk-free transaction, creating rare items requires the cost of emotional crystals! Delivering them requires manpower! They need to make a profit, so a higher price is reasonable!
Let's call this eightieth floating island Bright Island.
Su Fan began to consider who should collect the debts in place of Luo Jiuchuan. Fang Xiang, who had appeared earlier, might be a good candidate.
However, considering that Bright Island itself is a money-making scheme, it would be best if the debt collector could also guide them to spend money.
The records about Fang Xiang seem more suitable for protection and exorcism.
Su Fan quickly came up with an idea, and then a divine beast appeared.
With the body of a horse, the face of a human, the stripes of a tiger, and the wings of a bird, it is none other than Yingzhao from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
It looks a lot like a winged centaur.
Once Su Fan had made the arrangements, he no longer hesitated and summoned the others into his dream.
……
As Su Fan guided Qingyu Island, five figures appeared and solidified: Su Fan, Jiang He, Wang Jianguo, Chen Yang, and Tokugawa Koji.
The only difference is that Su Fan, Jiang He, Wang Jianguo, and Chen Yang all have a small pile of emotional crystals around them, while Tokugawa Koji has nothing.
Jiang He and the others' Soul-Gathering Gourds are inferior versions of the Seven Emotions Gourds, cheap versions created by Su Fan to save costs! Naturally, they don't have storage functions.
"Haha! Sister Jiang, Brother Su, Uncle Wang, we meet again! How many emotional crystals have you collected these days!" Chen Yang was the first to speak. As for Tokugawa Koji, he was expelled from the group by Chen Yang. After all, according to Chen Yang's logic, he was the protagonist, and Jiang He, Su Fan, and Wang Jianguo were naturally supporting characters, partners of the protagonist.
Koji Tokugawa, a Japanese man, has cultural differences and doesn't even have a divine beast lineage, so he is obviously an unimportant extra.
If it weren't for the existence of the Mountain and Sea Realm, this kind of trash wouldn't even have any interaction with him, so Chen Yang naturally chose to ignore him.
"I've collected 874! Hehe, according to Xiao Jiang's calculations, as long as I keep at this rate, paying back the loan within 30 cycles shouldn't be a problem," Wang Jianguo said with a smile, looking at the emotion crystal beside him.
"What about you, Sister Jiang?" Chen Yang asked, turning his gaze to Jiang He after hearing this.
"I've collected nine hundred and seventy-six," Jiang He said.
"Hmm! Not bad, not bad! Still a bit behind me, Su-ge, what about you?" Chen Yang turned to Su Fan and asked.
"I've collected nine hundred!" Su Fan reported exactly that number.
Chen Yang asked around and nodded in satisfaction. Before anyone could ask, he said with a hint of boasting, "Everyone still needs to work harder! I've collected a total of 1,091 emotional crystals. If I keep this up, and prioritize paying off my debts, I can optimistically pay them off within 20 cycles."
This number surprised Su Fan slightly. Chen Yang was really going all out! It had only been ten days since he obtained the Soul-Sucking Gourd.
This means that this guy collects hundreds or even thousands of emotion crystals every day on average. These emotion crystals can be used to create artifacts that can offset three months of lifespan, and if he creates artifacts that extend lifespan, he can also add about half a month to his lifespan.
Su Fan was extremely satisfied with such a hardworking employee.
"Why isn't Senior Luo here yet? How are we going to repay the loan if he doesn't come?" After waiting for a while, Luo Jiuchuan, who was expected to arrive long ago, did not appear. Chen Yang couldn't help but ask.
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared in the distance, it was Ying Zhao.
"A winged centaur? From another world or..." Chen Yang stared at Ying Zhao for a moment before speaking.
"It's not some mythical beast like Qiongqi or Taotie, is it? After all, it doesn't look human." Jiang He walked over to Su Fan, nudged him with her elbow, and asked softly.
Su Fan knew that as the reading pen and the introducer, he needed to step in.
"It could also be a god, it looks a lot like Yingzhao," Su Fan replied.
"God? It doesn't seem like it!" Wang Jianguo said.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Book 2, Southern Mountains, states: 'Indeed, it is the Emperor's garden, overseen by the god Yingzhao. He has the body of a horse and the face of a human, with tiger stripes and bird wings. He roams the four seas, and his voice is like a pomegranate.'" Su Fan said, "This means that Yingzhao is the god who helps the Emperor manage the garden. He has the body of a horse and the head of a human, with tiger stripes and bird wings."
Its appearance is fairly consistent with the description in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.