"A long, long time ago, there lived an ancient Taotie monster king in the mountains."
"The Taotie Monster King is a ferocious beast that devours everything in the world. It can swallow everything, but it only takes in and never gives out."
"But after the Taotie Monster King died, his body turned into 10,081 fragments and scattered throughout the Hundred Thousand Mountains."
"Because it devoured a great deal of essence during its lifetime, the fragments of Taotie's body will turn into refined gold after death, which is the legendary Taotie gold."
"Divine objects are often self-concealed. Taotie Gold is no different from stone under normal circumstances. Only after being washed by the spiritual power of human hearts will it show its true appearance..."
"This Taotie City is actually named after this."
"It's just that the time is too old, and the mountain people who live here now have already forgotten this ancient legend..." Qiao Mu sighed sadly.
The head of the Luo family frowned when he heard this:
Even he, a local, had never heard of the legend of Taotie. How could this warrior from outside the area know all about it
Wait a minute... Wasn't this Taotie Gold forged by this person right under his nose? Was he making up a story right in front of him
"You don't understand." Qiao Mu shook his head and sighed:
"The Taotie beast in gold and stone already existed. I just discovered it through carving."
"Mr. Chen." Qiao Mu looked to the side.
"I'm here. If Mr. Qiao needs anything, please let me know." Chen Gongsheng was completely shameless. As soon as Qiao Mu called out, he bent over and came over.
"Then I'll be frank." Qiao Mu said:
"I have a big project now, and I just need some start-up capital."
"You are not young anymore. If you want to delay the decline of your Qi and blood, you will need to spend a lot of money on various tonic medicines, right?"
"Do you want to follow me to make a lot of money? Do you want financial freedom?" Qiao Mu whispered in Chen Gongsheng's ear.
"... What is financial freedom?" Chen Gongfeng looked confused.
"In simple terms, you don't have to work as a sacrifice for others, and you can still have a steady stream of income, enough to cover your various expenses."
"The key to financial freedom is passive income, income after sleep." Qiao Mu confidently said, and painted a grand blueprint for Chen Gongfeng:
"Ordinary warriors have no land or inheritance, so they can only rely on investment."
"First of all, we need to understand the concept of compound interest. Interest on interest, money makes money."
"Give me 50 taels first, and I'll talk to you."
Chapter 301 You are breaking the law (9k)
From Chen Gongfeng's mouth, Qiao Mu learned a basic fact:
The Luo family's rise to prominence was due to the so-called touchstone.
And their money was naturally defrauded from other people in the city like Lao Yang.
When Qiao Mu entered the city, he felt that although the city was small, it had both rich and poor people, and there was a clear distinction between the inner city and the outer city... This was naturally related to the Luo family.
After learning this, Qiumu could finally do his job with full confidence.
Since fists couldn't pry open the mouth of the Luo family leader, he would use some technical skills and try his hand at conquering the mind like a martial artist.
Of course, Qiao Mu had no intention of hanging himself on a tree. Since he couldn't get the head of the Luo family to talk, he would try to find clues elsewhere in Taotie City.
The news about the gold in the Golden City had apparently spread widely, and Qiao Mu didn't believe it. Everyone who had come into contact with the monsters in the Golden City was as stubborn as he was.
"Everyone." Qiao Mu and Chen Gongfeng walked back to the outside of the ancestral hall and said to the crowd:
"You may not believe it, but I, Qiao Xi, am here to do business."
At this time, there were hundreds of people surrounding the ancestral hall in three circles inside and outside, dozens of them had bruised faces and noses, having just been beaten by Qiao Mu.
"Yes, yes, you are right." The Luo family was silent for a long time, with a look of disbelief on their faces, but no one refuted.
Just kidding, this Qiao in front of them is obviously not a good person... Although they don't know what status the Qiao family has in the martial arts world, they can get some idea of it from the change in Chen Gongsheng's attitude towards Qiao Mu.
In addition to the Luo family, there were dozens of idle people in the city who heard the noise and came to watch the excitement.
Qiao Mu was very thick-skinned, and took their silence as approval, and said seriously:
"This city is called Taotie City. In fact, I came here for this city... Have you heard of the legend of the Taotie Monster King thousands of years ago?"
Qiao Mu repeated what he had said to Chen Gongfeng before, and then added:
"The fragments of Taotie's body, also known as Taotie gold, are scattered in the mountains surrounding this city. Because the divine objects are self-concealed, their appearance is similar to that of eggs."
"I came to this city to collect as many as 10,081 pieces of Taotie gold as possible. If anyone can get Taotie gold for me, I will reward them handsomely."
"For every Taotie gold, I'll offer a reward of one tael of silver. First come, first served. The reward will end when my money runs out."
The Luo family members were all confused after hearing this.
The merchant Luo Cheng, who was more intelligent, had gradually come to his senses.
Isn't this just the same old story about the Golden Country Gold, with a different explanation? Would anyone really be fooled
Everyone was talking about it.
Unexpectedly, not long after, a white-haired old man squeezed in from behind the crowd.
"You are a stranger, you said that." The white-haired old man held up three ordinary stones shaped like eggs and said with a smile:
"I found it, give me the money."
The white-haired old man didn't take it too seriously, he was just having fun.
As for the egg-sized stone... he just picked it up from the ground.
"Isn't this man... Lao Yang?" The traveling merchant Luo Cheng was suddenly startled.
This old Yang is an old gambler, and his brain is not very smart. He almost cheated me out of everything before, and even lost my son's wife... .
Luo Cheng naturally believed that Lao Yang would fall into the trap.
"Hmm... this stone is really taotie gold." Qiao Mu took the stone in a pretentious manner, weighed it carefully, and then held it in his hand with force.
He crushed the stone in his hand into powder, which fell from between his fingers.
"He's so strong that he can grind rocks into powder?"
The onlookers immediately put away their contempt.
At first they were just trying to have fun, but now it's different.
An outsider who can turn stone into powder with ease is obviously not a fool who has nothing to do but give them money.
Qiao Mu crushed two stones into powder one by one. When he came to the third stone, he held it tightly in his hand and squeezed it a bit. When he opened his palm again, he found that the stone was intact.
Then he showed a happy expression:
"Okay, here is your reward, one or two taels of silver. Take it."
“… ..you really gave it to me.” Old Yang took the silver with his eyes wide open, took a bite of a silver ingot without quite believing it, and then he was filled with ecstasy.
"This silver is real, it's real silver!"
The crowd suddenly exploded and the discussion became increasingly heated.
At first they just came there to watch the fun and no one took it seriously.
But Lao Yang's smug expression after getting the money made them a little anxious.
The crowd was still skeptical, and some people carefully took the silver from Lao Yang to see if it was real...
"Your silver... seems to be real?"
"Old Yang, are you acting as a shill for this guy named Qiao from another place? You are acting with him to deceive us."
Old Yang was also happy and let everyone question him:
"Yes, yes, I am the hostage. I am here to entertain you."
After he said that, he suddenly ran out.
"Why are you running away suddenly? I haven't even finished asking your question yet?" someone shouted.
"I'm going to the river to pick up stones... No, I'm going to pick up Taotie gold!"
As his voice faded away, Lao Yang disappeared.
As everyone looked at Lao Yang's background, they gradually became impatient.
"Damn, I can earn one tael for picking up a stone... I work so hard as a helper for a month, and I only earn one tael of silver."
"Seeing him making money is more painful than me losing money!"
"Damn it, if you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, you're a bastard. This is really like picking up money. I'm going to pick it up too!" Someone in the crowd followed closely behind and ran away.
At first, only three or four people went looking for the stone, while more people were skeptical.
But as the first few people who took action received rewards of one or two taels of silver from Qiao Mu, the crowd gradually became excited.
"Hey, are you serious? Aren't you afraid that the outsider named Qiao is deceiving us?"
"Even if it's a lie, how much effort does it take to pick up a stone? If it's real, then I've made a fortune!"
"Didn't you hear what that outsider said? It's first come, first served. If you're late, you won't get this chance!"
In a quarter of an hour, Qiumu had fifty more pebbles as round as eggs in his hand.
He did not accept all of these stones, but pretended to pick out some of the better quality and rounder ones.
Even so, two hours later, Qiao Mu already had hundreds of stones in his hands.
At this time, Qiao Mu saw that it was getting dark, so he announced that the acquisition was temporarily suspended, pouring cold water on the excited crowd, and then found an inn in Taotie City to rest.
He walked away as people watched him go, but the enthusiasm of the mountain people did not die out.
"It's really just picking up money. I just picked up stones by the river and made twenty taels in one go, which is equivalent to my annual salary."
"It's getting late. Let's stop here for today. We have picked up so much money for free. We can sleep well tonight." The mountain people left happily.
As Old Yang watched these people walk away, he began to make plans in his mind:
"Still want to have a good sleep? How stupid." Old Yang couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth:
"For a business like this that makes a lot of money, you have to work hard all night long!"
"When they wake up, I will be a millionaire."
He didn't plan to sleep tonight, but picked up a sack and prepared to pick up stones all night.
As night fell, the crowd dispersed.
Qing Li, wearing a bamboo hat, looked at the crowd leaving, completely confused.
She couldn't figure out what the Qiao family was doing in the mountains...
Not only him, but many people in the Luo family also didn't understand it at all.
Someone asked, "Chief... he has taken away our several pieces of Philosopher's Stone and our gold. What should we do? Should we report it to the police?"
The head of the Luo family sighed and warned the other members of the family:
"Don't get involved in this matter. If Qiao wants to defraud money, let him do it. We can't afford to offend him. No matter what happens, don't provoke him, and don't think about exposing him."
"Report to the police... This must be done in private. We must not be discovered."
Chen Gongfeng is a second-rank warrior, so he deserves to be treated with caution by the head of the Luo family.
The Luo family naturally could not reach Qiumu's height, but they also guessed a little from Chen Gongsheng's previous attitude and knew that he was someone they could not afford to offend.
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The second day.
"Have you heard? There is a kind-hearted man named Qiao Xi who is giving money to people to pick up stones."
"As expected of a member of the Qiao family of the golden generation, he is actually a kind person who gives money to others."
After a night of fermentation, the news that a great philanthropist named Qiao Xi had come to Taotie City had spread throughout the small town.
In a sense, ordinary people care more about a kind-hearted person who gives money than the Qiao family, a group of martial artists.
When Qiao Mu appeared in the open space near the Luo Family Ancestral Hall again, there were already crowds of people around. There were probably more than a thousand people waiting there, and even Qiao Mu himself was shocked.
"Don't be in a hurry, come one by one." Qiao Mu asked people to put the stones forward, and then he picked out some ugly stones and crushed them into powder according to his mood.