"Master, those soldiers just now have stole a lot of items."

"What have you stole?"

"It's nothing, it's just an ordinary object. Have you sent someone to recover it?"

Can you catch it back?

This is obviously a trick to mess with the water.

The monkey king's fists tightened and tightened, and for a moment, even his breathing was trembling slightly.

Can't make it happen.

...

In the messy camp, Yanxi grabbed a person and said, "Where has the general gone?"

The demon soldier shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"What does this monkey want to do? The camp is so messy that he doesn't know where he went..."

Yanxi only went out to do business for a few hours, and such a big thing happened in the camp. When she came back, she heard that she had a conflict with her senior sister. She wanted to find her and asked her if she could understand her, but she couldn't find her.

...

At this moment, the group of demon soldiers and demon generals under the monkey were on their way back to the camp, but he himself had already appeared in the dragon clan's mansion with the Nine-headed insects.

"Take me a look at these things."

A large number of objects stolen from the Macaque Palace came to Ao Tingxin, including the live fish.

“These are…”

"You are knowledgeable and help us identify it."

Bowing down, Ao Tingxin picked it up one by one and checked it out with the candlelight.

On the side, Chi Zheng, Monkey, and Nine-Headed Worm were all watching carefully.

Because there were too many things, it took a while for Ao Tingxin to read them all and said, "It's just ordinary things, what's wrong?"

"Ordinary? These things shouldn't be cheap, right?"

“It’s not cheap, but it’s not expensive.”

"Not expensive? What does it mean?"

"That is, it's indeed something extravagant, but not too expensive."

Hey, this is different from what the Macaque King said himself.

The monkey grinned and said, "Tell me about it."

Bowing down, Ao Tingxin picked up a night pearl, pinched it gently, and with a "click", the night pearl immediately cracked into two petals. It was hollow inside.

"This is not Ye Mingzhu, but a 'Bright Star Bead' made of ore from Xiniu Hezhou. From the outside, it is exactly the same as Ye Mingzhu, but once it is held in your hand, people familiar with Ye Mingzhu will find that the weight of the two is slight difference. It can also be used for lighting, and the price is much cheaper than Ye Mingzhu. However, generally speaking, people who can afford Ye Mingzhu will not care about it, and those who cannot afford it will not consider it at all. Our Dragon Palace once thought about developing it as a key single item, but the demand is too small, so we can only give up in the end."

"This is a golden smoke fish. Fish bones can be made of alchemy, fish scales can be made of smelting tools, and fish meat can be made of life-long. About four thousand years ago, this fish that grew in Dongsheng Shenzhou was an important trade material. However, due to its rare nature and the transition to fishing, it took nearly a thousand years to grow. Now this fish is extremely rare. The price is extremely expensive, and no one uses it for alchemy, smelting tools, or even to eat it. You can only occasionally see the golden smoke fish for viewing in the hands of some big merchants. Among the golden smoke fish, this golden back gold smoke fish is the most rare. It is often more than a hundred times that of ordinary golden smoke fish, and it is not an exaggeration to offer a price of more than 100,000 silver claws. However..."

"This belly has a white line, but it is just a kind of golden smoke fish growing in Beijuluzhou. It looks very similar from the appearance, but because it is naturally toxic, there are very few people who know this fish. The price is much cheaper. Those who understand will not want it, and those who don't understand will not be able to spend money to buy it. Of course, it takes some effort to get the fish from Beijuluzhou. There are only more than a hundred silver claws."

"On the surface, this is a pendant carved from a spiritual stone. The spiritual stone is produced in the underworld and can be used to communicate yin and yang. Due to the sparse number, and the prohibition of stepping into the underworld between both immortals and demons, the price is extremely high. What can be found in this mortal world is probably no more than ten yuan. However..."

Another "but", the monkey raised his eyebrows and continued to listen.

"However, this piece is not an authentic Lingxu stone. To be precise, this piece has nothing to do with Lingxu stone. This is just an obsidian that is usually visible in the mortal world. But because someone has hidden a magic circle on it, it has changed in its luster and hardness. It looks like a Lingxu stone."

Putting down the so-called "spiritual stone", Ao Tingxin finally added: "Simply put, almost every object here has a treasure similar to it, but in fact it is not. If you don't look closely, most merchants will probably not be able to tell it."

For a moment, the Nine-Headed Worm and the Monkey looked at the pile of things in front of them, and they all thought.

I originally went to search for things in the Macaque King's Mansion, but because the monkey really couldn't find any useful clues. I was thinking about catching some things, and through these, I might find something. As a result...

"Where did these things come from?" Ao Tingxin asked.

When this question was asked, the Nine-Headed Worm and the Monkey couldn't help but laugh.

"At first, I thought your strategy was a bit mysterious, after all, it would offend the Macaque King. However, now it seems that it is really useful."

"Macaque King?" Ao Tingxin's eyes widened after hearing what the Nine-Headed Worm said.

"Yes, they were all brought back from the Macaque King's Mansion."

These things were collected from the Macaque King's house. That is to say, the so-called extravagant life of the Macaque King is simply piled up with a pile of fake goods?

Who do he want to deceive the image of a luxurious demon king? What do he want to hide?

Don’t fight or fight, is it really just not fight or fight?

The answer is about to come out.

Taking a deep breath, the monkey whispered: "Pretending to be extravagant is to prevent people from doubting where his funds are going. After all, it is relatively difficult to investigate funds. The best way should be to make people not doubt him from the beginning."

Ao Tingxin continued, "So, he must have transferred most of the money to somewhere. He has a place where he really spends money, and the expenses are so large that the military pay paid to him by the Wan Yao Palace could not be filled at all. Otherwise, he would have no need to interfere in the military supplies."

"Can't he just hide his money?" asked Jiutou.

"Impossible." Ao Tingxin shook his head and said, "It's been so many years. The military pay paid by the Wan Yao Palace to him is not much or less. If they were hidden, the silver claws on the market should not be enough. Therefore, the money must have been spent somewhere. Otherwise, from the perspective of Yinshi, you will definitely find an abnormality."

"It's all spent... where is it spent? Where does it cost so much?"

There is only one answer.

"Maintain an army." The monkey replied without thinking: "It can only be to raise an army. Others, whether it is elixirs or magical instruments, cannot require so much money. The only answer is only one, that is, to raise an army. Without anyone noticed it, he raised an army."
Chapter completed!