Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence

Chapter 565 - 268: The Nine Fish Painting’s Special Attribute—Vividly Lifelike!

After making his rounds at both of his companies,

and briefly checking in on their business progress and his own personal situation,

Jiang Tao left the Walden Lake Villa District—it was already past 10 a.m.

After about ten minutes, his Mercedes G-Class rolled to a stop outside the Xiaoshanhe Urban Village where he used to rent.

The G-Class pulled up right next to the old truck Jiang Tao used for hauling cargo.

After getting out, Jiang Tao looked at the two vehicles side by side, feeling a wave of emotion.

That 4.2-meter-long truck was like his past self.

While the grand Mercedes G-Class was his present.

In less than half a year, he now owned two million-yuan luxury rides, three fully paid-up apartments in Beijing, and tens of millions in cash assets.

All of this was a massive transformation brought by the Daily Intel.

Seeing the old partner that had once fought side by side with him, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but feel sentimental.

Then he pulled out his phone and called Wang Zhiyuan.

Asked him to swing by when he had time to get the truck fully serviced, then drive it to the food factory to keep "serving."

After the call, Jiang Tao finally opened the G-Class’s trunk and took out the scroll containing the Nine Fish Painting.

He got back in the car and tried to bind it, but was informed that there were other observers nearby, so it failed.

He tried for nearly ten minutes with no luck.

Helpless, he had to carry the scroll back to the rental room he kept on the second floor of Uncle Lü Qian’s house.

Even though he didn’t live there anymore, the lease wasn’t up, and he hadn’t given up the place.

He’d sometimes come by, treating it like his own little secret hideaway.

Since it had been a while since his last visit, a layer of dust covered the tables and chairs.

Jiang Tao didn’t plan to stay long, so he couldn’t be bothered to clean up.

After entering, he pulled the Nine Fish Painting from the scroll and tried binding it again.

[Binding Nine Fish Painting, please wait...]

[Congratulations, you have successfully bound the Nine Fish Painting. Activate a random attribute now?]

"Yes!"

Seeing the binding succeed, Jiang Tao didn’t hesitate to activate the attribute.

[Activating attribute, please wait...]

After about three minutes, a whole new interface popped up before Jiang Tao’s eyes.

[Item Name]: Nine Fish Painting

[Special Attribute]: Vivid and Lively!

"Vivid and Lively?"

As Jiang Tao focused on the activated attribute of the Nine Fish Painting, an explanation appeared in his mind.

"Vivid and lively—so that’s what it means!"

After figuring out the special attribute, Jiang Tao immediately pulled out a red water bucket from under the bed.

He went outside to the public water tap and filled it more than halfway, bringing it back inside.

According to the method explained by the system, he tried putting the rolled-up Nine Fish Painting into the bucket.

Plop, plop, plop, plop—

Almost the moment Jiang Tao put the Nine Fish Painting in the bucket, five red and four black carp appeared inside!

"They’re really vivid and lively!"

Looking at the nine fish swimming happily in the bucket, a smile spread across Jiang Tao’s face.

These nine carp weren’t ordinary ones.

In Jiang Tao’s vision, the red carp were marked with "Aesthetic: +3".

And the manifested red carp from the Nine Fish Painting really were beautiful!

Their red scales shimmered in the water like gleaming gems.

The carp’s graceful forms made you want to buy them at first glance.

This type of ornamental red carp could definitely fetch a good price.

But Jiang Tao didn’t need money right now and wasn’t in any hurry to cash out.

He could only get nine fish a day from the Nine Fish Painting—not even enough to share between his two companies.

The black carp had an attribute labeled "Deliciousness: +3" on their bodies.

I guess they’d taste a whole lot better too.

"Only four a day, not even enough for myself. Better save them up!"

After inspecting the nine fish that had just manifested, Jiang Tao stowed the Nine Fish Painting away again.

This time, he directly opened the [Warehouse] tab on the system panel and put the Nine Fish Painting inside.

Lately, he’d been rewarded with a bunch of storage slots for special items by completing special tasks.

This way, all his previously acquired special items could be kept in the system’s [Warehouse].

It was safer and more convenient to retrieve them too.

After putting away the Nine Fish Painting, Jiang Tao picked up the bucket of nine big carp and headed downstairs.

"Hey! Xiao Jiang! Long time no see. What wind blew you here today?"

No sooner had Jiang Tao reached the ground than he bumped into Uncle Lü Qian, who was just heading out to toss the trash.

Of course, lately Lü Qian wouldn’t let him call him ’Uncle’ anymore—he insisted on being called ’Brother’ instead.

"Look at you, Brother Lü—you’re absolutely glowing. Life’s treating you well these days, huh?"

Jiang Tao greeted Lü Qian with a smile.

"Hahaha, your old bro can live this happy retired life all thanks to you, kid!"

Lü Qian laughed loudly and reached out to pat Jiang Tao’s shoulder. It was obvious he was sincerely happy and content.

His match score with Ma Dongmei was an astonishing 97—a match made in heaven.

Even though they weren’t young anymore, once together, their passionate affection was just as intense as any young couple in love.

Since getting together with Ma Dongmei, Lü Qian felt he was 20 or 30 years younger and every day was more joyful.

Lü Qian enthusiastically invited, "You free tonight? Let’s have a guys’ night?"