From the waste of spiritual roots to the practice of asking the devil.
Chapter 161 Guiling City
Chapter 161 Guiling City
Late at night, Wang Yu politely declined the beautiful bride’s invitation to enter the cave. He was not yet capable of having sex with the girl at home, and he had to wait another ten years before he could release his masculine power.
He returned to his own Feiyun boat and sailed side by side with Chao Yunniang’s Yanzhi boat.
Wait until the sun rises.
A vast field came into view, covered with heavy rice. The rich fragrance of rice drifted for hundreds of miles. Guiling City under the morning sun was like a giant turtle.
The ground was bustling with people and the sounds of hawking were constant. The sky was full of colorful lights and monks’ escape lights and flying boats were entering the city one after another.
It is still a mixed place of mortals and cultivators, but there are no pillars like those in the Erosion City. The mortals here live outside the city, with farms as points, scattered throughout the vast fields.
Only the middle class and wealthy families can live in the outer city ring outside the five major urban areas. Their bodies are nourished by the spiritual veins, and the chance of producing people with spiritual roots is increased.
The body is also healthier and gets sick less often.
There are many wombs for delivery in the outer city area. They are a kind of medicinal powder specially made by the alchemists of the Nilingxue Sect that can increase the chance of pregnancy. There are also special people responsible for delivering babies, and there are almost no cases of neonatal deaths.
This measure is said to have been learned from Taihu Spirit Realm.
After all, they have a population of tens of billions, while Chiyuan’s territory is no less, but it only has a population of tens of billions.
It was probably because the demon cultivators in the past committed too many sins. Now the demon cultivators pay attention to sustainable development and have changed many of their bad habits.
For example, in ancient times, demon cultivators liked to use mortals to refine magic weapons, but how much spirituality do mortals have? Killing thousands of people is not as good as a cultivator.
Only a wisp of soul is still useful.
But after becoming smarter, the demon cultivators discovered that it was better to let them reproduce and give birth to some seedlings with spiritual roots, cultivate them, and then kill them, rather than killing millions of mortals.
The profits actually increased dozens of times, which immediately opened the door to a new world for the magic cultivators.
In the past thousand years, whenever the Taihu Spirit Realm introduced any new policies, Chiyuan would copy them exactly. That’s why they have a population of over one billion. Otherwise, in ancient times, having a population of one million would have been good.
The inheritance is maintained entirely by the corruption of righteous monks or by taking the risk of kidnapping people from their side.
No wonder in history the battles between good and evil saw more losses than wins, and there were frequent gaps in inheritance. Only in recent years has there been a trend of parity, and even more victories.
The tactic of “the enemy is my teacher” was a great success!
at the same time.
Just as Wang Yu secretly entered the city.
A big event is also happening in Guiling City Lord’s Mansion.
In the name of acting city lord, the Tuoba family summoned the heads of the Bai, Guan and Jiang families, as well as the leaders of various small hills in the northern city area and branches of foreign forces, to the city lord’s mansion to discuss important matters.
The meeting hall of the city lord’s palace.
A group of people were being arranged according to their status and sitting on chairs. The first one was a tall and strong man with a fierce look. He was Tuoba Lei, who had occupied the Guiling City Lord’s Mansion for nearly a hundred years.
A hundred years ago, he was just a general under Zhuo Kuangsheng.
Now he is the head of the City Lord’s Mansion, and his cultivation at the eighth level of foundation building is unrivaled in everyone.
The three family heads were generally at the sixth level of foundation building, while the leaders sent by [Shui Mo Sect], [Purple Dragon Mountain], and [Wen Xiang Sect] were hovering between the seventh and ninth levels of foundation building.
After Tuoba Lei and others arrived, he took out a notice scroll without saying a word, which said that the new city lord appointed by the Niling Blood Sect would be arriving soon.
After everyone had read it, Tuoba Lei’s deep and powerful voice became a little gloomy: “Everyone, after a hundred years, when the new generations of each family have just grown up, the higher-ups sent a new city lord down. This is not a good thing.”
The head of the Bai family was secretly unhappy, but he refuted it on the surface.
“General Tuoba, this is your trouble. My Bai family has always been a loyal subject of the Holy Sect, and we have never reduced our tribute every year.”
“hehe–“
Without waiting for Tuoba Lei to refute, he spoke to the head of the family.
“You did, but the rule of the Holy Sect is 20% per year. Your family wealth has grown over the years, and you haven’t reported any of this growth.”
The face of the head of the Bai family suddenly darkened. Tuoba Lei was secretly happy in his heart. He thought that helping the Guan family to conceal taxes was the right thing to do. It would be great to have a helper at a time like this.
The head of the Jiang family said nothing. Among the three major families, they were the only ones that remained where they were. There had been no development for a hundred years, and the ancestor who had reached the peak of the foundation-building stage was about to pass away.
At this time, it is better to just watch and not easily get involved in the dispute.
Others didn’t care either. In their eyes, within fifty years, the Jiang family would be kicked out of the ranks of the three Guiling families. Instead, the foreign Jindan forces stationed in the North City were more worthy of their attention.
“What do you three say?”
The ink-and-wash door represents bowing one’s head to sip tea.
The representative of Zilong Mountain was a red-faced old man who wanted to get involved and grinned.
“What is the new city lord’s level of cultivation? Is he from a famous family?”
These information didn’t say anything, only that it was a young man named Wang Yu.
“The surname is Wang… I have never heard of this branch of the Holy Sect.”
The representative of the Fragrance Sect is a beautiful woman with an elegant temperament and a faint fragrance all over her body. Her eyes are quite deep and she has almost no emotional fluctuations. It is obvious that she is not young.
She said: “Don’t forget, the last city lord’s surname was Zhuo, Zhuo from the Guifang Zhuo clan. Do you think they will give Guiling City to ordinary cultivators?”
Now, the old man from Zilong Mountain also lowered his head to sip his tea.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Tuoba Lei couldn’t help but cast his gaze towards the leader of the Qinglong Gang, this man was a third-level foundation-building cultivator in the North City District, who was originally a robbery cultivator, and was later bribed by him to do some shameful business.
People at this level don’t have much experience, but they are very ruthless. As long as they are given enough spirit stones, they dare to do anything.
Sure enough, I got the signal from his eyes.
The leader of the Qinglong Gang said loudly: “I can kill this man, but his cultivation level is unknown. Why don’t you send some people to join the Qinglong Gang temporarily?”
Tuoba Lei immediately showed a look of satisfaction.
“The messenger has just arrived. I think he needs to be fully prepared before he sets out. I don’t know how many people he will bring with him. I will send people to investigate around the reed pond.” “As for manpower support, another foundation-building cultivator from the Tuoba family will follow Brother Qinglong to act together.”
He would never have thought that Wang Yu would set off a few days later, a little faster than the courier. What a coincidence~
The conflict between Tuoba Lei and the new city lord was inevitable, so he didn’t mind letting everyone know, which made it convenient to drag all of them into it.
But some people only dare to do small actions in secret.
The conference hall seemed to be silent, but many people secretly sent messages to Tuoba Lei, intending to send someone to intervene. As long as the person did not die in Guiling City, there were plenty of excuses to shirk responsibility.
Yunling Prefecture is a place with poor mountains and bad waters, and the external environment is extremely dangerous.
It is appropriate to use Huangquan Temple as an excuse.
No one knew about the dealings between the Bai family and Huangquan Temple openly, but in fact everyone knew it clearly, and he took the initiative to bring it up during the telepathic conversation.
“They can use the masters of Huangquan Temple. They definitely don’t want Guiling City, which they have managed for many years, to return to the hands of Nilingxue Sect.”
“That’s the truth.”
After discussing for half an hour, Tuoba Lei stood up with satisfaction and called out.
“Little sister, please see these distinguished guests off for me.”
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“The City Lord’s Mansion is a restricted area, no outsiders are allowed to enter.”
“欻——”
Looking at the spear at his neck, Wang Yu sighed helplessly.
“You are so rude.”
Upon hearing this, the team of soldiers guarding the gate tried to grab Wang Yu’s clothes, but he dodged by taking a step back, which made them even more annoyed.
“Boy, you’ve arrived at the gate of the City Lord’s Mansion. Don’t you know this is General Tuoba’s residence? Go ahead and kill this idiot.”
However, as seven or eight soldiers rushed over, only a few scratches were seen flashing in the air, and the next second the door was contaminated with bloody body parts and internal organs.
Sensing the powerful aura in the mansion, Wang Yu smiled happily.
It’s better to come early than to come by chance.
He arrived early and at the right time, it was a godsend opportunity that could not be missed.
His figure flashed and disappeared at the gate. Only then did a passerby shout in fear: “Murder! The soldiers in the City Lord’s Mansion have all been turned into corpses! Murder!”
The chaos and confusion are spreading.
conference hall.
Tuoba Lei’s laughter did not last long. Just as his younger sister entered the door and was about to lead the guests away, all the doors were blown open by the cold wind at the same time.
The sky was overcast and rainy, and the entire City Lord’s Mansion was shrouded in freezing rain and snow. On the steps, a handsome young man with silver hair was climbing up the stairs.
“It’s not a good thing.”
The female cultivator of the Wen Xiang Sect looked up at the sky and whispered.
“The celestial phenomena are abnormal. They should be the result of a magic spell. Tuoba Lei, is the new city lord from the Holy Sect’s Frost Blood Peak?”
“I do not know.”
Tuoba Lei pushed aside the crowd and took the initiative to stand in the front. With his keen insight, he discovered the mystery of Wang Yu, the aura of the second level of foundation building, and the consciousness of the sixth level of foundation building.
“Boy, are you the new city lord? You came pretty fast and caught me off guard. It’s just that your cultivation… is too inexperienced.”
Wang Yu did not answer. After taking a quick look around, he found that the characteristics of everyone matched the information given by Chao Yunniang.
“I just have one word to say.”
“Now, those who stand over there will live, and those who stand next to Tuoba Lei will die. You have ten breaths to make your choice.”
“one.”
“furious!”
“presumptuous!”
“two.”
The leader of the Qinglong Gang took the initiative to step forward. He was a bully by nature and feared the strong. He thought that the people sent by the higher-ups were very strong, but they were only at the second level of foundation building and were not as strong as him.
“Hehe, let me teach you a lesson.”
“three.”
The representative of Shui Mo Sect, the female cultivator of Wen Xiang Sect, and the head of Jiang Family, these three ran towards the place Wang Yu had pointed out before without saying a word. When they moved, several people from the small forces in North City also followed suit.
Among them were Yunmeng Pavilion, Blood Knife Gang, and Xiyu Tower, but there were even more who stayed behind, a total of four leaders of small forces whose cultivation was in the early stages of foundation building.
Including the red-faced old man from Zilong Mountain who was still hesitating, the leader of the Qinglong Gang, the heads of the Bai and Guan families, and Tuoba Lei, a total of nine foundation-building cultivators stood on the opposite side of Wang Yu.
“Whoosh-“
The moment the leader of the Qinglong Gang attacked, a nearly twenty-meter-long icy sword swept across. The number that Wang Yu was counting lightly jumped from three to ten in an instant.
“ten!”
This sudden change seemed to have caused stress to the other party.
The head of the Guan family and the old man from Zilong Mountain used their escape skills to run to the Wenxiang Sect. Two of the nine people were gone in an instant.
(End of this chapter)