Over the past few days, the conversation after dinner in Lianyun City was all about the disaster information about the migration of monsters.
Chen Ping knew the general situation without asking.
Lianyun City has lost contact with the Qingyun Sect, and it is not known what the situation is outside.
This means that the city defense has lost its backbone and support.
In Lianyun City, the leader of the city defense died in this disaster. Not only that, many city defenses were also not spared. The remaining city defenses could not resist the temptation of looting during this period, and joined the looting army one after another, and their status in the hearts of the casual cultivators plummeted.
The city's defenses were almost falling apart and unsustainable.
Lianyuncheng is in an unprecedented state of disorganization, or in other words, it is difficult for the organization to maintain the existing order of Lianyuncheng.
In this disaster, no less than one-fifth of the entire Lianyung City population died.
The monster came too suddenly and it was late at night, so many people had no time to escape. Especially among the casual cultivators near the east wall of the city, almost no one was spared.
There was a big reshuffle of the residences of scattered cultivators in Lianyun City. A large number of scattered cultivators moved closer to the center and each found uninhabited houses to live in temporarily. The places closer to the city wall were basically vacant.
After several days of looting, most of the empty houses that had lost their owners had not been looted. The phenomenon of rummaging through other people's houses has gradually decreased and is now rare.
I searched again and again, but couldn't find any treasure.
Lianyung City began to calm down.
Because a large number of houses collapsed, when people recovered from the frenzy of looting, they began to reconsider their life, livelihood and spiritual practice.
After all, no matter how messy the past is, life must go on.
On the sixth day after the disaster, Yu Qingyi called together more than 40 households near this street.
"Everyone, we can count on a lot for the city's defense for the time being. Lianyun City has become calm now, and we have to continue to live our lives. I suggest that the neighbors work together to at least maintain the order of this street."
Yu Qingyi is highly respected in the entire casual cultivator area, let alone in this street, so he basically responds to everyone's call.
Everyone agreed.
Chen Ping was secretly glad that he had chosen a good house. In this case, it is the best thing to have someone with enough strength and prestige to stand up and lead everyone.
Many streets are still in a tense, disorderly or confused atmosphere.
"What suggestions does Mr. Yu have? The monks in this street will form a patrol team themselves? In this case, I am willing to serve as the captain of the patrol team." One monk said eagerly.
"I think the priority is to unite with other streets and establish a temporary trading market. It doesn't matter if it is smaller, otherwise life will be unsustainable." A monk who made a lot of money advised.
"..."
Yu Qingyi finally said:
"What you fellow Taoists are saying makes sense, but these are not the most urgent things. You can wait and see. The most urgent thing at the moment is to repair the entire street as before. Fellow Taoists, please take a look, there have been corpses on the street for so many days. It is still in the same place, the stone road is still full of potholes, and the broken walls in some places even block the road... How unbecoming is this? These must be cleaned and repaired. Only in this way can the street be restored to normal and those monks with evil intentions will not dare to rash."
"What do you think?"
What Yu Qingyi said makes sense... Chen Ping thought to himself.
It's just that Yu Qingyi doesn't understand the concept of later generations, otherwise he would definitely know that this is called the "broken window effect."
As long as this street remains in disarray, those monks with evil intentions don't mind throwing an extra stone. But if the whole street is clean and tidy, it will have a positive effect.
Potential deterrent to gangsters.
Because Yu Qingyi was highly respected and well-spoken, the plan was quickly passed.
Someone suggested going to the market to find mortal laborers or the lowest level Qi practitioners.
But it was quickly rejected.
At this time, not to mention that many low-level mortals and Qi practitioners failed to escape this disaster. Among those who survived, due to the redistribution of interests, some people currently do not lack a little money, while other low-level monks are unwilling to take risks. And those who are willing to come out have already been divided up by the West District families and the business houses in the city.
You can only do it yourself.
Next is the division of labor.
Some go to transport stones outside the city, some clean up blood stains, some lay street floors, some dispose of corpses, and some clean up the ruins of public areas...
As a young and strong man, Chen Ping was assigned the job of carrying corpses.
Chen Ping didn't say anything. It was natural to contribute to his own living environment.
You can avoid danger, but you cannot avoid responsibility.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, let's go. These tasks are not too many. Finish them early and rest early." A strong middle-aged monk greeted Chen Ping.
"Fellow Taoist, wait a moment. You'll be ready soon."
Chen Ping answered without raising his head and was busy affixing the talisman to himself.
He lifted up his robe and put evil-proof talismans on his legs. He had many such talismans. After attaching it to the legs, do the same thing on the arms. Then put the excess on your chest.
The same goes for the Evil Suppression Talisman.
As long as these talismans are not destroyed, they can be used repeatedly, which is perfect for self-defense.
The strong fellow Taoist on the side couldn't help but sneered: "You, you don't know, you think that fellow Taoist is going to cross the endless forest!"
Just this street.
Just cleaning up the bodies!
Chen Ping just smiled and was busy pasting the charms... Those corpses had been dead for five or six days. Who knows whether the resentment has dissipated and whether the evil spirits have turned into evil spirits?
Moreover.
It's definitely not low risk to bury the body outside the city! !
...
It was early winter, and although Lianyun City, located at the southwest end of the Misty Continent, was not flooded with heavy snow, the temperature was beginning to drop sharply and the wind was biting.
In such weather, the body that had been dead on the street for several days did not appear to be rotting, but was just a little stiff.
Such a body is not difficult to transport.
What Chen Ping and his companions need to do is to carry the body onto a wooden cart and then take it outside the city to bury it. The rest of the task is not theirs.
Neighbors have a clear division of labor.
'Um? What's this? '
'There is actually a low-grade spiritual stone. An unexpected surprise is great. '
Chen Ping put the body away and silently confiscated the spirit stone... It was a little less, but fly meat is also meat, so a little adds up to a lot.
He carefully moved several corpses, and then pulled them out of the city with a few fellow Taoists.
The further east you go, the more trampled the streets become. It's no less than a major earthquake, far more serious than the west side. There are ruins everywhere you look.
'I'm afraid it won't be easy to build this city again, and it will take a lot of time. '
'I'm afraid it will be difficult to completely recover from the chaos in a short period of time. '
Chen Ping thought to himself.
After leaving the city, they walked a short distance toward the forest, but the closer they got to the forest, the more eerie they felt. Chen Ping touched the evil-proof charm in his arms and felt a little warm.
"Just bury it here, we can't go any further." Chen Ping suggested.
"What Fellow Daoist Chen said is absolutely true."
"I think so too."
"..."
Several other teammates echoed.
'Good fellow Taoist, I will see you again next time we cooperate. 'Chen Ping gave them a thumbs up in his heart.
...If there are such Taoist friends all over the world, why worry about not being able to work together on the path to eternal life?
... Such monks are the right path in the world.
You should be given a certificate!
"Hold on, everyone, my evil amulet is a little hot." A monk also discovered something unusual.
Having just experienced the passage of monsters and evil spirits, most monks still have lingering fears in their hearts.
No one wants to take unnecessary risks.
Chen Ping took the opportunity to ask:
"Have you been here before, fellow Taoist? Is the evil-repelling talisman that easy to generate heat?"
If the evil amulet generates heat, it means the existence of evil spirits.
Evil spirits are evil spirits and monsters.
Evil spirits are weird and unpredictable, and their traces are hard to find. People in the world know very little about them, and they are often more difficult to deal with than demons, demons, and evil cultivators who can see their form.
Some evil spirits are just wandering souls and will not hurt people, but some evil spirits are so evil that the risk factor is very high.
"I've been here before, why haven't I been here before? I've been to the forest dozens of miles deep. It's not like this." Fellow Taoist said while digging a hole.
Chen Ping understood.
I'm afraid that there are more monsters and monsters in the forest... maybe they haven't completely crossed the border, or maybe they've migrated back from the depths.
This is not good news for Lianyuncheng.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Chen Ping wanted to liven up the atmosphere for everyone, so he said:
"Hurry up and dig. If it's too late, I might be waiting for you."
then.
Hey, hey, hey...
Everyone dug the hole faster in silence.
These teammates,
Awesome! !
