Lu Ang put away the jade slip of the "Principal Vow Merit Sutra" and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the two Venerable Returning Void Masters who were sent out by gifts not far away.
He couldn't help but be nervous. After fooling him for such a long time, the duration of the spatial phase was already less than three minutes. If he delayed it for a while longer, he might even be exposed!
Although I was a little disappointed that the two returning masters did not go directly to the North Pole in the ice apocalypse to fight for their lives, the result was good.
With the tacit approval of Kunpeng Sect, the leader of the Immortal Realms in the outer seas, the increased flying boat routes promised by the Federation, and the trial cooperation of the first and second-level disciples of Kunpeng Sect as discussed before...
At least there will be no shortage of people entering the Ice Apocalypse to fight monsters and contribute merit to themselves. The merit that continues to drop every day is the most precious.
As for whether he can be saved or not, that's not something he can control. He doesn't have the ability. People who have the ability are mature and cautious, so there is nothing they can do but let nature take its course.
In the end, it was best to save him. He gained a lot of heavenly merits. If he couldn't save it, the worst he could do was send the survivors over there to the world of cultivation. Let's not talk about the fairyland for now, but the mortal world is very big. Many places It is a virgin forest, a wild mountain, and has not been developed. It should not be difficult to discuss with Liuhe Sect and set aside a place for these survivors to recuperate.
It's just that the clone must always be vigilant to prevent a powerful person from suddenly coming over, and must always be prepared to respond to prevent the collapse of the character.
While observing the situation on the clone's side, Lu Ang's body did not stop for a moment, even if the space phase was closed, it flew straight south.
Fortunately, Feng Xu Yufeng does not consume spiritual power and can be used continuously at a speed of 100 meters per second, making traveling very convenient and easy.
From day to night, and then from night to day, feeling that he had escaped far enough, Lu Ang landed on a barren mountain. Without stopping, he directly activated the recovered space phase and sank into the ground, sinking deeply. He walked into an underground river and drifted with the current for a while before decisively opening the double door of the magical world and rushing in.
He planned to avoid the limelight first and wait a few months to confirm the whereabouts of the two Venerable Masters.
Although they seem to have been deceived when dealing with such a powerful person who is simply unable to fight against them, no one knows what they are thinking. No one can be too careful now.
After resting for a few days in the training valley, he recovered his nervousness, and confirmed with his clone that the situation in Lianqiao Fairy City was calm. Lu Ang thought about it and headed to Jianya Village again.
Although the game panel can provide some data, such as the number of players, the number of resurrections, the number of completed tasks, etc., many things cannot be seen by looking at these data alone. If you want to know how the players are developing, you can also It requires on-site inspection.
The first place Lu Ang went to was the player's resurrection point.
The place there has changed a lot. Different from the previous open-air resurrection altar, a tall and big house has been built there with stones and wood, covering the entire altar. Outside the house, there are still two teams of ten people standing there. A few elite bandits with complete armor and weapons.
Walking into the house, there was a long row of iron cages built around the altar and against the wall. There were probably more than thirty iron cages. Many of them contained people, but those people were all paralyzed on the ground. There was no movement, as if Like dead.
Next to the altar, there are two groups of bandits. Once a player comes back to life, they will carefully identify them and let them out after seeing that there is no problem.
Then we walked along the wide dirt road and walked into the residential area at the foot of the mountain.
This place has obviously expanded again, almost twice the size of the last time we came here. People can be seen everywhere, most of them are busy, and some people can also be seen carrying wooden boxes with de-grained corn inside. , exuding the unique fragrance of rice.
It seems that the food I planted before has already produced. It would be great if I could be self-sufficient. Finally, I no longer have to rely solely on those 10,000 pig's trotters.
After wandering around for a while, Lu Ang clearly discovered that there was a slight difference between the player settlement area and the indigenous settlement area. There was a small area in the entire settlement area separated by a fence made of stones.
That small area is obviously more lively. There are basically no people working. Some are chatting, some are practicing martial arts, and some are testing their own powers, spitting fire and throwing ice, etc. There were a lot of people running around and it was very noisy.
Lu Ang came to the Big Flying Pig's Knuckle Hotel again. The square here expanded again. On the sign at the door, there were still the first three layers of the "Ming Zun Salvation Sutra". Someone was reading it aloud under the sign, and someone else was reading it under the sign. Look below, many of them are children.
It was obviously not lunch time, but there were still several groups of bandits patrolling outside the Pig's Knuckle Restaurant, protecting the place very effectively.
Not far from the Pig's Trotter Restaurant, there is a large school ground. Inside, there are teams of bandits wearing uniforms, training, thrusting out spears again and again, with wrong movements, and there are people holding wooden sticks next to them. Supervision, very strict.
Overall, it is a scene full of vitality and everything is in full swing.
Going up the mountain, this place has not changed much compared to before, except that there are a few more stone passes on the main road up the mountain, and there are several more teams of bandits guarding it. There are more houses on the mountain, but they look more orderly.
Lu Ang didn't stay long and walked directly into the Juyi Hall.
There were many people in the Juyi Hall this time, and it seemed like they were having a meeting:
"These players are really lawless. Yesterday, while I was away, they actually watched my wife take a shower!"
"Haha, who told your wife to be pretty? She's just a lady from a landlord's family, but these players really need to be taken care of."
"These guys can be resurrected. We have scolded them and beaten them. They are not even afraid of starving. How can we care?"
"Yes, Ming Zun Envoy has already ordered these players to let them go. We will try our best to provide some help, but he did not say that we should take care of them."
"I don't know when the Mingzun Envoy will come again. Now I kind of want to be a player. Last time I went out, I saw a player's brains were beaten out. When I came back, I saw him alive and kicking again. He was resurrected. Magical powers really don’t make sense at all.”
"In vain are you still a magician? Don't you know the rule that the stronger the magic, the greater the price? Those who have become players have already changed their souls! You want to change your soul, but I don't want to."
"Let the players be left to their own devices. Anyway, there are only a few hundred of them, their strength is average and they can't make any big waves! Let's get down to business and discuss the food issue. Lao Sun, please report the account."
"Both crops in the west and east were harvested the day before yesterday. The water and soil in this mountain are not as good as outside. Although the players helped us get some fertilizers, water pressure and other things, the yield is still not high. Now add up , a total of 7,785 shi, but now there are nearly 40,000 people in the village, and this little food is simply not enough!"
"I've calculated that including fishing, hunting, and pig's trotter rice, it's not enough..."
"What's not enough? In short, we have to eat enough on the mountain! If we don't have enough to eat, how can we have the strength to kill the barbarians?"
"I have no choice but to go down the mountain and suffer."
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After listening for a while, he felt that the duration of the spatial phase was almost over. Lu Ang went directly to the main seat that had been empty and sat down, and then appeared.
The second master, Wu Sheng, reacted the fastest: "Welcome the envoy of Ming Zun! The holy fire is blazing..."
The remaining heads immediately knelt down and started chanting.
“Have mercy on my people, for they are full of sorrows!”
After reading the last sentence, all the heads raised their heads and looked over with bright eyes.
Lu Ang looked serious and asked arrogantly: "Has anything big happened in the village recently?"
Wu Sheng quickly reported: "It's nothing big. I just went out to the mountain twice according to your instructions, killed some Jiemen, and saved almost three thousand people in total."
"Also, the Guan family army came to borrow some grain. We originally planned not to borrow it, but they offered soldiers and weapons in exchange for it, so we borrowed some old grain."
"In addition, we have also sent people out to investigate. Most of the major cities in the north have been occupied by the five barbarians. However, there are still some people like us who are hiding in the mountains and swamps to survive. Our area is the most developed. It is also the largest group. There are many dozens or hundreds of people in other places. They are very scattered and far away. They don’t trust us very much. It is a bit difficult to gather together.”
"Then there are those players. How can I put it? They are difficult to control. Some players are very good and helped us a lot. They got a lot of new farm tools, new weapons, and some gadgets. They are very practical and let everyone It’s a lot more convenient, but most of them are messing around and don’t know what they want to do. Now I have specially designated an area for them to do whatever they want.”
"Speaking of players, they didn't know why before, a group of people actually sneaked into the mountain and wanted to attack the treasure cave of the village. Fortunately, I was vigilant and arranged two teams, one light and one dark, to guard them. Fortunately, I didn't let them go. They succeeded, otherwise they would have stolen all the spiritual materials and soldiers you gave us."
"However, I have now strengthened the guards on all the roads up the mountain. I have asked those players to record their faces and lock them in cages. There should be no trouble in the future."
"Also, this is..."
Seeing his hesitation, Lu Ang became impatient: "Just tell me what you have to say!"
Wu Sheng could only say directly: "We have basically practiced the "Mingzun Salvation Sutra" now, and found that the spiritual power we have developed can actually offset the cost of magical powers. This... won't have any hidden dangers, right?"
"Of course not!" Lu Ang said in a majestic voice: "As long as you follow Mingzun's oracle, promote good deeds and save others, do more good deeds, and accumulate merit, how can there be any hidden dangers? If you still think about robbing homes and houses, bullying men and women in the fish and meat village, , then you are naturally burdened with karma, and you will not die a good death!"
Everyone below looked relieved, except for those in Heifeng Village whose expressions were not very good.
Lu Ang understood their concerns and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mingzun is not unreasonable. As the saying goes, he put down his butcher knife and became a Buddha immediately. It doesn't matter that he has done some bad things in the past, but as long as he does more good deeds in the future, he will expel the barbarians and save the people in the north." Water and fire will naturally bring about great merits to offset your original karma!"
After comforting his men, Lu Ang turned to look at Wu Sheng: "Before, I seemed to have heard that you were discussing food?"
"Yes, you also know that there are more and more people in the village now, and the supply of this pig's trotter restaurant is relatively limited. Although there are some gains now, there are still some gaps." Wu Sheng complained.
The food problem is not difficult for Lu Ang to solve. He can just return to the world of cultivation and buy a batch from his previous mortal food supplier.
However, he does not plan to return to the world of cultivation for the time being, nor does he plan to work as a food porter between the two worlds day by day.
So, he gave a suggestion: "If you can still persist now, you can ask those players for help regarding food problems. I think they will be able to find a solution."
"Players?" Wu Sheng paused: "The players do help us, but their role is very limited. Moreover, most of the people there don't listen to us at all, even if we give them food! It's difficult to manage. .”
"That's because you haven't mastered the method!" Lu Ang sighed: "For these players, Mingzun gave them the power of resurrection, which will be of great use! Their personalities and tempers may be different, but it is still very simple to drive them, that is Drive it away for profit!"
With that said, Lu Ang took out more than a dozen super power crystals from the ring and sent them to each master using the Object Control Technique: "These are magical crystals. You can swallow them and gain a new magical power."
Some of them were a little hesitant, and some just swallowed it in one gulp, but under Lu Ang's gaze, everyone still swallowed the crystal.
After a while, their faces all glowed with joy. Some of them didn't even pay attention to the situation and directly activated their powers. Some spit out flames, some eyes changed colors, and some bodies suddenly grew bigger...
"Everyone, stop it!" Lu Ang stopped the commotion below: "Mingzun is kind and generous to his followers. He will only use profits to drive everyone to do good."
"The same goes for driving those players. People who eat cannibals don't like them. You have to come up with real things. There are so many spiritual materials and soldiers in the treasure house that you can't use anyway. If you deserve a reward, reward it!"
"If you are afraid of death, or cannot do something, or if it is difficult, you can completely drive these players who are not afraid of death to do it! Those spiritual materials can be released! You can even show them directly! Under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man. Well!"
"Also, regarding the spiritual materials, I will give you another batch here!"
With that said, Lu Ang opened the ring and released a large number of first-level spiritual materials that were not easy to sell. There were almost two to three thousand. They were not precious, and they were all teleportation fee-level items.
"Each of you will take ten pieces first and go to the players down the mountain to try them out. The rest, Wu Sheng, you can put away first. From now on, each leader can receive one piece every day until they are all gone!"
In the hall, all the heads looked at the mountains of spiritual materials in front of them, their eyes were red and their breathing was rapid.
Some people couldn't help it anymore: "So many spiritual materials, just distributed to those players? Isn't this sinful?"
Lu Ang's eyes narrowed: "Why, do you have any opinions on Lord Mingzun's decision?"
The man suddenly woke up with a cold sweat on his head: "Don't dare! I will follow Master Mingzun's instructions and use these spiritual materials to drive the players to do things and make the village stronger!"
"Just understand!" Lu Ang waved his hand: "Let's go do things. I'll come back after a while."
After saying that, he disappeared.
(End of chapter)
