"Yeah, I've finished reading them all. I'm...very interested in these books."
Chen Qingyan replied.
Hearing this, the girl looked at him strangely for a while, then lowered her head and concentrated on counting the bone money. Finally, she took out more than thirty bone money from the bag and returned it, turned around, and left with the money bag.
Chen Qingyan looked at the girl's retreating back, turned his eyes, and found that there were people nearby who were looking this way, either accidentally or intentionally.
He smiled, returned to the courtyard, and closed the door.
That night.
Chen Qingyan patrolled at night as usual.
Still at the Beicheng station, Chen Qingyan, who was nibbling a red fruit outside the hall, was keenly aware that someone was paying attention to him.
He used his bamboo hat to cover himself and kept his head still, but out of the corner of his eye he caught the person looking at him.
I was a little surprised.
It's actually him.
One of the last batch of night watchers who survived the encounter with the dragon.
Chen Qingyan was a little strange and puzzled, because he seemed to have nothing to say to this person.
But some time ago, this man took advantage of his youth and tried to exchange his great achievements at a low price. He unceremoniously called him a fool, and then the two parties never had contact with each other again.
Chen Qingyan observed for a while, and when he saw the other party entering the lobby, he withdrew his attention.
Thinking slowly in my heart.
The five great powers are not cheap things.
Even though the amount of 'five' is very small, it is actually a huge amount of money for the outer disciples.
Normally, one big effort can be exchanged for a hundred small ones.
But a hundred small efforts cannot exchange for a big one.
Credit is about contribution.
Lingu's contribution is very strictly defined.
The so-called "small merit is easy to come by, but great merit is hard to find" is a tacit Lingu truth among the outer disciples.
In addition to joining the hunting team or the Lingu caravan, outer disciples have another way to obtain great merit, which is to leave Jugu City and garrison the ancient town outside.
Stationing in the ancient town is the most common way for Lingu disciples to obtain great merit.
Lingu has tens of thousands of outer gates. In fact, quite a few of them are arranged outside to perform various tasks and rarely come back.
The tens of thousands of outer sects that Chen Qingyan saw last time were actually special festivals such as the Yangshen Festival, and the Kano Valley Summit Warriors attracted a large number of people who were on duty outside.
Normally, it is rare for Lingu to see so many outer disciples.
After joining the outer sect for so long, and wearing a mysterious veil from time to time to attend the main altar of the Thousand Faces Society, Chen Qingyan had a clearer understanding of Lin Valley, Beihuang, and the deserted evil land where the human race temporarily lived.
Ancient towns are mountain towns, valleys, river towns, bunkers and other places scattered across the deserted land where human beings gather together to stay warm.
It was jointly established by casual cultivators and ancient people.
A large proportion of the residents in this type of town are residents of major cities in the past, but it may be that their ancestors made a big mistake, or the city was overpopulated and were eventually expelled from the city.
The sects in each city sent people to garrison the ancient town. It was apparently because of the love between the human races. However, anyone with a brain knew that the real reason was not so noble. There must be something profitable in it.
There is actually a coexistence relationship between the city and the ancient town. It is a mode of survival that is inevitable and inevitable in such a dangerous environment.
There is a lot involved here, but in the final analysis, it is still about the division of interests and the flow of resources.
For example, Jugu City is a small city. In addition to the advantage of a natural barrier, the area cannot be expanded due to the fixed space of the giant spirit remains, and Lingu is unable to build a new city outside. For a long time, the area near Jugu City has been resources will gradually dry up.
"The Exotic Land Development of Vegetable-Growing Skeletons"
The reason why Jugu City has been able to survive to this day without showing any signs of decline.
The emergence of ancient towns has largely solved the fatal problem of resource depletion.
Just like in the lower world, some countries with strong military power will choose to invade small countries or forcibly garrison troops in order to obtain certain resources that are in short supply at home. On the surface, they use various sanctimonious banners, but in fact they are just a fig leaf. The real purpose of garrisoning is The purpose is to protect the plundered resources.
Sect monks and disciples were sent to garrison the ancient town. They said they were protecting the ancient town from demons, but in fact they were doing it for the mineral resources near the ancient town, rare materials such as spiritual plants and rare treasures, such as natural materials and earthly treasures. Resources continuously provide nutrients for cities like Jugu City.
The reality is so cruel.
Those who have to leave the safe zone for various reasons and establish shelters outside will still be squeezed and exploited by powerful forces, and their living conditions are very difficult.
But garrisoning in the ancient town has become a way for Lingu's disciples to gain great merit.
Compared with joining a hunting team or being a lay trader, garrisoning in an ancient town is a relatively good way to gain great merit. With fellow monks accompanying you, you don’t have to worry about living in the wild when you live in an ancient town, and there are generous rewards. Lingu disciples are very interested in this job. Happy to accept.
But no matter what, the safety of the ancient town is far from comparable to that of the city.
Due to the existence of the remains of giant spirits, Jugu City's safety factor is considered to be among the best among many cities in the Northern Wasteland, but incidents of evil spirits and harm to people still occur from time to time.
If Jugu City is like this, how can the ancient town be any better?
so,
If possible, no one would want to leave Jugucheng, even if it is humid, depressing, and dark...
The environment outside will only get worse.
What are the disciples stationed outside doing?
——Monk.
Living in this world, no one wants to become a monk.
And if you want to become a monk, you cannot lack resources.
Great merit is the most valuable currency in Lingu.
Many outer sect disciples went to the ancient town to guard the town for a year and received less than ten points of great merit when they came back. However, Chen Qingyan and the four of them got "five points" at once. How could this not attract a swarm of flies?
Chen Qingyan also needs great merit.
If he had enough great power, he wouldn't have to slowly improve his cultivation level.
If he had enough merit, he wouldn't have to reverse day and night and come to Beicheng every night for night patrol.
However, this is not the reason for others to covet his great achievements.
These great achievements were obtained at the cost of his life.
Always save it for emergencies.
For example, Chen Qingyan felt that various urban areas were not at peace recently, and the frequency of demons' appearance seemed to be much higher than in the first half of the year, except for the tiger-faced demon that appeared last time and caused heavy casualties to the night patrolmen in Beicheng and Xicheng.
Just a few days ago, I heard that another evil spirit was coming to Beicheng. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.
If the situation continues to deteriorate, Chen Qingyan will not hesitate to spend a year of small efforts in exchange for leaving the position of night patrolman in Beicheng.
"Master Jinyang is here, stand up quickly."
A shout woke up Chen Qingyan who was deep in thought.
He looked up and saw an even darker stream of light streaking across the black sky.
That is the symbol of the Jinyang monk.
A unique magical weapon that looks like a pipe.
Chen Qingyan looked at his colleagues who were walking out of the inner hall one after another, patted his clothes, and silently walked to the back of the team.
The second round of night patrol has begun.
