Northern Territory, Taotie City.
Hongmian Peak and Xianrenfang emerged one after another in a very short period of time, and the impact on Taotie City was obvious. Although the Huyan family has also carried out a series of remedial measures, the passenger flow in the city is still visibly decreasing year by year. Then the merchants left, and the worshipers left one after another...
And a charity auction made the already difficult Taotie City even worse.
"Two and a half million Suzaku coins, go buy a broken Yutian Ring..." Hu Yandong's chest heaved and his eyes were red. Looking at his kneeling son in front of him, he felt it was difficult to breathe.
He had just gone for a trip to the Eastern Region two days ago and pulled the tiger skin of Penglai to gain support from some large and small forces. He did not expect to encounter such a heavy blow as soon as he came back.
If the Taotie City family was the only one in the past, all this money would have been spent. But now is the time when the competition among various companies is extremely fierce. If you spend so much money, you will definitely have to give up a large battlefield.
"Father, please calm down..." Hu Yanbin knelt on the ground and raised his eyes and said, "Fortunately, both the imperial court and Shushan have spent a lot of money. In this charity auction, we are all going to lose."
"They all got their things back after being injured, what about you?" Hu Yandong asked angrily.
"I got it..." Hu Yanbin hesitated and said, "Friendship of the Penglai Sect."
"I..." Hu Yandong raised his hand in the air, thinking that this son was his biological son after all, and he did not fall behind after all.
He gritted his teeth and said: "They only make friends with you because you are rich. After they have squeezed you dry, do you still think they will treat you as a human being? Who are those people in Penglai? They are all desperadoes. , He is a bandit! Do you think there are good people in there?"
"Dad, you also know, right?" Hu Yanbin said weakly, "How could I want to pay for this? But in that situation, if I didn't agree, Taoist Xuanlu would have turned against me on the spot! Maybe, I would even You can’t even see this side of me…”
"Do you think I want to see you or 2.5 million?" The blood vessels on Hu Yandong's forehead jumped faster and faster.
"But Penglai is not completely without contribution, they have also made a commitment." Hu Yanbin said quickly.
racking his brains to think of ways to appease his old father.
"What promise?" Hu Yandong asked.
"Taoist Xuanlu said that we can take some extraordinary measures, such as attacking the Siji Hall in Hongmian Peak, so that they cannot safely deliver goods..." Hu Yanbin said: "If this goes on for a long time, no one will go to Shushan to buy things. Now. Even if Shushan seizes the opportunity and wants to start a war against Taotie City, the Penglai Sect will help..."
Hu Yandong looked straight at his son, feeling that his eyes were getting dark for a while, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.
Hu Yanbin raised his head with an untainted innocence on his face, "How is it?"
Hu Yandong's finger pointed at him and trembled a few times, and finally he just said: "Your mind is destined to follow your mother's will."
He stood up and said angrily: "He said he would take action, but we have really offended Shushan. When the day comes for us to go to war, will he offend a Nine Heavens Immortal Sect for you? Even if Shushan is not strong enough, there are still so many people fighting against him." Will the Tianwang Sect take action among the sects it has made friends with? Will the Tiangang Sect take action? You didn’t see how Thunder Castle was suppressed. Now you don’t even dare to breathe. That’s the end of completely surrendering to Penglai! Count on people to help Okay, you expect people to save your life? Are you dreaming! Even if he really saves you one day, Taotie City will only be a lackey from now on!"
Seeing how angry he was, Hu Yanbin's lips trembled in fright. After a long while, he whispered: "Dad, Taoist Xuanlu still has a promise..."
"Say!" Hu Yandong waved his sleeves.
Hu Yanbin said: "He said he would pay back the money if he had it."
"I'm going to fuck you..." Hu Yandong finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He raised his leg and kicked Hu Yanbin, knocking him down against the screen and making a loud noise.
Boom——
"Alas." After venting his anger, Hu Yandong sighed and said: "For the current plan, we can only overcome the temporary difficulties by trying our best to reduce expenses and sell off assets. It costs a lot to feed the ferocious beast Taotie every day, and Huang Hanshan has spent many years He keeps asking me to buy it at a high price, why not just sell it to him."
"Dad..." Hu Yanbin struggled to get up and said, "That is the symbol of our Taotie City..."
"Today, what can be done?" Hu Yandong said: "Taotie City will be gone in the future, so what's the use of leaving a symbol? I have made up my mind, and there is no need to persuade me."
Just when he was about to call someone to give an order, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, and a worshiper hurried in. He didn't even bother to take a look at the messy scene, and just said loudly: "City Lord, it's not good! Legend of the Mountain of Refusal Beasts" Here’s the news, Taotie…has been killed!”
…
Only two short days later, when Chu Liang came to Yunque Temple again, everything had turned upside down.
A small wooden house like that in Shushan can be built in a short time by two or three disciples from Tumu Hall. However, all the collapsed buildings in Yunque Temple are century-old buildings, and it is very difficult to rebuild them. Not only is it building a new one, but because it is so high up in the clouds, it is quite laborious to clean up the previous ruins, and one has to carry them down again and again by large mounts.
Throwing objects at high altitudes is naturally convenient, but if something unlucky happens to happen, it can endanger people's lives.
So when Chu Liang came, he saw half of the ruins that had not yet been cleared and half of the palace under construction. The spirit beasts raised in Yunque Temple have been busy in the past two days, transporting waste materials and then transporting building materials. Each one has wilted heads and drooped heads, and it can be seen that they are very tired.
"It's true that things in the world are unpredictable." Pushan shook his head and said, "Two days ago, we were trying to find ways to help the victims. We never thought that we would become victims of the disaster ourselves."
Chu Liang suddenly became alert after hearing this, "Then you can't spend this money on yourself."
"Don't worry..." Pushan said, "You can supervise at any time when the time comes."
Chu Liang came this time to personally deliver the huge sum of money for the Demon Slayer Sword. In order to ensure the safety of the huge sum of money, he also brought Wang Xuanling with him for protection.
The reason why he went to Lao Wang instead of his master was that Chu Liang was afraid that the emperor's daughter Feng would have evil intentions after seeing her wealth beforehand.
Although Yunque Temple is extremely busy at this time, this matter still ranks first. Zen Master Shenjie has personally gone out to contact all parties and strive to transport the first batch of supplies to the Southern Territory as quickly as possible. In this matter, the Whale Gang and Shushan also made a lot of efforts.
"Hoah——"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
After sending the money, Pu Shan sent Chu Liang out again, and saw three or five monks lined up in front of the construction site, holding a turbid crystalline stone pillar, and working together to hug the stone pillar.
The monk standing in front of him turned out to be Zen Master Shenyou.
As the monks shouted continuously, Zen Master Shenyou formed a sword with his palms and slashed down, cutting the stone pillar into several pieces one after another.
"What are you doing?" Chu Liang asked.
"That is an important material for building the main hall. We in Buddhism call it 'Xumi Crystal', and it seems to be also called 'Earth Mother Sand'." Pushan explained: "This object can condense spirituality and integrate into the formation. If there is no such thing, Then the array patterns on the building will not be able to penetrate into the interior of the wall, and the sturdiness will be much worse."
"It's just that this Sumeru Crystal is extremely strong and only a strong person in the seventh realm can barely cut it off. This thing is born with this long edge shape, and the more it needs to be broken into pieces, the better the effect will be. It's a pity that even my master can't. Cut it into too many sections, but just enough.”
"This thing is embedded into the wall of the hall and blends with the formation pattern. It will be immortal for thousands of years. If it is not a powerful level battle, it will not be damaged easily."
This question immediately resulted in Pushan's detailed explanation.
As he said, even with Zen Master Shenyou's cultivation, after cutting the Sumeru Crystal into several pieces, it would be difficult to continue cutting it. It just became small stone pillars and was barely used.
"Very hard?" Chu Liang became a little curious after hearing this.
He stepped forward, took out half of the Sumeru crystal, which was as thick and thin as a child's arm, took out the red gang shears, and then cut hard.
Snap.
The Gang Qi spurted thinly, and the Sumeru Crystal instantly broke into two pieces.
The monks who were wondering what he was going to do all shrank their necks and felt a chill.
Chu Liang curled his lips and said, "It's not very hard."
(End of chapter)
