Chapter 291 Are you kidding me?
Guanshan Town seemed to have become old and lifeless overnight.
So after the initial confusion, a deep atmosphere of despair spread in the town.
If Li Hanqiu hadn't been suppressing the situation, who knows what would have happened here?
"We can still have food for another five months, spiritual salt for thirteen months, and monster meat for one month. We can basically be self-sufficient in spiritual fruits and vegetables."
"The villagers' rations cannot be reduced, because these mortals are living in a borderland where demons and monsters roam, and their lifespans must be guaranteed to be more than 100 years. In addition, the consumption of spiritual salt and spiritual fruit can also strengthen the villagers' souls, so that they can be drawn to the underworld after death."
"This is very important. There is a quota for the number of deaths in a village or town that must enter the underworld. It must reach more than 80%. Otherwise, the underworld will not issue too many quotas for soul reincarnation. Without soul reincarnation, the birth of newborns will not be guaranteed. It is very likely that the reincarnation will be of some lonely ghost, or a demon or monster. The worst case scenario is that a foreigner will be reincarnated, which will disrupt the will of heaven."
"So, Master, I suggest that we invite at least one Heavenly Master to Guanshan Town. The original Heavenly Master moved away a few days ago. Without a Heavenly Master, no one can communicate with the underworld. Without communication with the underworld, the villagers will not dare to have children, and even the dead will not be at peace, because without the protection of the Heavenly Master, the souls of the dead will be slightly weaker and unable to find the entrance to the underworld."
After Zhang Yang settled the matters concerning the mountain gate, he hurried to Guanshan Town. He was impressed by Li Hanqiu's performance. He actually managed to stabilize a population of nearly 3,000. In one word, awesome!
However, what Li Hanqiu reported to him next gave him a headache.
"Also, the trade routes between Ye Ning City and Xuan Tie City must have stopped. Without considering the future crisis and pressure of our Tian Jian Sect, we must keep Guan Shan Town, because there is a spiritual spring and 500 acres of fairy rice fields here, which cannot be abandoned. Farming requires population, and the new population is also very important for the development of the sect."
"But among the thousands of villagers in Guanshan Town, at least half of them rely on the trade route for survival. If we don't find a way for them to survive, we will have to support them."
It's not that Zhang Yang can't handle the complicated things Li Hanqiu mentioned, but he has more important things to do, such as the threat from the demon clan and the covetousness from Ye Ning City. He doesn't have the time and energy to deal with these.
"You are fully responsible for these matters. Aren't the villagers' hearts and minds unstable? Take out 100 acres of the 500 acres of fairy rice fields and divide them equally among all the villagers, regardless of gender, age or status. Everyone should have a share."
"Now, where are the one hundred combat swordsmen you found for me? I need to take them up the mountain. I need them to be able to fight in a short period of time."
Li Hanqiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Master, you probably don't understand the importance of the fairy rice fields to the future development of a sect. Well, okay, let's do as the master ordered. The people's hearts are stable, and those villagers will never easily flee Guanshan Town from now on. In addition, I will command them to reclaim more land, which should be stable for more than ten years. But the trade route must be opened sooner or later. This is very important."
"Don't worry, eat your food one bite at a time and walk your path one step at a time."
Zhang Yang comforted Li Hanqiu and then asked him to take him to meet the one hundred combat swordsmen.
"Master, I followed your instructions and did not select strong warriors. In fact, I could not select strong warriors because the warriors who are strong and have mastered powerful martial arts are all guards of the four major families. They have long since migrated to Ye Ning City with the four major families. The ones left now are either ugly or disabled old men, so I can only choose those with rich experience."
Li Hanqiu hurriedly explained to Zhang Yang, fearing that he would go berserk because the situation was too bad.
Especially when Zhang Yang saw the so-called one hundred combat sword candidates, his eyeballs almost popped out like ping-pong balls.
This is fucking bullshit.
The average age is 75 years old, the oldest is 89 and the youngest is 62. Well, this is tolerable, because the mortals in this world have a long lifespan for various reasons, especially the warriors who have practiced various martial arts skills simplified from the techniques of cultivating immortals, and it is possible for them to live to 150 years old.
But, missing arms, lame legs, missing eyes, what the hell is this?
Well, they must have rich experience and a strong mentality.
"Old Li, what potential do you think this kind of combat swordsman has?"
"I don't know, Master, but this is indeed the best I can find. From a mortal's perspective, they are all first-rate masters, at least they used to be. Most of them are not locals of Guanshan Town. They have worked hard all their lives and accumulated a certain amount of wealth. Then they thought Guanshan Town was suitable for retirement, so they bought properties and settled here. As a result, man proposes, God disposes. Now that they have picked up swords again, it can be regarded as an opportunity, because no immortal cultivation sect in the world would be so embarrassed as to use them as combat sword cultivators."
"Now, it depends on whether the headmaster agrees."
Zhang Yang grinned for a few seconds, and finally waved his hand, "Let's go, everyone. As the saying goes, life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by God. You are all old hands, and you should know what is waiting for you."
In this way, Zhang Yang took away these one hundred white-haired old men and women.
That’s right, there are nine old ladies, and it is said that they were once heroic and famous female knights!
One day later, at the foot of Qiaolin Peak, a hundred old guys lined up in a row, all carrying swords on their backs. No matter what weapons they had used before, now they could only use swords at Tianjian Gate.
"You are not qualified to go up the mountain yet, because there is one last step. I don't mean to make things difficult for you, but I want to see if your bodies can still be transformed."
Zhang Yang said calmly that he really wasn't trying to be difficult, but was trying his best to provide these old guys with a chance to be reborn.
And this opportunity is to enter the Sword Valley and use the radiation of sword energy to slowly modify the body meridians of these old guys.
Zhang Yang is very poor now, but he has one unit of standard spiritual energy from heaven and earth every day, which is very useful. Over the past ten days, he has found an excellent location between Qiaolin Peak and Luofu Peak and turned it into the Swordman Valley.
In addition, if possible, he could even separate out a bit of the Dao rhyme of heaven and earth.
In short, his waste gate cannot become a real waste gate.
"Those who are afraid of death can go back now." After Zhang Yang said this, he couldn't help laughing, because this was really a joke. If it was a young person who was ignorant of the world, this might have some effect, but these old guys didn't even blink an eye.
"Go in, and do your best. Live if you can, fight if you can. I can't guarantee immortality, but it is possible to be reborn!"
Zhang Yang yelled like a wolf, and then the one hundred old guys rushed in like ferocious wild boars!
Perhaps this is their only advantage, that they do not take life and death seriously at all.
(End of this chapter)
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