Chapter 467 Feng Zheng Clan and the People of Heluo
Li Chu's mind immediately focused on the sound and found that it was a sound coming from a water tank under the eaves. There was a faint demonic aura that was blocked by the water surface. Water could be seen overflowing from the outside of the tank, and a trembling shadow was hidden in the water tank.
A monster? It seemed very scared, hiding from something? Li Chu had just arrived and didn't know the situation, so he didn't react immediately.
It was also because Yu Qian'an had reminded them before they came that the countries in the Western Regions were often attacked by monsters, and over time, they had become accustomed to it. Nowadays, there were even many monsters living together with humans, so if they saw a monster here, as long as it did not do anything to hurt people, there was no need to make a fuss.
Before Li Chu could think about it, there was another rapid knock on the door from outside.
"Who is this again? Even if the king of heaven comes, there will be no room for us this time!"
The sturdy proprietress opened the door again, cursing, but when she saw the person outside, her angry face froze for a moment, and then turned into a flattering smile.
"Hey, what brings you all here? Please take a seat."
There were seven or eight men wearing red and white robes and carrying swords, all wearing tall white hats with a golden arch embroidered on them. This was exactly the attire of the officials in the Jinque Kingdom, similar to the uniform of the constables.
What's strange is that there is a man in the team who has human body and wears official uniform, but has a black dog's head on his head. His eyes roam around just like a human, and he is actually a dog-headed constable.
The leader was a big bearded man. He frowned and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Bring everyone in your store here."
"Ah?" The lady boss was startled. "What's the matter with you officials, why are you making such a fuss at this late hour?"
"Go if I tell you to!" the bearded man shouted, "A carp spirit has escaped from Feng Zhengpai's mansion. We are now blocking the entire city and searching for it. We must not let it get away!"
"Oh, yes, yes, I'll go right away."
When the proprietress heard this, she realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly asked the waiter to wake up all the customers one by one.
The guests here were all merchants who had been busy all day. They were naturally unwilling to be woken up from their sleep. They cursed one by one, but when they saw the Jinque State officials wearing hats and carrying swords in the lobby, they dared not say anything. After all, if you want to do business here, you can't offend the officials easily.
The group of five people from Deyun Temple were also pulled over. They all looked a little listless, especially the little koi, which almost swam all the way here with its eyes closed.
The bearded man looked around and asked, "Is everyone here?"
The proprietress replied, "Sir, it's all here."
"Okay." The bearded man nodded and nodded to his men, "Go search first to see if there are any left!"
"yes!"
Several men responded and immediately dispersed.
Wang Longqi in the crowd was resentful. He asked the reason and couldn't help but say, "Feng Zheng Sect lost someone, why did they need officials from Jinque Kingdom to look for him?"
Yu Qian'an laughed, "Haha, you don't know this."
Then he explained to Wang Longqi.
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It turned out that the Fengzheng Sect among the Twelve Immortal Sects of Heluo had been developing rapidly in recent years, and their business was getting bigger and bigger. And their main business was selling monsters.
Speaking of this Fengzheng Sect, it was originally a Taoist sect, relying on its unique secret technique of sealing monsters. It can be considered a unique skill, but it is still far from being a large immortal sect.
Later, a leader had a sudden idea and established a rule to sign a hundred-year demon slave contract with the monsters that came to ask for a title. Gradually, he gathered a large number of powerful monsters to work for him.
Later, the Fengzheng faction became more and more powerful, and more and more monsters came to seek titles, and the Fengzheng faction also had a new trouble.
That is because there are too many demon slaves, and they can't take them in. After all, they don't plan to usurp the throne, and there is no point in keeping such powerful demons. One or two demon slaves don't have many living skills, but they eat a lot. In the past, one disciple took care of two or three demon slaves, but now one disciple has to manage more than ten demon slaves. There are too many demons in the sect than people, and they can't keep them all.
The top leaders of the Fengzheng faction at that time discussed it and came up with an excellent plan.
That is to resell the contract of the demon slave. Anyway, for the demon, as long as it survives the thunder tribulation and successfully transforms, it doesn't matter who it is. For the Fengzheng Sect, selling a demon with a big appetite can also bring a lot of money to develop the sect, recruit more disciples, and expand more spheres of influence.
Human trafficking has always been illegal in the Heluo Dynasty, but trafficking in monsters is no longer illegal. This is a huge gap in the law.
In addition, Feng Zhengpai took care of everything, and the dignitaries in Chaoge City were well fed, and no one came to cause trouble for them.
Later on, they not only helped the monsters that were about to transform to be authentic, but also came to the monsters that had not yet transformed, and agreed that they could help you to be authentic in the future, and then signed the contract directly. This directly broadened the supply channels.
The Fengzheng Sect made a lot of money from this business and in a short period of time became one of the Twelve Immortal Sects.
However, after more than a hundred years of development, Fengzhengpai encountered a new problem, that is, the market is saturated.
The general view of the Heluo Dynasty towards monsters is still biased, and ordinary people are not willing to get too close to monsters. Even if the nobles are willing to raise monster slaves for fun, how many can a family raise?
If the monsters of the Fengzheng faction want to be sold, they can only engage in brutal internal competition. In the past, they only needed to twist their bodies and shout nicely, but now they have to learn all kinds of talents.
Simply put, it is involution.
Faced with this bottleneck, Feng Zhengpai finally found a new way out. Since the market cannot absorb it, then expand new markets.
At this time, the Western Regions, where demons were rampant, became the primary target of the Fengzheng faction.
Compared to Heluo, where only the upper class raises demon slaves, ordinary people in the Western Regions have a much greater demand for demon slaves. Daily labor, security protection, and some difficult things can all be solved by demon slaves. They don't have a natural aversion to demon slaves, and they are simply perfect consumers.
As for the problem that ordinary people cannot afford expensive demon slaves, Feng Zhengpai thoughtfully proposed the method of paying on time. As long as a part of the down payment is paid first, the demon slave can be taken home, and the remaining part can be paid in installments over the next twenty to thirty years.
Later, they even launched shared demon slaves, which could be rented for a period of time at a cheap price.
Although you can choose not to buy one, but others have one and your family doesn't, how can you do that? Who would rent a demon slave for life? Nowadays, the trend in the Western Regions is that if your family does not have a demon slave, the girl will feel that her safety is not guaranteed and will not marry into your family.
As a result, many families even spend most of their life's labor in exchange for a demon slave.
The power of the Fengzheng faction in the Western Regions has rapidly developed to a peak. Although its foundation is in the Heluo Dynasty, its main battlefield has long been in the Western Regions.
In order to take root in the Western Regions, Fengzheng Sect has always maintained good relations with the high-level officials of the Western Regions, sending a large amount of money and demon slaves. In return, they naturally received the best treatment.
Just like now, when a demon slave of Feng Zhengpai escaped, officials would block the whole city to help find him. This is the result of Feng Zhengpai's many years of operation.
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Naturally, these words left everyone stunned.
"My goodness, these decent people are all good at doing business." Wang Longqi exclaimed, "If I learn this skill, it won't be long before my family's business flourishes."
"The key is not only business acumen, but also core technology." Lao Du said: "It is because of Feng Zheng's unique skills that all subsequent developments are possible."
"Awesome." Wang Longqi nodded and exclaimed.
They were chatting animatedly when they suddenly realized that everyone around them had dispersed. Only the five of them continued to stand there.
And the dog-headed constable was approaching with a bad look on his face.
"What?" Dulanke asked in confusion.
The dog-headed constable took a quick look and said, "There's an evil spirit here!"
He was looking at the area where the five of them were standing.
"Oh?" The bearded man led his men over and asked, "Are you sure?"
"That's right, there's an evil spirit here!" The dog-headed constable glanced around the five people, then glared at Dulanke without hesitation, "Don't move!"
As he said that, he put his dog nose close to me and sniffed fiercely. He was a little confused as he sniffed, "Why don't you seem to have any demonic energy?"
Lao Du spread his hands and said, "Sir, is it possible... I just said it's possible, but I'm just a human being."
"What?" The dog-headed constable looked up at him and immediately shook his head, "You are darker than me, how can you be a human? Impossible, you must be a monster."
"..." Dulanke was speechless for a moment, and then he said, "We do have a little monster here, but it's definitely not me. I am a purebred human."
"Who is that?" asked the bearded man.
"It's me." The little koi fish raised his hand obediently.
The dog-headed constable took one look at the little koi's appearance, then at Dulanke's, and said flatly, "Impossible."
Then he continued to suck hard on Dulanke's body. When he couldn't smell the top, he smelled the bottom.
"..." Lao Du pushed him away and said, "If you keep sniffing, you'll get athlete's foot. Why don't you go and smell someone else and try."
The dog-headed constable couldn't smell any evil spirits, so he changed his target and walked closer to the little koi. Without getting close, he was shocked and said, "The evil spirit is really coming from this little girl."
"Yeah." The little koi nodded.
The bearded man came over and asked with a frown, "What kind of demon are you?"
The little koi fish answered truthfully: "I am a koi fish."
The bearded man's eyes darkened, "Get him!"
Several men immediately rushed over.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Several people immediately protected the little koi. The little girl was startled and hid behind Li Chu.
The old Taoist priest cleared his throat and smiled, "My lords, this is against the rules, isn't it?"
The bearded man's face was as gloomy as water. He said, "The one who escaped from Feng Zhengpai was the carp monster. Someone saw the monster escape here with their own eyes. We must capture her and question her."
In fact, he had his own plan in mind. After all, they had been instructed by their superiors to catch the monster. If they really couldn't complete the task, they could at least catch this little koi and have a monster to fight against.
It’s a pity that his plan will fail in the end.
Just when several officers were about to arrest someone by force, Li Chu stood up. He looked calmly at the bearded man and said softly, "You can't arrest her."
"Oh, this is the Jinque Kingdom, not a place where you have the final say." The bearded man said angrily: "If you dare to stop me again, I will kill you without mercy!"
A light flashed in Li Chu's eyes.
For some reason, the bearded man was startled and jumped back in fear, asking, "Do you dare to do that?"
But after a moment of shock, he felt strange again, because the little Taoist in front of him didn't move at all, how come... he felt that he was almost dead? On the opposite side, Li Chu just said calmly: "We came from Heluo in the East, and we have a pass, and her name is also on the pass."
As he said this, he glanced at Lao Du.
Lao Du immediately understood what he meant. He took out a pass from his backpack and handed it to the bearded man. He said in a cold voice, "Did you see Miss Yue'er's name? It's the little koi in front of you. If you are not satisfied, you can go to Heluo City Gate to ask. And... did you see what is written on it?"
The bearded man's face suddenly turned pale. He paused and said nothing for a long time.
The ferocious officers behind him didn't dare to move anymore, as if they were under a spell.
Being stared at by the people around him, Lao Du felt very proud. He simply picked up the pass and read out the words on it loudly.
"People of the Heluo Dynasty, when you encounter danger in a foreign land, do not be afraid and do not give up!"
"Please remember that behind you, there is a strong motherland!"
(End of this chapter)
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