Chapter 319 Relocation
The next morning, Tang Ye and Zhan Shi, who had received a summons from Qing Qiao, led a group of veteran cultivators to the front of the Shoudao Palace.
Jiao Jue and Ji Rong met with them and gave them detailed instructions before letting them go their separate ways.
Afterwards, Jiao Jue and Ji Rong began to travel through the Danxue Mountains. When the creatures in the Danxue Mountains saw Jue Jun's figure, they all cried out "God Lord" and bowed their heads in worship.
Ji Rong looked at the shattered mountains and rivers, where there were many stone paths and wooden bridges. Some places were severely collapsed, and there were also crude arrays used to fill in the gaps.
The poor cultivators kneeling on the ground were all carrying spirit sacks, heading to the mountains to scatter spirit seeds.
Ji Rong then pretended to sigh and shake her head, saying, "Brother, how could you so readily abandon them and come to my place that day?"
Jiao Jue lowered his raised head, squinted at Ji Rong, and sneered, "What am I doing here?"
They want me to stay here and spend all my treasures, only to stare at them blankly?
Or should I exhaust the source of the water, barely managing to fill in this mountain range and clear the waterways?
Where do you think the treasures that Qingshao and the others have been using to build bridges, pave roads, and collect spirit seeds come from? And where do you think these rudimentary array materials come from?
When we came to you, we were so poor that all we had left was our source; I couldn't even be bothered to repair the temple.
"If we hadn't come to you, why would you have gone to all that trouble, moving your fellow disciples here to help the poor and needy?"
Ji Rong looked at Jiao Jue and immediately flapped her wings, praising, "Big brother is indeed benevolent and righteous, worthy of being the chief god of the Danxue Mountains."
They are blessed to have a chief god like their elder brother!
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue felt his spine harden even more, and his eyes narrowed even more.
Encouraged by Ji Zhuang, Gu Qingqing, and Zhan Shi, the chiefs of the smaller clans came to the Dragon and Phoenix Palace to pay their respects to Jiao Jue, and many chiefs of the larger clans also came.
Inside the temple, Tang Ye and Zhan Shi, along with the little bird cultivators, had already cleaned it up.
Jiaojue sat high on the main seat in the temple and summoned these clan leaders one by one.
Ji Rong was seated at one of the only two tables placed below the corner jade, and Ji Zhuang also sat there.
Tang Ye and Zhan Shi stood on either side below the main seat.
As the clan leaders entered one by one, Jiao Jue didn't say what they wanted to discuss. He simply asked them to explain how many clan members they still had, their cultivation levels, what kinds of spiritual materials were on their clan lands, and how many there were... While these clan leaders spoke, Ji Zhuang quickly took notes.
Once the recording is complete, Zhan Shi will casually grab a bag of low-grade spirit fruits from the ground and send them out.
Each time they were about to leave the hall, Gu Qingqing, who was already waiting to the side, would give them another bag of low-grade spiritual herbs. If she saw the clan leader of the small clan, she would ask him in a low voice, "Do you know why Lord Jue wants to know the number of your clan this time? Have you thought about it?"
Upon hearing this, many of the small clan leaders were so frightened that they thought Jue Jun was going to hold a banquet and smuggle meat and vegetables, and their faces turned pale.
At this time, Gu Qingqing would say seriously, "If there is work to be done in our Danxue Mountains in the near future, your clan can do some work to earn some spirit crystals?"
Every time these words were uttered, the chieftains of the 1,322 minor tribes in the Danxue Mountains would look at Gu Qingqing expectantly and ask, "Divine Servant, are you sure it's chores and not cooking?"
"My Lord, what good thing could there be?"
"My Lord, what is the meaning of this?"
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Once these clan leaders voiced their questions, Gu Qingqing would raise her eyes and smile mysteriously, saying, "The fact that you think this way shows that your clan has hope for growth. Later, I will tell Juejun in private that your clan has backbone and wants to be self-reliant."
But when you get back, you absolutely must not tell anyone about this. If you do, Juejun will definitely blame me for letting loose.
"If it's confirmed that there's work to do, Lord Jue will come and have me or the Divine Servant inform you."
As soon as Gu Qingqing said this, all the clan leaders wished they could cut off a few pieces of flesh from their own bodies to bribe her. They bowed again and again to the dilapidated temple before leaving.
When Yu Huan, the chieftain of the Badger Clan and a King Realm expert, heard Jiao Jue offer to exchange her clan for the higher-altitude Iron Fragment Mountain, she was immediately thrilled.
Logically speaking, her clan is not small, but after the natural disaster, her clan has dropped from 845 to 295, which is truly tragic.
Looking at Tang Ye and Zhan Shi before her, she swallowed the saliva that was about to burst out and said, "Thank you for your care, Lord Jue. This time, not long after Xingluo Plain cracked open, there were more mountains and floods falling down. Our clan is in a terrible state."
Master Qing (Qing Shao) disregarded your orders and completely ignored us.
To this day, there isn't a single protective array on Starfall Plain; the land continues to collapse. Lord Jue, you must avenge us!
Jiao Jue's face showed neither joy nor sorrow, while the old cultivator standing below him said calmly, "Yu Huan, you are usually so arrogant, even stealing children into her Azure Dragon Clan's territory. Why should she care about you?"
Furthermore, that would be a natural disaster. The Starfall Plain is so vast that even if the Azure Dragon Clan were to empty all their treasures, they might not be able to cover it up.
Lord Jue is merciful and will give you another chance to go to Iron Flake Mountain.
Yu Huan, if you go to Iron Flakes Mountain and still don't behave yourself, then you can expect to be beaten to death and hung up.
Or perhaps, I will personally sell you to live in the neighboring Liangzhou.
Yu Huan quickly lowered his front paws to the ground, touched the ground with his head, and said that he dared not.
As Yu Huan crawled out with her head down and back hunched, she heard Gu Qingqing's words, and tears suddenly streamed down her face.
Yu Huan stood up abruptly, her hands, filthy from days of digging for grass roots, took the spiritual herbs from Gu Qingqing, and cried out, "Gu Qingqing, we were wrong last year. We will change, we will definitely change. Please talk to Jue Jun. We will work hard from now on. As long as we can survive, I will never let them do the easy job of stealing from lesser cultivators again."
Gu Qingqing quickly formed a hand seal with her hands, creating a soundproof barrier, and said, "Alright, this matter hasn't been decided yet. You go back first, and I'll call you when I hear anything."
Overjoyed, Yu Huan repeatedly bowed and prayed to the temple for a long time before leaving, tears streaming down his face.
Looking at the devout cultivators outside, Ji Rong smiled at Jiao Jue and said, "Brother, why don't you also cultivate the Path of Faith? Look how devout they are to you!"
Jiao Jue shook his head and said, "You yourself said that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Today, I am able to give them benefits, which is why they are so devout."
"If I can't provide it anymore someday, it's hard to say whether they'll still act this way."
Ji Rong laughed loudly upon hearing this. She shone the thick layer of golden light on the fur and said to Jiao Jue, "Big brother, this is really useful."
Seeing Ji Rong's smug expression, Jiao Jue revealed his sharp claws and said, "Want me to test how hard your golden light is?"
"Get to work!"
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