Chapter 74 Mortal City
Why doesn't Wang Hao take the Feiyun Boat?
It’s not a long journey, so there’s really no need! Besides, these low-level monsters can be practiced by Wang Wenmei and others. With experience, they will not be too panicked when dealing with the monster tide!
No, Wang Wenmei and the others have killed four first-order monsters along the way, and each of them has harvested a lot of materials. These things Wang Hao doesn't like, but for them, they are still extremely precious resources.
While Wang Hao and others were moving forward, the tribesmen in Linghu Town were also preparing nervously.
A middle-aged monk who only had the second floor of Qi training hurriedly walked into a luxurious mansion. When he saw an old man, he saluted quickly: "My lord, the family has informed me that a foundation-building elder and six Qi training monks will be dispatched." Come and deal with this beast tide!”
"Okay," the old man sitting in the hall couldn't help but clapped his hands and shouted. His name is Wang Longling. He is a five-spirited monk like Wang Hao. He is now close to eighty years old and has only practiced the sixth level of Qi. Can he reach it in this life? It’s hard to tell in the later stages of Qi training.
There is no future in cultivation, and there is no talent to learn the various arts of immortality. The family can only send them to guard the family's mortal city, take many wives and concubines, and have children, which can be considered as a contribution to the family.
It is not easy for mortals to survive in this world. They not only have to face various natural disasters, such as flash floods and floods, but also man-made disasters. A fight between monks can destroy a village.
Especially evil cultivators, ghosts and other evil things will kill a large number of mortals and use their flesh and blood to practice.
In addition, there are mountain spirits and wild monsters, which are considered useless waste by monks and are a disaster for mortals. Therefore, mortals can only thrive under the protection of cultivation forces.
The distance between Linghu City and Ruojun Mountain is also considered. It cannot be too far. If it is too far, it will be too late to rescue. If it is too close, it will affect the purity of the immortal cultivators.
Generally speaking, there will only be three monks stationed in a small mortal city, one in the middle stage of Qi training and two in the early stage. They are all people with poor spiritual roots and hopeless paths. They will regularly patrol the surroundings of the mortal city to drive away wild beasts and encounter Matters that cannot be handled will be reported to the family in a timely manner.
In addition, there is corresponding formation protection. Even if it encounters a second-level monster, it can still hold on for a while, waiting for the support of the foundation-building monks.
Wang Longling asked: "How is the situation of the monster beast? We can find out clearly. Elder Ji Zhu will definitely ask about it when he comes!"
The monk who reported the news replied: "I don't know about the beast tide. I think the elders must have better information than us, but the first-order monster beasts in Linghu have begun to gather. There are about hundreds of them. Are there any second-order monster beasts?" Not sure!"
"Another situation is that the water level in Linghu Lake has begun to rise, which is suspected to be related to the beast tide!"
Wang Longling groaned: "Let's make some preparations first to block all the rivers in the city that lead to Linghu Lake. We will also notify the city defenders and ask them to recruit mortals to build fortifications and heighten the city walls, especially those trebuchets and powerful crossbows that can kill and injure people." Those who are first-order monsters must be prepared.”
Wang Longling has been the city lord for more than fifty years and has rich experience, otherwise the Wang family would not transfer him to the newly developed Ruojun Mountain. The suffering is that these mortals have just moved here not long ago, building houses, cities, and reclaiming wasteland. They have no time to spare, and now they have to deal with monsters.
After Wang Hao and others hunted the monsters along the way, they also arrived at Linghu City in the evening. Linghu City was backed by Linghu Lake, which was thousands of miles wide and connected the sea and the depths of Duanyuan Mountain through rivers. There are also monsters living in the upper realm, which is the key direction of Wang Hao's defense.
The Wang family also plans to operate Linghu Lake when building a city here. If it can be developed, it will be extremely profitable to breed spiritual fish, whether it is digested internally or sold externally.
Wang Hao looked at the sparkling lake surface under the setting sun. He could also see several big fish jumping out of the water, and some birds flying to catch food against the setting sun. He thought that the falling clouds and solitary swans were flying together, and the autumn water was the same color as the sky; this The poem actually describes the actual scene.
When Wang Hao entered the city, he found that the city was very lively. Many people were carrying stones to the city wall shoulder to shoulder. Various large machines were piled on the streets. Mortals had little personal power, but with the help of machines, they could still cause some damage to low-level monsters. Injury, there are also martial arts practitioners among mortals. What are the differences between innate and acquired? It is said that warriors in the innate realm can also produce true energy in their bodies, and close hand-to-hand combat can be as good as that of fifth-level monks practicing Qi. However, Qi-training monks are the lowest existence in the world of immortality, and the Xiantian realm is the highest realm among mortal warriors...
Wang Wenyan sighed: "It seems that the family is still very fond of this place."
"When I passed by Linghu Lake just now, I found that there was spiritual energy overflowing in the lake. There might be second-order or higher spiritual veins at the bottom of the lake. It is most suitable for breeding spiritual fish or planting aquatic spiritual grass. The family probably values this," said the speaker, Zhu Shan , pursued Wang Wenyan for nearly ten years, and finally got the beauty back in his arms, and now she has married into the Wang family.
Wang Hao glanced at the couple and said, "My brother-in-law has experience in raising spiritual fish. You might as well check it out this time. When the beast tide passes, you and your wife can run a fishery here!"
Zhu Shan was able to marry into the Wang family not only because he won Wang Wenyan's heart, but also because of his ability to raise fish.
Zhu Shan nodded quickly: "Respect the elder's order, my subordinates will investigate carefully!"
Zhu Shan was always serious about etiquette. Wang Wenyan told him several times, but he never dared to go beyond it. Wang Hao also liked people who could carry things clearly, so he nodded and led everyone into the city.
From a distance, Wang Longling also hurried over with two other garrisoned monks. When he saw the leader Wang Hao, he bowed and said loudly: "Wang Longling, the Lord of Linghu City, pays homage to the elders and seniors."
Wang Haoxu helped him up and said: "We are all one family, City Lord, there is no need to be polite!"
"Thank you, Elder," Wang Longling stood up.
"Seniors, you have been traveling for a whole day. Please follow me to the City Lord's Mansion to rest." Wang Longling said respectfully. He was the lord of a city in Linghu City, a local emperor, but in front of Wang Hao and others, he had a flattering face. Although he had no hope in the path of Taoism, he was a cultivator after all. Even if his wives and concubines were mortals, there was a high chance that his descendants would have spiritual roots. Once there were descendants with good spiritual roots, they would still have to be sent back to the family for training. At that time, he would need to ask for someone to take care of him. Otherwise, why would he act like this!
The City Lord's Mansion of Linghu City is located on a first-class spiritual vein. The spiritual energy is still sufficient, enough for several Qi training cultivators to use, but Wang Hao can't. It's okay to absorb some to restore the true essence in times of crisis. If he does this at ordinary times, it won't take long for the spiritual vein to be degraded by Wang Hao's excessive spiritual energy extraction.
Wang Longling led everyone to the luxurious City Lord's Mansion, walked through the main hall to the backyard, pointed to a row of side rooms and said: "Elder, this is the room with the richest spiritual energy in Linghu City, and the center of the city defense formation is also here."
"Thank you for your trouble," Wang Hao nodded with satisfaction, and then let Wang Wenmei and others allocate rooms by themselves.
After Wang Wenmei and others left, Wang Longling said again: "Elder, I have prepared a welcoming banquet. Do you want to move to the main hall?"
Wang Hao also wanted to try some ordinary food, so he nodded and said: "Then I will trouble the City Lord."
"It should be, it should be." Wang Longling smiled and stood aside waiting for Wang Wenmei and others to come back.
The corridor was winding and passed through exquisite and gorgeous buildings. Along the way, some beautiful young women in uniform saluted and greeted. They were all maids in the City Lord's Mansion. Wang Hao thought to himself that Wang Longling really knew how to enjoy himself. I'm afraid this maid must have gone through an audition to become one.