Chapter 1236: Short Gratitude and Long Hatred
Tang Liang stood up and parted unhappy with Zhou Qing and others.
When he returned to his mansion, he was still angry.
"These guys are really a bunch of white-eyed wolves. Huang Tiancheng protected their peace, but instead beat them up."
"When they first asked Huang Tiancheng for protection, they all claimed that Shanyuan Zhenren was the real person, but now they have turned their backs and refused to admit it."
He clasped his hands behind his back and walked around the room, gradually coming back to his senses.
Zhou Qing and others knew that he was the city lord's staff, why did they still say such things?
Nothing more than wanting to send a signal to the city lord through him.
Tang Liang can become a Golden Immortal on his own, so he is certainly not a stupid person.
He did not act rashly. He turned to Fu School students and assigned an internship assignment, asking them to investigate the reputation of Huang Tiancheng in the neighborhood.
A few days later, he looked at the pile of investigations handed over and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he sighed:
"I didn't expect that so many people opposed the continued ban."
"Even the city lord's reputation is getting lower and lower."
"The kindness of saving a life is not as good as the hatred of destroying a person's wealth. A kindness can only last a few years, but hatred can last a lifetime."
Ultimately, he decided he couldn't sit idly by.
Since Tang Liang knew about eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor, he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb.
On this day, he took the opportunity to report and found Bai Yu.
"City Lord, Tang has heard some rumors recently, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not."
Bai Yu put down the jade slip in his hand and said:
"It's Ziguang. If you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it."
Tang Liang sorted out his language and tentatively said:
"City Lord, there have been quite a few bad rumors in the city recently, blaming Huang Tiancheng for the ban, which has affected their livelihood."
There was no emotion on Bai Yu's face, and he said calmly:
"Keep talking."
Tang Liang said:
"Many people believe that now that the plague has been controlled and the harm is not great, we should not continue to fight against it."
"And many people, whose livelihoods were affected, directed their grievances at Huang Tiancheng and Quwensan."
"I even found out that there are people here who are muddying the waters and blaming Quwensan for all the deaths and injuries."
Bai Yu seemed to have expected this, and just asked:
"What do you think of that Ziguang?"
Tang Liang snorted coldly:
"Of course it's nonsense. Although the Quwen Powder has side effects, it is better than facing the plague of the You clan directly."
"Now that there are better elixirs, it's really unreasonable to blame Quwensan."
Bai Yu looked longingly and sighed:
"In that case, let's lift the ban."
Tang Liang was stunned and said hurriedly:
"No, City Lord, the plague can't be dealt with by just dispelling the plague."
"There is no magic medicine that can truly cure the plague. If the ban is lifted, many people will die."
Bai Yu didn't explain much, just lightly pressed the table, and several jade slips flew out.
"Ziguang might as well take a look at these jade slips."
Tang Liang was doubtful and took the jade slips to look at them one by one.
Only then did he realize that the situation was much more serious than he knew.
The public dissatisfaction in the city is increasing day by day, and some people are even colluding in an attempt to cause unrest.
Huangtian City itself also has to bear huge expenses every year.
Bai Yu's mood waned and he said:
"Since no one is willing to fight the plague, there is no need to hold on. It is convenient for everyone."
"You said that Huang Tiancheng didn't make any money by leaving a lot of immortal crystals, and he had to bear huge expenses, and in exchange for everyone complaining, what was he doing?"
Moreover, he still had nothing to say.
The more people died, the more money he made from funerals.
In the past, our efforts to fight against the plague were nothing more than "having a clear conscience and having no wrongdoings".
Now everyone thinks he is unreasonable, so why bother asking for infamy?
So he lay down.
Tang Liang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
In both emotion and reason, the city lord acted with utmost benevolence and justice.
"well--"
He could only let out a heavy sigh.
Half a month later, Huang Tiancheng issued an order not to strictly implement the eight methods to eliminate plague.
For a time, the whole city was celebrating, and countless immortals and demons were beaming with joy.
Following this, the You Clan plague swept across Huangtian City rapidly.
Although Quwensan has greatly reduced the mortality rate, the damage caused is still considerable.
There are over a billion immortal and demon people in Huangtian City.
No matter how low the mortality rate of the plague is, it is still a horrific number in total.
In the crematorium outside the city, there are nearly 10,000 burning furnaces, working day and night.
There was an endless stream of corpses being delivered, and some furnaces even exploded.
Bai Yu was neither sad nor happy, and blew the suona.
"Whose land is there in the wormwood? There are no wise men and fools to gather souls. How can ghost uncles urge each other? Human life must be hesitant..."
[Successfully bury Xuanxian Niu Er in the early stage and receive rewards: Fire Spirit Root +27, Immortal Burial Point +1.01 million! 】
[Optional rewards: Divine Cow Stepping on Heaven Technique, martial arts cultivation level +0.02%, Ten Thousand Years Bezoar. 】
[The funeral participation rate is 90%, and you can choose two additional rewards. 】
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[Successfully bury the Xuanxian Perfect Golden-backed King Snake, and receive rewards: Poison Spirit Root +42, Immortal Burial Point +8.27 million! 】
[Optional rewards: Golden Snake Venom, Intermediate Xuanlu-gold, Xuanxian Immortal Yuan +12. 】
[The funeral participation rate is 90%, and you can choose two additional rewards. 】
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[Successfully bury Tao Xiuzhi in the middle stage of Xuanxian, and get rewards: Wind Spirit Root +42, Immortal Burial Point +3.18 million! 】
[Optional rewards: Tao's Immortal Technique, Immortal Slaughter Inheritance, Ox Release Technique, and Wind Poison. 】
[Funeral participation rate 90%, you can choose two additional rewards. ]
…
Bai Yu chose various rewards without saying anything.
[Obtained the Divine Bull Stepping Heaven Art, Xuan Level 7. ]
[Martial Arts Cultivation +0.02%! ]
[Obtained the Intermediate Xuan Lu-Gold! ]
[Obtained the Immortal Slaughter Inheritance! ]
[Obtained the Golden Snake Poison, Dao Level 1. ]
…
In Huangtian City, more than half of the snake monsters are of various races.
The result is that there are many kinds of strange poisons in the funeral rewards.
Bai Yu harvested hundreds of strange poisons of various levels.
He invested in the Immortal Burial Point, allowing the life poison to gradually merge and devour them.
[The five-step strange poison successfully merged with the Sky Snake King Poison, Golden Snake Poison, Flowing Wind Poison and other 763 kinds of strange poisons! ]
[The life poison successfully transformed, the strange king poison, Dao Level 4! ]
Bai Yu took a look at the Burial World Record and had a rough idea in his mind.
The fourth-level Taoist poison can theoretically deal with a Taiyi early-stage strongman!
Especially, this Guiwang poison contains strange power, which is even more difficult to resist.
"Not bad, not bad, I have one more small trump card."
Bai Yu nodded slightly and muttered to himself in his heart.
"With these trump cards in hand, even if you meet a real Taiyi strongman - it's better not to meet him."
"Fighting and killing is not good, isn't it better to develop steadily?"
Thinking of this, he began to devote himself to the great funeral business again.
It took more than two months for the impact of the plague in the city to subside.
Although many people died, fortunately the economy was even worse.
The only benefit is that the immortals and monsters can't vent their resentment on Huangtian City.