novelweb Chapter 838: Hold your head high
Chapter 838: Hold your head high
The change in the situation caught many people off guard, as if they had suddenly gone from spring and summer into winter.
"what's the situation?"
Many cultivators in Wu'an City were stunned after seeing this call!
Didn't someone say before that the attack on the City Lord's Mansion was fake? Now it seems that the sneak attack by the demons must be true.
Some people even deliberately spread rumors and turned something that actually happened into a conspiracy.
Now that the dynasty has directly issued an announcement, it shows that things are not simple. It is very likely that an all-round battle will be launched against the demons to truly demonstrate the dynasty’s powerful strength!
In the streets and alleys, many ordinary people felt an inexplicable crisis.
Then some people rushed to the streets to buy supplies, whether food or other things, to buy more and save them at home, in case there was a shortage of supplies due to war in the future.
This caused a chain reaction, and some people actually rushed to buy the products in the market.
"what happened……"
After Ouyang Xiaoyu and the City Lord's Mansion received this news.
It seems a bit surprised.
Nothing has happened yet, but some people have sensed danger and are rushing to buy, causing some food prices to rise inexplicably. Some unscrupulous businessmen are very cunning!
The price of food has risen a lot. It is about to double in half a month. The situation is gradually becoming serious.
"hateful!"
Ouyang Xiaoyu slammed the table, furious. How could there be a food shortage in the dynasty? It was ridiculous.
But a panic buying occurred. This kind of thing should naturally be handled easily and the method should be straightforward. Soon, the important persons in charge of the three major grain traders were arrested.
Then they impose fines. How dare they raise the price of ordinary food that ordinary people eat?
The City Lord's Mansion directly imposed double the fine on them. The fine was not too high, but keeping these unscrupulous businessmen in jail was an even more important signal!
The families of several major grain merchants were all panicked, and immediately tried to contact people and find backers, hoping to spend money to rescue the patriarch.
But they all failed.
Ouyang Xiaoyu refused to accept this and refused to release the person no matter how much money was offered.
Double the fine, even though you have already paid it, is just a piece of cake.
But every grain merchant who made a mistake must send ten family members into the abyss to participate in the battle with the demons.
This plan is specifically aimed at grain merchants, because they are too cunning. They rush forward when there is profit, but when they find danger, they deliberately drag their feet and let the chain down!
How could this be possible? Ouyang Xiaoyu was going to teach these people a lesson.
Aren't you afraid of death? Then let your family go to the battlefield and grow up through real battles. This is actually a good thing.
However, the grain merchants were very angry and felt that they were being fooled!
……
In the luxurious courtyard, servants were coming and going, very busy. They kept their heads down and dared not breathe.
Something big happened at home, the master was actually captured by the people from the City Lord's Mansion!
A lot of money was spent, but in the end not even a penny was wasted. The master had to eat coarse food and suffer from cold and hunger in prison. I heard that he must have suffered a lot.
The second master lost his temper at home and two servants were beaten to death!
The cause of the incident was that before, there were a lot of people rushing to buy food on the streets, and then the boss decided to raise the price, which led to this very dangerous disaster.
The maids and servants of the grain merchants were all trembling with fear, fearing that they would accidentally anger the second master and be beaten to death!
The current situation is that the master has been put in prison and cannot get out.
The second master was very worried.
"Tell me, what is going on? Isn't the compensation enough? Why don't they release the people? Not only does the City Lord's Mansion not release the people, but they also add other conditions, requiring each family to send ten children to participate in the war. This is absolutely cutting off the source of the trouble. It's a life-threatening move!"
After smashing a few antiques, the second master finally let go of his temper and his mind began to become clear.
"How dare the City Lord's Mansion take advantage of someone's misfortune? How dare they be so bold..."
He used to be easy to talk to, but now he suddenly changed his face, as if he had met the god of thunder, and even his reasonable points became unreasonable.
What’s more, these grain merchants just did something bad not long ago!
Raising prices intentionally was a terrible thing, and the City Lord's Mansion caught me, so now I'm just a piece of meat on the chopping board.
"The head butler should immediately send a message and ask the young master to come back quickly. The elders of the sect to which the young master belongs may be able to speak to him. We must offer generous gifts when we ask for favors..."
The second master thought about it carefully and decided to send someone to find his nephew.
My nephew is a genius who is practicing in an important sect, and his master is said to be a Nascent Soul expert.
Maybe it can help the family!
……
In the City Lord's Mansion, Ouyang Xiaoyu looked at the registration information submitted. Many cultivators in the city had signed up to enter the Demon Abyss to participate in the battle.
This is a good thing!
It can be seen that many cultivators are brave and brave enough to fight!
They can actively participate in the war, which is at least much better than those profiteers. These profiteers are just parasites living in peacetime. They have made so much profit, but these damn guys are still not satisfied.
……
The edge of the Demon Realm, this place is called the Demon Abyss by people in the world of cultivation.
The sky and the earth are gray here, the sun has not been seen for many years, and the ground is covered with weeds and ashes. It seems that the environment here was definitely excellent many years ago.
But now, deep cracks appeared in the earth, and evil spirits were spreading at the bottom.
The residence of human cultivators.
The boss was giving a speech: "Attention, fellow monks, the fact that you signed up to come here at least shows that you have a strong heart! You must not be afraid of sacrifice and move forward bravely in battle, so that you can survive in the brutal battle!"
"There is an experience that shows that the more afraid of death a person is, the faster he will die. So when you are fighting, you must never run away, let alone disrupt the morale of the army! Otherwise, I will chop off your heads before the enemy kills you!"
More than 3000 monks stood on the barren and gloomy land.
Most of these people are cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, a small number are in the Golden Core Stage, and all of them are people who have just arrived at the battlefield!
After hearing what the Yuanying master said, some of the cultivators turned pale immediately, and some even became weak in the legs and trembled with fear, feeling regretful in their hearts.
Why are they so stupid? Why did they sign up to die here?
This place is dusty everywhere, and the air smells very bad, as if it contains poisonous gas...
All in all I felt very uncomfortable!
Seeing this situation, some people even regretted coming here and participating in the battle to gain credit or something!
You have to know that these external things are not as important as your own life.
The Yuanying strongman who was suspended in the air had a sharp look in his eyes: "Did you hear me? What are you doing here? Stand up straight and answer loudly. Are you all afraid of death?..."