Chapter 289: Demon Food
The land of Lingnan, the year is in Xuanqi, the fifth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the spring equinox. Four days have passed since that terrifying tremor, and now ten miles away from the center of the abyss, there are already many people gathered on the ground, all of them, but most of them are cultivators who have entered Lingnan, and there are very few people from the demon clan.
The shaking of the day had spread to at least a hundred miles, and these ten miles were relatively serious, and the inner mile had completely collapsed, and the grass and trees had turned to ashes, and no one could identify what kind of demon beast had caused this terrible destruction.
It's just that some people say that on the day of the earthquake, there was a heavenly power coming, just like the Haotian Milky Way, pouring the earth, and the aftermath was mighty, and the prestige was not shallow. Every time he heard this answer, the silver snake made a straight face, shook his head and walked away, the more he said it, the more outrageous it became, he didn't believe it.
As for what others say, there are supernatural beasts that wreak havoc on Lingnan. Some people even say that the barbarian god has appeared and wants to drive away the poisonous Gu and save the Lingnan people from fire and water......
On the day of the earthquake, the silver snake was cultivating, but when he felt the tremors and went to the castle tower to take a look, he only saw mushroom clouds and skyrocketing flames erupting in the distance.
Banling City happened to be in the middle of the ten miles that had been greatly shaken, and now the ten-zhang high city wall has appeared cracks the size of a human head, the large array on the city has been shattered, the houses in the city have collapsed countless times, and many people who have lived here for generations have died of Gu poison and pain.
These were all things that he couldn't stop the silver snake, and he could only order those rotten corpses to be buried deep to prevent the poisonous plague from ravaging the city. Now four days have passed, and the restoration of the city is in full swing, but he can't raise his head at all.
Not because of guilt, but because of exhaustion. In the past four days, in addition to running around to find out the news, he also had to review and review all kinds of disasters in a city of nearly ten miles, and he had to find ways to deal with them.
The city of ten miles was affected by heavy and light, but whether it was light or not, the grain planted on the ground was completely burned, and I don't know where the heat rose so that the millet, millet, and wheat that were still suitable for the dry land were all killed, and the whole city was like this, which made the silver snake head very angry.
Although cultivators can appropriately reduce their food after cultivating to a certain level, the key is that half of the cultivators in the city have not reached that level, and their mouths can't be empty, so they can't starve to death.
"There isn't much food left over from the government. "It will be at least half a year before the grain chain is renewed, and there is less food left in the granary in the city than these people can eat for a month.
"Report!"
"Come in!" The silver snake was already a middle-aged man, and the sword eyebrows on his face were not angry and arrogant, so that the half-kneeling armorer did not dare to raise his head.
Hearing the report, the tired face of the silver snake lifted a trace of energy. Say. ”
Someone outside asked to see him, claiming to be the old man of the city lord, named Thorn Shenghai. ”
"Hurry up, please. Hearing this, the silver snake had a spirit on his face, and hurriedly asked people to invite Thorn Shenghai to come in, this person came, naturally he had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, he must have asked him, and he could also take this opportunity to alleviate the empty granary and resource bank.
"Please, no need, the old man has already come in. A middle-aged man who was much older than the silver snake walked in, and although he called himself an old man, he didn't look that old.
The silver snake hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Shenghai didn't notify the younger brother in advance when he came here, and the younger brother should go to greet the elder brother, right?"
"This time, the younger brother wants to make up for a banquet that catches the wind and washes the dust, and I hope that the elder brother will not blame the younger brother for losing his manners, and he did not go to greet him. "Although it doesn't have anything to do with it, the silver snake still messes around, and first makes Thorn Shenghai feel comfortable.
Sure enough, the smile on Jian Shenghai's face was also a little thicker when he heard this, and he wanted to take a bite, but after thinking about the letter he received earlier, Jian Shenghai still shook this thought away fiercely, he came today to do business, not to drink wine and eat meat.
"Brother Silver Snake is really generous, the cultivators and people in the city are almost unable to eat, and this city lord's mansion can still hold a feast, this kind of treatment, the old man can't afford it. Thorn Shenghai teased. "There's no need for a big feast, the old man won't stay long. ”
Hearing this, the silver snake's face was extremely embarrassed, and his heart was full of slander. I want to invite you to dinner, but I don't value you to give you face, but you expose me in public and damage me, fortunately, there are only a few guards in this city lord's mansion, otherwise if my reputation spreads, it will really stink.
It's strange to say, Thorn Shenghai, who usually doesn't drink or enjoy, categorically rejected his invitation to a banquet today, did this strange thing happen at the same time?
Although there was a lot of slander in his heart, the mouth of the silver snake was still in control. "As Brother Shenghai has seen and heard, my brother has been very busy these days, and he doesn't worry about other things, just for this food and pill resources. ”
"If the elder brother has something and can use the elder brother, just let me know, and the elder brother can help if he can, but there are so many things that have not yet been completed. After that, the silver snake sneered, this is so obvious, if Thorn Shenghai still pretends not to know anything, then don't blame him Silver Snake is busy with official business, it is difficult to help.
"My brother is really like a god, I really have something to ask my brother for help. Wearing a dark red robe, Thorn Shenghai glanced at the plain silver snake, and secretly said that this guy is shrewd.
"Brother, can you sit down with me and continue talking?"
The silver snake was stunned for a moment, and secretly said that he had really confused him these days, and hurriedly said: "Brother, please take a seat, please sit down." Brother, I've been really busy and confused in the past few days, and I actually let Brother Shenghai stand and talk to me, there are many offends, and I hope that Brother Shenghai Haihaihan. ”
Instead of sitting on his throne, the silver serpent sat on the other side of the Thorny Sea. Sitting in the banquet, Thorn Shenghai felt a lot more comfortable, and then he made his intentions clear.
"Brother Silver Snake, I need the assistance of the city guards to do something this time, and I also need the intelligence department in the city to collect information for me. Thorn Shenghai went straight to the point, ignoring the silver snake's ugly face, he spoke again.
"Of course, as a reward, I will pay you enough demon food for half a year of operation in Half Ling City!"
Although the demon clan does not eat, the demon clan also collects and captively raises a lot of low-level demon trees that cannot transform into food, and eating the grain millet produced by the demon wood can make their cultivation faster. Moreover, even if the demon food is eaten by ordinary people, it is enough to not eat for two days, because the energy of one demon food is six times that of ordinary food.
Although Thorn Shenghai needed to pay for so much demon food as ordinary food a month, this was not a small amount, and for a while, this big cake almost knocked the silver snake unconscious, and he was stunned for a while before he spoke.
"What did you say?" I thought that I should be able to extort a little food from Thorn Shenghai to slow down, but I didn't expect Thorn Shenghai to directly open his mouth is half a year's demon food.
"Why, the demon food that is enough for you to run for half a year scares you? Brother Silver Snake, you are too ignorant, here, there is enough demon food for three months, you can take it. ”
"When the matter is done, I will pay you the remaining three months of demon food. "Seeing the appearance of the silver snake like this, Thorn Shenghai is very useful, and he looks very angry.
"When did you become so generous. Taking the purple-gold Qiankun bag handed by Thorn Shenghai, the silver snake muttered in a low voice.
"No...... No, no, it's not. It seemed that seeing the appearance of the thorny sea, the silver snake quickly changed his words. "When did you have so much food. ”
It seemed to be relieved, and after confirming that it was enough for this ten-mile city to eat the demon food for March, the person in front of him was like a savior sent by heaven.
If the Silver Snake knew that the savior's people were the initiators of this disaster, he didn't know what he would think.