Xu Yuan knew for the first time that there was still the word "roll" in the Tianzi mantra.

As soon as the words fell, he was knocked out of the cave by a force.

Perhaps because of deliberate revenge, Tianyan controlled a special force in it, and Xu Yuan's whole person kept spinning in the air until he fell into a piece of warm fragrant nephrite.

Ran Qingmo caught him at a height of 100 meters, his quiet eyes lowered slightly, and he asked in a clear voice:

"Are you alright?"

“.”

When he came back to his senses and looked up,

When the full moon was in the sky, her long hair fluttering in the wind seemed to be plated with a layer of silver, which was quiet and incomprehensible.

Xu Yuanqiang endured dizziness and ran two laps of exercises, looking at her and grinning:

"Nothing."

“.”

Ran Qingmo hesitated slightly and glanced in the direction of the cave.

And this glance happened to meet Tianyan's golden eyes.

The slender figure stood alone at the mouth of the cave, staring coldly at the two in the air.

One glance is like ten thousand years.

In the end, it was Xu Yuan who took the lead in breaking the silence, because he felt that something was going to happen again if he looked at it again:

"Ran Qingmo, let's go first, Tianyan is injured, she won't chase after her injury until she recovers, it's enough for us to escape."

Ran Qingmo retracted his gaze and glanced at him in his arms:

"Oh"

"Alright, let's hurry."

But before he finished speaking, she pursed her mouth and let go of him directly.

“.” Xu Yuan.

As the snow melts, green shoots emerge from among the branches.

On the side of the official road, a woman dressed in black like ink has an outstanding posture, wearing a curtain fence, and her figure can only be vaguely seen through the hanging veil, and the woman's side is a handsome son, dressed in a brocade robe.

Xu Yuan looked at the pedestrians around him.

Because Da Bingtuozi was unwilling to fly with him for some reason these days, and there was no map, the two of them walked around the Wanxing Mountains for nearly a month before they finally got out of the Wanxing Mountains.

Encountering an official road, along the road so far, is the scene in front of you.

There was an endless stream of pedestrians on the official road, but there were few civilians, most of them were caravans or chivalrous mercenaries, and many of them had some dried blood marks on their clothes.

Xu Yuan glanced around and shook his head slightly.

I don't know how much of this blood is human and how much is a demon.

It seems that because of the riot of demon beasts in the Wanxing Mountains, it is not peaceful here.

The official roads of Da Yan are very prosperous, extending in all directions, leading to almost every town in Da Yan, and the spaciousness is not much better than the highways in the previous life.

The people of this world also know the truth that "if you want to get rich, you must first build roads".

The official roads extending in all directions and the prosperity brought by Caoyun to the trade routes, all kinds of merchants and gangs prospered.

However, the extraordinariness of this world is destined to have no fertile soil for the growth of capitalism.

No matter how prosperous the merchant gang and chamber of commerce are, they can only be a dog under the extraordinary forces.

Of course, maybe a fierce man from the sky will not be able to say in the future.

And along the way,

The "refugee camps" that gradually appeared on both sides of the official road quickly attracted Xu Yuan's attention.

This is not the first time Xu Yuan has seen this kind of refugee camp.

Along the official road, the local government will sprinkle a powder called "demon anti-demon powder".

This powder is refined for the special organs in the corpses of high-level demon beasts, and it can exude a rich aura that makes low-level demon beasts fearful and afraid, so as to achieve the effect of driving away demon beasts.

In addition, the local supervisors also need to regularly organize manpower to conduct inspections along the official roads in their jurisdictions to ensure the smooth flow of official roads.

The importance of official roads in various parts of Dayan is much stronger than that of those towns and villages.

And thus created an ironic fact -

The township spirits are the party to the disaster, and it is difficult to allocate manpower to control them, but the official road is unimpeded.

Because of this, the refugees who were destroyed by the monsters and monsters spontaneously fled to the two sides of the official road to gather, and the wooden simple sheds built by them were almost everywhere on both sides of the official road.

Because for these refugees,

The official road is safe and allows them to live temporarily.

Walking on the side road, Xu Yuan sighed slightly.

He could clearly see the messy environment between the shantytowns, a few bloodied men with knives escorting another shirtless man to a shack, a few emaciated children beating another child guarding food, and even the withered arms hidden in the snow

Without going out of the city, Xu Yuan probably won't see such a picture in his life.

No matter how much Zhou Chen talked to him before, he couldn't meet him in person after all.

The prosperity and tranquility in the town of Dayan are made up of thousands of dry bones.

The Great Yan Dynasty was too big.

So big that even if it is so erosive in parts, it still flourishes.

Half an hour later,

Looking at the refugee camp on both sides of the official road, where there was still no end in sight, Xu Yuan couldn't help frowning slightly.

It's too much, it's too big.

This refugee camp is too big, even if it is large because of its proximity to a water source, it can't be that large, right?

It is several times larger than any refugee camp Xu Yuan has seen on his journey.

Many of the wooden bungalows were newly built.

These refugees are all because of the riot of demon beasts in the Wanxing Mountains?

But what happens to the gathering of so many refugees?

Something wrong spread in Xu Yuan's heart.

I don't know how long it took,

"Xu Yuan."

Ran Qingmo suddenly spoke.

Xu Yuan came back to his senses, looked sideways slightly, and replied in a low voice:

"What's wrong?"

Ran Qingmo stared at the refugees on both sides under the curtain, was silent for a moment, and still shook his head:

"Nothing."

Xu Yuan glanced at her, sighed and said in a low voice:

"The emergence of refugee camps like this is actually an inevitable product of the moment."

"Inevitably?" Ran Qingmo's eyes were puzzled.

Xu Yuan didn't speak, but asked in a low voice:

"Haven't you seen a place like this before?"

Ran Qingmo groaned slightly and shook his head:

"Yes, before I went out to travel, the master took me to see a lot of things, including places like this."

Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked:

"What did he tell you?"

Ran Qingmo groaned slightly, and said in a low voice:

"Master, he told me that I don't care if people fight with each other, but if there are demon beasts invading the people, I must help as much as I can, otherwise there will be more and more of these poor people."

Xu Yuan was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said:

"I'm not asking you this, I mean he is telling you why there are refugees in this world?"

“.”

Ran Qingmo's eyes flashed, and he nodded:

"Yes."

"What did he say?"

"Master said, on the one hand, the officials of the imperial court are corrupt, and the second is that the imperial court only allows our sect disciples to operate within the boundaries originally demarcated, and the imperial court itself is unable to control these places, even if the people are allowed to be invaded by demon beasts, the imperial court will not allow us to help."

“.”

When Xu Yuan heard this, he was a little dumbfounded.

What Master Ran Qingmo said was true, but it was also false.

The imperial court did not allow the sect to reside in the place, not forbade them to go out to eliminate demons.

As for official corruption, this is true, but not the main reason.

Ran Qingmo saw the look in Xu Yuan's eyes, hesitated slightly, and asked in a low voice:

"I said something wrong?"

Xu Yuan looked at the mud mixed with blood and ice water on the surface of the refugee camp, and sighed:

"Wrong, yes."

"Huh?" Ran Qingmo's eyes were puzzled.

Xu Yuan looked at her without dust, was silent for a few breaths, and said in a low voice:

"Ran Qingmo, what do you think the sect is?"

"It's home." Ran Qingmo replied as a matter of course.

"No, I mean for the Great Yan Dynasty."

"The help of ruling the world together."

“.”

When Xu Yuan heard this, he suddenly wanted to laugh, and he wanted to laugh from the bottom of his heart.

Because Ran Qingmo replied to the official words written in the history of Dayan compiled by the imperial court.

"What are you laughing at?" The big ice lump seemed to be a little dissatisfied.

Xu Yuan coughed lightly and shook his head:

"At first, it might have been, but not anymore."

"Why?" Ran Qingmo asked.

The wind blew her curtain, and the white skin under it could be faintly seen.

Xu Yuan said softly as he walked:

"Because the imperial court is about to be unable to suppress the sect.

"In other words, the imperial court and the sect are basically on opposite sides, and for the imperial court, the sect is no longer a help, but a parasite."

“.”

Under the curtain, Ran Qingmo pursed her red lips.

Xu Yuan pointed to the shantytown:

"Ran Qingmo, what your master said is right, the imperial court does not allow the sect to go out, but your master should mean that the sect is not allowed to go out to set up a dojo."

"Why?" Ran Qingmo.

"What, why?" Xu Yuan asked.

"Why doesn't the imperial court allow the sect to set up a separation point?"

Ran Qingmo asked very seriously: "The master said that if the disciples of the sect set out from Tianyuan Mountain to remove the demons, it is too far to come back and forth, and the journey is very time-consuming, and it is necessary to set up a dojo in other places to quickly get rid of those demon beasts that are causing trouble, if the dojo is set up, the children of our sect can be permanently stationed there, and the people can directly find us if there is anything." ”

Xu Yuan looked at Ran Qingmo and rubbed his eyebrows, and said helplessly:

"It's easy, but it's the first of its kind. Now that the sect can no longer pay taxes, it is a precedent, and it will be difficult for the imperial court in the place where your sect set up the dojo to get it back, ten years. Ten years is less, and it is estimated that after a hundred years, this great burning world may have to be eaten away by the sect to become a sect world.

"So,

"The imperial court would rather let them live or die than let your sect take over."

“.”

When Ran Qingmo heard this, her beautiful eyes seemed to understand:

"Is there no solution?"

Xu Yuan smiled when he heard this, and his tone was leisurely:

"It's actually easy to solve these homeless people.

"As long as either side of the sect and the imperial court back down, the sect is willing to pay taxes, or the imperial court is willing to let you set up a dojo, no matter which way these two roads take, you can let these homeless people live and work in peace and contentment, after all, the current national strength of Dayan is really strong."

But speaking of which,

Xu Yuan shook his head, the smile on the corner of his lips was strange and sarcastic:

"But this is impossible, the emperor will not be able to give up power, and it is impossible for the sect to back down, which is why my father will choose to destroy your Tianyuan Sword Sect."

“.”

The voice fell, and in silence, Ran Qingmo's beautiful eyes were a little gloomy:

"It's like. There is no room for manoeuvre. ”

She was aware of the barrier of communication between the sect and the imperial court.

Xu Yuan raised his hand and patted her arm.

Ran Qingmo raised his eyes and looked at him through the curtain.

He smiled at her:

"Don't worry, I'll try to create a leeway for you."

She bit her lip and nodded slightly:

"Hmm"

The two of them did not speak again, and walked in silence.

The refugee camps on both sides spread until a city was seen in the distance, and the wooden buildings on both sides of the official road gradually became scarce.

Shengshan County.

It's the border city where the four sisters set up the psychedelic array.

Walked closer along the official road,

I can see that the city wall of Shengshan County looks a little dilapidated, and the city wall of more than ten meters is full of potholes, and the formation on the wall is also flickering and dark with my mind and soul.

The woman named Zhou He I met on the road before didn't lie to him.

If Xu Xinrou doesn't care about this Shengshan County, it is estimated that it will be a ruin in a few years.

Because of its proximity to the Wanxing Mountains, many knights, mercenaries, and warriors who hunt demon beasts use this county as a foothold, and it is precisely because of these demon beast hunters that many caravans will come here to purchase various materials on the corpses of demon beasts.

However, there were a lot fewer caravans later, because there was always a tide of monsters attacking the city.

Now, perhaps because of the safety and security of the psychedelic array, the caravan has returned, and the Shengshan county has gradually restored the prosperity of the commercial and trade towns.

It's very popular.

Unlike other Dayan counties that Xu Yuan has visited, the folk customs in Shengshan County, which is a border city, are obviously much stronger.

Eight out of ten pedestrians on the road had guys on them.

There are martial apprentices and cultivators, as well as some disciples of the sect who have come here to practice.

Travelers in the city come and go, and fish and dragons are mixed.

Ran Qingmo's outfit was not conspicuous, but his appearance in Xu Yuan's brocade robe looked a little eye-catching.

Because many female sect disciples in this city choose to cover their faces to avoid unnecessary trouble, but Brother Gongzi is rarely someone who comes here to play in the border realm, and most of them are dressed in strong clothes.

Walking in the bustling crowd, Ran Qingmo looked around:

"Xu Yuan, what are we going to do now?"

Xu Yuan replied as a matter of course:

"Purchase something."

Halfway through that,

Xu Yuan suddenly paused, staring at a living shrine in the distance.

The blood-colored light flashed in his eyes,

In that ancestral hall, he saw a statue of a woman who was as gentle as water.

Ran Qingmo looked at it strangely, and asked a little strangely:

"What's wrong?"

The blood-colored light in Xu Yuan's eyes dissipated, and he shook his head lightly with unknown meaning:

"It's nothing, but I didn't expect that this Shengshan County really built an ancestral hall for those four sisters."

Ran Qingmo heard this, and asked in a low voice:

"Would you like to go and see it?"

Xu Yuan shook his head:

"There's no need, she built this psychedelic array to protect the safety of one party, which is pretty good."

With that, he turned around and left.

The two went around the city,

Standing in front of a small and magnificent building with the gate closed,

Xu Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the four big words of "Fenghai Chamber of Commerce", and whispered with a strange face:

"I remember that this Shengshan County is the territory of the Vientiane Sect, why did his family's chamber of commerce and restaurant close a month ago? It doesn't make sense."

When purchasing things, the chambers of commerce of large sects are often much more complete than those of small sects.

There is no Tian'an Chamber of Commerce in Shengshan County here, so Xu Yuan can only retreat to the next best thing when purchasing things, and the result is nothing.

Ran Qingmo followed Xu Yuan and asked in a low voice, "Is it strange?" ”

Xu Yuan glanced at her and nodded with a smile:

"Of course it's weird.

"The sect does not pay taxes, and it is also not allowed to touch local taxes, and if you want to accumulate wealth, you can do it through mastering local commerce.

"The Vientiane Sect spent a lot of money to set up a psychedelic array outside the city, and now this Shengshan County has finally prospered, and the profits of this demon beast business are great, and if it is properly operated, it will be less than 100,000 taels of silver a year."

"According to common sense, it is impossible for them to give up in the Vientiane Sect"

Talking and talking,

Xu Yuan faintly felt that something was wrong.

Dizziness, a little late

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(End of chapter)