In the early morning of this day, a notice was posted on many busy streets and several city gate entrances in Chaoge City.
Because Chaoge has developed rapidly over the years, the migrant population has increased by 50%25 compared with before. As a result, Chaoge is now in a housing shortage. Many people have to build temporary residences outside the city, which has greatly affected people's lives and is not conducive to management.
Therefore, Emperor Xin issued a notice to expand Chaoge and extend the entire city to the outside. One hundred thousand craftsmen were specially recruited to build the city. All applicants would be guaranteed three meals a day and wages would be paid every month. And if they participated in building the city Personnel whose native place is not Chaoge will have priority in obtaining the right of residence in Chaoge after completion.
As soon as this announcement came out, the whole Chaoge City suddenly became excited. No matter what era or background, what people want is to have enough food and clothing. In recent years, with the liberation of slaves, more and more refugees from all over the world have come to Chaoge. Many, the original Chaoge City has long been overwhelmed, and now this announcement has given these people hope that they finally don't have to live under someone else's roof or sleep outside the city, but can get a home of their own in an upright manner.
All the registration points were overcrowded for a while. In just three days, the number of applicants reached nearly 200,000. Officials had to cross out those who were originally Chaoge residents, but the number of people continued to rise. And it can be expected that as the news spreads, more people from all over the country will come, just to participate in building the city and get a home of their own.
In Zhutian Tower, Wutian and Guanyin's eyes fell on the densely packed crowd, and they couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
"These are mortals who ask for very little. They don't have many requirements. It's enough to have a place to live and settle down. The King of Humans is amazing." Wutian praised.
"If all the princes in the world could truly consider the people, maybe there wouldn't be so many disputes." Guanyin also said.
"Not necessarily, some things are not as simple as you see. Along the way, you and I have also seen many attacks between the princes. This is not only the entanglement of interests, but also a deeper game." Wu Tian shook his head and said.
"Buddha, you mean there are monks behind the princes involved?" Guanyin said with a frown.
"The Chan Sect, the Human Sect, the Jie Sect, the Western Sect, the Monster Clan, the ancient relics, and even the mysterious underworld are all staring at the human race." Wutian said slowly.
Guanyin's pupils shrank sharply, and she turned to look at Wutian with a shocked look on her face.
"Don't think I'm being alarmist. The human race is a special race. They have a short lifespan, but they have tenacious vitality and strong creativity. This is a race that cannot be ignored. Anyone wants to control them and obtain them. faith, thereby ensuring one’s transcendent status.”
"Belief..."
"Yes, it is faith. Since the birth of the human race in ancient times, the immortals and gods have discovered that this weak group can produce great energy. This energy is generated through the unique spiritual power of the human race. The immortals and gods obtained it after absorbing this power. The power is more useful than the hard work of meditating and practicing. However, after the Lich Tribulation, the human race's faith collapsed and they were full of disappointment in the immortal gods. Most of the human race no longer believe in the gods. They only believe in themselves." Wu Tian slowly said. road.
Guanyin nodded in agreement upon hearing this. She indeed found that the current human race did not seem to believe in gods. Although they still respected and feared these powerful beings, they did not believe in them.
"So this is not what those people want to see. They want to gain the faith of the human race again to satisfy their inner desires. Even saints cannot avoid this temptation." Wutian continued.
"You already know about the drought in Chaoge a year ago. You also know who is the instigator behind it. How about it? Is that person different from what you know?" Wutian looked at Guanyin, his eyes With inquiry.
The two learned from Mengmeng about the drought in Chaoge and about the appearance of Yuanshi's phantom. At that time, Guanyin was greatly shocked, with a look of disbelief on her face. Until today, Wu Tiantian asked her about it. idea.
Guanyin sighed softly, then shook her head.
"I didn't know that a teacher would do such a thing. I really can't accept it." Guanyin said with a bitter smile. She still couldn't accept this fact.
Seeing Guanyin's expression, Wutian nodded and stopped asking. There were some things that she needed to see by herself, to untie the veil that was covering the outside.
"Hey..."
The cute and petite figure jumped in from the window.
"There are many people outside, and there are also many people outside the city. It's really lively." The little guy said excitedly.
"Didn't you go to find Nezha? Why are you back?" Wutian asked.
"Well, Nezha has to practice and doesn't have time to play with me." The little guy said with a pout.
"You guy, you are the most laid-back in the world. Let's do this. I plan to go to Zhen Yuanzi's place. He has invited me to be a guest before. Do you want to come with me?" Wutian said.
"Okay, okay." Mengmeng said excitedly.
"Then you promise me not to act recklessly." Wutian continued.
Mengmeng rolled her eyes and nodded her head, but her expression seemed hard to trust.
Wutian shook his head helplessly. To be honest, if this child really wanted to cause trouble, there was nothing he could do.
While Chaoge City was still being flooded with people signing up every day, a group of people quietly flew away from Chaoge.
In the sky, above an auspicious cloud, Wutian, Guanyin, and Mengmeng are sitting on it, and beside Mengmeng are two little guys, one black and one white, who are the white tiger and the black unicorn.
The flying speed of a few people was not very fast, and they would drop down to play in some cities by chance. They found that these cities were all talking about what happened in Chaoge, which showed how great the impact of Chaoge's expansion was.
On this day, when several people flew to Zhongnan Mountain, they suddenly saw light shining westward from the mountain in front of them, as if a strange treasure had been born, and then a powerful aura came from a distance.
"Ah, look, what beautiful clouds." Mengmeng pointed at the sky in the distance and shouted.
I saw that the clouds over Zhongnan Mountain suddenly turned red. This red was not the red of the sunset, but a natural red. It was the red caused by that energy. Wutian stopped, and a few people were standing in the distance. Watch what's happening ahead.
Gradually, the powerful aura suddenly declined when it reached a critical point. The aura weakened rapidly, and the red clouds in the sky slowly faded, eventually returning to white.
Wutian shook his head with regret.
"What a pity." Wutian said.
"Buddha, could it be that someone wanted to break through to the Quasi-Sage just now?" Guanyin asked in surprise, because the power just now almost made her unable to control her suppressed cultivation.
"Yes, it's a pity that the success fell short." Wutian sighed.
"Who could it be?" Guanyin was a little curious.
"Let's go visit him. This person is also the person you teach." Wutian said.
"What?" Guanyin was suddenly shocked. Why didn't she know that there was such a master in her sect, and the aura just now was very unfamiliar to her.
"etc..."
Just then Guanyin seemed to think of something.
"A long time ago, Senior Brother Randeng once said that the teacher has a mysterious named disciple outside, whose qualifications and strength are not weaker than those of the true disciple. Could it be him?" Guanyin said.
Wu Tian was noncommittal, and then flew towards Zhong Nanshan in the clouds.
At this time, there was a cave in Zhongnan Mountain. There were many natural jade pillars in the cave. The green pillars and the cave were integrated, which was very strange. At this time, a Taoist priest was sitting in the center of the cave with some disappointment. , I saw this person wearing a blue Taoist robe, his face was very ordinary, without any characteristics, but he gave people a very elegant and easy-going feeling, and he was very easy to get close to.
"Hey, how could this happen?" The Taoist looked sad.
Just when he failed to break through, just when he thought he was about to succeed, something in his heart suddenly appeared and interfered with him, causing him to fail.
The Taoist touched his chest, and there was a force in his body that had been following him since the beginning of the song. This force was very mysterious, but before this, this force had never shown any abnormal behavior, even in his previous breakthroughs. It gave him a lot of help, allowing him to cultivate many times faster than ordinary people. He once asked his teacher Yuanshi Tianzun, but the answer he got was ambiguous. Yuanshi did not answer his question, but said that this power was not harmful to him. .
But now that his breakthrough to Quasi-Saint was actually interfered with by this force, he was very puzzled.
"How could this happen? Why on earth do you want to stop me." The Taoist said to himself.
"Huh?" At this moment, the Taoist sensed the arrival of Wutian and the others, raised his head and looked outside the cave, hesitated, stood up and walked out.
At this time, Wutian and the others flew over Zhongnan Mountain. They saw clouds and mist below. The mountain was covered with exotic flowers and plants, but there was no sign of anyone. At this time, Wutian's eyes lit up and he looked at a cliff on Zhongnan Mountain. Above, there was a faint breath of barrier flowing out, which was obviously set up by the people in the mountain.
"Hey, it's up to me." Mengmeng also arrived at the cliff and said excitedly. After saying that, the little guy stretched out his little hand to destroy the barrier.
"Mengmeng, don't be rude." Wutian quickly called out to the little guy.
At this moment, a golden light flashed on the other side of the cliff, and then the originally empty scenery on the cliff changed. A cave slowly emerged, and at the same time a Taoist priest walked out of the cave.
The man looked up into the air, raised his hand slightly and saluted several people with a smile on his face.
"I have met several Taoist friends in Xia Yun Zhongzi." The Taoist said slowly, as if his mood was not affected by the breakthrough he had just made, and his aura gave people a very trustworthy feeling.
"Amitabha, there is no heaven below."
"Avalokitesvara."
"Hehe, my name is Mengmeng."
The three of them also introduced themselves.
