Chapter 277 The Situation Deteriorates and Takes Desperation! 【2/4
Chapter 277 The situation worsens and we take risks! [24, please subscribe]
after one night
The once prosperous Xishan City was in complete chaos.
Large numbers of houses in the neighborhood were burned down, and corpses and various mutilated limbs and broken arms could be seen everywhere, as if they had experienced a massacre.
One after another, the survivors shivered and hid in their homes, afraid to go out.
The only sound in the streets was the sound of wild dogs gnawing at corpses, and the entire city seemed to have turned into a dead end. An atmosphere of despair enveloped everyone, inexplicably making the situation worse.
At the beginning!
This situation does not have much impact on casual cultivators.
The weird ones at night will automatically retreat when encountering evil talismans. The casual cultivators did not suffer many casualties, but occasionally some people died in internal fighting.
But as time goes by day by day!
The situation is becoming more and more difficult!
Hundreds of thousands of mortals in Xishan City died suddenly at an alarming rate. The causes of death were all bizarre, and the entire city was filled with an astonishing stench of corpses.
Gradually, casual cultivators were also affected!
The first is food. Too much food was burned down and left behind in the chaos throughout the city. Practitioners generally consumed a lot of food. Within a few days, many people had no food in their hands!
This time to fill your stomach!
Naturally, they will inevitably take desperate risks.
At first, the casual cultivators only entered the south and east of the city to search for food in mortal houses, and occasionally killed a few mortals who dared to resist.
But slowly, their courage and ambition continued to expand!
Groups of people began to besiege stores and loot supplies!
Start attacking the solitary monastery, burning, killing and looting!
The entire Xishan City was completely in chaos, and the Crimson Red Sect showed no reaction to this. After the entire sect moved to a corner of the city, they began to stay behind closed doors and allowed the turmoil to continue.
Obviously, the people of the Crimson Red Sect also know how difficult it is to maintain normal order in the area shrouded in mist. Now they probably have too much to take care of themselves.
In this way, it further encourages the ambitions of people like Luo Tianxiong!
In just half a month, twenty or thirty newly formed casual cultivating groups have emerged in Xishan City, with as many as seven to eight hundred people, and as few as forty or fifty people.
They form gangs and gather together to protect themselves!
While oppressing the low-level casual cultivators, he also cultivated private power.
Trying to rise in this chaotic world by relying on force.
For resources and territory, they engage in countless private fights every day, which directly causes the prices of life-saving items such as magic weapons, elixirs, talismans, and formation disks to skyrocket.
Of course, the one with the biggest price increase is Lingmi!
Since monks in the Qi refining stage cannot live without grains, they consume an astonishing amount of spiritual rice every day, so much so that most casual cultivators have begun to eat ordinary rice to satisfy their hunger, and some even cannot afford to eat ordinary rice.
At this time, the spiritual rice has become a hard currency that is harder than the spiritual stone!
…
In the small courtyard
Lu Yan was gearing up excitedly, wandering around!
"Hahaha!" He laughed excitedly: "Grandma, guess what the price of spiritual rice is now? The most common yellow bud spiritual rice in the past has now increased to 12 spiritual stones per pound. It's a money grab! Our spiritual rice
The rice is ready to be shipped, and you’re guaranteed to make a lot of money at this time.”
"Did you know? There are now several underground black markets in the west of the city. People want to buy rice every day. Even the worst ordinary rice has increased to 1 spirit stone or 10 kilograms."
"It's only been more than half a month. If the mist remains trapped for a few months, won't the price of spiritual rice rise to sky-high prices?"
The more Lu Yan talked, the more excited he became!
Wei Han was drinking a small drink at the side, but his expression did not change at all.
"Come out, we will start shipping soon!" Wei Han said with a serious expression: "There are always seven or eight thousand casual cultivators in Xishan City, and there are also many body refiners among mortals. There may be forty or fifty thousand at present.
People live in every corner, and they have to consume a lot of food every day."
"Xishan City is surrounded by mountains. It is not a good grain-producing area. On weekdays, we have to rely on grain merchants to transport grain from the surrounding areas for sale, so there is very little grain in the city."
"It would be strange if food prices don't skyrocket due to the chaos now. Although prices will continue to rise if we wait, we have too much food in stock, so from now on we have to ship in small quantities one after another to avoid getting things in our hands.
"
Lu Yan could not help but nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
He was also worried about this, so he was anxious to talk about it.
If the strange fog causes the city's population to drop sharply again, then no one will buy food, and it will not be fun if all their stocks are lost.
"Now food is more precious than elixirs, but it is a good thing to save life." Wei Han said in a deep voice: "So be careful when shipping in the black market, and try not to attract the attention of outsiders. You sell ordinary rice, and I will sell spiritual rice.
Bar!"
"This?" Lu Yan said in surprise when he heard this: "That's not true. As long as I disguise myself every time I trade, I shouldn't be targeted."
"Don't be too careless." Wei Han reminded patiently: "Although you are pretty good at practicing the Breath Condensation Technique, you can still see some flaws once you meet someone who has practiced Eye Technique.
Feet, I'm afraid you have a life to make money but not a life to spend!"
"But I'm different. The Breath Condensation Technique I practice is even more sophisticated. Even if a foundation-building pupil master doesn't do it himself, I'm still confident that I can avoid risks."
"When you sell ordinary rice, you just use the excuse that you scrounged it from the ruins of the city. If you sell it for thirty or fifty kilograms at a time, no one will care too much about it. The safety aspect can also be much better!"
Wei Han gave some advice!
Lu Yan could only nod in agreement in the end.
At present, he is only at the second level of Qi training, and there is still a big gap between him and Wei Han, which he has to admit.
"Remember, if you encounter danger, run to various hiding places. I have placed gold-eating ants in every hiding place. I will know once you escape!"
"When the time comes, you only need to hold on for a while, and I will arrive in no time. No matter how bad it is, I can save your life!"
Wei Han warned patiently.
Lu Yan smiled, feeling relieved for some reason.
He knew that Wei Han had a lot of cards. Although his strength may not be top-notch, his survivability was definitely strong enough. With him protecting him, he would not be afraid of ordinary people.
"Let's go!"
Wei Han got up and walked out of the small courtyard.
The two of them walked to different black markets, one on the left and the other on the right.
There are still few people on the streets of Sanxiufang City. Apart from the occasional passers-by who look in a hurry, there are also patrols under Luo Tianxiong.
Now, 99% of the casual cultivators in the entire street have joined Luo Tianxiong's command.
Only Wei Han, Lu Yan and a few dozen other casual cultivators were stubborn and kept going alone.
Therefore, when he passed by, the patrol members all looked at him with a trace of alienation and disgust.
"Hey, stop, where did you come from?" A patrol member asked in a deliberately provocative manner.
Wei Han stopped and looked over expressionlessly.
The patrol member sneered: "What? You are not convinced, are you? Our joint self-protection patrol team is to ensure the safety of the neighbors. Who knows where you are from? Show me your ID card and house rental procedures."
Wei Han still looked at him expressionlessly.
His expression didn't change at all, but his eyes gradually became colder!
The other party knew him, and he said this deliberately just to find trouble.
But just when Wei Han was about to have an attack, Luo Tianxiong's voice came from the teahouse in the distance: "Fellow Taoist Dian is not a member of our Self-Defense Association, please let him go!"
"yes!"
Everyone in the patrol team agreed solemnly.
Wei Han looked at Luo Tianxiong with a half-smile but not a smile. Both of their pupils contained emotions that were difficult for outsiders to see through. After a few seconds, he turned around and left.