thenovelthief #315 - Xiao Cui is going to survive the tribulation?
#315 - Xiao Cui is going to survive the tribulation?
Black Steed was eager to return to Lingzhou City.
It was even more enthusiastic about it than Xu Chengxian.
Before leaving, it scratched its front hooves awkwardly and said, "Big Xu, let's discuss something."
"What is it?"
"This time, if you happen to encounter another good thing like the Qiankun Cauldron, refining the power of faith from the ten thousand people within it, and you reap a great harvest, can you share some blood energy with this venerable one?"
"Well, about that..."
"If it's really not possible, can you settle the debt you owe me from before?"
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As a ferocious beast of a race that had been erased by the Heavenly Dao, and the only remaining remnant soul in this world, it was taking a great risk!
"Don't give me that, who are you trying to fool?" Xu Chengxian didn't buy it at all.
That kick wasn't intentional, it was a coincidence. Little Black King died at the hands of Zhang Wan, it couldn't be attributed to Black Steed at all.
What's more, Black Steed is now the spirit of the magical artifact he refined.
If a spirit kills a mortal, the reckoning should be sought from him, the artifact's owner.
He strongly suspected that this was also within the foundation of the final deal that the Demon Emperor was able to reach with the Taotie clan back then.
"Then this venerable one led Xu Xiaobai, pointed the way and protected your mother, Xiao Cui, busying about, stirring up the desires of demons and bewitching their minds, doesn't that count as merit?"
Black Steed said loudly, "And the bull monster that trampled Sima De's mansion into ruins, that should count as my contribution too."
"Alright, alright, I'll count it for you, isn't it just settling the debt?" Xu Chengxian was too lazy to calculate it with it item by item, and simply said, "When we get to Xuzhou later, if there are any more gains, I'll settle the debt for you, alright?"
"A deal!" Black Steed said immediately.
"Originally it was 271,500 units of blood energy." It said quickly, "You initially paid 21,500, leaving a round number of 250,000."
"You've paid another 40,000 units of blood energy during this period, leaving 210,000 unpaid."
"Got it." Xu Chengxian nodded.
Only 200,000 units of blood energy, he was too lazy to reconcile the accounts.
It was just to dangle it in front of this Black Steed, to make it consciously and actively play its role in the position of artifact spirit.
In fact, Black Steed could definitely sense that he could use an extremely large amount of blood energy.
But what was interesting was that this guy was actually adhering to some kind of bottom line as an ancient ferocious beast.
Roughly similar to the principle of abiding by the rules and obtaining through transactions if it can't be forcibly taken?
"This should also be considered a kind of idol baggage?" He laughed inwardly.
Anyway, although it would蹭 (cèng, to freeload) a little blood energy from him to chew on together with Xu Xiaobai, it basically wouldn't take the initiative to ask for it for no reason.
Its耍无赖 (shuǎ lài, acting shamelessly) was also within the scope of bargaining.
In short, compared to existences that harm the people and extract the power of faith by playing tricks, this level of morality is enough to be a symbol of auspiciousness.
But in order to make the act more realistic, he still pretended and said, "Wait, that's not right, is it? The blood energy I've given you so far is more than 40,000."
"Does the other blood energy given besides what this venerable one asked for count?" Black Steed glared.
"What you were explicitly hired to do doesn't count."
"Snacks shouldn't count either, right? You gave them to Xu Xiaobai too!"
"But she calls me Daddy."
"..."
"Haha!"
...
Black Steed cursed and grumbled as it returned to Lingzhou City.
Xu Chengxian laughed a few times and followed by extending his divine sense over.
He didn't plan to appear in front of the people in a short period of time.
One was to prevent Qin Hong from becoming even bolder.
The other was to avoid diluting the people's offerings to the White Lady Temple.
The snake body had always been shown in its original form, coiled on this Xiangji Mountain. The people of Lingzhou could see it but didn't dare to approach it, so they would worship the White Lady.
After all, it was a well-known fact that the White Lady was a snake demon.
Everyone's thoughts were very simple.
Even if they mustered up the courage to come, were they worshipping Xu Daoren or the big flower snake?
The flower snake was a snake, and the White Lady was also a snake, there must be a relationship between the two.
Maybe they were close relatives.
They didn't dare to worship the flower snake, so worshipping the White Lady was the same.
Xu Daoren was the protector of the White Lady.
So going directly to the White Lady Temple to burn incense could take care of both sides.
In addition, with the people and warriors from Song Family Village promoting it, the people burning incense at the Lady Temple were now coming in an endless stream.
Some people had already begun to enshrine the White Lady's memorial tablet at home.
Qin the Governor also had a share in this.
"Seeing as how this guy has improved the lives of the people and increased the incense at the White Lady Temple, I won't hold it against him," Xu Chengxian thought.
Qin Hong was busy in Lingzhou, artificially promoting the wealth dispute and redistribution within the wealthy families.
He killed those who held real power, and at the same time, uprooted the forces of this line, allowing other clansmen who couldn't get involved to participate in the struggle.
It was very similar to a different kind of 推恩令 (tuī ēn lìng, Enfeoffment Edict).
Most of the forces offended by this method aimed at the wealthy would blame Xu Chengxian and the others.
But the results of the series of actions were remarkable.
The people who were allocated family property wanted to spend money, and they were willing to spend it. At this time, many large houses had to be renovated, and small houses had to be built.
In addition, the Governor's Office also scraped together a lot of money from it, and also took it out to clean up the ditches and roads in the city, and carry out large-scale construction, and the city became lively all of a sudden.
The people could earn money from it, and their lives immediately became very different.
When did this change begin, and why did it begin?
The people were not stupid, they knew who was good to them.
Many people attributed it to the White Lady Temple.
They all said that the people were ignorant and couldn't tell right from wrong, but who told them right from wrong?
The people remembered kindness, and they wouldn't forget Qin Hong, who did these things.
"The Governor's Office is also enjoying unprecedented prestige in Lingzhou," Xu Chengxian thought.
It was time to withdraw some firewood from Qin the Governor, who was burning brightly.
The expansion of power would make people fall into a迷思 (mísī, daze), it would be better to leave for a few days, so as to prevent this guy from becoming bloodthirsty again.
Killing too many people would make all the wealthy households feel insecure, which would not be good.
"If all the wealthy households in Lingzhou City are scared away, and in the end the people's livelihood is withered and the good situation is ruined, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"
Xu Chengxian didn't have the experience of playing with people's hearts, but he was an observer, and he also knew that 过犹不及 (guò yóu bù jí, going too far is as bad as not going far enough).
What's more, with his divine sense spread out, everything inside and outside Lingzhou City couldn't hide from his perception.
With enough information, as long as he wasn't stupid, he could draw basic judgments.
And Qin Hong was also very敏锐 (mǐnruì, perceptive).
He quickly rode his horse towards Xiangji Mountain.
"Hmm?" Xu Chengxian withdrew his divine sense and sensed it earlier, his brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't take it too seriously.
Let him come.
See what he wants to say.
He didn't even have the idea to sense Qin Hong.
Because at this time, he suddenly had a feeling in his heart.
After being slightly stunned, Xu Chengxian immediately thought of something and stretched his divine sense towards the location of the White Lady Temple in Song Family Village.
It was Bai Xiaocui.
She was about to undergo tribulation.