Chapter 742: Leverage to Eliminate Hidden Dangers
The Linchuan Mountain God left and went to a mysterious and unknown place to visit the Ancient Heavenly Venerable.
Li Yuan wanted to pay his respects to this ancient deity whose fame had spread through the ages, but he was afraid of disturbing his peace and causing him unhappiness.
Who are the three ancient celestial masters? If any one of them is picked out individually, he is not much worse than Lao Zhang. They have always been the hidden and behind-the-scenes bigwigs. If there is a need to meet him, we will meet at the right time.
Looking at Linchuan's conflicted look before he left, it was obvious that for him, going to pay homage to the Ancient Heavenly Lord might be a "shurassade". Li Yuan had no connection with the Heavenly Lord's lineage, and didn't want to join in the fun.
Putting these distracting thoughts aside, Li Yuan discussed with the people from Anshan and Anyue for a long time. Looking at the crowded scene in the mountain and at the foot of the mountain, he sighed deeply.
The area near Anshan is so small that it can only accommodate these people. This is a highly dense situation and it cannot last long.
The water source problem is not a big deal. After all, the Khan River is the water vein that Xiaoqing begged the Mother Earth to send her. It is inexhaustible.
But after the catastrophe struck again, the shortage of food and various resources became the biggest problem that mortals had to face.
Anshan has densely populated areas, and Muyuan controls almost all sources of meat. All the land that can be cultivated in Qianzhou has been planted, but it has to wait for the crops to mature...
As for places further away...An Yue is completely unable to radiate, and rigid jurisdiction will only cause unrest, so it can only be appeased. Especially in some mining areas, there are often soldiers from Anyue who go back and forth to ensure the continuous transportation of important resources.
Nowadays, there are chaos everywhere, evil fairies and demons are rampant, and some guys who have fallen into demons are also doing evil. Going out to collect food and resources has become a difficult task, and often a large amount of manpower and material resources have to be dispatched, which makes the top management of Anyue frown.
Immortals can go on a fast and abstain from food, practitioners and spiritual beasts can also go on a fast for a long time, eating some dew and mountain fruits to fill their stomachs, but ordinary people still need to eat every day.
Not to mention three meals a day, during the catastrophe, they still need two meals of thick porridge a day, and those who work need more... After all, they are Anyue's people, not slaves. The catastrophe is cruel, and Emperor Anyue cannot bear to let his people live in dire straits every day.
There are also the changing seasons, with wet springs and cold winters, and the people always need a lot of quilts, cloth and other daily necessities. After all, the only place with spring-like weather all year round is Anshan Mountain...
Fortunately, An Yue had been prepared for a long time. Knowing that the hundred years of peace had passed and the catastrophe was about to strike again, she prepared abundant supplies early.
Now the population has almost reached its carrying capacity limit, and the only thing left is to see how long it can last.
Anyue took the initiative to choose to provide shelter. If food and security issues are not guaranteed in the long term, the people and refugees will be hungry and there will be no hope of stability. The so-called protection will instantly become a double-edged sword. Chaos will arise, and the refugee density will be so high that it may trigger a major disaster.
Using force to suppress is the worst option, and pointing weapons at one's own people is just a waste of bullets and manpower. The only way to stabilize the chaos is to let everyone eat hot food and sleep in safe beds in the disaster and chaos, while at the same time understanding the degree of danger of the outside world. Only by making such a comparison can we unite people's hearts to the greatest extent.
Li Yuan also told Emperor Anyue that if tens of millions of ordinary people were united in mind, ordinary demons would only dare to covet them but would never dare to actually target their huge popularity and take action.
As the saying goes, ghosts are afraid of Yang Sheng, and demons are afraid of evil slaughter; if An Yue can stabilize the people's hearts in the troubled times and gather the power of faith, even powerful demons will probably be afraid of the consequences.
So why do those evil ones have to take advantage of troubled times to plunder the world? Firstly, there is a problem in heaven and the underworld, and the defenses are lax and no god dares to intervene; secondly, in the midst of disasters, people's hearts are in panic and their thoughts are complicated, so those who do evil are not afraid of any united resistance.
Of course, when pushed to the limit, there will always be some brave creatures in the world who are not afraid of life and death, and who have blood. They will hold the torch high above their heads, and dare to swing their swords and chop in the face of strong winds and thunderbolts!
Anshan, Anyue and Dongji are such beings who accumulate strength for the human race, consolidate faith, and try their best to fight against the catastrophe and chaos.
Wang Shuo and others, as well as many courageous practitioners and even ordinary people who dare to resist, are such people.
At worst, I can abandon this body and shed my warmth. No matter if you are a king, a general, or an ordinary person; no matter if you are a genius in cultivation or an immortal; everyone has two shoulders and one head. If anyone dares to threaten you, then we will see who has the stronger life!
Emperor Anyue did not want Li Yuan to be dragged down by these mundane matters, so he simply comforted him and asked Li Yuan to focus all his attention on the enemies he needed to deal with.
For example, the Demon Emperor, the strange creatures, and the evil gods and demons.
These are existences that are difficult for human forces to resist. If it weren't for Li Yuan's restraint, and if he hadn't made a name for himself that shocked the three realms, and if he hadn't been active everywhere and intimidated all quarters, I'm afraid the world would be ten times more chaotic than it is now.
Looking at the white-haired Emperor Anyue, Li Yuan finally just sighed and focused his attention back on the level he needed to focus on.
For Anyue Fanjian, an emperor who has inherited the throne for more than two hundred years has extremely strong power. In the entire country, his prestige is equal to that of a god.
Whenever there was an order from An Yue, no one dared to disobey, and he had long been a famous emperor. Even in the legends and stories circulated in the world, there was the name of Emperor An Yue, and his various great achievements were comparable to those of immortals and gods, and his life experience was not inferior to any good story in the world.
This was also the road that Li Yuan had been paving for his old friend a long time ago. Although his attempt to use gold paper failed, he never gave up and had long since set his mind on the path of becoming a god through offering incense and worshipping gods.
Strictly speaking, Anyue Emperor Ji Yu was the first person Li Yuan tried to experiment with in the Humane God Conferment. However, until today, more than a hundred years later, he was still accumulating his foundation...
Emperor Anyue was an accomplished ruler of both civil and military affairs. He was always diligent in state affairs, frugal, wise, and righteous. He possessed many virtues, as well as countless political and military achievements. He was truly a perfect emperor.
He was almost deified by his people. Even though this generation of Anyue people only had awe and no longer had the closeness of the past, they still didn't have to worry about his orders.
Even when Anshan was captured last time, Emperor Anyue asked Li Yuan to abandon them in front of so many people, the people just remained silent, thinking that there must be some hidden reason why their extremely benevolent emperor said so, and ultimately did not think much about it.
In addition, Anyue’s army, whether it was the army of cultivators or the army of spiritual science and thermal weapons, were all loyal to their Anyue country’s immortal and heroic emperor who had existed for hundreds of years.
Therefore, Li Yuan was not worried about whether Emperor Anyue could control the situation. He just felt a little sorry for his old friend and was afraid that he was exhausted.
What Li Yuan was really worried about was the little rabbit's soul that seemed to be fine.
The ghost must have left some hidden tricks, otherwise the little rabbit's soul would not have been saved so easily.
But Li Yuan didn't like to guess, he directly planned to use the big boss's means to erase the calculations of the strange creature. It just so happened that this matter would give Lin Chuan a reason to ask about the information of the strange creature...
Yes, the Linchuan Mountain God took the little rabbit's soul, which was tampered with by strange creatures, to see the three ancient celestial masters.
Regardless of whether Gu Tianzun is willing to help, Li Yuan believes that the little rabbit will come back safely.
The dignified Ancient Tianzun, a figure standing at the forefront of chaos, would never allow a strange creature with such a "disgusting and dark" aura to enter the cave. For the status of Ancient Tianzun, that would be a great blasphemy and provocation.
But the little rabbit has merits and a kind nature, and was brought back by the "abandoned disciple" Linchuan for help. No matter how unhappy Gu Tianzun was and how he didn't want to get involved in karma, he couldn't just sit back and watch, or just wipe out the little rabbit's soul for the sake of saving trouble. That would be too embarrassing and affect his reputation...
Of course, if Gu Tianzun allowed the strange creature to enter the cave, and then left it intact and let it return...
Then Li Yuan did not struggle any more. The three ancient celestial masters all stood on the side of the strange creatures. What kind of catastrophe could a young junior like him fight against? He just shouted to give up and let the world be destroyed!
By the way, he cursed Old Zhang for being such a swindler, then turned around and took his relatives and friends to the Wuji Secret Realm to retire and wait for death.