Chapter 40: The county official leaves the city! (Final chapter of this volume)

No matter how hard the Li family blocks the news.

Shen Zhui killed four innates in one battle, and the news about Li Ming's destruction soon spread.

The elite children of the major families who escaped from the banquet told their elders about what happened, and the heads of the families and those in power went to other families to confirm whether the news was true or false...

"Shen Zhui? He is a cruel person!"

"The Li family has suffered two big losses in succession, and they all seem to be related to Shen Zhui."

"Could he be the next Wang Long? He had such a dazzling record three years ago."

"The County Lord's methods are incredible..."

"..."

In less than a day, Shen Zhui became completely famous in Heyuan County.

With deliberate promotion, this incident was quickly amplified.

The previous incident of the county government destroying several branch temples of the two major families was also brought up again.

After each small family learned the news, they had to re-evaluate the strength of the Li family and consider how they should stand in the next situation.

On the third day, several families, including Qi, Lian, Zhao and Qian, opened warehouses to release grain and balance prices. The soaring prices that had lasted for nearly two months finally stopped.

Someone set an example, and more and more small families followed. By the seventh day, prices were completely restored to what they were two months ago, and even slightly lower.

This was an incredible scene in previous winters.

Immediately afterwards, rumors spread that the two major families were behind the soaring prices, sweeping the world in almost just a few days. A series of denunciations sounded from the streets and alleys, and the Li family was forced to close 90% of their shops in the city.

The ban on leaving the city was lifted, and a large number of county government officials began to leave the city to cooperate with local authorities to reorganize household registration land. The resettlement work of the refugees began to make substantial progress, and it was guaranteed that every household would be provided with land to grow grain and cultivate in the coming spring.

The two major families unexpectedly remained silent, and the head of the Li family's memorial bridge banquet was announced to be postponed indefinitely.

Time flies by, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The New Year is approaching, Heyuan City is decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the atmosphere of the New Year gradually begins to appear. The tense situation seems to be diluted by the festive atmosphere, and the heated discussions gradually subside. The contest between the two families and the county government is no longer mentioned. It seems that the two parties They have all shaken hands and made peace.

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December 19th, heavy snowfall, Li Mansion.

In the exquisite wing room, the charcoal in the copper tripod was burning slowly.

"Brother, is it really impossible for Ming'er to recover? Even you can't do anything?" Li Mingjing asked.

Li Mingtai, the head of the Li family and a strong man in the Spirit Bridge Realm, looked at Li Ming lying unconscious on the bed and shook his head.

"The body of a Qi practitioner is not as good as that of a martial artist. Ming'er's Dantian and meridians were completely destroyed. There is no way to restore it. All it takes is a powerful person in the supernatural power realm to spend hundreds of years of hard work to reshape Ming'er's body. Then Ming'er can not only recover, but also reach a higher level."

"Supernatural powerhouse, a hundred years of skill..." Li Mingjing shook his head bitterly.

He has strong connections with the Li family, and he also knows a few powerful people in the supernatural realm.

Letting a strong man in the supernatural realm spend hundreds of years of hard work is a price that the Li family cannot afford.

Unless his eldest brother Li Mingtai breaks through the supernatural realm on his own, Li Ming has hope of recovery.

But Li Mingtai practiced hard for a hundred years and used the strength of the entire Li family to barely break through the Spirit Bridge. Want to break through the magical realm?

Basically impossible.

In other words, Li Ming had no possibility of recovery at all.

"Brother, you must avenge Ming'er, you are only such a son!" Li Mingjing said with red eyes.

"Revenge will naturally be avenged. Then Shen Zhui will undoubtedly die!" Li Mingtai said expressionlessly. "Not now."

"Conclusive news has come down from Liangzhou Prefecture. In one year, the emperor's decree will officially take effect and be communicated to the world, and the action of destroying ancestral clans and abandoning temples will be completely overturned."

"In order to ensure the interests of the clan and family, those die-hard officials who destroyed the clan and abandoned the temple will inevitably encounter many constraints next year, which will be a good excuse to transfer them in the next evaluation."

"Second brother, please be patient. I sacrificed three thousand blood food to hide the location of the ancestor's true body. This can be delayed for a while. This is the most critical time. Don't make any mistakes."

"yes."

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December 24th, Xiaonian, early in the morning.

City God Temple, Guest House Courtyard.

"Pfft~" Shen Zhui spat out a stream of blood and clutched his chest with a pale face.

Half a month ago, Shen Zhui spent all the remaining two hundred thousand taels on himself and bought ten bottles of a first-grade elixir to protect the five internal organs!

Then he started to ignite the fire of the five internal organs according to the "Innate Five Elements Fire Refining" technique.

In the past half month, all ten bottles of elixirs have been consumed, and Shen Zhui's inner fire has only reached the third cycle of strength!

During this period, I tried to condense the innate spiritual energy thousands of times, but all failed!

Just now he ran out of elixirs and failed, so he tried to carry out the fourth cycle of rebirth. As a result, he was so anxious that he suffered a lot of injuries.

"Why is it so difficult, you idiot!" Shen Zhui couldn't help but curse.

Although the number of cycles of each Xiantian realm is different, after these days of understanding, Shen Zhui also learned that if there are sufficient resources and no mistakes are made, the fourth or even fifth cycle can be reached very quickly.

For most of the Xiantian realm, the fifth cycle is usually enough. The sixth cycle of stronger exercises should be completed.

As for the seventh and seventh cycles, they are all geniuses that are unique among ten thousand.

As for the ninth cycle, I have never heard of it.

"I have been doing nothing for the past half month, specializing in studying this breakthrough method, and consuming more than 200,000 worth of five internal organs protective pills, and I am only on the third cycle."

"As for Zimo, Yan You and the others, they changed their exercises and spent less than 100,000 yuan. They have completed the fourth cycle and entered the fifth cycle of mutual generation, using the heart fire to refine the essence of vitality."

Yan You and Rong Zimo are both quite talented, and they have recently started preparing to become innates.

My own resources are more abundant than theirs. The five kinds of viscera-protecting elixirs are several times theirs, and I have Yuan Nizhu to replenish my vitality at any time. No matter what, I shouldn't be slower than them.

"The difficulty of the blood-burning technique is too abnormal." Shen Zhui was helpless.

Although using the Burning Blood Technique to break through and become an innate, it must be a very strong innate, but if there is no hope at all, how can we talk about how wonderful the result will be?

"Forget it, the elixir has been used up, let's put it down for now. It's time to go back and spend the New Year with my adoptive father."

Shen Zhui felt a little sad when he mentioned his adoptive father.

Ever since Shen Guang used the excuse of his adoptive father's wife and daughter to raise his hopes and extinguish them, his adoptive father has aged faster.

Shen Zhui also investigated the sect robbery eight years ago, but there was very little information.

When Gou Ri took office as the county magistrate, he succumbed to the power of the big family, and the Taoism and the power of the City God's Temple dropped to the lowest level in history.

Any case operates based on instinct and the minimum rules. As a result, in the big cases three years ago, only very simple information was left.

Shen Zhui begged the county magistrate for help, but he only knew that his adoptive father's wife and daughter were abducted by a foreign sect called Guiyuan Sect.

Tens of thousands of people disappeared with them that year! This is why the previous county magistrate was demoted and exiled.

"Guiyuan Sect, I only heard that it exists in the Jiuyou Mountains, but the Jiuyou Mountains are hundreds of miles away. The territory is as vast as a capital city, and it does not belong to the territory of the Zhou Dynasty.

There are many dangers inside, and there are monsters and monsters everywhere. I can’t even say that I will come back alive even though I have reached a deep level of supernatural power. I am a warrior from the day after tomorrow. I have no clue and my strength is low. How can I find it? "

Shen Zhui sighed. The reason why there is a behemoth like the Wu'an Army in the border city of Liangzhou is to garrison the Jiuyou Mountains. It took hundreds of years of exploration to advance only half of it. Now, he can only put this matter aside.

"Boom~" Suddenly, Shen Zhui, who was walking on the road, felt the ground shaking.

"W-what's going on?" Shen Zhui quickly stood still and looked around to find the source of the vibration.

He couldn't help but be a little surprised. You must know that this is a county town, and even earthquakes cannot affect the interior of the city protected by gods and formations.

Just when Shen Zhui was wondering, a majestic voice suddenly came from the sky.

"Li Mingtai, the head of the Li family in Heyuan County, and Yang Ling of the Yang family.

"Intercept and kill the imperial officials; plot to rebel."

"Contempting the emperor's laws is a treason."

"Practice demonic and evil arts for the purpose of treason."

"Killing direct lineal relatives is evil and treason."

"Fornication among clan members is immoral."

"Child killing is inhumane..."

"Destroying people's homes..."

"..."

This majestic voice announced the crimes of the two families word by word, and Shen Zhui could hear them clearly, ten of them in total!

"These two men are as heinous as demons, and they must be punished for their crimes!"