Chapter 597 Jiren Study

Chapter 597 Ji Ren Study

"Gulu"

Trucks filled with various resources slowly drove into the city through the city gate with the effort of monks and mortals.

And everything was done under the watchful eyes of the overseers and monsters.

Playing with the long black whips covered with barbs, the overseers looked at their fellow humans with cruelty and pleasure in their eyes.

As long as someone slacks off for a moment, the black whip will immediately call him.

"Pa" "Uh-huh"

The long black whip fell quickly, and screams immediately began to sound, but the person being whipped did not dare to resist at all.

The Annan Protectorate has been in decline for six thousand years. For ordinary mortals, this is an extremely long period of time.

When all the old people who witnessed that "dark history" died, the new mortals were born slaves.

From the beginning, they were instilled with the thoughts of slaves and taught how to please the monster "master".

Creating value for the owner is regarded as the only mission and destination.

Passed down from generation to generation, most mortals have long been accustomed to the status of slaves and do not think there is anything wrong with it.

The history of this land is no longer their history!

Only those who accidentally learn words and understand that period of the past will feel raging anger in their hearts when they suffer suffering and torture!

There are very few such people, but they still exist.

But at this time, facing the heart-rending pain of the long whip lashing their bodies, they could only bow their heads and remain silent.

These people understood that the outburst at this time was meaningless, and they were just losing their lives in vain.

They have a more important mission, which is to tell more future generations about the past history and pass on the "fire" from generation to generation.

Many people believe that the long dark night will eventually pass and the warm dawn will come one day!

"Click"

The black whip fell again, and the overseer had a happy smile on his face.

It seems that only the sound of the whip and the painful whine of the slave can allow them to find the pleasure of being superior to others and alleviate the slightest feeling of guilt in their hearts.

But when they turned around, facing the superior "master" of the monster beast, the supervisors' faces turned into flattering smiles, and they humbly made reports.

I wish I could kneel down immediately and show my loyalty to my master.

"There is only one demon cultivator."

"In the early stage of the third level, hiding it won't be a problem."

Liu Yu lowered his head, his consciousness swept over quietly, and he instantly observed the situation of the city gate clearly.

Among the "spirit demons", the Fire Bird bloodline can only be ranked at the bottom.

With his current attainments in Yuan Shen, it would be almost impossible to detect a third-level early fire sparrow.

The "Wall of Divine Consciousness" surrounds the two of them, and it is easy to see through it just with the initial level of third-level cultivation.

Unless this demon happens to have an extremely special talent, or has practiced secret skills in this area.

But this is almost impossible, after all, Changnan City is not bordering Daqian.

It had not been attacked for too long, and the defense had begun to relax.

Even if they have advanced wisdom, the nature of demon cultivators means that they cannot be as patient as monks, at least most demon cultivators are like this.

Just like the demon cultivator who was responsible for guarding the city gate, he was being well-served at this time. He only occasionally scanned it with his spiritual consciousness and found nothing unusual at all.

At the critical moment, Liu Yu was very calm, her consciousness was always paying attention to the demon cultivator, and she crossed the city gate step by step.

After checking that the "forbidden spirit ring" was intact and verifying his identity, he successfully sneaked into Changnan City.

"Successful."

Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen looked at each other and continued to do their own things.

Entering the city, the two finally saw with their own eyes the situation in Changnan City. The number of monks and mortals was more than they imagined.

Countless mortals and monks, under the supervision of monsters and overseers, are constantly building various artifacts.

Liu Yu glanced around and saw the prototypes of a dozen palaces not far away, and there were more in the distance.

Countless mortals and a few monks are surrounding each construction site, adding bricks and tiles bit by bit.

As long as he makes a mistake, he will be immediately taken down by the supervisor and become food for monsters.

Seeing this, some of Liu Yu's doubts were easily solved. This must be the origin of the buildings he saw in the Xinghuo Mountains before.

It was built by monks and mortals in cities, and then collected by demon cultivators into space magic weapons such as storage rings, and sent to each demon cultivator's residence.

"But these are just the most basic projects and do not require overly complicated skills."

"In addition, there should be more advanced projects."

With all kinds of thoughts flashing in his mind, Liu Yu glanced at the monsters watching around him from the corner of his eyes.

Unlike many monsters in the Hengduan Mountains, quite a few of these are wearing "clothes", which are pieces of "armor" of different colors.

It can be seen that it should be tailor-made, most of the demon body is protected under the armor, and each piece fits well.

Under the shimmering armor, there is a fierce look that wants to choose someone to devour, which makes the sense of oppression more intuitive.

People with weak will may not even have the courage to look directly.

The monster's body is already hard, and now coupled with the armor's powerful defense, even if a monk of the same realm activates the magic weapon, it will be difficult to cause effective damage.

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as being even more powerful than a tiger.

"The demon clan should not be underestimated. Knowing that they are at a disadvantage in terms of skills, they are already learning to make up for it and enslaving monks to refine tools."

Seeing this scene, Liu Yu felt solemn in her heart and thought of more things.

Fortunately, the production of this kind of armor-like magic weapon is not high, and it is far from being popularized on a large scale. Only monsters with the blood of spirit demons are qualified to wear it.

Otherwise, adding another layer of defense to all monsters would be a nightmare for most cultivators!

…

"Zi Zi"

Under the calcination of cyan flame, the purple ore melts rapidly.

The impurities inside are slowly separated bit by bit.

In only about half a quarter of an hour, a fist-sized lavender liquid was extracted.

This spiritual material is called "Purple Gold Stone".

Purple gold stone is a second-level spiritual material, often used to refine defensive weapons, such as spiritual armor, shields, etc.

Its hardness is very good, enough to meet the requirements of high-grade magic weapons and even top-grade magic weapons. Compared with other second-level spiritual materials, it is slightly less difficult to refine and refine.

Therefore, it was adopted on a large scale by the Fire Bird Clan and handed over to the enslaved Foundation-Building Monks for purification and used to equip the monster elites.

But no matter how difficult the refining is, for ordinary foundation-building monks, it usually takes three to five days.

Due to strict precautions against monks, monks must go to designated locations when refining.

And under the dual supervision of the monsters and supervisors, the suppression of the "forbidden spirit ring" can be temporarily relaxed, and a small part of the mana can be temporarily used.

However, there are also some monks who "perform" well and have been recognized by the Fire Bird Clan. They believe that the threat level is significantly lower and can be brought back to their residence to work.

When the "forbidden spirit ring" is relaxed at a specific time, you can purify it at your residence.

The two monks Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen replaced were people whom the Fire Bird Clan considered to be little threat. They had been enslaved for more than fifty years.

In order to survive, he did not hesitate to work hard for the demon clan, and his performance has always been very good.

However, for the foundation-building monks, what requires all-out efforts is easy for the golden elixir monks.

Under the calcining of Qingyang Demonic Fire, Liu Yu only spent half a quarter of an hour to complete the workload of a foundation-building monk in about seven days. ,

The rest of the time is free to use.

"puff"

Not long after, Liu Yu stopped his power and stood up, taking the Qingyang Demonic Fire back to his dantian.

A month has passed since he and Zhuo Mengzhen secretly sneaked into Changnan City.

During this month, the two of them did not act rashly. Instead, they followed the trajectory of ordinary foundation-building monks and completed their tasks honestly while observing the situation inside Changnan City as much as possible.

"However, it seems that things like transporting ore can be left to monks or mortals in the Qi Refining Stage."

"In that case, if the foundation-building monks put their energy into purifying the purple gold stone, wouldn't they be able to obtain more spiritual materials to refine the purple gold stone magic weapon?"

Holding the purple ore in his hand, Liu Yu had this doubt in his mind.

But after thinking about it, he soon understood.

For monsters, monks can not only create value, but also slave them to do various things, such as building palaces and refining magic weapons.

More importantly, the monk himself is the "panacea" for all monsters.

Just because it can create value, do we not enjoy the panacea?

Obviously impossible.

If you think about it this way, it is "reasonable" for the Fire Bird Clan demon cultivator to set this special rule.

It can not only maximize the value created by monks, but also eliminate some monks with lower value and enjoy them as "panacea".

"about there."

Thinking like this, Liu Yu went out and left.

Under the close supervision of the overseers and monsters, they walked through the chaotic and dirty streets and came to a large underground fire house.

This is where most monks refine ore.

At the same time, the refined spiritual materials must be handed over to the supervisor here every three days.

At a glance, opposite the continuous fire room, there were already long queues in front of several strange-shaped rooms.

A monk wearing a forbidden spirit ring around his neck, holding various refined ores in his hands, was stepping forward to submit tasks in an orderly manner.

These monks have different expressions on their faces.

Some are hesitant, some are full of joy, some have eyes full of fear, and some are confident and proud.

Even if they are all slaves, the gap in their living standards is not small. Compared with the monks who work hard to complete the task, the latter's happiness is instantly established.

There are also differences among slaves!

Liu Yu walked to the team corresponding to the Purple Stone task and quietly lined up to submit the task, while silently thinking about what to do next.

Staying in Changnan City all the time is not an option.

Although the chance of a third-level demon cultivator seeing through his disguise is extremely small, don't forget that there is a fourth-level fire sparrow more than a hundred miles away from Changnan City.

What if he suddenly thought of patrolling the city on a whim and happened to want to check the monks carefully, wouldn't he be exposed?

The biggest life-saving trump card, the "Ten Thousand Miles of Instant Talisman", has been used up at this time, and Liu Yu has made up his mind to take as few risks as possible in the future.

Youth is capital. Anyway, he still has five or six hundred years to live, so he can plan everything slowly and not in a hurry.

If that doesn't work, you can also go to the barren mountains and ridges outside the city, train dead soldiers from scratch, and let the dead soldiers go to various cities to collect information.

Just as Liu Yu was thinking, a panicked voice suddenly sounded, interrupting his thoughts.

"My lord, please be more open-minded!"

"It's just bad luck that I missed the share and failed to complete the task."

"Next time, I will definitely complete the task, hand over a sufficient share of Purple Stone, and make up for the missing share this time."

A haggard male Foundation Establishment cultivator, with eyes full of fear of death, was begging for mercy in a panic.

In order to survive, he even put aside his dignity as a foundation-building monk and kowtowed to the supervisor in charge of the window.

Because the head was in contact with the ground too hard, it even made a "dong-dong" sound, like a heavy hammer hitting the ground.

"Please give me another chance, sir. I am very grateful. I am willing to be a cow or a horse in the next life."

The monk loudly begged for mercy, his voice full of panic, and some words were garbled.

But the supervisor behind the window did not show any mercy when he saw this. Instead, he sneered and activated a mechanism under the table.

"Roar"

After a few breaths, several mottled giant tigers pounced forward and bit the male Foundation Establishment cultivator who was still begging for mercy.

However, he did not kill or devour it, he just took it away in his mouth.

Monsters with ordinary bloodlines like them are not qualified to enjoy foundation-building monks, and will eventually have to be handed over to "nobles".

Among the demon clan, there is a strict hierarchy.

It is more naked than the human race. Most of the elixirs like the foundation-building monks go into the belly of the Fire Bird tribe, and a few are distributed to other monsters of the spirit demon bloodline.

As for the mortal blood monsters, if they are below the third level, they are only worthy of Qi Refining monks and mortals at most.

This scene was seen by all the monks, but they were unable to protect themselves at this time and did not dare to stand up for him. At most, they only had pity in their eyes.

For a moment, no one had any intention of communicating. The place was very quiet and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

It's like a big stone pressing on the chest, leaving many people breathless.

After the interlude, other monks continued to submit tasks, and the example of the haggard male monk just now was repeated in the field.

…

With Liu Yu's methods, it would certainly not be a problem to complete the task of refining purple gold stone.

After submitting, he left the ground fire room directly.

Under the rule of the demon clan, compared to mortals, the treatment of monks is actually quite good.

Under the premise of completing the task on time and according to the quantity.

There are several ways in the city for monks to vent their stress and kill time, such as the "Tea Tasting House" composed of many beautiful mortal women and so on.

Within a few limited areas, monks can come and go freely.

As long as you don't do something dangerous that violates the rules, such as trying to unlock the "forbidden spirit ring" privately.

Maybe something happened in the past, and the demon cultivator knew that using force and using one's life to coerce might not achieve the best results.

Therefore, the monks were given a little limited space.

After all, they also require monks to refine magical weapons, magic weapons, elixirs, etc., and they are not just used as food.

Pieces of snowflakes fell, causing the temperature to drop sharply, causing some mortals in poor health to fall down in pieces.

Snowflakes fell on the hair and cheeks, bringing a hint of coolness.

Looking around, the earth and the city are all covered in thick white clothes.

Within a month, Liu Yu had basically understood the situation in Changnan City, and planned to go out to explore the road tonight.

Let’s see if we can contact the monks from the Annan Protectorate, or the monks from the Zhang family.

As for Zhuo Mengzhen, he arranged to continue collecting information, not only about Changnan, but also about other immortal cities in the six Annan continents.

…

After wandering around for a few hours, the sky turned completely dark.

"Ji Ren Study"

After confusing the eyeliners all over the city and making sure that he was not noticed, Liu Yu stood a dozen feet away from a study room despite the blizzard flying in the sky.

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