Mythology Starts with Childish Skills

The first snowfall in winter came quickly and quickly. The entire Lingwu City was covered in white snow, and the air of chilling filled the sky and the earth, and it showed no signs of stopping in a short period of time.

In the bitter cold climate, even the extremely fast rivers are covered with a layer of glacier that is not very thick.

This falling snow directly paralyzed Lingwu City's most excellent transportation system. All docks were stopped. Merchants and dispersed people could only wait anxiously at their settlements.

The impact of transportation is only one aspect. As a densely populated city, Lingwu City, which is not good at agriculture, also has a huge demand for food. Therefore, during the heavy snow, the price of food also rose again and again, which affected various industries. Things to keep out the cold and things to keep warm have become extremely popular, several times the price quoted in the past.

In the outer city of Lingwu, in the slums outside the southern district, news of people freezing to death were heard from time to time. There was no way, even though a long period of peace had passed, the number of poor people was still the same. Far more than ordinary people, people who barely survive still account for a huge proportion in the entire land of China, and this proportion also continues in this small Lingwu City.

In a seemingly spacious and neat little house, a burly man wearing a red fur hat and warm cotton clothes was sitting on a wooden chair with a gloomy face. In front of him were two trembling and frightened men. , there is a hot charcoal basin burning next to it, emitting warm heat and dispelling the cold.

As the holy envoy of the Pudu Sect stationed in Lingwu City, a city that connects three states, in addition to being an innate-level warrior with excellent martial arts skills, his skill in handling problems and his sensitivity to external information are also unparalleled by ordinary people. .

This heavy snow has been falling for more than five days. It was very heavy at the beginning, and now it is getting heavier and heavier. The Holy Envoy of Pudu Church immediately thought that due to the heavy snow blocking the river, Lingwu City would be flooded with water outside. Due to the blockage, various purchased materials, especially the most critical food, may not be transported on time, and there will be a short-term surge in food prices in the city.

Therefore, he immediately sent two of his men to purchase grain. Unfortunately, it was too late. Even though the prices in various small grain stores were much higher than those in the market, they were still sold out in a very short time.

Nowadays, only some big businessmen, led by the Prince of Yanping County, continue to sell grain to the outside world. The price is not expensive, but individual large-scale purchases are strictly prohibited. This makes Pudujiao face this great opportunity this time, but lacks the ability to take the initiative.

Man-made disasters caused by natural disasters, if the holy envoy of Pudu Sect now has a large amount of food in his hands, he will definitely be able to draw many poor people in Lingwu City who have no food to eat to the Pudu Sect in the shortest possible time and achieve great success.

At the moment of life and death, the human soul is the most vulnerable. At this time, the Pudu Sect appears with its teachings to save all sentient beings and distributes free rations to survive. In the eyes of those who are about to starve to death, its image is no different from that of a living Bodhisattva.

Believers will explode with a geometric growth trend. It cannot be said that the bottom people who monopolize the entire Lingwu City will at least open up the situation in Lingwu City and make this place a quite important stronghold organization of Pudu Sect.

Not all of these are true beliefs, most of them are just for survival. If you don’t believe it, you will have no food. If you believe it, you will have food. This choice does not need to be considered at all.

Pudu Sect has experienced similar situations many times over the years. It can be said that it was the repeated natural and man-made disasters, turmoil in life, and unrest among the people that led to the rapid rise and growth of Pudu Sect.

It's better now. Although the Holy Envoy's response has been very fast, he still didn't have time to take action. The major forces in the city directly blocked the corresponding channels and restricted the purchase of food. This led him to take this opportunity to recruit people to join the religion. The idea was stillborn.

As for relying on pure talk, that's not impossible. The key point is that this holy envoy does not have such extraordinary abilities.

In addition to losing an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, many of the followers he has secretly grown can no longer stand it.

Think about it, how can people with good living conditions, enough peace, and happiness pay attention to the favor of such an inexplicable sect?

You want to save all sentient beings, but I already live a very good life, so I don’t need you to save all sentient beings.

Those who are truly interested in this set of teachings, eat into it, and even deeply believe in it can only be the poor people who live at the bottom, have lost confidence in life, and are pessimistic about the outside world.

It's good to be hungry and full for a while, but the worst thing is for those who can't eat a meal for a day or two in a row.

At this time, under the blow of such heavy snow, widespread death is inevitable.

Since he woke up in the morning, the Purdue Holy Envoy has heard that the death toll reported by his subordinates has exceeded thirty-five, and this number continues to rise.

The main ones were those who froze to death, followed by those who died of starvation, and those who caught cold or died of fever.

Although most of these dead people were old, frail, weak in energy, or suffering from diseases, they could not withstand such consumption.

And death is only one aspect. The greater hidden danger lies in things other than death, such as people who worry about gains and losses, and are anxious and uneasy.

"Holy Envoy, what should I do? The people below are almost unable to hold on anymore, and many people are questioning the existence of the Great Purdue Buddha.

Also, I heard that those aristocratic families have begun to recruit slaves again. Some of our men are also tempted, and even plan to join forces and sell themselves to those rich families together for a chance to survive. "

Over the years, the Holy Envoy stayed in Lingwu City. For safety reasons, he secretly developed less than 300 believers. Most of them were from poor families. A small number of families were in good condition, and some were still in martial arts. Not bad, but someone who has no way to rise.

It's fine in normal times, and everyone is considered a devout believer, but at such a critical time of life and death, no one cares about the Buddha or not.

If it can keep us alive and fill our stomachs, then it’s a Buddha. If it can’t keep us alive, then it’s bullshit.

Human's desire to survive is the strongest instinctive desire. In order to survive, it is not uncommon to make seemingly unbelievable decisions.

For example, what this person is saying now is that people form gangs to sell themselves to those who have food and power.

Selling one's body is equivalent to being unable to control one's own life and death. It is an extremely inhumane behavior. Under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to be a dog or a slave to others.

However, at the moment of life and death, the so-called freedom and the so-called dignity do not seem to be so difficult to abandon.

Note that this refers to ordinary people, not those who are beyond ordinary people.

After hearing these words, the face of the holy envoy of Pudu Sect became even more ugly.