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Chapter 112 Lurking

"The situation in Yunzhou is really too complicated..."

In the small courtyard, Chen Ze couldn't help but sigh in his heart after reading Su Yi's booklet.

This Yunzhou is actually a good place, with fertile land and good weather, making it very suitable for farming.

However, because the demonic cultivators in the deserted country have been causing trouble all year round, they have suffered a massive loss of population.

In order to attract people to farm in Yunzhou, Yan State directly exempted all taxes in Yunzhou, which attracted many refugees to settle down.

There are also some measures on the Wilderness side.

According to this booklet, any commoner in the Yan Kingdom who is willing to move to a deserted country can be allocated a piece of fertile land as long as they give birth to two children and submit them to the Heavenly Demon Palace, and they do not need to pay taxes. In addition, it is much safer than Yunzhou.

To put it simply, the reason why the demonic cultivators from the Desolate Country keep coming to Yunzhou to cause trouble is not only to practice, but also to destroy the living environment of Yunzhou, thereby absorbing the population of the Yan Kingdom and shaking the foundation of the Yan Kingdom.

Naturally, Yan State would not let them destroy the living environment of Yunzhou, so the six major sects sent many monks to station in Yunzhou.

If there is a demonic cultivator causing trouble in a certain city, the cultivators hidden among the civilians will take action immediately.

In this way, the two factions of good and evil continue to compete in this Yunzhou...

The level of battle of wits and courage is also constantly escalating.

Now that you see the demon cultivators making trouble, if you take action, a group of demon cultivators may pop out from the darkness.

But similarly, if the demon cultivator sees a weak cultivator and takes action rashly, a group of cultivators from the six major sects may pop up from the darkness.

"I found a weak demon cultivator... we can't take action easily, we have to check if there are any ambush around..."

Chen Ze said to himself.

I have to say, this place is a bit busy.

Fortunately, he has special abilities. Otherwise, it would be difficult for one person to make a difference.

In addition, this booklet also focuses on a special group, that is, Independent Cultivators.

There are also some ruthless characters in the Yunzhou Independent Cultivator, and they sometimes hunt demon cultivators.

It's just that after this group of people hunted down the demon cultivator, there was no reward.

In order to maximize profits, these Independent Cultivators sometimes come to Heavenly River City to sell demon cultivators' heads and identity tokens to Azure Sun Sect disciples in exchange for some spiritual stones or elixirs such as Spiritual Weapon.

Azure Sun Sect disciples took the skull token and approached the sect to receive the reward.

This is a mutually beneficial transaction.

But this kind of transaction is limited to Heavenly River City...you have to be careful in other places.

Because some Independent Cultivators are interested in meeting Cai, they may even collude with demon cultivators to harm the disciples of the six major sects.

Heavenly River City is the base camp of Azure Sun Sect...but no Independent Cultivator dares to do such a thing here.

"You can go to Independent Cultivator to buy the demon cultivator's head and identity token in exchange for contribution points..."

Chen Ze showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

This was very important information to him.

He has special abilities and many trump cards, so he actually has a lot to do in Yunzhou.

But if he really handed over the heads of a few demon cultivators to the sect every now and then, that would be too eye-catching... It would be enough to be resented by the demon cultivators, and he would have to find a way to explain to the sect.

But if it can be sold, then that's no problem.

The worst case scenario is to use the Myriad Transformation Art to disguise it as an Independent Cultivator, sell it to other inner disciples, and exchange it for spiritual stones or something.

Anyway, no one has too many spiritual stones.

There are so many shops in Zhongzhou, and as long as he has spiritual stones, he can quickly convert them into combat power.

Although he currently has a lot of Spiritual Weapons, he is still far behind those top geniuses.

The son of the master of the Sword Sect that he met in Zhongzhou back then was wearing a Supreme Grade Spiritual Weapon.

If he had the chance to enter the Tianyuan Secret Realm, he would probably face people like this.

…

"If I have the chance, I would really like to thank this Senior Brother Su."

After Chen Ze put away the booklet, he sighed softly,

It was thanks to Senior Brother Su that he was able to grasp so much relevant information about Yunzhou when he first arrived.

At this moment, Chen Ze silently put a label on Su Yi that he could make friends with.

…

After resting for half a day, it was getting dark.

Chen Ze changed his clothes and left the station quietly.

Yunzhou is a large area with hundreds of large and small cities, among which there are thirty or forty relatively dangerous cities close to the border.

Among them, Azure Sun Sect is responsible for six cities.

If sometimes there is a shortage of manpower, Azure Sun Sect will ask for help from the Five Elements Sect with which it has good relations. The same is true for the Five Elements Sect.

So strictly speaking, the main scope of activities of Azure Sun Sect disciples is the twelve cities surrounding Heavenly River City.

Chen Ze glanced at the map, and then went straight to Tianshi City near Heavenly River City.

He plans to visit one city in four days and strives to visit all the cities that Azure Sun Sect is responsible for during this border trip.

…

The next day, the sky was bright.

Chen Ze entered Tianshi City among ordinary people.

Although the population of Shicheng is not large today, the temple is small and the wind is strong.

With just a casual glance, he saw five or six demon cultivators.

However, they were all demonic Independent Cultivators with low cultivation levels and were not worth his effort.

After entering the city, he went straight to the tallest restaurant in the city just like when he first explored Ruifeng City.

This restaurant is called Yunque Tower. It is five stories high. In terms of style, it is far inferior to the Xunfeng Tower in Ruifeng City. There is not even a person to greet guests at the door.

When Chen Ze walked into the Skylark Building, a waiter came to greet him.

"Sir, do you want to eat or stay in a hotel?"

"Let's eat. Is there a seat on the top floor?"

Chen Ze asked.

"Yes, you come with me."

The waiter forced out a smile.

Looking at the blackened Yintang of the waiter in the shop, Chen Ze frowned slightly.

In his opinion, this person was most likely to have been sucked in by the Demonic Cultivator of the Path of Desire.

However, the person who sucked this person's energy is obviously not a powerful character, otherwise this person would not be able to talk well here.

"This Yunzhou...sigh..."

Chen Ze sighed lightly and followed the waiter up to the fifth floor.

As a result, as soon as he arrived on the fifth floor, he felt something unexpected in his heart.

Because four middle-aged businessmen were sitting at a table by the window on the east side of the fifth floor, drinking heavily and eating meat.

Three of them are ordinary people, but the other one is extraordinary.

Judging from the training techniques, this person is clearly a demon cultivator from the Soul Control Sect.

"Qi Refining the tenth level of Dzogchen..."

Chen Ze said to himself.

Thinking of the reminder in the booklet, Chen Ze immediately looked around at the other people on the fifth floor, and soon his eyes rested on a table by the window to the west.

There were two scholars sitting there, drinking wine and reciting poems.

One of them is also an ordinary person, and the other person is an Azure Sun Sect disciple judging from the things on his body.

"Foundation Building mid-term cultivation... Judging from the contents of the storage ring, it should be a fellow sect I have never seen before."

Chen Ze couldn't help but be speechless.

What's going on?

The Demon Cultivator of the Yuhun Sect and the Azure Sun Sect disciples ate on the top floor of the same store?

They don't have the same idea as me, they want to sit by the window and watch the people on the street, right?

Thinking of this, Chen Ze couldn't help but look at these two people carefully.

Pretty much what he thought.

Both the Demonic Cultivator of the Yuhun Sect and the Azure Sun Sect disciple would glance at the street downstairs from time to time.

It is also worth mentioning that these two people are extremely capable of camouflage.

The Yuhun Sect monk talked about the stories on the trade road with great clarity.

The disciple of Azure Sun Sect also made pairs very neatly, which attracted repeated applause from the mortal scholar who spoke to him.

If he didn't have special abilities, he wouldn't be able to see through the disguises of these two people.

And if nothing else, these two people probably didn't see through each other's disguise.

"Sir, where do you want to sit?"

The waiter saw Chen Ze looking around and asked softly.

Chen Ze looked at the position between the two.

That's the spot by the window.

But the problem is that if he sits there and glances out the window from time to time, maybe the people at the two tables next to him will notice?

After all...everyone has their own mortal partner.

And he was just alone... so conspicuous.

"Do you want it rolled like this?"

After secretly complaining, Chen Ze pointed to a seat in the corner and said, "I'll just sit there. Serve me some special dishes and a bottle of wine."

"Okay! Please wait a moment, sir!"

The waiter responded and trotted downstairs.

Chen Ze walked to the table in the corner and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, he felt two eyes looking towards him intentionally or unintentionally.

"I can't come to the top floor anymore...and my disguise is still a bit awkward, and I haven't completely integrated into the mortal world."

Chen Ze sighed secretly in his heart.

Then he stared at the wall next to him with a melancholy look on his face, pretending to be a homesick traveler.

There's no way... I don't have any special skills, so that's all I can do.

…

After a while, the waiter served food and wine, and Chen Ze ate some at will.

At this moment, the merchants finally had enough to eat and drink and went downstairs.

Seeing this, Chen Ze pretended to rub his belly and burped again, then called the waiter to come over and pay.

After paying the bill, he followed quietly out.

(End of chapter)