Daxia Lingxian

Chapter 65

With the three becoming monks, there were five monks in the Luo family class, and it became a cultivation force in one fell swoop.

When Li Dingguo became a martial artist, the means of self-protection were of course various martial arts.

Su Xian is a monk of alchemy. In addition to alchemy profession, he also has many means of self-protection, such as alchemy into cauldron, natal erysipelas, and five elements of alchemy fire, which can be attacked and defended, and can be continuously upgraded.

Luo Li is a cultivator of beast control, and the only means of self-protection is the animal tooth blade for the time being, but as long as she gets powerful birds and beasts, she can be used as a helping hand.

The ghost apprentice Hongxiu is a ghost cultivator, nothing more than a ghost trick.

And Luo Ning is a Ling Dao monk, because playing a role grasps the true meaning of the role, so it is equivalent to a combination of martial arts, Taoism, ghosts, witches, and talismans.

With the improvement of Ling Dao and the increase of roles, as long as he does not die, one day he will be proficient in all Dao and become a master.

In addition, there is a child-faced shaman who is proficient in divination.

After Luo Li successfully entered the Tao, the first thing he did was to feed the sloughing grass that Luo Ning gave to the old cow who was about to die.

Inside the inn stables.

Luo Li patted the old cow on the back, watched the old cow chewing the molting grass with tears in his eyes, and said with a tearful smile:

"Old man, what did I say? I will definitely not let you die of old age."

"Brother said, this molting grass can't turn you into a monster, but it can rejuvenate you and prolong your life by five to ten years."

"Old man, one day, I will turn you into a demon cow."

The old cow ate the molting grass, and the withered hair on his body began to moisturize.

The original dull and aging state also gradually faded, as if he was seven or eight years younger.

Although he was still in shape, his aura was different.

"Moo—" the old man was full of vitality, and couldn't help raising his towering horns and screaming.

"Hehe!" Luo Li couldn't help but hugged the old cow's neck and smiled happily.

.........

Early summer in May.

It has been more than half a month since Luojiaban and the caravan left Sanfeng Town.

Along the way, they encountered ghosts and robbers several times, but when they saw the formation of Luo Ning and the others, they retreated and did not dare to make a move.

Unsurprisingly.

On this day, the crowd passed a village and found many villagers carrying burdens and driving ox carts to the small town.

Their expressions were both fearful and excited, with pity and eager eyes.

"My lord." A Lu reported to Luo Ning after inquiring, "In the nearby Taining Town, the people in the town died overnight, and over ten thousand people died."

"These villagers went to the town to get things. So many properties in the town have become ownerless."

Luo Ning frowned: "Plague? Bandits?"

Ah Lu shook his head: "Neither. I don't know why, but they all died overnight."

Hearing this, Qian Sisuan changed his expression and said, "Brother Luo Dao, how can this kind of death be the same as that of Wangyou Township, the land of poppies?"

Luo Ning asked, "Brother Qian, do you know about Taining Town?"

Qian Sisuan nodded and said: "I know a little bit. Decades ago, there was no Taining Town Market, and it was a saline-alkali land, and it was not a major traffic route."

"But suddenly it became popular and prosperous, and then it became a market town like a small city."

Luo Ning was thoughtful: "Brother Qian, do you know why Taining Town is prosperous?"

Qian Si's abacus looked strange, "Because...salt!"

"Salt is a necessity, and everyone has to eat it. Salt is a government-run monopoly, but this Taining town is a den of private salt dealers. They burn salt here, then sell it, and make huge profits."

"So, most of the people in the town are salt sellers and salt people, as well as monks who are salt lords."

"As far as the wealth of Taining Town is concerned, although it's not as rich as Wuwangyou Township, it's not too far behind."

"Should smuggling salt deserve death?" Luo Ning looked stern, "Is there a reason for this?"

Luo Ning didn't ask why the government didn't care.Why doesn't the government care?Of course, those officials were fed with money and became umbrellas.

Qian Sisuan chuckled, "Salt smugglers should be killed, but in the final analysis, it is not a sin that corrupts Yin morality. It would be nice if salt dealers can make people eat cheap salt."

"But the problem is, the salt in Taining Town... has a problem!"

"Although there is a lot of salt in the saline-alkali land, it is naturally toxic. If you don't add a few processes to deal with it, the output will be unqualified salt. If people eat too much, they will get jaundice and die."

"But if a few more processes are added, the cost of manpower and material resources will increase greatly, and the profit will be thin."

"Brother Luo Dao, brother, I can tell whether the silk business I am doing is good or bad at a glance. But whether the salt is good or bad, ordinary people can't tell with their eyes."

"In today's world, how many people's eyes are red for money, fake and shoddy products are flooding, and the common people are hard to guard against. How many of these salt dealers will not sell bad salt for the sake of conscience?"

Luo Ning was riding on the horse, looking up at the cloudy sky, "Is it possible that the salt people in Taining Town have suffered the same retribution as the people in Wangyou Township?"

Qian Sisuan nodded and said, "That's what I was thinking about just now. Since I passed by this place, why don't I go and have a look."

Everyone went to Taining Town together, and within three miles, they smelled a strong smell of corpses.

It is early summer in May and the weather is already hot.With so many dead bodies in the town, the stench can be stink in a few days.

But those miserable villagers still rushed forward like flies chasing the stench enduring the stench.

Some refugees rushed forward desperately.

If you go late, the things of the dead will be taken away by others.

Luo Ning's sense of smell has been lost, and he can't even smell the smell of corpses. Maybe this is the only benefit?
"Brother..."

Luo Li and Su Chuo; the two younger sisters covered their noses together, "I don't want to go, it's disgusting."

Tongyan Shaman didn't want to go either.

Luo Ning and Su Xian smiled and asked them to watch their luggage and not enter the town.

Once entering the town, the stench of corpses was even more terrifying.

Luo Ning entered a courtyard facing the street, and saw six corpses lying there, both men, women, and children.

Their skin is wrinkled like a dead tree branch, and at first glance it looks like they have died of dehydration.

Everyone looked very painful, as if they were poisoned to death.

"He died from salt poisoning." Luo Ning immediately saw the cause of death, "They ate a lot of salt. Even if it was qualified salt, they would die suddenly if they ate two taels, let alone unqualified salt."

"Brother is right, it is indeed salt poisoning." Danxiu Su Xian also saw it, "About two nights ago, they ate a lot of salt and died alive."

Qian Sisuan looked terrified, "The people in Wangyou Township were sucked to death by smoking opium, and they were eaten to death by eating poisonous salt. It's really repaying the other person with the same way!"

"Their money is gone." Luo Ning pointed, "My spiritual sense didn't find a tael of silver or a copper coin."

Li Dingguo said: "There is no gold or silver jewelry on the dead man. Looking at the yard of this family, he should be considered a rich family."

When everyone left the yard, they heard a heartbroken howling outside, and the street was full of noise.

"Where is the gold and silver?! Someone took it away!"

"Ah—not even a copper coin!"

"Day your mother! Come a step later!"

"I can't! The Yan family in the town is so rich, how come there isn't a single copper left!"

But soon, some people still cared about the cause of death of the salt people.

"Scary! Evil door! How did they die? Did they die from eating salt?"

"My mother! It's really salty!"

Luo Ning and others walked along the street, and what they saw were either corpses or "scavengers" who were surprised and disappointed.

When passing by a magnificent courtyard, the parrot in the birdcage at the door suddenly called out:

"Cuckoo, blah, blah... gurgle, blah, blah..."

Luo Ning couldn't help but frown.

It was that mysterious ancient language again, which was translated by Lingdao Shentong: "He is on a horrible tree."

So cruel.

More than 1 people died!
What is it that is, in this way, exercising his justice?

Is such a horrible murder really just?

Luo Ning didn't want to read it any more, and didn't want to delve into it any further.

He only knows that no matter what this kind of existence is, it is not something he can fathom or provoke.

The powerful government did not appear in time.

It is enough to show that the government can't control it, and it can't control it.

"Let's go." Luo Ning shook his head, looking at the hellish Taining Town, he didn't want to stay any longer.

However, even though he had been away for a long time, Luo Ning still couldn't help but think of the dead bodies all over the street, and the phrase "cuckoo cluck blah lang" that the parrot said.

There seemed to be a gloomy cloud in my heart.

The next day, everyone finally came to a reddish river.

The river is not wide, less than three miles.In this vast world, it is only a small river.

But the reddish river water gave people an indescribable strangeness.

"Brother, this is the famous jealous woman." Su Xian said with a smile,

"Jealous of women, it is said that beautiful women are not allowed to cross, and crossing the river will kill you. Only men and ugly women can cross."

(End of this chapter)