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Chapter 248 What Does It Have To Do With You?

Luozhou City is situated by the mountains and water, abundant in resources, and was originally a land of plenty.

During the Great Tang Xian Dynasty, the taxes were harsher than a tiger, but with such an environment, the people of Luozhou City could still barely get by. Who would have expected that the newly appointed governor would be a despicable character, arrogant and unscrupulous, relying on his powerful backing to act without restraint.

In this once prosperous land, under the plundering of the new governor, it quickly declined.

What infuriated the people even more was that this new governor somehow obtained an evil technique that required the blood of many unmarried girls and healthy boys as a catalyst for cultivation. Countless families' beloved children fell victim to his sinister hands.

This is a situation that cannot be numbed by any excuse. The people of Luozhou City have accumulated immense anger and are on the verge of eruption.

Just at this moment, a Taoist missionary from the peaceful Taoist sect of the Southern Great Yan Xian Dynasty arrived to spread their teachings. The people were gradually attracted by the vision of a peaceful world depicted by the missionary and learned of their true abilities. They gathered around, seeking the help of the Taoist master to save the people of Luozhou City from the dire situation.

Coincidentally, the evil aura hidden within the governor was detected by the Taoist missionary.

As the saying goes, evil must be eradicated by all. The Taoist missionary reported to the superiors of Luozhou City while searching for evidence of the governor's misdeeds and crimes.

This enraged the governor of Luozhou City, who distorted the truth and falsely accused the Taoist missionary of being the source of all the city's crimes. He killed the missionary and launched a bloody retaliation against the people who had assisted the Taoist missionary. He even used the name of a rebel group to abduct many girls and children from their homes to cultivate his evil technique.

The people were forced to rebel against the government, but they lacked the necessary means of violence to resist the governor and his violent machinery, resulting in the deaths of many.

Just as the governor of Luo Zhou City thought that the situation had been suppressed, the Taiping Sect sent people to investigate the death of the missionary priest and, upon learning the truth, became enraged and joined the rioting masses of Luo Zhou City.

The governor of Luo Zhou City deserved his punishment, but the official authorities of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty refused to acknowledge that a governor from a prestigious family and officially certified could practice evil arts and even harvest the lives of the common people for cultivation materials.

This not only involved the face of the official authorities of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty and the face of the governor's family in Luo Zhou City, but also involved the legitimacy of the regime and the nature of the identification of the Taiping Sect practitioners killing officials of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty.

In the end, the official authorities of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty sent troops to suppress the rebellion and even wanted to capture and interrogate the "evil cultists" of the Taiping Sect.

After going back and forth, both sides finally had no room for compromise. The people of Luo Zhou City fought to the death, and the Great Tang Xian Dynasty's suppression army also suffered heavy losses, until the intervention of the practitioners from the prestigious families of the Langhuan Heavenly Palace.

It can be said that the fault in the entire conflict lies with the official authorities of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty. However, the extremely corrupt official authorities of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty did not choose to correct their mistakes, but instead used methods to eliminate those who raised questions in order to cover up their errors.

On the surface, the official authorities of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty achieved victory, the rebellion was suppressed, and the Taiping Sect practitioners were forced to flee. However, the destruction of Luo Zhou City and the atrocities committed by the official army will ultimately spread and create ripples within the already turbulent territory of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty.

Chu Shen instructed Li Xiangqi to take the gold and "buy" the survivors from the massacred army of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty. These survivors, scattered into the wilderness and fleeing in all directions, will never forget their deep-seated hatred.

Looking at the survivors who were "bought" by Chu Shen and scattered into the wilderness, fleeing in all directions, the attitudes of the various parties were all different.

The generals in the army of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty counted their gold and paid no attention to the scattered survivors. Could these remaining dead leftovers really retaliate against them?

The soldiers of the army of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty pointed at the backs of the survivors and laughed heartily, showing no pity or empathy. To these executioners of the city, they were pitiful ants when facing the army generals and high-ranking officials. However, the civilians who were left after being slaughtered by them were even weaker beings. Bullying and mocking seemed to make them feel powerful, filling the resentment that arose when they themselves were humiliated.

The members of the delegation from the Great Tang Xian Dynasty frowned slightly. The incident in Luozhou City was ultimately not handled well by the officials of the Great Tang Xian Dynasty. In their opinion, it would have been better to kill all the people of Luozhou City, so there would be fewer people gossiping outside.

However, some warriors and even ordinary cultivators they secretly dispatched were intercepted halfway, and each of them died in a miserable state. This made them think of the Taiping Dao cultivators who were not left behind. Unfortunately, the cultivators from the prestigious families in the Langxuan Heavenly Palace did not want to act when the situation was unclear, so they had to let go of the idea of silencing the survivors.

But were the cultivators from the prestigious families in the Langxuan Heavenly Palace really not moving because the situation was unclear?

Perhaps only they themselves knew their true thoughts.

On the contrary, Li Xiangqi knew that among the personnel who intercepted and silenced the warriors and cultivators, there was someone like her, and she followed Chu Shen's orders.

However, she didn't know why Chu Shen did these things. What she could see was Chu Shen looking towards the direction of Luozhou City with a deep expression.

So she couldn't help but ask, "... Luozhou City has nothing to do with you. Why are you doing these things?"

Ten thousand taels of gold may not be valuable to cultivators, but the reason it is not valuable is because the standards of measurement are different. In mortal society, this is definitely an unimaginable sum of money.

Even for cultivators, it is quite difficult to instantly produce ten thousand taels of gold. It takes time to circulate.

Chu Shen remained silent for a while before sighing, "When the country prospers, the people suffer. When the country declines, the people suffer."

Li Xiangqi furrowed her brows and said, "I don't understand."

Chu Shen explained, "The meaning of this sentence is that regardless of whether the dynasty is strong or declining, the people always live in hardship."

Li Xiangqi's brows did not relax. "So what? What does this have to do with you?"

Chu Shen didn't get angry at her confusion and calmly said, "In your eyes, these ordinary people are probably weak, cowardly, and insignificant, right?"

Li Xiangqi nodded, not denying her disdain for ordinary people. "Yes, they don't have cultivation, they don't possess astonishing wisdom, and they don't have any abilities that impress me. Why should I respect them?"

Chu Shen smiled and said, "It's human nature. But without them, would you and I still exist?"

This was a question that Li Xiangqi had never considered before. Her brows furrowed even tighter, but she was puzzled as to why Chu Shen would ask such a question.

Chu Shen had already given her the answer. "The answer is that you and I would not exist."