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After Yu Chen met with Shang Yi, the newly appointed Lord of Shang never entered the Dao Palace again. He remained in his own palace year-round, handling all manner of affairs, and did not leave for a hundred years.

One day, Yi Yin truly could not bear to watch any longer. He dragged Shang Yi out of the palace and into the fields and forests.

Compared to a hundred years ago, the situation within the Shang Kingdom was far from good.

With the Xia Dynasty gods and the Xia ruler no longer keeping things in check, the drought across the entire Central Plains had grown increasingly severe.

Even a great feudal state like the Shang Kingdom could barely maintain its own water supply. The people everywhere were having a hard time. After walking for a while, Shang Yi saw several farmers slaughtering beasts caught in a huge net. They then chanted incantations, drawing upon their meager curse power to secure one net after another in midair.

The nets were made of special materials. Once suspended in the air, they gradually faded away. Unless ordinary people paid close attention, they would never see the layers upon layers of nets overhead. Combined with the curse arts the farmers cast upon the land, the nets linked sky and earth. Any bird or beast that entered the fields would be caught in one sweep of the net.

The sight displeased Shang Yi somewhat. He said to Yi Yin, "Have the people's lives truly become so difficult? Must they resort to such methods just to obtain food?"

After all, the Shang Kingdom had been where Yu Chen first spread the immortal path. It could be considered the greatest gathering place of demon immortals in the Central Plains. Many of the beasts living within Shang might,