"Have you ever considered that you could win that guy over?"
Originally, they intended to leave the government office directly, but then they thought that there had been many troubles in Liuzhou these past two days. If their absence caused chaos in Liuzhou, it might reach the soldiers at the front line, and it would be bad if Xu Hu or Tian Heng were alerted.
When the Blazing Yang Grand Formation was activated, both of them anxiously inquired about the situation here using their faith. Shen San spent a lot of effort to convince them that he was here and there was no problem stabilizing the situation. If another major upheaval broke out in Liuzhou and some news was sent to the front lines by the relatives of the soldiers, then Xu Hu Tian Heng would definitely suspect him!
Ultimately, having no other option, Shen San continued to practice medicine in the main hall of the government office, while a new messenger was brought in from the outside. This messenger was never far from the door, eating and sleeping with him, never leaving his sight.
But this caution still makes one feel as if there's always a chance of being invaded.
"Win him over?" Shen Ling sneered. "You can win over anyone else, but that guy? Do you believe I could?"
Shen San sighed upon hearing this. It was indeed true. Even if he managed to win them over, he wouldn't trust them. He really didn't understand why his master Chen Qing, was willing to believe such a monster.
"But there's no need to worry," Shen Ling said coldly, looking at the doorway. "That's a stupid woman. Even if she has great talent and abilities, it's a waste to leave her in her hands. Actually, there's no need to worry too much. Some people are more trouble than they're worth. Chen Qing is overestimating her by treating her as a trump card."
"Judging from your tone, you two seem to know each other quite well?"
Then she realized, "That's true, you're all from the same place. But there are some grudges in that world, can you really judge that she's not capable?"
What do you think?
Shen Ling looked disdainful. When the first batch of people came in, that foolish woman was one of them. She had such a great talent as the Thousand-Faced Fox, but she was always self-pitying. Every time she couldn't resist the temptation and ate a human's heart and liver, she would regret it for half a day. She would even hurt herself or commit suicide. If it weren't for her companions stopping her, she would have died countless times.
Later, she learned that she needed to seduce a lucky human man to have sex in order to grow stronger, and she was furious and refused no matter what.
I really don't understand why such an affected woman is so popular; everyone in the company seems to revolve around her.
She was given such great talent; it's as if God was wasting it.
And indeed, that's how it turned out. Despite possessing such talent, she was framed and schemed against in various ways, and never even made it to the Transcendent. In that same year, her spirit was even suppressed due to a scheme.
As for myself, born as an ordinary sea monster with no amazing talent, I was able to become one of the Heavenly Venerable through my own hard work step by step!
Although she was later schemed against, she was still a powerful figure and one of the players. As for her, with such great talent, she became the most pitiful pawn, suffering endless humiliation and unable to even retain the most basic Samsara reincarnation. She was tricked into going to the Heavenly Demon Palace, where she would never be able to be reborn.
Yes, from the moment she heard that A Li had been taken in by Chen Qing, she knew that both Chen Qing and A Li were losers from back then, and that group of people were completely dead!
Bringing that group back in at this point is definitely not for the real people. Even a fool could tell it's a genetic clone secretly stored up by someone back then. The only person capable of doing something like this is that old fox in the Divine Martial Guild.
A bunch of old fogies. Just you wait, this time, you won't get your way!
"Grown ups."
A commotion came from outside the door. The young man at the door frowned as soon as he saw the person. It was an acquaintance, Zhou Haitao, who had been bothering Lord Shen every day for the past few days.
"What is it now?" Shen San was in the inner room, showing no intention of coming out. He couldn't look into the eyes of the Thousand Eyes Fox, so from now on, he couldn't look into the eyes of any stranger.
What is a stranger?
Everyone outside this hall is a stranger!
"It's gotten out of hand," Zhou Haitao said with considerable helplessness. "People in the city, especially the families of those from the Stargazing Tower, are causing a disturbance in front of the government office, demanding that we drive all the refugees out and not allow them into the city!"
"Is it really that serious?" Shen San frowned in the hall. If things escalated, he would be in trouble.
"Who can argue with that?" Zhou Haitao sighed. "Several families in the city have lost their children, and they're all blaming the refugees they've taken in. But the refugees are also complaining, saying, 'Who can they sell their lost children to here?'"
"A child is missing?" Shen San's expression grew increasingly grim. This was very troublesome. In Liuzhou's current situation, everyone valued their descendants highly. Outstanding descendants could provide high-quality incense offerings and extend one's Underworld Lifespan by many years. Who wouldn't want to live longer?
Every household spends a lot of resources to raise their children. Those who can study spend a lot of money to hire tutors and send them to the best academies. Those who can practice martial arts hire instructors from the Fighter Army with good wine and meat to help them build a foundation from a young age. In short, they would rather eat less and wear less than let their children suffer in their education. Especially within Liuzhou City, there is even a competitive spirit among them, which is becoming more and more intense.
In such situations, children are a matter of life and death; if they are stolen, it could be a fatal blow!
These days, tensions between locals and refugees are already high, and this latest incident will likely make things difficult to resolve amicably.
The key point is that while stealing children is indeed useless against ordinary refugees, it's different in some places, such as the imperial court, or the demonic forces in the north.
Although there are no demons among these refugees, no one can say for sure whether there are human spies from hostile forces among them. Humans are capable of doing anything, even the most monstrous things, for the sake of profit, and are often more terrifying than demons.
It's not impossible that they would deliberately provoke such a conflict and throw Liuzhou into chaos!
"My lord, what should I do? I'm truly at my wit's end."
"Reassure the residents of the city that all the refugees will be driven out of the city today, and within three days at most, they will be relocated overseas. Tell everyone to rest assured. As for the missing children, we will do everything in our power to find them!"
"With such a certain tone?" Zhou Haitao asked in surprise, "What if we can't find it?"
"We'll deal with that later. First, we need to calm the public's emotions. We have a strong enemy outside, but we absolutely cannot allow any chaos to occur internally!"
"Okay, okay, but do we really have to drive all the refugees out? Won't that damage the Lord's reputation?"
"Our lord cares more about his people than about empty fame. Do as I say. That's right, drive these people to Great Azure Mountain first. Let the provisions from Great Azure Mountain temporarily supply these refugees."
Zhou Haitao, nicknamed " Great Azure Mountain," frowned. "Isn't this inappropriate?"
"In times of emergency, there's nothing wrong with acting expediently!"
"All right."
Zhou Haitao received the order, looking hesitant, and left the compound.
Inside the hall, Shen San frowned, looking into the distance, and whispered, "Senior, do you think there's anything wrong with Zhou Haitao?"
"How should I know?" Shen Ling didn't even glance at the other person, and said in a low voice, "If he has a problem, you need to be even more careful about the guy outside your door."
"It's alright." Shen San looked outside and said, "I was watching outside just now. My clansman didn't move an inch. He's been working diligently. Even though his memories have been altered, he can't do anything since he can't leave this courtyard."
"I hope so," Shen Ling glanced at the young man at the door, unable to quite put her finger on it. She felt like she had overlooked something, but since they had no flaws, she really couldn't think of any other tricks that stupid fox could possibly have up his sleeve.
At that moment, a pink glint flashed in the eyes of the young man at the door, and a strange smile curled at the corner of his mouth.