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Chapter 865 [Tai Sui Concubine]

A sharp voice, like a eunuch in the imperial palace shouting in a hoarse voice, echoed in the sky above the alleys of Xining.

This deep and peaceful atmosphere was immediately broken by the hustle and bustle of the world.

Along with the sounds of gongs and drums, there was also the sound of firecrackers, crackling.

But these noises did not bring any sense of liveliness. Instead, they seemed vague and unreal. Coming from deep in the alley, it felt eerie.

"What is disturbing the peace of Xining's alleys?"

Chen Ye frowned and looked for the source of the sound. One step turned into ten steps and the surrounding streets rapidly retreated backwards.

After turning a few corners, I saw a group of homeless people gathered in a small square. Next to them were abandoned roof beams and several doors leading to some deserted courtyards.

But these villas have now become homes for homeless people.

Inside the courtyard, there were several yellowed rags spread on the ground as quilts.

On the simple coarse cloth bed were some daily necessities of the homeless, including begging bowls and pipes, some scattered paper money, and some white canvas that was hard to tell whether it was for mourning for his fellow humans or for hanging himself.

In fact.

This place looks extremely poor, but considering the surrounding area, it is already considered good.

At least there is a place for homeless people to live so they don't starve to death on the streets.

In the current environment, it is already good enough if you are not starving to death, not to mention that there is a place to sleep on the floor for these lowest-level homeless people.

At this moment,
Chen Ye looked towards the wide and spacious area, and saw a luxurious royal sedan parked at the intersection.

A graceful and elegant woman walked down from the sedan chair. Her face was as pale as if it was covered with flour, and she exuded a deathly, bleak paleness.

No one knew what material the white powder was made of, but it gave off a deathly aura.

There is also a faint smell of sulfur.

It's like the ashes that have just been refined from a furnace.

The clothes that the woman was wearing were of royal style. Although there was no Supreme Black Dragon embroidered on it, there were several miniature black phoenix patterns embroidered on it. They were like patterns running along the sleeves and extending to the hem at the back.

The Black Phoenix's eyes were located at the cuffs of both sleeves, staring vividly, as if possessing some kind of life.

【Tai Sui Concubine】

When Chen Ye used his exclusive talent of [Blood Letter Research] to examine the woman's talent, he surprisingly saw the other party's occupation name.

However, there is something indescribably weird about this profession name. It has never appeared in the beta version.

Chen Ye can basically be sure...

The status of this [Tai Sui Concubine] is very high. From what I can sense currently, she is at least at the sixth level.

"Since when has the sixth transformation become so common?"

Chen Ye frowned slightly. He didn't quite understand why a [Tai Sui Concubine] would come to the alleys of Xining.

What's the point of coming to such a shabby place?
at this time,

A sharp duck voice shouted again:
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, has issued an edict to recruit and buy horses, to open up the Houhuang River, to welcome the Tai Sui, to be virtuous and to carry all things, to turn the dry earth into a clear and bright place for the world!"

"Now is the time when the heavens are in trouble, the earth is in trouble, all kinds of disasters are happening, and all living beings are suffering."

"In order to provide a path for the refugees, we recruited them to the back mountains, reclaimed the wasteland, built temples, prayed to the gods and ghosts, and prayed for good weather and good harvests, so that all things could be revived."

As she spoke, the [Tai Sui Concubine] suddenly sprinkled a handful of white rice on the ground!
When the rice was scattered, all the homeless people rushed over to grab the rice!
Although those few grains of rice are not enough to fill the stomach, they are enough to keep these homeless people alive for two or three more days!

Well, after all, it is a world of strange era, and these strange life signs are somewhat different from those of ordinary people.

You can survive for several days without food or water.

Even a grain of rice can provide a tiny bit of energy, which is enough to resist hunger, but in extreme cases, it can sustain you for another three to five days without any problem.

Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and he looked carefully and found that there was nothing wrong with the white rice.

It exudes an aura of white mist.

It doesn't seem to be something evil...

only.

What makes Chen Ye feel a little strange is that if this [Tai Sui Concubine] is really so kind-hearted, and came here to "recruit and buy horses" in order to solve the problem of food and clothing for the homeless, then he would really believe this nonsense!
Although the white rice was indeed of no problem, some homeless people grabbed it and swallowed it in one gulp, while others kept it as a treasure, but all in all, at least they all got enough food to survive.

However, few homeless people are willing to follow [Tai Sui Concubine] to some barren mountain to open up wasteland.

"Is this the instinct to seek profit and avoid harm?" Chen Ye guessed secretly.

We went to that desolate mountain, not knowing where it was, and said we wanted to build a temple and worship the gods?

Obviously it won’t be any fun!

It was obviously a trick to show a little kindness and then lure them over and kill them!

[Tai Sui Concubine], after sprinkling a handful of white rice, did not seem to stay for long and just walked away leisurely.

Accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, the royal convoy including [Concubine Tai Sui] soon disappeared in the billowing smoke and dust.

Only a very small number of homeless people would follow the direction of the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers.

but,

Chen Ye saw the homeless people who followed him, and their heads were covered with black lines.

Although these black lines are not fatal and are not a sign of death, it is like falling into the spider web of [Tai Sui Concubine], unable to turn over forever!

“Sure enough, there are still pitfalls!”

Chen Ye guessed secretly in his heart.

but,

What he didn't quite understand was why this [Tai Sui Concubine], who was clearly a sixth-level person and could use more direct means to "recruit and buy horses", had such a group of homeless people. What was the point?

At the moment, the most likely possibility is that this white rice really doesn't cost much.

After all, if this handful of rice were placed in your own world, it would not even be enough to feed the chickens!

It's worth it if I can cheat a few homeless people.

But is it necessary for a sixth-level cultivator to go to such great lengths and use such effort?

Although it seems like a profit from the perspective of the transaction, if you look at it from the perspective of "labor", it is actually a loss.

After all, the time of six revolutions is very precious.

Even if Chen Ye wanted to use the "Book of Contract" to summon sixth-level labor from the spiritual world, he would have to pay a large sum of gold notes.

How much are these homeless people worth?

He actually used [Tai Sui Concubine]...

obviously.

Chen Ye judged that there must be a "game" here through the black spider web lines connecting several homeless people above the head of [Tai Sui Concubine].

But what exactly this game was about and why these homeless people were used was unknown for the time being. Chen Ye planned to continue reading.

He vaguely realized that the arrival of [Concubine Tai Sui] was just a show.

The real curtain is probably still hidden behind it!

at this time.

From the back of an alley in Xining, a beggar with a young face appeared from nowhere. He was holding a piece of rag in his hand, as if covering something, and hurried to the end of the alley.

A voice suddenly called out to the beggar:
"Didn't you go to that barren mountain a few days ago to help open up the wasteland? Why are you back now?"

The beggar was startled and stammered:
"There's nothing in that barren mountain. It's just a place where black slaves are raised. You'd just work for free. Don't go there!"

"Don't go?" A man with a hooked nose, angular facial features, a mean look, and as thin as a bamboo pole strode out.

A few [Gluttons] followed behind. Although they were all in the [Gluttony] sequence, they were like starving ghosts at this time. They didn't have many muscles on their bodies. Only broad and big bones supported the loose leather frames. When they walked, the wrinkled skin would shake with their hesitant steps, just like dried fish skin, which was used as a sail that moved against the wind when sailing.

Although these [Gluttons] looked so weak, having so many of them blocking each other was still too scary for this beggar whose body size was not much better than Yuxian's.

The beggar was like a frightened cat, curled up in the corner, trembling and not daring to speak.

"That package of yours smells like gold and silver coins!"

The old man with the bamboo pole spoke in a sinister tone and laughed maliciously.

"Gold and silver coins!"

A glutton's voice suddenly sounded surprised and shocked: "How much meat can it get in exchange? How many delicacies?"

"I want to eat meat! I want to grow meat! This way I can eat more meat!"

"Gold and silver coins! Meat! Gold and silver coins! Meat! Gold and silver coins! Meat!"

The beggar wanted to run away as fast as he could.

But the old man with the bamboo pole just stretched out his hand and picked up the beggar as if he were picking up a chicken.

The beggar cried out, and the rag in his hands fell to the ground.

With a clang, a golden ingot suddenly fell to the ground.

"You are such a dishonest boy, you even said that the mountain behind is for recruiting black slaves. Where did these gold ingots come from?" The old man with the bamboo pole laughed sinisterly, but his smile changed from a fake one to a more real one, revealing a supreme joy and excitement.

"They are really recruiting black slaves!" The beggar was so anxious that he almost cried out, "The ingots were just unexpected things..."

"What's the surprise?"

The old man with bamboo pole had already put the ingot in his arms, but a few gluttons around him patted the old man on the shoulder with good intentions. The old man's face slowly froze and he cursed:
"Why are you in such a hurry? Can you exchange the gold ingots for meat?"

"Wait for me to ask my friends in the bank to exchange it for a large stack of paper money for you. Just take it and you can get as much meat as you want!"

The gluttons then stopped bothering the old man with the bamboo pole, and they reached a temporary consensus.

At this moment,
The old man with the bamboo pole looked at the beggar and smiled softly:
"As the saying goes, a man is innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure. Brother Yuanbao will keep it for you temporarily and help you avoid disaster. There shouldn't be any problem, right?"

"No problem!" The beggar could only swallow the broken teeth.

"Why don't you thank me, brother?"

The bamboo-pole old man narrowed his eyes and spoke with a stern tone.

"Thank you, brother."

The beggar answered honestly.

"Huh? For such a great favor, you just thank me verbally?" The bamboo old man's tone became stern.

The beggar knelt down immediately and kowtowed three times to the old man with the bamboo pole, saying:

"Thank you for saving my life, brother."

The old man with the bamboo pole regained his kind smile: "Okay, get up quickly."

After saying this, he took the ingots and left in a hurry.

It seemed that the old man with the bamboo pole also knew that what he had done was a bit lacking in morality and it was not good for him to stay here for long.

Moreover, this kind of bullying the weak is only useful to beggars.

If some tough guys nearby come looking for him, the gold ingots might fall into the hands of others, and he would be the one to kowtow.

and so.

After stealing the beggar's gold ingots, the old man with the bamboo pole looked around with a sly look in his eyes. After making sure that no one could identify him, he quickly took the gold ingots and ran away.

However, the direction he ran was where the [Tai Sui Concubine] went.

obviously……

This bamboo-pole old man knew that following [Tai Sui Concubine] to work would definitely be beneficial.

Even such a weak beggar can get such a hot and warm ingot, so why can't I?
In such a dangerous time, there are actually gold ingots to be taken...

It’s really good!

therefore.

The bamboo pole old man seemed to have found an opportunity to make a fortune, so of course he hurried to make money.

I wish I could take all the sacks in the house!

Just to get more gold ingots back!
When the old man with bamboo pole made such a decision, Chen Ye saw a halo covered with dark clouds above the other person's head again.

And that black energy was even more dense than that of the other homeless people who followed [Tai Sui Concubine] to the barren mountains.

"There's something fishy about this situation!"

Chen Ye stroked his chin, and his eyes became sharp.

He was going to keep going and see what would happen next.

As for the bamboo-pole old man... Chen Ye was too lazy to care about him. After all, the dark cloud was looming and the disaster was so serious that he probably couldn't escape death.

But Chen Ye did not rush to follow because he knew that there would be more homeless people who would fall victim to the attack.

Just tracking the old man with the bamboo pole will not help you understand the real key to this situation.

On the contrary, this beggar's behavior is very suspicious...

because.

After the old man with the bamboo pole snatched the gold ingots from the beggar...

The beggar's luck aura not only did not get worse, but became even brighter!
His Xuan Huang Qi did not decrease at all, and the glass stars far away in the sky were getting closer and closer to the beggar...

After a while.

The beggar watched the old man with the bamboo pole leave and brushed the dust off his body.

Then, he picked up the rag on the ground, spat out a new ingot from his mouth, covered it with the rag, and continued to wander around the alley as if nothing had happened...

(End of this chapter)