Starting from the imperial palace guards, his clones spread all over the world.

Chapter 261 Locust Plague
The locust swarms came roaring and covering the sky.

Liang Jin and others had no choice but to return to the dilapidated temple and cover the doors and windows to prevent too many locusts from flying into the temple.

Everyone sat around the campfire, their expressions becoming solemn.

After the previous severe drought, heavy rain suddenly fell. Liang Jin was worried that the heavy rain would catalyze the hatching of locust eggs.

Now it seems that the fear has come true.

With the locust plague coming, I am afraid the famine will become even worse.

Are locusts edible?
Of course you can eat it.

But there is still a big difference.

The locusts that people ate in Liang Jin's previous life were basically artificially cultivated. They were non-toxic and harmless to eat and were high in protein.

However, the locusts in a locust plague are all poisonous to a certain extent.

If a healthy person eats it, he will be fine.

If the disaster victims who are already starving to death eat it, they may suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, making their bodies weaker and dying faster.

But when food is scarce, even slightly poisonous locusts can serve as food.

During the Tang Dynasty in Liang Jin's previous life, there was a severe drought and locust plague in the capital.

In order to alleviate the famine, the then emperor, Emperor Taizong of Tang, called on the people of the world to eat locusts, and he personally took the lead in eating one.

But simply eating locusts is just a drop in the bucket to alleviate the disaster.

Locusts can fly and have extremely strong mobility, migrating tens of thousands of kilometers.

They stay for a short time and fly away after eating all the plants around them.

However, people in this world have limited means of catching locusts, and do not have the means to store them for a long time.

So even if the victims can eat locusts for a few days, they will still face a longer period of hunger afterwards.

Especially after this rain, the plants are sprouting new buds.

But once the locusts pass by, all the new sprouts will be eaten up.

Such damage is long-term and will cause the famine to last longer.

More people will starve to death.

Everyone present understood this truth.

They could not help but sit by the fire in silence.

Outside, locusts flew in swarms, constantly hitting the doors and windows, making bursts of noise.

Some locusts crawled into the ruined temple through the cracks and flew around. Xiao Liu waved his palms and kept slapping the locusts to death.

They hate locusts.

a long time.

Lei Zhen suddenly asked:

"Brother, do you have any plans?"

Liang Jin stirred the firewood with a branch and replied:
"Of course, he traveled around Changzhou, robbing the wealthy and stealing government grain."

"To provide relief to these countless starving people."

If Liang Jin wants to bring more people into [Nine Sky Boundless], he needs to keep moving around so that he can detect more people from the Nine Realms.

He saw that the famine here was so severe and there were starving people everywhere.

Wherever he went, he didn't mind lending a hand to the hungry.

Hearing Liang Jin's answer, Lei Zhen's eyes lit up.

He clasped his fists and said:
"Brother, if you can be so righteous, I will definitely sacrifice my life to help you!"

When Xiao Liu heard this, he immediately made the same promise.

Now the famine will be even more serious. Faced with such a disaster, the people have only two options.

The first is to wait for disaster relief from the imperial court.

But it has been more than two years. If the imperial court had the ability to provide disaster relief, it would have done so long ago, and so many people would not have starved to death.

Then you can only choose the second method and rob it yourself!

Lei Zhen had previously called on a group of green forest heroes to rob government grain to help the hungry people.

Now that Liang Jin is also willing to do this kind of thing, it couldn't be better for him.

Lei Zhen immediately said excitedly:

"I know a lot of places that have stockpiled a lot of food."

"Those were originally allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief, but as soon as the grain arrived in Changzhou, it was divided up by those corrupt officials."

"After they were given the food, they sold it at dozens of times the price and made a fortune."

"We are taking their food and doing justice for the people!"

Lei Zhen is now eager to take action immediately.

Liang Jin waved his hand to signal Lei Zhen not to get excited:
"Second brother, there are locusts flying everywhere outside, there is no need to rush."

"Why not wait..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly realized something.

"Snapped!"

I saw a figure suddenly jump up and try to escape from the house.

It's that little girl!

She actually woke up!

And the ropes on her body had been secretly cut by her sharp nails.

Seeing this, Liang Jin snorted coldly, waved his hand, and a vast internal force was immediately generated.

As soon as the little girl rushed to the window, she was swept back by the powerful internal force.

She still wanted to struggle.

Liang Jin had already grabbed her neck and pressed her to the ground:

"Aren't you afraid of being beaten?"

Seeing this, the little girl was so scared that she kept whimpering and turned her belly upwards to show her fear and submission.

When dogs flip their bellies when interacting with other dogs, it often indicates fear and submission, and indicates that they are not a threat.

The little girl lives with the pack of wild dogs and can only express herself in the wild dogs' way.

Previously in [Nine Skies Without Bounds], the little girl was beaten continuously by Liang Jin and had been subdued.

Her IQ is approaching that of a dog, causing her to be unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.

In her opinion, everything that happened in [Nine Sky Boundless] was real.

Lei Zhen was surprised when he saw this:

"Brother, this kid is..."

Liang Jin could only tell Lei Zhen what happened to the little girl.

After hearing this, Lei Zhen was deeply moved.

I didn't expect that this world would turn humans into beasts.

But at the same time, Lei Zhen admired Liang Jin's willingness to bring the little girl back on the right track.

But then, Lei Zhen suddenly asked:
"Brother, you are quite skilled in martial arts, I would like to ask you a question..."

"Have you ever experienced a situation where you were possessed by a demon?"

"After going into a state of obsession, will you experience a lot of hallucinations?"

Then, Lei Zhen told Liang Jin what he encountered in [Nine Sky Boundless].

Xiao Liu was amazed as he listened from the side.

But he seemed to have thought of something, and he couldn't help but glance at the mountain god statue, and then at Li Hu and his group. But in the end, Xiao Liu still said nothing, just listened quietly.

Liang Jin replied:
"Although being possessed by a demon can also cause hallucinations, it is often accompanied by disordered breath and damaged meridians."

"I see that you are in good health, second brother. I'm afraid you are not possessed."

"But I heard it's not a bad thing now. Maybe you can have another opportunity."

"After all, although the theory of ghosts and gods is vague and illusory, who can guarantee that it is definitely true or false?"

After hearing this, Lei Zhen felt that there was some truth in his doubts, but he still felt that it made some sense.

Then he stood up again and knelt in front of the mountain god statue, praying for something unknown.

Liang Jinze secretly laughed.

But now that he and Lei Zhen have become sworn brothers, he can also teach the "Great Demon Subduing Fist" to Lei Zhen.

Immediately.

Liang Jin once again pulled Lei Zhen and the little girl into the [Nine Sky Boundless].

……

The nine voids have no boundaries.

Liang Jin and Lei Zhen met again in the same place.

Lei Zhen looked at the blurry figure in front of him and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Why did I come back here?"

"Senior, could it be that you are really... a ghost?"

He looked around in surprise, feeling that everything seemed real and unreal.

Liang Jin replied calmly:

"I promised you that I would teach you the Great Demon Subduing Fist."

"Listen carefully..."

Then, Liang Jin began to explain the secrets of "The Great Demon Subduing Fist".

Lei Zhen did not dare to be negligent, and quickly calmed down and listened carefully.

After a while.

Liang Jin had finished teaching, and he continued:
"The boxing skills have been passed on to you, but your work here is not over yet."

Having said that, Liang Jin pointed into the distance.

The clouds and mist dispersed.

There appeared a blood-red sky, a vast and silent land, and a black and hideous city in the distance.

Liang Jin said in a deep voice:

"That is the City of the Dead."

"An evil ghost wearing a metal skull mask is haunting the city, oppressing innocent souls."

"Go and defeat it, and you will have another opportunity later."

After saying that, Liang Jin disappeared as a wisp of green smoke.

As Lei Zhen watched this scene, he became more and more certain that this blurry figure might really be a ghost.

But now he is not afraid anymore.

Since he was able to learn this exquisite boxing technique, he could not let down the ghost's last wish.

"The City of the Unjustly Dead...Evil Ghosts..."

Lei Zhen immediately took a step forward and headed towards the City of the Dead.

On earth, he helped the people.

In the underworld, he doesn't mind helping hundreds of ghosts.

……

the other side.

Liang Jinze was already in another copy, continuing to train the little girl.

Of course he could see that although the little girl appeared to be fearful and submissive, she still did not believe Liang Jin.

Once she gets the chance, the little girl will continue to escape and return to the pack of wild dogs.

Correcting a human being who has become an animal is a very time-consuming and lengthy process.

Liang Jin doesn't have that much time in the real world.

Therefore, he could only slowly train and correct himself in this [Nine Sky Boundless].

Time passed slowly.

Lei Zhen was naturally quickly defeated by the war puppet Huang Xingzi.

But Liang Jin was worried that Lei Zhen in reality would overdraw his spirit and pass out, so he kicked him out of [Nine Sky Boundless].

……

in reality.

Lei Zhen stood up in surprise.

Liang Jin and Xiao Liu raised their heads and looked at him in confusion.

Lei Zhen slowed down and then exclaimed:

"Big brother, third brother, you may not believe it."

"I just went to the City of the Dead in the underworld!"

"I also saw an evil ghost. He was very powerful!"

"And the ghost of the senior I saw before really taught me my boxing skills!"

Lei Zhen was so surprised that his speech was a little confused.

Liang Jin and Xiao Liu looked at each other.

Then Liang Jin smiled and said:

"Since I can be taught boxing skills, it is naturally a good thing."

"Second brother, please sit down quickly and digest and consolidate the secrets of the boxing techniques you have been taught to see if they are true."

"Don't panic, or you'll forget about it later."

When Lei Zhen heard this, he felt that what Liang Jin said was true.

He hurriedly sat down cross-legged and began to slowly digest and consolidate.

And beside Liang Jin.

The little girl looked around with a confused look.

She had just come out of [Nine Sky Boundless], so she was obviously not very familiar with it yet.

But this time Liang Jin's training and correction of her were effective.

The little girl had never dared to get close to a fire before and was extremely afraid of it.

But now, she dared to curl up by the fire to keep warm, and gradually calmed down, no longer wanting to escape all the time.

Liang Jin looked at Xiao Liu:
"Third brother, I see you are practicing yellow-level martial arts, right?"

Xiao Liu quickly replied:

"Brother, I've never had the chance to obtain a good martial arts manual..."

He looked ashamed, knowing that his martial arts skills were low and his abilities were poor.

Liang Jin said:
"That's fine. Since we've become sworn brothers, as your elder brother, I should give you a little gift."

"I heard from others that your nickname in the martial arts world is 'Blood Sword Lone Wolf', which means you are good with the sword?"

"I have a set of Xuan-level sword techniques, the Great Sumeru Sword Style, which I would like to teach you."

(End of this chapter)