Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 56 Notoriety
A few months later, Fenglei Mountain.

On the broad and smooth road, a team came slowly. They were all Spirit Knights armed with Spirit Armor. Not only were their equipments of the same standard, but their mounts were also the same. They were all third-level elite spirit beasts, dragon-scale horses.

Standardized weapons and uniform mounts are symbols of identity and power. The owners are either powerful kingdoms or large families with a long heritage and profound cultural heritage.

Because whether it is standard weapons or unified mounts, they all need a spirit beast group to produce and supply them, and the spirit beast groups that can generally reach the elite species must have leaders of the spirit lord species or even the king species.

Without sufficient strength, it is impossible to master or cultivate such spiritual beast resources.

Therefore, there must be a powerful person behind this team.

There were hundreds of imperial spirit knights guarding the area, surrounding a phoenix carriage in the center that was pulled by four dragon horses.

Inside the Luancha, a bare hand pulled back the curtains, gazing out at the wide, smooth stone road. "This road...?"

After saying that, he shifted his gaze to look at an old man who was also riding in the car.

This Luan carriage is extraordinary, and the interior space is very spacious. At the moment, there are several people sitting inside.

Facing the inquiring gaze, the old man hurriedly lowered his head and said, "This is the work of Shahugu!"

"Sand Valley?"

The woman inquiring murmured, exchanged glances with the people around her for a moment, and then continued to ask the old man, "Was this road built by Shahu Valley?"

"Not bad!"

The old man, or more accurately, Lei Xun, the head of the Lei family, nodded and said, "The owner of the Sand Ape Valley, Li Qingshan, is very good at breeding Sand Ape beasts. He not only has a Sand Ape King of the Spiritual Master species, but he has also bred many excellent and even elite species of Sand Ape beasts.

Ten years ago, after he ambushed and killed Luo Yue and Gu Yunxiao and annexed the Luo and Zhou businesses, he formed a Sand Beast engineering team, primarily composed of Earth-type Sand Beasts, supplemented by Fire and Water-type Sand Beasts, to build roads between Sand Beast Valley, Luo Family Fort, and Baishui Bay.

"Sand Beast Engineering Team?"

After hearing these words, everyone looked at each other in surprise.

Next to the woman, a young man wearing silver armor, who sat very close to her, muttered to himself, "Using earth-type sand beasts to dig a road is theoretically feasible, but..."

As he spoke, he reached out and parted the curtains, gazing out at the broad, smooth, dust-free stone road. "Earth-type sand beasts can split rocks, but they can only carve a path. How could they build such a solid and smooth road? The paving material is clearly not bricks."

Lei Xun gave a wry smile and said, "This is the specialty material of Sand Valley—concrete!"

"Concrete?"

The young man frowned: "What do you mean?"

Lei Gong shook his head and said, "It is said that this is a secret technique developed by Li Qingshan, which allows the earth-type sand beasts to mobilize the power of the earth and mix sand, soil and lime into a special material. The Sand Beast Valley calls it cement.

This cement, when mixed with water and then sand and gravel, becomes a unique material called concrete, which can be used to build houses and repair roads. After drying and hardening, it is as strong as rock, and this wide and smooth road is paved with it.

"cement?"

"Concrete?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone frowned, with surprise and doubt in their eyes.

This kind of material is very valuable.

Since ancient times, there has been a criterion for judging incompetent kings, that is, large-scale construction projects, or in other words, kings who engage in large-scale construction projects are basically regarded as incompetent and tyrannical kings.

why?
It’s because the cost of large-scale construction is too high.

If a king wanted to build a palace, he had to first mine stones from the mountains, then transport the mined stones to the city, have them polished by skilled craftsmen, and finally use stone mortar and rice glue to build the building.

How much time, manpower and material resources will the whole process consume?

It is no exaggeration to say that every palace and every city embodies the blood, sweat and even lives of tens of millions of people.

Anyone who engages in large-scale construction projects for no reason is undoubtedly a foolish and tyrannical ruler.

Although the existence of spirit masters and various spirit beasts in this world has reduced construction costs a lot, the cost is still high. After all, the power of spirit masters and spirit beasts does not come for nothing.

Among the three major kingdoms, the Kingdom of Earth takes this as its main business. The Royal Spirit Construction Team of the Kingdom of Earth is well-known in the continent. Many kingdoms and nobles will hire the Royal Spirit Construction Team of the Kingdom of Earth at high prices when building palaces and cities.

This has also brought huge profits to the Land of Earth and has become one of the Land of Earth's pillar industries. A large number of spirit masters have developed secret spirit control methods and spirit beast combat skills to consolidate their position in the industry.

But now...

cement!

Concrete!
Looking at the wide and smooth stone road outside the window, the young man and the people in the car fell silent.

Coming from the Land of Earth, they were well aware of the value of this material. As long as the cost wasn't too high, it would undoubtedly threaten the Land of Earth's leading position in the construction industry. After all, the Land of Earth's advantage in the construction industry lay in its vast supply of earth-type spirit beasts and spirit masters. However, the other party directly produced the materials, using low-level spirit beasts like the Sand Beast. This kept both labor and material costs extremely low.

By then, what advantages will the Land Kingdom have, and how can it still occupy the leading position in the construction industry?

Looking at the silent crowd, Lei Xun was secretly delighted in his heart, and struck while the iron was hot and spoke to everyone.

"Relying on this cement concrete and the Sand Beast Engineering Team, in just a few months, Li Qingshan built a convenient cement road between Sand Beast Valley, Luojiabao, and Baishuigou.

In addition, he also mined stones and established many breeding bases similar to the Sand Badger Valley inside and outside the Fenglei Mountains, raising a large number of edible spiritual animals such as Sand Badgers, Pheasants, and Green-headed Ducks.

He didn't know what secret method he used, but the edible spirit beasts he raised not only produced in large numbers and grew quickly, but the quality of their meat was also astonishingly good.

With this advantage, as well as the cement avenue and convenient transportation, he launched a price war to seize the meat market around Fenglei Mountains.

To this day, he has a firm grip on the meat markets in dozens of towns around the Fenglei Mountains, including Fenglei Town. He even boasted that without his consent, no one in the area around the Fenglei Mountains could eat a single piece of sand beast meat.

"boom!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard a loud bang and a middle-aged man slammed the table and stood up: "Too arrogant!"

"Who says it's not?"

Lei Xun was secretly delighted upon seeing this, but he still managed to sigh. "In order to control the surrounding meat market, he even forced donations from all parties to fund the construction of his cement roads. This facilitated transportation, allowing his meat business to spread to all the major towns around the Fenglei Mountains."

"what?"

"Forced?"

"Donate?"

Hearing this, the woman and the young man sitting together frowned, and the middle-aged man who had just slammed the table in anger asked aloud: "How do you force it?"

"Just like what happened to the Luo family back then."

Lei Xun said in a deep voice, "If anyone disagrees with his road construction plan, he will use his own capital advantage and control over the meat market to start a price war to squeeze the living space of various forces. Then he will persuade the people under their rule to defect and join his Shahu Valley, or even directly plunder the population.

If anyone retaliates, he'll use it as an excuse to lead his army of sand beasts out in force, killing and annihilating clans, swallowing up families and businesses. Over the past ten years, he's already swallowed up many forces around the Wind and Thunder Mountains. Everyone depends on him, struggling to survive under the fierce power of this Sand Beast King!"

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, not only the middle-aged man, but everyone present was shocked and angry, asking in a deep voice: "He is simply lawless. Is there no one who can control him?"

"How to cure it?"

Lei Xun smiled bitterly: "Ten years ago, the Luo family and the Zhou family joined forces and hired the Spirit Level Spirit Control Master, Phantom Wolf Gu Yunxiao, at a large sum of money, in order to seek justice from him.

However, he ambushed and killed them with thousands of sand beasts, including Luo Yue, the head of the Luo family, nine senior spirit masters, dozens of mid-level spirit masters, and hundreds of second- and third-level spirit beasts, all of whom became food for his sand beast army.

Even Gu Yunxiao, a renowned Spirit-level Spirit Control Master with many years of experience, was killed by him with a single blow using his King's Combat Technique. Uncle Sun was also terrified of his power and allowed him to seize the foundations of the Luo and Zhou families, even extending his tentacles into Fenglei Town.

After recounting the story, Lei Xun sighed softly and emphasized his words again, "It was already like this ten years ago, let alone ten years later. He controls the meat markets in dozens of towns around the Fenglei Mountains, and raises tens of millions of sand beasts, pheasants, and green-headed ducks.
He selected the outstanding and elite species among these edible spirit beasts, and formed several armies of spirit beasts, led by spirit masters or fourth-level sand beasts, pheasants, and green-headed ducks.

In addition, he also formed a team of spirit guards, all of whom were loyal to him and selected from the civilians under his rule, who were controlled and bewitched by him, and they would obey his orders absolutely.

I even heard that he has hidden many unknown powers in the Wind and Thunder Mountains, and even many powerful fourth-level spirit beasts. Add to that his own terrifying strength, and that kingly combat skill that can kill a spirit-level spirit master with a single blow..."

Under the solemn gazes of the crowd, Lei Xun said in a sad voice, "In the dozens of towns surrounding the Fenglei Mountains, no one dared to resist his will. Even a strong man like Uncle Sun could only bow his head and tolerate his oppression."

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After these words, everyone fell silent and there was a moment of silence.

"what!"

But it was soon interrupted by a chuckle, which came from the silver-armored young man beside the woman.

He looked at Lei Xun with a playful look in his eyes: "Is that really the case?"

"It's true!"

Facing the young man's gaze, Lei Xun's heart tightened, and he quickly bowed. "If Your Excellency, Guardian Chapter, doesn't believe it, you can ask people everywhere. If there is even the slightest falsehood, I, Lei Xun, and the entire Lei family will leave it to Your Excellency and Your Highness to deal with!"

(End of this chapter)