Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god

Lin Yu and Li Nian, carrying the two bronze toads, quickly embarked on the road to "Xinglin Medical Hall" under the guidance of the boss.

"This Zhu Qiansi isn't as famous as I imagined," Li Nian said calmly, her hands in her sleeves and a newly bought bronze toad on her head. "Listening to the puppet's description, I thought she was as famous in the Prison Mountain Realm as the sun, with townspeople everywhere remembering her kindness."

"A town of millions, even if a fortune teller has a good reputation, how can it reach this point?" Lin Yu said helplessly. "Moreover, the puppet itself has the suspicion of concealing, exaggerating, and whitewashing Zhu Qiansi... Otherwise, in this Willow Town with millions of people, 70-80% are tainted with causal threads, did she directly read their fortunes?"

"Even if we calculate it at the lowest, 700,000 people—she lived in Willow Town for more than ten years, let's say 40,000 days at most, she would have to read fortunes for 145 people every day without interruption."

"Willow Town was able to become the largest town in the Two Mountains and Six Prisons back then all thanks to her fortune-telling boosting the GDP, right... It can also be considered a kind of promotion of internal economic circulation."

As Lin Yu spoke, Li Nian chuckled.

"That's true... The puppet's words about her master are all beautified and filtered, and cannot be fully believed."

It must be said that the stallholder's initial failure to recommend Xinglin Medical Hall to them was indeed not because they didn't care because they didn't receive money or were being falsely enthusiastic.

It was simply because...

Xinglin Medical Hall was indeed not close to them.

Lin Yu and Li Nian were at the northern end of the town, while Xinglin Medical Hall was in the southwest.

Although it didn't span the entire town, they still had to walk through most of it.

Willow Town is a very large town, with a population of one million that is not particularly crowded. It is already considered the largest in terms of area in the Two Mountains and Six Prisons.

It is impossible to find such a large, habitable place in a place like Fire Prison—therefore, after Lin Yu and Li Nian walked through several streets in the north of Willow Town, they quickly saw simple magic circles and talismans engraved on the stone tablets erected on both sides of the road.

Although not as effective as formal magic circles and talismans written on yellow paper, and not enough to directly cool down the entire hot Willow Town, it still maintains the temperature at a level that is not enough to kill people from the heat.

Especially now that it is evening, not during the summer, they can't feel the heat at all.

These things are not too difficult to draw and do not consume much, but the sheer number still makes people feel a little emotional.

"Your Willow Town was indeed one of a kind in the Prison Mountain Realm back then..."

No wonder Zhu Qiansi took a fancy to this place... If she could take this place as her "foundation" and "protective charm," it would indeed be equivalent to being invincible in the Prison Mountain Realm.

No, in fact, Zhu Qiansi had already done it at that time.

It's just that the demon still underestimated the determination of the Taiching Sect's founder—who would have thought that the Taiching Sect's founder would actually sink the entire Willow Town in order to kill her!

It has a sense of a brave man cutting off his wrist.

Li Nian also thought of the same thing as Lin Yu and said with emotion: "To sink such a town at will, the Taiching Sect's founder is a character... What's the difference between this and bombing Haicheng directly to kill the 'Diviner'?"

"It's still not quite the same. Although the 'Diviner' is not a good person, she is still a human being. In terms of potential harm, she can't compare. The situation in the Prison Mountain Realm is very special, and our world can't compare."

Li Nian nodded: "That's true. The Prison Mountain Realm is considered one of the most ruthless and cruel realms in the Six Realms... But if we have to compare this matter, it seems like we can compare it."

Lin Yu looked at Li Nian with some curiosity.

"How can we compare it?"

"Of course, it's the origin..."

"Okay, you don't need to say it anymore, that one is a bit too hellish."

Lin Yu interrupted Li Nian.

He already knew what Li Nian was going to use as an example.

As the two spoke, they had already walked into the depths of Willow Town.

Willow Town here is not as lively as the north just now—the north just now was mostly market stalls, while this side seems to have reached a residential area, full of folk houses and a sense of life.

Moreover, this side is a bit close to the "rich area." The houses have high walls and eaves, and the window lattices and tiles are carved with flowers. The gates are even decorated with stone lions and tall wooden doors that open in two directions, looking quite imposing.

Most of these houses have courtyards, and many of the courtyards are not small.

Although it is impossible to have small bridges, flowing water, bamboo, plum blossoms, orchids, and chrysanthemums in the Fire Prison, you can still vaguely see some woody green plants that can survive in the Prison Mountain Realm and have good quality planted inside through the carved windows on the walls, and some rockery landscapes are piled up.

"The wealthy families in the Prison Mountain Realm three hundred years ago were quite refined... Even considering that Willow Town is the most prosperous town, this place is too 'elegant,'" Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh, recalling Shen Bingmiao's information, "It seems that the saying that there was a 'unified dynasty' in the Prison Mountain Realm more than a thousand years ago is not groundless."

According to Shen Bingmiao's records, it is said that the environment in the Prison Mountain Realm was not as extreme as it is now about a thousand years ago. Although the demons were rampant, they did not overwhelm the humans, so the various places were not completely scattered...

The exchanges between the towns and other human settlements were more frequent, and even a centralized dynasty was born.

It is a pity that one day, a drastic change occurred in the entire Prison Mountain Realm. Positive Sun Mountain became hotter, and Nine Cold Mountain became colder. The dynasty quickly collapsed, and demons ran rampant everywhere.

Slowly, the Prison Mountain Realm completely became what it is today.

Different from Lin Yu's feelings about the rise and fall of dynasties, Li Nian looked at the courtyards and small buildings of these wealthy families, rubbed her hands, and expressed completely different thoughts.

"I feel itchy, if it wasn't for rushing, I really want to go in and touch the gold..."

Li Nian said with emotion, and Lin Yu looked at Li Nian.

"This is a 'phantom realm'... Maybe we can't take anything inside!"

"Oh, I've said it before, I don't steal things for the result, the most important thing is the process," Li Nian said with a chuckle, "This is a personal hobby, pure love... For example, when you see the hairpin on the head of the young lady of that family, I see her like a mountaineer seeing K2—I want to climb it, just because the mountain is there."

Lin Yu said helplessly: "Don't make stealing things sound so great."

He moved his gaze to the young lady of that family who was going out to get on the carriage, and then froze.

"Wait... we should stop her!"

"Oh? Do you want that hairpin too?"

"What hairpin—didn't you notice? That young lady is a seagull!"