At night, the sound of waves resounded through the great defensive magic formation of Pu Ban City. Wave after wave of thunderous booms made people feel so depressed that they even wanted to vomit.
In Ji Hao's garden, tens of thousands of specially made torches made from beast oil floated in the air. A group of flying bear cavalrymen, who were sent over as reinforcements by Si Wen Ming, mounted on ferocious-looking mounts, expressionlessly guarding around the garden.
During the daytime, over six-hundred-thousand people from Iron Tiger Clan and Gale Fox Clan, who had suddenly launched a fierce attack and nearly broke Ji Hao's storehouse, were kneeling on the ground one after another. Their faces were deathly pale, and some of them were even trembling in fear.
Occasionally, the cries of kids could be heard from the crowd, but soon, their voices became muffled, because their parents covered their mouths with their hands to stop them from crying.
Just now, some kids stood up and yelled because they couldn't bear the great pain from their knees anymore. Ji Hao dealt with these kids in a simple way. All their direct relatives, as long as they were adults, were hung up upside down and lashed a hundred times with dragon-skin whips, until their bones were broken and their tendons were torn, and they were nearly beaten to death.
As for those noisy kids, each of them was whipped and passed out right on the spot.
With what happened before them, how could Iron Tiger Clan and Gale Fox Clan people dare to let their kids live?
Tens of stoves were burning glowingly red, with over a hundred searing irons stuck in each stove. A group of tall and strong Jia Clan warriors bared their upper bodies and stood beside the stoves. With vicious grins on their faces, they grabbed the searing red searing irons and pressed them hard on the faces of the people kneeling under their feet.
A sizzling noise could be heard without an end. These people, whose faces were branded with the mark of slaves, cried and howled in pain.
A few elderly people raised their hands, crying and begging Ji Hao, who was standing on a high place, "Earl Yao, where's your mercy? We're human beings too, we're human beings too! Where's your mercy? "
Ji Hao coldly looked at these crying elderly people. His voice was low, yet it resounded across the entire garden, allowing all people living in the garden to hear him clearly.
"Am I not merciful enough? I offered my garden to you, people who lost their homes, to live in. "
"Am I not merciful enough? I've offered up all my rations so that people like you who don't have rations can eat your fill. "
"Am I not merciful enough? You're ungrateful. You attacked my Yao Mountain people, killed three-hundred and seventy-eight people, severely injured six-thousand, eight-hundred and fifty-three, and slightly injured forty-two-thousand, three-hundred and thirty-five people … I didn't chop your heads off. I merely enslaved you. Am I not merciful enough? "
"Instead, it's you who live on my land and eat my food. You attack my loyal people and want to rob my granary! Where is your conscience? "
The garden was completely silent. Groups of flying bear cavalrymen were patrolling in the sky. Even if some people still had some strange thoughts, they had to bury them in the bottom of their hearts when faced with the powerful army of the You Chong Tribe.
Only the people of the Iron Tiger Clan and the Gale Fox Clan were weeping silently, and some of them were gnashing their teeth in anger.
There were also some warriors who thought that they were stronger than others. They sneakily looked around, their eyes flashing with ferocious glints.
Ji Hao covered these over six-hundred-thousand people with his spirit power. Not even the slightest change of facial expression could escape from his eyes.
Seeing those warriors with fierce glints in their eyes, Ji Hao scornfully sneered.
The humankind was in a disaster. Ji Hao would kill people, but he just didn't want to start a massacre when the entire humankind was worried. Doing so would consume the life-force of the humankind largely, and in the meantime, it would make the already unsettled people's hearts even more chaotic.
Iron Tiger Clan and Gale Fox Clan people could peacefully become slaves to atone for their crimes, but if they made any other moves, they shouldn't blame Ji Hao for being cruel and merciless.
Wielding his broad sleeve, Ji Hao left with his people.
Those Jia Clan warriors laughed out loud while grabbing those Iron Tiger Clan and Gale Fox Clan people, one after another. They carried glowing red-hot irons and fiercely branded those people's faces with the marks of humiliation. A strong smell of burning flesh spread out. Because of Ji Hao's departure, some people among Iron Tiger Clan and Gale Fox Clan people began crying in low voices again.
The broad garden was occupied by refugees, and Ji Hao only kept a small abode in the woods for himself.
Sitting in the abode, Ji Hao nodded to Li Shen, who was nearly burned to death during the day, and said in a deep voice, "What happened just now, how did it happen?"
Li Shen glanced at Ji Hao in awe, then hurriedly walked up and told Ji Hao everything that happened.
When the ten-thousand dragons water-sealing magic formation collapsed, Pu Ban City tried its best to rescue human clans in the surrounding areas. Countless different sized human clans moved into Pu Ban City, and soon, the city was overcrowded. Ji Hao's private garden was also filled with outsiders.
However, Ji Hao never lived in this private garden for long. He only left thousands of servants in this place, to be responsible for daily cleaning and maintenance. Until a large number of people moved in, Shaosi sent Li Shen and the others over from Yao Mountain City to take charge of the settlement work.
A few days ago, everything was going smoothly. Every day, Li Shen would take food from the granary, cook it into porridge, and distribute it to those people living in Pu Ban City. However, as more and more clans moved into Pu Ban City, the pressure on food became greater and greater. Therefore, the porridge and other food distributed by Li Shen had been decreasing ceaselessly.
Therefore, a rumor spread among those people living in Pu Ban City — The food storage of the entire Pu Ban City was not enough, and before long, everyone would starve to death.
Once the rumor spread, those small clans were still fine. They weren't powerful, and usually followed the rules. Therefore, they didn't have too many evil thoughts. Only the Iron Tiger Clan and the Gale Fox Clan were a pair of medium-sized clans, which had about a hundred thousand warriors in total. Before, they used to bully the weaker clans by relying on their strength. But when they heard that the food was running out, they immediately turned their idea into action.
"They want to rob the food in the granary." said Ji Hao coldly. "Hm, good idea … But, the food in Pu Ban City … Our food, are we really not enough?"
Shaosi took out a scroll, quickly opened it, glanced at the records on it, then sighed slightly and said, "I don't know about the overall situation of Pu Ban City, but according to the current population, the food we stored in this place can only last for one more month at most."
Shaosi raised her head, looked at Ji Hao with a complicated look in her clear eyes and said, "Starving is truly not a good feeling … But, Yao Mountain City is our root. Most of our food is stored in Yao Mountain City. Under the current situation, we can't possibly transport the food from Yao Mountain City to here."
Before Ji Hao said anything, Shaosi continued, "Based on the current situation of our Yao Mountain territory, the food we have stored can last our people for three years without starving to death. But if … if we have to provide food for these refugees with all our efforts, we will be dragged down by the food supply in a month tops. "
Ji Hao remained silent, but his heart was frozen.
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