Ji Hao walked into the Town Hall and stood there for a while. People in the Town Hall had been yelling and yelling, but no one took a glance at him.
Looking around for a while, Ji Hao walked to the back corner along the wall of the hall and patted hard on the shoulder of Earl Si Yao Meng, who was sitting under a large pillar, leaning against the pillar and dozing off.
Yao Meng was woken up immediately and grabbed the axe beside him.
Seeing Ji Hao, Yao Meng let out a long breath, lowered his voice and greeted him, "Brother Ji Hao, it's you! You scared me, I thought we were ambushed by water-kind spirit creatures in the wild. "
Yao Meng patted on the ground beside him, and Ji Hao sat down right next to him. Yao Meng gasped in shock, showed his teeth, cracked his neck, and said, "I had a nightmare just now... A huge group of crocodiles rushed up to me, and I dreamed that my thighs were bitten off by them. Then, you slapped me on the face."
Ji Hao looked at Yao Meng's tired face and asked in a deep voice, "Your clansmen?"
Yao Meng pointed at the outside of the Town Hall and responded with a dry voice, "Si Water City was destroyed. My Si Water territory couldn't stop the flood at all. Therefore, I brought all my clansmen to Pu Ban City to avoid the disaster."
Putting down the axe, Yao Meng rubbed his hands, looked at Ji Hao a bit embarrassedly and said, "Hehe, this, brother Ji Hao …"
Ji Hao frowned, bumped Yao Meng's shoulder with his shoulder and said, "What do you want to say? Just say it. We've risked our lives together. What's there to be embarrassed about?"
Yao Meng laughed embarrassedly, looked around, then lowered his voice again and said, "This, I'll just say it. Hehe, this, the flood came too fast. I ran for my life with my clansmen, so I didn't bring much food with me. Can you see if you can allocate some rations for me? "
Yao Meng swallowed his saliva, looked at Ji Hao with a blushed face and said, "We adults are fine, we can go without food for three to five days... Besides, we have thick skins, we can survive even by eating tree trunks... But kids in our clan can't stand it. Even if it's just rice soup, we have to make some for them every day to moisten their stomachs."
Ji Hao looked at Yao Meng in shock and asked, "Your family ran out of food? Didn't Pu Ban City send any food to us? "
Yao Meng spread his hands, helplessly looked at Ji Hao and said, "We've been out of food for five days. Emperor Shun has given the order to open the granaries and distribute food, but not much food has been distributed every day, and … My Si Water territory is only a small territory. Hehe, the food that falls into my hands …"
Ji Hao's face darkened. "Someone is embezzling food? At this time? Does Emperor Shun know? "
Yao Meng helplessly shook his head, lowered his eyelids and said in a low voice, "It's not embezzling food. It's just that Emperor Shun doesn't have too much food stored in his hands. The flood came way too fast, way too fast. Those people brought their families to Pu Ban City to avoid the disaster, which one of them has food?"
Tilting his head, Yao Meng curved his lips down towards a group of elderly men, who were wearing luxurious clothes and looking serious, standing in the front, then put his mouth close to Ji Hao's ear and said carefully, "Those large clans have grains. For example, the Ten Sun Country's Ten Sun Square has over ten-thousand large granaries, and even the ground of those granaries is hollowed out, storing mountain-huge amounts of grains and meat. But … I've emptied my money bag, but still failed to buy a single grain of rice from them!"
Ji Hao coldly glanced at those elderly people, then said in a deep voice, "Hm, I have a palace in Pu Ban City, which is a rather large garden. Last time, when we built the ten-thousand dragons water-sealing magic formation, those earls and marquis who joined hands with us and fought against the water-kind spirit creatures, if they also brought their clansmen to Pu Ban City, you can invite them to live in my palace with you."
Ji Hao slapped hard on Yao Meng's knee and said in a deep voice, "Good, I don't have enough warriors in my territory. Yesterday, two small clans tried to steal our food. If my brothers go there, they can help me control the situation, so I can feel more relaxed here."
Yao Meng let out a long breath, grabbed Ji Hao's shoulder and shook it. His eyes sparkled with a faint stream of tears as he said, "Brother Ji Hao, cut the crap. You've saved our lives …"
Clicking his tongue, Yao Meng responded with a dry voice, "It's not just me. Last time, the few earls and marquis who fought with us didn't have a large territory, and were badly harmed by the water-kind spirit creatures as well. They couldn't stop the flood, so they all fled to Pu Ban City with their clansmen … I'll go and invite them right now!"
Ji Hao nodded, took out a few bronze tablets from his sleeve, and handed them to Yao Meng.
With these tablets, as long as Yao Meng and the other few earls and marquis' clansmen came to Ji Hao's palace, Yao Mountain people would naturally take care of them.
Yao Meng took over the tablets and left excitedly. As for Ji Hao, he frowned and took out a jade talisman, engraved a line of information on it with his spirit power, then crushed the jade talisman. He ordered Yao Mountain City to send more food over. With Yao Meng and the other few earls and marquis' clansmen, the food stored in his palace wouldn't last for a few days.
Deep in the hall, Emperor Shun's rumbling voice could be heard, "The flood-control mission concerns the survival of the humankind …"
Emperor Shun was rudely interrupted. A tall and scrawny elderly man walked out of the crowd. His entire body had been releasing a sharp sense of power, making him look like a sharp sword. He shouted harshly, "The flood-control mission concerns the survival of the humankind. Therefore, we can't let a kid like Si Wen Ming step in! Si Xi has just made a huge mistake, and Si Wen Ming will inevitably make the same mistake! "
This elderly man's voice was loud and strong, sounding like two pieces of pig iron clashing against each other. An especially sharp sense of power suffused the hall, giving everyone a suffocating feeling, as if their bodies were being pierced by countless needles.
Ji Hao looked at this elderly man in shock. The sense of power released from this elderly man was even stronger than that of Si Xi, who had become a Supreme Magus back then. Besides, the sense of power released from this elderly man was stable and experienced, not something that Si Xi, who had just become a Supreme Magus, could compare with.
"For the flood-control mission, we need to give it a long thought. Select talented human beings to be in charge of this." Another elderly man walked out of the crowd. The sense of power released from his body was as strong as a raging fire. He fearlessly looked at Emperor Shun in the eyes and said with a rumbling voice, "This concerns the survival of our humankind. Therefore, Emperor Shun, you can't make this decision alone!"
The hall was quiet, and the atmosphere was tense to an extreme point.
Someone had actually offended Emperor Shun, showing no respect to Emperor Shun at all. In the hall, many human leaders had been quietly waiting for Emperor Shun's decision with different thoughts. In other words, they were waiting for a result that might be within their expectation, but also beyond their expectation.
Emperor Shun looked at the two of them with a dark face.
"Gong Sun Sword, Suiren Flame … What is the standard of your so-called talented human beings?"
Emperor Shun slowly stood up, coldly looked at the two of them and said, "I haven't seen you for years. Today, you suddenly showed up. What do you want?"
From behind Emperor Shun, over ten terrifyingly strong streams of power suddenly rose into the sky, shredding the great power released from Gong Sun Sword and Suiren Flame instantly.
Twelve hazy silhouettes showed up from behind Emperor Shun. These silhouettes were wearing tall hats and long robes, with faint mist coiling around their bodies. Their faces couldn't be seen clearly. They only stood there quietly, but the sense of power released from their combined hands already forced Gong Sun Sword and Suiren Flame back.
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