No matter what kind of expectations everyone had, the Three Cities Dao Discussion was finally over.
The onlookers of Maplewood City dispersed, still discussing excitedly. The results of the Maplewood City Dao Academy this time could not be considered bad, and they felt honored.
Most of the ordinary people living in this city did not know what had happened today.
The bloody battles in the dark rooms, the fights in the corners of the streets, and the entanglements of life and death had passed silently. It was as if the air had been annihilated in the air.
The waves caused by the White Bone Path were calmly eliminated, and there was not even a trace of blood on the street. The few commoners who had accidentally witnessed the battle were also ordered to keep their mouths shut.
To most people, today's event in Maplewood City was just a very exciting event.
Transcendents were not immune to pain, and ignorance was not necessarily bliss.
As for Wei Quji, the 17 heads of the White Bone Path cultivators piled up in front of him, as well as the more corpses that were not qualified to be collected, had washed away his humiliation.
Wei Quji said to Dong A, "Today, I've taken my revenge. Why don't we organize the disciples of the Dao Academy to recite the Great Elder's Bitter Salvation Sutra a few times and expiate the souls of those who died tragically in Xiaolin Town?"
As the lord of a city, he could finally make a sacrifice to Xiaolin Town under his rule.
Of course, this was not a difficult matter. The Great Elder's Bitter Salvation Sutra was a commonly used expiation sutra, and almost every Dao Sect cultivator knew it by heart.
However, Dong A's attitude was very cold. "What's the use of expiation when the soul has been scattered?"
Wei Quji only felt that this fellow was simply unreasonable. They had just finished cooperating, but he did not even have a good face. With such a personality, it was no wonder that he had been chased out of the Zhuang Capital back then.
...
When the cultivators of the Three Mountains City left, Jiang Wang specially went to send them off.
He had sincere admiration for Yang Xingyong, and he also respected the will of the cultivators of the Three Mountains City in this Dao discussion.
Compared to the vast and mighty team of Wangjiang City, the cultivators of the Three Mountains City seemed even more lonely.
If Dong A had not personally treated them, they would not have been able to return to the city with all of them — these people had fought too hard.
Yang Xingyong was very happy that Jiang Wang came to see him off. "I admit defeat. You are very good. I will challenge you again next year!"
The two of them chatted for a while. Jiang Wang was a little hesitant, but he still asked, "The Three Cities Dao Symposium isn't the County Academy Examination. Why are you all working so hard?"
Yang Xingyong fell silent.
"I'm sorry. If it's not suitable, just pretend I didn't ask," Jiang Wang said sincerely.
"Because of us … Because of Tri-Mountain City. It's very difficult." Sun Xiaoman, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up.
"Tri-Mountain City has many mountains, many wild beasts, and many ferocious beasts. Wild beasts are still fine since they are equivalent to food, but ferocious beasts are troublesome … "
With Sun Xiaoman's explanation, Jiang Wang roughly understood Tri-Mountain City's predicament.
The Human Race rose to power in the Ancient Era, but before that, they did not have an easy time.
Although it was said that the human race was the spirit of all things, in fact, the human race was generally born with blocked Dao meridians. Only a very small number of geniuses could manifest their Dao meridians and be born with the ability to cultivate.
On the other hand, all monsters had naturally manifested their Dao meridians.
Later on, a peerless powerhouse of the Human Race invented a pill recipe and made it public. That was the prelude to the rise of the Human Race.
The name of this powerhouse had been lost in the long river of history, but his pill recipe had been passed down forever.
This pill recipe was the original Meridian Unlocking Pill. The main ingredient was the Dao meridians of monsters.
From then on, the Human Race would no longer be limited by talent. They could cultivate as long as they had the Meridian Unlocking Pill! This also meant that an era of frenzied monster hunting had begun.
Before he started cultivating, Jiang Wang had always been puzzled by a question.
In such a torrential cultivation era, why had the Human Race, with their strength, not been able to clear out the wilderness? Why did the countries in the world only maintain the open roads and allow wild beasts and monsters to run amok in more areas?
Because these monsters were resources! In a sense, these monsters were food that had been released to the wild. The wild beasts and the environment in the wilderness were only needed to maintain the ecological conditions of the wild.
After all, monsters that were favored by the Heavens and had manifested their Dao meridians naturally could not be kept in captivity.
Ferocious beasts were a different kind of existence. They were generally very strong, but lacked spirituality. Even their meat could not be eaten. Simply put, the destructive power of ferocious beasts was not much weaker than that of monsters, but their bodies were worthless.
Hunting ferocious beasts was something that only caused losses and no benefits. However, Tri-Mountain City had no choice but to do it. This caused Tri-Mountain City to suffer long-term losses.
All powerhouses needed to accumulate resources, but Tri-Mountain City always spent more than it received. Even more terrifying was that there were too many ferocious beasts in Tri-Mountain City. It was impossible to kill all of them.
They destroyed the official roads, attacked villages, and ate humans.
Tri-Mountain City's environment meant that most of the food was transported from outside. It was impossible for the locals to be self-sufficient. However, the lack of smooth official roads actually increased the risk of transportation.
Tri-Mountain City's Dao Academy had suffered heavy casualties in the hands of the Heart-Devouring Demon. Tri-Mountain City was even more lacking in manpower.
The maintenance of the official roads was Tri-Mountain City's responsibility. If they wanted to ask the manor to send experts to sweep the area, they would have to pay an equivalent amount of resources. As for Tri-Mountain City, they simply couldn't take out any extra resources.
Therefore, even though Eldest Senior Brother Chu Ping had died in battle, Tri-Mountain City's Dao Academy still saw the Three Cities Dao Discussion as their last straw of hope. They fought to the death in the arena not for their own glory, but for the people behind them who were struggling to survive in Tri-Mountain City.
"Do you know? Every time we win, at least ten more people in Tri-Mountain City can survive. "Yang Xingyong's eyes were clearly red. He lowered his head." As long as we perform well … "
He felt guilty for his defeat, even though he had done his best.
Jiang Wang was silent for a moment.
He patted Yang Xingyong's shoulder. "I got lucky and took first place in this year's Three Cities Dao Discussion. I feel guilty for taking it. I'll transfer the fifty dao merits to you at the Dao Merit Hall when I return to the Dao Academy. "
50 Dao Merit Points was not a small amount. Although it could not solve Tri-Mountain City's problems, it could alleviate their urgent situation.
Taking a step back, 50 Dao Merit Points was equivalent to half a Meridian Unlocking Pill for a Dao Academy disciple whose name was recorded in the Dao Archives. It was equivalent to half a Transcendent cultivator.
This was the strength that Tri-Mountain City needed the most right now.
"How is this appropriate?" Yang Xingyong looked up in shock.
Sun Xiaoman had already punched Jiang Wang in the stomach. "We're definitely friends!"
She had wanted to punch Jiang Wang in the chest, but unfortunately, her height did not allow her to do so.
Jumping up and doing so would spoil the atmosphere, so she could only punch Jiang Wang in the stomach.
Jiang Wang felt a mouthful of blood clot in his throat. If it weren't for the fact that the Four Spirits Body Tempering Technique was extremely powerful, he would have been done for.
This little girl's fist strength was terrifying.
Of course, Jiang Wang knew that this little girl was not shy. He could even see the uneasiness and awkwardness hidden under her bold smile.
She was just unwilling to give up the help that the people of Tri-Mountain City could receive because of her shyness.
"Well then, goodbye."
"Goodbye!"
Even if they could see each other off for a thousand miles, they would still have to part in the end.
Jiang Wang stopped outside the city gates and watched his new friends leave.
...
"Sister, buy me a new set of clothes." The little fatty, Sun Xiaoyan, was wrapped in a large black hooded robe and walked in a secretive manner.
His clothes had been torn to shreds during the battle.
"I don't have money."
"I can't go home like this, right? It's so far away. How many people will see me? What if I'm exposed? "
"So what if they see you? You're still a child. "
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