Chapter 916

This imperial edict was no different from toilet paper, and there was no one to receive it. Instead, it was directly announced to the world and sent to all the states and counties of the Great Wu Dynasty via the post station. The Zhengton Emperor was furious in private, but nothing could be seen on the surface—and in the eyes of the ministers and the people of the world, Bai Lang was still just a Grandmaster. However, the top level of Taoism, the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and a few princes all knew that Bai Lang had already achieved the status of an Innate expert. The Taoists were fine, but those in the imperial family who knew were as if they had lost their parents.

"If we really want to fight, what hope can a useless Crown Prince/Prince like me have! An Innate expert." The ones who sighed like this were the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and others. They could still win over and use Grandmasters with limited lifespans, but a Heavenly Human who had made up for the deficiency and achieved the Innate state? If he wanted to do something, only the Emperor in the Imperial City had the confidence to refuse, and if he used power, he could also let the Innate experts of the Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian sects help balance it.

And they were still very difficult. Although they also had various forces behind them, it was relatively difficult to move an Innate expert to support them.

At this time, Bai Lang had already ridden his horse to Jizhou—the Da Wu Chao also had provinces and commanderies, and they were all place names familiar to Bai Lang, while the capital was geographically the same as Yandu. Jizhou here was already a thousand li away from Yandu, and it was much poorer. Not only was it poor, but there were also rumors of demons eating people. It was still fine in the provincial and commandery cities, but the county seats were already becoming a bit difficult to control. And Bai Lang was now in North Sea County—this place was by the sea and had always been famous for producing tribute prawns, tribute dried fish, and the like.

The dried seafood here was not only a tribute, but also famous throughout the Great Wu. The cold seawater made these seafood grow for a long cycle, and the meat was firm and tender. After being salted and dried, it concentrated an extremely delicious taste. Bai Lang, who came here, was originally prepared to eat fresh seafood—unless a Grandmaster was dispatched to deliver it, or a Taoist or Buddhist true cultivator took action, it was very difficult to eat fresh seafood in the Capital.

Especially some delicate seafood that was said to die as soon as it left the water, one could only eat salted or dried ones. Although the flavor was rich, the fresh taste was gone.

When he arrived here, Bai Lang found that the people's livelihood was quite poor. This was not strange. When did the court ever pay for the tribute? But this dead-looking appearance was a bit wrong. Bai Lang couldn't help but change into other "ordinary" clothes to go out to buy seafood and incidentally inquire. The two wives also covered their faces with thin gauze and went to the restaurant. The fresh seafood was directly handed over to the restaurant for cooking, "Sure enough, it's delicious!" Bai Lang praised after eating a basin of fish sashimi. The sea fish meat was indeed fat and delicious, so it should be sliced thick, and after dipping in soy sauce and mustard, it had a fat taste.

And in order to satisfy the appetite of these rich people and earn their own living, the fishermen had to take risks to go to the sea to fish, and even hold blood sacrifices to let the "King" of a certain sea area allow them to fish.

"Is there such a thing? Those are monsters in the ocean, right?" Bai Lang said. The waiter liked to talk, "Hey, don't dare to say that," he stopped Bai Lang's words. "Are there many monsters nearby?" Bai Lang asked curiously. The waiter sighed, "It's fine in the county town, there won't be any monsters. The countryside is troublesome. North Sea leans against the mountains and faces the sea. There are monsters in both the mountains and the sea, secretly eating people in the countryside."

Bai Lang ate and drank enough, let the two wives return to the rented inn, and he went to the teahouse to drink tea and listen to books—he finally understood what kind of monsters were raging here. The county government was also difficult and unable to conquer these monsters. As for the Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and martial arts experts, very few had come here in recent years. Don't look at the thirty-six Heavenly Humans on the Heavenly Ranking, the Great Wu Dynasty is very large.

The ones who came down from the mountains to eat people were monsters that were wild boars, and there were also monsters that were apes, which not only ate people but also robbed women—monkeys are always lecherous. "Hey? I think the baboon is also a monkey, right? But I haven't seen that guy interested in women, even female monsters. The Great Sage Sun seems to be the same." Bai Lang thought, and there were more monsters in the sea, and their cultivation was higher, and almost no prototype could be seen.

The wild boar monster had a huge appetite and would come down the mountain to eat people every three days. North Sea County had suffered from this monster for a long time. After hearing this, Bai Lang rode his horse leisurely out of the city the next day, heading northwest of the city. The horse under his crotch was growing in size, and the original canine teeth in its mouth were becoming thick and long. If it opened its mouth, it would remind people of a camel. The horse's physical strength and speed also increased a lot, but in half an hour it had run a hundred miles, directly to the place near Yanshan.

It is not simple for an Innate expert to find a monster. Just look up and watch the Qi. When the divine sense spread to the sky, he saw strands of monster Qi floating in Yanshan. Each strand of monster Qi was a monster, and the one with thick and high Qi was a big monster. The monster Qi was dark red. Bai Lang saw a monster Qi that was red and black on the mountainside, which should be the wild boar monster. Under the infusion of heaven and earth energy, this horse climbed mountains and stepped on water as if walking on flat ground.

So Bai Lang drove his horse to the mountainside where the monster Qi was rushing—this horse was not afraid at all. At this time, the wild boar monster had already smelled the human Qi and killed it with a "wow, wow, wow," shouting in its mouth, "Fresh meat!"

Bai Lang looked at the black guy, who was a foot and two tall, fat with black hair all over his body. Although he stood like a human and his legs, arms, and skeleton were almost "humanized," he definitely didn't have humanity—because this guy didn't even have a pair of pants on him. As for the head, it was a huge wild boar head. This kind of goods could be called a "Zhu Ganglie." The tusks like curved knives soared into the sky, a pair of small eyes were blood-red, and the long mane went from the head along the spine to the butt.

The weapon in this guy's hand was naturally not a nine-toothed rake, but a very thick flail—the long handle was thicker than a goose egg, sixteen feet long, and what was tied to the iron chain was a short stick full of thick and short four-edged nails, as thick as a bowl and half a person long. This weapon was probably over a hundred pounds because it was wrapped in iron, and Bai Lang looked like a sickly ghost, pale and thin, and he didn't have any weapons in his hands. He even stood with his hands behind his back looking at this pig monster.

"Too big, not delicious. It's a pity that it should have been castrated at the beginning," Bai Lang muttered to himself. The wild boar monster dripped saliva and smashed it down with a flail—this guy was not picky about eating people, even if it was smashed into meat sauce, he would eat it the same way, swallowing it whole.

And Bai Lang reached out and grabbed, the fire energy penetrated the claws, and with just one roll, the iron skin and iron nails on the flail head were burned red and melted, and the wood was directly turned into charcoal and then turned into white ash and scattered on the ground... ===== CHAPTER 917 =====