Chapter 420: Inside the City

Zhou Rentong's body gave a jolt, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a ten-meter radius around him was altered, becoming his World Domain; inside it, it was like a surging, turbulent sea, from which a black Greater Yang rose.

That Greater Yang was as cold as frost, emitting an aura that made one's heart palpitate, causing people to look upon it with awe.

Meng Yifan also mobilized his World Power, the Source of the Five Elements—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—forming a five-colored, mottled protective shield, ensuring that the ten-meter radius around Meng Yifan's body was filled with his own World Power; within this area, he was the master.

Additionally, Meng Yifan cupped his hands into a ball, drawing the Five Elements energy to gather in his palms, and then drew in the four elements of yin, yang, wind, and thunder to join them, forming a Nine-Element Mixed Energy.

Meng Yifan's Five Elements energy was very powerful and stable, while the yin, yang, wind, and thunder energies were relatively much weaker; these nine elements mixed together, forming a distorted and unstable mixed energy, just like a giant bomb that could explode at any moment.

Atomic bombs and Hydrogen Bombs could not kill a Fifth Grade Peak expert, but the Nine-Element Mixed Energy bomb in Meng Yifan's palm at this moment had an even more terrifying power, capable of killing even a Sixth Grade Lower Tier expert.

"Madman!" The Old Dragon King was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated a few steps; he felt a massive crisis from that mass of nine-element energy in Meng Yifan's palm.

Clearly, Meng Yifan himself could not control that chaotic mass of energy either; if he were the slightest bit careless, he would blow himself up.

Such a desperate move was something ordinary people would never dare to use, fearing they would play with fire and burn themselves, yet Meng Yifan had used it; he truly was a madman who disregarded his own life.

The Old Dragon King cast a wary glance at Meng Yifan, then looked at the battle-ready Zhou Rentong; if it were two against one, he truly would be no match, so although he was unwilling, he still did not dare to strike.

"National Teacher Zhou, I will ask you one thing: does the agreement we signed earlier still count?" the Old Dragon King asked.

Zhou Rentong said: "It counts; Sixth Grade experts cannot participate in the war."

"Fine, the mountains don't turn but the waters do; we shall meet again." The Old Dragon King's expression was gloomy as he turned and left; he prepared to find a few helpers to come back and fight a battle against Zhou Rentong and Meng Yifan.

The Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty had the Grassland Barbarians army invading in the north, the Jiuli Tribe invading in the south, the Yi people invading in the west, and the Demon Race invading in the east; within the country, there were refugees and rebellions everywhere.

Behind these forces were Sixth Grade experts holding the line; originally, these forces were all fighting on their own, but now that the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty had Meng Yifan joining them, they had two Sixth Grade Peak experts, and their power had greatly increased; if those other forces continued to fight alone, they could just wait to be wiped out one by one.

The Old Dragon King decided to act as a lobbyist, joining forces with the other factions to kill Meng Yifan and Zhou Rentong, and then partition the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty.

After the Old Dragon King left, Zhou Rentong got straight to the point and said: "Fellow Daoist Meng, to be honest, our Central Plains human race has reached the moment of national subjugation and extinction; Fellow Daoist is a person of our Heavenly Dynasty and possesses great strength, so I wonder if you are willing to join the Division of Heaven and Earth, to subdue demons and eliminate monsters, and protect the Central Plains?"

Meng Yifan pondered for a moment and said: "National Teacher Zhou, let us speak plainly; I am a person who likes to walk alone and does not like to be constrained, so I will not join the Division of Heaven and Earth; however, we are both of the Central Plains human race, so we can become allies; if there is a place where you need my help, we can discuss it."

Zhou Rentong frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with Meng Yifan's answer; what did he mean by "if there is a place where you need my help, we can discuss it"?

This clearly meant that if Meng Yifan's help was needed, one would have to offer corresponding benefits in advance and negotiate a price before he would take action to help.

"Fellow Daoist Meng, would you consider it again? If you are willing to join the Division of Heaven and Earth, I can introduce you to my sect; the founder of my sect is Qiu Shenji, who is a Nine-Rank Expert; if you can receive his guidance, your future path of cultivation will be much smoother," Zhou Rentong persuaded.

Upon hearing this, Meng Yifan was shocked; he did not want to join the Division of Heaven and Earth precisely because he did not want to get involved with Qiu Shenji.

The Five Elements World was a Spirit Treasure refined using the internal organs of Qiu Shenji's son, and it was now inside Meng Yifan's own internal organs; if Qiu Shenji found out, Meng Yifan would undoubtedly die.

Therefore, before he had sufficient strength, how could Meng Yifan dare to go near Qiu Shenji? The sect Zhou Rentong spoke of was a place Meng Yifan dared not go under any circumstances.

"National Teacher Zhou, my mind is made up; please do not try to persuade me further," Meng Yifan said.

Zhou Rentong was somewhat disappointed, but he did not try to persuade him further; he left behind a Sound Transmission Jade Slip, then returned to the Imperial Capital to continue guarding the Imperial City.

With the crisis resolved, Meng Yifan could finally breathe a sigh of relief; not long after, Meng Shuangdao also successfully passed the tribulation, becoming a Fifth Grade Zombie; the originally withered muscle tissue on his body became ruddy and lustrous, just like a withered tree meeting spring, regaining its vitality; from the outside, Meng Shuangdao already looked much like a normal person.

Meng Yifan led everyone back to Luolong County; in the fields outside the city, green crops were growing, which made people feel joyful to look at; some farmers walked along the edges of the fields, carefully fertilizing and weeding the crops.

The farmers took care of these crops more carefully than they took care of their own children, because they were all refugees who had come through famine and fled; they all had relatives who had starved to death, and they knew that this grain was their hope for survival.

Meng Yifan used his Spiritual Power to check and discovered that the Sweet Potato and Potato plants underground were growing gratifyingly; these high-yield crops were growing even more robustly than those on Earth, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes were generally the size of a human head.

The corn stalks grew four meters high, the corn cobs were thicker than a person's thigh, and those golden corn kernels were each the size of a broad bean.

These crops were as if they had undergone genetic mutation; if they were taken to Earth, they would surely shock those scientists.

The reason the crops grew so well was not only because the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty World was inherently rich in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but also because Meng Yifan had cast spells to bring down Spiritual Rain upon these fields.

Inside Luolong City, there stood over a hundred nine-story apartment buildings, inside which were partitioned rooms of ten square meters each; refugees who came to Luolong County, as long as they registered and were willing to join Luolong County and participate in labor, could be rented a room.

The rent was not expensive, and as long as they were willing to work hard, the refugees could afford it; a ten-square-meter room was not large, but it was enough for a family to squeeze into.

If one had a special skill, they could also be assigned a larger house according to their ability.

Many refugees heard that there was food in Luolong County and fled there; their requirements were not high—as long as they had something to eat and could survive, they were content.

However, they did not expect that the Luolong County authorities would be so benevolent; as long as the common people were willing to work, they could eat their fill and have a house to live in; what surprised them even more was that their children could also attend school for free, and they were even provided with meals.