Chapter 32

How outrageous the rumors about him and Hongdou were outside, Li Yu didn't know for the time being.

The Battle Royale-style chaos lasted all night, and he guarded for a whole night, until dawn, when the shouting and killing movements gradually dissipated, showing that everything had settled.

From the second half of the night, no one dared to invade Li Yu's small courtyard.

And the "price" paid by the master and servant was far lower than Li Yu's expectation, making his preparations before entering the night seem a bit of a fuss.

A total loss of one Explosive Flame Elixir, one lowest-grade spiritual energy stone.

So last night's Battle Royale was equivalent to letting Li Yu familiarize himself with his cultivation method as an "Elixir Apprentice" in advance, and letting Hongdou replace the lowest-grade spiritual energy stone and replenish a set of killing weapons.

"It seems that it should be officially over."

"I just don't know how much the population in Wanfu City has expanded?"

"The slums in the four major city districts will have to be crowded and expanded again."

Li Yu stood under the human-faced peach tree, looking at the smoke and black clouds that had not dissipated in the sky in all directions, and couldn't help muttering.

That's right!

Even after a night of fighting, Li Yu was certain that the population of Wanfu City had increased.

It was a conclusion he reached after using some means to peek at the movements in all directions last night.

The so-called "refugees" from the three major nations of Gan, Li, and Jing were quite considerable in number, none of them were good people, and the original residents of Wanfu City were also the same. After fighting each other and finding that they were evenly matched, both sides had to choose to lower their standards to survive and coexist.

The killing scene created by his master and servant was a minority.

In fact, he only killed more than a dozen people instantly because he didn't understand the power of the Explosive Flame Elixir at the beginning.

Hongdou slaughtered all night, but it was just this number.

This is because the appearance of the two was too deceptive, and there was also a suspicion of playing the pig to eat the tiger, and there were not many such scenes in other places.

"The so-called Battle Royale!"

"Actually, it is an elimination system. The 'old, weak, sick, and disabled' among the refugees and the original city residents will be solved because of this."

"Those who survive and stay are the strongest cattle and horses, qualified to gain a foothold in Wanfu City."

"Of course, from now on, they also have the qualification to accept the exploitation of the upper echelons of Wanfu City."

When Li Yu muttered to this point, he couldn't help but think of the new round of household registration that was about to come.

As if because of his muttering, the familiar steam roar came, and then it was a city-wide notice:

"Half an incense stick later, the whole city will open a new round of 【Household Registration】, which concerns everyone's future tax payment, welfare, and other affairs, so don't be negligent."

"Please all new and old city residents prepare well, stay in their residences with peace of mind, and wait for the registration personnel of the workshop to come to the door."

"This registration will use mechanical dolls for the first time in some areas. Please residents who encounter such personnel, do not attack the dolls, otherwise it will be regarded as a provocation..."

As this notice rang again and again.

The restlessness in Wanfu City completely subsided, replaced by cheers ringing out everywhere.

As if in an instant, the atmosphere was pulled from war to prosperity, making people feel very strange.

And Li Yu didn't wait too long.

Around the hour of the Dragon, this old street, which was originally cold, suddenly became very lively.

Most of them were strange voices, excitedly telling something.

For example, which country and which region do they come from? How many people are in the family? What age? Are they cultivators, etc.

"It's started, household registration."

In the courtyard, Li Yu just finished muttering.

The next breath, accompanied by a burst of steam spraying and creaking movements, a mechanical doll with rough workmanship and wild style suddenly appeared at the entrance of his meat shop courtyard, which had no gate.

On its bronze chest, three big characters were sprayed: Three Saints Gang.

And a complex and exaggerated logo, which looked like three unknown beast heads.

Li Yu greeted it while recalling relevant information in his mind:

"Wanfu City's governance model is quite special. Besides the mysterious City Lord's Mansion, it is divided into four districts: East, South, West, and North."

"Each district is controlled by a super force, and affairs in the district, including taxation, public security, conscription, etc., are all handled by this force... It is said that this supreme position can be competed for, and other forces can challenge it through some complex ways and finally replace it."

"However, for a hundred years, the overlords of the four districts have not changed. The East District is 【Xiwang Mansion】, the West District is 【Zhuanlun Temple】, the North District is that 【Blood God Hall】, and the South District is a force called 【Sacred Nest】."

"And the workshops under each district are also this governance model."

"Heavenly Secret Workshop, as one of the eight major workshops in the South District, is controlled by a force called 'Three Saints Gang', and its Great Gang Leader also serves as the Heavenly Secret Workshop Master."

"In other words!"

"This Three Saints Gang has the right to collect my taxes, conscript me to work, etc."

When he finished recalling, he was already standing in front of the registration doll.

Scanning the appearance of a human life form, it directly triggered its mechanical prompt sound:

"Heavenly Secret Workshop Third Old Street, Residence 404." "The original residents were the couple Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang, who opened the Jiao Family Meat Shop, and owe a total of 100 taels of tax silver..."

"Detected a new master, may I ask if you are the blood successor of the original master?"

Hearing this, Li Yu couldn't help but want to complain in his heart.

It turns out the original body was still a black household?

Obviously, the two wanted to save tax money, so they didn't register the original body in the household registration.

Since those neighbors didn't report it, I'm afraid they all had similar behaviors.

And this "registration method," isn't it too easy to hide?

Li Yu thought so while responding cleanly and neatly:

"No!"

"Please register the household registration information of the new master of the residence, and within three days, go to the Heavenly Secret Tax Silver Division to pay the tax silver, as well as a settlement tax fee, and accept extraordinary strange object deduction."

"Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world."

Hearing this, Li Yu said in his heart again.

But this harvest already made him very satisfied, meaning he could be completely washed clean in the household registration, and paying a few hundred taels of silver for this was really nothing.

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Without hesitation, Li Yu spoke again:

"Li Yu, male, from Li Nation, eighteen years old, is a cultivator but has not advanced to Sequence 8."

"Recorded successfully!"

"Next house!"

Short and untruthful information was recorded by the Three Saints Gang's mechanical doll.

It didn't even ask again whether it was true or not, as if it didn't matter at all. The main purpose of coming to the door was actually that overdue tax silver, and a new settlement tax fee.

Li Yu finally understood why Jiao Qing, Sun Sanniang, and that group of neighbors were so easy to hide black households.

It turns out the controllers above didn't care that much either.

He originally wanted to return to the courtyard, but the shouting sounds coming from everywhere made him walk out involuntarily.

The broken corpses all over the ground last night didn't know when they disappeared, leaving only some residual filthy blood.

The old street in front of him, without any warning, entered a prosperity that made Li Yu stunned.

He even watched with his own eyes as one after another "new neighbors" walked out from behind houses and shops.

As if they could adapt naturally!

Many of them seamlessly took over tofu stalls, fish stalls, spice shops, etc.

Some made changes, some didn't.

The shouting sounds, initially only a few, later began to grow larger and more numerous, plus some huge shouting from the main street of Heavenly Secret Workshop in the distance, undulating, almost making Li Yu think he was in a prosperous metropolis in his previous life.

"Selling talismans, good talisman paper from the Heavenly Master Mansion of Gan Nation, what protection talismans, god-walking talismans, rain-seeking talismans, wind-thunder talismans... everything, low price, all of which I worked as a cow and horse in the Heavenly Master Mansion, and after secretly learning, I copied them one by one, come and buy."

"Anyone want to buy incense, I am a fragrance lady for many years, everything is here, keep you burning, both enjoy the feeling of floating like an immortal, and can produce spiritual response with the god you follow."

"Come and buy my corpses, old man I was the top corpse guardian of the Earth Mother Sect... housekeeper, holding all kinds of corpses, tall, short, fat, thin, strong, empty, beautiful, ugly, no matter which one you like, I have them here, and I also accept private customization."

"Consecrated strange objects big broadcast, I am from Jing Nation, once became a monk in orthodox Buddhism, I have various objects consecrated by eminent monks, which can be used to change luck, eliminate disasters, get children... very spiritual."

"Whoever wants Tiangong Sect strange objects, come here quickly, I am a first-class trash collector from Li Nation, these treasures were all picked up by me from the garbage dump near the Tiangong Sect headquarters..."

Listening to these, looking at the streets that were still stained with blood but revealed a twisted prosperity.

Li Yu had more understanding of the composition of "refugees from the three nations" and the essence of Wanfu City.

At the same time, he also had more curiosity about the three major nations outside the city.

He just stood for a while, and from the shouting, he heard that the three nations of Gan, Li, and Jing clearly had completely different customs and appearances.

And among them, the ones Li Yu yearned for most were Gan Nation and Li Nation.

The former sounded like an immortal god nation.

The latter, because of the existence of the Tiangong Sect, had various unbelievable technological explosions, moving towards the direction he loved most.

Just when Li Yu's thoughts were constantly flying, a new change he didn't expect at all.

Or rather, a huge surprise.

Happened abruptly!

The steam airships and ordinary building ships that had originally announced the "household registration" matter and landed back, and those bell towers and drum towers that had gradually quieted down.

Without warning, they appeared collectively again and resounded.

Accompanied by the clamor that erupted throughout the city, a notice that made all cultivators in the city, as well as some ordinary mortals with news channels, incomparably excited and agitated, began to bomb:

"The Wanfu City big festival 【Demon Star Descent】 will be brought forward to tonight and officially descend."

"Missionary Day will also follow after all Demon Stars have descended."

"Please all city residents prepare well and fully improve themselves."

(End of chapter)