Chapter 332
Why this phenomenon occurred, Sun Yu couldn't say; Wei Yuan immediately checked the entire new city, but there was no discovery, and he couldn't find the source of the evil outbreak. Zhang Sheng and the True Person Chuhe who arrived later also had no discoveries.
Wei Yuan had to put this matter aside for the time being, ordered people to take good care of the girls who had miscarried due to the dead fetuses, and moved the surviving girls to another camp with tighter defense, sending people to guard them day and night, and also set up an array for the protection of national fortune. Wei Yuan was still not at ease and added a piece of national fortune to each of the more than three hundred surviving girls to ensure everything was foolproof.
After doing all this, the sky was already bright.
In the morning light, two Cui family flying boats sailed into the domain and stopped at the designated square. Both flying boats were fully loaded with supplies, mainly various grades of textiles that required a long time to produce in large quantities, as well as ten thousand jin of medicinal herbs of various years, used as remuneration for the training personnel.
This period Wei Yuan handed over a total of thirty-three Dao Foundation monks, which was less than one-tenth of the total. Although the results were not as amazing as the first period, only fifteen people died, the death rate dropped significantly, and it was less than five percent.
The people who came from the Cui family to receive them couldn't say anything, after all, the results of the first period were there. If half of the people died, the success rate was only three percent, and calculated by the number of survivors, it was over half. Among the twenty-plus people who paid money to avoid death, only one succeeded.
So the more people died, the more Dao Foundations there were; it was just that the death rate of the first period was too scary, and the second period's was just right.
Along with the two flying boats came more than four hundred people, including more than fifty elderly people, all between sixty and eighty years old. The elderly were the Cui family elders mentioned by Cui Luoyu last time who wanted to come to Qingming to seek longevity and were willing to pay a high price for it.
The rest were Cui family disciples who came over for normal training, totaling four hundred people. This batch was the third period.
By the third period, Wei Yuan already had a plan for how to train Dao Foundations, and everything could be done according to past experience.
In the original plan, the second period of Cui family disciples was to return by these two flying boats. But during the gap of unloading, a beautiful young girl from the second period came to Wei Yuan and indicated that she and some others had already sensed the opportunity for Dao Foundation, but the time was short; if there was more accumulation and the right Dao Foundation was chosen, she felt there was still hope to forge a Dao Foundation, so she wanted to stay and study for another period.
"Choose the right Dao Foundation?" Wei Yuan didn't turn the corner for a while.
The young girl gritted her teeth, lowered her voice, leaned into Wei Yuan's ear and said: "This time we all choose the Bright Light Sword!"
Wei Yuan suddenly realized, and looking at the dozens of people standing behind the young girl, finally remembered. These guys were all arrogant and proud, insisting on forging a Dao Foundation that belonged exclusively to them, and were unwilling to choose templates.
After failing once, it seemed these people finally recognized the reality that they had no talent again and honestly chose the Bright Light Sword that was easiest to forge.
"That's fine, you stay, train with the third period, and try again in a month, but this requires extra payment."
"No problem!" The bright young girl agreed readily.
Just after dismissing her, another Cui family young girl, slightly green, with a clear and beautiful face and a hot figure, stopped Wei Yuan.
"Domain Lord, I... we also want to stay and continue to participate in the third period. But we don't have extra money, only... only myself, sigh!"
The young girl lowered her head shyly and stomped her foot, letting her chest heave fiercely.
"You just said, you?" Wei Yuan keenly grasped the point.
The young girl pointed to the distance. There stood dozens of people, looking over here expectantly. Several were gesturing to the young girl, cheering her on.
The young girl's cheeks were flushed, and she said: "If you like, then she, they are also possible, they are the same."
Wei Yuan really didn't understand.
Seeing that Wei Yuan didn't agree, the young girl hurriedly said: "Lord, as long as you agree, then during our study period, as long as you want, anytime, anywhere, we can all do it!"
This time Wei Yuan finally understood, and couldn't help but cover his face with his hands, deeply feeling that these young girls were really outrageous. If it hadn't been for a nightmarish afternoon in the Chunhua Hall just now, Wei Yuan felt he would have blushed.
However, Wei Yuan still couldn't hold himself back, glanced at that group of people in the distance, took all their appearances into his eyes, and then firmed his determination to handle official business impartially.
"Are you the only ones who have no money but want to try another period?"
The young girl said: "Actually there are some, but some are unwilling to pay, and some are not worthy of paying."
Wei Yuan had the young girl call over everyone who had no money but still wanted to try, and then noticed that several people were indeed not qualified to pay.
After everyone arrived, Wei Yuan said: "If you are willing, you can practice for another period for free, but the condition is that after forging the Dao Foundation, you must work in the domain for five years. If the Dao Foundation is suitable and you are willing to participate in battle, then you only need to serve for two years. How about it, who is willing to stay?"
Everyone looked at each other, most agreed, but someone asked: "What if it doesn't succeed?"
Wei Yuan said: "If you don't forge a Dao Foundation, then work in the domain for one year."
This condition was very loose, and everyone agreed. In fact, being a Cui family disciple but unable to pay even one period of tuition, one could see how marginal their status in the family was, and they originally had no qualifications to bargain.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Wei Yuan had Cui Yu bring a stack of blood contracts and had everyone drip blood to sign them. In this way, if they dared to go back on their word in the future, the blood contract would backfire, and life would be worse than death.
The pure young girl came to Wei Yuan's side again and said quietly: "Can I not sign the contract, just accompany you, okay?"
Wei Yuan was expressionless and stuffed her with a blood contract document.
At the top of the main peak, Zhang Sheng was very satisfied and turned his gaze elsewhere.
After a burst of chaos, the Cui family members were finally settled, and basic living necessities were distributed. By dinner time, the elderly who were considered the special class of the third period, as well as dozens of gold masters who were willing to pay extra, were brought to a lecture hall, and Wei Yuan explained the special Dao Foundation template to them.
Everyone was impressed by Qingming's efficiency and inexplicably had a few more points of confidence.
In the center of the lecture hall, Wei Yuan faced the full hall of gold masters with a smile, holding an immortal sword burning with faint flames in his hand; as soon as this sword came out, the whole hall lit up!
Everyone's eyes shone, but they felt that such a gorgeous Dao Foundation looked powerful at a glance and was not something they could possess.
At this time, Wei Yuan reached out and pointed, letting this sword fly around the lecture hall to let everyone see it clearly, and then said: "This is the special Dao Foundation template we have prepared for everyone: Great Brightness Demon-Subduing Sword!"
Over the next few days, the Cui family members, old and young, were practicing hard.
Ever since Wei Yuan had a flash of inspiration that day and improved the lighting effect of the Bright Light Sword and changed the name to Great Brightness Demon-Subduing Sword, the acceptance of this Dao Foundation had obviously increased, and almost everyone was willing to choose this template.
This also made Wei Yuan breathe a sigh of relief; there was no template in the first period, so that was it. The second period had a template, but many people were unwilling to settle, and the success rate of these people was miserable, almost ruining Wei Yuan's reputation. Now with the Great Brightness Demon-Subduing Sword, the success rate of the third period should be able to go up another level.
After the results of this period came out, Wei Yuan felt that he could perhaps talk about conditions with the Cui family.
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Amidst the busyness, a long convoy left the domain, carrying one hundred thousand jin of grain, used to set up porridge sheds in Bianning Prefecture and recruit refugees.
On the fifth day, the monks guarding the western border reported that a large group of humans was approaching.
When Wei Yuan flew to the border, he saw Tianyu, who was two days late. At the end of the road in the distance, he could already see rolling smoke and dust, and countless people were walking slowly.
"This time I brought three thousand top-grade sacrifices, ten thousand medium-grade sacrifices, thirty thousand low-grade sacrifices, and one hundred and twenty thousand equal-grade ones, to exchange for all the Shaman civilians in your hands."
After saying it in one breath, Tianyu looked slightly apologetic and said: "There's no way, I don't know what's wrong recently, top-grade sacrifices are extremely scarce. It is said that many top-grade sacrifices were taken away by the Heavenly Shamans; I don't know what kind of sacrifice they want to launch."
"No problem, it can be exchanged." In fact, even if Tianyu only brought one or two thousand people, Wei Yuan felt it was worth exchanging.
Soon the large group of people arrived nearby, and the clothing colors of each grade of sacrifices were different, which was very easy to distinguish.
The top-grade sacrifices were all teenagers about ten years old, and the medium-grade sacrifices were adults under forty. The low-grade sacrifices generally had poorer physical fitness, but they still had some traces of Body Forging.
Finally, there were the one hundred and twenty thousand equal-grade ones; these people were just caught in the Shaman Domain and hadn't had time to be fattened, so there were all kinds of people, and even children under the waist. They were still wearing their own clothes, unlike the sacrifices with grades who all wore unified clothing.
The top-grade sacrifices were all born from those raised in the Shaman Domain, and the medium-grade sacrifices were partly descendants of the raisers and partly the strongest batch of humans caught. These two grades of people were all expressionless at this moment, waiting quietly for orders. After becoming sacrifices, the Shaman tribe would regularly feed them medicine; after taking medicine for a long time, they would gradually lose all emotions and become walking dead who only knew how to obey orders.
Knowing that Tianyu had arrived, Wei Yuan had already had people take the Shaman captives and set off, first heading north to leave the domain, and then heading west. Tianyu immediately ordered five thousand cavalry to receive the clansmen, while here he arranged for more than ten thousand people to enter the domain.
Wei Yuan stood on a high place by the road, watching the crowd entering one after another, and suddenly discovered that among the one hundred and twenty thousand equal-grade people, except for some children, they were basically adult men and women, with no elderly people at all.
Wei Yuan looked at Tianyu: "I know that the elderly are actually useless to you, but you wouldn't say it, so I took the liberty not to bring any over fifty."
Wei Yuan was silent for a moment, then said: "No need next time; now I have passed the initial stage and can afford extra elderly people."
Tianyu spread his hands: "I don't hope there will be a next time."
Wei Yuan smiled faintly and said: "If you don't come, naturally there won't be a next time."
Tianyu shook his head: "If we don't come, you will also come over."
Wei Yuan was startled; it was indeed the case, and he had nothing to say.
At this moment, countless people walking into the domain felt the long-lost Human Domain, especially that vigorous vitality, and were all in tears. They had thought that there was no hope of returning to the Human Domain in this life, but who knew there would be a day to see the light of day again.
Someone pulled a monk from the domain to ask, and then learned that the one standing on the high place was the Domain Lord. Suddenly, countless people knelt down, kowtowing to Wei Yuan repeatedly, and in the blink of an eye, a black mass knelt on the ground.
Wei Yuan just wanted to say no need, but in the ten thousand li of mountains and rivers, clear energy suddenly increased piece by piece; he had to dispel the idea of leaving and instead put on a solemn posture to absorb the national fortune. It was just that being so pretentious was somewhat shameful.
After everyone worshipped Wei Yuan, they saw Tianyu, who was tall and sturdy, looking like an extraordinary person. Some people knew that it was Tianyu who sent them back to the domain, and those who didn't know thought Tianyu was also one of the leaders of the domain. So regardless of whether they knew or not, after worshipping Wei Yuan, they began to worship Tianyu.
Tianyu's face changed drastically, his mouth opened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot!
With the kowtowing of thousands of people, every time they worshipped, Tianyu's vitality dropped by a notch, and in the blink of an eye, it had bottomed out!
Fortunately, Wei Yuan reacted extremely quickly, hanging Tianyu's life with 'Jia Wood Life Profound', and then carried him and ran, instantly dozens of li away, fleeing into the Shaman Domain. If he had been a little slower, Tianyu would have been afraid of falling on the spot!
Escaping death, Tianyu was already extremely weak and still had lingering fears, asking: "What kind of great curse was that just now?!"
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