Chapter 264: Recovering Yunzhou

Of course, now this damaged "Heavenly Gate" naturally did not have the effect of making people have special associations or want to worship as soon as they saw it.

Nor did it have the function of connecting to the so-called "Heavenly Realm" and communicating with those immortals and gods as Gongyang Quan said.

Confirming that these remains were not dangerous, Lin Feng directly ordered the Heavy Armor Paper Men to collect all these remains.

However, besides this "Heavenly Gate", there was another thing that caused the disaster, and that was the several ghostly stone tablets that those Underworld pottery craftsmen dug out from underground.

Subsequently, Lin Feng immediately arranged for the Heavy Armor Paper Men to disperse to all parts of the surroundings to search carefully for those stone tablets. He also felt uneasy about this kind of thing.

This kind of thing that could affect the minds of living people might be something left by God-Men like the broken sword, and it might possess some ghostly effects. If it had already been taken away by others or fallen into other places, it might be that a new "Heavenly Gate" would appear again at some point.

It was just that compared to the "Heavenly Gate" remains that were unusually conspicuous on the God-Blood Wasteland, the traces of those stone tablets were much harder to find.

Even though Lin Feng had ten thousand Heavy Armor Paper Men searching around the "Heavenly Gate" for more than half an hour, there was no harvest.

Facing this situation, Lin Feng couldn't help but ponder. Those stone tablets were very likely to have been taken away by others. After all, no one knew exactly what happened after they were opened.

"I don't know if there were any other Underworld pottery craftsmen who survived? Or did the Heavenly Gate really attract something terrifying to take away the stone tablets?"

According to his speculation, the possibility of the former was not small, while the latter was uncertain.

But after all, too much time had passed, and it was quite difficult to find any traces. The only thing he could do was to continue searching to see if he could find anything.

"Continue searching. If there is no harvest by tomorrow, forget it!"

After thinking carefully, Lin Feng set a deadline for the Zhiren army. He couldn't let the Zhiren army spend all their time in this kind of place.

——————

In the north, Yunzhou.

The various barbarian tribes that withdrew overnight naturally attracted the attention of many people, including the scouts arranged by Fenglei Mountain.

"Reporting to the True Man, according to the investigation results of the brothers, now eight or nine out of ten barbarian tribes in Yunzhou have left! Only some small tribes that don't know life or death are still left."

In the Taoist temple on Fenglei Mountain, True Man Zhou and the border army general sat opposite each other, and beside them was a knight who looked like he had high martial arts skills.

"Haha, good! It's really good!"

"That Saint's one sentence is worth a thousand troops and horses!"

"We should wipe out those small tribes as soon as possible. We can't really wait for the Saint to take action personally. Otherwise, wouldn't it show that we are too incompetent?"

"That's right, the poor Taoist has the same intention!"

At this time, both of them were in high spirits, and even unknowingly, they began to take the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's orders as the main thing and actively regarded themselves as the other party's subordinates.

"I will immediately go to gather the soldiers. You all mark those small tribes next. The blood feud of the past can be avenged today!"

The border army general stood up abruptly and then said this to the knight beside him.

"Yes! We are willing to die for the General!"

Hearing this general's words, this knight also had his blood surging and agreed directly.

Who among those still in Yunzhou didn't have a blood feud with the barbarians?

Avenging the blood feud was definitely not just something to say. Without washing it with the enemy's blood, without using the enemy's head to worship the deceased, and without smashing the enemy's bones and scattering the ashes, the anger and hatred in their hearts could not be eliminated.

In this era, if anyone dared to say something like "a smile to end the grudge," they would definitely be beaten half to death by the people around them immediately.

Soon, the Fenglei Mountain garrison began to act. Even though it was still ice and snow outside, it did not stop the boiling blood in their hearts.

This time, the Corpse-Collecting Zhiren also took several older apprentices to act with these garrisons. Of course, on the surface, his reason was still to collect corpses.

Regarding this, the border army general had nothing to say. Although he had the heart to say that he would arrange for his subordinates to bring the corpses back to the other party, transportation in the ice and snow was inconvenient after all. If something went wrong, it would be another troublesome matter.

That day, thousands of Fenglei Mountain garrison troops officially began to act and directly attacked three small barbarian tribes in a row that day.

Lin Feng did not take action in this battle, and the Corpse-Collecting Zhiren did not interfere much. Only a few apprentices couldn't help but join the battle after using the God-Inviting Talisman.

But even so, under the fierce attack of True Man Zhou and those border troops, these small barbarian tribes were still beaten to the ground.

A large number of barbarian soldiers were killed on the spot, and some barbarian women and children were captured. Besides this, they also found many Yunzhou people who had been captured as slaves in these tribes.

Although this counterattack battle was like a hot knife through butter, the expressions of everyone became more and more heavy as they went on.

After such a battle, the entire Yunzhou really became "ten rooms and nine empty" in the literal sense, and even most of those who were still alive were not having a good time.

In this era where one had to dig for food in the soil to survive, because of this disaster, I don't know how many people were short of clothes and food, the land was abandoned, and the crops withered...

Even if they finally killed all the barbarians, what they got was just some jerky made of unknown meat, or some fur with a fishy smell.

The harvest and loss could not be compared at all. The only thing to be gratified was that Yunzhou finally broke free from the hands of the barbarians. Even if the days were difficult in the future, they would at least have a way to live.

"Yunzhou is now completely abandoned. Too many people died. Without manpower, this place has no meaning no matter how big it is."

"Should I arrange for some Paper Men to go over to reclaim and plant, and do some production and development things?"

"No matter how bad those lands are, they are still mature lands that have been reclaimed and planted. If they are abandoned for a few years, I am afraid they will really become wasteland."

After Lin Feng understood the situation of the entire Yunzhou through the Corpse-Collecting Zhiren, he couldn't help but start to ponder.

The current Yunzhou could be considered to have been vacated. If Lin Feng didn't arrange for manpower to occupy it, the claws of other forces would definitely reach out next.

Never underestimate the greed in human nature. Some people, even if they know that doing some things is very likely to lead to a devastating disaster, will still take chances to do it.

Lin Feng knew this point very well. Whether it was the barbarians or others, it was the same.

"Since that's the case, then simply let the Thousand-Faced Paper Ghost make a large number of ordinary Paper Men, specifically responsible for reclaiming land, planting crops, and raising livestock in Yunzhou."

"In addition, one or two Ghost Gates can be built over there. In case of any situation, the Zhiren army in the Underworld can also be dispatched at any time."

After making the decision, Lin Feng immediately contacted the Corpse-Collecting Zhiren and let it start acting. ===== CHAPTER 265 =====