197 Painting

As he read the intelligence dossier, Greater Demon Monarch Fu Jiao frowned and said, “I have 15 demon sage descendants under my command. Each one has powerful divine powers. We actually lost two of them. The Demon Realm’s demon sages sent many of their descendants into the human world due to the Imperial Lord’s orders. Thus, no matter what, we have to ensure the safety of the demon sage descendants as best we can. The factions behind them will investigate if too many of them die.

“How did that white fox at Gu Mountain Prefecture and that old ox at Yufang Prefecture die? Which Godfiends killed them? Have you investigated?” asked Fu Jiao.

“Marquis Gong Xu killed that old ox at Yufang Prefecture,” replied the black fox demon monarch immediately. “The old ox charged into Yufang Prefecture to begin a massacre. However, Marquis Gong Xu appeared the moment he did so. Although that old ox had divine powers to protect himself, he was still slapped to death and reduced to meat paste by Marquis Gong Xu in a few strikes. Many people in Yufang Prefecture saw this scene, so investigations were quite easy.”

“Marquis Gong Xu?”

“The Wu State is a relatively prosperous state in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It produces many experts. There are now three Marquis Godfiends in Wu State, Marquis Southcloud, Marquis Gong Xu, and Marquis Thousand Shadow. These three might remain in their hometowns to protect it. One Marquis presides over the state capital while the other two Marquis Godfiends wander about. To encounter a Marquis Godfiend, blame it on the old ox’s bad luck.”

Three Marquis Godfiends guarded Wu State. The demons only had Greater Demon Monarch Fu Jiao that could compare in strength. Furthermore, there was the possibility of a Regis Godfiend appearing.

Thankfully, after losing a large number of third Firmament demon monarchs during the large-scale probe, the remaining demon monarchs became much more cautious, and their attacks lessened in frequency.

After all, a large-scale attack also led to many demon monarchs dying. There was still a limited number of third Firmament demon monarchs in the Demon Realm. They would be unable to keep up such large-scale attacks for long periods of time due to the many casualties.

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Gu Mountain Prefecture.

Meng Chuan and his wife lived a “peaceful” life. To this day, they had yet to receive any requests for help that brought them out of the prefecture. Even when they were deployed, they were still within Gu Mountain Prefecture.

“Young Master,” a thin man shouted obsequiously.

Meng Chuan had just left his yard. He looked at him curiously. “What’s the matter?”

The thin man pointed at Meng Chuan’s residence and asked, “Young Master, is this your home?”

Meng Chuan frowned.

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Meng Chuan sighed.

The demons’ large-scale attack had caused many people to migrate. This was especially true for Godfiend clans and wealthy merchants. People who were privy to the news knew that the larger a city was, the more expensive the land would be in the future. For example, the Meng family clan had moved over 10,000 clansmen to the prefecture city. Hundreds of clansmen were moved to the state capital, Luo Tang City, etc.

This was a large family clan that had existed for over 1000 years. They naturally aimed to avoid disaster by arranging for a small number of clansmen to go to the state capital and Luo Tang City. This was to ensure that their lineage wouldn’t be severed. They had to avoid the situation of an entire clan being wiped out after prefecture city was breached.

With Godfiend clans and wealthy merchants migrating to the cities, this caused the prices of land and buildings to rise constantly. For example, a compound like Meng Chuan could easily fit more houses. It wouldn’t be difficult for it to accommodate dozens of people! Those who could offer such prices naturally had extraordinary backgrounds.

…

Meng Chuan personally selected the paint he needed for his painting.

“Young Master, take care. Young Master, please come again.” The shop owner was very enthusiastic.

Even the price of paint has increased. Meng Chuan was extremely astonished. The prices of everything in Gu Mountain Prefecture were rising. The commoners with houses were better off. They could rent out a few rooms to ease the financial pressure. Those who rented houses in the city suffered. They might even be forced to leave the city! They couldn’t afford the rent or food.

Meng Chuan couldn’t do a thing either. This was happening everywhere in the human world!

Creak.