Chapter 490: Chapter Four Hundred and Eighty Six:

Building the City

‘”‘Is the Heavenly Pride serious about this?”

“Of course.”

“Then the old man would like… would like…” Shen Dafa struggled uncomfortably, wringing his hands repeatedly in front of him. After repeating “would like” over a dozen times, he finally forced out a number, “I would like two, no! A million catties of grain.”

Having made his demand, he looked at Tang Luo anxiously, feeling guilty as if his request was too much.

“Understood.” Tang Luo’s face remained impassive as he willingly agreed.

With Shen Dafa as an example, all the other renowned people of Xiling started to voice their grain needs, even though they were much more conservative with their numbers.

“Eight hundred thousand catties.”

“Six hundred thousand catties.”

“Five hundred and fifty thousand catties.

“Five hundred thousand catties.”

end, some only dared to ask for fifty thousand

hall concluded their requests, Tang Luo asked

sure that’s all

you have at least seven to eight hundred strong men under you in the Mortal Realm. A martial artist consumes three to five catties of rice per

Yongning Port under the jurisdiction of Tang

making their living on the water by training sailors, laborers, and fishermen. Although not considered a scholarly family of Xiling, they are still well respected and have been a

souls under Elder Nian’s care, who have no grain, all rely on his handouts. There are thousands of them, families included. As the man in charge of taking care of these people, Elder

been called, suddenly blushed, standing up in confusion and waving his burly

Elder Nian before addressing everyone, “I understand your reluctance to cause me further trouble. But there’s something you all need to know. The flood

simply want to avoid entanglement with the young masters of influential families, preferring to endure through

likely to recede. Otherwise, on this Red Cloud Mountain with only a few basins, their frugal approach will

was a once-in-a-millennium

prices. Do not worry, I won’t force you to serve me through grain demands. Secondly, Red Cloud Mountain, where you are currently residing, is now my territory. Given the sudden disaster, I’ve offered it as a place for you to live. In exchange, I

by the news of the unrelenting flood, were now

Luo.

the crop within the Five Elements crafts, they have been courted by countless influential families promising wealth, beauty, and futures. Yet, they were

their family’s martial artists and household servants. External families become appendages, and although establishing kinship fares better in preserving some degree of autonomy, the common consequence for such families was to disintegrate

seemingly casual remarks had caused a

the son of any other family, they would not openly disclose the

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