The Heavens: Falling Ink From Douluo

Chapter 1024: The Human Race’s Dilemma
The peaceful days in Wangquan Villa do not mean the peaceful days for the entire human race. The map of the world of Fox Spirit Matchmaker is very interesting. The human race is sandwiched in the middle, with the Beishan area above and the Nanguo area below. On the left, it borders the Western Regions, and on the right, it wraps around Tushan. It can barely see the Aolai Kingdom across the so-called Longwan.

In fact, there is not much of Aolai Kingdom to be seen.

Because it was Tushan who faced the Aolai Kingdom directly.

The human race has always been surrounded by enemies and the living environment is extremely harsh.

Therefore, the years in Wang Quan Villa were peaceful only because of the special status of the Wang Quan family. If even the Wang Quan family, the pillar of the human race, were caught in the war, the human race would probably not be far from destruction.

In addition, although Tushan does not have a Demon King at present, Tushan has a reincarnation and continuation agreement at the Demon King level. For example, Shi Kuan made a reincarnation and continuation agreement with the Princess of the Demon Control Kingdom in Tushan when he was young. Another example is Fan Yunfei, he also signed a reincarnation and continuation agreement in Tushan. Because of this, even though Tushan is honestly closing the country to the outside world, the Yiqi Daomeng does not dare to take action against Tushan.

And that was until we left Wangquan Villa.

It was the first time that Lin Chaoci experienced firsthand the hardships faced by the grassroots people.

"In terms of crop cultivation, it is still in the primitive state of arable land, with hoes, sledges, buffaloes, and at most a slightly more advanced waterwheel for irrigation, and most of it is still irrigated by ditches."

"The harvest and yield of crops still depend entirely on the weather. Droughts, floods, wind disasters, etc. will still have a very serious impact on the total grain output of the year."

"And the economic development of the common people is not as prosperous as imagined. Ordinary people can only eat meat during the New Year. Although they seem to live a happy life, they still live in an environment where they can only endure minor illnesses and avoid major illnesses. They can save little money even if they live frugally. The economic situation is very close to that of ancient times. There are even few wealthy businessmen in the town because of the frequent attacks by monsters."

"As for the safety of the common people..."

In a mountain temple far away from Wangquan Villa.

The huge tiger corpse fell to the ground, allowing Lin Chaoci, who was carrying a sword case on his back, to pull out the sharp sword that pierced his brain from his head. Behind it, there were two children huddled together and shivering. They looked to be about five or six years old, about the same age as Lin Chaoci, sitting on two huge trays on the incense table.

Lin Chaoci felt furious at what he saw.

Even though Lin Chaoci's state of mind has never fallen behind.

Yes.

The safety of the common people is not decided by the Taoists of Yiqi Daomeng, but by these small monsters who are scattered all over the place and occupy the mountains as kings, have average strength and only have the advantage in numbers. The reason is even more ridiculous - this is a no-man's land, not near the territory of any aristocratic family, and will not be cleared out by any aristocratic family. Even if there are occasionally two major cleanups organized by the Yiqi Daomeng, or if they occasionally encounter a few Taoists who are roaming the world with swords, they will fight if they can, and move to another place if they can't, continue to occupy the mountains as kings, and demand offerings from the nearby mountain villages. The original place will be occupied by a small monster again within a few decades, and this unchanging pattern will continue to repeat.

The so-called offerings include things, gold, silver and treasures, and people, just like these two trembling children.

There is an inherent conflict between monsters and humans.

For example, the mosquito demon.

This monster must suck blood to survive.

For ordinary people who have never practiced Taoism and have no magic power in their bodies, one breath will leave only a skin and bones corpse, with all the flesh and blood inside being sucked away by the mosquito demon.

To put it bluntly, it is because the human race is too weak.

In the eyes of these monsters, they are easy to bully.

Moreover, since magic power and internal force are two different things, a magic weapon like the King's Sword, in the original book, even without mana amplification, can split a mountain with its own hardness and sword edge. In the world of comprehensive martial arts, I am afraid that only the immortals on land can barely do it.

Therefore, although these little demons who are generally below the fourth level of Qi training are vulnerable in front of him, if these little demons are placed in the world of Zongwu, they are all masters or grand masters, and they all possess innate magical powers.

"Because we are plundered by monsters, we are poor."

"Because I'm poor, I can't afford to hire a Taoist priest."

"Because we can't afford to hire a Taoist priest, we are oppressed."

"Even if every household gathers together a little and invites a Taoist priest from a nearby family to kill the monster, a new monster will appear decades later. If the monster cannot be killed, it will be retaliated against." "The life span of monsters is very long, while the life span of humans is very short."

"A monster can occupy a mountain for hundreds of years and claim to be the king."

"A few hundred years is enough to change the thinking and cognition of a generation."

“They even think that offering sacrifices is a matter of course.”

Lin Chaoci lit a bonfire and gently stroked the tiger skin, which rolled off inch by inch, revealing the flesh and blood that smelled fresh and fragrant. He drew with a brush in his mind, and a iron pot filled with water appeared out of thin air. He swung his sword to take a piece of tiger meat and threw it into the iron pot to boil. "I have to say, this is really a rotten world. After all, only a few people and monsters can reincarnate and continue their fate, because those who can reincarnate and continue their fate are not ordinary people. The real ordinary people will be like small people like Mu Renzhi, helpless and easily stepped on by some big people, becoming the cornerstone of the high platform."

This is the real side of the world.

It is just the real side of this world.

Behind this truth, there are countless other truths.

But they are all shrouded in fog.

Some truths are even unknown.

"Speaking of which, not all people are good."

"For example, the old Taoist priest who abducted Tushan Honghong and Tushan Rongrong wanted to sell them to Yihongyuan to make a fortune."

"If there is any grievance or hatred, then forget it."

"A gentleman's revenge is never too late."

"There is no grudge or hatred. They kidnapped the two little fox demons purely to create rivals for the human race. If the little Taoist priest hadn't released Tushan Honghong and Tushan Rongrong, and waited for Tushan to riot and snatched Tushan Honghong and Tushan Rongrong back, in a few decades, the human race would have another mortal enemy of the demon king. There is too much hatred."

Lin Chaoci opened the map and sighed.

As the saying goes, it is impossible to cut off a mess and sort it out.

This is roughly the truth about the relationship between humans and monsters.

You kill me and I kill you, and innocent people are involved, making it seem like no one is innocent, and even occasionally things like fratricide may occur.

Therefore, he would not be able to kill all the monsters in the world with just his sword.

What the human race lacks is a pillar.

In plain words: We are lacking a strong person at the level of Demon King.

Don't underestimate it because it's just one person. The name of a person is like the shadow of a tree. If this thing is used properly, it can make countless monsters entrenched in the human territory flee on their own, and it can also instantly change the wrong ideas of these monsters.

"So, even for me, I can only slay demons and monsters along the way."

“The people who want to save the world from the water and fire are themselves in the end.”

"The next stop will be the Wen family!"

Lin Chaoci fished out the piece of meat, stuck it on the sword, and took a bite silently. Feeling that his cultivation level was not far from the eighth level of Qi training, he ate faster. A figure made of lightning flashed behind him: "For this, I have prepared a great gift..."

(End of this chapter)