Dear Lingshi

Hearing this, everyone in the room frowned.

The city lord Jin Rong was also sitting in the main seat with a worried look on his face. He looked around at everyone and said slowly, "The situation in Tieshan City is extremely dangerous now. I wonder if you have any good plans?"

The city lord looked at the crowd. They all lowered their heads and remained silent, not daring to look him in the eye.

At this time someone spoke, an old man with a long beard.

"My Lord City Lord, I have a plan."

"Oh? Mr. Xu, go ahead."

"We can now mobilize the power of the scattered cultivators in the city. Before the monsters gather in full force, we can have them go out of the city with the city defense army and the black armor army to wipe out the monsters. Of course, we can give them a certain amount of spirit stones as a benefit. This will not only greatly slow down the speed at which the monsters gather, but also weaken their strength in advance."

As soon as Mr. Xu finished speaking, someone retorted: "Those independent cultivators have different levels of cultivation and are afraid of death. On weekdays, only some brave people dare to go to Nanshan to try their luck. If they were asked to face the monsters head-on, I'm afraid no one would dare to leave the city. Besides, we don't have many spirit stones to begin with, and we have to keep them to activate the city defense formation. How can we have extra spirit stones to share with them?"

"Humph! Then come up with a solution!"

Suddenly, there was an intense noise in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

Jin Rong rubbed his temple, looking worried.

At this moment, a young man in his early twenties, carrying a backpack, slowly entered the city from the north gate of Tieshan City.

The young man was exhausted from the journey. When he entered the city and looked at the people coming and going, he muttered to himself, "Luckily I made it."

This person did not stop, but walked straight towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Looking at the noisy people in the room, Jin Rong shouted "Quiet" and everyone stopped. They looked at Jin Rong one by one, waiting for him to speak.

"How about this, in half an hour, I will personally lead the Black Armor Army to Nanshan to clear out the monsters. The more we can kill in advance, the better."

"Send my order!"

"Report!"

Two voices sounded almost at the same time.

One voice was Jin Rong's, and the other came from outside the door.

Jin Rong's words were interrupted, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he gestured for the person outside to come in.

"Report! Lord City Lord, there is someone outside who wants to see you, claiming to be from Qianji Academy."

When Jin Rong heard that the visitor was from Qianji Academy, he immediately said, "Oh? Please invite him in quickly."

As soon as Jin Rong finished speaking, a young man covered in dust and carrying a backpack walked in from the gate.

The young man walked into the door, gently put down the backpack on his back, bowed to Jin Rong and said, "Greetings, Lord City Lord."

"No need to be so polite. Are you from Qianji Academy?" Jin Rong asked impatiently.

"My name is Long Dong, and I am from Qianji Academy."

Jin Rong was delighted when he heard this, and immediately said, "I heard that the cultivators of Qianji Academy are good at the art of maneuvering. At this moment, my Tieshan City is suffering from the invasion of monsters. I wonder if little friend Long Dong has any good plan?"

"My teacher had already calculated that Tieshan City would face this disaster, and he specially sent me here to resolve it."

When the people in the room heard this, they immediately relaxed a little. All of them had heard of the reputation of Qianji Academy. As long as there were people from Qianji Academy here, Tieshan City would most likely be saved this time.

After hearing Long Dong's words, Jin Rong stood up and invited him to sit next to him.

"Sir, please feel free to tell us what good ideas you have. We in Tieshan City will fully cooperate with you." At this time, Jin Rong directly called him "Sir".

Long Dong did not refuse. He looked at everyone and said directly: "The first step is to mobilize all the monks and soldiers in the city to go out of the city and eliminate the monsters."

As soon as these words were spoken, the staff sitting around began to whisper to each other, thinking that this was exactly the solution that Mr. Xu had just mentioned.

When Jin Rong heard this, his face turned a little ugly, thinking that this kid might be a liar from somewhere. However, as the lord of a city, he did not get angry on the spot, but asked everyone to be quiet and continue to listen to Long Dong's next words.

"The second step is to cancel the system of settling monthly salaries for the city defense army and the black armor army with spirit stones, and instead hand in the corpses of monsters in exchange for contribution points. The more monsters you hunt, the more contribution points you get. After the battle is over, you can use the contribution points to exchange for cultivation resources. These resources need to be prepared in advance by the city lord and centrally managed. And our resource exchange ratio must be 50% to 55% cheaper than the market price. For example, the corpse of a first-level monster can be exchanged for 55 low-grade spirit stones on the market, but now it can be exchanged for 55 contribution points here. After the war, contribution points can be exchanged for resources worth low-grade spirit stones or directly exchanged for spirit stones. This will not only encourage everyone to kill more monsters, but also temporarily save a lot of spirit stones for the city defense formation. This rule also applies to independent cultivators in the city. Of course, independent cultivators can use monsters to exchange spirit stones directly from us before and after the war."

After saying so much in one breath, Long Dong picked up the tea in front of him, took a sip, and then asked: "Did everyone understand?"

Those who could sit here were naturally extremely smart. When they heard Long Dong’s question, they all nodded.

One of them asked, "Sir, what you mean is to temporarily use contribution points instead of spirit stones, and then offer certain discounts to encourage everyone to go out of the city to hunt monsters, and at the same time save the spirit stones for the city defense formation. I have to say that Sir, this plan is really brilliant, but there is one thing, most of the casual cultivators in the city are greedy for life and afraid of death, I am afraid that this little benefit will not be able to attract them."

Hearing this, Long Dong laughed and said, "Senior, don't worry about this. There is a third step, which is to release the erbium! I know that no matter where they are, cultivators will not risk their lives for those extra ten or eight spiritual stones. Therefore, we need to send a group of experts in advance to bury some treasures that are enough to attract these casual cultivators to take risks in the periphery of Nanshan, such as foundation-building pills, spiritual tools, etc. Then find someone to spread the news. We don't have to worry about those casual cultivators not going. If these casual cultivators go to Nanshan, they will definitely fight with the monsters, which is equivalent to weakening the monsters' power."

Hearing this, Jin Rong couldn't help but said to Long Dong: "But our treasury has been empty for a long time, and this price may be a bit too high."

Hearing this, Long Dong smiled and said, "City Lord, please be patient. We are not really going to abandon these treasures. We should remember where these treasures are buried in advance, and then send some experts to disguise themselves as independent cultivators. Then we can dig out the treasures in public. Not only will the treasures return to the City Lord, but those independent cultivators will become even crazier when they see them."

When the people in the room heard this, they looked happy and nodded continuously.

Jin Rong still frowned, turned sideways and said to Long Dong: "The method you mentioned is indeed a good one, but I'm afraid that the resources and spirit stones of our City Lord's Mansion cannot sustain it for too long. It is impossible to buy unlimited monster corpses from the hands of independent cultivators."