Chapter 690 283: Changing Hearts, Empty City (Part 3)

What is obtained must be repaid.

Remember not to treat the people of the world as fools.

The next step is to find a way to let the people truly live good lives.

It's not about everyone being like dragons, but at least they should be free from worries about food and clothes, living leisurely and happily.

Some say that once people become idle, wealthy, and happy, they won't want to work, they'll think all sorts of things, making the country unstable, and the world unrestful.

Chen Ping found that absurd.

Is it an issue of human nature, or of resources? Ultimately, it's still a matter of the system.

The system is the cage, human nature is the tiger.

No matter how fierce the tiger, as long as it's locked in the cage, each tiger becomes well-behaved; every head can eat and drink its fill, as long as there's no harm to humans, the stronger the better.

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Let's not mention the series of beneficial policies Chen Ping introduced later, nor how much scientific technology he borrowed from his previous life.

Overall, the world seemed increasingly stable, and the people lived increasingly prosperous lives.

The previous dynasty, Great Li, had fallen in just a few short months, already rarely remembered.

Chen Ping also felt that the acquired fortune could elevate him by at least two small realms.

Unfortunately, he was still stuck at the Divine Martial Seventh Layer, unable to advance.

The bottleneck is just such a strange thing.

No matter how high the enlightenment, or strong the innate talent, the time it takes still must be invested.

Stories of achieving sudden flight and enlightenment overnight, after all, only appear in legends.

Chen Ping regretfully found that he didn't have such luck.

So, to break through using Tribulation, focus must be placed on Tribulation Points.

Inside Bingli Island, apart from not having visited the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest, and not knowing the situation there, the East Sea Fubo Island, about which Mother Xiao Lin and Aunt Cyan Simurgh mournfully stated had become a deserted island, with all its foundations squandered by Dragon Maiden Ziyun back in the day.

If not for this, Xiao Lin and Cyan Simurgh wouldn't find cultivation so difficult.

It required a long time to seize opportunities by taking advantage of the previous Great Li Dynasty.

Planning for fortune.

As for another island, Black Lotus Island of the Three Immortal Islands, after Mingxin and Mingyu, the two brothers, were defeated on the same day, it was almost equivalent to nonexistence.

Chen Ping investigated.

Mingyu carried quite a few scraps, but nothing too valuable.

The truly good items should be on Mingxin, though that old coot in the final moments dragged half a body into the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

Seeking life in a place of death, it's not impossible he has some scheme.

After all, these two brothers have been on this island for so many years; somehow they must have caught wind of some news...

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"Something happened in Luqiao County."

Chen Ping was sorting out all he had learned, fretting over where to come by Tribulation, when Ji Mingyue appeared with a troubled countenance.

Little Mingyue has been very busy these days.

Monitoring the world, just a term, yet when executed, it involves countless threads and challenges.

Fortunately, this little girl is naturally clever, with a clear mind and efficient execution, otherwise, even if she recruited thousands, she'd be overwhelmed.

"Luqiao is in Xingqing Prefecture, right?"

Chen Ping did remember this county town.

Since progress in cultivation and several transformations, his brain's processing speed, as well as memory, had improved rapidly.

Back then, Ji Xuange, along with the Cui Family's forces, had occupied several towns, including Luqiao County.

However, after Chen Ping unified the South, this batch of counties in Xingqing Prefecture were among the first to enjoy good times.

Especially counties like Luqiao and Yuanxi, where the people called their cities places of dragon prosperity.

"What happened?"

"The town is empty, slaughtered to emptiness, not a living soul left."

Ji Mingyue's eyes showed deep pain.

"What?"

Chen Ping's gaze turned cold.

With the world at peace, there are still people stirring trouble; it seems his heart isn't ruthless enough, nor has he killed enough for people to fear him?

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