My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 372: It Turns Out To Be The Heavenly Venerate In Person
The city layout replanned by professionals has significantly improved the civilians’ work efficiency and quality of life.
On the main road about ten zhang wide, carriages, horses, and pedestrians flowed ceaselessly.
The shops on both sides were all newly opened, orderly and neat.
For a moment, Lu Bai almost thought he had arrived at another deathmatch arena.
“Little Daoist, what would you like to buy?”
As soon as Lu Bai walked into a fruit shop, the middle-aged shopkeeper immediately greeted him enthusiastically.
The shopkeeper wore a short shirt on top and jeans on the bottom, a combination that felt extremely disjointed to Lu Bai.
Strangely, since entering the city, he had seen quite a few such mixed outfits, clearly everyone was unaware of it, and instead thought it was quite trendy.
“I’m just browsing.”
Lu Bai glanced at the middle-aged shopkeeper, then changed the subject with a smile, “Boss, your outfit is quite unique.”
Life had improved, so his mood naturally couldn’t be bad; the middle-aged shopkeeper chuckled and wasn’t in a hurry to sell anything.
He bent down and tugged at his pant leg, showing off, “Heavenly Venerate’s new design, walking pants, originally all worn by Heavenly Venerate’s Emissaries.”
The middle-aged shopkeeper straightened up and said with emotion, “Old Zhang at the end of the street is clever; he studied it and found that the Heavenly Venerate’s law doesn’t prohibit everyone from wearing jeans, as long as they’re not exactly the same, it’s not infringement.”
“So that Old Zhang opened a shop selling jeans?”
“Not just that, the guy has a bear’s heart and leopard’s gall, directly loaned to rent a garment factory, making money hand over fist; I bought these jeans from his shop.”
Although the middle-aged shopkeeper said this, his tone didn’t sound very envious.
Often, it’s not suffering from scarcity but from inequality.
But the problem is, from one to a hundred, or from one to a thousand, both are earth-shaking changes.
They had just gone from “slaves” to being human; for this kind of life they wouldn’t even dare dream of, they were extremely satisfied, and wouldn’t feel jealousy in the short term.
“There’s even talk of infringement? That Heavenly Venerate’s law seems a bit too strict.” Lu Bai said with a casual smile.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, the middle-aged shopkeeper’s face darkened immediately, and he unceremoniously started chasing him out: “How do you talk? Get out, my shop doesn’t welcome you!”
Before Lu Bai could explain, the middle-aged shopkeeper continued to scold: “Dissatisfied with the Heavenly Venerate in your heart, aren’t you just wanting to ride over us again? I’ve seen plenty of little cultivators like you. Get out, get out!”
He didn’t deliberately lower his voice, and the nearby shops heard his words.
Soon, shop assistants ran out, shouting with unfriendly expressions.
“Who is it? Who dares to disrespect the Heavenly Venerate?”
“Simply has a bear’s heart and leopard’s gall.”
“Everyone don’t be afraid, I’ve already sent someone to report to the officials; people from the Heavenly Venerate Office will arrive soon.”
Compared to those farmers tilling the fields, these who were already recruited to work in shops were considered more quick-witted.
They knew very well how their current life came about, and supported Lu Bai’s governance far more than the various immortal sects.
The movement here immediately attracted the attention of passersby; hearing it was someone badmouthing the Heavenly Venerate, they unhesitatingly crowded over.
They weren’t worried that this cultivator badmouthing the Heavenly Venerate would start a massacre; when the law was first implemented, there were indeed some demonic cultivators wantonly slaughtering mortals.
But after a few months, it was basically unseen.
After all, with the law in place, insulting the Heavenly Venerate and deliberately injuring people were completely different concepts in sentencing.
Moreover, the Heavenly Venerate Office definitely wouldn’t just stand by; they would absolutely arrive at the scene quickly to handle it.
In an instant, the crowd was furious, and more and more people gathered outside the shop, making it impassable.
If Lu Bai didn’t use magic power, he wouldn’t even be able to get out of the shop.
These were civilians who supported him; Lu Bai naturally wouldn’t make a move against them.
He admitted his mistake with a very amicable attitude: “Boss, calm down; it was my slip of the tongue. How about I buy two jin of fruit to give to you now?”
The middle-aged shopkeeper’s complexion eased slightly, but his tone was still stiff: “Who knows what you’re really thinking; in any case, my shop won’t do business with you.”
“Right, Old Deng says it well; we won’t do business with this guy either.”
“Exactly, no one on our street will sell him anything.”
The people congested inside and outside the shop chimed in agreement.
To put it bluntly, the labor law in the law fixed work remuneration and treatment, guaranteeing that ordinary people’s weekly earnings were enough for a month.
Plus the strict eight-hour workday, with food and lodging provided, four days on and three off.
In this situation, civilians’ consumption desires were high, and shop incomes naturally rose accordingly.
Production materials’ allocation was forcibly and artificially regulated; everyone prospered together, so they didn’t lack this bit of income at all, preferring to earn a little less to vent their anger.
“Everyone make way, make way.”
A huge sound like a loudspeaker came from outside the crowd; clearly, people from the Heavenly Venerate Office had arrived.
Two Heavenly Venerate’s Emissaries pushed through the crowd and entered the shop: “We’ve received the report; what’s the specific situation? Who was insulting the Heavenly Venerate?”
With more and more Heavenly Venerate Offices built, the disciples from Xuanzhou’s various immortal sects definitely weren’t enough in number.
Based on this, many cities’ Heavenly Venerate Offices were recruiting rogue cultivators to work.
For many low-cultivation rogue cultivators, having an establishment was actually pretty good—no need to fight and kill in spellcasting battles, and high social status.
Lu Bai raised his hand to signal, immediately attracting the attention of these two Heavenly Venerate’s Emissaries.
These two rogue cultivators naturally hadn’t seen Lu Bai in person, but his portrait hung in the office hall; it wouldn’t be exaggerated to say they saw it every day.
One of the slightly older Heavenly Venerate’s Emissaries looked more and more familiar the longer he looked, subconsciously stopping his colleague and asking in a low voice, “Xiao Li, look at this suspect… senior, doesn’t he somewhat resemble… that one?”
Xiao Li didn’t even need to look closely; just the reminder made him somewhat uncertain.
Unconsciously becoming respectful, his back bent slightly: “May I ask your honorable surname, senior?”
They didn’t doubt at all that it was someone disguised or transformed; at the Mahayana Stage, this human immortal realm, not only would no one be able to impersonate his appearance, even calling his name would produce a subtle sense.
Lu Bai said, “I am Lu Bai.”
Someone immediately exclaimed; this name?!
These two Heavenly Venerate’s Emissaries knelt down more smoothly than breathing, thudding to the ground.
“Yunchang City Heavenly Venerate Office Level Three Emissaries Li En and Shi Fei pay respects to Heavenly Venerable Lu! We failed to recognize Mount Tai; we beg Heavenly Venerable Lu’s forgiveness!”
The middle-aged shopkeeper nearby turned pale one moment, flushed red the next.
“It’s, it’s actually the Heavenly Venerate in person?!”
Whoosh!
The crowd surrounding the shop burst into an uproar.
No one knew who started it, but the shouts eventually merged into two words.
“Loyal! Honest!”
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com
