READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 787 Waiting
As more and more people entered Longshan, the entire Tingfeng City was almost full.
After all, the original idea of Tingfeng City was to build a small base that could accommodate 200,000 to 300,000 people.
But now, the number of people pouring into Longshan has reached nearly 800,000, and all habitable places in the city are full of people.
In desperation, Xu Rizhao could only let Wu Liang lead the construction team to urgently expand the temporary residence at the foot of the mountain.
After the design drawings were drawn up and the streets and routes were planned, tree houses, mud houses, and stone houses quickly rose from the ground.
Everyone was afraid of missing the Immortality Banquet that would take place soon, and no one wanted to go too far away from Tingfeng City, so they all stayed at the foot of Long Mountain.
If there are too many people, something bad will happen.
No matter how strict the management is, there will always be troublemakers.
As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.
A five-meter-high stone tablet in front of the iron chain bridge connecting Long Mountain and Lingshe Peak has a message marked "No entry for strangers, intruders will be killed."
But there were still some people who were not afraid of death and crossed the chain bridge.
In the night, Jiang You stood on the temple. From this angle, he could just see the bridge.
At this moment, several furtive figures were crossing the bridge.
This is not the first group to die.
After these people came to Longshan, they were like players who broke into the game and opened dungeons everywhere.
During this period, Chenjia Village must be very lively.
The little silver body sat on the stone pier in front of the temple, its white and tender feet swaying in the air, and its long silver hair covered with a layer of frost in the moonlight.
The moon shone on her, and she looked like a human figure transformed from the moon itself.
Jiang You jumped down from the roof and landed beside Baiyin. She glanced at Baiyin's feet. It was just a casual glance, but this glance revealed something extraordinary.
In the past, she always thought that Baiyin's feet looked cute because of baby fat.
But now I look carefully and realize.
"Silver...you don't have ankles?"
Baiyin looked down at his feet expressionlessly.
"Sir, the neck is here." She pointed at her fair neck and retorted seriously.
A person's neck is below the head, so how can it be above the feet?
Jiang You laughed loudly, and his ugly dark face looked even more hideous in the moonlight.
Baiyin asked, "What's the use of ankles?"
“It’s actually useless.”
"Your Excellency, I have; I do not."
Although Baiyin still had a numb look on her face, Jiang You knew that the little girl was unhappy.
Finally, she found a pair of silver bell anklets in the space and gave them to the little girl without ankles before she left.
Another day passed.
Countless people were eagerly waiting for the Dawn Tower to take action, but what they saw was that they began to pour cement pillars as thick as two people could hug in the huge central square of Longshan, as if they were building some kind of venue.
When someone asked, the construction workers explained that this was a ceremony to worship the sky arranged by the Dawn Tower.
A sense of ritual that must be performed before achieving immortality.
There are things here that sound very absurd, yet somehow make people feel that it is natural.
After all, the people in the Dawn Tower are always talking nonsense.
A dark-skinned and extremely ugly contractor was standing with his hands on his hips and chatting with the survivors.
The ugly man pointed to the distance and said, "See those pillars? There are nine pillars in total. Nine is the maximum number. Those who are qualified to sit in front of these pillars will be the rulers of the major bases!"
"What about us?"
Seeing that this ugly man likes to brag, some people even called him "Big Brother" and asked him, "Big Brother, do you know how many seats there are? Where are we going to sit when the time comes?"
"Why call me big brother? It's rude. Is my handsome brother so unknown outside?"
The survivor's eyes twitched, but he still had a smile on his face, "Brother Yingjun, I was ignorant just now. I have heard of your name for a long time, but I just couldn't connect the dots when I saw you in person!
You really live up to your name!
As a man, what's the point of being good-looking? You have to have temperament!
Not to mention anything else, just your unique demeanor, there are few people in the entire Longshan who are qualified to compare with you!
I just wonder where you will be sitting at that time, Brother Yingjun?
I want to stand beside you, handsome brother, and learn your manners and ways. I can’t say I can learn much, but even if I can learn a little, it will be enough for me to benefit from for the rest of my life!"
After the survivor finished speaking, he swallowed hard, fearing that he would vomit.
After being flattered, the ugly man continued, "Hey, why should we sit down?
You'll have to stand up then!
The number of people who can sit down is estimated to be no more than two digits!
But I heard from my eldest cousin, Fengcheng's deputy city lord Xu Rizhao, that once the sacrificial ceremony is completed, we can start receiving the elixir of immortality!
After drinking that stuff, even if you get stabbed in the heart, you can recover quickly!"
"Is it really that amazing?"
"Of course!" The ugly man casually pointed at a figure's back. The man turned around and it was none other than the deputy city lord Xu Rizhao.
"Xiao Xu, come here!"
Xu Rizhao immediately ran over with a smile, "Brother Yingjun? What do you want me to do?"
Seeing that Xu Rizhao was so respectful to him, the people around him changed their attitude towards the ugly man.
This person seemed quite ugly just now, but now when you look at him carefully, you can see that there is indeed an indescribable personal charm in his ugliness!
"I told them that after drinking the immortality potion, even a pierced heart would be fine, but they didn't believe me. Show them!"
"Ah?" Xu Rizhao hasn't reacted yet.
With a "swish" sound, a dagger had already pierced into his heart.
The person who stabbed him was the ugly man.
The people around were confused. How could someone hurt his brother's heart over a disagreement?
The survivor who was standing closest to the ugly man just now silently distanced himself from him, fearing that he would stab him in the back.
"Pfft"
The ugly man smiled again, pulled out the knife, wiped it casually on his trouser leg twice, and waved his hand, "Xiao Xu, jump twice!"
Xu Rizhao was stabbed, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he smiled and obediently jumped a few times, and indeed he was still alive and well.
Several people pulled open his collar in disbelief and checked the place where he was stabbed. They saw that the wound was no longer bleeding, and the bloody knife wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The pink granulation tissue kept rolling and quickly blocked the wound, leaving only a pink scar.
"This... this is actually true!!!"
"Oh my god, what a terrible healing power!"
"If I had this kind of healing power, I would be able to walk sideways in the future!"
"No wonder the Hope Base said that the fire is the hope of mankind. So this is the power of the fire!!"
"But...why do some people already possess the power of fire?"
The ugly man spat on the ground and said, "Xiao Xu used to follow Jiang You, so he can be considered her subordinate. If you have such power, why don't you take the lead in strengthening your own armed forces?
Of course, this happened because that woman gave the potion to her subordinates first."
At this point, the ugly man was indignant, "Damn it, I rejected her once, but that woman refused to give me the immortality potion!
Did she think I would give myself to her just for a sip of potion?
Why don't you take a piss and see how she is worthy of me!"
The ugly man's confident speech confused everyone.
At the same time, I should not admire his confidence, but laugh at his confidence.
Jiang You was once wanted by the three major bases, and considering what happened later, basically many people have seen her appearance.
She's not stunningly beautiful, but with her bright facial features and fair skin, she has a unique and strange beauty.
And this ugly guy...
Xu Rizhao silently glanced at the ugly man, shook his head, and left.
More and more people gathered around the ugly man to inquire about the news, and soon, all kinds of "secrets" were leaked by the ugly man.
The survivors became even more excited.
Some people even waited anxiously in the central square, waiting for the altar to be built.
In just one day, the altar was completed.
Nine bamboos reaching into the sky surround the central square.