novelraw Chapter 729 - 394: Thunder God and Mother
Chapter 729 - 394: Thunder God and Mother
The handsome young man nodded and said, "Seeing is believing. I’ll find an opportunity to visit Red Earth City. Where are you people from? Are you from Red Earth City?"
At this moment, the few people became alert, and one man said, "Why do you care where we come from? Even if we’re not from Red Earth City, we know it’s much better than here."
Duan Yun said, "I think Wangchun City isn’t bad now. If Red Earth City is so good, why don’t you go there?"
"Wangchun City isn’t bad? How can you say that? People like you can’t face the reality. By the way, who are you? You’re just like a silly bird." The man said rudely.
Duan Yun said seriously, "My name is Duan Yun."
"I don’t care what Yun you are."
Duan Yun said again, "Some people also call me Young Hero Duan."
"I don’t care what..."
This time, the man’s proud voice suddenly softened.
In the next instant, with a loud bang, Duan Yun stretched out his hand, and the three people’s heads tilted simultaneously, already absorbed into Duan Yun’s palm.
A moment later, Duan Yun released them and said to the people behind him, "These are the Gu family’s pawns, all of them should be dealt with according to the law."
"Yes, Hero Duan."
As a series of screams rang out, the three men were dragged to the market entrance and publicly punished with the cutting procedure.
In the recent days, since Duan Yun captured the Gu family’s Young Master’s Wife, there hadn’t been any major turmoil on the surface, but there were undercurrents in the city.
That was a bunch of Red Earth City and Yellow Heaven City enthusiasts, who liked other places, which was originally quite normal, but these people insisted on belittling the present Wangchun City.
It’s exactly Duan Yun’s Heroic Land that he had been diligently managing.
Today, he originally came to buy some stuff and happened to encounter them.
With this absorption, he realized these people were well-prepared.
They weren’t just ordinary people in Wangchun City who sincerely longed for Red Earth City’s sweet air, but the Gu family’s "pawns."
The so-called "pawns" were the dogs raised by the Gu family.
These "dogs" were always dedicated to belittling others, praising the Mo family and the Gu family behind them.
This time in Wangchun City, they had received a special task, aside from saying Wangchun City was not good, they intentionally mocked him and the Jade Pearl Heroes.
Listening to the screams from the punishment process, Duan Yun was in a great mood.
He actually didn’t care much about these "dogs," because no matter what they said, they couldn’t stir up any waves, and making them suffer was rather satisfying to him, just for fun.
Wangchun City was running even better than he expected, aside from the efforts of the Jade Pearl Heroes and the people’s love, the Qingqi Bureau also played a big role.
This Wangchun City was originally built together by the Mo family and the imperial court, the court had no initiative, but they had some industries making money.
After Wangchun City changed hands, the Qingqi Bureau quickly responded to his appeal, maintaining the rules of "no adultery, no killing, no gambling," and there were still young Goddess Catchers claiming to be Leng Yimeng and Leng Yixue’s junior sisters visiting, expressing goodwill.
This fully explained the principle of supporting the winner and recognizing the times.
For such things, Duan Yun naturally welcomed it.
He knew that the city’s stability was inseparable from these talents.
Yes, even his extraordinary wisdom couldn’t make him pluck a hair or unite a thousand heroes, so he had to unite those worth uniting.
In recent days, the Wangchun City’s region was quite lively.
Apart from the canal construction project proceeding fervently, it was also the harvest season.
Large tracts of rice fields had begun the autumn harvest, everyone was busy and happy, yet somewhat nervous.
Because it was the first time the people of Wangchun City didn’t have to pay grain taxes, and the first time they had so much grain.
Some people couldn’t sleep well at night, always feeling that some tricky people wanted to steal their grain.
...
This afternoon, the Jade Pearl Heroes were joyful and jubilant.
Because according to Ziyu’s plan, the initial planning of the canal was completed.
This meant the river near Yushi Town could now be diverted and utilized.
Thus, this final section, which was connecting the large lake and river, would be personally broken through by Young Hero Duan, completing the diversion, similar to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a business.
This was the result of the first major construction project on Heroic Land, and Duan Yun was naturally very happy.
He looked at the soil layer between the river and lake, drawing out a "famous sword" with excellent texture.
In the next instant, under everyone’s gaze, Duan Yun’s hair fluttered, True Qi swirling all over him, and he sliced down with one strike!
Boom!
With a slash like thunder, the formidable Sword Qi broke open the final layer of mud.
Rumble...
Afterward, the water from the lake flowed through the canal, and for a moment, cheers echoed through the sky.
Today was undoubtedly joyful, whether they were Martial Artists digging the griddle, odd-job workers, or old men from the Mo Sect who liked to research, or the nearby villagers, they were more cheerful than during New Year.
Or rather, quite a few people here were happier every day now than during New Year.
Because just the fact of not having to pay grain taxes, no protection fee, was something they dared not imagine before.
Now with this heroic river having completed the first step of excavation, it’s said there’s no need to worry about floods and droughts in the future, and who knows how beautiful life might become.
Of course, the happiest was naturally Ziyu.
She hadn’t expected her ideas to become reality.
For a moment, she felt Duan Yun was the best man in the world, that phrase, "I, Duan Yun, invest in this project!" was the sweetest sound in the world, better than all the beautiful love words in the world.
While everyone was eating and drinking in Yushi Town, celebrating at the banquet, Ziyu was not idle at all.
She followed the river, treading the waves, quite happy.
She wanted to walk to the end of the river, to start the next step!
This is the joy of construction.
...
In the afternoon, Duan Yun ate well and fell asleep.
He slept soundly, and somewhat drowsily, he had a dream.
In the dream, he seemed to come to a body of water.
In the water was a human-shaped stone sculpture.
The sculpture was wrapped in water weeds, because it was carved very delicately, it looked just like a drowned corpse.
Duan Yun swam over, discovering it was indeed a stone sculpture, and it was of an elegantly dressed woman, much like the court musicians.
Just then, the stone sculpture’s eyeball suddenly turned, and it spoke, "Stop."
Duan Yun was startled and said, "Stop what."
"This lake is Source Lake, it belongs to Source Palace, by excavating the river and diverting the water, you’ll anger the nobles of Source Palace."
"Stop, if you don’t stop..."
At this point, the stone sculpture gave a sinister smile.
Duan Yun suddenly felt the surrounding darken.
He turned his head and saw a carp floating above.
Yes, a carp, not a fish, because this carp was unimaginably large.
It was like a mountain.
The top of the carp’s head was adorned with a bright red crest, looking like it’s wearing a groom’s red hat, or like the comb on a rooster’s head, appearing particularly strange.
This carp looked at him, its even larger fish head than a truck was gently swaying, revealing a smile.
Yes, the fish smiled, a particularly sinister smile, almost human-like.
After that, Duan Yun woke up.
He squinted, looking at the dark clouds overhead, couldn’t help but shake his head, saying, "This daydream is really weird."
"What’s Source Palace, Source Lake, this is Heroic Land, everything is named Hero."
Then he complained, "Really dreaming about things when thinking about them."
He had been very attentive to the river issue lately, often going as a supervisor, and ended up dreaming about related matters.
Duan Yun asked Little Yin to make him a cup of tea, slowly sipping it.
Just after drinking the tea halfway, the steward Fan Gao hurried over and said, "There’s an issue at the canal."
Duan Yun’s heart skipped a beat.
He quickly took his sword and went over, seeing Ziyu standing by the river, looking anxious.
Those who should have been digging the river, whether the Martial Artists or odd-job workers, were all standing far away now, looking terrified, as if they had encountered something dreadful.
Duan Yun quickly got to Ziyu’s side and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Ziyu said, "A dream."
Duan Yun said in surprise, "A dream?"