Chapter 238: Chapter 131: Sweeping Through Shang Heng District! The Carefree Monk? Initial Ghost?_2
After the Luo Family and the Lu Family mobilized their troops, they formed an elite army of three hundred thousand in armor.
They gradually moved towards the direction of Shang Heng District.
The Guan Family of Luo Mountain Prefecture was indeed minded to obstruct the actions of Huai Shui County Luo Family and Qingqu County Liang Family.
However, they somewhat lacked the power to do so.
The Guan Family had only recently taken over two counties.
Their control over those two territories was not particularly strong.
If the Guan Family wanted to truly and completely take control of those two counties, to fully assimilate their spoils of war,
they still needed to deal with those family clans who challenged their authority and stubbornly stood against them to the very end.
Only then could the Guan Family claim they truly possessed the land of three counties within Luo Mountain Prefecture.
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As for the armored elites of the Huai Shui County Luo Family,
although the people in Shang Heng District wanted to resist,
they too somewhat lacked the power to do so.
Who were this Huai Shui County Luo Family?
They were the family clan that had given the Qingqu County Liang Family such a hard time that they were left without words.
The Huai Shui County Luo Family was truly a formidable foe.
If one were to inadvertently provoke them,
one’s own family clan might also end up being annihilated.
To resist would mean certain death, and Shang Heng District would fall into the hands of the Luo Family.
Not to resist would allow survival, but Shang Heng District would still end up in the hands of the Luo Family.
So, between these two choices,
which one ought to be chosen was something the so-called Allied Forces of the four great families of Shang Heng District knew very well.
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Several days later,
the allied forces of the Luo and Lu families arrived in Shang Heng District.
Yet, what surprised the Luo side was that
every city they passed through simply opened their gates wide, respectfully welcoming the Luo Family into the city.
This turn of events left Luo Yong, who had been ready for a great battle, unsure of what to do for a moment.
In his heart, he even felt somewhat uncomfortable.
This feeling was as if he had prepared for a long time, only to hit cotton with his fist, which was quite frustrating.
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Just as the Huai Shui County Luo Family was gradually beginning to completely take over Shang Heng District,
outside Qingshi County City,
suddenly there appeared a monk in ragged clothes, holding a worn wooden fan,
with a head of hair that seemed somewhat greasy and long black strands.
His appearance seemed a bit sloppy, and this wandering monk quietly waited at the very end of the queue of people entering the city.
Of course, this so-called hardship was self-proclaimed by the sloppy monk.
In the understanding of the sloppy monk,
his journey so far was indeed worthy of being called a hardship.
“Qingshi City…”
“Luo Family…”
Gazing at the massive city standing before him,
watching the people with hope and smiles on their faces, silently lining up to enter the city,
the sloppy monk couldn’t help but squint his eyes slightly.
Thoughts began to flash through his narrowed eyes.
“Luo Family, oh Luo Family… ”
“Initial Ghost being randomly transported here, is it fate, or someone’s deliberate doing?”
After thinking for a moment,
the sloppy monk chuckled and shook his head.
Why bother with so much?
He was but a humble wandering monk.
What he needed to do was to travel all over the world with his own two feet,
immersed in the secular world, to comprehend the profound principles of this land.
That was what he needed to do.
Other things certainly did not require much of his attention.
After all, they were none of his concern.
“Let’s go, let’s go…”
After mumbling to himself, the sloppy monk silently walked into this city known throughout Luo Mountain Prefecture as the most peaceful, with the highest happiness index, and the most suitable for living.
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“Candied haws, candied haws here…”
“Pork buns, hot pork buns…”
“Beggar’s chicken, deliciously fragrant beggar’s chicken…”
Having just entered Qingshi City not long ago,
the streets were filled with cries of vendors selling their wares.
The scent of delicious food wafted through the air, making one’s mouth water.
“Esteemed benefactor, this beggar’s chicken… could you please treat this poor monk to one?”
As the sloppy monk continued to make his way forward,
he inadvertently stopped at a stall selling beggar’s chicken.
Therefore, he asked with a smile.
“Beggar’s chicken?”
“Treat you?”
The middle-aged man by the beggar’s chicken stall frowned slightly upon hearing this.
He looked at the man in front of him, who was somewhat disheveled and appeared to be a monk,
and waved his hand dismissively, saying disdainfully, “You, a monk, want to eat meat?”
“If you have no money, then leave. Don’t block my stall.
I have business to attend to…”
Despite being shooed away, the sloppy monk didn’t get angry; instead, he grinned and said softly to the middle-aged man, “Benefactor, the heavens say that if you treat this poor monk to one beggar’s chicken, you will receive blessings…”
“Blessings?”
The man by the beggar’s chicken stall laughed, waving his hand again, “Hurry up and go, or don’t blame me for calling someone…”
Clearly, the stall owner did not believe that the person before him was a true monk.
Indeed, where would you find a real monk who ate meat? This must be some fake monk looking to swindle a meal!
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Left with no choice but to leave,
the sloppy monk could only wander aimlessly through Qingshi City.
During this time, he also attempted to beg several times,
but in most cases, he was unsuccessful.
Only on his last attempt, when he begged from a man with a little girl, he succeeded.
What he received was not much,
and could even be called pitiable.