Chapter 117 The accident in the city
This is done to avoid the over-consuming resources in Nanlin City.
Almost every ghost wants to live in a big city like Nanlin Mansion City, so as to avoid fear of fear when the ghost tide officially arrives, and fear that the city will be swallowed up by those crazy ghosts after it breaks down.
Nanlin City's ability to withstand is not infinite, and it will definitely not be able to accommodate the ghosts in the underworld, so naturally there are extremely high restrictions, and all those who fail to meet the standards are turned away.
Now that the ghost tide has not officially arrived, Nanlin City has not been completely closed, the ghost officers in the underworld will not check the residence qualifications of ghosts coming and going on the street.
When Nanlin City was officially closed down, the Nanlin Government Office would uniformly issue a certificate of identity to the ghosts with the qualifications to retain. After that, those who did not have a certificate would be unable to move in Nanlin City and would be expelled once discovered.
Because Nanlin City may be closed at any time, most of the people coming and going on the streets are already qualified to stay. Therefore, Wu Sheng saw that the ghosts on the street were usually dressed in bright clothes, either rich or noble.
In addition to maintaining order in the city, the officials who were patrolling everywhere were also using some special method to detect the awakening time of each ghost.
Every time Santuhe sends the crazy ghost to Nanlin City, it will cause some chaos, and the crazy ghosts hurt their souls from time to time.
Increasing patrol efforts can minimize losses and quickly calm the riots caused by mad ghosts.
The underworld has set a time limit for awakening. Ghosts who wake up later than the limit may become crazy ghosts, and their reason has been eroded by evil thoughts.
If such a ghost becomes a mad ghost, he can often rely on some remaining rationality, but his purpose is like ordinary mad ghosts, and he will madly devour other ghosts to strengthen himself.
Because of the remaining reason, this crazy ghost is more harmful. For this very unstable factor, Nanlin Fucheng, like other big cities, chooses to drive it out of the city just in case.
Fortunately, when Wu Sheng was tested, the strange props emitted a yellow light. If it were a red light, he would have been driven out of Nanlin City by those ghost soldiers.
When he descended to the dead soul realm, it was also the day when this soul body awakened. There was no trend of the ghost tide coming, so it was natural that the strange props emitted yellow light.
Because the ghost tide is approaching, Nanlin Prefecture City has recently recruited some ghost soldiers and ghost messengers, so the Chenggong Prefecture has also expanded several times.
The Underworld offers more official positions, but the level of competition is only higher than before.
After all, the ghost tide is approaching, and becoming a job in such a big city is equivalent to obtaining a living identity certificate in advance. Even if you want to fight a mad ghost, it is safer than other places. Therefore, there are countless ghost soldiers who are recruiting, and the competition is even better than before.
On the street, Wu Sheng could no longer see the conscripted people who were originally seen everywhere. Perhaps they had already integrated into life here like Wu Sheng and became no longer conspicuous.
The more likely reason is that due to the terrifying ghost tide in the Dead Soul Realm, many conscripted people chose to leave here temporarily and find ways to develop in other alien worlds for safety reasons.
There are not many people who choose to stay and look for opportunities, such as Nanlinfucheng, who are qualified to stay in a big city. Most of them have gone to other cities to develop and prepare for layout.
Just as Jiang Le and Wu Sheng were talking, a clear female voice came.
"Young Master Wu is back."
The person who came was Zhou Ping, a lady from the Zhou family.
Today she was dressed in men's clothing, wearing a green straight-collared robe, which had a very good drooping feeling. She wore a wide belt with moon-white auspicious cloud pattern on her waist, and a piece of jade with excellent jade hanging on it. She looked rough but was simple and gloomy. Her black hair was tied casually with a silver ribbon, without a crown or a hairpin. She stepped over with a pair of short boots.
In this world, women wear men's clothing not to hide their gender, but to show their behavior as a man, and remind others not to treat her as a woman.
Of course, no one dares to underestimate her own methods, even if she is wearing women's clothing, no one dares to underestimate her.
When Zhou Ping came over, Jiang Le had already stepped back to facilitate communication between the two. Whether it was from the Zhou family or the Deng family, his task was completed.
Hadn't seen each other for a few months, the two looked at each other again.
Zhou Ping is still the kind of lady with a noble family, showing her sharpness but not aggressive momentum. However, Wu Sheng has changed. His dress is already very close to the practitioners of the world, and his success in Taoism makes him appear more mature and steady.
Wu Sheng's temperament tends to be restrained. Now no matter who sees him, he feels like he is hidden in the abyss and does not know the depth.
"There was something that happened in Yangshi for a while, and before I could even visit Ms. Zhou in person, thank you for giving the elixir, I hope to forgive you."
Wu Sheng's tone was calm, and he said to Zhou Ping without any rush or slowness.
"Just Master Wu likes it, there is no need to be too polite."
Just as Zhou Ping said this, another voice came from another person.
"Brother Wu, Brother Wu..."
With the shouts, Deng Chong also walked in. Seeing Zhou Ping, he was stunned at first, and then said, "It turns out that Miss Zhou is also here, and she came one step earlier than me."
"I just arrived, and Mr. Deng came just right. We both took Mr. Wu to the newly built Wu Mansion to see it." Zhou Ping replied with a smile and expressed her own opinions.
"Hey, I had already prepared the mansion and all servants for Brother Wu..."
Deng Chong was obviously very dissatisfied with Zhou Ping's forced move and half of the Wuchang kindness he had obtained. However, Zhou Ping used means to exchange half of this favor directly for other interests, and Deng Chong had no choice. So he couldn't help but scold the Zhou family lady who was very capable in front of Wu Sheng.
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Ping.
"I'm not doing this for Mr. Wu and the Deng family. As a member of the business alliance, I am the best at finding ordinary servants. Moreover, if our Zhou family bears this part of the finance, it can also reduce some of the burdens in Mr. Deng's family."
Zhou Ping instantly blamed her for everything. Everyone knows the actual situation of this matter. Even if Deng Chong says nothing, it will be useless.
Seeing that Zhou Ping could not find any handle, Deng Chong could only be polite to Wu Sheng. Then the three of them left Chenggong Mansion and headed towards Dongcheng.
As they walked along the way, the streets were still in a depressing atmosphere of storms. People were panicked. Although they did not meet the crazy ghost who happened to be teleported by Santuhe River, they could still feel the sense of crisis that was always there.
The newly-appeared mad ghost cannot cause any harm to the three of them. The sense of crisis in their hearts does not come from a certain mad ghost, but from the upcoming terrifying ghost tide, or a disaster that is even more terrifying than the ghost tide.
Chapter completed!