Gong Xiaocai looked at Su Ming in surprise, a little confused.
When Mr. Gong heard the word "magic disaster", his expression suddenly changed.
Seeing Mr. Gong's expression, Su Mi cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Gong, have you ever heard of a demonic disaster?"
After hearing this, Mr. Gong was silent for a long time.
After a while, Mr. Gong raised his head and recalled, "I've heard of it. Not only have I heard about it, I've also experienced it myself."
"oh?"
Su Ming's curiosity was completely aroused.
"Magic disaster. What exactly is it?"
Su Ming asked, "Is he a demon cultivator from Dayuan Kingdom?"
"Yes, but not entirely."
Mr. Gong shook his head.
Su Ming frowned, waiting for Mr. Gong to continue.
"Xiao Su, do you know how many people there are in Shangyang County?"
Su Ming didn't know why when Elder Gong asked this question, he shook his head and said, "This junior really doesn't know."
"In the whole of Daqian, Shangyang County alone has a population of tens of millions. Above Shangyang County, there are also prefectures and prefectures. The total population of Lizhou is more than billions."
Mr. Gong shook his head and sighed, "Although Shangyang County is vast and covers thousands of miles, it cannot withstand the rapid growth of the monk population, especially the number of casual monks.
You should know that among mortals, only one in a hundred has spiritual roots, and Shangyang County has a population of tens of millions, how many monks must be born?
a few millions!
There are hundreds of thousands of monks in Shangyang County alone, and most of them are casual cultivators."
Hearing this, Su Ming's expression also changed.
There are too many monks, especially casual cultivators.
The world in this world is not like the previous world, where the imperial court has very little control over the local area.
Compared with the imperial court, the Daqian states were more under the rule of clans and families.
The attitude of the sect in ruling the place is quite laissez-faire.
This resulted in a situation where the population expanded rapidly without control, and eventually became unmanageable.
Not only Daqian has this problem.
Daqian’s neighbor Dayuan is also troubled by this problem.
The rapid expansion of the population will inevitably lead to a shortage of resources. As a low-level casual cultivator, Su Ming understands this.
Monks are different from ordinary people. They possess extraordinary power. Once their resources are so tight that they cannot even meet the most basic cultivation requirements, it is self-evident what they will do next.
Faced with this problem, the solution that various major sects in Daqian came up with was - war!
Use war to consume the rapidly expanding population of casual cultivators.
This is the true origin of the demonic disaster.
"Lao Gong, was it because of the demon disaster that you persuaded me to join the sect before?"
Mr. Gong nodded: "For this reason, joining the sect is indeed much safer than staying in Qingshuifang City. Of course, when the evil disaster comes, the most dangerous ones are the helpless casual cultivators outside Qingshuifang City. .”
After hearing Mr. Gong's explanation, Su Ming finally understood the other party's good intentions.
No wonder Gong Lao persuaded him to join the sect, no wonder Gong Lao was preparing to leave Qingshui Fang City with Xiao Cai.
Everything is because of the demonic disaster!
Gong Xiaocai's delicate body trembled as she listened. She grabbed Su Ming's sleeves, raised her head and said nervously: "Brother Su Ming, why don't you go to the Xianxia Sect with us?"
Hearing this, Mr. Gong also looked at Su Ming.
It was a long way to go to Xianxia Sect. Although he and Gong Xiaocai were monks and were not afraid of ordinary robbers, there were always more people on the way to take care of them.
Su Ming didn't think about where to go. Hearing Gong Xiaocai's suggestion, he nodded and said, "Okay, one year later, we will go to Xianxia Sect together."
Gong Lao also knew that he was refining magic weapons for Fairy Mu, and had no objection to Su Ming's proposal to leave Qingshuifang City after one year.
"Uh huh huh!"
When Gong Xiaocai saw Su Ming agreeing to go to the Xianxia Sect together, she immediately blushed with excitement and her little head started to spin wildly.
"However, it is difficult to join the big sect. Mr. Gong, how do you plan to get Xiaocai to join the Xianxia sect?"
Hearing this, Mr. Gong laughed and said: "I plan to spend a sum of spiritual stones to rent a spiritual field in the Xianxia Sect's territory and become a tenant of the Xianxia Sect first.
As far as I know, the Xianxia Sect recruits young monks with excellent qualifications from its tenants every five years, and with Xiaocai’s spiritual roots, there will definitely be a chance."
Su Ming had no doubt about this.
Gong Xiaocai has two spiritual roots. If she can't even join the Xianxia Sect, then the Xianxia Sect's requirements for recruiting disciples will be too high.
After returning home, Su Ming was completely determined to leave Qingshuifang City.
"As soon as you get the complete paper puppet technique, leave here."
Su Ming said to himself.
Originally, Su Ming was still considering whether to join Lingbaoshan.
But thinking about it, whether he joins Lingbaoshan or Xianxia Sect, it actually doesn't make much difference to him.
Because he didn't know much about these two sects.
From Mr. Gong, Su Ming knew that demonic disasters usually last for several years.
In fact, the most terrifying thing about the demonic disaster is not the demonic cultivators of Dayuan Kingdom, but the chaos caused by the demonic disaster.
There is a saying among casual cultivators that when a demonic disaster comes, eight of the ten demon cultivators are Daqian Daqian cultivators, and one is a Daqian family cultivator.
It can be seen from this.
The so-called demonic disaster is basically a carnival of the weak and the strong.
After the carnival, the weak were eliminated and the population of casual cultivators was greatly reduced.
The resources and population of Daqian and Dayuan are restored to balance.
In this way, both parties can live peacefully for decades.
It has been more than two years since Su Ming came to this world, and his predecessor's father had never told him about the demonic disaster.
Gong Lao thought he knew about this, so he never mentioned it.
I just gave him a sideways reminder that he should find a way to join the sect as soon as possible.
In fact, from the perspective of ordinary casual cultivators, when a demonic disaster strikes, even if you don't join the sect and stay in Qingshuifang City, it will be safe.
After all, there is a golden elixir monk named Master Mo Yun in Qingshuifang City.
Among the demonic disasters, most of them are Qi training and foundation-building monks fighting, and the war will not affect the monks above the Golden Core stage.
Otherwise, it will not be a war that consumes the population of casual cultivators, but an all-out war between Daqian and Dayuan.
Suddenly I got the news of the demonic disaster.
Su Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency in his heart.
It was very similar to how nervous he was when he learned about his situation two years ago.
"In the world of immortality, if you don't have enough strength, you really don't have any sense of security at all."
This was the last thought in Su Ming's mind before he closed his eyes to practice.
The next day.
Su Mingmao ended the practice of "Houtu Gong" on time and switched to practicing "Shenting Rizhao Sutra".
Less than a cup of tea.
After finishing the practice of "Shenting Rizhao Sutra", Su Ming planned to adjust his practice plan.
"Previously, I refined weapons 8 times a month, disassembled 6 pieces, and sold two first-level medium-grade magic weapons, with a profit of about 20 spirit stones."
Thinking of this, Su Ming checked his storage bag and frowned secretly, "I only have less than 400 spirit stones left in my hand now, and buying the Foundation Establishment Pill requires at least 30,000 spirit stones.
Add in the monthly elixir consumption of 150 spiritual stones, so I need to earn at least 2,650 spiritual stones every month.
Even if it is a first-level high-quality blue light sword, the price is only 50 spirit stones at most. Even if I refine 30 pieces in a month, it will not be enough, unless I refine a second-level magic weapon!"