Loyal Heart Roaming the Skies

The crowd crowded around the prison car and headed towards the South Gate, while Jiang Wang went against the flow.

He didn't know the cause and effect, nor did he have a deep sense of the fairness of the Jia City government.

Although public opinion was surging, public opinion was easily manipulated and would not be his basis for judgment.

The only thing he could see was the young physician named Sun Ping, whose tongue had been cut off.

This was not a suitable thing, especially when he still needed to be watched.

Whether it was punishment or penalty.

The person couldn't speak. He couldn't defend himself in public.

People could only hear one voice, the repeated charges.

Thus, there was only one unified public opinion.

He went against the crowd.

Watching the excitement seemed to be a human nature, not just in Jia City.

A passing prison car and a prisoner waiting to be beheaded attracted a large crowd.

After passing through the crowd, the street became empty.

Jiang Wang had no interest in wandering around and quickly found the nearest medical clinic. To his surprise, the clinic was empty.

An apprentice was intermittently grinding medicine, and an old physician lazily curled up in a recliner.

There was not a single patient in the clinic.

Jiang Wang walked in for a while, but no one greeted him.

He didn't say anything and silently went to the second medical clinic.

The situation in the second medical clinic was similar.

If it were someone else, they would probably think that there was no problem, that the people in this city were very healthy, and therefore there were not many sick people.

But in Jiang Wang's view, it precisely indicated that there was a big problem.

Based on his experience running a medicinal herb shop at home, both medical clinics and herbal shops would never be short of people.

Hunger and disease had been problems that humans had been fighting since recorded history.

Transcendent cultivators could ignore most diseases and even did not need to eat when they reached a certain level.

But not everyone could embark on the path of transcendence.

"Do you want to see a doctor? Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Someone in the second medical clinic finally greeted him.

But Jiang Wang left directly.

No need to look anymore.

Following his memory, he walked to the small courtyard where he had met Xi Zichu before.

After knocking on the door, unsurprisingly, Xi Zichu was in the courtyard.

Jiang Wang did not hide his presence this time. If Xi Zichu couldn't detect him, then it would be strange.

This time, when they met again, Xi Zichu was far from his previous state. Although he tried his best to appear relaxed, the traces of pressure could still be seen between his eyebrows.

"Why is the envoy here?" Xi Zichu did not invite him in and asked at the courtyard gate.

"Some people in the town are sick," Jiang Wang said.

"Do you think that just because I come from the Eastern King Valley, I should treat people? And that person is just an ordinary commoner in Qingyang Town?"

"I thought that if there was a terrible disease, as the young master of the Xi family and a cultivator of the Eastern King Valley, you would have an obligation."

"What terrible disease?"

"I don't know," Jiang Wang said frankly, "but two people in Qingyang Town died from the same disease. Before falling ill, they both came to Jia City. I think you should be vigilant."

"What are the symptoms?"

"High fever and pus."

"What about the bodies?"

"They were buried."

"The funeral is over, what else do you want me to be vigilant about?"

"You are a disciple of the Eastern King Valley. What do you think the disease is?" Jiang Wang asked.

"The symptoms you mentioned correspond to at least a hundred different diseases. Some are mild, some are terrible. How do you expect me to answer?"

"The worst-case scenario is an epidemic," Jiang Wang said. "But it shouldn't be. I will specifically gather the transcendent power of this city to investigate the cause. At present, it seems to be related to the White Bone Path that came to Jia City. Unfortunately, you didn't leave any survivors."

"Related to the White Bone Path? The White Bone Path is insane and can do anything. Brother Xi, you must be cautious."

"I am well aware of that."

"When I entered the city just now, there was a prison car passing by..." Jiang Wang pondered, "There was a physician named Sun Ping in it, and his tongue was cut off. It is said that he spread false rumors... What did he say?"

"Jia City has its own government, and I can't be concerned about everything. However, cutting off the tongue for spreading rumors is a normal punishment."

Jiang Wang nodded and said no more.No matter what, Dongwang Valley was the authority in the field of medicine. He also understood the significance of Jiacheng to the Xi family. The Xi family should care more about the safety of the people in Jiacheng, and it was almost impossible for them to ignore any danger.

He planned to settle down in Qingyang Town and operate it as his main base, so he wanted to ease the relationship with the Xi family.

In the future, when he had developed, he might have to confront the Xi family, but for now, it was better to keep a low profile and lie low.

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Upon returning to Qingyang Town, Jiang Wang immediately ordered Hu Lao Gen to put the entire town under martial law.

He called out all the mundane guards from the mine and combined them with the town's constables to patrol the entire town.

The martial law would continue until he felt safe.

No matter what strategy or attitude Jiacheng had.

Xi Zichu said the worst-case scenario was an epidemic, so Jiang Wang treated it as such.

All kinds of losses incurred during this period, including feeding people and horses, were borne by the town and Jiang Wang himself.

This loss was something Jiang Wang could afford.

Or rather, he was willing to bear it.

The properties of the Zhongxuan family in Yangguo were mostly in the form of Hu's mine. They supported local industry agents and recruited local Transcendent cultivators. They only looked at profits during the settlement every year or month, not anything else.

This was easy and did not affect income. But the problem was the lack of deep control.

The Zhongxuan family's previous response was to tightly control the distribution of Transcendent resources. Those handling local affairs could be locals, but those distributing Transcendent resources must come from the Zhongxuan family itself.

It must be said that the idea was good. But in practice, the effect was not so good.

Hu's mine was a typical example.

On normal days, everything was fine, and regular tributes were not a problem. But once a treasure appeared, the Hu family had ulterior motives, and there were countless ways to drive the Zhongxuan family away. Admittedly, the Zhongxuan family had the ability to make any traitor regret it later, but the loss had already occurred.

To integrate all these industries and make them serve as Zhongxuan Sheng's logistics warehouse, the previous model was definitely no longer viable.

Killing the Hu family father and son like Jiang Wang did, and reaching a tacit agreement with the local controller, the Xi family, was one way.

But he couldn't possibly keep killing all the way.

He was not in a hurry to take over all the business of the Zhongxuan family in Yangguo, but planned to first build a basic board centered on Qingyang Town, and then radiate out, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Now in the mine, there were Transcendent forces like Zhu Biqiong, Xiang Qian, and Zhang Hai,

For handling mundane affairs, there were Dugu Xiao and Hu Lao Gen,

Jiang Wang was able to devote himself fully to cultivation. During this period, apart from replying to a letter from An An and Ye Qingyu, he had nothing else to do.

This situation continued until seven days later.

That is, in the year 3918 of the Dao calendar, the 54th year of the Yuanfeng era in the Qi calendar, June 4th.

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