All the evil beasts in the world, I feed on demons and monsters

Chapter 387 Popular Support and Fortune
The ancestral hall in the village at the foot of the mountain.

Although the towering courtyard walls are dilapidated, they are painted with mottled red paint, and the tall, broken eaves are carved with mythical beasts, making them stand out like a crane among chickens in contrast to the common earthen houses in the village.

Even though the purple rain has been falling for a year, the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall still stand tall in the main hall, only the incense has been removed.

Bang!
At this moment, the black-faced, fanged rat servant placed the nearly lifeless black-spotted rat demon on the ground. However, it took out a blood-red pill from its pocket and stuffed it into the black-spotted rat demon's mouth.

Gulu!

After swallowing the pill, the rat demon immediately reacted, its belly rising and falling slightly.

Ji Ran was stunned; the pill was incredibly effective. Judging from this, the rat demon wasn't going to die; it could pull through.

At this moment, the Yuan siblings also entered the ancestral hall.

"grown ups."

Yuan Wei spoke softly, "I've arranged for the villagers to stay in the houses to the north. The fourteen injured people have already received treatment."

"Seventeen people were crushed to death by the collapsed houses, and twenty-one people died in the battle."

Ji Ran nodded: "Mm."

A strange purple glint appeared in the eyes of the Yuan siblings—the evil intent of Gui Jin Yang. However, this evil intent was imprisoned within their bodies, allowing them to control their energy.

Their eyes shone brightly, and their increased talent made their wisdom and thinking completely different from before.

Now, at first glance, Yuan San has lost the rustic charm and restraint of a country boy; his steady eyes now hold a sharp edge. It's a strange feeling; his appearance has clearly remained unchanged, but the impression he gives is... like a husky turning into a wild wolf.

Yuan Wei gives off a more gentle and ethereal feeling, with an air of otherworldly grace.

At this moment, Ji Ran looked at the black-faced rat demon and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Now, brimming with the power of having slain a divine general, Ji Ran directly voiced the question that had been nagging at him. The behavior of these three rat demons was far too strange.

"I dare not deceive my senior."

The black-faced rat demon bowed and said, "We have come here to take over the destiny of the Southern Han Dynasty."

As he spoke, the rat demon took out the official seal on his body and said, "Now, we can mobilize a portion of the Dragon-Tiger Qi. It is precisely because of the Dragon-Tiger Qi that we were able to risk our lives to kill this Taoist priest just now."

As the rat demon spoke, it placed the head of the Taoist priest Lin Changfeng on the ground.

"My king desires to seize the destiny of the Southern Kingdom in order to oppose the Daoist sect and establish the foundation of the demon race."

"Now, the royal aura of the Southern Han has faded, but its fortune has dissipated while its form remains."

"As long as we can occupy cities and villages and settle the people's hearts, we can gather the fortune."

"Oh?"

Ji Ran was somewhat surprised and asked, "You... intend to stay here for a long time to protect the people?"

"Do not."

The rat demon shook its head and said, "Senior, this Purple Rain Calamity is a fight to the death."

"No one in the entire southern country has a way to survive."

"We can be considered as seeing them off on their final journey."

"We will try to keep them alive as long as possible before they die from the purple rain."

The rat demon didn't hide anything and continued, "What we need is the people's hearts. As long as the people's hearts are there, even if someone dies, their fortune will still be concentrated in the official seal."

"With the fortune of the South, Tiger and Rhinoceros Ridge can be transformed into the Tiger and Rhinoceros Kingdom."

Ji Ran glanced at it; the dragon and tiger aura on the official seal was pitifully faint. He said quietly, "I don't feel that you have won the hearts of the people much."

Upon hearing this, the rat demon smiled wryly and said, "Yes, we..."

"I heard you collect a poll tax?"

"Yes! We need purple flesh to extract star energy. We can't use this energy ourselves, but we can modify the land environment to prevent purple-blooded demons from growing in this area."

"You can't pay the taxes, so you're using people to offset them?"

Ji Ran's questions pressed on relentlessly, and this sense of interrogation made the rat demon uneasy, causing it to become increasingly humble.

"Senior, the so-called tax deduction is actually just that some people were captured and sent to Fuxianliu and the northern locust-infested areas to be used as laborers in exchange for some meat."

“We cultivators can consume spiritual energy, but the mortals here would have all perished long ago if it weren’t for the food supply from the Immortal Stream and the northern locust-infested area.” Ji Ran raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and said, “You are indeed kind-hearted.”

"I dare not deceive my senior."

The rat demon smiled bitterly, "We have no choice. The people's hearts are not united and the fortune is unstable. If people die, it will all be for nothing."

"We can only try to let them live a little longer."

Ji Ran nodded and said seriously, "This is not how the people's hearts are united."

"Do you know why, despite your friendliness and protection of the people, you have never won their hearts?"

Bang!
"Senior, teach me!"

The rat demon was clever; it understood the teaching in Ji Ran's words and immediately kowtowed and bowed respectfully.

"hope."

"The peace you provide is merely a delay in their death; there is no hope whatsoever."

"How can a group of people waiting to rot and stink possibly unite the hearts and minds of the people to support destiny?"

Ji Ran looked at the rat demon and said, "I can help you unite the people and ensure your fortune remains stable."

"But you have to do one thing for me first."

The rat demon suppressed his excitement and said, "Senior, please speak freely!"

Wow!

Ji Ran took out the human skin soul rice from his storage space: "These seeds can grow in purple blood."

“There should still be some remaining Purple Blood Demons on the plains outside Guanchao Mountain. Go and collect them, build a Purple Blood Pool, and plant these seeds.”

"Yes!"

The rat demon accepted the human skin without any questioning.

Although the seeds left behind by Liu Dajiao concealed her soul, they were imbued with the spiritual energy of the stars. After all, the method of "Seed Concealment" was not yet perfected because Liu Dajiao was later controlled by the Human-Faced Buddha.

These problematic rice seeds are still useful to me.

Of course, Ji Ran was confident at this moment that he could gradually acquire talent, perfect the method of hiding seeds, and give these more than 600 souls a good home.

"Yuan San".

"grown ups!"

"Accompanying the rat servants, the seed came to me and placed the shrine into the blood pool."

"Yes!"

To prevent the rice plants from being corrupted by evil thoughts after they are born, the Black Tree needs time to absorb those thoughts. Perhaps I'll have to stay in this village for a while.

Tiger Ridge needs the hearts of the people and good fortune. What I need is the continuation of my faith and a genuine salvation of the Southern Kingdom!

All of this can be solved with just one thing!
Heading north!

Only by heading north, carrying the surviving people of the entire Southern Kingdom, and escaping the Purple Rain's reach, can we unite the people, gather their spirits, and forge a path to survival for the masses of Southern Han!
Alone, he couldn't figure out how to lead thousands of people north to avoid the Purple Blood Demons.

However, if there are enough monsters from Tiger and Rhinoceros Ridge, you can just charge straight in!

"go a head."

Ji Ran waved his hand, looked at the Yuan siblings, and said, "Settle the people in, and if there is any grain stored in the village, take it out and eat it."

"I will solve the food problem."

"Yes!"

The next moment, Ji Ran lifted the Taoist's head off the ground, stuffed a soul flower into his mouth, and prepared to use his magic to interrogate him.

hum!
Suddenly, the cicada's song was illuminated by a flash of light.

"Ok?"

Ji Ran's face lit up with joy! There was only one possibility for this situation!
That kid with the Double Flower Red Stick is coming over!
(End of this chapter)