Chapter 330: Chaos in People’s Hearts

Chapter 330: Chapter 330: Chaos in People's Hearts

In a remote corner of the Sky City, inside a tavern:

"Do you guys know? Both Sky City and other cities of Da Yu are experiencing economic collapse," a drunken man said.

"Sure, who doesn't know that?"

"No, I mean, there's a mastermind behind it stirring up chaos in the market of Da Yu Dynasty. Do you know who it is?" the drunken man asked.

"A mastermind? Who?"

"Who else could single-handedly cause such havoc across the Da Yu Dynasty other than the Great Luo Heavenly Dynasty!" the drunken man chuckled.

"Yeah, that's right!"

"However, with the Governor General around, things will soon be back to normal."

"That's just part of it. Do you know how much spirit stones and cosmic stones Great Luo took away from Da Yu this time?" the drunken man continued.

"Now nearly a third of the population has left the cities. Everyone knows it's a terrifying figure."

"Yeah, these masterminds have taken away so much money. If caught, they will surely face severe punishment!"

"Spirit stones can be taken away, but cosmic stones cannot!" the drunken man said incoherently.

"Oh?"

"What do you mean?"

"To take away cosmic stones quietly, you have to turn them into storage bracelets. But the cost is too high. Once made into bracelets, destroying them to retrieve the cosmic stones would result in losing half of the space. Who would be willing to do that?" the drunken man shook his head.

"So what are you suggesting?"

"Cosmic stones are still within the boundaries of Da Yu!" the drunken man pointed out.

"What? Still within Da Yu?"

"Yes, it's rumored that endless cosmic stones are buried in certain places within Da Yu. That's an immense quantity. If one gets those cosmic stones, there would be no more worries in cultivation. One could even establish a small kingdom and rule over it," the drunken man said longingly.

The people in the tavern exchanged glances and then turned their gaze back to the drunken man.

"Treasure? Haha, my friend, you must be joking. How could the Great Luo Heavenly Dynasty possibly bury cosmic stones within Da Yu? Even if they made them into storage bracelets and took them away, even if only half of the space remained, they wouldn't bury them in Da Yu," someone replied.

"Do you think I'm lying to you? Do you know how many there are? Not to mention the 150 cities in Da Yu, even in Sky City alone, there are as many cosmic stones as there are tall mountains. Do you know how many that is? Because of their confidence, Great Luo Dynasty buried them in places unknown to others, planning to retrieve them later!" the drunken man said angrily.

"Hehe, I don't believe it!"

"Do you know the Zhao family who runs the 'Stork Tower' in the city?" the drunken man asked urgently.

"I do, the eldest son of the Zhao family is a captain in the southern part of the city."

"Haha, good to know. Do you know what the Zhao family found? They've discovered a treasure trove with large quantities of cosmic stones, which have been brought back to Sky City and are now being sold outside. Go and see for yourself how much profit the Zhao family has made!" the drunken man laughed.

"The Zhao family found a treasure trove?"

"Do you think I'm lying to you? Go and see for yourself. The truth is out there!" With that, the drunken man collapsed onto the table.

In the tavern, after hearing these words, people discussed fervently, their hearts filled with both anticipation and skepticism about the future.

Inside a tavern, the patrons exchanged glances, and soon after, in just a short while, the previously bustling tavern emptied out completely.

At this moment, the drunken man 'woke up', glanced at the slightly dazed shopkeeper, and staggered out.

Sky City erupted into commotion.

At the Stork Tower of the Zhao Family, a treasure trove was discovered — the cosmic stones that had been swindled from the Da Yu Dynasty through economic means were found in the "Great Ink Gorge," located three million miles outside Sky City.

Although they had seized the Zhou Family's treasure map, within Sky City, numerous identical maps suddenly appeared.

Uniform in style, uniform in content.

The maps that had previously caused frenzy were now met with indifference; no one knew if they were real or fake. Besides this set, hundreds of different versions of treasure maps flooded out like mushrooms after rain.

Hundreds of treasure maps?

The maps depicted very small areas, making them extremely obscure. Even if you had a map, you would only recognize one or two places.

Before long, the treasure maps became a joke!

However, ten days later, when the group of twenty returned with several mountains of cosmic stones, everyone was dumbfounded once again.

Treasure? Where did this treasure come from?

Although they had only exchanged them for ten million top-grade spirit stones, these few mountains of cosmic stones were enough.

When everyone inquired about the location of the treasure and compared it with the maps they had obtained before, they realized they were the same.

People went crazy! Everyone in the city went crazy.

"Why was I so stupid? Why didn't I go for the treasure myself? Why did I let others take it? Ten million spirit stones!"

This was a real treasure. Many people slapped themselves hard.

What about the other maps?

Regardless of whether people had the ability, they left, they left the city in droves!

Unknown to many, ten days earlier, Yi Yan had sent out a large number of reliable troops to explore the locations indicated on the maps.

Not every map was real, but at least one-third of them were. That was enough to drive countless people crazy.

Sky City was like this, and so were the other cities of the Da Yu Dynasty.

Yi Yan sat somewhat dejectedly in his mansion. He could manage the chaos in Sky City, but what about the more than one hundred and fifty cities of the Da Yu Dynasty?

They had gone mad. The cities of the Da Yu Dynasty were all going mad.

The common people were rushing out of the cities. "Treasure, everywhere treasure!" Everyone had hundreds of different treasure maps in their hands. There must be some real ones. Because, every now and then, someone would come back with treasure! This wasn't a hoax; the treasure they brought back was real.

The people disrupted the cities, they were leaving the cities! But weren't the armies people too? Every city, the various commandants stared at the mountains of cosmic stones brought back and looked at their own treasure maps.

"Damn it, brothers, follow me. I know this place. Let's go and get it back. We'll strike it rich!"

"General, the Governor-General has strict orders. We're not allowed to..."

"Has your brain been kicked by a donkey? With twenty million spirit stones in our pockets, what can't we do? Damn it, if you won't go, we will!"

"General, I didn't say I wouldn't go!"

This was just one scene in one city. In the Da Yu Dynasty, in many cities, greed was rampant.

Treasure, there was so much treasure. Everyone had hundreds of maps, and one-third of them were real, which was enough. The Da Yu Dynasty had gone crazy! People's hearts were in turmoil!

Once people's hearts were in turmoil, it was difficult to restore them.

After nearly half a year of catalysis, the Da Yu Dynasty's desire for cosmic stones and spirit stones had reached an extremely high level, from the city lords to the common people!

At the highest peak, a sharp sword of "treasure" suddenly slashed through a mouthful, causing countless people's hearts to collapse in just a moment.

What was even more clever was that cosmic stones and spirit stones, these two urgently needed items, were presented in the form of cosmic stones. This was a symbol of becoming rich overnight. Instead of dividing them equally among everyone, Zhongshan used the situation of treasure to trend everyone's way.

This was the second step of the Tian Beng plan, turmoil in people's hearts, the dispersal of fortresses, and the oil exhausted and the lamp withered!