6: Chapter 6 We beg the City Lord to punish us!

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At this moment, a tumultuous storm churned in everyone's hearts.

As the City Lord, Zhou Yun naturally had the authority to remove the metal rings for the entire city; this did not surprise them.

What they could not understand was that Zhou Yun had actually done it!

One second he shouted the slogan "No execution line," and the next, he removed the metal rings!!

Since they could remember, the metal rings had been around their necks.

Now that the metal rings had fallen from their necks, they felt a sense of loss.

But at the same time, without the red lights and without the constraints, they felt an indescribable sense of relief!

Lei Lie and the 20 members of the City Guard had pupils that vibrated violently because of this.

This newly appointed City Lord... What was he doing? What had he done?!

Lei Lie stared blankly at the metal rings on the ground, his chest heaving with increasing intensity.

Suddenly, he clenched his fists and asked in a deep voice:

"City Lord! Although I am just a City Guard captain, there are some things I should not say, nor is it my place to say."

"But I must remind you now!"

"Having removed the execution line, let alone the future, what about just this girl in front of us! She is sick; if she is not expelled, what will happen?"

"What will happen to the other citizens in the city?"

This question caused everyone's hearts to tighten again.

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This was the problem!

This was the crux of the issue!

The metal ring was certainly a limitation, certainly a constraint, but it was also a layer of protection!

With the metal ring, if someone like the little girl contracted an infectious disease, the metal ring would light up red!

In this way, even if one tried to deliberately conceal it, it was very easy to discover.

And as long as it was discovered, it could be dealt with in time to avoid affecting more people!

But without the metal ring, if there were such people again, and they deliberately disguised it, it would be impossible to discover!

Unknowingly, a few, dozens, hundreds... or even the entire city would be infected!

Just thinking about it was a disaster!

They couldn't help but cast their gazes toward Zhou Yun.

Removing the metal rings was a decision he had made.

So, what was the solution? Was there one? What should be done?

Their eyes were gleaming with a faint light!

That was the light of anticipation!

Yes, it was anticipation!

Even though Zhou Yun had arrived in Flower City on the first day and was a newly appointed City Lord.

But in such a short time, his unique behavior had already touched their hearts!

If it were him, perhaps there was a solution!

Under everyone's gaze, Zhou Yun smiled and responded to Lei Lie's question as if it were a matter of course:

"What should you do if you get sick? Isn't the answer obvious? Of course, you cure it!"

Lei Lie lowered his head in great sorrow, then shook it vigorously.

He wanted that too! He was the same as these people who had just had their metal rings removed!

He wanted to get a practical solution from Zhou Yun!

If there were one, he would become a loyal supporter of removing the rings!

But... there wasn't!

That's right... The metal ring was the underlying operating mechanism of this world.

How could it be abolished just like that...

"Cure it..." He smiled bitterly, "City Lord, you have a busy schedule and a forgetful mind; I am afraid you have already forgotten that in Flower City, there are simply no Priests or Healers anymore..."

"Of course I remember," Zhou Yun maintained his smile, "But for a mere cold, I don't think it requires a Priest or a Healer!"

Saying that, with a "bang."

The 10 jin of Spiritual Qi rice, packed in a cloth bag, was placed on the table by him.

"Go, take it and cook a pot of rice."

Cook rice?? Lei Lie raised his head, looking stunned.

Does cooking rice have anything to do with curing an illness?

Seeing Lei Lie standing there blankly, Zhou Yun thought he didn't know how, so he turned to the other City Guards, "Who among you knows how to cook rice?"

"I... I!" A City Guard raised his hand with some hesitation.

"Then you go." While designating the target, Zhou Yun sighed inwardly.

With so many people, only one actually knew how to cook rice... Life skills were truly lacking.

"Yes!" The City Guard replied. Under the strange gazes of the other City Guards and Lei Lie, he came to the table and was about to take the rice.

But just as his hand was about to touch the rice bag, his movements froze.

"This... this..." He stared blankly at the rice bag, his body trembling slightly, as if he had seen something extraordinary.

"What is this and that?" Lei Lie said with dissatisfaction: "The City Lord told you to go, so go quickly!"

"It is Spiritual Qi rice!!" The City Guard looked at Lei Lie, his face showing an expression that was like crying yet laughing.

Spiritual Qi rice!!!! Lei Lie's expression froze.

The expressions of the other City Guards also froze! The citizens outside the courtyard widened their eyes even further!

Spiritual Qi rice! What was that? As the name implies, it was, of course, rice containing Spiritual Qi!

But, with just one extra character, the value of Spiritual Qi rice and ordinary rice was worlds apart!

Ordinary rice, 10 copper coins per jin.

And Spiritual Qi rice? 100 silver coins per jin!

One silver coin is equivalent to 100 copper coins.

In other words, 10,000 copper coins are needed to buy one jin of Spiritual Qi rice, the price is ten thousand times that of ordinary rice!

Furthermore, such Spiritual Qi rice is generally only sold in Intermediate cities!

"Slap!" Lei Lie stepped forward, waved the City Guard away, opened the rice bag and took a look, and sure enough, he saw the Spiritual Qi rice emitting a faint, lustrous white light and giving off an alluring fragrance!!

Ah!!! The moment he saw the Spiritual Qi rice, his eyes began to change rapidly.

Surprise! Confusion! Understanding! Relief! Finally, it turned into guilt.

"Thump!" He suddenly knelt on one knee, pressed his left hand on his knee, placed his right fist on his chest, lowered his head, and shouted loudly:

"City Lord! It is this subordinate who has overstepped and offended you, failing to understand City Lord's good intentions, and even worse, using my own vulgar heart to speculate on City Lord's magnificent and glorious bosom! Please, City Lord! Punish me!!!"

The other City Guards also knelt down in unison, "Please, City Lord, punish us!"