Chapter 022: Stabilizing the People's Hearts

Wang Bo had a particular fondness for spells. Several spells in the Blood Fiend Scripture were related to blood, with unique effects that even Wang Bo found tempting.

For instance, a spell called Blood Tracking could, based on blood, see the victim's past experiences and the moments before death. This alone was astonishing.

Another spell, Blood Boil, could use blood to ignite trees, air, clothes, houses, and any combustible material, with considerable power.

Then there was a spell called Blood Explosion, with a simple effect: explosion.

A single drop of blood exploding was no less powerful than a missile.

If the blood contained immense magical power, the explosion's force would increase further.

More importantly, this drop of blood carried the user's faint consciousness, allowing long-distance tracking of its location, and could even be implanted into others to control or monitor them.

If the target rebelled, a single thought could detonate the blood.

The blood would blast apart, not only killing the rebel but also destroying the surrounding environment and people.

This was a spell integrating tracking, positioning, surveillance, and explosion.

Even Wang Bo couldn't help but covet it.

So before destroying the Blood Fiend Scripture, he transmitted its contents to Lady Gremory via contract, hoping she could modify the spells.

Change the driving force from mana to magical power. Only then could Wang Bo use these spells, as he had not cultivated any techniques and had no mana.

However, in contrast, Wang Bo had a steel body, Ripple Qigong, Spartan bloodline, magical power, a Cosmos, and the Nine Yang Divine Skill. These were more than enough.

Thus, Wang Bo did not intend to practice these Eastern cultivation methods. After all, aside from Ripple Qigong and the Nine Yang Divine Skill, whether it was the steel body, magical power, or the Cosmos, when cultivated to a certain level, they were no less than immortals or gods, even surpassing them.

So Wang Bo saw no need to divert his energy to learn these cultivation methods.

Even the Cosmos, Wang Bo treated with a hands-off approach.

His main focus now was on the steel body and magical power, both of which were no less than mana.

Especially the steel body, which was at a multiversal level. There was no need to waste extra time on cultivation.

As for spells, Wang Bo's thinking was simple: learn if possible. In his view, having more combat methods meant more convenience.

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The next morning, Yuzhou City was in an uproar.

Last night, the young maidens who had been missing for days suddenly returned, causing their families to weep with joy, while other families with daughters also breathed sighs of relief.

Although their daughters had not disappeared, they had been constantly worried that their daughters might vanish without a trace like the others.

Now that the missing maidens had returned, it seemed the matter had come to an end.

Some capable people began inquiring why the maidens had disappeared, where they had gone, why they had suddenly returned, whether they were rescued or encountered something else…

Just as Yuzhou City was in some chaos, Wang Bo ordered the city officials to post notices detailing the whole story.

And he emphasized one point.

The vengeful spirit that kidnapped the maidens had been brought to justice. Yuzhou City would be safe from now on, with no similar incidents. The people were asked to rest assured and return to normal life.

As soon as the notice was posted, the citizens of Yuzhou City cheered with joy.

Many people's blessings and gratitude toward Wang Bo increased, considering him a very benevolent ruler.

Naturally, Wang Bo once again harvested a wave of popular support.

But Wang Bo didn't care much about this. After all, he was just a passerby in this world. Even if he harvested more support, it was useless, because one day he would leave this world.

So far, Wang Bo had not found any trace of a transmigrator.

But who knew if one day a transmigrator might suddenly appear before Wang Bo?

However, Wang Bo was also somewhat afraid.

What if the transmigrator didn't transmigrate to the mortal world but to this world's Heavenly Court or the Underworld? That would be troublesome, potentially trapping Wang Bo in this world for hundreds or thousands of years, or even longer.

To be honest, if it were another world, Wang Bo might be quite willing.

After all, he only wanted a stable and ordinary life.

But in this xianxia world, who knew what monsters might pop up from time to time? So Wang Bo didn't want to live in this world long-term.

Besides the above reasons, more importantly, this world was too backward.

No games, no comics, no anime. And the stock in Wang Bo's fourth-dimensional pocket couldn't last for thousands of years.

So Wang Bo wanted to leave this world quickly.

Fortunately, Wang Bo's mechanical soldiers had traversed all directions, and his territory expanded every day. Unifying the world was only a matter of time.

Once he unified the world and stabilized the people's lives, he could mobilize the entire world's power to find the transmigrator.

He could just sit back and enjoy the results.

Once the transmigrator was found, he would leave this world and find a peaceful one.

On the other hand, as Wang Bo's territory grew, so did the matters needing attention. But these trivialities were nothing for Wang Bo, whose brain surpassed computer processing power.

Not to mention, Wang Bo had a steady stream of talents under his command.

Although none of these talents were exceptionally brilliant, they were more than capable of managing a town. Moreover, Miss Friday continuously unearthed various talents from among the people.

Thus, Wang Bo's territory naturally grew better and better.

Under these circumstances, what hindered urban development was no longer food, population, or talent, but transportation, materials, and the like.

Wang Bo then recruited a group of laborers, passed down the method for making cement, and began supervising road construction.

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first, have fewer children, and plant more trees... well, ignore the last part. In Wang Bo's view, transportation was undoubtedly very important.

So for the next period, Wang Bo started building roads.

First, he would turn all the official roads of the Tang Dynasty into cement roads. With smooth and stable roads, transportation would certainly be more convenient, and trade more prosperous.