Chapter 023: Building Roads

Ever since Wang Bo passed down the method for making cement, road construction between towns, spurred by Wang Bo, had been progressing like a raging fire.

Apart from farming, most people with spare energy joined the projects of building roads and bridges.

The road and bridge construction projects across the region were making gratifying progress under the enthusiasm of the people.

Just then, however, Wang Bo suddenly received a report from Miss Friday, saying that someone had discovered a monk bullying a woman in white near Yizhou.

Local people stepped forward to stop him, but the monk insisted that the woman in white was not human, but a demon.

The locals naturally did not believe him.

But the monk, ignoring the locals' attempts to stop him, forcibly attacked, injuring the woman in white and even harming many innocent people who were building bridges and paving roads, leaving many wounded.

In the end, the woman in white fled, and the monk was wounded by mechanical soldiers who arrived, but after destroying some of them, he too escaped.

The local people quickly reported the matter truthfully, and it reached Friday's ears.

Friday then relayed it to Wang Bo.

When Wang Bo heard about the woman in white, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Because he thought of a woman... Xiao Bai!

At first, Wang Bo didn't know Xiao Bai was a demon, after all, he had no magical power and couldn't tell the difference between demons and humans, especially those demons who had taken human form.

Although most demons exuded a kind of demonic aura, the problem was... what the hell was demonic aura?

Wang Bo could see gloomy ghostly aura through his Yin-Yang Eyes, but he knew nothing about demonic aura, so he really didn't know what demonic aura was.

Later, however, Wang Bo discovered that Xiao Bai's goal was also Baoqing Workshop, and after learning that Baoqing Workshop was a demon workshop that crafted personal magical artifacts for demons, Wang Bo began to catch on. He realized that Xiao Bai was likely a demon.

That was also why she had no surname, only a given name, and such a casual one as Xiao Bai.

Demons were different from humans; born of heaven and earth, ignorant of etiquette, it was normal for them not to have a grand name.

In fact, most demons didn't even have names.

Of course, Wang Bo didn't care whether Xiao Bai was a demon or not. Although he had only met her once, he found that Xiao Bai was not a savage demon.

Rather, she was a kind-hearted demon.

Of course, this could also be her disguise, but Wang Bo felt that possibility was unlikely.

So when they parted ways back then, Wang Bo had even been willing to invite her for a drink.

Now, suddenly hearing from Friday that a monk had attacked a woman in white, Wang Bo instinctively thought of Xiao Bai. But this could very well be a coincidence, so Wang Bo decided to go to the scene and take a look.

Following Friday's directions, Wang Bo teleported a few times and arrived at the place where the monk and the woman in white had fought.

It was on an official road near Yizhou.

This official road still bore traces of ice and frost, which surprised Wang Bo, because he knew that Xiao Bai's specialty seemed to be ice-type spells.

She had demonstrated them before him once.

Could it be that this mysterious woman in white really was Xiaobai?

After arriving at the scene of the incident, Wang Bo saw many people cleaning up the traces of the battle. He approached the locals who were clearing the ice and asked about what had happened.

Although Wang Bo was their ruler, the locals did not recognize him. In ancient times, this was normal. After all, in those days there were no cameras or televisions.

The common people knew very little about their rulers. Some only knew the name, some did not even know that, let alone what they looked like.

Even so, seeing Wang Bo's clothing, everyone could tell he was wealthy or noble. Moreover, this matter was not a secret, so they did not hide anything. One after another, they described the situation.

Wang Bo quickly learned what had happened from the crowd.

At that time, many locals were repairing the road, and then a woman in white appeared.

This woman in white immediately attracted a lot of attention, mainly because she was extremely beautiful. No one had ever seen such a beautiful woman.

Because of this, everyone was captivated by her beauty.

Seeing the people working on the road, the woman in white was quite curious and couldn't help asking a few questions.

Everyone answered, telling the woman in white that they were repairing the road and the material they were using was cement.

The woman in white grew even more curious and couldn't help asking what cement was.

But just then, a monk appeared.

Seeing everyone repairing the road, the monk was also curious and couldn't help asking a few questions. However, when he saw the woman in white, his expression immediately changed.

He stepped forward and blocked the woman in white. She tried to leave several times, but the monk would not allow it. Seeing the monk repeatedly harassing the woman, many young men indignantly rushed forward, accusing the master of bullying a weak woman.

The monk then told everyone that the woman in white was a demon.

But the young men did not believe him. They preferred to think that the monk, seeing the woman young and beautiful, had been stirred by worldly desires and was trying to trouble her.

In the monk's view, however, these young men were clearly bewitched by the woman's beauty, so he scolded them.

But the young men refused to listen. Helpless, the monk had to prove himself by taking action against the woman in white.

Forced into a corner, the woman in white had no choice but to fight back.

Once the two started fighting, the ordinary people nearby suffered. Although neither wanted to harm innocent bystanders, the power they unleashed still injured many.

The scene was now in chaos.

In the battle, the woman in white was far inferior to the monk in skill, and before long she was wounded.

Then, mechanical soldiers arrived and attacked the two who were disturbing the peace.

Taking advantage of the situation, the woman in white escaped. The monk tried several times to pursue and capture her, but was blocked by the mechanical soldiers. Helpless, he destroyed a few of them.

But at that moment, more mechanical soldiers arrived and wounded the monk.

With no other choice, the monk fled.

Although some mechanical soldiers pursued him, they have not yet found his whereabouts. This shows that the monk is not only powerful but also skilled at shaking off pursuers.

As for the other party, the woman in white who fled first, she is now hiding deep in the mountains and forests. But in terms of escape, she is far inferior to the monk.

At present, the mechanical soldiers have located the woman in white and are making every effort to capture her. It is believed that she will be caught before long.