212: Your thinking is too advanced.

"Ah?!"

Shi Fang was stunned.

Is Hang City that friendly?

In special circumstances, not only can you cut in line, but you can also buy on credit if you don't have enough money.

As for when to pay it back?

Whenever you have money, you can pay it back.

Compared to Guo Bei County, this is simply paradise!

Chu Mo was also very surprised by this.

Outside, it was chaotic.

But upon reaching Hang City, it was so friendly.

This treatment is even better than in modern times.

At least in modern times, when treating and saving people, it's about paying first, then saving.

Here, it's directly, human life is paramount, everything is centered on human life.

This simply doesn't seem like the situation that should exist in an ancient society.

The officers seemed accustomed to their surprise; they said, "The Buddha once said: Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, and the doctors in those pharmacies in Hang City naturally uphold this idea.

Money is an external possession; everything should be focused on treating illness and saving people."

Better for medicine to gather dust on the shelves, than for people to suffer from illness; the doctors in Hang City must all share this philosophy, right!?

But, your thinking is too advanced!

All the way here, there were bandits and brigands everywhere, and suddenly encountering a place with such progressive thinking, Chu Mo genuinely felt a bit unaccustomed.

After thinking for a moment, he asked the two officers again, "Sirs, if my travel money was lost on the road, and I'm very hungry now, and I'm a foreigner with no special skills, how can I survive in Hang City? Is the beggar profession in Hang City easy to do?"

Shi Fang looked at Chu Mo with a strange expression, wondering what kind of trick this eccentric fellow was up to now?

But, he didn't interrupt.

Because he also wanted to see how the other party would answer.

One officer turned around and scrutinized Chu Mo from head to toe, "Looking at your attire, you seem to be from a wealthy family; if your travel money was lost, you shouldn't be thinking of becoming a beggar."

"It's not that I don't want to work."

Chu Mo smiled honestly, "Someone like me, who can't lift with my hands or carry with my shoulders, can only be a beggar and sustain myself by begging."

The other, older officer said, "Then you might be disappointed. Every household in Hang City lives in peace and contentment; there is no begging profession. However, if you truly have nowhere to go, you can go to the wealthy gentlemen in the city and borrow money. Once you have your travel money and return to your hometown, you can have someone send it back; there's no harm in that."

Ah?!

This is also allowed?!

Chu Mo looked at the two officers in surprise and asked, "If I don't come back, won't these wealthy gentlemen lose their silver for nothing?"

"Why would you think that?" The two officers looked at Chu Mo in surprise.

Chu Mo also looked at the two with great incomprehension.

Why can't I have such a thought?!

My thought is what a normal person would think, right!

As Chu Mo pondered, the three of them, under the officers' arrangement, bypassed the queue and entered Hang City.

Bai Lu and her two sisters did not enter the city; they might have gone to find the local prefect to carry out their bribery plan.

Chu Mo did not take this matter to heart.

After entering the inner city, Chu Mo, White Cloud Zen Master, and Shi Fang all had a different view of Hang City.

Indeed, as the officers standing guard at the city gate said, the city was thriving, everyone was kind-faced, and exuded an aura of peace and harmony.

Everything they had experienced not long ago was completely two different worlds from Hang City.

Outside the Hang City boundary, bandits and brigands were rampant, and demons ran wild; the demons were evil, but people were even more evil.

But within the Hang City boundary, Buddhist chants lingered, it was prosperous and abundant, without deceit, completely the prosperous era that people longed for.

"Can a single Jinshan Temple make a city achieve such a state?!"

Chu Mo swept his Divine Sense across Hang City's interior and exterior, instinctively realizing something was amiss.

Even the most prosperous city will have beggars at the very bottom of society, yet in Hang City, not a single beggar could be seen.

One must know that even in modern times, which are closest to a utopian society, beggars still exist.

But here in Hang City, they genuinely do not exist.

"Chan Master, I think it's necessary for us to stay in Hang City for a while and learn more about this city!"

"But, Great Master Fa Hai is troubled by his Heart Demon, and the Golden Buddha should be sent to Jinshan Temple promptly..." White Cloud Zen Master had traveled far and wide but had never seen a city like Hang City. He also felt something was amiss.

However, Fa Hai's situation could not be delayed.

"Shi Fang, let Shi Fang go! The two of us will explore the city!" Chu Mo decisively sent Shi Fang, the battle-five-scum with no combat power, to go.

"Ah? Me?" Shi Fang was dumbfounded.

He learned from his master and Chu Mo that although Hang City was prosperous, it was somewhat abnormal.

But now, he was actually being asked to go to Jinshan Temple alone to deliver the Golden Buddha to Great Master Fa Hai.

This...

To be honest, he was a little scared.

"Shi Fang, give me the luggage. I will go to Jinshan Temple. You and Wu Kong can investigate Hang City."

Although he knew Chu Mo was not simple, White Cloud Zen Master still addressed Chu Mo by the Buddhist name he initially claimed.

This was also in hopes that the other party, as a Disciple of Buddhism, would treat his Disciple kindly.

Lest his Disciple end up in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner when he returned.

"Master, why don't I go with you!" Shi Fang's eyes were teary.

Going to Jinshan Temple alone might be dangerous, but being alone with this sinister fellow seemed even more dangerous.

"No, Shi Fang, you go with Wu Kong."

This time, White Cloud Zen Master's words were unusually serious, carrying an undeniable tone.

Everything in Hang City was too strange.

He also didn't know the situation at Jinshan Temple.

But one thing was certain: the changes in Hang City were inseparable from Jinshan Temple.

And Shi Fang's cultivation was too shallow; if something happened at Jinshan Temple, he wouldn't be able to look after him at all.

Rather than that, it would be better to leave Shi Fang behind.

Shi Fang was a bit dejected but still nodded heavily.

"Alright! It's not like it's a life-or-death separation. Even if something happens at Jinshan Temple, the worst-case scenario won't be that bad! At least you'll be alive!"

Chu Mo pointed to the people of Hang City.

If there truly was a situation, Hang City, being closest to Jinshan Temple, would surely be the first to suffer.

The people here certainly wouldn't be smiling so happily as they are now.

Before parting, White Cloud Zen Master specifically gave a few more instructions to Chu Mo, and only after receiving his promise to look after Shi Fang did he leave with peace of mind.

After his master left, Shi Fang, walking with Chu Mo on the streets of Hang City, asked, "Where are we going now?"

Chu Mo looked ahead and said, "The yamen!"