Lu Ban followed the ghost question along the way, for fear that he would be lost in this magnificent city of Zhu after losing it. However, everything around him was so novel, and his eyes were involuntarily attracted by things he had never seen before. All the ghost question needed to stop and wait.

Ghost Question knew the importance of Lu Ban, so he showed considerable patience. Even if Lu Ban looked around along the way, he did not blame him for wasting his time.

This trip took place from daytime to night, and at night Zhucheng became more dreamy, and colorful light reflected from the glass to light up the night. This was the first time Luban saw such a bright night. After nightfall, the colors became more colorful, the streets were busier, and even the air was sweeter.

A very fragrant smell came from the street, and Lu Ban then remembered that before he had supper, his stomach was already roaring with hunger.

Fortunately, Guiwen is understanding and takes Lu Ban into the source of sweet and fragrant smell. It turns out to be a food street. The whole street is full of restaurants and stalls, and it is dazzling. Lu Ban never thought that there were so many delicious foods in the Three Realms. He even saw a restaurant specializing in selling dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder.

"You also said that this is not the Heavenly Court. If it is not the Heavenly Court, how could it be that there is a dragon liver and a phoenix gall?" Lu Ban stared at the lively store with wide eyes, saying that only the gods had the opportunity to eat such extraordinary food.

"This is indeed the mortal world, but you are not familiar with it. People living here claim that this place is the first mortal world, and the place where you live is the second mortal world." Ghost asked, then casually selected a restaurant and walked in, saying, "Forget it, I didn't bring that much money, please eat some home-cooked dishes."

"Okay." Lu Ban wouldn't mind, after all, he was a guest and wouldn't pick on the host's arrangements.

When he walked into a hotel called "Lu National Cooking Cuisine", Lu Ban was surprised to find that the first mortal world was also a coexistence of all countries.

It is the peak of dining now, and the restaurant is crowded with people. I found a corner, ordered two meat and one vegetable and three dishes, and ordered another bowl of rice.

Lu Ban looked at the appearance of sentient beings around him who were either burying his head to eat or talking loudly, and for a moment he was a little dazed.

"The State of Chu rejected the cooperative development project proposed by Zhu Cheng and recalled all the Chu students studying in Zhu Cheng. I think they were confused and would actually refuse free learning opportunities." Four young men sat next door, and the topic they discussed made Lu Ban prick up his ears.

Chu State? That is where he can display his talents. Listening to the discussion at the next door, it seems that Zhu Cheng wants to cooperate and form an alliance with Chu State, but Chu State refused and recalled students. Isn’t this stupid? After Lu Ban saw the grand scene of Zhu Cheng, he immediately decided to learn Zhu Cheng’s abilities, return to Chu State to serve, expand his territory for Chu State, and use technology to prove that he is the well-deserved skilled craftsman in the world. Why is Chu State unwilling to learn? Lu Ban was confused.

"Have you read the novel of cultivating immortals?" Another person was indeed speaking.

What is a novel about cultivating immortals? Lu Ban said he couldn't understand and thought to himself that he had something to do with the novelist who "talk about the streets and hearsays"?

Seeing that someone in the same seat looked confused, the young man continued to explain: "I like to read novels of cultivating immortals, but do you know what are the characteristics of novels of cultivating immortals? That is, no matter how many years of cultivation the protagonist practices for hundreds or thousands of years, the outside world will still be the same as before after he comes out of seclusion."

"So read less novels. Novels are made up randomly, and novels of cultivating immortals are even more nonsense. My Zhucheng has only been developing for five hundred years, but it is changing with each passing day. Many monks who were in seclusion come to Zhucheng and lament the changes in Zhucheng. Five hundred years have been earth-shaking and changing the world. If they practice for thousands of years, will the sun and moon change the sky be changed?" The man who spoke at the beginning criticized the random novels of cultivating immortals, and used Zhucheng who lived as an example to prove the nonsense of the novel. Zhucheng's changes are real and no one can deny them.

"After listening to me, our Zhucheng has indeed developed, but it is just a special case. Although we are used to it, we think that the changes in Zhucheng are the truth, for other countries, Zhucheng is an alternative and the one who is out of place. I was also very surprised why the settings in the immortal novels were so strange. Until one day I read an article officially released by the Jiujiang Daoism Institute entitled "Read Popular Novels, Look at Development and Not Development", which explained that this setting is called 'local advantages' and 'not developing is better than development'..."

Lu Ban listened hard, although he didn't understand very well, what was a local advantage? What was it called "not developing is better than development"? He was very tired, but because it was related to Chu State, he had to listen carefully. In fact, the Chu State, the first mortal world, and the Chu State, the second mortal world, had no relationship with it.

The guests at the next table obviously did not expect that the Jiujiang Daoism Institute would publish an official article about the novel of cultivating immortals. It was technical authority, so they all pricked up their ears and listened to the other party's explanation of why the outside world would have no changes and no progress after hundreds of years of retreat.

"The so-called local advantage is actually that when we solve difficult problems, we will first think of the method we are best at. For example, when we encounter a stone blocking the road, people with strong strength will definitely go up and push it away with brute force, while people with low strength will take a detour. Over time, people with strong strength will use brute force when encountering everything, and those with low strength will choose to escape. If a person can use brute force to solve all problems, then brute force is the local advantage of this person. Let me give you another example, for example, a leopard, which is very fast, but its strength is not as strong as a lion, and its camouflage is not as strong as a tiger, then speed is the local advantage of the leopard. With local advantages, everyone will rely on this advantage. Chu State is trapped in a local advantage, because they have a large land and vast territory, and can withstand problems when encountering problems, so they refuse to cooperate and cooperate with Zhu Cheng. Their local advantages cannot be exerted, but we Zhu Cheng has a more advantage..."

"It's really stupid, and I don't have a long-term vision at all. So what if they are vast? If our human race does not develop in the three realms, we will sooner or later be harmed by monsters. Without the power to protect ourselves, we will ask for protection from the heavenly court every time, which is too weak."

"...This is about what I want to say next, 'No development is better than development'. We think development is good, but in fact, the monarchs of other countries will not think so. These monarchs can control the salt, water, mine, wood and other resources on the land by controlling the salt, water, mine, wood and other resources on the land. Why do they need to develop? For example, did the Chu State have a ruling of Chu's ruling to fight for water and irrigation some time ago? Keep the original state, the monarch can decide who to give water, so that no matter who it is, as long as it needs water, they have to ask the monarch. If it develops and builds a reservoir, everyone will not lack water, then will the monarch's power be weakened? Who will give the monarch face at that time? So for the monarch, if it is to maximize power, it cannot develop. Maintaining the status quo is the best. In this way, everyone asks him and he can do whatever he wants."

It was very good to say that Lu Ban understood the last thing, because he encountered water disputes between Lu and Chu more than once, especially during irrigation, fighting was common. Lu Ban had only thought about the disadvantages of water shortage before, but he did not expect that water shortage was a good thing for the king. It was really eye-opening.
Chapter completed!