West Wind City is now thoroughly bustling.
The reason is that the city guards are recruiting city guardsmen, not just a few, but more than a thousand.
The fact that the City Guards have eliminated Pan Qi and Guzhan Jian and completely gained control of West Wind City is not an odd occurrence for most people.
This is because the heads in West Wind City often change, and Pan Qi is just a rising star in the last few years. He killed the previous one and took over their territory, that's all.
But the City Guards didn't just take over the territory, but even recruited City Guardsmen and offered them quite generous treatment.
One crystal stone per month, which is just enough for an ordinary low-level cultivator to train and use.
But this is just one aspect. The City Guards have even controlled the city gates, even the census office, introduced new rules, and even banned Xǐhūzhī...
Regardless of the future, the current recruitment of City Guardsmen by the City Guards has attracted most people living in West Wind City who do not have a regular income source.
In less than half a day, there were already over five thousand people signing up.
If it weren't for Yan Mei's timely stopping of the registration, it wouldn't be surprising if over ten thousand people signed up.
Out of five thousand people, only one thousand two hundred were selected, and almost all of them exceeded the original stipulated conditions.
Yan Mei handles these matters with ease.
After screening out the thousand and two hundred people, Yan Mei once again appointed five City Guard captains, among whom Wu Xūn and Be Ho'er were also captains.
Each captain led one hundred men to sort out the east, south, west, and north city of West Wind City.
Not only that, the captains were tasked with establishing branch outposts of the City Guards in each of the four cities—east, south, west, and north—to ensure timely responses to alarms.
As for Gu Bin, he was appointed as the City Guard commander and tasked with guarding West Wind City with his five hundred men.
Even the records officer Peng Leizhi was utilized by Yan Mei, with even heavier responsibilities.
Peng Leizhi took a hundred men to take over the registry office, controlling the residence records of everyone in West Wind City, and those without residence permits were to be registered immediately.
In addition to the registry office, Peng Leizhi was also in charge of the tax office.
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In the small courtyard of the Great Crystal District.
Ding Huan easily unlocked the simple restrictions on four storage bags. The largest space of these storage bags is less than two cubic units, far inferior to the star house.
What shocked Ding Huan was that among the four storage bags, he collected a total of fifty thousand crystals.
Especially the storage bags of Pan Qi and Gu Zhan Jian, their combined crystals amount to over four thousand.
Various low-level spiritual herbs, ores, low-level cultivation techniques, and artifacts were also a pile in the four storage bags. Ding Huan received all of them into his own storage bag.
In one of the storage bags, Ding Huan also found a signboard inscribed with the word "Ascension Realm." Not knowing what it was for, he tossed it into his star house first.
After organizing the items, Ding Huan intended to pass the Luo Shi Jing to Yan Mei when he returned, and then start cultivating in seclusion to deduce his foundation direction.
At this moment, the simple restriction outside the courtyard was triggered by someone.
Ding Huan's spiritual sense swept out, and he saw that it was a black-clad woman.
He felt that he still needed to set up protective arrays outside this courtyard once Yan Mei returned...
The courtyard has a protective array which is inconvenient for Yan Mei to come and go, so at least a protective array should be set up outside his own room.
If someone keeps interrupting him when he is in seclusion to deduce his own foundation direction, then maybe he wouldn't even want to close his eyes anymore.
"Who are you looking for?" Ding Huan walked out of the courtyard.
The black-clad woman bowed to Ding Huan:
"Master Xue of the city wants to invite you to the city lord's mansion for a visit, does Master Ding have time?" The black-clad woman spoke in a very courteous tone.
Ding Huan thought about how he had wiped out Pan Qi and Gu Zhan Jian, as well as demanding to occupy the central city district, he would inevitably come face to face with this guy in the future.
To avoid being woken up during his cultivation in seclusion in the future, it might be better to make an agreement with this guy first.
"Okay, let's go." Ding Huan agreed to the invitation of the black-clad woman.
The two guards at the city lord's mansion saw Ding Huan coming and quickly bowed their heads.
This is how little time it has been, and the City Guard who they had considered a sure loser not only survived but was now invited by the city lord.
"Master Xue of the city, Master Ding has come to visit." The black-clad woman led Ding Huan to the residence of City Lord Xue Bu and reported in a respectful tone.
Ding Huan was speechless in his heart, as he came to visit? It's really good at putting gold on his face.
If he didn't know that he wouldn't come, City Lord Xue Bu would never have the courage to go to the Great Crystal District. He really didn't want to come.
"Ha ha, please come in, Captain Ding." The voice of Xue Bu sounds very cheerful and passionate.
Ding Huan didn't wait for the black-clad woman to open the door for him, but simply pushed the door and walked in.
A flash of anger crossed Xue Bu's face before he quickly returned to his smile and said:
"Sit down, I've been very busy. It wasn't until I heard that you were a talent among my City Guard that I managed to take time out to invite you over."
Does this guy know how to pretend to be dead?
If he had just arrived, he might have been deceived by this guy.
Now Ding Huan is very clear that even if he kills Xue Bu in West Wind City, there might not be such severe consequences.
Ding Huan, however, did not have the time to play Taichi with Xue Bu's hypocritical attitude. He spoke directly:
"City Lord Xue, be direct. I'm quite busy right now."
When Ding Huan came, he had observed that the external defense array of the city lord's mansion was only a second-level protective array.
Within the city lord's mansion, there was only one first-level offensive array and one entrapment array.
If it were a second-level offensive array, Ding Huan might have some reservation. But for him, a first-level offensive array and a first-level entrapment array were essentially no different from none at all.
Hearing Ding Huan's indifferent attitude, Xue Bu's face became very ugly.
As long as Ding Huan maintained the appearance of harmony, the two parties would agree on some things.
Ding Huan is not allowed to venture into the city center of West Wind City, but he doesn't care about other places.
"Captain Ding, I hope you can withdraw the patrol guards in the city district. I won't interfere with other places, but I cannot allow any movement here."
Ding Huan didn't want to play mind games with him, so Xue Bu could only come straight to the point.
Xue Bu was not afraid of Ding Huan taking action against him here, deep down, he did not want to clash with Ding Huan.
It would be best to kill Ding Huan. If the entrapment array fails to stop him, then it will be difficult.
His only goal in West Wind City is to cultivate his foundation. As long as Ding Huan does not disturb his cultivation or affect his income, he does not care about anything else.
Ding Huan clearly controls all the city's taxes and management fees, and even bans Xǐhūzhī, which has already left him with no room to survive.
After saying all of this, Xue Bu seems to be concerned about Ding Huan's reaction and adds:
"I have heard that you are cracking down on the trade of Xǐhūzhī in West Wind City, and I can help you with this."
The trade of Xǐhūzhī in West Wind City is mainly conducted by a dropout of the Great Star Sword Path named Wan Qian. This person is not simple, and I can join forces with you to take him down."
Ding Huan keeps silent, seemingly closing his eyes to think.
In fact, Ding Huan is using the great calculation method to calculate the result.
Ding Huan quickly opened his eyes and understood Xue Bu's intention.
In West Wind City, there may be people doing business in Xǐhūzhī, but the Xue Bu in front of him is definitely one of them.
This guy is really treacherous, trying to kill by proxy.
Let him go after Wan Qian. After eliminating Wan Qian, there will only be him left to do business in Xǐhūzhī.
The consequences of eliminating Wan Qian would essentially be borne by Ding Huan.
Why is this so bad?
Just as Ding Huan was preparing to deal with Xue Bu, a guard rushed to the door and reported loudly:
"Master Xue, the patrol guards have collected all the houses in the central district without property certificates and they have killed Teng Xiao Sheng."
"Why?" Xue Bu's face was so dark that it could have dripped water.
He clenched his fists. Hadn't they reached a deal, and now Ding Huan was pulling dung on top of him?
Teng Xiao Sheng is his man, and those shops are also his shops.
"They said that Teng Xiao Sheng sells Xǐhūzhī and has killed several people, the houses were also seized by force……"
Xue Bu asked, and the guard dared not hide the truth.
"Captain Ding, doing this is too much."
Xue Bu gritted his teeth and suppressed his inner anger, staring at Ding Huan with a tone of determination.
These guys did a good job, Yan Mei is indeed a capable man. It's fortunate that he was not possessed by the Double Soul Sect; otherwise, it would have been a real waste.
Ding Huan stood up without even bothering to listen to Xue Bu's words.
"Here are two choices for you: First, stay at the city lord's mansion and cultivate your way properly. Second, leave the city lord's mansion immediately. It's not suitable for you here."
"Ding Huan, do you know who I am?" Xue Bu roared out loud and stood up.
This little patrol squad captain is really too presumptuous.
"Oh, who are you?" Ding Huan asked in surprise.
Enraged to the extreme, Xue Bu thought of how Pan Qi and Gu Zhan Jian were both killed by Ding Huan, and he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
"I am the city lord appointed by the head of Zhao Xing State, protected by Zhao Xing State, and recognized and protected by the Great Star Sword Path."
By clashing with me, you are also confronting the Great Star Sword Path and Zhao Xing State.
Xue Bu is not very sure if Ding Huan can withstand a first-level killing array, so he hasn't made a move yet.
"You really can endure it. Now I give you three breaths to decide, three..."
Ding Huan just said a number, and Xue Bu raised his hand to throw out several array flags, and then the space before him changed.
The space became blurry in an instant, and a wave after wave of killing intent rolled towards Ding Huan.
But in the depths of this killing intent, Xue Bu sacrificed his long knife, aimed at Ding Huan's position, released his true essence, and with full force, he slashed down.
He wanted nothing more than to chop Ding Huan into minced flesh with one slash.
Ding Huan also grabbed several array flags at the same time and threw them out, and then his figure flashed.
"Click!" Xue Bu's slash split the chair Ding Huan was sitting on into two halves.
Before Xue Bu could react, the space's killing intent changed. Startled, he realized that the killing intent had covered him, despite the fact that he was controlling the array.
Oh no, Ding Huan is also skilled in array arts.
Xue Bu immediately realized it, and his heart was immediately filled with regret.
He dared to act so arrogantly towards Ding Huan because he was relying on a killing array and a trapping array here.
Using the worst entrapment and killing array against a person skilled in array arts is tantamount to suicide.
It's astonishing for a Qi Refining cultivator to be skilled in array arts. He could activate the killing array with array flags because the array had been set up by someone else long ago.
But it was too late for Xue Bu to react. A gust of wind cut across his neck.
"Great Star Sword Path will not spare you." After saying these words, Xue Bu fell to the ground.
Ding Huan collected the array flags, and the space once again returned to peace.
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She soon realizes:
"Comrade Ding, I was just doing the city lord's bidding."
Ding Huan nodded:
"Rest assured, I know what to do."
Cang Yici quickly stepped back and vowed in her heart that if she did not bring this message to the Great Star Sword Path, she would be a failure as a human. Xue Bu was also a disciple of the Great Star Sword Path.
"Plop!" A gust of wind sliced through her neck, Cang Yici wanted to turn back and ask Ding Huan why he killed her, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Ding Huan pulled Xue Bu's storage bag and turned to leave.
I'll have Yan Mei clean this up later.
