86: Get Tianfeng City!

At Feng Zhe's summons, the entire City Lord's Mansion sprang into action.

Chen De looked at the mighty procession before him and had Feng Zhe call all the key figures inside to a room.

Then, Chen De individually bestowed black liquid upon them, making them completely aligned with him.

From this point on, the City Lord's Mansion, from top to bottom, was completely taken over by Chen De.

As for the female relatives in the mansion, Chen De had originally planned to kill them all, or award them to subordinates and soldiers as a reward.

Keeping these people was indeed useless; using black liquid would take up too much space, and not using black liquid meant he feared they would talk too much.

In the end, Chen De still kept them and had black liquid parasitize them.

After all, most people knew what the original Feng Zhe was like.

Such a sudden and drastic change, without even a single wife or concubine, would indeed be too strange.

For the thoroughness and meticulousness of Chen De's actions, a small waste of resources was acceptable.

Since Chen De had already taken control of the City Lord's Mansion's forces, the next step was to deal with the major aristocratic families in Tianfeng City.

The Mo Family had already been annihilated by them.

Therefore, the first in line was the Lei Family.

This time, Chen De did not bring too many people; it was just Chen De and Feng Zhe.

After all, to outsiders, Feng Zhe still had to take the lead between Chen De and him.

The two of them were enough; there was no need to bring so many people.

He wasn't going to raid homes and exterminate families; that would be too cruel.

In the end, the world still needed to be convinced by reason and virtue.

...

Chen De and Feng Zhe arrived outside the Lei Mansion, looking at its main gate.

After Chen De used the system map to pinpoint Lei Hong's exact location,

He didn't alarm anyone, nor did he have the Lei Mansion's guards go in to report.

Because Chen De was a virtuous person who disliked disturbing others.

So Chen De and Feng Zhe chose to climb over the wall, leaping up from outside.

They instantly landed inside the Lei Mansion, just as they encountered patrolling guards.

Chen De casually struck, turning them all into mincemeat, and proceeded toward his target.

Before entering, Chen De hadn't failed to notice these people; he was simply too lazy to wait, and there was no need to wait for them to finish their patrol.

He could just kill them casually; why wait for them to pass?

Not killing at the Lei Family's entrance was merely out of fear of a bad impression.

After all, there were so many people outside; killing them all wouldn't be good, and using black liquid would be even worse.

Everything Chen De did was for the sake of those people's lives outside.

Because if they saw it, then...

Perhaps, they would never understand Chen De's painstaking efforts.

Regardless, Chen De always had to consider others at all times.

The entire Lei Mansion only had Lei Hong, a Spirit Opening Realm cultivator.

Under Chen De's system map, his location was as conspicuous as a firefly in the dark.

Chen De didn't even need to capture someone to search their soul; he immediately found his way outside Lei Hong's secluded cultivation chamber.

During the trip to the Vortex Forest, Lei Hong sustained the most severe injuries.

He even lost an arm, and although he eventually managed to regrow it with great difficulty,

His injuries had still not fully recovered to this day.

Since returning from the Vortex Forest, except for some extremely important occasions,

He had remained secluded at all other times; he even only attended the opening of the Sect Selection Assembly.

The rest of the time, he was in his cultivation room recuperating.

Chen De stood at the door, telling Feng Zhe to wait outside; he alone was enough to go in.

With Chen De's current combat power, which rivaled the early ninth stage of the Demon Spirit Realm,

All the Demon Spirit Realm level existences Chen De had encountered, except for the Crimson Flame Mad Lion King, combined, were no match for him.

Inside was merely a mere Spirit Opening Realm second stage cultivator; a complete crush (crushing defeat)!

So, Chen De walked in.

Then, Chen De walked out, followed by Lei Hong, whose face held a strange expression.

With such an overwhelming power difference, it took no effort at all.

As soon as Chen De entered, he was almost face-to-face with Lei Hong before Lei Hong even realized someone had intruded.

Then, before Lei Hong could react or do anything,

Chen De grabbed his neck and infused black liquid into his body.

Like everyone else, Lei Hong struggled symbolically, meaninglessly, and futilely a few times before being completely subdued by Chen De.

And so, the last Demon Spirit Realm cultivator in Tianfeng City was also Chen De's person.

Chen De disliked wasting time; he wanted to finish everything that needed to be done before heading to the sect.

Lest any hidden dangers arise in the subsequent execution of his plan.

Then, Chen De gave Lei Hong instructions, telling him to gather all the leaders of Tianfeng City's major forces.

Some matters, if handled by Lei Hong, the current head of Tianfeng City's largest family,

Would yield better results than if handled by Feng Zhe, the City Lord of Tianfeng City.

Moreover, Chen De knew through Lei Hong's memories.

That Lei Hong, Mo Xuancang, and the people from various large and small forces in the city often gathered in one place to meet and discuss things!

It was only because of the significant power shifts in Tianfeng City recently that such meetings hadn't been held for a long time.

Feng Zhe naturally knew about this, and Chen De had also learned about it from Feng Zhe's memories.

In fact, this small gathering was secretly instructed by him to be organized by the Mo Family and Lei Family.

After all, not all of the City Lord's forces were harmonious.

They didn't know that the contents they vehemently discussed the night before,

Would appear neatly organized on his desk the next day, word for word.

It's better to guide than to block; it's better to let them speak their minds.

If kept hidden, no one knows what they might do.

Some of these large and small forces had Feng Zhe's hand behind them.

Others actively sought to pledge allegiance to Feng Zhe, hoping to gain some benefits from it.

There's no such thing as a watertight wall; no matter how secretive they were,

Once there were many people, a secret couldn't be kept.

Everyone had their own agenda, and with mutual scheming, what could truly remain hidden?

Indeed, Lei Hong's efforts were very effective and efficient.

In the secret room, not only did all the people who attended the City Lord's Mansion meeting come,

But even those who hadn't attended the meeting at the City Lord's Mansion also came.

Including the City Lord's Mansion, which even received numerous anonymous tip-off letters.

Once everyone had arrived, Chen De and Feng Zhe appeared.

When the crowd saw Chen De and Feng Zhe appear—of course, primarily Feng Zhe—

Except for those who had tipped them off, everyone's faces showed expressions as if they had seen a ghost, smiling more hideously than crying.

However, those who had tipped them off looked normal, though there were quite a few of them.

Chen De looked around and saw that a full two-thirds of the people had tipped them off.

Was this an undercover agent mixing with thieves, or a thief mixing with undercover agents?

Chen De also saw some people eagerly wanting to claim credit.

But Chen De didn't bother with such things.

These people were untrustworthy and deserved to be properly enlightened by Chen De.

Better to kill wrongly than to let go!

Chen De would never let go of any bad person, so he enlightened them all.

Thus, Chen De, Feng Zhe, and Lei Hong, the three of them, surrounded all these people.

When the secret room door opened again...