A simple protective formation had been set up outside the Rootless Black City’s City Lord’s Mansion by Ning Cheng, and Shu Xing and Bu Mei stayed outside to guard the formation.
Ning Cheng was standing in front of a cell that had been imprisoned by the formation when he saw Shen Zimmer for the second time.
When Shen Zimo saw Ning Cheng appear, his heart was also astonished, he did not understand how Ning Cheng could appear here.
Ning Cheng nodded to Shen Zimo and with one kick, he kicked open the formation of the cell. At the same time, he raised his hand and slapped it on Shen Zimo’s shoulder. In just ten or so breaths, Ning Cheng grabbed the soul ban that had been placed on Shen Zimo’s body, while a ball of fire burned the ban into nothingness.
“How did you end up here?” When the soul ban was lifted by Ning Cheng, Shen Zimo was not much surprised, instead, he looked at Ning Cheng in shock and asked.
Ning Cheng smiled faintly, “Of course I killed Sequel Kai and Sequel Quanzhi in order to appear here. At first, you had a soul ban on you, so I didn’t ask you some questions. Now you can tell me, since you are a member of the City Lord’s Mansion, why did Sequanzhi put a soul ban on you?”
“You killed Seung Kai?” Shen Zimmer repeated in shock, and was then surprised. He did not expect that what he had failed to do after decades of lurking, Ning Cheng had easily killed Sequan Kai.
“That’s right, tell us about your matter.” Ning Cheng nodded his head.
Shen Zimmer took a few deep breaths before calming down his excitement, then slowly said, “Forty years ago my master came to Rootless Black City and was killed by Sequel Kai. In order to help my master take revenge, I came to Rootless Black City and hid beside Sequan Ji, not realizing that he knew about it all along, but used me to train his mind ……”
After hearing Shen Zimo’s words, Ning Cheng said with a cold smile, “Putting a soul ban on you and keeping it by your side, this is also called training? Shen Zimo, I have to do something in Rootless Black City now, are you willing to help me out?”
“Brother Ning, you saved my life, and you helped to avenge my master’s death. From today onwards, this life of mine, Shen Zimo, is Brother Ning’s.” Shen Zimo had already held the thought of certain death, but now Ning Cheng had not only helped him avenge his death, but also saved his life.
Almost without even thinking about it, Shen Zimo agreed to Ning Cheng’s words.
“Good, you have been in Rootless Black City for not too long, now I want to pull up the first army of cultivators in Rootless Black City. I still have tens of millions of black coins here, so you take them and help me form a cultivator army. The rest of the things in the ring will be given to you, how about that?” Ning Cheng took out a ring and handed it to Shen Zimmer and asked.
“Yes.” Shen Zimo replied in a crisp and direct manner, in the decades he had been in Rootless Black City, he was in the most pleasant mood today.
Ning Cheng appreciated Shen Zimo’s attitude, and after handing the ring to Shen Zimo, he gave another admonition, “Rootless Black City has been taken out by me with two forces and ten more. While you are recruiting an army of cultivators, collect some of the evil deeds of these forces by the way.”
Shen Zimo answered even more simply this time, there was no greater sorrow or joy in life than this.
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“Rootless Black City has started to form a cultivator army, and after entering the Rootless Black City cultivator army, there will be no need to pay any black coins. Not only that, there is also a certain amount of black coins rewarded every year. As for a place to live, there’s even less to worry about, I heard that Ning Chengmao is going to develop the western city district and establish a military camp ……”
The news of Ning Cheng forming a cultivator army in Rootless Black City spread throughout Rootless Black City at the fastest speed. Whether it was the Guilds in Rootless Black City, or the major resting houses in Rootless Black City, all of them were rumouring about it.
For a while, countless cultivators headed to the Rootless Black City’s City Lord’s Palace to sign up. In Rootless Black City, there were not a few cultivators who could not afford to pay black coins or even live in the Western Town. This kind of news was simply the best gospel for these poor cultivators.
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“Hmph, he, Ning Cheng, is a mere early stage of Tripod Transformation cultivator, even if he is slightly stronger, what qualifications does he have to call himself the City Lord of Rootless Black City? How dare he say that as long as he joins the Rootless Black City’s army of cultivators, he doesn’t need to pay black coins, does he really think that he is the number one person in Rootless Black City?”
Upon learning that Ning Cheng had just returned to Rootless Black City and started forming a cultivator army, the ten powers that were still meeting finally sat up. They hadn’t even discussed their constitution yet, and people were already starting to form their cultivator armies.
“I suggest that we gather all of our men to fight at the door now and simply finish this man off, then we will elect one more person among ourselves as the city lord.” A wild-haired man said in a stern voice, he was from the Void Sect. The Void Clan was also the only clan in Rootless Black City, and most of the disciples of this clan came from one place.
“How can you fight when people can kill Sequel Kai and can destroy the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce? Besides, can all of us do it together as one?”
“This person is a formation master and has already set up powerful formations in the city lord’s mansion, and he has now recruited many cultivators ……”
“Why don’t we send someone to invite Ning Cheng to come here as well, the big deal is to give him a portion of the benefits of the original City Lord’s Mansion.”
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After hearing that Ning Cheng had no roots in Black City to form a cultivator army, all the people meeting here started to talk, and some uneasiness spread instantly.
“Everyone, please listen to my words.” A muffled voice rang out.
Hearing this voice, all the people stopped their chatter. It was because the one who spoke was the Rootless Black City’s second expert, Jane Hyun-ming, who was the captain of the Karmic Destroyer Star Fleet and had a cultivation level of the seventh layer of the Life Robbing Realm. In Rootless Black City, there were only two late Rootless Realm cultivators, one was the Rootless Black City’s City Lord, Seokai, and the other was Jane Hyun-ming.
“Ning Cheng was able to kill Pu Leng and Si Pingxuan, so he is obviously not an idle person. As for the whereabouts of City Lord Xuankai, we are still unclear at the moment. This person dares to stay in the City Lord’s residence now, so I’m sure that Seokai is also in a bad way. My original idea was to discuss with him and hand over the benefits of the original City Lord’s Mansion to him. Since he has already started to form an army of cultivators, there is nothing to discuss ……”
As Jian Xunming said this, his gaze swept the rest of the cultivators. He believed that his words could be heard and understood by everyone here.
In Rootless Black City, in order to balance the power between the major forces, it was not allowed to form an army of cultivators. This was something that even the original City Lord, Seokai, had tacitly agreed to, and now that Ning Cheng had started to form a cultivator army as soon as he arrived here, once Ning Cheng’s cultivator army was formed, who else could be his opponent?
“I, the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce, listen to Brother Jian, and I think that what Brother Jian says makes sense.” Mao Xiu Xuan was the first to stand out and say.
Immediately afterwards, two more people stood out and agreed, and everyone here was clear about what Jian Xunming meant. That was that since Ning Cheng had even formed a cultivator army, they had to take out Ning Cheng before his cultivator army was fully formed.
Not all of them were willing to stand up and agree with Jian Xunming, and when he saw that there were still representatives from the four directions who had not stood up to speak, Jian Xunming frowned a little.
Just when Jian Xunming wanted to continue to intimidate a bit, he heard an unmistakable voice resounding in the hall, “Friends, today is a good day, I, Ning Cheng, am hosting a banquet for all of you at the Rootless Black City’s City Master’s Mansion, if you are willing to become friends with me Ning Cheng, please also appreciate your face …… ”
This voice rang out abruptly, not only did Jian Xunming’s face change and stand up, but all the cultivators in the entire hall stood up with a change of colour. Their meeting here was protected by formation after formation, and now that someone had spoken and teleported in directly, that meant that these formations were nothing in the eyes of others.
“I’m going back to discuss this.” The first to stand up was a short-haired man with a bronze face, a trail of vicissitudes in the void clearly visible on his face.
When Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce’s Mao Xiu Xuan heard this, his face immediately just sank, “Chao Ji Meng, you are the leader of the Scattered Cultivator Alliance, do you need to go back to discuss such matters as well?”
The bronze-faced man sneered, “Mao Xiu Xuan, it doesn’t seem to concern you, Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce, how to discuss the matters of my Scattered Cultivation Alliance, does it? You are a bit too broad-minded. If you want to make a statement, go to your Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce, don’t be so nosy in front of me.”
After saying this, the man gave a fist hug to Jane Hyun Ming, and without saying anything, he turned around and left.
Jane Hyun Ming’s face also turned ugly, and just as he was thinking about whether he should forcefully leave Chao Ji Meng behind, another female cultivator stood up, “My Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce also needs to go back for a discussion.”
“This matter Black City Dan Chamber Thistle Star can’t do live, we must go back to the Dan Chamber and ask ……”
In just a short time, the representatives of ten powers, four of them had gone.
Seeing that there were still people who wanted to stand up, Jane Hyunming simply said directly, “In that case, then we will go to the City Lord’s residence first to see this New City Lord. Wouldn’t it be extremely rude of me, Jane Hyun Ming, to not even know that such a capable person has come to my Rootless Black City.”