“Lord Ning City, a few of us have only come to join you …… until now,” a cultivator with embarrassment all over his face stood in front of Ning City, he himself was a little uncomfortable to say the words that followed.
This cultivator was called Lan Wenbin, the very same one who had come to the Sky Catcher Stone on the same day as Ning Cheng in the first place.
He had been bullish on Ning Cheng when he was at the Sky Catcher Stone. It was only later that Ning Cheng had gone and flattened the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce’s Rest Inn, which made him somewhat disappointed with Ning Cheng, and he thought that Ning Cheng had acted irrationally in this matter. In order not to get too involved with Ning Cheng, he took the remaining three people with him and did not continue to stay with Ning Cheng and went back to Rootless Black City first.
What he did not expect was that there was nothing happened after Ning Cheng had destroyed the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce Rest Inn. Not only was nothing happened, but upon his return, he continued to level the entire Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce. As Ning Cheng reentered Rootless Black City and occupied the City Lord’s Palace, he knew that he had misread the situation.
Ning Cheng dared to do so, and was completely capable of doing so. Now when Ning Cheng was in need of manpower, he did not hesitate to bring the other three to defect to Ning Cheng.
Knowing what the other party meant, Ning Cheng did not care and smiled, “Thanks to Brother Lan for coming over to help, Shen Zimmer is helping me recruit an army of cultivators, so since Brother Lan is here, please ask Brother Lan to go and help out some too. Wumarui will stay here with me, there might be some people coming to the City Lord’s residence to trouble me later.”
“Good.” Lan Wenbin didn’t say anything this time and hurriedly led the two of them, Mao Liangpeng and Ji Ying, away.
Wumarui was tall and sturdy, and among the four of Lan Wenbin, Ning Cheng had the best impression of him.
“Congratulations to Brother Ning for returning to Rootless Black City again.” An unmistakable female voice came out, and Ning Cheng had long since seen a man and a woman walking over with smiles on their faces.
The middle-aged man Ning Cheng knew was the Steward of the Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce, Mu Cunjian. When Ning Cheng had just arrived at the Sky Catcher Stone, he was staying at the Sky City Chamber of Commerce Rest Building.
“So it’s Brother Mu, I always thought you were still at the Sky Catcher Stone, I didn’t expect Brother Mu to be back in Rootless Black City, hurry up and please come in.” Ning Cheng greeted him with a smile on his face and a fist.
When Mu Cunjian heard Ning Cheng’s words, he was even more delighted, “I really wasn’t wrong about Brother Ning, a dragon and a phoenix among men, it’s amazing when you don’t make a sound. Let me introduce you, this is my Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce’s Guild Master Gan Anran.”
“Greetings Gan Guild Master ……,” Ning Cheng also did not expect the Guild Master of the Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce to be a female cultivator with a cultivation level that was not low, looking at her she was at least at the second level of the Robbed Life realm.
Gan Anran giggled, “I heard the invitation from City Master Ning and immediately came over, I will have to rely on City Master Ning to take care of me more in the future.”
Gan Anran was checking Ning Cheng’s face while speaking, and found that after she called out Ning City Lord, Ning Cheng’s face did not change half a bit. She was then certain in her heart that the original City Lord of Rootless Black City, Seokai, had really been killed by Ning Cheng. It looked like she had been absolutely wise to come here.
This Ning City Lord was incredibly decisive in his actions, and the first thing he did after killing off Xuankai was to form an army of cultivators. In a place like Rootless Black City, once the cultivator army was formed, even if all the rest of the forces were united, it would still be far from enough.
As for the rest of the people also following the City Lord’s House to form a cultivator army, Gan Anran thought that this was absolutely impossible. As a new city lord, Ning Cheng had formed his own cultivator army, so he would never let a second cultivator army appear in Rootless Black City.
If a second army of cultivators would still appear in Rootless Black City, then Ning Cheng would not be able to stand peacefully in the City Lord’s Palace. It was because Gan Anran was certain of this that she had not hesitated to continue to speak uselessly with the rest of the forces and had taken the initiative to defect to Ning Cheng.
“Please come in, please come in ……” Ning Cheng naturally heard Gan Anran’s meaning, that was to say that she, the Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce, had abandoned her alliance with other forces and leaned on you, Ning Cheng, in the first place, so please take care of her more in the future.
“The Scattered Cultivator Alliance Chao Ji Meng has been invited to pay a visit to Lord Ning City ……”
“Black City Formation Alliance Wu Yingche has been invited to pay a visit to Lord Ning City ……”
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From the time Ning Cheng broke the soundproofing formation of the Karmic Star Fleet and made an invitation, to the time when all the representatives of the rest of the forces of Rootless Black City gathered at the City Lord’s residence, it was only an hour before and after.
“Ning Cheng is truly terrified to invite all of you to come to the City Lord’s Residence, and I thank you all for being able to come in response to the invitation ……” Ning Cheng had not expected all of these people to come over when he made the invitation.
His original intention was to strike and divide the remaining ten powers of Rootless Black City, and if possible, bring in two to three more. To his surprise, there was no bonding between the ten major forces of Rootless Black City, and they were divided by his simple words.
The first to come, the Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce, the Scattered Cultivator Alliance and the Black City Formation Alliance all clearly said that they would stand on Ning Cheng’s side.
When Ning Cheng spoke, the ten or so cultivators sitting in the City Lord’s Palace’s Council Hall did not speak out in agreement, some of them even felt a little strange, as they were the ones who were also gathering before. The difference was that now and before it was merely a change of venue with the addition of Ning Cheng.
Just as Ning Cheng wanted to continue talking, Mao Xiu Xuan from the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce suddenly said, “Fellow Daoist Ning, the City Lord’s residence of the Rootless Black City was originally Sequai, and this was also Sequai’s place. I wonder why Fellow Daoist Ning has suddenly appeared here? I even heard someone outside call Ning City Master, but how come we didn’t know anything about this matter? It is reasonable to say that the Rootless Black City elected a new City Lord, and we are entitled to know a little about it.”
Seeing Ning Cheng staring at Mao Xiuxuan, Gan Anran smiled and said, “Lord Ning, this is Mao Xiuxuan, the Vice Guild Master of the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce.”
“Oh, I’ve heard of it. This Chamber of Commerce had a scum named Cecil, who was killed by me.” Ning Cheng responded indifferently.
Mao Xiu Xuan raised an eyebrow, “Fellow Daoist Ning, as for why Cecil was killed, I am not qualified to investigate because my Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce’s Guild Master is still in seclusion. Now that this is a meeting to discuss the new City Master, I hope that Fellow Daoist Ning can answer my question head-on. This is also not a question for me alone, but also for the rest of the people of Rootless Black City.”
Ning Cheng stared disdainfully at Mao Xiu Xuan, “Lord Mao, you can’t represent anyone else, the most you can represent is just your Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce. As for you asking why someone called me Lord Ning City, I really don’t know about this matter. Rather, you have reminded me that from now on, I am the City Lord of Rootless Black City. Oh, and if you’re asking about Seokai, he was killed by me. If you want to be the City Lord too, it’s simple, just come over and kill me.”
“Humph ……” Mao Xiu Xuan suddenly stood up, “Ning Cheng, could it be that you thought you were the number one person in Rootless Black City just because you killed City Lord Sequel with trickery? I’m sorry, I don’t agree with this city lord of yours, not only I don’t agree, even the rest of the people won’t agree either. To challenge me, Mao Xiu Xuan, I tell you, I do not fear you as a mere First Level of the Transformation Tripod.”
Ning Cheng also stood up, swept a glance at the rest of the people and asked, “Who else disagrees with me being the City Lord? Please stand up as well.”
A powerful killing intent swept out with Ning Cheng’s eyes, and even Jian Xunming felt a sinking in his heart. Even he was unable to release this kind of killing power, Ning Cheng’s strength could completely kill a late stage of the Life Robbing Realm without even using any subterfuge.
Ning Cheng’s gaze fell on Jane Hyunming, who had the highest cultivation level here.
When Jian Xunming saw Ning Cheng’s gaze fall on himself, he unexpectedly felt some coldness for no reason. He immediately coughed to dispel some of that icy killing intent and said, “What Lord Mao said is not wrong, the Lord of my Rootless Black City has always been elected. Now that the main forces of my Rootless Black City are all here, why don’t we all choose a new City Lord?”
Ning Cheng suddenly sat down and said warmly, “Captain Jane is right, it is time to make it more democratic, since that is the case, then everyone should start voting.”
It was as if the person who was emitting a powerful killing intent just now was not him at all.
Gan Anran immediately said, “On behalf of the Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce, I will cast this vote for Ning Cheng.”
Chao Jiemeng followed and said, “I also cast this vote for Ning Cheng on behalf of the Scattered Cultivator Alliance.”
Mao Xiuxuan did not hesitate to cast a vote for Jian Xunming, along with the Void Sect, the Gale Void Alliance, Black City Alchemy and other forces all casting this vote for Jian Xunming.
Ning Cheng received four votes, namely the Heavenly City Chamber of Commerce, the Scattered Cultivators Alliance, the Black City Dan Association and also the Black City Formation Alliance. The Void Adventure Squad abstained, and Jane Hyun Ming of the Fate and Destruction Starship Fleet also received four votes.
“Ning Cheng, it looks like you can’t be the City Lord just yet.” While Mao Xiu Xuan was angry at the four forces that voted for Ning Cheng in his heart, he was also thinking that after he messed with Ning Cheng, he would definitely join forces with Jane Hyun Ming to consolidate the forces of the entire Rootless Black City.
Previously, he did not dare to do so when Seou Kai was around. But when facing Ning Cheng, he had no scruples. He had seen images of Ning Cheng’s battles, and they were far too different from that of Xuankai. Ning Cheng had definitely used a trick to kill Xuankai.
Ning Cheng looked at Jian Xunming with a smile and asked, “Brother Jian, I wonder who you are voting for with this vote?”
Jian Xunming said indifferently, “Since both you and I are competing for the position of City Lord, it is natural that it is not good for the two of us to vote.”
“That would be best.” Ning Cheng clapped his hands and said, “Since everyone has elected me to be the Rootless Black City’s City Master, I will begrudgingly do so.”
“Who did you say pushed you to be the Rootless Black City’s City Master? The vote just now was clearly four votes each for both sides, and you, Ning Cheng, did not exceed one vote, so what makes you the City Lord?” Mao Xiu Xuan once again stood up and shouted.
Ning Cheng coldly stared at Mao Xiu Xuan before he said without panic, “Since I am competing for City Lord, I have to show a little sincerity, Shen Zimmer ……”
“My subordinate is here.” Like a ghost, Shen Zimmer suddenly appeared in the Assembly Hall.
“You will report the results of your investigation.” Ning om/xingjishigui/”>Star Ghoul Latest Chapter Cheng said calmly.
“Yes.” Shen Zimmer answered, while saying aloud, “The Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce has robbed seventy-eight female cultivators from the Heavenly Road in the last fifty years. One hundred and ninety-one cases of killing newcomer cultivators who could not afford to pay black coins, a total of two hundred and thirty-one people. Two hundred and ninety-seven cases of plotting to rob newcomer cultivators of their property, killing two hundred and ninety-seven people …… All of the above have solid evidence, and only a small number of crimes.”
The whole meeting hall was silent, no one doubted what Shen Zimo said, because this kind of thing has been done by every power, it is really not a big deal.
“How many people have been recruited into my City Lord’s House’s cultivator army?” Ning Cheng asked once again.
“A total of one thousand three hundred and forty-one people, all of whom are at the cultivation level of the Transformation Tripod.”
“Very well, the newcomer cultivator army needs to be tested in blood, you should immediately lead people to raze all of the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce’s quarters, rest houses, and shopping malls …… There is no need to keep anything for this kind of trash Chamber of Commerce.”
“Yes!”