“Everyone, please take your seats.” Ning Cheng sat down in his seat and smiled as he stretched out his hand.
The rest of the cultivators also took their seats one by one, but the atmosphere was no longer as casual and stern as it was when they first arrived. Ning Cheng had finished off Mao Xiuxuan in a quarter of an incense stick at most before the eyes of the crowd, and no one was not scandalised. To kill Mao Xiu Xuan in such a short time, even Jane Xunming could not do it.
“I got four votes in the City Lord election just now. Originally, Brother Jane had the same number of votes as me, so there was still a chance to compete again. I didn’t expect something to happen to the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce all of a sudden, Brother Jian, what is your opinion?” Ning Cheng looked at Jane Hyunming with a smile.
Today, he had planned to kill someone to establish his authority, and in his opinion, it was best to kill Jian Xunming. Unexpectedly, Mao Xiu Xuan sought death and Jane Hyun Ming withdrew instead, leaving Ning Cheng with some regret in his heart.
In a flat tone, Jian Xunming said, “Since Brother Ning received more votes than me and is already living in the City Lord’s Palace, then Brother Ning is the rightful City Lord of Rootless Black City.”
“Right, I also agree with Brother Ning taking over as the City Lord of Rootless Black City.” A red-haired man said loudly without hesitation, he was Shan Wenhong of Black City Alchemy. Just now, he had strongly supported Jane Hyunming, but now he turned to Ning Cheng as if it was natural and right, without any half-hearted embarrassment.
“I also agree.”
“Yes, I also agree.”
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After killing just one Mao Xiu Xuan, none of the remaining ones opposed Ning Cheng taking over as the Rootless Black City’s City Lord anymore. Even the previously neutral Void Adventure Squad leader, Plugging Jia Shu, also approved of Ning Cheng taking over as the City Lord.
In fact, to these people, they really did not care whether Ning Cheng was the City Lord or not. What mattered to them was what Ning Cheng was going to do after he took over as City Lord.
Ning Cheng stood up and cupped his fist and spun around before saying with a straight face, “Since all of you are so gracious, then I will take on this important responsibility. You all might want to say that being the City Lord is a greasy and easy thing to do, but I don’t think so. My Rootless Black City has been rotting for a long time, and countless cultivators who have gone through all the hardships to break through the Heavenly Road have not died under the spatial wind blades of the Heavenly Road, but have innocently been killed by the black-hearted cultivators of Rootless Black City ……”
When Ning Cheng said this, none of the people present, except for Chao Ji Meng of the Scattered Cultivator Alliance, had an expression on their faces, they all looked like they were listening, and none of them wanted to speak, they were all obviously prepared to play dead.
“Since none of you have any major opinions, then I will first announce a few new laws for Rootless Black City ……” Ning Cheng did not expect anyone to really share his desire to re-establish order for Rootless Black City. In his opinion, how could a city without restraint be any better?
“Please speak, Lord Ning City, if it can be done, I, the Scattered Cultivator Alliance, will definitely give my full support.” Chao Jiemeng was the first to step forward and concur.
Chao Jimeng’s short-haired bronzed face was covered in the vicissitudes of seeking to live in the void, so it was evident that he supported Ning Cheng, not because he was afraid of death, nor was it because of Ning Cheng’s toughness. He had formed the Scattered Cultivator Alliance originally to help those rootless scattered cultivators.
The Rootless Black City was not just black in name, only the cultivators who had lived here for years knew how difficult it was. Chao Jiemeng, who came from a scattered cultivator background, could appreciate this hardship even more. Not only were they exploited at any time, but they could also be killed at any time to the ground.
If it wasn’t for helping some casual cultivators, he, Chao Jimeng, would have gone to the cosmic stars long ago. Unfortunately, he did not have the ability to turn this situation around, and those who had the ability to turn this situation around were not willing to waste their time on such void black cities. Now that a Ning Cheng had suddenly appeared and was doing the same thing to turn around the darkness of the Black City, he naturally did not hesitate to stand out to support Ning Cheng.
“I also support Lord Ning City.” The second person to stand out was Gan Anran, followed by Wu Yingche of the Black City Formation Alliance, who also stood out in support.
Wu Ying Che was a rank seven formation master, and only he knew how terrifying Ning Cheng was. Ning Cheng’s formations could not even elude him, and he was definitely not willing to be an enemy of such a terrifying person. He had been reluctant to antagonise Ning Cheng from the moment Ning Cheng issued his voice invitation.
“Good, thank you all very much.”
Ning Cheng clasped his fist again before continuing, “Since I am already the City Lord of Rootless Black City, the first thing I will do is to purge the entire Rootless Black City of order. You all should know that I have formed an army of cultivators, and this army of cultivators will also be the only army of cultivators in Rootless Black City, and there will definitely not be a second ……”
The crowd secretly thought in their hearts that indeed, after Ning Cheng had formed a cultivator army, he would not allow a second one to come out.
“From now on, I will promulgate a law in Rootless Black City and Receiving Heavenly Stone, no matter who violates the law, they must be punished according to the law. First, from now on, all the rest houses in the Sky Catcher Stone will be removed, leaving only one rest house and one place for exchanging black coins, with the same prices as in Rootless Black City.
Secondly, all cultivators in Rootless Black City will receive 1,000 black coins for their identity jade cards, and these black coins will not be distributed, but will be used to pay for the cultivator army in Rootless Black City. Thirdly, no matter what cultivator or chamber of commerce dares to rob female cultivators and rob newcomers of their belongings, kill without amnesty. Anyone who dares to kill anyone in Rootless Black City, no matter which city district, is to be killed without amnesty. Establish a dueling platform in Rootless Black City, those with enmity can challenge through the dueling platform, both parties must agree to do so …… Fourth …… Fifth …… There are still matters above that have not been completed, the City Lord’s Office will issue The complete handbook of the Law ……”
A silence fell over the entire meeting hall as Ning Cheng spoke out the general content of the abbreviated Torah.
It was only after a while that Chao Ji Meng slapped the table and shouted, “Good.”
He had wanted to establish a set of law and order in Rootless Black City for many years, but unfortunately, he was weak and his cultivation level was only at the second level of the Robbed Life realm. In the Rootless Black City, his strength was not enough for others to fill their teeth.
“I don’t agree, if the sky catching stones will not be allowed to open a resting inn and exchange black coins. The black coins for the first time to enter Rootless Black City for the identity jade token, as well as the black coins paid daily by the cultivators in Rootless Black City will all go to the city lord’s office, how will we, the chambers, survive?” A gentle-looking male cultivator with a long beard immediately retorted.
“Who are you?” Ning Cheng swept a glance at this long-bearded male cultivator.
The long-bearded male cultivator said without being condescending, “I, Bu Yuanmao of the Gale Void Alliance, have two properties in the Sky Catcher Stone and a few good properties in Rootless Black City.”
Ning Cheng nodded, “Then let me ask you, is the main source of black coins for your Gale Void Alliance, is it earned by relying on newly arrived cultivators?”
After saying this, Ning Cheng stared directly at Bu Yuanmao, if Bu Yuanmao dared to say that the Gale Void Alliance’s black coins were basically earned by newcomers, he would not hesitate to exterminate this alliance as well.
A Chamber of Commerce that earned black coins mainly through newcomers would definitely have a lot of blood under their hands.
Bu Yuanmao said disdainfully, “The source of my Gale Void Alliance’s black coins are mainly from void ships, void adventures, and some of the Chamber’s transactions, how could it be obtained from newcomers?”
“Since it wasn’t obtained by relying on newcomers, then why do you object to me cancelling the resting buildings and chambers of commerce that receive Heavenly Stones?” Ning Cheng’s tone was cold and stern as he asked.
Bu Yuanmao was upset in his heart, he knew that Ning Cheng had killed Mao Xuxuan to establish his authority. However, the black coins earned for the Gale Void Alliance every year when newcomers came to the Heaven Catching Stone was also a huge amount, and if this piece was missing, he Gale Void Alliance would have many people who were not satisfied.
He was able to become the boss in the Gale Void Alliance by keeping the people under him satisfied. As for the lives of those newcomers, honestly, how much could it be worth? Even now, he thought that Ning Cheng’s killing of Mao Xiu Xuan and the annihilation of the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce was just an excuse to establish his authority. He would never believe that Ning Cheng was so high and mighty as to seek benefits for the ordinary casual cultivators and newcomers.
“Lord Ning City, I have no problem with choosing you as the City Lord, and I agree. However, what my Gale Void Alliance is going to do is a matter for my Gale Void Alliance, and it is not yet necessary for City Lord Ning to worry about it. Keep worrying about it, City Lord Ning, I’m going to take my leave.” After saying this, Bu Yuanmao suddenly stood up as he prepared to leave.
A hint of disdain spilled out of the corner of Ning Cheng’s mouth, did he still want to leave after coming to the Hongmen Banquet? If he was strong enough to reach the Life Robbing Realm, this man would have left, right now he was still not strong enough to let this Bu Yuanmao walk away, unless he was an idiot.
“City Lord, the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce has been extinguished, from now on, there will be no more Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce in Rootless Black City. As for the Jia Xing Chamber of Commerce’s territory, it has all been sealed up, just like the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce.” Shen Zimmer’s voice came over as Bu Yuanmao stood up, and the crowd could still feel the incomparably powerful killing intent on him.
“Not bad, hard work.”
Just as Ning Cheng finished this sentence, he heard Bu Yuanmao say calmly, “City Master Ning, I am now going back to the Gale Residence, please open the formation.”
It was only after Bu Yuanmao had also stood up that he realised that there was no exit gate here at all, and if he wanted to go out, he would have to forcefully blast through Ning Cheng’s formation to do so. Even though he was powerful, he did not dare to blast through Ning Cheng’s formation here.
Ning Cheng simply ignored Bu Yuanmao, he knew very well that killing one Mao Xiu Xuan was definitely not enough today. In order for the Rootless Black City to settle down sooner, he had to take out Bu Yuanmao again, and he could not do it himself.
“Zi Mo, has the crime of the Gale Void Alliance been investigated clearly?”
The moment Ning Cheng’s words were asked, the entire council hall instantly went icy cold, before Ning Cheng killed Mao Xiu Xuan, he could still be said to have set up his authority. If he had killed Bu Yuanmao again, that would not be setting up prestige, it would be killing all of them.
“Lord Ning City, what do you want?” Bu Yuanmao felt his voice trembling, he could not imagine that Ning Cheng was really so bold as to kill Mao Xiu Xuan and then dare to make a move against him. One should know that from the beginning to the end, he had not been like Mao Xiu Xuan in general, at least he was still considered polite to Ning Cheng on the surface.
“Within the last thirty years of the Gale Void Alliance, one hundred and ninety-eight innocent newcomer cultivators have been killed, forty-one newcomer female cultivators have been robbed, two hundred and eighteen cases of plotting to seize the belongings of loose cultivators in Rootless Black City, and two hundred and twelve people have been killed ……” Shen Zimo’s tone carried a strong murderous tone.
Ning Cheng swept a glance at the incomparably silent meeting hall and said in a light voice, “Everyone, Rootless Black City belongs to all of us, I think there are some things that require some effort from all of us before we can do anything. With the Gale Void Alliance acting in such a manner, I would like to hear everyone’s opinions.”
The meeting room became increasingly silent, Ning Cheng was asking everyone to throw in their names.