Demonic Heart-Revealing Curse

Although Chu Liang had already experienced too many shocks that day, when news arrived that Glutton City had been breached by the Mangshan Rebels, he was still astonished once again.

Glutton City was, after all, one of the Ten Lands sects. Though its own inheritance was not especially powerful, it had countless high-cultivation Attendants. How could it have been breached by a band of rebels?

Normally, if the Mangshan Rebels were truly this powerful, they could have become a new Ten Lands sect outright. There would have been no need for them to keep being rebels.

After all, killing, arson, then accepting amnesty—when you were weak, you were a rebel; once you grew strong enough, you naturally became part of the righteous path.

Only as more detailed reports arrived did he learn the full story.

Glutton City had originally possessed many powerful Attendants. Even though there had not been a large-scale war in centuries, Glutton City was immensely wealthy and could afford to keep these idle people fed. Usually, the city's Attendants merely maintained public order; there was no need for such an enormous force.

But after Penglai had "borrowed" a huge sum from them the day before yesterday, Glutton City's cash flow had likewise become stretched thin. Yet it still had to maintain hefty expenditures to keep its markets running, so it had to increase income and reduce expenses. After pondering for a while, Hu Yan Dong decided to start with the Attendant force that had not been deployed on a large scale for centuries, dismissing most of Glutton City's Attendants.

This was the bitter consequence of having a weak core sect force. Those who came for money would ultimately leave for money as well.

Even so, the strength Glutton City retained was still considerable, enough to rank among