Resources II

The chaotic trip to the Divine Bell soon came to an end under Lu Sheng's complete control.

Zhou Quanwu was captured, and all the ordinary people, including her father, were collectively psychologically guided into becoming accomplices who helped Lu Sheng control the overall situation.

Aside from the few who died at the beginning, the remaining Gesha were all forcibly controlled by Lu Sheng.

Even those with strong willpower were beaten senseless, then forcibly given psychological treatment while their consciousness was muddled.

For beings like the Gesha, whose souls were weak but whose combat strength was formidable, Lu Sheng's control could not have gone more smoothly.

Once the overall situation was settled, he brought Du Xia and Du Qiu home and reunited them with their parents. Their father, Du Xuning, was safe and sound. The other Gesha had perhaps believed they could deal with Du Xia's side, so they made no further moves.

That saved Lu Sheng quite a bit of effort.

He arranged for people to guard the Divine Bell, then quietly returned to the grasslands.

The cold wind cut like knives, tossing everyone's hair up and down.

Lu Sheng stood calmly before the Divine Bell, reaching out to gently stroke its enormous stone surface.

"Have you brought the people I told you to prepare?" he asked in a low voice.

"We've brought them all!"

Behind Lu Sheng, Zhou Quanwu, her face covered in flesh, carried a longsword. She wore an off-white tank top, her exposed arms knotted with muscle, her bronze skin covered in dense, root-like blue veins.

Imperial Phoenix stood on her left, while Left Star King, Star Sand's leader, stood on her right. Both had shaved heads, white trousers below the waist, and bare upper bodies, with a huge character for fist tattooed across their chests.

"Bring