Elsewhere.
Linxiang Immortal City!
Dugu Wuwu, Dugu Yueli, and the others had made it their main base, with everyone busy managing every corner of the city.
The local forces within the city were deeply wary of their arrival.
Even the City Lord's Mansion, guarded by a mighty Dao Integration cultivator, had been wiped out. The remaining clans could only bow their heads and submit.
After all, they had all been selling their lives as someone else's lackeys!
The former City Lord's Mansion had been no good either. After the Dugu Clan took over, however, they proved quite skilled at winning people's hearts, even distributing half of the City Lord's Mansion's wealth.
They had not moved against the clans within the city, either, and had even kept the city gates open to maintain the Immortal City's normal operations.
Normally, when conquering a place, its rulers would first purge all the forces within the city. At the very least, they would replace them with their own people.
Otherwise, hidden dangers would always remain. No one knew whether remnants or hidden hands might stir up some scheming trickery.
But Dugu Wuwu and the others were very confident!
If Lin Heng had come, he would not have chosen to suppress them with thunderous methods either.
Because the Heavenly Action Continent was not a single nation, but a ramshackle troupe pieced together from clans great and small.
Whoever became the boss was fine, so long as it did not interfere with their "making money."
"Yueli, come here!" Qin Hongyi, dressed in a loose crimson robe, entered the hall and called out.
"Uncle!" Dugu Yueli adjusted her hair ornaments and followed him with light steps to the tea room behind the hall, pouring him a cup of tea.
Qin Hongyi watched her begin to learn the