Bait

"Trying to draw water with a bamboo basket is all for naught."

Gu Jinlai returned to his own courtyard.

No, it's worse than nothing.

Not only did he fail to obtain the Thunder Primordial Spirit Body Cultivation Method he desired, he also completely offended Pan Dali.

But...

Gu Jinlai was a moment of silence.

"At least, I've seen the truth about Wind and Rain City. Wind and Rain City isn't as rule-abiding as I imagined."

His expression was somewhat complicated.

Almost there.

It was so close.

He so wished that Fengyu City could truly be like their Lingxiao City and Lingxiao Palace system, governed by law and with everyone abiding by the law.

If he really lived in such a city, he would accept any hardship or exhaustion.

Even if he suffers injustice, he will endure it.

Because he knows better than anyone how stable and wonderful a place with rules and laws is.

Pity...

It's all over.

His dream lasted less than two months before being ruthlessly crushed.

The law governs ordinary people.

The law is also the big stick that those in power in the Stormy City, and even the entire Holy Dynasty, use to manage ordinary people.

Ordinary people must strictly and rigorously abide by the law; otherwise, the authorities can find a hundred ways to bring them to justice without them being able to resist.

But those who truly hold power...

Laws are made to make it easier for them to act.

Just like the methods Pan Dali used on those three innocent girls.

If it were truly a lawless place, the three girls would never have trusted a complete stranger like Pan Dali so much.

He said they were being targeted by out-of-control individuals, so they trusted him, believed he could guarantee their safety, and decided to follow him.

It is precisely because of the law that they are so easily deceived.

What seemed so easy to Pan Dali was almost foolish.

Because...

He didn't realize that, in the eyes of ordinary people, his position as an advisor represented the credibility of the law.

"Pan Dali, Jin Yuhai..."

Gu Jinlai, people have recited these two names and associated them with the inky black Karma they carried.

"The only saving grace is that the people still believe in the law. There is still light in their eyes, confidence in the rules of Wind and Rain City, and full of faith in the entire Holy Dynasty. Since that's the case..."

The light in their eyes has gradually become firmer Gu Jinlai.

"Please believe in the light, believe that miracles can happen!"

The next moment, his attention focused on the conscious figure in the spiritual world.

The Chaotic Thunder Body has been stuck at the minor completion stage.

He only has two ways to master this Cultivation Method.

One is to obtain 150 to 200 portions of Thunder Magnetic Essence Gold to forge the foundation of the Chaotic Thunder Essence Body and complete the cultivation of this Cultivation Method.

Another...

Just like when he was stuck by the seventh-stage True Spirit while practicing the Great Sun Ninefold Refinement Visualization Method, he used more pure light to forcefully rush forward.

"The Chaotic Thunder Essence Body is purplish-gold in color. Although it is not gold, if you want to forcefully break through this barrier, you will probably need at least fifty or sixty streams of pure light, just like a gold-colored Cultivation Method!"

Now, he only has twenty-four beams of clear light.

Little by little, great things are achieved; small streams can become a mighty river.

"I believe it won't be long..."

He murmured to himself Gu Jinlai.

Then, all twenty-four beams of clear light were poured into the Chaotic Thunder Essence Body, a purple-gold Cultivation Method, without any reservation.

Instantly, the power Gu Jinlai his body surged.

The Thunder Magnetic Force, which originally required the Thunder Magnetic Metal to be generated, condensed into a rudimentary form by absorbing its own bioelectricity.

But...

It's just a prototype.

It seems that a long period of meticulous research and arduous practice is still needed to truly bring it to fruition.

"In other words, more light is needed."

Gu Jinlai easily understood this situation. "Moreover, even if my physique is as powerful as a Demonic Beasts king, if I consume too much bioelectricity, it will still cause problems in my body, electrolyte imbalance, etc. Just like back then, although I condensed True Spirit, it was like a premature baby compared to the true True Spirit of a Heavenly Monarch."

He slightly activated the Eternal Furnace within his body.

We still can't control the energy of the eternal furnace.

However, through its transfer characteristics, it seems to have a more refined control over the direction of energy release.

If previously he used the energy of the Eternal Furnace to attack using the transfer property, and the indiscriminate explosion pattern would result in the enemy taking 60% of the damage and himself taking 40%, then now...

The enemy accounted for 65% of the total.

The damage he suffered, however, decreased to 35%.

"Therefore, the twenty-four beams of clear light are not entirely useless."

This Gu Jinlai.

Then calm down and carefully comprehend the specific supplementary effects of the Chaotic Thunder Essence on the Eternal Furnace.

Lan Yuxian owns a mansion not far from the Lan family.

The inner courtyard of the mansion is connected to the Lan family's residence, so in a sense, it is also part of the Lan family's estate.

The next morning, Gu Jinlai arrived at the mansion.

Compared to the courtyard arranged by the Huanglong Chamber of Commerce, Lan Yuxian's mansion was much larger.

The outer courtyard alone is carpeted everywhere, and the walkways in the garden are paved with white pebbles. All the flowers on both sides are rare varieties, and there are many gardeners who tend to and prune them day and night.

Gu Jinlai at them and found that all the servants were women, not a single man.

The servants and maids were also fair-skinned, dressed in luxurious clothes with flowing robes, and had outstanding temperaments. If they were in the outside world, no one would doubt that they were young ladies from wealthy families.

Those Gu Jinlai are relatively early.

There were only four people in the courtyard at that time.

One of them was Black Sword, who had been Gu Jinlai a month.

Seeing Gu Jinlai, he greeted him with a smile, "Although the Purifiers Department has stepped into the limelight, the contributions and rewards they can offer are no less than before. Moreover, with many Purifiers working together, it will be easier to target those powerful individuals. At least, there is hope of dealing with those in the top ten of the danger list."

The purger explained to Gu Jinlai, "The next few months will be the hunting season for sixteen teams. The prey will be ten people, including Bodhi, Liu Zhenyuan, and Moang. Whoever can kill one or two of these ten people first will be able to show off in front of the city lord and others. The process will inevitably be dangerous, but it is also an opportunity. Make the most of it."

"To hunt down Bodhi, Liu Zhenyuan, Moang, and others."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

These people are all peak Martial Kings or high-level Celestial Person.

Even their methods, in a one-on-one fight, can only be confident of success with the help of top-tier Celestial Person.

However, each of the current Purge squads has twenty or thirty people. Although not all of them will be Martial Kings or Celestial Person, as long as there are eight or ten Martial Kings or Celestial Person, under the leadership of their respective captains, they will be able to surround and kill these people.

After all, even newly promoted Martial Kings, if ten or eight of them joined forces, would have a chance to kill a peak Martial King, let alone the fact that the squad leaders at least have the combat power of a top-tier Martial King, or even a peak Martial King.

As one of the two vice-captains, Black Sword had a superior-subordinate relationship with Gu Jinlai, and the Celestial Person were somewhat close to each other.

In addition, Gu Jinlai is now also his team member, and he spoke quite carefully about some precautions for the purgers.

As he explained, the purgatory workers also rushed over one after another.

This includes Dong Yuji and Jin Yuhai.

Among these purgers were King Wu, Emperor Wu, and the Primordial Spirit True Lord.

Before long, more than twenty people had gathered in the courtyard.

Just then, a Martial King rushed over and spoke to the Black Sword.

Black Sword's expression immediately changed, and he said, "Everyone, follow me to Sixteenth Street. The captain has already gone ahead."

Confused, the group quickly followed Black Sword toward Sixteenth Street.

Since even the weakest among the twenty-odd people possessed the cultivation of a Martial Grandmaster, they arrived at the scene on Sixteenth Street in just a few minutes.

When they arrived at the crime scene, Xia Ruyi's expression changed slightly.

"This is... Zhuang Ying's courtyard?"

He immediately had a bad feeling.

The group quickly rushed into the courtyard.

As expected, Lan Yuxian was already waiting here.

Several other experts were also waiting at the same time.

Soon after they entered the courtyard, everyone's eyes fell on more than a dozen corpses that had been cleaned up and pulled out.

One of the bodies...

It was Zhuang Ying!

Xia Ruyi Gu Jinlai's pupils contracted.

Zhuang Ying is dead!?

"Is this Zhuang Ying? Is he dead?"

Jin Yuhai also saw Zhuang Ying's body and immediately said, "Pan Dali! It was definitely Pan Dali who did it!"

"It was the work of the Demon Cult. There are survivors who saw it, and the person who did it was Zhang Yuyao, a member of the Demon Cult."

Lan Yuxian said coldly.

Jin Yuhai's voice faltered.

"However, we cannot rule out the possibility that someone deliberately leaked Zhuang Ying's whereabouts to lure the Demon Cultists into making a move. After all, although the Purifiers team is going to step into the limelight, right now... at least our Southeast team has not had a single public operation, so we shouldn't expose our identities."

At that moment, another voice rang out.

Lan Bailin, the purger of the Lan family, was transferred to assist Lan Yuxian in her work.

The reason why Lan Yuxian did not appoint him as the vice captain was because he was just an ordinary Martial King, and his strength was simply not enough to convince the masses.

Lan Bailin took out several instruments-like objects from his hand and said, "The destructive power of the Martial King could easily destroy this courtyard, but the entire courtyard is now intact. From this, we can see that Zhuang Ying was killed with almost no power to resist. To do this, the opponent must not only be strong, but also proficient in assassination."

"Powerful and skilled in assassination."

The first person that came to mind for all the purgers was the person ranked eighth on the danger list.

"Peak Martial Saint, Shang Tielong."

Someone mentioned this name.

At this moment, Jin Yuhai said again, "Zhuang Ying was a Purge agent who had been in office for nearly a year. He had not been exposed in the past year, but now he has been exposed and killed by the Demon Cult. Someone must have leaked his whereabouts. That person is Pan Dali."

"Pan Dali is capable of doing something like this."

Several other people who knew about Pan Dali echoed his sentiments.

"And he won't stop."

Jin Yuhai added a sentence, while turning his gaze to Xia Ruyi, whose face was pale, and Gu Jinlai, whose face was equally stern.

"So, will Shang Tielong make another move?"

As the team leader, Lan Yuxian quickly thought of another key point, "Then let's turn the tables and lure Shang Tielong out!"

As she spoke, her gaze fell upon Xia Ruyi and Gu Jinlai.

"Team leader..."

Xia Ruyi's eyes widened in fear. Before he could even speak, Lan Yuxian had already turned her gaze to Gu Jinlai: "You're the one. Lure Shang Tielong out. If you can hunt him down, it will be a great achievement for you."