The New Storm

How many people live in the outer city of Fengyu City?

Eighty million!

A full 80 million!

The Holy Dynasty absorbed exiles from all over the world.

If these exiles have status, position, and ability, they will spend a lot of money to buy courtyard houses and residences in Wind and Rain City as soon as they arrive.

Back then, the Holy Dynasty even introduced a contribution value system because the currency depreciated due to the excessive gold and silver carried by exiles...

Just like the shared area of housing on Blue Star.

This indirectly doubled the prices in the Holy Dynasty, thereby achieving the goal of reaping the wealth of exiles on a larger scale.

Under these circumstances, housing prices in the Inner City Fengyu City have reached a level that is difficult for ordinary people to afford.

In the Qian Tian Realm, where people are considered the pride of heaven, even experts at the Qi Refining and Gang Condensing Realms, who are powerful enough to dominate an entire county, have to go to great lengths to buy a house in Fengyu City.

Even those who Spirit Refining True Person and are comparable to great Demonic Beasts and generals find it difficult to truly enter the upper echelons of society.

At most, they would serve as guards for large Lineage or mid-level leaders in powerful organizations, earning higher salaries than Qi Refining, Gang Condensing Condensation, Core Forming Formation, and Demon God warriors.

For this social class, some of the things they should have had were already available when they fled to Wind and Rain City.

What they shouldn't have, they can't obtain no matter how hard they try.

If you absolutely must live in a luxury house, or are unwilling to settle for the ordinary, there is only one way: stay in the outer city.

Staying in the outer city, which is not protected by city walls and is not patrolled by city guards, is in some ways equivalent to the "urban-rural fringe".

An ambitious person who is unwilling to be ordinary.

Mid- to low-level martial artists who can't make it in the Inner City.

An exile who came from the outside world but possessed some abilities.

In addition, there are out-of-control individuals and cultists stirring up trouble from the shadows.

Under these circumstances, the order in the outer city area has never been stable.

If this weren't a world where immense power is concentrated, allowing the Inner City's strong to swiftly and decisively suppress any chaos, the outer city wouldn't even be able to maintain its current seemingly stable situation.

At this time, the law enforcement office in the southeast outer city area.

Gu Jinlai, he walked in with his hands behind his back, looking quite ordinary.

As he arrived, all the guards and staff of the law enforcement agency came out one by one.

Not long ago, Gu Jinlai led law enforcement officers to sweep through various places and raided more than a dozen forces, making everyone in the law enforcement a familiar face to this powerful Martial King.

Despite rumors circulating that Gu Jinlai had offended a powerful figure in the Martial Saint Academy during the battle with Lei Yuanzong and was likely to be dismissed and punished, the subsequent capture of Lei Jie and the City Lord Mansion's extensive publicity once again made Gu Jinlai's name shine brightly.

His return to the Enforcement Bureau has caused a stir, as if the bureau has found its backbone again.

Tang Zhengxiao, An Yu, and the others immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed out.

"Master, you've arrived."

"Master... are the matters concerning Lei Yuanzong, the Fang Family, and the Bai family... over?"

The two of them wore expressions of anticipation and surprise.

Meeting their gazes, Gu Jinlai calmly nodded. "It's over."

He stated bluntly, "I have been transferred to be the head of the outer district. You have gathered the elite of the law enforcement agency to accompany me to my post. The law enforcement in the outer district must be in our hands, and for now, I only trust you."

"Regional Chief!?"

Tang Zhengxiao and An Yu couldn't help but widen their eyes upon hearing what Gu Jinlai had said.

Outer District Chief!?

He skipped the district head appointment and was directly promoted from deputy district head to general district head of the outer city!?

They had anticipated that as long as Gu Jinlai could survive the annihilation of the Fang Family and Bai families, he would surely be promoted given his combat strength, which was comparable to that of a peak Celestial Person. However, they never expected that his promotion would be so significant.

Moreover, the key is the position.

A comprehensive overview of all matters, large and small, in the outer city area.

This is a power of life and death over the 80 million people in the outer city.

"Headmaster, you... you're saying... it's true..."

Tang Zhengxiao felt his voice trembling and shaking, and it took him a while to finish a sentence.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he slapped himself and hurriedly said, "Look at what I'm saying, it's true! It must be true! With the Dean's abilities, being promoted to Regional Chief is truly well-deserved!"

"Alright, go and get ready. I'll give you an hour."

The Way of Peace Gu Jinlai.

"Yes, yes, we'll go right away. Please have a seat inside, Headmaster."

As Tang Zhengxiao spoke, he quickly led Gu Jinlai into the office and had the clerk serve tea and snacks.

Gu Jinlai never troubled them much, and went to his office to organize the documents he needed to take with him.

In less than an hour, Tang Zhengxiao and An Yu had finished packing.

They also selected more than twenty elites.

These twenty-odd people, although their cultivation levels were not very high, basically all had the strength of Qi Refining or formal Demon God Martial Artist or above.

The key is that their abilities and character have been proven.

Upright and incorruptible.

In terms of investigating cases, even military generals and martial masters could not compare to them.

Seeing that they were all ready, Gu Jinlai wasted no time and led them outside.

As soon as he stepped out of the law enforcement agency, he saw Zhen Chuanzong, the deputy district chief who was previously his peer, rushing over with his men.

Accompanying him were two other district lords: Primordial Spirit True Lord Qiu Mengsheng and Qu Yuan, who had already cultivated into a Martial King.

Upon meeting, Zhen Chuanzong greeted him with a warm smile, saying, "A warm welcome to District Lord Gu for his inspection of our Southeast Outer District... The District Lord's Mansion in the Southeast Outer District will always be District Lord Gu's home..."

"Of course, I am quite familiar with the situation in the southeast outer city."

He uttered a faint murmur Gu Jinlai.

Zhen Chuanzong looked slightly embarrassed. "Although District Chief Gu's tenure here was short, his remarkable achievements have left us all in awe..."

"Don't be so amazed. I will convene a district council meeting in three days and report on it there."

Gu Jinlai, he glanced at the distance and said, "Fang Jianfei, the district chief, has quite the airs."

"Well... District Lord Fang heard that someone had embezzled public funds, so he left the District Lord's Mansion to investigate further, and therefore was unable to welcome District Lord Gu for his inspection..."

Zhen Chuanzong quickly offered an explanation.

"How come I didn't know that District Chief Fang was so diligent? If District Chief Fang feels that the position of District Chief of the Southeast Outer District is not enough for him to give full play to his talents, he might as well go to other places."

Gu Jinlai, he withdrew his gaze and quickly led Tang Zhengxiao and his entourage toward the location of the main district headquarters.

This scene immediately filled Zhen Chuanzong with worry.

Qu Yuan, who had just entered the Martial King stage, had a flicker in his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

The main administrative office of the district is located in the northern outer city area.

This district is also the most prosperous area in the outer city.

Heading north, you'll enter the inner circle of Night City, and beyond that, across the Midnight City urban circle, lies the core of the Holy Dynasty—the Imperial Capital.

Most of the wealthy caravans also came from the north, and the northern outer city, as the gateway to Wind and Rain City, naturally had to carefully cultivate its image.

The main residence of the General District and the main residence of the Northern Outer District are less than three miles apart, and they are a manor covering an area of about four or five square kilometers.

Outside this manor, there are also many departments in the outer city.

The Demon Slayer Hall includes branch halls, martial arts academy, security academy, law enforcement academy, business academy, and so on.

This area of ten square kilometers is basically the office area of the outer city.

Gu Jinlai led his men directly to the former regional commander.

This regional commander is a disciple of the city lord Zhao Hua, named Yu Shengzhi, and is a top-tier Celestial Person.

After Gu Jinlai, whose combat strength had been verified and was indeed comparable to a peak Celestial Person, did not show much arrogance as a Celestial Person, but instead assisted him in understanding the District Lord's Mansion.

Cultivators always value efficiency in their actions.

In just one day, Gu Jinlai officially took over the main residence of the general district.

Two days later, accompanied by Yu Shengzhi, the district council meeting was held.

During this meeting, Gu Jinlai officially took office and assumed the responsibilities of the regional head.

At the same time, it also gave us a general understanding of the situation in other districts.

Of course, this understanding comes only from the written reports of the various regional leaders, and how much of it is true is unknown.

Several more days passed.

Office area.

Tang Zhengxiao and An Yu quickly presented the case files to Gu Jinlai: "Sir, these are the major and important cases that we have selected from the archives of the General Headquarters of the Law Enforcement Academy."

They also classified these case files.

These classification criteria include not only the crimes they committed, but also the background to which they were involved.

Gu Jinlai, people have examined these case files one by one.

What one sees is truly shocking.

It took him a while to finish reading through all the case files before he put them on the table.

"Stablize."

Gu Jinlai uttered a sound that seemed somewhat mocking, "So-called stability is achieved by taking measures from all sides. First, preventing the wronged from speaking out; second, imprisoning all those who investigate thoroughly on various charges; third, expelling them from the country; and then, there's a last resort..."

His gaze fell on one of the forms.

Demonic Beasts attacks, out-of-control attacks, demon cult attacks.

Numbers 182 to 190 on the 14th Street in the North Outer District were attacked by Demonic Beasts, resulting in 394 deaths and injuries.

Numbers 405 to 432 on the Sixth Street in the Northwest Outer District were attacked by cultists, resulting in 622 deaths and injuries.

The 12th Subdistrict of the Northeast Outer City...

This form is full of similar information.

Through collecting and organizing this information, Tang Zhengxiao ultimately arrived at an incredibly cruel conclusion.

Of the many cases documented, more than 30% of the steadfast whistleblowers and accusers met their end with the deaths of those accusers in Demonic Beasts attacks.

More than 40% of them died at the hands of out-of-control individuals and cultists.

Therefore, the accusations against the out-of-control individuals and cultists in these case files can be described as utterly heinous and Gu Jinlai. If one were to disregard the identities of the victims, one would generally believe that these out-of-control individuals and cultists deserved to die.

"Really..."

What have we wanted to say Gu Jinlai?

But in the end...

I have nothing to say.

He looked at the documents and took out five of them.

These three documents relate to the Jin family, where the Demon Slayer Hall Master resides; the Cao family, where the City Guards reside; and the Zong family, Hai family, and Yue family, which are among the Nine Martial Saints.

It's not the right time yet.

Then he selected four of the documents.

The forces involved in these four documents are also backed by King Wu, and even Celestial Person beings.

But...

"I need detailed intelligence and evidence regarding the involvement of these four entities."