Immortal Nation

"Buzz!"

Just then, streaks of light emanated from the towers surrounding the city walls.

This is...

Gu Jinlai a common sight.

Signs that the city's protective formation is about to be activated.

At the same time, Cao Wudao, the commander of the city guard, swept his divine sense across the entire city at an extremely fast speed. "A demon-slaying envoy has reported that a large number of Demonic Beasts have gathered in Dragon Cry Valley in the direction of Flowing Fire City. It is suspected that the Demonic Beasts are causing trouble. In order to ensure the safety of Wind and Rain City, the city's protective formation will enter a pre-activation phase for a period of time! It will be closed after the specific movements of the Demonic Beasts in Dragon Cry Valley are confirmed!"

The resources required to activate the city's protective formation for even a day are astronomical.

Even with pre-activation, the amount of resources required each day still exceeds one hundred million.

And this protective city formation...

One reason is to guard against the Dragon Emperor and the Demon Emperor, and another reason is to guard against their Gu Jinlai.

"I wonder if Zhao Hua has reported the movements of Dragon Cry Valley to the Supreme Elders of the Six Great Grotto-Heavens..."

It has been on my mind Gu Jinlai.

At present, there has been no major movement from the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor's side. Although he has gathered Demonic Beasts, he has not made it clear that he will attack Wind and Rain City.

Furthermore, the defensive arrays of each city in the Holy Dynasty were crafted with immense effort, dedication, and resources. By activating the divine weapons through the power of these arrays, and with the Holy One presiding over the operation, the power of the divine weapons can be maximized, thereby granting them the strength to directly confront the Demon Emperor.

This is why almost every city lord is bestowed with a divine weapon.

With this combination, as long as the scale of the demonic tide unleashed by the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor is not too large, it will not be difficult for Wind and Rain City to stop the demonic tide from sweeping across the city.

In this situation, if Zhao Hua were to report this matter to the Supreme Elders of the Six Great Grotto-Heavens, it might only make the high-ranking officials of the Holy Dynasty think that he was incapable of controlling the situation in Wind and Rain City and could not defend it.

Following this clue...

"The City of Wind and Rain".

Gu Jinlai to calm their minds and spirits.

He flashed away and headed out of the city.

In the battle with the Demon Slayer Hall, he killed Zong Yan in front of Zhao Hua, which completely offended the city lord. In addition, his rise would inevitably affect the interests of Zhao Hua and others, so a battle between the two sides was inevitable.

He might be able to strike first and kill Zhao Hua directly, but Zhao Hua is the city lord of Fengyu City appointed by the Holy Dynasty, a high-ranking official. If he kills Zhao Hua without sufficient evidence and reason, it would be a challenge to the Holy Dynasty's rule, and he would inevitably face retaliation from the entire Holy Dynasty.

Therefore...

He either needs to patiently investigate and gather evidence that Zhao Hua's crimes are unforgivable.

Or...

When his cultivation level advances further.

In a world that possesses immense power, once it becomes strong enough to launch a dimensional reduction attack, the existence of evidence becomes irrelevant.

At that time, his words were the evidence.

"I've completely adapted to the rules of this world."

A sigh of emotion arises from the heart Gu Jinlai.

He glanced at the Inner City, where the warning array had been fully raised, then his figure flashed like light, traversing the void and descending towards the main district headquarters.

Zhao Hua activated the formation, and although it was only pre-activated, it still blocked the Martial King and the Primordial Spirit True Lord from freely entering and leaving Wind and Rain City.

If they wanted to escape back into the city, they could only use the portals left by the array. As long as Gu Jinlai guarded these portals, the outer city and the Inner City would be effectively isolated.

Now he can freely sweep through the outer city without worrying about anyone escaping inside.

Of course, those with powerful backgrounds and good connections have probably already fled to the Inner City. Those remaining in the outer city are probably just small fry.

As Liu Feiyun and her group led their men rapidly toward Fengyu City, news of the Chilong Territory being swept aside spread.

Furthermore, Gu Jinlai intentionally promoted this matter extensively in the outer city, and immediately, the entire outer city, and even the Inner City, were filled with an atmosphere of excitement, cheering for the glorious victory that Gu Jinlai race.

In this atmosphere, preparations for the event, which would accommodate millions of people, were carried out spontaneously by various departments.

Countless houses that could be used for temporary housing were built.

Some old clothes were also donated and are now being managed in a pile.

The entire outer city area started operating at an extremely fast pace.

It seemed that the words that Gu Jinlai had Jin Fantian conveyed had an effect. A few days later, a meeting was held within Fengyu City, and Gu Jinlai was appointed as the fourth deputy city lord of Fengyu City, in charge of all matters in the outer city.

This appointment immediately boosted the morale of the staff who had been somewhat uneasy about following Gu Jinlai investigate and confiscate the various forces, and they all devoted themselves to their work with even greater enthusiasm.

Throughout Wind and Rain City, the higher-ups seem to have all sorts of ideas, and everything is based on their own interests.

After all, without such ruthlessness, they wouldn't have been able to rise to the top.

However, those at the grassroots level, with sincere hearts, genuinely wanted to contribute their insignificant strength to the greater cause of humanity's fight against Demonic Beasts.

The General Headquarters of the Region.

In the office.

In six days, Gu Jinlai has thoroughly swept through the outer city area.

There may be a few who slip through the net, but the manpower and resources required to investigate and seize those people will be much more troublesome than those for large forces, so we can only proceed slowly.

"One hundred and eighty rays of clear light."

I have come to understand the state of the spiritual world throughout history.

This pure light was not enough for him to elevate the Chaotic Star Body to the critical point of perfection.

And the outer city area...

Many people received advance notice and fled into the Inner City. Even if he swept through the city again and again, he could probably only get about ten or eight cleared areas left.

"The chaos in Fengyu City has drawn the attention of the Holy Dynasty's higher-ups. This is why Zhao Hua was forced to find a 'knife' to clean up the situation and deal with the investigation from above... There are quite a few heinous criminals in Fengyu City. If we include those who escaped from the outer city, and clean up the entire Inner City... there could be five or six hundred cleared out."

It Gu Jinlai.

However, Zhao Hua and his men were already on guard, and the city's protective array was in a pre-activated state. In addition, with the imminent threat of the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor, it was impossible for him to rush into the Inner City and wreak havoc.

Moreover...

The Thunder Magnetic Essence Gold that Jin Fantian promised to deliver in three to five days has not yet arrived.

"Um!?"

At this moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to sense something and looked ahead.

A moment later, a gentle breeze silently entered his office and closed the doors and windows.

It was Ding Zhongyuan, the third most dangerous member of the Demonic Cult on the Purge Department's list of most dangerous individuals.

12 billion in mobile phones.

"Ancient Martial Saint".

After Ding Zhongyuan appeared, he respectfully bowed and said, "Thank you, Ancient Martial Saint, for breaking through the Lilong Territory, liberating my millions of people, and leading them out of their suffering."

"You should have heard about my actual strength. Now that you're standing in front of me, do you really think you can escape from me with your Divine Ability Movement Method and agility?"

"Looking at this cultist from Gu Jinlai," he said.

"Ancient Martial Saint is different from others. You have just arrived in the Holy Dynasty and have not yet been corrupted by the upper echelons of the Holy Dynasty. This can be seen from your actions in Wind and Rain City during this period."

Ding Zhongyuan said respectfully.

This attitude is much better than when the two first met.

"You didn't come all this way just to flatter me, did you?"

This Gu Jinlai.

In fact, Ding Zhongyuan had previously provided him with a great deal of evidence that Zhao Hua and others had persecuted their own kind and even colluded with Demonic Beasts.

But those pieces of evidence...

He had looked into it.

They could bring down some ordinary people, but they couldn't do anything to Zhao Hua, a powerful regional official who controlled an entire city.

Just as an ordinary person who embezzles tens of thousands of yuan might be sentenced to more than ten years, a top official who embezzles hundreds of millions of yuan is only given a warning.

As long as it doesn't involve fundamental interests or touch upon sensitive issues such as overthrowing the Holy Dynasty, these are all minor matters to those in high positions.

"The real reason I came here is to extend an invitation to the Ancient Martial Saint."

Establish the Central Plains Road.

"Invite?"

He Gu Jinlai.

Ding Zhongyuan organized his thoughts for a moment before slowly saying, "In fact, we acknowledge the blame the Holy Dynasty has placed on us for splitting the Holy Dynasty. After all... the Holy Dynasty is indeed completely corrupt from top to bottom. Many people, even if they want to save the Holy Dynasty, either can never rise to a higher position and exhaust their efforts at the lower levels without making any impact, or they are directly assigned some dangerous missions and meet with misfortune. It is not surprising that they are eventually labeled as out of control or demonic cultists like us."

He sighed, "Under these circumstances, rather than watching these passionate and righteous people persecuted to death by the corrupt officials and system of the Holy Dynasty, it would be better to take them with us and leave for a place of true hope."

"A true land of hope?"

Gu Jinlai we understand why he acknowledged the "division of the Holy Dynasty."

"So, which faction do you represent?"

"A celestial kingdom!"

Ding Zhongyuan declared emphatically, "We represent the Immortal Kingdom!"

He looked at Gu Jinlai with a gleam in his eyes. "Rumors are circulating that the Ancient Martial Saint is possibly related to the Li Yang Cave Heaven. In recent days, we have also sent people to secretly infiltrate the people you rescued from the Chilong Territory to gather information. You are indeed a hidden big shot in the Li Yang Cave Heaven. In that case, you should know the name of the Immortal Kingdom, right?"

"A celestial kingdom."

Hearing this name Gu Jinlai is not particularly surprising.

This power has a long history.

This force was mentioned in both the memories of the Aries Star Lord and some rumors he heard later.

In the memories of the Aries Star Lord, this was a vast force formed by many cultivators who could no longer endure the oppression of cultivators by the Creator.

They gathered together and built an extremely vast celestial world, which they called the Immortal Kingdom.

That grotto-heaven world seemed quite special.

It is said that once, the Creator was curious and wanted to go to the Immortal Kingdom to investigate what these cultivators were up to, but he was unable to set foot in the Immortal Kingdom even a little bit.

Even though he later joined forces with several friends to invade the Immortal Kingdom, they were unable to enter it.

This is what gives the Immortal Kingdom the right to stand on equal footing with the Creator's powers such as the Holy Domain, the Mountain of Gods, and the Temple of the Sea God.

Many top experts gathered together and researched the path to Immortal Lord, which is above the True Immortal of the World.

This alerted the Creators, who, while forging a large number of divine weapons in an attempt to fundamentally block the path of cultivators, also intensified their demands and research into the spirit world.

Final...

A storm erupted in the spirit world, leading to the destruction of the Celestial Master civilization.

"The Holy Dynasty has utterly fallen. We sincerely wish to invite the Ancient Martial Saint to join the Immortal Kingdom and truly strive to expel Demonic Beasts and restore the glory of human civilization!"

Ding Zhongyuan sincerely said.