The Merchant Guild's Most Powerful Weapon

Fang Qingyun yawned, feeling utterly bored. There was less than half an hour left before the grand Spring Festival celebration. Fortunately, they had made thorough preparations and had all sorts of contingency plans in place, so the Spring Festival celebration had proceeded smoothly without any unexpected incidents.

During the day, Fang Qingyun heard that the elephant had fallen into the water and then flew out of it. He sent someone to warn it that flying in the county was not allowed without permission, as it was too dangerous. In addition, the Demon Beast had not registered before entering the city. The elephant's owner obediently led the elephant to register.

Fang Qingyun spent the entire day dealing with such trivial matters.

"I hope nothing bad happens tonight, that no one lights a bonfire and causes a forest fire, that watching a play doesn't lead to a stampede, and that no one gets into fights over a girl..."

Fang Qingyun kept rambling on, talking about the accidents that had happened in previous years.

"Qingyun, I'm leaving now." Prefect Li said goodbye to Fang Qingyun before leaving.

"Take care." Fang Qingyun was even more respectful to Prefect Li than before. He had heard that no new leaders had been parachuted in this time, and that he was able to take over Prefect Li's position thanks to Prefect Li's kind words.

This kindness must be remembered.

Logically speaking, Prefect Li shouldn't have come during the Spring Festival, but this would at least demonstrate his hard work and make him sound good.

Prefect Li always cherished his reputation, and he found that it was easier to get promoted by saying nice things than by doing anything.

Promotion also requires a certain level of competence; this is an unspoken rule in officialdom.

"It'll be soon. When I advance to the Nascent Soul Realm today, both my status as a prefect and my status as a leader will change." Prefect Li's steps quickened as he thought of this.

He walked into the alley, first changed his face, then put on a mask, so that even if someone took off the mask, they would think it was his real face and wouldn't suspect that he was Prefect Li.

Walking between the paths of good and evil, caution is essential.

With his talent, he shouldn't have been able to reach the late Golden Core stage. It was only because he was involved in both the righteous and demonic paths that he had access to resources far beyond what ordinary people could imagine, which led to his current achievements. In the last ten years, he discovered that he had reached a bottleneck and could not reach the Nascent Soul Realm through normal methods. In order to advance in both status and realm, he thought of the Reverse Lifespan Array.

"That's strange. The inspector should have arrived in Yanjiang County before noon today. Why hasn't he come yet?"

Prefect Li—no, after putting on the mask he was Chief Chu—was somewhat dissatisfied with the inspector's tardiness. He specifically told the inspector to come before noon today, as he had a surprise for him.

The so-called surprise was that they activated the Reverse Lifespan Array together with the Inspector, which simultaneously raised their cultivation levels.

"Could something have gone wrong? I waited until the peak time to activate the formation, but oh well, since he's not coming, I'll improve my cultivation level on my own."

Songshan is remote and overgrown with trees. The mountain paths are all made by travelers' footsteps. People who come to pick flowers and play during the Spring Festival will not come to a place like Songshan to make a fool of themselves.

Chief Chu concealed his presence and headed towards Songshan. The further he went, the fewer tourists there were. By the time he reached the foot of Songshan, there was no one left.

He eventually stopped at a flat area where talismans, slightly different from ordinary life-reversing talismans, were hanging on the branches of trees, serving as the array's core.

He sat cross-legged, adjusted his state, and waited quietly for the moment the great formation would be activated. He had already sent six deacons to carry out the task of sacrificing Essence Blood, and judging by the time, it was precisely this moment!

"Reverse Lifespan Formation, activate!" Chief Chu raised his hands to the sky and activated the formation.

Centered on him, the Law Power spread outwards silently, only to stop abruptly at a certain point.

"Someone pulled down the flag!" Chief Chu was momentarily stunned, but quickly realized what had happened.

This wasn't a coincidence that one or two sides were pulled out; the other party must have some understanding of the Reverse Lifespan Formation, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to pull it out so precisely!

"Who is it! Someone from the government? No, government affairs can't be hidden from my eyes."

"Is he a traveler I don't know? Or... is it Lu Yang, who has seen the Reverse Lifespan Formation!"

Lu Yang's behavior is unusual; he might be capable of doing something like this!

Chu's eyes turned cold. This was tantamount to cutting off his own path forward, which was even more painful than being killed!

"Eh, is that how you see me, Chief Chu?" Lu Yang's lazy voice rang out nearby.

"Lu Yang!" Upon seeing Lu Yang, the leader of the Chu branch was instantly enraged. "Don't think that just because the sect leader favors you, I can't kill you. It's all too common for Devil Cultivator to die in accidents. You've given me a reason to do this!"

Lu Yang thought for a moment and said seriously, "Didn't you say that I should cause trouble during the Spring Festival? I thought the biggest thing I could do was to kill the prefect. And look what happened, we followed the prefect for several days and found out that you are the prefect."

"I thought it best to finish what you start, so I might as well get rid of you. Isn't that part of our Demonic Sect's tradition of insubordination?" Lu Yang said with a smile.

"You're courting death!" Chief Chu roared in fury.

"No way, I wish I could live forever."

"A mere Foundation Establishment Realm dares to spout such nonsense here? Die!" Chief Chu unleashed a palm strike in fury. The palm wind was terrifying, devastating and crushing everything in its path, turning all the trees it touched into dust!

Lu Yang used his teleportation ability to dodge the palm strike, but Chief Chu stomped his right foot hard on the ground, like an earth dragon turning over, lifting the entire earth and Lu Yang out with him.

Lu Yang was shocked. This was a cultivator in the late stage of the Golden Core who had kicked him out.

"Tsk, this is tough to deal with."

Chu, the leader of the helm, moved with lightning speed, rapidly approaching Lu Yang. He formed a fist, his fist striking with the force of the wind, determined to smash Lu Yang to death.

The Qingfeng Sword was held horizontally in front of Lu Yang, its blade raised. If Chief Chu dared to strike, the Qingfeng Sword could slice off his fist bones!

Chief Chu immediately withdrew his fist and kicked out. Lu Yang had anticipated this and kicked out in return. With both feet pointing towards each other, Lu Yang flew out!

When Chief Chu launched another attack, he found that his spiritual power was as if it were imprisoned, and he could not muster any strength at all.

"A spirit-suppressing array with the same function as the prison! You really know arrays!" Chief Chu stared intently at Lu Yang. Although he couldn't use his spiritual power, with his physical defense, Lu Yang couldn't harm him in the slightest!

The spirit-suppressing array was set up temporarily by Lan Ting; Lu Yang's purpose was to lure Chief Chu here.

Lu Yang smiled and waved goodbye to Chief Chu.

Chief Chu looked around but found nothing unusual. He suddenly looked up and saw a flying boat hovering above him.

The flying boat that Meng Jingzhou just bought from the Chamber of Commerce.

It was already night, and Songshan was so dark that it was difficult to see even a shadowy figure; otherwise, Chief Chu would have noticed him in the shadows long ago.

Spiritual power could not be used above the spirit-suppressing array either. The flying boat lost power and fell rapidly. Meng Jingzhou jumped out with a parachute on his back.

The flying boat was too large, so Chief Chu couldn't use his spiritual power, limiting his speed and making it impossible to avoid. Lu Yang calculated the distance and hid at a distance.

The airship, like a meteorite, plummeted from the sky and crashed towards Chief Chu!

Boom!

The flying boat crashed, kicking up endless dust and making a deafening roar; the entire Songshan Mountain trembled as it fell.

It appears that the airship was also loaded with explosives, which detonated the moment it crashed, sending flames soaring into the sky and creating a deafening roar!

Lu Yang gave Meng Jingzhou a thumbs-up. "It's good to be rich! Feizhou can buy whatever he wants!"

Meng Jingzhou also gave a thumbs up. "If the merchants didn't only have one flying boat right now, I would definitely buy several more!"

No Law Treasure in the guild could compare to the power of the flying boat that came crashing down.

Fang Qingyun, who was enjoying the peaceful life, was so frightened by the sight of a flying boat landing that he almost had a heart attack.

"Are you kidding me?!"