My Territory, My Rules! Kill the Chicken to Scare the Monkey

After Su Yan Yan sent the warning message, Chen Dengming quickly summoned Guan Chao and some stewards, ordering the evacuation of the cultivators and disciples gathered around the island, while paying attention to strict control of order and handling the matter discreetly.

He had anticipated that such Rogue Cultivator population would inevitably cause panic among some people.

Without strong control over order, the situation could easily become even more chaotic.

Soon, the cultivators who had come to watch the commotion around the island were driven back to the city, and many people were talking about it with fear and unease.

In the distant Evergreen City on the island, some unaffiliated Rogue Cultivator, unaware of the situation, flew into the air and began to discuss it animatedly.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator released his Divine Sense to investigate the situation from a distance.

More and more people were gradually awakened from their meditation or sleep, and walked out of their houses, bewildered, their expressions changing from confusion to terror.

Large numbers of the Longevity Sect patrol teams, led by numerous Foundation Establishment Deacon, have flown to the entrances of various streets in the Immortal City to patrol, guard, and maintain order.

The prestige of the Longevity Sect had clearly taken root in people's hearts, and the unrest among the crowd was temporarily brought under control, but disputes in some areas continued to escalate.

Chen Dengming flew to the vicinity of the city wall, frowned as he looked at the several areas where the dispute had broken out in the distance, and coldly asked, "What's going on?"

Tan Jingtao, who was in charge of the Immortal City, immediately flew closer. He glanced at Chen Dengming's bald head, then quickly lowered his head again, sweating as he explained, "Your Highness Daozi, there are some cultivators from other sects who have come to our Evergreen City to stay, as well as some experts among the Rogue Cultivator causing trouble."

They did not want to stay in the city and demanded to leave.

Chen Dengming's face was as hard as iron.

In these extraordinary times, he wouldn't put on a friendly front anymore. Besides, the other party had dared to look at his head while keeping his eyes closed, thinking he hadn't noticed? This was already quite disrespectful.

He said coldly, "Can you handle it? If you can't, you're fired, and I'll take over personally."

Tan Jingtao's nose immediately started to sweat.

He knew this was the final ultimatum issued to him by Dao Child Palace.

The mistakes made before haven't been resolved, but at least I can keep my current position.

However, if the current situation cannot be resolved, then the current position of the deacon of the Immortal City will be in jeopardy.

"Yes! Yes! I'll take care of it right away."

Tan Jingtao had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree, flying over the city wall to handle the matter personally.

Chen Dengming turned his head to look at the tranquil sea in the distance, a bad feeling lingering in his heart.

Since the source of demonic power can infect powerful Sea Monster in the ocean, could it also pose a threat to Nascent Soul Cultivator?

"Senior sister, you should go back to the sect first. Take Jing'er and Xiaoxue with you."

Chen Dengming looked at He Yingyu, who was accompanying him, and said with a solemn expression.

Upon hearing this, He Yingyu's pretty face changed. She knew that Chen Dengming was making the worst-case scenario plan, but as Golden Core Great Cultivator, she remained calm and immediately nodded before flying away from the city wall.

Chen Dengming touched his bald head, feeling somewhat depressed.

His bald appearance greatly affected his prestige as Dao Child disciple.

People might even find him funny when they see him.

However, it was quite simple to induce hair growth. Chen Dengming circulated his internal energy slightly, directing the Blood Qi and qi in his body to the top of his head. Immediately, a tingling, itchy sensation appeared from the top of his head.

Soon, hair grew on his bald head like grass, gradually lengthening.

Several dozen breaths later.

Chen Dengming then regained his long, black, and lustrous hair.

The newly grown hair is soft.

Chen Dengming smoothed his black hair at his temples, examined it, and then withdrew some of his Blood Qi.

Soon, the black hair at his temples quickly turned white, adding to his mature and steady charm.

Chen Dengming nodded slightly; only then could he regain a good image.

He looked up into the distance.

Seeing that the disturbances in the city had not yet subsided, and that Tan Jingtao, after failing to dissuade them, had begun to organize sect cultivators to forcibly suppress them, Chen Dengming frowned.

He could understand the fear these cultivators in the city were feeling, after all, he had started out as Rogue Cultivator himself.

The former Gathering Place was the site of a great battle between cultivators, Brocade Workshop was the site of Demon Beast horde. As Rogue Cultivator, who wouldn't be terrified, let alone in this situation?

However, the current situation is somewhat strange; it seems that someone is deliberately stirring up trouble.

Moreover, the way Tan Jingtao handled this situation already indicates that he has reached the end of his tenure in this position.

As the deacon in charge of the Immortal City, at this critical juncture, resorting to force when soft tactics fail proves that one's authority is insufficient; otherwise, the situation would have been brought under control.

Taking a hard line now, even if it suppresses the situation, will damage the credibility of the Longevity Sect. For a long time to come, cultivators from other sects may not come to Evergreen City to develop. It is truly a bad strategy.

Chen Dengming sighed inwardly, glanced at the elders, including Gongshu Zai, who were busy activating the city's protective formation on the other side, and then leaped into the air, heading straight for several troubled areas.

"Why can't we leave? We are disciples of Silver Fox Island, and we've only come to Evergreen City to make purchases. You're locking us up inside the city. What gives you the right to do that?"

Inside the city, a group of cultivators were making a ruckus, with one of them, dressed in a uniform robe, shouting angrily.

"Exactly, we can come and go as we please, why can't we leave?"

"Your Longevity Sect is merely an outsider, yet you act so arrogantly and domineeringly. I am True Disciple of the Sunset Sect; you have no right to restrict our freedom to leave."

The other cultivators nearby also joined in the commotion.

"Deacon Qin, what do we do now? Should we really take action and forcibly suppress them?"

A beautiful female cultivator looked at Tan Jingtao, whose face was gloomy, with a serious expression. Her figure was much fuller than it had been a few years ago, and she had the charm of a young married woman. She was none other than Yang Lan.

Just as Tan Jingtao was about to speak, he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his body as a powerful spiritual pressure descended upon him. He felt a chill run down his spine and thought to himself that he was doomed.

In the instant he turned around, he saw a blurry figure radiating a subtle Golden Light, silently suspended in the night sky. The figure exuded a powerful spiritual aura, attracting the surrounding Spiritual Qi to vibrate and creating a siphon effect, swirling around Chen Dengming in a bewitching dance.

When Yang Lan turned around, she couldn't help but feel a huge shock. At that moment, Chen Dengming's majestic and imposing figure entered her mind, making her legs go weak and giving her a feeling of utter powerlessness.

Such a powerful deterrent immediately silenced all the noisy cultivators.

Like a flock of sparrows encountering a hawk swooping down and coldly observing them, they all fell silent.

"Longevity Dao Child!"

"It is the Longevity Dao Child. Shut up and stop talking nonsense."

Further away, many cultivators who had been watching the spectacle and observing the situation also changed color, and some of the cultivators who had been shouting earlier quickly hid in the crowd.

Among the crowd, several cultivators with ulterior motives were feeling uneasy and were about to shrink into the crowd to hide when they found a sharp gaze from the sky that struck their faces like two bolts of lightning. Their skin felt as if it had been cut by a knife, and their legs stood stiffly on the ground, unable to move. They felt an unprecedented pressure on their minds, a wave of weakness and powerlessness, but they still held their ground.

"Who says that just because my Longevity Sect is an outsider, I have no right to govern you?"

Chen Dengming floated in mid-air, coldly looking down at the people below. His gaze was sharp, and his mental power had clearly sensed that these people were different. There seemed to be a force in his mind supporting their moral bottom line.

Otherwise, under the pressure of his mental power, they would have already suffered a mental breakdown.

His eyes were like torches, even gleaming with a cold, majestic Silver Light, filled with an extraordinary and terrifying aura. He said calmly, "In my Longevity Sect's territory, my rules are the rules!"

The group of troublemaking cultivators were all pale-faced, and the few among them who harbored evil intentions were swaying precariously, their hearts pounding, and their breathing labored.

Under the terrifying pressure of Chen Dengming's spiritual power, they were like small boats struggling in a storm, with death tightly gripping their throats, feeling intense suffocation, as if their souls and bodies were about to separate, and something deep in their hearts was about to shatter.

"Ah!!--"

A cultivator with sunken eyes and a forehead covered in wrinkles suddenly cried out, his body erupting with a strange and frenzied aura. He suddenly gained courage from who knows where, and his eyes were instantly filled with sinister Devil Qi and resentment as he pointed at Chen Dengming in the sky and cursed him angrily.

"You have blasphemed our Devil Master! I Curse you to a terrible death!"

Upon hearing this, everyone around paled instantly, terrified. They never expected someone would dare to be so audacious as to curse the Longevity Dao Child.

Before the others could recover from their shock, several other cultivators with unusual minds also started cursing, their expressions crazed, and their bodies radiating a chilling Devil Qi.

Sky!

Are they crazy?

They are Devil Cultivator infected by demonic forces!?

Why are there Devil Cultivator in Evergreen City, including some from large sects?

Shock.

Unbelievable!

The surrounding cultivators were filled with countless horrified questions, and in a clamor, they quickly scrambled away from the group.

At the same time, the Silver Light in Chen Dengming's eyes in mid-air was like two beams of light, enveloping the four people who had been infected by demonic power, captivating their souls.

He did not immediately take action because of their offense, but instead used the spiritual perception power of his Human Immortal Way Power to capture the secrets deep within their hearts and investigate their specific circumstances.

In the end, it was discovered that these four people were really good at hiding their true nature; or rather, they appeared to be no different from ordinary people, but their hearts harbored demons.

After being infected by the demonic power, they did not immediately become demonic. Instead, they were subtly influenced by the demonic power and did some crazy things that violated humanity and reason.

"Mosquitoes don't bite eggs without cracks. From this perspective, demonic power specifically targets cultivators whose hearts have accumulated a lot of darkness, making them its targets for intrusion and control."

"If it were a cultivator like me with a firm and strong will, would it be very difficult to infiltrate and control them?"

Chen Dengming seemed to be deep in thought. He made a hand seal to activate a Sound-Image Pearl to record the event. Seeing that the people below had become even more frenzied and were even making hand seals to mobilize magical Law Artifact to attack him, he couldn't help but sneer, "Nonsense!"

He tapped it casually.

The Myriad Gold Pearl flew out with a 'whoosh,' elongating and transforming into a sharp thorn in mid-air.

Before one of the cultivators, who had roared and unleashed his Law Artifact, could react, a blurry golden shadow arrived in an instant, its sharp aura piercing his brow...

A loud "clang" rang out!

The Law Artifact was damaged, leaving a hole, and its spiritual light dimmed!

His body shuddered, and a burst of Golden Light and blood suddenly flew out from the back of his head.

A small amount of blood appeared on his forehead, gradually spreading until even his soul was shattered.

The other three cultivators suddenly awoke from this intense threat of death. Their demonic nature was suppressed by the sense of impending doom, and they stared wide-eyed at Chen Dengming, whose white hair fluttered in the air.

"Longevity Dao Child!"

"Spare me—"

Before he could finish speaking, a burst of Golden Light erupted, and the golden spikes formed from the Myriad Gold Pearl instantly transformed into a gigantic golden hand.

It flipped over and covered everything up hard.

The three of them were immediately slammed to the ground like chicks.

With a loud "boom".

The ground trembled slightly.

A large number of bluestone bricks burst open, flying debris and billowing smoke, while gushing blood seeped out from the cracks.

The stench of blood immediately filled the air.

Everyone who witnessed it was terrified and dumbfounded.

Three lingering souls flew out from the pool of blood.

A glint flashed in Chen Dengming's eyes, like a sharp sword being shot out.

Those around felt as if a silver lightning bolt had swept across the night, sending a chill down their spines and making their hair stand on end.

The three Dao God trembled in the air, and simultaneously collapsed and dissipated like airbags bursting, their souls scattered and their spirits vanished.

This ruthless and decisive crackdown silenced the entire audience, leaving many looking terrified and uneasy.

Just then, Chen Dengming withdrew his intense and awe-inspiring spiritual power and put away the Sound-Image Pearl.

A warm smile appeared on his face as he landed, looked down at the many cultivators below, and solemnly bowed.

"I am Chen Dengming, the Daoist Longevity Dao Child, and I greet you fellow Daoists."

As you all just saw, these people have been infected by demonic power and turned into crazed Devil Cultivator, even irrationally attacking me.

According to the latest treaty signed by the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance, any person or force, in any location, has the right to capture or kill any Devil Cultivator infected with demonic energy! I was forced into this situation."

The surrounding cultivators, having finally realized what was happening, looked at Chen Dengming with a mixture of fear, apprehension, wariness, and admiration.

Many people aren't fools; they know that Chen Dengming is making an example of someone to scare others.

The reason given for killing the chicken was so compelling that it was impossible to find fault with it, and one could even become a witness to it.

At this point, who would dare to cause trouble for no reason?

Some people had previously suggested that the trouble was started by these few Devil Cultivator cultivators who had been infected by demonic influence. Now that they had calmed down, they were still shaken and admired the methods of the Longevity Dao Child Chen Dengming.

After a reasonable period of ruthlessness, it is natural to handle things with a more conciliatory approach. Otherwise, it will not only affect the authority and credibility of the Longevity Sect, but also greatly dampen the enthusiasm of many visiting cultivators, and no one will come to Evergreen City again in the future.

After Chen Dengming flew down, he cheerfully bowed to the crowd from left to right and then from right to left, giving the cultivators ample face. He then explained the temporary city closure with a smile.

"Now that you have heard my explanation, if you still insist on leaving the city, I, Chen, and all the cultivators of the Longevity Sect will certainly not stop you."

However, those who leave must sign a voluntary departure pledge, promising to be responsible for their own life, death, and safety.

Within my Evergreen City, my Longevity Sect will spare no expense in activating the city's protective array to safeguard your safety. This is because you are guests from afar, and as your hosts, we cannot neglect you.

"But once you leave Evergreen City, our Longevity Sect will no longer be able to guarantee your safety."

As it turns out, a firm and forceful approach followed by sincere and humble words is far more effective than simply offering advice.

Many cultivators felt a strong sense of security upon seeing the protective array that had been activated and risen, enveloping the entire Evergreen City in its protective embrace.

Immediately, some of the cultivators who had been clamoring to leave began to waver.

Since there is now a source of demonic power deep in the sea that is infecting the surrounding creatures, even the Nascent Soul Ancestor the Longevity Sect has personally taken action.

Is it safe for them to go out at this time?

Is staying inside Evergreen City safer than flying out of the city?

The cultivators of the Longevity Sect had all withdrawn long ago.

Having thought this through, most of the cultivators calmed down, stopped causing trouble, and some even went back to their rooms to rest.

Only a very few cultivators with different intentions hurriedly flew out of the city after signing the pledge.

Chen Dengming secretly used his Daoist powers to conduct a mental scan of these people one by one.

After confirming that there were no more cultivators infected by demonic influence, he ordered them to be released.

Fifteen minutes later.

Chen Dengming used his clone, still deep in the sea, to send a message to Su Yan Yan, who was in the abyss.

"Uncle-Master, it's all taken care of! However, I still have a bad feeling. Uncle-Master, perhaps we should be on the safe side and notify the seniors of the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance before we proceed?"

Soon, Su Yan Yan's voice transmission came from within the abyss.

"I sent a message long ago, but half an incense stick has passed and there has been no response."

There's no time to waste here. This force is shifting; it seems to be acting under some kind of Mental Will. I must try to crush this Mental Will!

Upon hearing this, Chen Dengming frowned, and couldn't help but think of the willpower of the former Nightmare Country Lord.

He had no idea whether his Third Martial Uncle could resolve the situation smoothly, given his own strength.

But now that Martial Aunt Su was determined to do so, he, as his Nephew Disciple, didn't have much say in trying to dissuade him. He could only suppress his unease and immediately urge the elders, including Gongshu Zai, to completely seal off Evergreen City with the city-protecting formation.

At the same time, he personally flew up to the city wall, focused his blue Dao power in his eyes, and highly concentrated his Divine Sense to observe the scene in the depths of the distant sea.

Within a deep, dark abyss-like sea, a suffocating and vast atmosphere of tranquility permeated the air.

Su Yan Yan's shimmering figure, amidst that dark abyss, appeared as insignificant as a drop in the ocean.

Deep within the abyss below, a malevolent black flame burns silently, a scene of utter eeriness.