With his final words, Chen Changsheng turned and left without looking back.
"Tian Rui, strike the names of those who stepped forward from the list."
"Send the rest to their respective families and sects according to the plan."
After saying that, Chen Changsheng vanished from where he stood.
As for the powerful figures who had chosen to obediently comply, they swiftly left the area.
Void.
"Sir, won't this drive them into a corner?"
Cui Hao Yu, who had been following behind Chen Changsheng, spoke up.
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng said blandly, "They will definitely be driven into a corner. If they do not resist, everything they possess now will be taken away bit by bit."
"That is no different from killing them."
Upon receiving this answer, Cui Hao Yu visibly hesitated, but he did not voice what was in his heart.
Seeing Cui Hao Yu's hesitant expression, Chen Changsheng said, "What? Have you gone softhearted?"
"It is not softheartedness. I am wondering whether there is a gentler way to resolve this matter."
"Then I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. There is no gentle way to resolve the problem of the great families."
"Even with your wisdom, Sir, you cannot think of a solution?"
Cui Hao Yu raised his head to look at Chen Changsheng.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng said, "The Pill Epoch's problem is not much of a trouble. The real trouble is the parasites entrenched within the great families and powerful clans."
"They shelter beneath the great families' umbrella from wind and rain, yet behind the scenes, day after day, they suck the great families dry."
"If this problem were truly just a minor one, do you think I would make such a massive commotion?"
Hearing this, Cui Hao Yu thought for a moment and said, "There are indeed