"Stop right there! Drop the weapons in your hands and seal your spiritual power yourselves, or we'll be forced to take action!"
Within the Outer City, Xu Qing stared wide-eyed at the cultivators racing past him, scattering through the streets and alleys. Behind this group of men dressed like rogue cultivators were enforcement cultivators in Alliance uniforms.
The rogue cultivators being chased wore terrified expressions, yet their hands still clutched storage pouches tightly. It was clear these fellows had been caught in the middle of theft or robbery.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Qing judged the trajectory of the figures already speeding away. He reached down with his left hand, and a round of ammunition flickering with lightning struck directly onto the fleeing men.
Boom.
With a muffled blast, the lightning spell erupted and instantly shocked several unprepared rogue cultivators to the ground.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the pursuing Alliance enforcement officers finally fastened artifacts that prohibited the circulation of spiritual power onto the men's hands.
"Thank you for your help. However, the area of effect of that earlier shot seemed to exceed Alliance regulations... Ah, you're an Academy student? My apologies!"
The enforcement officer who approached had intended to ask about the situation, but when he saw the Academy emblem hanging from Xu Qing's chest, he immediately straightened up and saluted.
Although, for certain special reasons, Academy cultivators had not yet taken up posts within the Alliance, any resident of Heyang City knew that this group of young people would become the brightest rising stars in Heyang City's Alliance over the next five years.
This was especially true for grassroots enforcement officers. There was a good chance that, when territory expansion brought transfers in the future, they would be assigned an Academy-born cultivator as their superior.
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