Chapter 576 - 211: You Don’t Want This Matter to Be... Known, Right? Do You Think I Dare?

Chapter 576: Chapter 211: You Don’t Want This Matter to Be... Known, Right? Do You Think I Dare?

"There are so many people at the foot of Five Peaks Mountain.

They must have known we were coming.

What should we do next?"

Zheng Ajiu gazed at the cultivators rapidly emerging from the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land.

Especially the three at the forefront, whose demeanor was unusual and clearly different from ordinary cultivators, presumably the three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators currently residing in the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land, which made him somewhat nervous.

"No worries!"

Zhou Changwang waved his hand.

Then he looked towards Xu Kun and Zhang Dong, the two members of the Celestial Essence City guard, "Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Zhang, it’s up to you two next."

"Rest assured!"

Xu Kun and Zhang Dong nodded.

Then, they moved and rushed towards the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land.

Right after.

A loud voice resounded.

"Everyone!

First, issue the City Lord’s Order.

As of today, the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land has been officially leased to Kunpeng Daoist.

The term is for thirty years.

Within these thirty years, the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land will belong to Kunpeng Daoist.

No matter your previous status or the reason for residing in the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land, you are ordered to move out within three days.

If you do not comply, you will bear all the consequences yourself.

If there is any resistance or any damage to the buildings and environment within the Spirit Land, it will be considered a provocation against the entire Celestial Essence City.

So don’t blame us, Celestial Essence City, for being ruthless."

As these words were spoken.

The scene immediately became uproarious.

"Are we going to be left homeless?"

"This is too domineering, isn’t it?

Where can we move on such short notice?"

"We have so many enterprises here.

This was originally a barren land, which we’ve developed into so many Spirit Fields. Are we just going to give it away to this Kunpeng Daoist for nothing?"

"We don’t accept this. Even the City Lord’s Mansion can’t be this overbearing, right?"

...

Upon hearing this, a group of people shouted excitedly.

They all spoke up, their faces full of resentment and anger.

In their eyes, there was even a blaze as they looked at Zhou Changwang and his group behind Xu Kun and Zhang Dong.

"Quiet!"

"We are just here to inform you.

Not to listen to your complaints.

Or are you daring to defy the orders of our City Lord’s Mansion?"

Xu Kun said coldly, scanning the numerous cultivators with a chilling gaze.

Then, he focused on the three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators standing around, saying, "Elder Li, Elder Guo, Elder Huang, you are all senior practitioners. You should know that this place ultimately belongs to our City Lord’s Mansion.

If you affect the City Lord’s profits because of this.

I think the City Lord will be very unhappy.

And if the City Lord is unhappy, our guard team will be punished.

If the guard team is punished, our captain, Wu Tianba, will easily become upset, and if he does, someone will surely suffer."

While speaking, he continued, "Declare your stance; surely you don’t want our captain to know about this trivial matter?"

Upon hearing this, the three’s faces changed.

Celestial Essence City is vast, so there are actually quite a few guard team members.

If they were just ordinary guard team members, they wouldn’t care too much.

But Wu Tianba is a different case.

Not only is he extremely protective of his own, but also very powerful.

Although currently just at the third layer of Foundation Establishment, he has a record of battling and killing a Foundation Establishment Realm Fourth Layer Cultivator.

The key is that there was fundamentally no big conflict between the sides.

He simply sought out a Fourth-Layer Cultivator who had caught a member of the guard team under his command forcing a Female Cultivator to become a Dao companion, intervening and teaching him a lesson.

Subsequently, Wu Tianba went straight to him, openly fighting him outside Celestial Essence City, slaying him outright.

At that time, it intimidated a large number of people.

Although Wu Tianba was later punished, fined for six months’ salary, and confined for half a month.

Yet everyone knew that for Foundation Establishment cultivators, this was hardly any punishment.

For this reason, most cultivators and factions in Celestial Essence City have unavoidably marked Wu Tianba as someone not to be provoked.

And consequently, his guard team members have been regarded as superior.

"Our Li Family naturally acknowledges the City Lord’s official seal.

Since Fellow Daoist Kunpeng has already rented the entire Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land, my Li Family naturally will no longer occupy this place.

Within three days, our Li Family members will move out.

We will never cause trouble for your guard team."

Li Yuanli, whether out of fear or from genuine intent, took a step forward and clasped his hands together as he spoke.

The others saw this and were somewhat indignant.

But the Li Family had indeed previously declared that they would not be deeply involved.

Moreover, the Li Family’s engagement in the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land has always been shallow, only occupying a small portion of Spirit Land and that Cold Pool at the foot of the mountain, so naturally, they dared not say much.

"Our Heaven and Earth Alliance will naturally not defy the City Lord’s Mansion’s order either.

However, if Fellow Daoist Kunpeng just forcibly takes over without giving a statement to the fellow Daoists present, that doesn’t seem quite reasonable, does it?

After all, for so many years, these fellow Daoists have lived within the Five Peaks Mountain Spirit Land and indeed developed many Spirit Fields.

And within these Spirit Fields, there are spirit plants and such being cultivated.

It is a pity to uproot them, but if not, it’s a significant loss."

Huang Shiguo also spoke up, though without clearly stating his intent to withdraw.

"Indeed!"

"My three acres of Love Grass have been planted for three years now, and suddenly, three years of effort would just be wasted."