Chapter 2916 - 586:

As he stepped into the tower, the door behind him automatically closed. This tower had no windows, yet it wasn’t dark inside; the tower was embedded with numerous glistening gemstones.

And on the first floor of the tower, opposite him, there was a ghost floating.

Cao Zhen’s gaze narrowed at the moment he saw the ghost; this ghost had a remarkably strong aura. Although he couldn’t use spiritual energy now, he could sense that this ghost should have a cultivation base equivalent to the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm.

This was stronger than those ghosts he had seen before.

Earlier, he had thought that the ghost general was the strongest presence, but now, it seemed this ghost in front of him was stronger.

Moreover, this ghost even gave him a feeling of almost becoming corporeal.

The ghost was not wearing armor but rather a very ornate robe, of course, the robe should be formed from demonic qi or perhaps dead energy.

Also, this ghost was female.

This was the first female ghost he had seen in this city.

Suddenly, in the next moment, streams of black mist shot out from the ceiling of the tower.

Cao Zhen had just seen the black mist when, the next moment, they swirled around him, instantly enveloping him, as if invisible shackles were confining him.

What’s happening here?

Is this ghost trying to renege, planning to kill me?

Was my previous judgment wrong?

Cao Zhen felt as if his throat was being squeezed, making it nearly impossible for him to breathe.

Gradually, his breathing became more rapid; he desperately struggled, but no matter how much he tried, the spiritual energy within him remained motionless, he had no way to deal with the black mist.

He could only continue to feel his aura weakening, feeling the approach of death.

Slowly, there was barely any color left on Cao Zhen’s face.

Am I really going to die like this?

Facing the chase of the Daluo Golden Immortal, I counter-killed two.

Yet, I am going to be killed by this ghost!

Myself...

Cao Zhen felt his consciousness becoming more blurred, he was nearly about to faint.

But in the next moment, the black mist choking him suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

He gasped for breath, mouth wide open.

The female ghost raised her head to look at the cultivator in front of her and suddenly said, "I am the ruler here. I can make you live, I can make you die. Here, you must obediently follow my orders."

The voice was somewhat strange, even halting, but the words could be clearly understood.

Cao Zhen was completely stunned; so, these ghosts can talk, or perhaps, because this ghost in front of him was strong enough to speak.

The other party had just used intimidation, or perhaps showed their power, to let him know that here she had absolute authority, she could decide life and death.

"Cough cough..." Cao Zhen coughed a few times, then slowly calmed down, raised his head to look at the ghost in front of him, and said in a low voice, "I know, you are the ruler here, how should I address you?"

"I am the city lord of this city."

Cao Zhen remembered the two large characters he saw when entering the city, clasped his hands together, and said: "Land Blast City Lord."

The ghost was obviously very satisfied with Cao Zhen’s address; Cao Zhen didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he even felt the other smiling upon hearing his address.

"Very good." The Land Blast City Lord extended her hand outward and said, "I know all you’ve done before.

Tell me, next time if cultivators duel again, how should I earn the Peace Command?"

So, this was the reason I was summoned.

Cao Zhen could confirm that these Peace Commands were indeed very important to these ghosts, and this city lord clearly had a taste of success and wanted to continue earning Peace Commands.

Moreover, the other party had some intelligence, obviously above average for ghosts; knowing that my previous method couldn’t continue earning Peace Commands.

He thought for a while and said, "You also know how I previously earned the Peace Commands. My method can only be used by myself, because I am sure of victory. But what about other cultivators’ battles?

Can you be sure which cultivator’s physical body is stronger, or whose swordsmanship is mightier?

Surely, you can’t do that, right?"

The Land Blast City Lord nodded lightly upon hearing this.

Cao Zhen felt assured and continued, "That’s where the problem lies.

For example, if I duel someone again, everyone knows I’m stronger, and they will bet on me; by then, more cultivators will bet on me.

Perhaps all cultivators would bet on me; even if you adjust the odds, you might still lose Peace Commands.

Then, in the end, you are not earning Peace Commands, but losing them.

Thus, you are not suited to continue being the banker. To be the banker, you must know all cultivators’ strengths when they can’t use spiritual energy.

This requires a lot of time and effort to investigate, and you may not even succeed in thoroughly investigating.

So the best method is to let other cultivators be the bankers.

And then you take a commission.

You could say any cultivator can be the banker here, set the odds, and then you take a cut, ten percent or twenty percent of the Hundred Peaks.

Of course, if there is no cultivator being the banker, you could let these cultivators bet themselves, and then distribute according to their betting proportions.

For example, if I were to battle another cultivator again.

Those cultivators’ Peace Commands bet on me to win would sum up to two hundred.

While the Peace Commands bet on the other cultivator would be one hundred.

Then, after I win, all cultivators betting on me to win would equally divide the hundred Peace Commands bet on the opponent.

And we would take a cut from it.

We could take, say, a ten percent cut, which means out of those hundred Peace Commands, we’d take ten, and the remaining cultivators could only take the remaining Peace Commands.

Of course, under these circumstances, there might be a case where a cultivator can’t even get one Peace Command.

Then we could use another method to compensate."

At this point, Cao Zhen paused, he had said quite a lot, he needed the other to comprehend this thoroughly.