The environment inside the house was chaotic. Despite the protection of the formation, some damage was done, but fortunately, the house itself was not harmed.
Lan Zhen's corpse ignited with flames and quickly turned to dust. With a wave of Chen Changsheng's true energy, it scattered across the sky.
"This house has seen a death. You wouldn't mind, would you?" Chen Changsheng smiled. "Should I have you moved to another one?"
Hearing this, Ning Zun smiled wryly and shook his head. "How could cultivators fear the ghost stories of ordinary people? It's Chen Gongzi's strength that startled us."
"Chen Gongzi, I heard that you were ambushed by the Lan family. Were you injured? And your cultivation base…"
Ning Jing hesitated, feeling that it would be impolite to directly ask about the other party's cultivation realm.
Since the other party had chosen to hide their cultivation, they probably didn't want to reveal it.
Chen Changsheng smiled magnanimously. "I'm just at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. The people who ambushed me are all dead. As for the Lan family, the City Lord's Mansion will personally pay them a visit."
Foundation Establishment my foot!
The siblings simultaneously cursed inwardly, knowing that Chen Changsheng was unwilling to reveal his true strength, so they stopped pressing him.
"Chen Gongzi, we plan to join the Demon Suppression Division," Ning Jing said again.
"Just report directly to the Demon Suppression Division. I will arrange for someone to repair and compensate for your house. On your first day, cultivators broke in, which is a dereliction of duty on the part of Taiping City, and we should compensate you."
At that time, after the auction ended, Chen Changsheng saw that the Ning siblings were in a hurry to return home to distribute the natural treasures, so he didn't follow them immediately and instead went to deal with the other cultivators who had become greedy.
The Ning siblings weren't the only ones attacked in the city. After this auction, many cultivators formed grudges and planned to secretly kill each other.
In order to maintain the reputation and safety of Taiping City, the City Lord's Mansion, the Demon Suppression Division, and even the disciples of the Dao Treasure Pavilion took action, closely monitoring every street and alley of the city, suppressing any killings and riots at the first sign.
No matter how cruelly you kill outside Taiping City, you must be quiet inside Taiping City!
Chen Changsheng took action several times to suppress the petty villains, and on the way, he even encountered more than a dozen Lan family Foundation Establishment juniors ambushing him.
The result was obvious: these people were all thrown into prison to await interrogation.
When he arrived at the Ning family, he happened to witness the scene of Lan Zhen threatening the Ning siblings.
…
The three arrived at the Demon Suppression Division, and Zhi Shu completed the registration for the siblings.
From today onwards, the Ning siblings would be members of the Taiping Demon Suppression Division.
During this time, Ning Jing and Ning Zun were constantly communicating using true energy, wanting to say something to Chen Changsheng several times, but they couldn't make up their minds.
Chen Changsheng didn't care about this. After parting ways with the siblings, he went to the Demon Suppression Division's prison.
A large number of prisoners were held in the dungeon, which was heavily guarded. In addition to demons and evil cultivators, there were also righteous cultivators who had tried to kill and steal treasures in Taiping City today.
The so-called righteous path refers to those who cultivate righteous path techniques, not necessarily those whose hearts are aligned with the righteous path.
There are countless righteous cultivators who commit evil deeds. If they can be caught, they will be caught; if they can't be caught, they will be killed on the spot. Taiping City will never be soft-hearted.
Bang!
"Insulted Elder Zhuo? How dare they? And how is Elder Zhuo involved?"
Hearing that these people dared to insult the highly respected Elder Zhuo, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but frown, but what followed was confusion and astonishment, unable to understand the ins and outs of the matter.
Luo Liuxi explained softly, "Elder Zhuo comes from the Great Evolution Holy Land and is one of the Supreme Elders of the Great Evolution Holy Land. On the Lan family's side, there is a genius disciple who recently joined the opposing Holy Land of the Great Evolution Holy Land—the Profound Heaven Holy Land!"
"The Lan family's confidence comes from the Profound Heaven Holy Land backing them!"
"But this genius disciple of the Lan family suddenly died one day. According to the Profound Heaven Holy Land, this disciple was killed by the Great Evolution Holy Land."
"Therefore, the Lan family hates the Great Evolution Holy Land, hates Elder Zhuo, and also hates the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage that Elder Zhuo joined, as well as our Taiping City."
Holy Land!
The most top-level sects and factions in the cultivation world, at least one Integration Stage expert must be in charge to be called a Holy Land.
And Holy Lands are also divided into different grades, and the gap between Holy Lands is even vastly different, but the difference in the middle may only be one or two Integration Stage cultivators, which can fill the gap between each other.
Like the Great Evolution Holy Land, there were already Integration Stage experts in charge. After Zhuo Heng advanced to the Integration Stage, it directly caused the Great Evolution Holy Land's foundation to skyrocket.
"The genius disciple of the Lan family you're talking about, could it be…"
Chen Changsheng's expression became strange.
The three women's gazes focused on him at the same time, and they nodded their heads slightly.
Everything was self-evident!
This genius disciple was Lan Mian, whom Chen Changsheng had killed in the Myriad Hands Palace!
The Lan family mistakenly placed their hatred on the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage, and they actually found the right person!
"That guy cultivated heretical techniques, which is a disgrace to the righteous path! But since he came from the Profound Heaven Holy Land, why did he still dabble in evil arts?"
Chen Changsheng was puzzled.
Yuan Rao said indifferently, "Perhaps the Profound Heaven Holy Land has changed, or maybe it's mixed with rat droppings."
Chen Qianqian's eyes flickered and said, "I suspect that the Xin Sheng Cult has infiltrated the Profound Heaven Holy Land, and there are Xin Sheng Cult spies inside."
"Because the cause and effect and the positions are different, we don't need to delve into the details. We only need to know that the Lan family is standing on the opposite side of the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage, and they dared to attack the director of the Taiping Demon Suppression Division. Don't even think about leaving without paying the corresponding price!" Luo Liuxi said coldly.
It is obviously not advisable to directly destroy the Lan family. Everything must have a process.
It is both to let the outside world, which is unaware of the situation, know the cause and effect, and to show the demeanor of the Great Ancient Immortal Dao lineage.
First, let the Lan family members express their position and ask whether the opposition to the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage is the Lan family's intention or the intention of individual Lan family members.
If the Lan family still maintains a strong attitude, it will not be too late for the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage to take action.
Looking at the Foundation Establishment cultivators who were unconscious on the ground, Chen Changsheng asked, "Have the people from the Lan family's main branch been caught?"
Chen Qianqian pointed to the cell next door: "They're all locked up next door. Their mouths are very tough, and they refuse to admit that this matter has anything to do with them."
Yuan Rao interjected, "I have already sent someone to notify the Lan family's spokesperson to come. They are probably a bunch of tough bones to crack, but Elder Zhuo will be staying in Taiping City during this time, so even if the Lan family uses all their resources, they won't be able to cause any waves."
"If that's the case, I'll leave the follow-up matters to you."
Chen Changsheng found that the members of the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage were all too capable. They handled the grievances and entanglements of the cultivation world quite skillfully and didn't need his help at all.
So he simply handed everything over to Luo Liuxi and the others to handle, and he could just go back and wait for news.
