Chapter 268: Meeting Zhuding Again (Please Subscribe)

Following Du En's calm footsteps, they quickly returned to the City Lord's Mansion and arrived at the City Lord's office.

Meng Changqing had already established a connection and was waiting there, his figure projected.

Zuo Kui, having shed his restraints, and the timid and weak Tong Wenrong, very consciously lowered their heads and averted their eyes, standing on either side of the door, not daring to look up, acting as if they only possessed one ear and one mouth.

No, it would be best if they didn't even have ears!

But if the True Monarch of their sect were to ask a question, they would have to respond immediately, so they still had to bite the bullet and listen to the sound.

Seeing them like this, Meng Changqing in the spiritual light projection shook his head slightly, saying nothing about it, lest he frighten them.

He only spoke to Du En: "You did well this time; by detecting it in time and acting in time, you kept the repercussions and influence contained within a small scope, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Clearly, they did not need Du En and the others to report, because having already cut in, connected to the city defense, and retrieved the records, they already generally knew the situation.

"Was it truly the Rotten Forest Immortal Sect behind the scenes this time?"

Du En actually harbored some doubts about this; the main reason was that, reflecting on the matter, there were still many suspicious points.

Meng Changqing also nodded in agreement: "Indeed, if this were said to be the work of Rotten Forest, it would seem a bit too crude."

"That evil path technique of Zhou Ze is actually more like something that would be studied over in Fu Dong, but if it were truly the handiwork of the two great immortal sects, it would inevitably seem too inferior, actually requiring a scale of decades or a century, and only then brewing and accumulating to that level."

Du En continued: "So, it was actually Zhou Ze practicing evil arts first, and Rotten Forest acting later?"

"Very likely. Being exploited and manipulated, I fear the goal was to infiltrate the city defense bit by bit, and then attempt to use this as a springboard to cut into our sect's border combat defense system?"

"Of course, it is more likely there are other goals, after all, the former possibility is basically impossible to achieve."

"Like this time, they infiltrated for decades, and could only produce an actual impact on the outer city of a small city, while we not only monitor the overall changes in rotation, but also personally inspect the finer details from time to time, and will make changes and updates at the drop of a hat..."

Meng Changqing's voice gradually became long and distant, making Tong Wenrong and Zuo Kui, who were listening to the secret, unable to help but feel terrified, cold sweat pouring down their heads, their legs trembling directly.

No!

It was not just because of psychological pressure, but also other pressure!

The atmosphere was quietly changing, the air gradually feeling as if it had solidified, and they were the little fish and shrimp being frozen alive, slowly suffocating, without even a sliver of room to struggle, only able to silently wait for the arrival of death.

Only Du En was the same as ever, slightly raising his head, greeting calmly: "True Monarch Zhuding."

"Long time no see, or perhaps I should say, the first time we have truly met."

It is True Monarch Zhuding!

The reason Meng Changqing's voice just became distant was because of his intervention.

So now, Meng Changqing had temporarily gone offline, and True Monarch Zhuding had projected his figure.

Unlike Meng Changqing, whose true body was at a critical moment of cultivation and could only walk outside entirely with an avatar, this True Monarch was currently revealing his true body directly; even across the vast space-time, appearing in the spiritual light projection, he could substantially interfere with this place.

He was like one who had merged with heaven and earth, surrounded by the Dao, his words carrying the weight of heaven, his voice sounding high and distant, as if coming from far away above the clouds on a mountain peak, stating absolute regulations.

The two local city officials were suffocating, yet could still hear the voice intermittently entering their ears; at this moment, they even had the urge to self-detonate their Golden Cores.

Is this really a place where they should be?

I really want to self-detonate; perhaps then I could catch a breath!

"Regardless of what intentions Rotten Forest might have, the two consecutive incidents have clearly exposed the problems existing in the south, so just now, I have become the person responsible for presiding over the rectification, and now the rectification has officially begun."

As True Monarch Zhuding spoke, he seemed to glance at the other two people present.

They would naturally also be within the scope of the rectification.

And his rectification was naturally not simply killing people everywhere, but moving some of those who avoided battle away from their original positions.

To put it simply, it was to fill them into the prisoner camps, to go to the battlefield as cannon fodder, thereby fulfilling the duties they should have originally carried out.

In other words, it was to rectify the sentiment of avoiding and fearing battle!

In the end, many people would still die, but this group of people were mostly treacherous and evil, having committed many wicked deeds, and various demonic and evil methods were never absent, so there was no need to have any pity for them.

"I only hope you can show some mercy to the resolution."

"Do not worry, after all, we are in the south, I will leave some leeway, and come to think of it, Changqing is too lenient and rule-abiding; it is better for me to preside over this rectification matter, and in the end, he will probably even come to thank me."

True Monarch Zhuding withdrew his peripheral vision from the two, answering in such a way, appearing self-evident and implying something else.

Of course, in the subsequent process of rectification, it would be inevitable to impose his personal influence.

"However, having said that, it is actually thanks to you; wherever you go, trouble arises, which has truly helped me effectively, leaving Changqing with nothing to say and forcing others to quickly accept my leadership."

"It is not because trouble arises wherever I go, but because every place is already stretched to the limit; as long as a tiny spark appears, it will directly detonate."

Du En calmly refuted.

True Monarch Zhuding only nodded in agreement: "Indeed, of the three hundred small cities in the south, I didn't know until I checked carefully, but upon checking, I found that in two hundred and ninety of them, there are people acting in violation of regulations, so this is indeed not your problem, but that the whole is rotten to this extent."

While they were talking, the rectification matter had already been carried out with thunderous speed.

It would start from the small cities and go all the way back to the regional hub cities, which could be considered giving the great cultivators and True Ones some time to react, so that they wouldn't be full of filth and suddenly encounter an investigation and rectification, and then directly explode and rebel.

Although they could be suppressed with a backhand, it would ultimately cause some unnecessary influence.

"Du En, do you think that my actions seem too cold and ruthless, and that I am merely treating human lives as grass?"

"..."

"In order to end everything as it is now, there is actually only this one practical way to do it!"

Facing the silent and calm object of his speech, True Monarch Zhuding chuckled as he spoke, making Tong Wenrong and Zuo Kui, who had only just slightly adapted, truly want to self-detonate their Golden Cores now.

Is this a topic they can listen to?!

But things had reached this point, and they could only continue to listen.

"Sole Hegemony!"

True Monarch Zhuding slowly spat out his grand blueprint, "The mortal world is still too narrow, and the five great immortal sects and five great supremes are truly too many!"

"Therefore, only with one family standing alone, one sect holding sole hegemony, can those meaningless consumptions be ended and stopped, allowing everyone to return to the positions they should be in, to shine and heat to their heart's content, and jointly create a peaceful landscape."

For this, one needs to sacrifice and make concessions; for this, one can be cold and ruthless; for this, those human lives can all be numbers.

Everything is just to be as fast and swift as possible, to let Luoyu truly hold sole hegemony over the world!

(End of chapter)