I have a city in another world

Chapter 7125 Three Conditions
At this moment, Zhao Heng and Master Su felt as if their minds had exploded, their faces filled with shock.

Tang Zhen's words were so shocking that they found it hard to believe.

Death is the same thing, but different ways of dying can have different psychological impacts.

In years of famine, corpses of the starved litter the fields. The whole process is like boiling a frog in slowly boiling water; even if some people know this, they might not take it seriously.

But if a sudden disaster occurs and hundreds of thousands or even millions of people die, it gives people a different feeling.

If one were to witness a massacre, it would fill one with righteous indignation.

Using hundreds of thousands of ordinary people as sacrifices just to improve the quality of the spiritual vein is an absolutely insane act that shocks and terrifies anyone who hears about it.

The thought that one's own soul would become a sacrifice intensifies the grief and indignation.

Zhao Heng's face was gloomy, and his fists were clenched tightly, his body language proving that he was extremely unsettled.

Master Su sighed and staggered back half a step, his face turning deathly pale in an instant.

"That's impossible..."

"How could anyone do such a thing..."

"This is utterly tantamount to treating human life as worthless as grass, and is intolerable to the laws of Heaven. Aren't you afraid that the world will find out, and you will be attacked by words and condemned by righteous people?"

Master Su felt a chill run down his spine and muttered to himself, feeling that this matter was too outrageous.

I didn't want to believe it, but I had no choice but to, because these words came from Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen's identity is in doubt, but he may not have a reason to deceive. Besides, the decision to believe or not is in his and the city lord's hands.

Su hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to believe, yet the more he did so, the more he felt the enemy was utterly ruthless.

Hundreds of thousands of people were all sacrificed?

And that spiritual vein could actually improve its quality in this way—it's unheard of!

Such behavior is truly inhumane and demonic. Looking at the whole world, how can there still be such practitioners? Why have we never heard of them before?
Or did they suddenly appear, preparing to commit heinous acts that would incur the wrath of both gods and men, and Nuchuan City was the first target they set their sights on?
If that's the case, then it is indeed a tragedy.

"How could it come to this? How could it come to this!"

Master Su looked at Tang Zhen and asked in a resentful tone, hoping to get a reassuring answer.

At this moment, his image as a teacher vanished, his eyes filled with confusion and helplessness, and the way he looked at Tang Zhen seemed to be yearning for guidance from a master.

Tang Zhen said calmly, "People die for wealth, birds die for food."

“In the cultivation world, massacring a city and destroying a country for a spiritual vein is not, strictly speaking, an excessively outrageous thing.”

"You've just seen too little; you don't know that there are too many similar secrets hidden in the long river of history."

Between mortals and cultivators, there is always an invisible chasm. Even cultivators may not know all the secrets, let alone things that are fundamentally shameful.

Upon hearing this, the two were stunned and speechless, and the hall fell silent once again.

Zhao Heng's face was completely drained of color.

Only at this moment did he finally understand.

Why does the beast tide keep gathering but not attack the city? Why do the cultivators who are secretly watching remain inactive?

It turns out that the other party's target was so shocking and terrifying: using the city as an altar and the people as sacrifices, killing everyone without letting a single one escape, in order to obtain the spiritual vein while keeping the secret as secret as possible, so that outsiders would not know what had happened.

What a vicious scheme, what a shameless act! Who is behind this?
Zhao Heng racked his brains but couldn't find an answer, and he became increasingly frustrated.

Then I think about how the people of the city are still desperately building city walls and digging all sorts of traps, just to survive.

Zhao Heng suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, a profound sense of powerlessness almost engulfing him, and he couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.

"Ugh!"

After struggling for so long, all we've got is for everyone to slowly wait to die? What can we do, and how can we break this deadlock?

To preserve the position of city lord, to preserve the family's legacy, and most importantly, to safeguard the spiritual vein and prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy.

If he survives this ordeal, Zhao Heng swears on his life that he will make the enemy pay the most terrible price.

Tang Zhen saw the two men's distraught appearance, which was exactly the result he wanted.

If the facts are not clarified, and the parties involved continue to harbor wishful thinking, the outcome will inevitably end in tragedy.

Having arrived at this place and witnessed this event, Tang Zhen certainly had no reason to stand idly by.

Moreover, the path to godhood is one of exploration and discovery. While one cannot recklessly use one's cultivation, there are still some things that must be done.

The path to godhood is not a shackle; failing to do what should be done is, on the contrary, a mistake.

In the crisis-stricken city of Nuchuan, Tang Zhen could finally test his ideas and do some things he had long wanted to do.

Seeing that the time was right, Tang Zhen slowly said, "Although the situation is critical, it is not without a solution."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng and Master Su were both startled.

The two looked up almost simultaneously, their eyes filled with anxiety as they stared at Tang Zhen, like drowning people grasping at a willow branch hanging from the bank. Even though it was thin and fragile, they held on tightly, treating it as their only chance of survival.

However, the two of them still retained their rationality and tried to analyze the situation after Tang Zhen proposed a solution to see if it could really resolve the crisis.

At this moment, they still clung to a sliver of hope that what Tang Zhen said was not true.

After all, the method of using human sacrifices to improve the quality of spirit ore was something that neither of them, as cultivators, had ever heard of.

That's why they had doubts and dared not fully believe Tang Zhen's words.

Such is human nature, and practitioners are no exception. Even when faced with the truth, they still have all sorts of thoughts.

Tang Zhen understood this very well, but didn't care at all.

The harsh reality will make those who harbor illusions realize that every moment of hesitation they had was pushing them into an abyss from which there is no end.

Instead of offering explanations, it's better to state the facts and let the other party make their own decision.

"Please explain further, sir!"

"If needed, Zhao Heng will do everything in his power."

Zhao Heng's face was serious. He and Master Su bowed with their hands clasped in greeting, facing Tang Zhen with upright posture, like obedient students seeking advice from an elder.

"If you can save the entire city, it will be an unparalleled act of merit. The entire city will forever remember you, and Lu Chuan Academy will erect a monument to commemorate you, helping you to become famous throughout the world!"

Master Su made a promise, which was the only way he could think of to thank Tang Zhen at that moment.

Tang Zhen remained unmoved by the temptations of fame and fortune.

He didn't need these worldly things, and he never bothered to try to obtain them.

Under their pleading gazes, Tang Zhen continued, "To resolve this crisis, you must agree to three conditions. If you fail to agree to even one, nothing will be done."

What are the three conditions?

Zhao Heng asked in a deep voice, his expression unchanged, while Master Su waited attentively.

"The first condition is that I must become the city lord and announce to all the people of the city that the transfer of power is genuine and not just a formality."

As Tang Zhen finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Heng with a half-smile, waiting for the other party's reaction.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng's expression immediately changed, revealing a deep sense of vigilance.

He never dreamed that Tang Zhen's first condition would be to seize his position as city lord.

Zhao Heng's first reaction was that this was absolutely unacceptable!