Dragon Devouring Cultivation

Chapter 251 City Lord
It was not difficult to take over Anqing City. Master Gu had the power to enter and exit the formation. In addition, all the Jindan masters in the city had died. Regardless of whether there was a formation defense or not, Anqing City had no defense at all against Li Zhen.

When he first entered Anqing City, he did not alarm other people and was led by Master Gu into the City Lord's Mansion.

As soon as he entered the City Lord's Mansion, Li Zhen released the Golden Core Divine Thought, and everyone in the City Lord's Mansion was bound by the terrifying Golden Core Divine Thought.

At the same time, his mind swept through every corner of the City Lord's Mansion, and after a moment he frowned slightly.

Because he did not find the core of An Qingcheng's formation, only by mastering the core of the formation could he truly take over An Qingcheng.

Although his divine sense could not discover the location of the core of the formation, he still had other ways.

Li Zhen's figure wandered around the City Lord's Mansion, and he released his ability to perceive spiritual objects.

No matter what method Master Qiang Zhongjie used to hide the core of the formation, as long as it was in the City Lord's Mansion, he could not escape Li Zhen's perception ability.

It didn't take long for Li Zhen to discover a hidden basement. He found it by directly sensing the aura of spiritual creatures underground.

After discovering the location of the basement, it became relatively easy to find the entrance based on the location.

Li Zhen found a way to open the basement, and the passage leading to the basement was opened.

He walked into the basement, which was the private treasure house of Master Qiang Zhongjie.

He did not touch the spiritual objects in his private treasury, but released his divine thoughts. Without the concealment of the formation in the basement, he found his target.

The core of Anqingcheng's formation is behind the cabinet in the basement. You can see the core of the formation by moving the cabinet away.

Li Zhen implanted his spiritual imprint into the core of the formation, and in an instant he took control of the entire formation of Anqing City.

Through the formation, he can check every corner of Anqing City. As long as there is no building with its own formation, he can even sense what is happening inside the building through the formation.

No wonder the monks have to open a separate formation where they live. If they don’t, their every word and action will be monitored by others.

After mastering the Anqingcheng formation, Li Zhen began to check the collections in his private treasury.

However, he was soon disappointed. In his opinion, the private treasury should be regarded as a reserve for the city lord to bribe his subordinates.

Because although there are many spiritual objects in the entire private treasury, they are all second-level spiritual objects, and there are no third-level spiritual objects.

No matter how many second-level spiritual objects there are, in the eyes of Li Zhen, a Jindan Zhenren, they are no different from ordinary objects.

"Master Gu, you are to notify all forces in Anqing City, and Li Da will assist you!" Li Zhen returned to the ground, found Master Gu and gave him instructions.

After entering the City Lord's Mansion, Master Gu stood in the hall without moving.

He knew very well that everything in Anqing City was Li Zhen's spoils of war, and he didn't want to arouse Li Zhen's suspicion because of this.

You should know that the City Lord’s Mansion is the residence of Master Qiang Zhongjie, and there are many spiritual objects of Master Jindan here.

"I'll do it right away!" Master Gu bowed and replied.

Although Li Da had just been promoted, he should have consolidated his cultivation first. However, this time he was trying to appease the forces within Anqing City. There were no Jindan Zhenren among these forces, so even if he took action, it would not have any impact on himself.

Li Zhen nodded towards Master Gu's departing back. Master Gu was very tactful and he didn't mind giving him some power.

He withdrew his gaze and came to the room of Master Qiang Zhongjie.

The layout here is extremely luxurious, whether it is furniture or supplies, they are all at least second-level spiritual objects.

What concerned him most was the room full of jade slips in the study. So many jade slips were almost equivalent to the classics of a small sect.

The jade slips were arranged according to categories, including the hundred arts of cultivating immortals, swordsmanship, magic, various main cultivation methods, various secret techniques, etc. It was a systematic set of immortal cultivation classics.

The jade slips in this room alone are enough to win over a group of monks to serve him.

The reason why An Qingcheng can attract people to join it is because it has skills and resources that can support the cultivation of monks.

Now all of these are in Li Zhen's hands. The jade slips in the martial arts study are resources. Once he subdues the various forces in Anqing City, these forces will provide him with a steady stream of resources. Li Zhen also checked the storage bags he got and the equipment he stripped from the corpse.

For example, the third-grade, medium-quality flying sword magic weapon used by Master Qiang Zhongjie is the best quality magic weapon obtained this time and is also his natal magic weapon. In addition, there is also a third-grade, low-quality shield magic weapon, which is the best quality among all the defensive magic weapons this time.

Li Zhen has his own methods, which can clear all the spiritual imprints in his natal magic weapon, so he doesn't have to worry about the power of the third-level medium-grade flying sword magic weapon decreasing.

"What a pity!" Li Zhen was not satisfied with his gains this time. He did not find any spiritual objects that were useful to him.

In fact, the biggest gain this time was the golden elixirs of the four Jindan Zhenren.

The four golden elixirs and the golden elixir energy that had not been absorbed last time were all stored in the Dragon Heart Space. He believed that these golden elixirs and the transparent energy balls would be an important source of energy for him to improve his golden elixir cultivation.

While Li Zhen was counting the harvest, big things were happening in Anqing City.

Master Gu's action was very simple. He used his identity as Master Qiang Zhongjie's guest to send invitations to all the leaders of forces in the city.

Even though he was just a guest, no force dared to disobey the invitation from Jindan Zhenren.

Then, Master Gu announced in front of all the leaders of the forces that Anqing City had a new owner.

The leaders of these forces looked at Gu Zhenren in disbelief. No matter how much they didn't believe it, they still believed it after seeing Gu Zhenren and another unfamiliar Jindan Zhenren.

If nothing had happened to Master Qiang Zhongjie, how could Master Gu dare to announce that Anqing City had changed its owner? What's more important is that there was a strange Master Jindan involved, which made everyone believe it.

Master Gu also guaranteed that the rules of Anqing City would not change, and as long as all parties paid their fees as before, nothing would change.

An Qingcheng can still provide protection for all cultivators, and the original promise made by Master Qiang Zhongjie will not change.

Of course, even though the appeasement was made, An Qingcheng could not be entered or exited for a short period of time.

Because Anqing City is not just the city, some small towns also belong to Anqing City. The spiritual mines, spiritual fields, spiritual springs, etc. near Anqing City all belong to Anqing City.

What Master Gu has to do is to receive these assets, which is the only way to completely take over the power of Master Qiang Zhongjie.

In other words, Master Gu acted cautiously. Before finding Master Qiang Zhongjie, he had obtained a lot of information about An Qingcheng, which enabled him to act easily at this time.

However, before taking over these assets, Master Gu still had to clean up the city.

There were a total of three forces that needed to be eliminated, the original force of Zhenren Qiang Zhongjie and the forces of two Zhenren in the early Jindan stage. After pacifying the other forces, Zhenren Gu and Li Da took action together.

They didn't kill anyone, but instead arrested all the people from the three forces.

Then, all of them will be identified. Those who are directly related to the three forces will not be let go, and the others will be identified to see if they are valuable.

In fact, when Master Gu asked, many people from the three forces were willing to join the new city lord, and they all demonstrated their own value when they joined.

Most of Anqing City's assets are in the hands of these three forces. With the surrender of these people, this part of the assets has been handed over together.

The next day, Li Zhen was feeding the energy essence of the beast spirit pill into the four-legged dragon's heart space, but he saw Master Gu walking into the hall.

"Congratulations, City Lord. All the assets in Anqing City and its sphere of influence have been counted and people have been arranged to take over and manage them. Here are the detailed information!" Master Gu handed a jade slip to Li Zhen and said.

Li Zhen took the jade slip and entered his mind into it.

In the jade slip, Master Gu made a statistical analysis of the assets of Anqing City, and gave detailed descriptions of the shops, warehouses, offerings, etc. belonging to the three forces in the city, as well as the spiritual mines, spiritual fields, spiritual springs, etc. outside the city.

The reason why offerings are part of the assets is that these offerings have their own specialties. The hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals that the offerings are good at can transform spiritual materials into finished products, greatly increasing their value.

These are all business talents, who were accepted by Gu Zhenren after signing new contracts.

"All the assets of this force will be handed over to Master Gu as the foundation for the future reconstruction of Shifang Valley!" Li Zhen distributed generously.

(End of this chapter)