The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

The others ignored Chao Yang's shrewdness and scrutinized the council hall with various expressions of suspicion and disbelief, occasionally glancing at Gu Ran standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

They were afraid of Gu Ran, but they were unwilling to submit to him.

Gu Ran didn't pay any attention to them. He didn't even say a word, just quietly waited for an hour to pass.

An hour later, the council chamber was already quite full of people.

However, the number did not reach 32, which means that some people were absent.

"Your Excellency, the ministers of two departments are currently absent: Lin Kezhi of the Ministry of Commerce and Lie Fen of the Ministry of Martial Arts."

Guan Chaoyang stood not far behind Gu Ran and spoke respectfully.

"Lin Kezhi, an A-level ability user, and Lie Fen, a martial arts grandmaster. Do you have any information on them?"

In fact, just a moment ago, Gu Ran had already begun to gather information about them using his telekinetic powers.

However, it's certainly faster to have readily available information.

Guan Chaoyang immediately took out the data analyzer in his hand, flipped to the resumes of the two people, and found their photos on them.

"Your Excellency, please take a look."

Gu Ran glanced at them, memorized their information, and immediately began to identify the faces of everyone under his telekinetic surveillance.

Soon, he found the goal he was looking for.

Although neither of them came, their reasons for coming were completely different.

Lin Kezhi from the Ministry of Commerce was clearly smarter; he had already packed his things and was about to flee.

Lie Fen from the Martial Arts Department is stronger and has a more intense hostile will. He is now actively contacting other martial arts masters, hoping to secretly form an alliance to protect his ancestors' "foundation".

After detecting the two people's location, Gu Ran immediately focused his mental energy on their location.

Especially Lie Fen, although his talent is not yet at the level of a genius and his strength was not ranked in the past, he is very "active" now.

Fortunately, his mental power had increased significantly after the battle with the "Will of the Stars," otherwise he might not have been able to defeat the opponent.

The Martial Arts Department is a special department because there are many martial arts masters in Canglong City. Therefore, in order to enable the Martial Arts Department to handle its affairs better, a martial arts master was placed in the position of department head.

If it were martial arts qi condensation, one might not be able to speak to many powerful martial arts masters.

Lie Fen's formidable strength, coupled with the importance of his department, has consistently placed him at the forefront of all departments.

When the time came, two people hadn't arrived, and all the ministers in the council chamber were whispering among themselves.

They speculated about how Gu Ran would deal with the two people who hadn't come. Everyone knew that these two people must have been on Gu Ran's list, and Gu Ran would definitely react in front of them.

What none of them expected was that Gu Ran did indeed "react," and very quickly and intensely at that!

boom!

The glass of the French windows shattered, and two groups of people flew in one after the other.

The reason it was described as "two clumps of people" was because the two people who came in were curled up in a ball.

Without a doubt, the two people are Lin Kezhi and Lie Fen.

They were all bound by Gu Ran's telekinetic powers.

Everyone in the council chamber was shocked.

But the next moment, they realized they had been shocked too soon.

Because the miraculous "time reversal" occurred once again, the shattered floor-to-ceiling window glass was perfectly restored to its original state.

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All the department heads present were shrewd and capable individuals.

When they saw how Gu Ran captured Lin Kezhi and Lie Fen, they knew that the other party was making an example of them.

In particular, the ability to restore broken glass to its original state is likely a time-related ability.

This ability is usually very strange and difficult to defend against.

Many people secretly cursed Gu Ran for hiding his true abilities. He clearly possessed such powerful superpowers, but in the past he had always pretended not to have any superpowers and only fought with his physical strength.

In previous battles, Gu Ran probably didn't know how many opponents he had outmaneuvered with this information gap, and even Principal Xue might have fallen victim to it many times.

Now that the overall situation is settled, there's no need to hide it anymore; we can finally reveal ourselves to them and intimidate them.

Many people felt wary of Gu Ran's shrewdness.

However, it was precisely because of this fear that no one dared to disobey Gu Ran.

Gu Ran glanced at them; his actions were indeed meant to intimidate them.

After all, if one wants to quickly unify Canglong City, it is very important to control the various departments of the ruling center.

The ruling center comprises 32 departments, each a massive organization that touches upon every aspect of Canglong City. Only by controlling them can one truly control Canglong City.

One advantage of a world with extraordinary abilities is that strength is paramount. As long as one demonstrates unparalleled strength, taking control of Azure Dragon City will be a piece of cake.

Even if there is some criticism in the public opinion, it doesn't matter and will not have any impact on the result.

Lin Kezhi and Lie Fen, who had been pulled in by Gu Ran's telekinesis, looked around the scene in a daze, completely unaware of what had happened.

They were suddenly restrained by an irresistible force while they were busy, and that force made their heads buzz.

Then, when they regained their senses, they found themselves in a familiar yet strange place.

They felt familiar with it because it reminded them of the council chambers of the central building; they had been there many times before.

The reason they felt unfamiliar was that they knew the council hall had been abandoned and was no longer in use. Because it was stained with too much blood of martial arts golden core cultivators, the resentment of those dying men, while not causing any real harm, would make people feel very uncomfortable.

In addition, given the tense situation in Canglong City, and the uncertainty of whether Gu Ran would continue to lash out, no one was arranged to clean the council hall for the time being.

However, when they saw their colleagues, and that... chilling figure standing to the side, they immediately understood their predicament.

This really is the central building's council chamber!

Clearly, they disobeyed Gu Ran's "orders," and then Gu Ran used some magical means to capture them.

Lie Fen's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately knelt down before Gu Ran, weeping bitterly as he said:

"Lord Gu Ran, it's wonderful to have you leading Canglong City!"

"I've told others before that Canglong City will definitely belong to Lord Gu Ran, and Canglong City will surely take off under Lord Gu Ran's leadership!"

"Lord Gu Ran, I beg you to make me your number one lackey, so that I may eliminate all your enemies!"

The others were dumbfounded; they had never heard of Lie Fen being so spineless and opportunistic before.

Especially Lin Kezhi, who was the Minister of Commerce, should have been more adept at "interpersonal relationships" in theory. However, before he could figure out how to deal with the current situation, Lie Fen had already knelt down and pledged allegiance.

He used to mock Lie Fen for having strength but no brains, but today this guy's brain is working so fast.

Lin Kezhi gritted his teeth inwardly, but he knew that he only had one path left now.

"Me too! Lord Gu Ran, no, Your Excellency the Ruler! I've always believed that you are the most suitable person to govern Canglong City!"

"The Ministry of Commerce will absolutely stand firmly by Your Excellency's side, and I am more than willing to serve Your Excellency with utmost loyalty!"

Lin Kezhi also knelt down, and even prostrated himself to show that he was more loyal than Lie Fen.

When Lie Fen saw Lin Kezhi sticking his butt out to the side, his eyes widened. He didn't expect this guy to react so quickly, not only imitating him but also surpassing him.

In fact, Lie Fen surrendered before Lin Kezhi because, as a martial arts master, he knew Gu Ran's strength better than Lin Kezhi.

He's a martial arts master!

Although he was far from being a true top expert, he was still a prominent figure in the entire Azure Dragon City, someone whom countless people looked up to.

However, he was grabbed by Gu Ran without any resistance, not even the slightest resistance.

During this process, he felt like a helpless little chick.

This made him instantly understand Gu Ran's strength, and also made him realize the absurdity of his previous disobedience to Gu Ran's orders in an attempt to collude with other powerful individuals.

Faced with absolute power, any scheme seems utterly ridiculous.

In Canglong City, no one has the power to oppose Gu Ran.

Having figured all this out, he knelt down without any hesitation or shame.

Lin Kezhi's thoughts were more complicated. He wanted to run away because he was terrified of Gu Ran. He had been promoted by Xue Yingsong, but Gu Ran had killed Xue Yingsong.

He was afraid of being purged by Gu Ran, so he thought he should escape as soon as possible before Gu Ran truly took control of Canglong City.

However, he was only an A-level ability user, and his understanding of Gu Ran's strength was not as strong as Lie Fen's. Therefore, he was not intimidated by Gu Ran's strength, but was simply afraid of being affected by Xue Yingsong.

Therefore, he racked his brains trying to sever ties with Xue Yingsong, and as he thought of a way, he was a step slower than Lie Fen in kneeling down and surrendering.

However, the moment he knelt down to surrender, he understood the current situation. There is only one sun in Canglong City, and that is Gu Ran!

Since that's the case, there's not much more to think about.

loyalty!

Only by demonstrating the utmost loyalty could he possibly survive.

This is also the best way to cut snow-covered pine.

Gu Ran glanced at the two of them indifferently.