How can simply creating a sect make you invincible?

As Su Qingruo and her entourage entered the city lord's mansion, the guards along the way knelt down, trembling with fear.

The lord of the manor was severely injured in the ruins, with a deep sword wound on his chest that revealed the bone.

Chen Daoxuan walked slowly forward to the city lord and said softly, "I originally wanted to come into the city lord's mansion to ask you for some information, but your people are too arrogant and domineering. They only behaved after being taught a lesson."

Upon hearing this, the manor lord inwardly wanted to curse: "Those who provoked you are already lying on the ground, of course they've become obedient! But who did I offend? I got stabbed as soon as we met."

No matter how much resentment and unwillingness he felt, he dared not show it in the slightest. The strength of these people before him was unfathomable; killing him would be as easy as lifting a hand.

The lord of the manor, enduring the excruciating pain tearing at his chest, covered his bleeding sword wound with trembling hands, suppressed a few violent coughs, and spoke in an extremely humble and respectful tone: "Young hero, please calm your anger! Whatever I know, I will tell you without reservation, without daring to conceal a single word!"

"Very good, I hope you can answer honestly and not make things difficult for yourself."

Chen Daoxuan stared directly at the terrified and uneasy Lord of Chuanshan, and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, two and a half years ago, who exactly destroyed Su Family Village, a hundred miles to the southeast?"

He paused briefly, his tone growing colder, before continuing to press, "Besides that, how many other villages like Su Family Village have been massacred within the territory of Chuanshan City over the past few years? Tell me the truth for all of them!"

Faced with Chen Daoxuan's stern question, the Lord of Chuanshan's pupils suddenly contracted, his eyes darting around in a panic, not daring to look up and meet his gaze.

His clothes were already soaked with cold sweat, and an overwhelming sense of terror welled up inside him. He forced down his panic, managing an innocent look, his guilt barely concealed: "Young hero, I...I...I don't know what you're talking about! What Su Family Village, Chen Family Village? I've never heard of them!"

This flustered demeanor, in the eyes of Su Qingruo and her group, was utterly convincing. They exchanged glances, already certain that the Lord of Chuanshan Manor must know about the culprit who had harmed Su Family Village.

Chen Daoxuan looked at the Mountain-Piercing Palace Master kneeling on the ground, feigning composure, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "Very well, it seems you are determined to fool me like a fool."

"Junior Brother Dao Xuan, there's no need to waste so much breath on him, just start the soul search!" Han Bingli added.

The words "Soul Search" fell like two thunderbolts, striking the ears of the Lord of Chuanshan Mansion!

The Lord of the Mountain-Penetrating Palace's face instantly turned ashen, cold sweat dripping down his cheeks. He scrambled to his feet, then knelt heavily on the ground with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly and begging for mercy: "Young heroes, spare my life! Don't... don't search my soul! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

Faced with the soul search, he dared not conceal anything any longer, and his trembling voice slowly rang out: "All of this... was done by the Ghost Soul Sect! They are a group of utterly depraved demonic cultivators who primarily slaughter mortal villages and collect the vengeful souls of the living to cultivate their evil arts! The dozens of mortal villages that have been successively destroyed in the surrounding area, including Su Family Village, were all their doing!"

He gasped for breath, his expression growing increasingly terrified, and continued, "They don't stop there. Besides slaughtering mortals, they also secretly abduct low-level cultivators, turning them into blood puppets to fight for them!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qingruo and the others exchanged glances again, their eyes flashing with chilling killing intent.

Chen Daoxuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, his spiritual energy subtly surging, carrying with it a boundless rage. He questioned in a deep voice, "So this is the Lord of Chuanshan City! The Netherworld Sect has committed heinous crimes in your territory, harming countless mortals and cultivators! As the Lord of Chuanshan City, why did you sit idly by and allow them to slaughter living beings and wreak havoc on this region?"

As the chilling questioning voice fell, the Lord of the Mountain-Penetrating Palace trembled violently, his body went limp to the ground, and he stammered for a long time, his lips opening and closing several times, but he couldn't utter a single word.

"Very well, you're keeping quiet, are you?"

Chen Daoxuan pressed on, his tone growing increasingly cold, "It seems you're determined not to tell me! In that case, I'll have to take matters into my own hands!"

"No! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!"

The thought of having his soul searched completely broke the Lord of the Mountain Passage Palace, and he no longer dared to harbor any illusions.

"The Ghostly Cult has been operating within the territory of my Chuanshan City for over a decade! When they first began their evil deeds, I dispatched the elite troops of my manor to besiege and suppress them, personally taking action to do so! However, at that time, the Ghostly Cult leader's cultivation was the same as mine, both at the peak of the True Person Realm. Our strengths were evenly matched, and we clashed several times, neither of us able to gain the upper hand. In the end, the siege was unsuccessful!"

"Then one day, the leader of the Ghost Cult came to me and indicated that his Ghost Cult would give me five million low-grade spirit stones every year, only asking that I turn a blind eye and no longer interfere with any of his Ghost Cult's actions! At that time, I could not resist the temptation of such a huge amount of spirit stones, so I agreed to his conditions and from then on turned a blind eye to all their evil deeds and ignored them..."

"Supporting evil with personal favoritism and aiding and abetting tyranny!" After hearing all the reasons, Chen Daoxuan was instantly enraged.

"As the lord of a mere city, ruling over a single region, instead of protecting the people and eliminating evil, you have been blinded by greed, colluding with the demonic cult and evil cultivators, causing countless lives to be slaughtered. You truly deserve to die!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Daoxuan moved slightly, stepped forward, and suddenly stretched out his large hand, firmly pressing it on the top of the Lord of Chuanshan Mansion's head.

The domineering and powerful divine soul force poured out instantly, like a surging river, and ruthlessly surged into the opponent's sea of ​​consciousness, forcibly activating the soul-searching technique!

"No."

The Lord of the Mountain Palace let out an extremely shrill scream, his head throbbing with excruciating pain as if thousands of iron needles were piercing his soul, and his body was convulsing and twisting wildly.

In just a few breaths, all the memories in the Mountain-Penetrating Lord's mind, including secret deals and even scenes of him doing evil with the Ghostly Cult Leader, were gone.

A moment later, Chen Daoxuan slowly opened his eyes, a terrifying killing intent flashing in them.

The truths revealed by the soul search were even more cruel than what the Lord of the Manor had told him!

Seeing the Mountain Lord convulsing on the ground, Chen Daoxuan channeled his spiritual energy into his palm and unleashed a powerful palm strike.

The Lord of Chuanshan City—is dead!

Chen Daoxuan approached the group and spoke softly, "Senior Sister Qingruo, I found in the memories of the Mountain-Piercing Lord that your Su Family Village was indeed massacred by the Ghostly Soul Sect. Their actions were a hundred times more vicious than what the Mountain-Piercing Lord described!"

"I also found out from the memories of the Lord of the Mountain Pass that the headquarters of the Ghost Soul Cult is located in the Cloud Mist Mountains, a hundred miles away."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go and wipe out these bastards!" Chen Ping'an shouted angrily.

"Don't rush. Some people in the city lord's mansion are aiding and abetting evil. Junior Brother Ping An, go and kill those three elders who were just paying their respects. I'll also kill some other people while I'm at it."

After an incense stick's time, the entire city lord's mansion was covered in blood, and the mansion gate was still inscribed with the city lord's past crimes.

(Many readers might ask why we didn't start with soul searching. The reason is that soul searching is against the natural order. If we search the soul without understanding the situation, and the Lord of the Mountain Passage is just a petty wicked person, or not a particularly evil person at all, then once his soul is searched, no one can save him. If we search too many souls, we will also be tainted by karma. At best, our luck will be damaged; at worst, we will be targeted by the Heavenly Dao. We will only search the soul if we are certain that the other party is a truly evil person.)