From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

The disbandment of the Ghost Alliance and the retirement of Mo Laogui made the people of Cangmang City feel a sense of impending crisis.

In particular, the shops started to inquire about the news privately.

The next day, the Black Tiger Gang changed its name to Chengtian Sect, which made everyone even more confused, wondering what the Zhang family wanted to do.

Everyone knows that the Black Tiger Gang is backed by Zhang Yu, the young master of the Zhang family.

On the third day, the two large characters "Cangmang" at the city gate were changed to "Chengtian".

Niu Mancang personally led a team to make the changes.

Someone saw through the ruse and asked, "This small border town was called Cangmang City hundreds of years ago. What gives you the right to change it to Chengtian? Does this mean that this town will belong to your Chengtian Sect from now on?"

"That's right, don't change it!" someone echoed.

Cangmang City is a point on the edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains. Twenty percent of the medicinal herbs and monster meat of the Western Wilderness Continent are gathered here and then transported to various places in the three great empires.

Besides the three main families of Ye, Cui, and Sima, dozens of smaller families also have businesses in Cangmang City.

"Don't change it!" a group of people shouted.

Niu Mancang looked at the group of people shouting and walked towards them step by step. As he got closer, the shouting grew quieter and quieter.

"Cangmang City is not a place for lowly people like you to rule." A bearded man shouted at Niu Mancang, stepping forward to block his way.

He was a martial arts master who had reached the Transformation Realm, representing a second-rate family in the Great Qi Dynasty. Others might fear Niu Mancang, but he was not.

He had always looked down on the gangs in Cangmang City. In his eyes, whether it was the Ghost Alliance or the Black Tiger Gang, they were all lackeys of his family.

If you throw any cultivation manual at them, they'll fight over it like dogs.

He had always believed that everyone except the aristocratic families was a lowly commoner. Today, he never imagined that a commoner would dare to rename a city; it was utterly outrageous and a challenge to the authority of the aristocratic families of the Western Wilderness.

"A lowly commoner?" Niu Mancang's eyes narrowed, a dangerous glint in them. "You can die now!"

With his feet firmly planted on the ground, he moved closer to the bearded man who was about two zhang away.

"You lowly commoners, today I'll show you the difference between noble families and you lowly commoners!" the man roared, drawing his longsword from his waist.

With a flourish of his sword, a flash of cold light appeared, and it stabbed towards the approaching Niu Mancang in the chest.

"die!"

clang!

Click!

The longsword shattered into several pieces.

"How is this possible?" The man stared in disbelief, holding the broken half of the longsword in his hand.

"My turn." Niu Mancang had closed in to within half a zhang, and with a whoosh, his palm, as big as a futon, slapped towards the man's head.

boom!

The man's entire head was slammed into his chest cavity, and with a thud, the corpse fell to the ground.

"Who else objects?" Niu Mancang's gaze swept across everyone's faces.

No one dared to utter a sound.

The word "vast and boundless" has been transformed into "Chengtian"!

No one dared to speak until Niu Mancang left, at which point they dared to whisper among themselves.

"The city of Cangmang is about to change drastically. Immediately send the message back to the family."

That evening, at least dozens of pigeons flew out of Cangmang City, and the news that Cangmang City had been renamed Chengtian City began to spread.

On the morning of the fourth day, Niu Mancang and Yan Dao led a group of people to post a large red notice on Zhuque Street.

There are only three in total.

Article 1: Cangmang City shall be renamed Chengtian City and shall be managed by Chengtian Sect thereafter.

Article Two: Within ten days, all shops and residents of Chengtian City must register at the Chengtian Sect and be issued household registrations. Those who fail to do so will be expelled from Chengtian City.

Thirdly, starting today, Chengtian Sect will arrange patrol teams to patrol the entire city. Any fighting or killing within the city is strictly prohibited. Violators will be killed!

These three announcements caused an uproar throughout Chengtian City, with the strongest reactions coming from aristocratic families and some merchant households.

The general public didn't react much, just watching the spectacle with a hint of anticipation. After all, the Black Tiger Gang treated the medicine slaves well, building them houses and offering fair prices for medicinal herbs, ensuring they had enough to eat.

"A low-level gang has rebelled and actually wants to take over the entire Cangmang City. Have they gone mad?"

"Keep your voice down. Yesterday, that martial arts master from Daqi who spoke up against it had his head smashed into his chest cavity with a single palm strike. It was too brutal."

"Hmph, what's there to be afraid of? The news here will soon reach the ears of the martial arts families. When that happens, they'll send a True Qi Realm martial artist over, and that damned Chengtian Sect will be razed to the ground." A shopkeeper from a small business family said with a disdainful look.

Most people in Chengtian City were not very clear about Zhang Yu's identity, but the managers of martial arts families almost all knew about the recent events that had occurred in Fengque City of the Great Chu.

The martial arts families didn't discuss it loudly; they whispered among themselves. Only the merchants, unaware of the truth, talked loudly, treating Chengtian Sect's three demands as utterly worthless.

"Old Liu, are you going to register?"

"Register my ass, maybe tomorrow that damned Chengtian Sect will be wiped out."

"A bunch of lowly people think they're playing house, and they even put up three demands. Bah, let's go have some tea."

Aristocratic families look down on everyone else; the wealthy fawn over aristocratic families and look down on the common people.

The most heated discussion at this time came from this group of people.

Zhang Mansion.

Li Yue rolled her eyes as she watched Li Feifei feeding her master Zhang Yu, who was lying on a recliner, fruit under the shade of a tree.

"Vixen!" she cursed inwardly.

When she was at her most helpless, Zhang Yu seemed to appear out of nowhere, rescuing her from the Wild Wolf Gang and even destroying the gang to avenge her.

At that moment, in Li Yue's heart, which was just beginning to experience romantic feelings, a faint affection for Zhang Yu had already begun to develop.

When Chu Qingwen was pestering Zhang Yu, Li Yue felt she still had a chance, but when she saw Li Feifei taking meticulous care of Zhang Yu, she lost confidence.

"We both have the same surname, Li, so why can she be so shameless?" Li Yue blushed just thinking about it.

Yesterday during dinner, Li Feifei deliberately took out an Eternal Beauty Pill that could keep one's appearance young for ten years and showed it off to her, saying that it was a gift from her senior brother Zhang Yu, which made Li Yue so angry that her liver hurt.

Women can always recognize their rivals immediately.

Zhang Yu was used to Li Feifei's care and didn't pay attention to her little actions. As for Li Yue's feelings for him, he was completely unaware.

All our energy is now focused on how to solidify Chengtian Sect's position.

First, he needs to open his dantian as soon as possible, condense true qi, and become a true qi realm martial artist. He is not worried about this, as his master-disciple value is increasing by nearly 400 points every day.

Secondly, the danger that Wen Hua and others encountered exposed a problem: a force is not truly powerful if only its own members are strong; only when everyone is strong can it fulfill its goal of spreading martial arts throughout the world.

Wen Hua was recovering from his injury, and Niu Mancang was already working very hard; he set his sights on Yan Dao.

Although Yan Dao's performance wasn't great after this incident, he ultimately didn't abandon Wen Hua and the others and run away, which can be considered as meeting Zhang Yu's requirements.

Therefore, Zhang Yu is preparing to activate Yan Dao's Mad Blade Battle Body, and the medicinal materials have already begun to be collected.

Li Yue, with her methodical and honed destiny, has seen her strength steadily increase, making her a late-game player who cannot offer much help at the moment.

Chu Qingwen has been busy making money and is Zhang Yu's chosen logistics elder for the Chengtian Sect.

Zhang Yu ate a piece of watermelon that Li Feifei handed to him, secretly thinking about his last apprentice, Xu Yang.

"I wonder if Xu Yang has prepared everything?"