In the central governor's manor, Xia Hou paced about in the great hall, feeling extremely uneasy. There was no news of those who were brought away. Right now, he was like a deaf person, he had no idea what happened to the Emperor Pavilion.
"Di Tian." Xia Hou's eyes flashed with killing intent. Back then, when had he ever cared about a weaponsmith grandmaster? The central city regions were his territory, his words were the law, he could do whatever he wanted. He didn't expect that he would actually suffer the revenge of Di Tian today.
At this moment, his eyes flashed with sharpness. He turned his gaze over and stared at the air in the distance. From there, a group of figures could be seen flying over. It was none other than Di Tian and his group. Other than Di Tian, there was also Grand Governor Zhuge Xiong, Protector Chen of the Lifire Palace, as well as the vice governors and attendants of the central governor's manor.
At this moment, Xia Hou suddenly had a bad premonition. His heart turned cold. He only saw a group of figures descending from the air but they didn't descend, staring down at him in a condescending manner.
"Xia Hou, as the central governor, you actually dared to act so brazenly, colluding with the major powers of Lifire City to act against the Emperor Pavilion under your jurisdiction. Do you know your crimes?" Zhuge Xiong coldly asked.
"I don't know what Grand Governor is talking about." Xia Hou denied.
"Impudent!" Zhuge Xiong angrily berated. "Right now, the evidence is clear and the people from the various governor's manors are here as witnesses. Your subordinates have also personally admitted to it. Are you still not going to admit your crimes?"
Xia Hou's expression was extremely ugly to behold. His cold gaze swept over to the people behind Di Tian. His subordinates all lowered their heads, not daring to meet Xia Hou's eyes. They had no other choice. Under such a situation, who would dare to not speak the truth? The Evil Emperor was already invited here. Even if they didn't want to speak the truth, they had to. If they took the initiative to say that they were innocent, things would be even worse if they were questioned. They had no choice.
"Do you know your crimes?" Zhuge Xiong coldly asked.
"This subordinate will naturally go and apologize to the Lifire Palace Lord." Xia Hou knew that he had no way to refute this. He clasped his hands in the direction of the Lifire Palace.
"The Lifire Palace Lord has already given the order to remove you from your position. From now onwards, you will never be employed again. Vice Governor Ji will temporarily take over your position, temporarily managing the affairs of the central governor's manor. Xia Hou, follow me to the Lifire Palace to apologize to the Lifire Palace Lord and await your punishment." Protector Chen spoke. Xia Hou's countenance was as pale as paper.
From now on, he would never be hired again. This was cutting off his path.
"Governor Di Tian, when we return to the Lifire Palace, the Empyrean will naturally punish you heavily. What do you think?" Protector Chen glanced at Di Tian as he asked.
"No matter what decision palace lord makes, Di Tian will naturally respect it. Let's just do as palace lord says." Di Tian smiled. Although he knew that nothing would happen to Xia Hou after he went to the Lifire Empyrean, at the very least, the Lifire Empyrean still put on an act for him to see. After crippling Xia Hou's future, it wouldn't be good for him to be overbearing and go against the Lifire Empyrean.
"Yes." Protector Chen nodded and said, "Xia Hou, come with us."
Xia Hou didn't say anything. He followed Protector Chen and prepared to leave. His extremely cold gaze swept towards Di Tian, and his killing intent was not concealed at all.
"Governor Ji, you will temporarily act as the governor and do your best to cooperate with Governor Di." Zhuge Xiong spoke to his former vice governor, Ji Luo. Ji Luo nodded, "Yes, Grand Governor."
Zhuge Xiong also brought his men and followed after Protector Chen. Di Tian glanced at Ji Yao, "Governor Ji, immediately gather everyone in the governor's manor."
"Your subordinate obeys." Ji Yao clasped his hands.
"Governor Ji, now you are already the acting governor. You can just refer to me as Governor Di." Di Tian laughed. Ji Yao started and nodded his head, but he was cursing in his heart. This fellow managed to crush Xia Hou so easily, how would he dare to be careless?
"Everyone from the central governor's manor, gather immediately!" Ji Yao roared. In an instant, the various vice governors and attendants all moved, gathering their subordinates and reorganizing their troops. None of them dared to be slow. Right now, no one dared to offend Di Tian.
Di Tian stared at the experts below. The army of the central governor's manor was much stronger compared to the northern governor's manor.
"Governor Ji, instruct the three vice governors to each lead an army and head towards the three aristocrat clans, the Yan Clan, Han Clan and Wei Clan. Surround the three aristocrat clans and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Cooperate with the governor's manor and if anyone dares to disobey, kill them without mercy." Di Tian calmly spoke. Although the strength of the three aristocrat clans was very strong, if the governor's manor directly surrounded them, they wouldn't dare to do anything.
In truth, Qin Wentian wanted nothing more than for them to do something. If that's the case, he would have a chance to capture all of them in one fell swoop. Back then, the three aristocrat clans didn't intend to spare his Emperor Pavilion. Di Tian naturally wouldn't be merciful now.
Ji Yao instructed the three vice governors to move out, heading towards the location where the three aristocrat clans were located. At the same time, Di Tian instructed the other governors to head to the businesses of the three aristocrat clans to seize them. Di Tian also headed there personally, just like how Qin Wentian dealt with the Ancient River Auction House back then.
The central city regions of Lifire City were shaken. Back then when the northern governor Qin Wentian dealt with the Ancient River Auction House, he had already caused a huge commotion. Let alone now, this matter happened in the central city regions and directly implicated the three aristocrat clans as well as Xia Hou.
In Lifire City, all the powerful aristocrat clans would have their own businesses or how would they survive? How would they be able to sustain the expenditure of their clans? Every member of a clan needed to accumulate cultivation resources. Only then would the clan be able to grow stronger.
The Yan Clan was a formation-based aristocrat clan. The Han and Wei Clans were a trading aristocrat clan. Their businesses were extremely large and the auction houses and transaction pavilions they controlled were the top powers in the central city regions. When the governor's manor's troops arrived, the commotion was earth-shattering. The people from the governor's manor even encountered strong resistance. However, not only did Di Tian lead his troops, he even got the support of the major powers who supported him back then during the banquet, directly suppressing them with iron blood, tying all the major powers together with his Emperor Pavilion.
Although Di Tian obtained first place in the martial competition in Lifelong City, in truth, the strength of his Emperor Pavilion wasn't as strong as before. After all, Di Tian had just returned. If he relied on the strength of his Emperor Pavilion to deal with the three aristocrat clans, it would undoubtedly be akin to smashing a rock with an egg. However, Di Tian had been borrowing the strength of the three aristocrat clans. He was incomparably domineering, instantly causing everyone to feel that the Emperor Pavilion was a transcendent power in Lifire City, simply unexcelled in the world.
All resistance was completely suppressed. In addition, there were also many powers that wanted to kick them when they were down, including the enemies of the three aristocrat clans. In just a single day, the three aristocrat clans' businesses were instantly destroyed. All their businesses and resources that could be seized were all seized.
And at this moment, within the three aristocrat clans, the clan leaders were all in so much pain that they wished they were dead. This time around, they had truly offended a baleful god.
Initially, even if they knew that they used dishonorable methods to deal with the Emperor Pavilion, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, in Lifire City, such things were common. But now, they kicked the iron plate that was Di Tian and he was determined to take revenge on them. Hence, the three aristocrat clans encountered a calamity.
The Yan Clan was surrounded so tightly that not even a drop of water could seep through. In the air, a majestic army descended from the sky. The person in the lead had a mask on and was clad in black robes. His entire person exuded a sense of mystery and sharpness.
Upon staring at this figure, many people of the Yan Clan thought back to the first time he stepped into the Yan Clan. At that time, Di Tian was merely a junior who came to challenge the authority of the Yan Clan. At that time, no one paid him any attention. It was only after Di Tian defeated the Yan Clan that they started to view him with more importance.
But even so, no one would have thought that there would be a day like this. He directly led his men to seize all the businesses of the Yan Clan and now, he was in a lofty position.
"Grandmaster Yan Feng, how have you been?" Di Tian stared at an old acquaintance, Yan Feng.
Yan Feng's eyes gleamed with sharpness as he stared at Di Tian. "Di Tian, you are using your position as the governor to seek revenge. You will definitely suffer retribution in the future."
"Is that so?" Di Tian mocked. "You guys colluded with the original governor, Xia Hou, to deal with my Emperor Pavilion, wanting to kill me. Are you using your position to seek revenge?"
"Grandmaster Yan Feng, I won't waste words with you. Back then when I first stepped into the Yan Clan, it was extremely difficult for me to even enter the main gate. I was intercepted and had to fight a battle before I could enter. Luckily now, I don't need to go through so much trouble." Di Tian mocked. "From today onwards, all the businesses of the Yan Clan have been confiscated. The Yan Clan is not allowed to interfere in this anymore. Other than this, the Yan Clan will never be allowed to operate any businesses within the Lifire Palace's territory again. If not, the next time we do so, it would be as simple as confiscation."
"You are going too far." Yan Feng raged. The people of the Yan Clan all glared at Di Tian.
"When you guys bully me, when have you ever been merciful?" Di Tian coldly spoke. "In the future, all of you better behave yourselves. If you break the rules of the Lifire Palace again, you will definitely be heavily punished. Farewell."
"Let's go." Di Tian waved his hands as the troops retreated, bringing everyone away.
The people of the Yan Clan all had ashen expressions. In this case, the Yan Clan would no longer have a foothold in the Lifire Palace. They could only move away.
A powerful aristocrat clan without any businesses, they couldn't do any transactions. It was equivalent to them being ordinary unaffiliated cultivators. What could they use to maintain the expenses of the aristocrat clan? Could it be that they had to become bandits?
Di Tian was clearly trying to force them to leave.
In the central city regions of Lifire City, Governor Xia Hou was stripped of his position, never to be hired again. All the businesses of the three aristocrat clans were confiscated and after several days, they decided to move away from Lifire City. This caused a huge commotion and it was all because of a single person. Grandmaster Di of the Emperor Pavilion.
For a period of time, Di Tian's fame was like the sun in the sky. In the entire Lifire City, no one dared to antagonize him anymore. In addition, he even issued a warning to his enemies. Regardless of whether they were governors or aristocrat clans, no one was to antagonize him.
After a period of time, the Emperor Pavilion announced that they would take over the businesses of the three aristocrat clans and reorganize them. In addition, they would join forces with those powers that were allied with them to take over these businesses. The Emperor Pavilion would borrow manpower from them and provide them with compensation.
For a period of time, a commotion broke out in the central city regions. What a good Emperor Pavilion. Not only did they suppress their enemies, they even expanded their influence. Most probably, in just a few years, the Emperor Pavilion would control the largest business in the central city regions. Also, they didn't need to pay any tributes.
Just like what everyone expected, the rise of the Emperor Pavilion was unstoppable. It's just that no one expected it to be so tyrannical and so fast!
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