"City Master Ning, the few of us only came to seek refuge with you now ….." A cultivator with an embarrassed face stood in front of Ning Cheng. He felt a little embarrassed to speak the rest of his words.
This cultivator was called Lan Wenbin, the one who had arrived at the Receiving Heaven's Stone with Ning Cheng.
Back at the Receiving Heaven's Stone, he had been optimistic about Ning Cheng. However, Ning Cheng unexpectedly razed the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce's Rest Stop, which made him feel a little disappointed in Ning Cheng. He thought that Ning Cheng had acted irrationally. In order not to get involved with Ning Cheng too much, he took the other three people with him and did not continue to live with Ning Cheng. Instead, they returned to the Rootless Black City.
What he did not expect was that Ning Cheng would come out unscathed after destroying the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce's Rest Stop. Not only that, but after returning, he continued to raze the entire Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce. When Ning Cheng returned to the Rootless Black City and occupied the City Master's Mansion, he realised that he had misread the situation.
Ning Cheng dared to do such a thing because he had the ability. Now that Ning Cheng needed manpower, he did not hesitate to take the other three people to seek refuge with Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng understood the other party's intentions and spoke up with a smile, "Many thanks for Brother Lan's help. Shen Zimo is helping me recruit a cultivator army. Since Brother Lan is here, I would like to ask Brother Lan to help out. Wu Marui can stay here with me. Maybe some people will come to the City Master's Mansion to find trouble with me. "
"Okay." Lan Wenbin did not speak any nonsense this time and quickly left with Mao Liangpeng and Ji Ying.
Wu Marui was a tall and strong man. Among Lan Wenbin's group of four, Ning Cheng had the best impression of him.
"Congratulations to Brother Ning for returning to the Rootless Black City." A crisp female voice arrived. Ning Cheng had already seen a man and a woman walking over with a smile on their faces.
Ning Cheng recognised the middle-aged man. He was the steward of the Heaven City Chamber of Commerce, Mu Cunjian. When Ning Cheng first arrived at the Receiving Heaven's Stone, he stayed in the Heaven City Chamber of Commerce's Rest Stop.
"So it's Brother Mu. I thought you were still at the Receiving Heaven's Stone. I didn't expect Brother Mu to return to the Rootless Black City. Please come in." Ning Cheng greeted with cupped fists with a smile.
When Mu Cunjian heard Ning Cheng's words, he became even more delighted, "I really did not misjudge Brother Ning. You are a dragon among men, a phoenix among men. Let me introduce you, this is the president of my Heaven City Chamber of Commerce, Gan Anran. "
"Greetings, Association Head Gan ….." Ning Cheng did not expect that the Association Head of the Heaven City Chamber of Commerce would be a female cultivator. Moreover, her cultivation was not low at all. Looking at her appearance, she was at least at the 2nd Level of Plundering Life Realm.
Gan Anran giggled, "When I heard City Master Ning's invitation, I immediately came over. In the future, I will have to rely on City Master Ning to take care of me."
Gan Anran spoke while looking at Ning Cheng's face. She found that after she called out City Master Ning, Ning Cheng's face did not change at all. She felt sure that Ning Cheng had truly killed the original City Master of the Rootless Black City, Xu Kai. It seemed like it was a wise decision for him to come here.
This City Lord Ning acted decisively. After killing Xu Kai, the first thing he did was to form a cultivator army. In a place like the Rootless Black City, once the cultivator army was established, even if all the other forces joined forces, it would still be far from enough.
As for the others following behind the City Lord Mansion to form a cultivator army, Gan Anran believed that it was absolutely impossible. Ning Cheng, as the new City Master, had already formed his own cultivator army. As such, he would never allow a second cultivator army to appear in the Rootless Black City.
If a second cultivator army appeared in the Rootless Black City, then Ning Cheng would not be able to stand in the City Master's Mansion in peace. Because Gan Anran was sure of this, she did not hesitate to refuse to continue talking with the other forces and took the initiative to come to Ning Cheng's side.
"Please come in, please come in ….." Ning Cheng naturally understood the meaning behind Gan Anran's words. That is to say, her Heaven City Chamber of Commerce had abandoned the alliance with the other forces and had immediately come to Ning Cheng's side.
"Rogue Cultivator Alliance's Chao Jimeng has come to pay a visit to City Master Ning ….."
"Black City's Array Formation Alliance's Wu Yingzhe has come to pay a visit to City Master Ning ….."
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From the time Ning Cheng broke the Extinguishing Karma Starry Sky Fleet's Soundproof Array Formation, to the time when the representatives of the other forces of the Rootless Black City gathered in the City Master's Mansion, only an hour had passed.
"Ning Cheng invited all of you to the City Master's Mansion, but it's truly frightening. I would also like to thank all of you for accepting my invitation ….." When Ning Cheng made the invitation, he did not think that these people would come.
His original intention was to divide the remaining ten major forces of the Rootless Black City, and if possible, to rope in two or three other forces. But contrary to his expectations, the ten major forces of the Rootless Black City did not have any cohesion, and just a simple sentence from him was enough to divide them.
The Heaven City Chamber of Commerce, the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, and the Black City Array Formation Alliance all made it clear that they wanted to stand on Ning Cheng's side.
As Ning Cheng spoke, the dozen or so cultivators sitting in the Assembly Hall of the City Master's Mansion did not say anything. Some of them even felt a little strange. After all, they were the ones who had gathered here before. The only difference was that this gathering was just a change of location, with the addition of Ning Cheng.
Just when Ning Cheng wanted to continue speaking, Mao Xiuxuan of the Auspicious Star Chamber of Commerce suddenly spoke up, "Dao Friend Ning, the Rootless Black City's City Master's Mansion originally belonged to Xu Kai, and this place is also Xu Kai's place. But why did Dao Friend Ning suddenly appear here? I even heard someone calling out to City Master Ning from the outside, but how come we didn't know about it? It stands to reason that the Rootless Black City has chosen a new City Master, so we are also qualified to know about it. "
Seeing Ning Cheng staring at Mao Xiuxuan, Gan Anran smiled and spoke, "City Master Ning, this is the Auspicious Star Chamber of Commerce's Deputy Union Head Mao Xiuxuan."
"Oh, I've heard of him. This Chamber of Commerce had a scum named Cecile, who I killed. "Ning Cheng responded with a faint voice.
Mao Xiuxuan raised his eyebrows, "Dao Friend Ning, as for why Cecile was killed, it is because my Auspicious Star Chamber of Commerce's Union Head is still in seclusion; as such, I am not qualified to investigate it. Since this is a meeting to discuss the new City Master, I hope that Dao Friend Ning can answer my questions directly. This is not just my problem alone, but also the problem of the rest of the people in the Rootless Black City. "
Ning Cheng stared at Mao Xiuxuan with disdain, "Union Head Mao, you cannot represent others. You can only represent your Auspicious Star Chamber of Commerce at most. As for why you called me City Master Ning, I really don't know about it. However, you reminded me that from now on, I am the City Master of the Rootless Black City. Oh, you want to ask about Xu Kai, I killed him. If you want to be the City Master, it's very simple, just come and kill me. "
"Humph ….." Mao Xiuxuan suddenly stood up, "Ning Cheng, did you use a trick to kill City Master Xu, and think that you are the most powerful person in the Rootless Black City? I'm sorry, but I do not agree with your position as the City Master. Not only do I not agree, even the rest of the people will not agree to it. If you want to challenge me, Mao Xiuxuan, then let me tell you, I do not fear a trivial Crucible Transformation 1st Level Cultivator like you. "
Ning Cheng also stood up, glanced at the rest of the people and asked, "Who else does not agree with me becoming the City Master? Please also stand up. "
A powerful murderous intent swept out from Ning Cheng's eyes, causing even Jian Xuanming's heart to sink. This kind of murderous intent was something that even he could not release. Ning Cheng's strength was more than enough to kill a late-stage Plundering Life Realm cultivator without even using any tricks.
Ning Cheng's gaze then fell on Jian Xuanming, Jian Xuanming had the highest cultivation here.
Jian Xuanming on seeing Ning Cheng's gaze fall on him, unexpectedly felt a chill run down his spine for no reason. He immediately coughed, dispelling some of the icy killing intent and spoke, "What Association Master Mao said is not wrong. My Rootless Black City's City Master has always been elected. Now that the main forces of my Rootless Black City are gathered here, why don't we all choose a new City Master? "
Ning Cheng suddenly sat down and spoke with a genial tone, "What Captain Jian said is right, we should make it more democratic. In that case, let's start voting."
It was as if the person who exuded a powerful killing intent was not him at all.
Gan Anran immediately spoke up, "I, on behalf of the Heaven City Chamber of Commerce, will cast my vote for Ning Cheng."
Chao Jimeng then spoke up, "I, on behalf of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, will also cast my vote for Ning Cheng."
Mao Xiuxuan did not hesitate to cast his vote for Jian Xuanming, followed by the Void Sect, Gale Void Alliance, Black City Artefact Crafting Alliance and the other forces also cast their votes for Jian Xuanming.
Ning Cheng obtained four votes, respectively from the Heaven City Chamber of Commerce, Rogue Cultivator Alliance, Black City Pill Union and Black City Array Formation Alliance. The Void Adventure Squad abstained, while Jian Xuanming of the Extinguishing Karma Starry Sky Fleet also obtained four votes.
"Ning Cheng, it looks like you can't be the City Master for now." Mao Xiuxuan felt angry at the four major forces who voted for Ning Cheng. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to deal with Ning Cheng. He would then unite with Jian Xuanming to consolidate the entire Rootless Black City's forces.
Previously, with Xu Kai around, he did not dare to do such a thing. However, facing Ning Cheng, he did not feel any fear. He had seen Ning Cheng's battle recordings, but compared to Xu Kai, the difference was just too great. Ning Cheng had definitely used a trick to kill Xu Kai.
Ning Cheng looked at Jian Xuanming with a smile and asked, "Brother Jian, I don't know who you are voting for?"
Jian Xuanming spoke up with a calm tone, "Since you and I are competing for the position of the City Master, then the two of us naturally would not vote."
"That's for the best." Ning Cheng clapped his hands and spoke, "Since everyone has elected me to be the City Master of the Rootless Black City, then I will reluctantly do it."
"Who did you say elected you to be the City Master of the Rootless Black City? The vote just now clearly showed four votes for each side, while you, Ning Cheng, did not even exceed by a single vote. What makes you the City Master? "Mao Xiuxuan once again stood up and shouted.
Ning Cheng stared at Mao Xiuxuan coldly, before calmly speaking up, "Since I want to compete for the position of the City Master, then I will have to show a bit of sincerity. Shen Zimo ….."
"This subordinate is here." Shen Zimo, just like a ghost, suddenly appeared in the hall.
"Report the results of your investigation." Ning Cheng calmly spoke up.
"Yes." Shen Zimo responded, before speaking up in a clear voice, "In the last 50 years, the Auspicious Star Chamber of Commerce had robbed 78 female cultivators from Heaven's Way. They had also killed 191 new cultivators who could not afford to pay the Black Coins, totaling 231 people. They had also robbed 297 new cultivators of their properties, and killed 297 people … All of these have conclusive evidence; moreover, it is only a small part of the crimes. "
The entire hall turned silent, no one doubted Shen Zimo's words. That is because every force had done such things before, as such it was not a big deal.
"How many people has my City Master's Mansion recruited for the cultivator army?" Ning Cheng asked again.
"A total of 1,341 people, all with Crucible Transformation Cultivation."
"Very good, the new cultivator army needs to undergo a blood test. Immediately take some people to flatten all the stations, rest stops, shopping malls of the Auspicious Star Chamber of Commerce … For this kind of trash Chamber of Commerce, there is no need to leave anything behind."
"Yes!"
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