Chapter 366 - 152: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada, the Sparrow Waits Behind, and the Chen Family Is Destroyed! (8k combined chapter for monthly votes)_3
Huang Qiang heard this and it made sense to him. Their family had just weathered a storm, and even Chen Quan was being so cautious at this moment, how could he relax?
Therefore, Huang Qiang began to urge his family to go into closed-door cultivation. Luckily, Immortal City was so vast, and they were merely a small part of it. So, their actions were not conspicuous.
At most, people would laugh and chat about it after dinner. Time passed quietly, and half a month had gone by in the blink of an eye.
Liang Sheng was beginning to feel anxious. Why hasn’t the Church of All Beings taken action yet? If they don’t act soon, the disciples of the Chen family might start to come out of their closed-door cultivation.
Luckily, Liang Sheng did not have to wait too long. The day when the Church of All Beings was to take action finally arrived, and Liang Sheng called Huang Qiang over on that day.
“Huang Qiang, I’ll need to go to the Lower City in the next few days to see if my young ones have made any progress. If they’ve done well in cultivating their spiritual fields, I’m thinking of bringing them back.”
The fact that Chen Quan had previously punished his disciples by sending them to the Lower City to reclaim spiritual fields had been widely spread throughout the Immortal City, and many people knew about it.
Had he not been so stern, the effect of his order for his disciples to go into closed-door cultivation this time might not have been so excellent.
It’s a deterrent, letting the Chen Family disciples know that the Patriarch is serious this time. Upon hearing this, Huang Qiang couldn’t help but be astounded.
At this point, Liang Sheng said, “You don’t need to worry about any issues. I have reported to the Commander and even received an exit token from the Internal Affairs Office. Everything has been arranged.”
Only after hearing this did Huang Qiang confirm that there were no omissions, and he immediately assured, “Commander, you can go. I was just afraid that you would be caught by the Internal Affairs Office.
In the past few months, they’ve been like mad dogs, constantly causing trouble for us. I don’t know when the Left Envoy will allow us to fight back.”
“Huang Qiang!”
Liang Sheng suddenly raised his voice, Huang Qiang quickly shut his mouth.
He realized that his words just now were somewhat reckless. What if the Internal Affairs Office heard them?
However, it wasn’t Huang Qiang’s fault. For some reason, he was finding himself more and more trusting of Chen Quan after this long period, often speaking without thinking.
Seeing that Huang Qiang had realized his mistake, Liang Sheng didn’t blame him. “In any case, the higher-ups have their considerations, you just need to do your duty, I leave it all to you.”
After giving Huang Qiang his instructions, Liang Sheng, seemingly contented, descended to the Lower City, where his disciples had been exiled.
During this period, Huang Qiang and the others had grown more and more trusting of him. In reality, he had secretly manipulated them with the Soul Control Technique. With his innate talent bestowed by the heavens, Liang Sheng had already reached the perfect state of Soul Control.
Coupled with his potent Divine Consciousness bestowed by the Ancient Cultivator at this moment, Huang Qiang and the others were unknowingly being influenced by the Soul Control Technique without their knowledge.
As for why Liang Sheng chose to descend to the mortal world at this time, it was because the disciple from the Church of All Beings who was set to retrieve the Visualization Divine Method had descended.
The other party might start their move against the Chen Mansion soon, and he naturally wanted to be away from the scene at the first moment. He had advised all members of the Chen Family to go into closed-door cultivation. In his absence, their fighting power would definitely be inadequate initially. He hoped that the personnel from the Church of All Beings would not disappoint him.
It would be best if he returned home to find that the family had suffered heavy losses, which would make “Chen Quan” disheartened and uninterested in meddling in the secular world too much.
Of course, he would adjust according to the final result. His thoughts now were entirely on the Visualization Divine Method.
The Lower City.
The territory of the Lower City was vast. Compared to the Desolate Regions, it was just like a single Desolate Region among thousands. There was no end in sight.
But the situation in the Lower City was much more secular, filled with various powers. Not only were there cultivators, but there were also a few ordinary people.
Those normal people were at the bottom of society, unable to gather the resources to reach the Qi Cultivation Realm, and were even lower than servants.
If a cultivator from the Lower City managed to reach Foundation Establishment Stage, many would choose to leave the Lower City and fight for a place in Sky City.
However, those who succeeded in reaching Sky City would ultimately still be in despair. They probably wouldn’t be able to break through to the next realm by the end of their lifespans without good fortune.
In the end, they could only return to the Lower City and spread their lineage in the hopes that their descendants could break their fetters and have a standing in Immortal City.
At this moment, Liang Sheng was like an ordinary cultivator, walking along the country road. The cultivators in the fields were still painstakingly tending to their spiritual fields. These should all be cultivators tenanting the Chen Family’s fields.
In a short while, he stopped in front of a large group of buildings. Looking at the name “Chen’s Village” on the stone table, he could not help but sigh that the -Chen Family” in the Lower City had indeed become king-like, their family and businesses were flourishing.
At this moment, there were already quite a number of people waiting in front of Chen’s Village. As soon as they saw Liang Sheng, their eyes lit up.
“Patriarch, you’re here.”
Chen Xiang took the lead in saluting Liang Sheng, his attitude extremely respectful. He didn’t want to stay in the Lower City for another moment. But since being banished to the Lower City by the family patriarch, they had not received any new orders and had gradually begun to compromise and accept their fate.
However, their patriarch was ultimately ‘overprotective.’ After all, how could he possibly abandon them?
Therefore, after learning that Liang Sheng would come to the Lower City, they had been sending people to wait at the entrance of the village, just wanting to welcome Liang Sheng at the first moment of his arrival.
Liang Sheng looked at Chen Xiang and showed no emotion, merely saying, “Let’s discuss it inside.”
Afterwards, for the Chen family disciples who had been banished, it was torment. No matter what good news they told, the “patriarch” remained expressionless..