Eternal life begins with saving my clan

Under his piercing gaze, all the various spies were easily located. With a casual wave of his hand, tens of deadly sharp sword Qi came out of his hand, traveling at a breathtaking speed.

In a blink, it appeared right in front of all the spies. No matter how stealthy the spies tried to become, the sword Qi found them.

It decimated into pieces, leaving no part intact. Till death, they didn't know what or who killed them.

With the spies dealt with, Su Yen went back to his cultivation. Everything he did only took a couple of seconds, so no one knew that tens of people had just had the most gruesome death.

Back to the present moment.

The day passed by quietly, and the Cao clan continued renovating all the various stores they bought.

All the stores were being renovated to have the same structure: a ten-story circular building.

With the renovation, Su Yen didn't care how many spirit stones were spent.

They employed thousands of people at the same time.

With just the renovation alone, both the inner and outer city were bustling with lives.

However, the elite people were far from being happy at all.

It had been over five hours since Wang Luli and other clans launched an attack on the Cao clan. Why wasn't there any response from their men?

The continuous waiting was killing them inside-out, and they began to send people to check out things.

This time around, it was not just a few clans but all clans in the core region and two clans from the inner city.

The Fu clan and the Yuan clan.

It only took a couple of minutes before the news spread like wildfire.

For a couple of minutes, no clan responded to the gruesome news they heard.

Tens of clan masters' wives and elders were butchered into pieces.

Their blood had long dried on the ground, flies having a nice feast on their bodies.

Many didn't believe the news and paid 100 silver to enter the inner city to see the gruesome death of the clans.

The outer city was in upheaval when the news was confirmed by many people. Even some of the wealthy ones used to capture the gruesome scene with an image stone.

(Note: This was a general image stone that could be found in every city, not the Spirit Image Crystal.)

With the continuous spread of the gruesome death of the Wang clan and other powerful clans, tension rose in the air. Everyone looked at the Cao clan that continued to work on their project as if everything that happened didn't have anything to do with them.

Fear and panic gripped the minds of everyone. It was now they realized the Cao clan was not the Cao clan of yesteryears.

They became a mysterious clan that many people became wary of.

In the core city, the various clans were having high-level meetings. They only discussed one thing.

The Cao clan.

The city lord's mansion wasn't any different.

The city lord looked at the man with a hood and mask on his face.

"So, the Cao clan has joined with some strange people…" He muttered with a sharp glint in his eyes.

As the city lord, he needed to put everyone in every clan in their place.

He had held the rule of the Baiyun for fifty years with a strict sense of hierarchy and control.

Even though there were many clans trying to contend with him, they were still operating at their assigned position.

Some of the unruly ones disappeared overnight.

To have a firm control over the people, he needed to know their strength and weakness.

And now, the Cao clan had become an anomaly. He knew nothing of those strange people they worked with.

Everyone that came close to spying on them died a gruesome death.

The masked man looked at his master filled with worry and sighed silently.

The Cao clan was shrouded in strong mist that made it impossible for them to know their strength.

And with what they've shown so far, they are not to mess with.

"What should we do?" He asked his master.

"Hmm…" The city lord creased his brow, lost in thought.

Previously, he would have ordered his men to attack the Cao clan to test their strength but now, his gut feeling was telling him he shouldn't dare.

To maintain his current position, his gut feeling had saved him a lot of time. And this time around, he won't ignore it.

"Don't do anything. Let's wait and see what they're up to." He paused for a moment before he added.

"Since they have a lot of money, let's impose a higher tax on them. Raise their tax to 80%."

The masked man nodded and disappeared, leaving a wisp of smoke behind.

"Even though I don't know how powerful your backer is, I can still bring you down to your knees." He muttered with a sharp, deadly glint on his face.

As for the fact they won't pay the tax, that would make the situation much easier for him to attack the Cao clan.

Quickly, the strange tax imposed on the Cao clan spread among the people.

The people realized the battle had moved from the battle of strength to wit and power.

If the Cao clan had warriors with a lot of strength, the City Lord was showing them he still had the power over them.

With the city lord making the first move, the Crimson Jade Pavilion followed next.

They inflated the purchase of the Cao clan to 80% of the current price.

Not to be left behind, all the elite clans in the core city inflated their materials.

In the next couple of days, Baiyun city was filled with tension. Everyone knew what the powerful clans were trying to achieve.

They are trying to push the Cao clan into a corner and force them to submission.

However, the people were scared. Even the elite clans were scared.

They witnessed firsthand how merciless the power behind the Cao clan was. And thus, they were playing with fire.

War could start at any moment, and every clan was secretly prepared.

Contrary to what the city lord and the elite clans expected, the Cao clan continued their work under such heavy pressure.

They acted as if they weren't under heavy pressure and bought everything eight times its original price.

One thing was certain, the renovation of the various stores was coming to an end.

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