First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 280: Settling Accounts

By the time Shen Mo arrived, the outcome of the battle had already been determined!

Although the mutated demon had advanced to the late stage of the second rank, it was still no match for Chen Mengze.

The cultivator tainted by demonic energy was a local Qi Gathering Realm cultivator.

Their immortal techniques, martial arts, and talismans were all average!

Even though they had increased their cultivation level to be on par with Chen Mengze by devouring living beings...

Their fighting power was still inferior to Chen Mengze, who came from the Linjiang Sect!

Moreover, Chen Mengze also had a Purple Bamboo Hundred Blade Sword in her hand. Even if she couldn't defeat it, she could rely on this treasure to kill it.

"Senior Sister Chen, are you injured?"

Shen Mo descended from his lightning-fast sword and asked with concern.

"I'm fine."

Chen Mengze sheathed her sword and glanced at the head of the Chi Family with a cold tone.

"Unfortunately... this demon has still harmed six members of the Chi Family."

Shen Mo witnessed the scene earlier through his Flawless Eye.

Turning around, he sighed at the head of the Chi Family. "Fellow Daoist Chi, this is a dereliction of duty on the part of my Garrison Division."

Shen Mo didn't say much about how the people guarding the city were arranged by the Tian Family and that all the cultivation families in the city had their responsibilities.

The head of the Chi Family was well aware of this matter.

His family even had a Body Tempering Realm junior who received a monthly salary from the Tian Family and was stationed on the southern city wall!

If he were to shirk responsibility now, he would also be giving up his authority.

But on the official side, punishment could not be avoided.

If something happened in the future, the one who would suffer would still be him, the head of the Garrison Division.

"After this matter, my division will provide appropriate compensation."

"Although it cannot alleviate the pain of losing loved ones, it can at least provide resources for those who survived to cultivate and strengthen themselves."

"We must prevent such tragedies from happening again!"

The head of the Chi Family's face was filled with sorrow and bitterness. He wanted to argue with Shen Mo, but he couldn't find a reason for it at the moment.

Was it the Garrison Division's fault for allowing the demon to enter the city?

But the authority and responsibility of guarding the city had always been controlled by the Tian Family and other major families. The Garrison Division couldn't interfere.

Was it this woman surnamed Chen who drove the demon into their residence?

But killing the demon was the right thing to do.

They couldn't just let the demon go!

In the end, the head of the Chi Family sighed heavily, clasped his hands towards Shen Mo, and returned to his residence.

The bodies of the demon-tainted cultivators were taken back to the Garrison Division by two Body Tempering Realm cultivators.

"Senior Sister Chen, take people to the various city walls and capture all the city guards."

"For now... bring them back to the Garrison Division for custody."

"After the investigation is clear, they can be released. The vacant positions can be filled by our division's cultivators."

"In addition, all the Four-Faced Observing Bone Mirrors on the city walls should be replaced."

Chen Mengze furrowed her eyebrows slightly upon hearing this. With her current strength, it wouldn't be difficult to capture the city guards.

But this move would undoubtedly anger the major families in the city!

The Garrison Division had just started to gain some momentum.

Such a rough action might make the cultivators from the smaller families even more inclined to be close to the Tian Family.

Shen Mo saw her doubts and said calmly, "Intimidate them with power and entice them with benefits! I'm not afraid of them turning against me."

"You go first, I need to pay a visit to the Tian Family!"

"For over ten years, the materials owed to the Garrison Division should also be settled."

Just like the Linjiang Sect.

When the Garrison Division was established, all the families and sects with industries in various places would give up a portion of their benefits to the Garrison Division.

The Tian Family had prospered since five hundred years ago.

From an ordinary cultivation family in Hongye City, they gradually grew into a powerful immortal family.

More than a hundred years ago, the demonic disaster just began.

The Tian family also followed the rules and transferred a portion of their industrial interests.

Relying on the Town Defense Bureau to eradicate demons and protect Hongye City, they also paid the full amount of cultivation resources every month.

But more than twenty years ago, when the demonic disaster temporarily receded, they began to make small moves.

First, they arranged for their own family members to take up the position of supervisor in Hongye City, but they were rejected by the Linjiang Sect.

Then the resources they paid gradually decreased, and they gradually intervened in the affairs of the Town Defense Bureau...

Until today, the city guards are receiving the Tian family's monthly salary, and they haven't even handed over a single spirit stone to the Town Defense Bureau in a year.

Calculating with three hundred low-grade spirit stones per month.

Over the years, the Tian family has owed more than seventy thousand spirit stones in total!

Clearing the old accounts is just an excuse for Shen Mo.

What he really wants to calculate is today's account.

Just after he left the Town Defense Bureau, a mutated demon entered the city...

If he didn't have the ability to monitor the entire city with his all-seeing eye and inform Chen Mengze, and if her strength was not good enough to arrive in time and kill the demon leader...

Regardless of which link had a mistake, it is feared that today, this demon would have devoured many lives in the city.

Even promoted to the third rank, slaughtering and devouring thousands of mortals and cultivators!

And Shen Mo himself would not be able to escape the punishment of the Law Enforcement Hall.

He would end up dead and his soul destroyed, and that would be a light punishment.

Therefore, he decided to immediately snatch back the authority and responsibility of guarding the city, so as to prevent such disasters from happening again.

Of course, the Tian family cannot be let off easily either!

"Swoosh!"

The flowing light transformed by Shen Mo appeared above the Tian family mansion.

As the overlord of Hongye City, the Tian family was vast and prosperous, and it was located on a spiritual vein node within the city.

Coupled with the Spirit Gathering formation gathering spiritual energy, the mansion was quite majestic, and the spiritual energy inside was no less than that of the Golden Toad Tower and other immortal sects outside the city.

At this moment, the gates of the Tian family were tightly closed, and not a single gatekeeper appeared.

A huge array prohibition enveloped the entire mansion, with inscriptions circulating and emitting a faint glow.

It is unknown whether it was to guard against mutated demons or to guard against Shen Mo!

Shen Mo stirred his spiritual power and spoke loudly, "Hongye City, Town Defense Bureau Supervisor Shen Mo, here to visit the Tian family patriarch!"

"I request the patriarch of the Tian family to come and meet me."

Soon, a response from Tian Hong came from inside the mansion, "Since you are a disciple of the Linjiang Sect, coming to visit, why not bring a gift as a junior?"

Tian Hong has also practiced in the Linjiang Sect before.

In theory, Shen Mo could call him senior without any problem.

But today he came to settle accounts, how could he go "pay respects" to this senior as a junior!

Shen Mo felt helpless and said, "If the patriarch of the Tian family refuses to come out, then let's communicate like this."

"For these years, the Tian family has owed the Town Defense Bureau a total of seventy-one thousand eight hundred and fifty spirit stones!"

"In consideration of the fact that the patriarch of the Tian family also comes from the Linjiang Sect, I will round it down for you."

"All the Tian family needs to pay is seventy-two thousand spirit stones!"

"Tian patriarch, please make the payment as soon as possible."

The commotion here immediately attracted many cultivators in the city to watch.

Today, they have truly opened their eyes.

First, there were natural anomalies and the resonance of ten thousand swords, then there was a demonic cultivator infiltrating the city, and the town defense cultivators fought against it.

Now, the newly arrived Shen Mo in the city is actually demanding payment at the doorstep of the Tian family mansion!

Most cultivators are just here to watch the excitement.

But the heads and elders of the small families in the city are extremely concerned about this matter.

Many people had guessed that the person who caused the celestial phenomenon and anomalies might be Shen Mo, who had arranged for his family members to visit the Town Defense Bureau.

Now, he has taken new actions.

It is unknown whether he will end up embarrassed or if he can force the Tian family to obediently pay the owed spirit stones.

(End of this chapter)