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The establishment of the Evil Suppression Department brought them the greatest joy, but also the greatest worry.

They feared being sued, as many independent cultivators might file complaints against them.

They had already given up hope for branches or outposts outside the headquarters, as their own people were involved in every crackdown on crime, and they never learned from their mistakes.

They had long seen through human nature.

It was possible that some of their subordinates, whom they hadn't even discovered yet, were doing disgusting things. If they were reported, that would be good, at least it would solve the problem.

Their biggest fear was that some independent cultivators and small forces would file complaints not to solve problems, but to create them.

Against that, they would be defenseless.

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"Ah, how could this happen? Are we still going to file a complaint?"

The Seven Oddities of the Back Mountain were once again embroiled in an argument.

"No, why would we go? Do you think the Evil Suppression Department is stupid enough to not know our reputation? Filing a complaint against Immortal Zi Han is as obvious as a louse on a bald head, isn't it?" The blacksmith said nonchalantly.

"What you said makes sense, but it should still have a deterrent effect, right? Make that bitch Zi Han restrain herself a bit," said the Lecherous Devil.

"You're underestimating the Evil Suppression Department. They know about our feud. Think about it the other way around. If the Evil Suppression Department really took the case and then discovered our motives after an investigation, do you think the Evil Suppression Department would hold a grudge against us? Have you thought about that?" The blacksmith retorted.

He had disagreed with this approach from the start.

Because they feared Immortal Zi Han, and it seriously affected their cultivation.

They planned to go to the Evil Suppression Department to file a complaint, saying that a cultivator was suppressing the seven of them, bullying the weak with their superior cultivation, and hoping that the Evil Suppression Department would uphold justice.

Originally, everyone had agreed.

But before they could even file the complaint, the Evil Suppression Department announced the establishment of the Transcendent Technology City.

This was as obvious as a louse on a bald head.

Anyone who could survive in Qingyun Mountain was not stupid.

Naturally, they understood the reasons for the Evil Suppression Department and the Merit Hall's actions, which were to avoid unnecessary troubles.

Then, as time passed, they would gradually establish the Evil Suppression Department's style of handling affairs, what should be done and what should not be done, and establish the greatest common understanding with the cultivators, right?

Everyone understood this very well.

This led to a division. The three, led by the Lecherous Devil, wanted to continue to make false accusations, while the four, led by the blacksmith, thought they should just forget about it.

The Evil Suppression Department had just been established, and they couldn't be fooled. They would definitely not have a good outcome.

But the three of the Lecherous Devil were unwilling to give up and wanted to test the waters.

They were really forced into a corner by Immortal Zi Han, especially recently. She was watching the seven of them all day long, and they didn't dare to leave Qingyun Mountain easily.

Qingyun Mountain was indeed a sacred place, but cultivators also needed to go out for training and tempering.

Moreover, staying in Qingyun Mountain meant sitting idle and consuming resources; they needed to go down the mountain to earn merit points.

"According to what you said, what should we do? Are we not going to leave Qingyun Mountain?" The Lecherous Devil asked dissatisfied.

This time, his tone seemed very polite, unlike his previous attitude of scolding and despising people at every turn.

He seemed much more polite.

But the blacksmith could hear the difference. This was not a joke, but a conversation that could lead to grudges.

"I didn't mean that. I meant that this would outweigh the gains. Besides, the Evil Suppression Department is not stupid. They will understand. We can guard against it for a while, but we can't guard against it forever," the blacksmith said, not daring to joke anymore.

The Lecherous Devil breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. This small group still had to be maintained.

Especially now, the seven of them were grasshoppers on the same rope. Breaking up now would only make others laugh.

And once they broke up, the seven of them would definitely die a miserable death.

The seven, who were neither entirely good nor entirely evil, even more evil than good, had many enemies, not just Immortal Zi Han.

There were many more.

If the seven of them separated, they would definitely be defeated one by one.

Staying together meant they only had one major enemy, Zi Han. If they split up, there would be even more major enemies.

"What do you say we should do?" The Lecherous Devil asked heavily.

He had no solution. If he had a solution, he would have solved it long ago.

This was not okay, that was not okay. He had had enough of this life.

He even had an idea in his mind: If I'm not wanted here, I'll be wanted somewhere else. I don't want the identity of a Qingyun Mountain Legend anymore. I'll go and join a few evil cultivator giants.

His identity as a Qingyun Mountain Legend would be welcomed by any evil cultivator giant.

If there was really no other way, it wasn't impossible.

Why was the identity of a Qingyun Mountain Legend so attractive? It was simply because of the advantage of being close to the water.

Luck, spiritual energy, opportunities, and good fortune were all top-notch.

But the current situation of the seven of them had been forced to the point where they had very few benefits. They were no longer considered complete Qingyun Mountain Legend cultivators.

How could there be a legend who was forced to the point of not being able to go down the mountain?

Such a legend was too aggrieved.

"There are solutions, and many, but every solution requires a price. The reason we haven't been able to decide is not because there are no solutions, but because we don't want to pay the price," the blacksmith said.

What problem couldn't be solved in Qingyun Mountain? The reason it couldn't be solved was because you didn't have enough merit points.

As long as you had enough merit points, there was no problem that couldn't be solved.

Let's talk about the dark side of Qingyun Mountain Legends.

Where there is good, there is evil; where there is light, there is darkness.

Perhaps there wasn't at the beginning of Qingyun Mountain, but this was more than ten years after Xuan Huang preached the Dao, and everything existed.

The Seven Oddities were not special. There were many in Qingyun Mountain who were neither entirely good nor entirely evil. They were just small fries among the evil cultivators.

There were plenty of great evil demons.

As long as they joined these great demons, the problem would naturally be solved.

Immortal Zi Han was just righteous, not stupid.

Once someone stronger than her stood up to protect the Seven Oddities, Immortal Zi Han would also give up. Being stubborn in Qingyun Mountain was hopeless.

There was a saying circulating in the cultivation world: The real great demons and giants of evil are not the Ten Ancestors of the Evil Path outside, but the 'gentlemen' on Qingyun Mountain. Of course, the 'gentlemen' here are in quotation marks.

Once that day came, and Master Xuan told the Qingyun Mountain cultivators that they could graduate and not stay in Qingyun Mountain anymore.

That would be the moment when the evil demons were released from their cages.

The whole world would undergo a huge change because of this.

Although this saying had a derogatory meaning, it was true.

The so-called Ten Ancestors of the Demonic Path were just those who couldn't survive in Qingyun Mountain. Which of the cultivators in the top 10,000 of Qingyun Mountain wasn't stronger than the Ten Ancestors?

They were the important forces that influenced the world.

They were still lurking in Qingyun Mountain, seeking the Dao.

Even a righteous cultivator from Qingyun Mountain couldn't guarantee what they might become after being driven away by a Profound Master.

People are constantly changing, autonomous individuals capable of transformation.

Of course, this is a very realistic joke.

The future of cultivators on Qingyun Mountain is uncertain until the future arrives.

But all of this illustrates that the Seven Fiends have ways to deal with Fairy Zihan.

They could seek refuge by joining a stronger power.

But what would be the price?

Besides that, the emerging mysterious force, the Shadow Assassins Alliance, is rumored to be no less powerful than the Eight Great Sects; even if it's not as strong, it wouldn't be far off.

It's said that the leader and several deputy leaders of this alliance are legends from Qingyun Mountain.

They're simply well-hidden and haven't been discovered yet.

Without exception, every first, every launch, every internal, every tolerance, every look!

As long as they pay a certain price, they can kill Fairy Zihan.

The Shadow Assassins Alliance became famous quickly after assassinating three legends from Qingyun Mountain who were ranked within the top ten thousand.

Yes, you read that right, organizations like this exist even within Qingyun Mountain.

Profound Yellow is truly hands-off, without any pretense.

He doesn't show any concern for such organizations in Qingyun Mountain.

Ultimately, there are countless paths, just different ways; there's no need to stop them, and it's impossible to eliminate them.

Where there's demand, there will be supply; ultimately, it's due to demand.

Without demand, there wouldn't be such assassination organizations.

The path is chosen by the cultivators themselves, and they also choose what price to bear, which is understandable.

If they knew that the biggest mastermind behind the Shadow Assassins Alliance was Shadow Wraith, cultivators would probably find it hard to laugh or cry.

Saying Shadow Wraith is the biggest mastermind isn't entirely accurate.

Just like Void Blade established his own disciples, the Blade Masters.

Shadow Wraith, who is very different from ordinary wraiths, originally belonged to Shadow Wraith Qi Long, but was later refined by Profound Yellow, and then Profound Yellow separated Shadow Wraith again.

Then it was integrated into Qingyun Mountain, becoming the shadow of Qingyun Mountain.

On the magical land of Qingyun Mountain, anything can happen.

Ordinary wraiths need to be at the fourth level to develop intelligence.

But Shadow Wraith doesn't need to; its distortion was erased by Profound Yellow. The moment Profound Yellow released it, it slowly began to develop intelligence, the same as humans.

It belongs to a different kind of wraith, with a very legendary experience.

To call it a wraith is correct; it is indeed a wraith.

But to say it's exactly the same as other wild wraiths is also incorrect.

It's a wraith with merit, a wraith that was refined and sacrificed by Profound Yellow Dao Lord, and then released.

Although, from the source, it has been transformed; it's not based on the resentment of heaven and earth, but on the source bestowed by Profound Yellow.

But its wraith form and race haven't changed.

Over the years, Shadow Wraith slowly developed wisdom that doesn't belong to normal people.

One day, bored, it came up with an idea: to establish an assassin organization, to establish a collection point for its own faith and luck.

The Shadow Assassins Alliance was born.

It found several cultivators in Qingyun Mountain who were most suitable for the paths of shadow, killing, and assassination.

It guided them, or rather, lured them, and then the Shadow Assassins Alliance appeared.

Then it stopped caring and let these chosen people act.

During this period, it exchanged experiences with Brother Blade Void Blade, Brother Hope Scarecrow, and gained a lot.

In addition, Brother Hope is in a similar situation.

It's a wraith but also not a wraith, a newborn wraith bestowed with a source by Profound Yellow.

Of course, it had asked its master Profound Yellow about establishing the Shadow Assassins Alliance; Profound Yellow, being known for being easy to talk to, naturally agreed.

Anyway, if his subordinates didn't establish it, ordinary cultivators wouldn't dare to establish it in Qingyun Mountain.

But it wouldn't be good if there wasn't one either, it would still appear eventually.

It's better to appear sooner than later, so Profound Yellow agreed.

Including the Merit Hall and the Listening Tower, none of them discovered the mastermind behind the Shadow Assassins Alliance, so this organization is mysterious, and because it's mysterious, it seems even more powerful.

Sun Tong of the Merit Hall asked Profound Yellow, and Profound Yellow simply said not to worry about it, and she understood.

Combined with knowing that Shadow Wraith had developed intelligence and was no different from normal people.

And combined with Hope's open and aboveboard establishment of the Guardian Legion, she quickly understood.

"Do you want to join them, or do you want to hire the Shadow Assassins Alliance?" the Lust Demon asked after a long silence.

It seems that a certain price will have to be paid.

"Both are possible, but maybe neither is needed," the Blacksmith said.

"Oh? What do you mean?" The other five also felt it was interesting; it seems that the Blacksmith is just a blacksmith, and his brain hasn't rusted.

"Find Fairy Zihan and explain clearly that the previous events were a misunderstanding and we are willing to compensate. If she agrees to let it go, then so be it. If she doesn't agree, then tell her that there are many experts stronger than her, and we can completely join them, and even the Shadow Assassins Alliance has assassinated experts of her level before. Tell her all of this. Let her choose for herself."

The Blacksmith said: "This is better than falsely accusing her. Let alone whether the Town Demon Department will care if we sue, even if they do, we are the ones in the wrong, and the kind that the adults of the Town Demon Department don't like... I don't think it's of any use; it will only let Fairy Zihan see our nervousness and incompetence, which is not advisable."

With the Blacksmith's description, the Lust Demon understood the Blacksmith's idea.

It's still about solving the problem ourselves, and as for joining forces or hiring an assassin, those are just threats that won't be used unless absolutely necessary.

This leaves a lot of room for maneuver.

"Are you planning to threaten her into giving up?" the Lust Demon asked.

"It's not really a threat. If we do this and she still doesn't change her mind, we can only take the route of joining forces or assassination. It's forcing her, and it's also forcing ourselves," the Blacksmith said.

"I think this method is feasible."

The remaining five also didn't want the team to break up. The two who had the biggest conflict were the Blacksmith and the Lust Demon, and it would be great if they could work together.

"Okay, let's do it this way," the Lust Demon agreed.

Now that they've decided, they'll act immediately; they can't wait any longer.

It's been a long time since they went down the mountain; it's all because of Fairy Zihan.

Moreover, the Super-Tech City is about to be built, which is another opening of a great era; they must seize the opportunity and not shrink back in Qingyun Mountain.

Soon, they contacted Fairy Zihan.

When the conditions were laid out, Fairy Zihan looked at the seven of them with cold eyes.

"What if I don't agree?"

"You will. After all, it's not worth it to fight to the death with us. It's a time of great prosperity, and it's not worth it to focus your attention on us... Besides, we sincerely want to resolve the conflict. We haven't sought refuge with stronger powers, nor have we sought out people from the Shadow Assassins Alliance, nor have we sued in the Town Demon Department. You can see our sincerity here."

Fairy Zihan: ......

...... (End of this chapter)