Inside the cave, at the entrance to the town.

Nearly 10,000 people crowded here, their eyes filled with anticipation, but also with a hint of trepidation.

Xia Tianqiong looked at these haggard and withered people, sighed slightly, and then began to shout loudly.

"Don't worry, everyone. From now on, you will no longer need to burn paper money, and no one will mistreat you. You can live here freely."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with ecstatic joy.

But then, some people realized something.

"Aren't you going to let us out?"

"I was just arrested recently, please have mercy and let me go!"

"You're a good person, so please be a good person to the end and let us leave!"

Many people spoke up, but quite a few were also confused.

Some of these people are descendants of ancient people, born here, completely ignorant of the outside world, and have no idea what they could do outside.

In fact, Xia Tianqiong had planned to keep these people from the beginning, and even if Liu Zhentian hadn't said that, he wouldn't have let them leave.

Once these people leave, outsiders will know that he killed the Liu family, and all his efforts over the past few days will have been in vain.

In addition, there was also a personal motive.

In the future, when the Fenggui chessboard evolves into a small world, people will be needed to develop it and increase the population, and these people will be just right.

"If I kill the Liu family and let you out, I'll be in big trouble if the news leaks. So you have no choice but to stay here. Besides, there are strange things everywhere outside. Where can you go if you go out? It's not as safe as here!"

But don't worry, this is only temporary. Before long, I will take you to a larger, more expansive new world. If anyone insists on leaving, then I will have to take their corpse with me.”

Xia Tianqiong's combination of coaxing, deception, and threats finally silenced the tens of thousands of people present.

They all knew that this person, who could slaughter the entire Liu family, was definitely not a benevolent person.

“I won’t manage you, and I’m too lazy to manage you. You can elect three representatives to manage your daily affairs. You’ll have half an hour.”

There are tens of thousands of people here, and someone must be in charge of managing them, otherwise chaos is bound to break out.

After saying this, Xia Tianqiong put away all the contracted ghosts and teleported to the underground warehouse again.

Half an hour should be enough to move all the supplies into the mirror space, but enough supplies to sustain 10,000 people for two years will also be left behind.

...

Tonight is destined to be an unsettling night in the capital.

The Huang, Bai, and Mo families are assassinating members of the Liu family everywhere. Whoever kills the most will be qualified to seize more of the Liu family's assets.

We're in a chaotic era now. If we kill the Liu family, we can just seize their company, factory, and all their fixed assets without having to transfer ownership.

Anyway, the authorities don't care about the affairs between these ancient families and are happy to watch them fight amongst themselves.

Tonight, all official patrol and ghost hunters are out in force, monitoring the actions of each household.

As long as it doesn't affect ordinary people, we won't intervene.

"Good lad, the Liu family was really wiped out by him, and no other family suspected anything."

Director Zhang was so excited that he slammed his fist on the table.

It was already past 10 p.m. when he called the department heads to a meeting.

"We underestimated him back then!"

"He's very shrewd, and his cunning is also quite impressive; otherwise, he really couldn't have done this."

"He loves to stir up trouble, and the key is that he can actually succeed. Why not let him take out the other families one by one, and we'll be able to relax."

"It's okay once in a while, but the other families aren't stupid. They can't expect things to go this smoothly every time."

Everyone present was chatting and laughing, and was in a very good mood.

The loss of an ancient family means the removal of a thorn in the side of the capital. As members of the Capital Bureau, their ultimate goal is to remove all such thorns.

Du Fuwei sat there, unsmiling, and suddenly spoke after everyone had finished speaking.

"The Gate to the Third Ghost Realm is getting bigger and bigger, and evil ghosts and fierce ghosts have begun to appear. Our ghost hunters are suffering more and more casualties. Why don't we send him over? He can deal with the fierce ghosts and should be able to hold the place."

Upon hearing this suggestion, some people frowned, while others nodded.

"Although the casualties were heavy, we also captured a large number of monsters and trained many high-level monster hunters. If we let him go, we will lose a place that produces monster hunters."

"The arrival of the supernatural seems to be accelerating now, and Gate 1 and Gate 2 are also gradually increasing in size. Our monster hunters are a bit stretched thin, so I think it would be suitable to send him."

"Don't forget, he won't obey our orders."

Everyone suddenly fell silent, having forgotten about it.

Director Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Old Huo said that the Sealing Chessboard needs to seal all kinds of strange creatures. With his strength, he should have captured enough evil creatures, but he definitely doesn't have any fierce creatures, since there are very few fierce creatures that have descended now."

There's a high probability that something sinister will appear at Gate Three. We just need to explain the situation to him and let him choose whether he wants to go or not.

Everyone present agreed upon hearing this.

...

Half an hour passed quickly.

Xia Tianqiong had finished collecting the supplies from the underground warehouse and was now sitting in the courtyard that originally belonged to Liu Zhentian.

The more than 10,000 residents of the cave town elected two women and one man, all of whom appeared to be in their thirties.

But she's actually only in her early twenties.

The three of them stood in front of Xia Tianqiong, all a little nervous.

Xia Tianqiong sat in the classically elegant study, sipping fine tea, and glanced at them. "Don't be nervous, please sit down and introduce yourselves."

"My name is Lu Qing."

The man was the first to speak. Xia Tianqiong remembered him; he was the first to speak before, offering to lead the way to capture the Liu family.

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