"No, no, with Senior Liu here, there's no need to gather more people. Even if we gather some, can they be stronger than Senior Liu?" Shi Renjie said.

This wasn't flattery; it was the truth. The five upper-level temples did have masters at the pinnacle of the Tenth Order Divine Heart Priest, or rather, quite a few, but they were either in high positions or had spent years in seclusion cultivating. How could they possibly travel all this way for such a trivial matter? Even if he could muster his men, he wouldn't be able to summon such masters.

Liu Rande felt so comfortable with Shi Renjie's flattery, which was not flattery at all, that he almost floated up.

"Let's go, we'll go meet Mu Hanyan now." Liu Rande waved his hand and led two groups of people towards the Huayu Temple in a heroic and confident manner.

…

"Chief Priest Mu, did our priests cause you any trouble during this hunting trial?" Mu Hanyan led Chu Yanghe and others to the Huayu Temple. After they sat down, a priest said to Mu Hanyan with an apologetic look.

Of course, he was talking about Fei Changle and other priests from the ten major temples. Although the chief priests of each temple had sternly warned them not to become enemies with Mu Hanyan before they set out, with Zhao Xinghong's enticement and promises, those people would most likely not take their warnings seriously.

This time, as soon as they heard that Mu Hanyan had returned safely, the chief priests of each hall immediately came to congratulate her. A big reason for this was that they were afraid that those people would anger Mu Hanyan and bring implicate upon themselves.

"Those guys who don't know how to live or die, wait until they come back and see how I deal with them." A priest said angrily.

"Do you really think that we can't do anything to them just because they have Zhao Xinghong backing them? I didn't bother to pay attention to them before, but this time they dared to openly become enemies with me, Chu Yanghe. I want to see if Zhao Xinghong can protect them? Chief Priest Mu, I have ordered the Peng family to be driven back to the territory, and I will deal with them slowly later." Chu Yanghe said.

"I also found a reason to drive the Fei family back to their fiefdom. The strongest masters of the Fei family were also crippled by me. At least in the next few hundred years, they can't think of returning to the Xiafeng Temple. If they are lucky, they can still survive for a while. If they are unlucky, they can only wander in the wilderness after a hundred years." Another priest said fiercely. It was Ma Jingtian, the chief priest of the Xiafeng Temple.

"You think the same as I do. I also drove the Lu family back to their fiefdom, but they didn't find any reason. The Lu family has been corrupt and abused their power over the years, and they really thought I didn't know. I was just too lazy to touch them. This time, not only did I touch them openly, but I also killed more than a dozen priests in the clan. Within a hundred years, the Lu family will be wiped out." Another chief priest also said with a sneer.

"Haha, I thought I was fast enough, but I didn't expect that you were not slow either..." Then, the other main priests also spoke.

Mu Hanyan then realized that at the same time as she entered the Black Wood Prison hunting trial, Chu Yanghe and others were not idle either. All the families that defected to Zhao Xinghong and became enemies of Mu Hanyan were uprooted. Those who were lucky could return to their fiefdoms, while those who were unlucky would have their families destroyed.

Mu Hanyan also realized that she had underestimated the skills of these chief priests before. The reason why she did not touch those families before was not because she did not dare or could not, but because she did not want to break the current balance. However, once they openly opposed them and ignored the dignity of their chief priests, they would never show mercy.

Of course, if they didn't even have this little bit of skill, they wouldn't have been able to sit in the position of chief priest for so many years.

"They are just a bunch of jumping clowns. I am sorry to trouble you all." Mu Hanyan said politely.

She knew, of course, that Chu Yanghe and the others were disrupting the family's balance and using their subordinates as a pretext for maintaining the dignity of the head priest. The main reason was to show her goodwill. Although those priests had already died in the Blackwood Prison, she didn't care much about it. However, she couldn't act too coldly when others showed such goodwill.

"By the way, Chief Priest Mu, I haven't figured out what to do with those people after they come back. Do you have any suggestions?" Chu Yanghe asked.

It's just a suggestion, but actually it means you can do whatever you want, I will listen to you.

"I think they will never come back." Mu Hanyan said lightly.

"What?" Chu Yanghe and others were slightly stunned.

"You mean, all of them, will never come back?" Chu Yanghe asked tentatively.

"Yes, none of them can come back." Mu Hanyan nodded and said, "I heard some news when I left the Black Wood Prison. It seems that they encountered revenge from alien beasts and were completely wiped out. I guess no one can come back."

Although Zhao Xinghong's death was of great significance, the Temple of Life had not announced the news of his death. However, there is no wall that is impenetrable, and some rumors will always leak out. In fact, according to the news from Gao Weihu, such rumors have indeed spread in the Temple of Life, but the lower temples are still unaware of it, so Mu Hanyan is not worried about the leak.

"The strange beasts took revenge, and the entire army was wiped out..." Chu Yanghe and others looked at Mu Hanyan, and their expressions became a little strange.

Everyone knew why Zhao Xinghong recruited those people. This was what they were worried about before, fearing that those guys would anger Mu Hanyan and implicate him. Who knew that those guys would all die in the revenge of the alien beasts? This was too much of a coincidence. The alien beasts could take revenge on anyone else, but they had to take revenge on those who had a grudge against Mu Hanyan.

Could it be that those people actually died at the hands of Mu Hanyan? Chu Yang and the others couldn't help but shudder at the thought. Hundreds of priests, all killed by Mu Hanyan, and more importantly, with Zhao Xinghong backing them up, that's unlikely, right? But if Mu Hanyan wasn't responsible, it would be too unbelievable a coincidence.

With all sorts of random thoughts in their minds, everyone looked at Mu Hanyan with a little more awe in their eyes.

Noticing the strange look in their eyes, Mu Hanyan smiled slightly.

Although Chu Yang and the things he said earlier were meant to be a gesture of goodwill towards her, they also served as a warning to her. Don't be fooled by the kind faces of these old fellows; when it comes to taking drastic action, each one is more sinister than the last.

With her in Huayu City now, they didn't dare to make any plans, but if she left, these old guys might not be able to hold back. Huayu City now was no longer the Huayu City of the past. Even Mu Hanyan herself was jealous of the daily income, let alone others.

An Xiaxin and Sikong Qinglan were still too young to fight against these old foxes. If they weren't careful, they would be eaten without leaving a bone. She was taking this opportunity to teach them a lesson so that they could give up their greed sooner.

It seems that the effect is quite good now. When she heard the news of the death of Fei Changle and others, even Chu Yanghe, who had the best relationship with her, changed his expression, let alone others.

But one knock may not be enough. Find an opportunity to knock it one more time, and you will probably feel more at ease.