After the monks on the street joined forces to destroy the city guards, they began to approach Li Mu silently. Now, Li Mu was the only one they could rely on.

"Senior, what should we do next? I'm afraid the people in the City Lord's Mansion are not so easy to fool. This matter can be concealed for a while but not forever." A cultivator said with a worried look on his face.

"What are we afraid of? Since we have already done it, what can we do even if we are found out by the people in the City Lord's Mansion? The worst that can happen is that we fight them! Besides, these people are city guards, they eat the food of the City Lord's Mansion and are loyal to the six major forces, but they secretly collude with the black-hearted Xinyi Trading Company to oppress the lower-level cultivators. If this matter is really made a big deal, I'm afraid the City Lord's Mansion will have a hard time explaining to the higher-ups!" Another cultivator snorted coldly, looking fearless.

Everyone nodded slightly when they heard this, as if that was true. Under the mask of the notorious Xinfeng Guards in Yangxing City was actually someone from the City Lord's Mansion? If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they probably wouldn't have believed it. However, this absurd thing happened just like that.

Although the businesses done by Xinyi Commercial Bank are all legal and compliant, they are ultimately controversial, and the lower-level cultivators in Yangxing City have long complained about it and are oppressed by it. If the fact that Xinfengwei of Xinyi Commercial Bank is a member of the City Lord's Mansion were to be revealed, not to mention the people above pursuing the matter, even the furious citizens of Yangxing City would probably tear down the City Lord's Mansion.

Li Mu shook his head and said to everyone, "You think too much. As the city guards, Lu Zhi and others are colluding with Xinyi Commercial Bank. Don't you think the city lord knows about it? Today, Lu Zhi and others can put the hat of traitors on you in order to keep things peaceful. What do you think the city lord will do to protect his reputation?"

Everyone was silent. They had actually thought of this a long time ago, but they were unwilling to admit it in their hearts. They still had some confidence to confront Xinyi Commercial Bank head-on. After all, they had more people, and there were even more cultivators in the entire Yangxing City who had grudges against Xinyi Commercial Bank. The City Lord's Mansion might not necessarily side with them and make the matter a small one.

And if even the city lord is involved in this matter, then what can they use to fight against others?

As the manager of a region, the city lord has the support of the domain lord above him, and the domain lord has the support of the entire Qiongzu Universe Alliance above him, and above that there are six major forces. Who knows what big shots are involved behind this matter? If he is really pushed to the limit, even if he accuses all the cultivators in Yangxing City of being traitors and slaughters them, who dares to say anything?

Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, Li Mu smiled and said, "Don't worry too much, they have a background and you can have one too."

"Where do we, the low-level monks, get any background? Even if we try to get an exam now, no decent force would be interested in us!" Everyone smiled bitterly.

"I wonder if you have heard of Lingxiao Palace?" Li Mu said.

Everyone was a little stunned when they heard this, and then nodded sparsely. Lingxiao Palace has been too high-profile recently, and the news has basically spread throughout the entire Changfeng Region. How could the cultivators in Yangxing City, which is close to the political center of Changfeng Region, not have heard of it?

"Although Lingxiao Palace is now in a strong momentum, their mechanism determines that even if they develop more members, they will still be a group of scattered sand. How can they fight against someone like the city lord?" A cultivator smiled bitterly.

Li Mu smiled faintly and said, "It seems that you still don't understand Lingxiao Palace. As far as I know, although Lingxiao Palace is just an idle organization with extremely complicated members' backgrounds, their purpose is to love Qiongzu, support the six major forces, and build a beautiful Qiongzu. Maybe they won't personally solve the problems of the palace members, but it's okay to stand on the platform and preside over justice. Do you think that with so many eyes watching Lingxiao Palace, the people in the City Lord's Mansion dare to mess around?"

"But...but we did take action just now. We are responsible for the death of those city guards."

"Really? I didn't see it. Did you see it?" Li Mu looked at Hou Xin who was standing next to him.

Hou Xin reacted and shook his head quickly.

"What about you? Have you ever seen the city guards?" Li Mu glanced at the monks.

"No, we only saw Xinfengwei." Everyone said firmly.

"That's it. Since they are the New Wind Guards, this incident is a mutual fight. At your level, isn't it normal for a few people to die in a fight?" Li Mu said with a smile.

"Senior, the people in the City Lord's Mansion are not so easy to fool..."

"It doesn't matter whether they are good at fooling people or not. You just need to remember that there are no city guards here today, only the New Wind Guards!" Li Mu said calmly, "Have you ever thought that the number of low-level cultivators joining Lingxiao Palace is very large, and they must hate Xinyi Commercial Bank very much. Lingxiao Palace will elect a palace master soon. Do you think that in order to win the support of this huge number of cultivators, those who want to run for the palace master of Lingxiao Palace will interfere with this matter?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Yes, if they could get the support of most of the low-level cultivators, the position of the hall master would be secure. Although most of the Lingxiao Hall were low-level cultivators, there were also some big figures with powerful backgrounds, such as Su Hong. He was the young hall master of Tianri Hall, one of the six major forces. The entire Changfeng Domain belonged to their family. If he could interfere, the city lord of Yangxing City would be nothing!

In the eyes of people like Su Hong, their killing of the city guards was just a trivial matter. The truth of the matter was not important. What he cared about was what could bring him the greatest benefit. Obviously, if Su Hong could stop this matter, he would definitely win the favor of most members of Lingxiao Palace, which would be much more cost-effective than directly exploring the truth.

After thinking through these key factors, the monks' eyes lit up and they saw hope for their own survival.

"Everyone, what the senior said is right. Instead of waiting for death, why don't we go to Changping City and join Lingxiao Palace first!"

"Yes, yes, yes. No matter what, we have to leave here first!"

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Everyone was talking about it.

Li Mu raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, then smiled and said: "You may not know yet, Lingxiao Hall is already preparing for the establishment of a branch hall in Yangxing City, and will officially recruit members in a few days."

Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they heard this. Although Lingxiao Palace had already been very successful in Changping, the gap between the two cities was too far after all. It would take them a long time to reach Changping City with their cultivation level, and people from the City Lord's Mansion might find them at any time on the way. It would be even better if Yangxing City also had a branch of Lingxiao Palace.

"Please give me your instructions, senior!" Everyone bowed respectfully to Li Mu.

At this moment, they trusted Li Mu unconditionally. After all, strictly speaking, Li Mu was the culprit for what happened today. If something happened to them, Li Mu would naturally not be able to escape the responsibility.

They were not worried that Li Mu would kill people to silence them. If Li Mu really intended to do so, he would have killed them long ago and there would be no need to wait until now. Besides, with Li Mu's cultivation level, they would not be able to resist if he wanted to kill them.