The two Jindan monks each rode a cloud and flew high into the sky on the top of the mountain.

Chi Dun was covered in dust and had some minor injuries on his body. He snorted coldly on his gray cloud: "Fei Si! If you hadn't stopped me from hunting down the demon cultivator, I would have captured him long ago!"

The person he was arguing with was an old man in yellow clothes, with a goatee and sharp eyes. His last name was Fei and his given name was Si.

Fei Si snorted coldly: "You reckless man. Am I stopping you from chasing the demon cultivator? I am stopping you from destroying the Fire Persimmon Forest!"

The two argued all the way until they arrived in front of the city lord.

The layers of clouds and mist opened up like a curtain, revealing the city lord's true identity.

The current city lord had a calm expression on his face, as he was already accustomed to the quarrels between the two.

Fei Si and Chi Dun, one a scholar and the other a warrior, are the city lord's most powerful arms, but they have always been at odds with each other.

After Chi Dun paid his respects, he immediately complained, accusing Fei Si of not cooperating and preventing him from continuing the pursuit. Now that the black shadow demon cultivator had slipped into the Fire Persimmon Forest, he could only temporarily close the forest.

Faith immediately retorted: "Reckless man!"

"The value of the persimmon forest is so huge that it has been cultivated since the founding of the city. It took more than a dozen generations and hundreds of years of hard work to achieve its current scale."

"Fire persimmons are explosive. Once a war breaks out in the Fire Persimmon Forest, it will inevitably lead to a chain explosion. By then, the largest industry in our Fire Persimmon Fairy City will be wiped out!"

"More than half of the annual income of Xiancheng comes from the Fire Persimmon Forest. It can be said that it is the Fire Persimmon Forest that supports the operation of Xiancheng."

"You only care about your own mission. You are so short-sighted. Once the Fire Persimmon Forest is destroyed, how will you ask the Lord City Lord to explain to the Nandou court?"

It turned out that the Third Sect Master hid the Lava Fairy Palace deep in Huoshi Mountain. After suppressing the volcano, this place gradually turned from a bad place into a blessed land.

The Nandou Immortal Dynasty took a fancy to this place and hundreds of years ago, they sent Nascent Soul cultivators to settle in the volcano to build an immortal city. After the immortal city formation was laid, it absorbed the earth's power and fire spirit energy as nutrients to cultivate the fire persimmon forest.

The Fire Persimmon Forest is extremely profitable, and the name of the Fire Persimmon Fairy City comes from this.

The annual picking of fire persimmons has also spawned a festival unique to Fire Persimmon Fairy City - the Fire Persimmon Festival.

On the day of the festival, all the monks in the city would come to the forest to pick persimmons. By then, the city would be filled with the joy of a good harvest and be bustling with activity.

Chi Dun stiffened his neck, glared at Fei Si, and was about to speak.

The city lord interrupted: "Okay, you have interrogated a group of monks, do you have any clues?"

Chi Dun quickly bowed and presented his confession book.

The city lord sat still, letting the confession book slowly float in front of him. A gust of wind blew and flipped the confession book from beginning to end.

He was a Nascent Soul cultivator with amazing spiritual awareness. In just a few breaths, he had read the contents of the confession book.

There is no value at all.

Chi Dun asked, "Lord City Lord, the demon cultivator is hiding in the Fire Persimmon Forest. What should we do?"

The city lord's consciousness flew the confession book to Chi Dun again. He said calmly: "What do you think?"

Chi Dun frowned in embarrassment: "The Fire Persimmon Forest is extremely important. I think it would be better to report it directly and let the Southern Bean Immortal Dynasty send a capable person to handle it."

"If nothing else, just sprinkle a handful of red beans, and with the red-turbaned warriors leading the charge, casualties can be greatly reduced."

"Or, we can just ask the people from the Divine Capture Department to come and capture and kill the demon cultivators."

"Whether it's the monks from the Divine Capture Division who practice the Clear Mind Alert Technique or the Root Tracing Technique, they are better at catching the murderer than I am."

The city lord looked expressionless and glanced at Fei Si.

Fei Si immediately understood and shouted again: "Reckless man!"

"You called the people from the Divine Police Department over. What else do we have to do with you?"

"We have already negotiated with the two major families in secret. Now, we suddenly report to the higher-ups. How can we face the Zhou and Zheng families?"

"Once this is done, it will be a huge violation of the rules!"

"You must know that when you are in charge of a place, you must maintain good relations with the local clans and work closely with them. Only in this way can you achieve political order and peace."

"Going back on one's words is the behavior of a mean person!"

Faith refuted it fiercely and became emotional.

There was still part of his words that he hadn't said.

The discovery of the Lava Fairy Palace was made after the city lord took office. According to regulations, the city lord should report it in a timely manner.

However, at that time, the Zhou and Zheng families tried their best to persuade him and offered huge bribes, and the city lord himself coveted the treasure of the Lava Fairy Palace, so he kept it secret and did not report it.

Originally, the three parties developed the business secretly and lived in peace.

The Ning family's discovery of the Lava Fairy Palace was also expected, and the three parties had already been mentally prepared to accept it.

But an accident suddenly happened - the Lava Fairy Palace was blown out!

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That damned black shadow demon cultivator, with his own strength, caused the good situation to take a sharp turn for the worse and become unrecognizable.

The Lava Fairy Palace was almost completely out of the world, and was barely suppressed by the city lord's personal action. However, the selection standard of the Lava Fairy Palace was still lowered to the Qi Refining Stage, and the sound of the Dharma Bell was widely spread.

Although the city lord issued multiple orders to promptly control the monks present and cover up the incident, the news had already leaked out. As time passed, the Nandou royal family would definitely know about it.

If the city lord got the treasure from the Lava Fairy Palace, that would be easy to deal with.

But now, he has not gained anything at all! The loss of the Immortal Dynasty is inevitable. In this case, how can the city lord be willing to give up? Of course, he has to bite the bullet and explore the Immortal Palace with all his strength. This is in his best interest.

Chi Dun couldn't argue with Fei Si, so he simply spread out his hands, saying that the task was too difficult and he was helpless.

Fei Si sneered: "How can a reckless man like you come up with a solution? I have to do it!"

The city lord looked at Fei Si and said calmly: "Fei Si, if you have any ideas, just tell me."

Fei Si had already prepared a plan in mind, and at this moment he smiled and said, "Sir, I think the best way is to calm down!"

"The purpose of that black shadow demon cultivator is very clear, it is the Lava Fairy Palace!"

"Before, he wanted to enter the Fairy Palace, but was stopped by Zheng Shuanggou. Why did he show up near the dungeon this time?"

"On the surface, he wanted to destroy the formation pillars under the dungeon."

The great formation in the Fire Persimmon Immortal City has five major formation pillars, located in the Zhou family, Zheng family, Ning family, dungeon, and city guard camp. Destroying these formation pillars will endanger the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City's great formation.

"But this is just the superficial purpose!" Fei Si made a judgment, his eyes sparkling and quite confident.

"He is most likely exposing himself on purpose to lure Chi Dun to chase him, so as to attract the city lord to show up and arrest him."

"Finally, this demon cultivator hid in the Fire Persimmon Forest. He seemed to be in a panic, but in fact, it was quite strange."

"The fire persimmons are prone to self-destruction, and there are multiple formations set up in the fire persimmon forest. Why did he choose to hide here?"

"Right now, multiple magic arrays in the Fire Persimmon Forest have been activated at the same time, temporarily sealing off the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator. He seems to be a bird in a cage and a turtle in a jar, but I am more inclined to believe that he is trying to attract our attention."

"I have a bold guess. This black shadow demon cultivator is just a bait on the surface. In fact, there are other people lurking in secret."

"Once we are attracted by him and concentrate our forces to encircle and suppress him, the crater will inevitably be empty and reveal a flaw."

"The enemy's situation is unclear. What we know is very limited. We have no idea how many enemies are lurking in the dark."

"It is even possible that the three major families are the accomplices of the demon cultivators, or even the driving force behind the scenes!"

Chi Dun opened his mouth slightly and his eyes were blank when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)