Chapter 615: 197 A Rough and Straightforward Little Uncle_1
“Outer court elder Jiang Wen, along with a group of outer court disciples, extends greetings to Daozi and Elder Su.” At the heart of the Black Prison Immortal City, in front of a massive immortal mansion, a dignified man who looks around forty or fifty years old, is well-dressed and stands over seven feet tall, bowing respectfully in greeting.
Behind him, there is a group of nearly a hundred core formation realm outer court disciples.
“Greetings to Daozi and Elder Su!”
The group of core formation realm outer court disciples bowed in unison.
Apart from the outer court people, ten inner court disciples in charge of the defense tasks are also present.
Just having arrived here, upon witnessing this assembly, Su Yu casually fell a step behind Fan Xiao, whispering, “Junior nephew, I am merely an accompaniment and responsible for the formations. They are here to greet you, so I leave it in your hands.”
In matters of conducting business and transitions, Su Yu delegated everything to Fan Xiao to manage, while he followed along, speaking very little.
Half a month later.
Su Yu had basically gotten a thorough understanding of the situation in Black Prison Immortal City. The city’s outer court was overseen by three Nascent Soul realm elders, and had nearly ten thousand deacons, disciples and others under its fold, who were usually responsible for patrolling the city.
Adding the Qi Refinement cultivators, the Black Prison Immortal City boasted over three million cultivators.
To control such a city with the power of the outer court would surely be no easy task.
But fortunately, over the past many years, all systems of the Black Prison Immortal City have become quite robust and Integrated, with formations deployed all over the city. After Su Yu’s general inspection, he had found no loopholes.
One month later.
Black Prison Immortal Mansion, the main hall.
Fan Xiao, Su Yu, the three Nascent Soul outer court elders, and the ten inner court disciples have gathered for a meeting.
The three Nascent Soul outer court elders are named Jiang Wen, Chen Zhoudao, and Bai Chuan, each at the fourth, third, and first realm of the Nascent Soul Stage respectively.
Fan Xiao is currently at the eighth realm of the Core Formation stage, while Su Yu publicly displays a cultivation level at the fifth realm of the Core Formation stage.
The other ten core formation realm inner court disciples, from the three main peaks, have cultivation realms between the eighth and ninth realm.
Atop the two prime seats, one each was occupied by Fan Xiao and Su Yu. The three Nascent Soul realm outer court elders sat on either side, with the remaining inner court disciples seated at the back.
Bai Chuan, the Nascent Soul elder seated at the second position on the left, showed a hint of worry on his face, cold light radiating from his eyes, saying, “Daozi, Elder Su, the city’s hidden threat comes not from within, but from outside.”
“Many powers from the Yu Dragon Palace wish to stir up trouble, trying to incite chaos and instability within the Black Prison Immortal City.”
“Underneath the Black Prison Immortal City, some cultivating families or powers have contacts with forces from the Yu Dragon Palace, or are using their power to act, to grab resources or markets from other powers.”
“In this period, there have been more than one hundred cases detected by the outer court showing traces of conflict.”
“There have been six powers that have been annihilated as a result, and there are fifteen still in conflict, while others are still in the initial stages of stirring trouble.”
“Among these powers, there are eight involving Nascent Soul realm powers. If these instabilities are not curbed, the whole Black Immortal City area will be affected, and the number of Nascent Soul realm powers involved will exceed twenty.”
Fan Xiao, with an exceptionally beautiful and serene face, asked, “Have there been any chaotic traces in our immortal city market or resource sites?”
Bai Chuan pondered for a moment, then shook his head, “Previously, one marketplace was ravaged by marauding cultivators, but it was quickly put under control. At present, no local or Yu Dragon Palace forces dare to stretch their hands toward our gate’s marketplaces or resource sites.”
He then went on to lay out numerous other issues within the territory of the Black Prison Immortal City and expressed his personal concerns.
Disallowing cultivators from going out of the city and controlling the marketplace!
This was the most significant point, especially during these recent hundred years. As the strength of various factions in the Black Prison Immortal City territory grew, and many of their children infiltrated the outer court of the Immortal Mansion, these factions grew bolder and started to develop some confidence.
When facing orders from the Black Prison Immortal City, they would comply on the surface but act differently behind the scenes, or they would simply act as if the orders did not exist!
Because they also had disciples or even elders within the outer court or inner court of the Immortal Mansion, not necessarily on the side of the Black Prison Immortal City, even if their actions were rebellious, the Black Prison Immortal City would find it hard to investigate thoroughly.
Just like this time, with some unrest in the Yu Dragon Palace, some powers wished to muddy the waters and cause chaos in the neighboring Black Prison Immortal City, to benefit themselves.
Here, was it really only the powers from the Yu Dragon Palace that were causing disturbances?
Not necessarily!
Earlier, Elder Bai Chuan had been patrolling around the Black Prison Immortal City. He had just recently returned to pay his respects to Daozi and Elder Su Yu from the inner court.
Now, during the meeting, he had voiced out his most pressing concerns.
If the situation continued to progress this way, the Black Prison Immortal City risked spiraling out of control and could incite even greater instability.
Chen Zhoudao, with lightly furrowed brows, said, “It isn’t that serious. Elder Bai, you’re exaggerating. The way you put it, it’s almost as if we’ve lost control of the Black Prison Immortal City in the last hundred years or so. Isn’t that so?”
“As for other minor issues, I believe they are mere scratches that do not affect our control over the territory of the Black Prison Immortal City.”
Bai Chuan just smiled lightly, not debating with him, “Hmm, Elder Chen, you also have a valid point.”
Fan Xiao turned to Jiang Wen, asking, “Elder Jiang, what is your opinion?”
Jiang Wen laughingly said, “Both of them are right. Elder Bai’s concerns exist, but Elder Chen’s words are not unpertinent either. As for how things really are, or if Daozi wishes to examine the situation outside, I can accompany her on a patrol.”