"As you wish."

Chen Yang said, slowly retracting his fist and squatting down to wipe it clean on Xiong Pi's clothes.

Xiong Pi's eyes widened, his body trembling uncontrollably, a long-lost fear resurfacing in his heart.

Not far from him, the two recording officials were clearly unable to move, yet their bodies were still shaking like sieves. They never imagined that Chen Yang, who usually greeted them with a smile, could have such a ruthless side.

"I, I... am willing to follow Captain Chen Yang... no, City Lord Chen Yang!" The round-faced recording official was the first to shout.

"I am also willing to follow City Lord Chen Yang..." The square-faced recording official followed closely behind.

"I am willing..."

"I am willing..."

A hint of satisfaction appeared in Chen Yang's eyes as he strolled to Mu Lin's side, leaned down, and asked with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist Mu, what do you say?"

"I, I am willing..." Mu Lin sighed and said.

"Haha, you are willing, but I am not." A murderous intent flashed in Chen Yang's eyes as he abruptly raised a fist and smashed it onto his head.

There was a dull thud.

Mu Lin's head cracked open in response, exploding like an overripe watermelon.

Silence returned to the hall once more, the fear of everyone amplified to the extreme at this moment.

Even those who had surrendered could not escape death.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, kill us if you want, why play with us like this?" At this moment, the one-horned strongman suddenly spoke.

"Heh, it seems there are still those who are not afraid of death." Chen Yang turned his gaze to the man and said.

"Death is certainly frightening, but to die being played with like this is not worth it," the one-horned strongman said frankly.

"If I remember correctly, your name is Xuan Yuanxing, right?" Chen Yang looked at the man, raising an eyebrow, and asked.

"It's rare that Fellow Daoist Chen knows my crude name," the one-horned strongman said calmly.

"Very good, from now on, you will be responsible for the Green Sheep City patrol defense that Mu Lin managed," Chen Yang nodded and said.

The one-horned strongman couldn't help but be stunned upon hearing this.

Everyone else in the hall also thought they had misheard, and they were all puzzled.

"Mu Lin is insidious and just now called on everyone to kill me. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing, so naturally I cannot keep him. Anyone else who is willing to be loyal to me can live," Chen Yang said in a clear voice.

"We are willing to be loyal to City Lord Chen Yang," the round-faced recording official was the first to shout.

Immediately following, the others also shouted along, the sound like a roaring tide.

...

In the side hall next door.

"Chen Yang's combination of kindness and power is perfectly timed. In this way, even if these people still have ulterior motives, they probably won't dare to act rashly," Han Li said thoughtfully.

"It's not over yet..." Gu Qianxun said with a smile.

"Oh?" Han Li was startled.

...

In the hall, the voices of swearing allegiance gradually subsided, but Chen Yang himself raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

He walked to Xiong Pi and leaned down to look at him, asking with a smile:

"Having survived a great disaster, is there anything you want to say?"

"Fellow Daoist Chen... no, City Lord Chen. You know me, I am different from that Mu Lin, I have no ambition, and I am sincerely surrendering to you," Xiong Pi said, trembling like a frightened bird.

"Well, that's heartfelt," Chen Yang nodded and said.

Xiong Pi felt relieved upon hearing this and was about to speak when he heard Chen Yang continue, "However, just in case, it's better to use some means. After all, forbidden techniques are more reliable than words and oaths."

With that, he took out a black stone bottle from his sleeve, placed it on Xiong Pi's chest, and opened the stopper.

A three-inch long black centipede slowly crawled out of it, climbed along the neckline of his clothes, easily pierced through their skin, and burrowed inside.

"Black Calamity Worm..."

Xiong Pi let out a wail in his heart, but dared not have any complaints on his lips, and could only helplessly close his eyes.

The others were no different from fish on a chopping board, so naturally they dared not have any resistance.

Chen Yang waved his hand, and the tattooed youth and others took out a black stone bottle from their sleeves and planted the Black Calamity Worm into the people lying on the ground.

"I believe everyone is no stranger to the Black Calamity Worm. There's no need for me to say more about its effects, right? Now that Du Qingyang is dead, I am the only one who can解(jie - dispel/untie) this Black Calamity Worm. If anyone makes great contributions in the future, I will naturally help them remove this worm," Chen Yang said, looking over the crowd.

Those people were still paralyzed on the ground at the moment, so naturally they could only allow the Black Calamity Worm to occupy their hearts, and they all said "yes."

A battle for the throne finally came to an end, and Chen Yang got his wish and ascended to the position of city lord.

However, since the several teams that had gone out hunting had not yet returned, Chen Yang did not immediately hold a ceremony, but kept the city's changes a secret, intending to hold an inauguration ceremony after he had completely cleaned them up.

After that, he only needed to send a generous gift from Du Qingyang's treasure trove to Xuan City, and Chen Yang could become a genuine and legitimate City Lord of Green Sheep City.

Han Li was not interested in all of this, and returned to his residence in Xuan Dou Arena that night.

In the entire change, although he was at the core of the storm, he hid behind Chen Yang like Gu Qianxun, so except for Chen Yang and Crab Daoren, no one else knew what role they played in this battle for the throne.

Originally, according to Chen Yang's intention, he planned to take Han Li and the two out of the Xuan Dou Arena and let them stay in Green Sheep City as hidden guest elders, but they both refused.

Gu Qianxun, like Han Li, chose to stay in Xuan Dou Arena in their original identities for the time being.

After reconfirming from Chen Yang's mouth, Han Li discovered that Zi Ling had indeed not appeared in Green Sheep City, so he planned to leave after staying for a while.

However, before leaving, he still had some things about Crab Daoren that needed to be confirmed.

At night, Han Li's room was brightly lit. He was sitting cross-legged in a corner of the stone bed, holding the statue of the three-headed and six-armed demon god in his hands, looking at it over and over again.

A flash of crystal light shot out from the center of his brow and entered the浮雕(fu diao - relief sculpture) .

The black浮雕(fu diao - relief sculpture) immediately moved its hands and feet as before, posing in the twelve strange postures, and behind it would appear the strange characters that he did not recognize.

After looking at it for a while, Han Li's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his expression became a little dignified.

Just then, there was a knock on the stone door.

Han Li raised an eyebrow, got up and opened the heavy stone door, and the figure outside the door flashed in.

"Fellow Daoist Crab, what the hell are you up to?" Han Li closed the stone door, looked at the familiar figure, and asked.

"I don't have much time, let's talk about business first." Crab Daoren turned around, looked at Han Li, and said with a solemn expression.

Han Li looked at the Crab Daoren in front of him. For some reason, his heart suddenly jumped slightly. He felt that the person in front of him had suddenly become a little strange, not quite the same as the Crab Daoren he had known before, and not quite the same as the Crab Daoren he had seen during the day today.

"You have used your divine sense to explore the statue, right?" Crab Daoren's eyes fell on the statue in Han Li's hand and asked.

Han Li nodded without speaking.

"Your divine sense is far superior to Du Qingyang's. He can only vaguely see the changes in the statue's movements, but you should be able to see the characters that appear inside?" Crab Daoren continued.

"There are twelve postures in total for the statue, corresponding to twelve paragraphs of characters, but I don't recognize any of them," Han Li said.

"This statue is called 'Heavenly Fiend God Statue'. It is an ancient god that has been worshiped in the Demon Realm for a long time, and it has long been lost now. The characters recorded in the statue are also an ancient character 'Profound Script' that has been lost," Crab Daoren nodded and said quickly.

"Profound Script..." Han Li frowned slightly after hearing this, and muttered to himself.

"The profound script content recorded in the statue is a profound body refining Gongfa(练体功法) called Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art. This Gongfa(练体功法) has a total of twelve levels, and the complete Gongfa(练体功法) of the first three levels are all in this statue," Crab Daoren continued.

"Since you let me choose this statue, then this Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art must have something unique about it, right?" Han Li's heart moved and asked.

"Those seemingly gorgeous Gongfa(功法) classics can at most open more than 300 Mysterious Apertures before reaching their limit, but the Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art is different, it can open 450 Mysterious Apertures," Crab Daoren said.

"Four hundred and fifty Mysterious Apertures?" Han Li raised his eyebrows, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.

"It is only by cultivating the three levels of Gongfa(功法) in a statue that you can open 450 Mysterious Apertures. If you can find the other three statues and cultivate the twelve levels of Gongfa(功法), you can open 1,800 Mysterious Apertures," Crab Daoren said calmly, his expression unchanged.

Han Li was shocked when he heard this, and could not speak for a long time.

"The reason for letting you choose this Gongfa(功法) is that there is another more important benefit, which is that when practicing this Gongfa(功法), each level requires refining a true spirit bloodline power to help connect the Mysterious Apertures. If others practice this Gongfa(功法), they will mostly bear great risks due to the mixed and conflicting true spirit bloodlines in their bodies. But you are different, you have already initially refined many true spirit bloodlines through the Twelve Transformations of Awakening of Insects, and can make them coexist harmoniously, so the risk of practicing this Gongfa(功法) will be much smaller," Crab Daoren continued.

"True spirit bloodline power... initial refining? What does this mean?" Han Li frowned, seeming to think of something, and asked.

"It means exactly what it says, your refining of the true spirit bloodline is only a superficial method when you were in the Spirit Realm. This Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art has a higher-level refining method, which can allow you to completely refine the original true spirit bloodline power in your body. At that time, it will not only help to connect the Mysterious Apertures, but also make your bloodline power stronger," Crab Daoren explained.

"I see," Han Li nodded and said after hearing this.

"Now, I will start teaching you how to identify Profound Script. I don't have much time, let's start now," Crab Daoren walked a few steps closer and said.

Without waiting for Han Li to agree, he began to tell him with his divine sense.