These people's expressions changed. More or less, they all had dealings with the Yunshui Merchant Guild, and some even had financial entanglements, but they dared not speak out.
"Go execute it. Tonight, it will be like the Yunshui Merchant Guild in Wudu. Vanish!"
After Chu Tian issued the command, the returned Deputy City Lord Chou was taken aback.
He had no idea what had transpired in the great hall.
However, Kou Chengzhu quickly spoke, and Deputy City Lord Chou, still filled with confusion, could only leave the great hall again to carry out the order.
The three old city lords, who had remained silent, exchanged glances.
When the great hall returned to silence,
City Lord Zhao spoke,
"Divine Venerable, might we trouble you to step aside?"
Chu Tian could tell they had something to say but couldn't say it in front of so many people.
So he nodded.
City Lord Kou quickly led the way, heading towards the back of the great hall.
After a few steps, he remembered to look back and say to everyone present,
"You all find places to stay for now! After we've cleared out the Yunshui Merchant Guild, I'll ask the Divine Monarch to deactivate the formation. Oh, and… check on those useless fellows. Tend to the ones who aren't dead, and throw out the ones who are. When it's all done, let their families claim the bodies!"
He was referring to the civil officials who were still lying scattered about the great hall.
After the people below acknowledged his words, he again led Chu Tian and the others into the rear chamber of the great hall.
The rear chamber of the great hall led through a long corridor.
That was where the City Lord resided.
Upon arriving there, Kou Cheng Zhu led them into a room.
Upon entering, Chu Tian looked around. It appeared to be a study.
Various official documents were piled on the desk.
It seemed this was where the City Lord usually worked.
Arriving here, the mute City Lord Qian directly turned around.
He deployed a domain.
The four city lords knelt down simultaneously on one knee.
"Reverse God Alliance, Guan Hai!"
"Zhao Long…"
"Kou Zisong… Qian Ping!"
"We pay our respects to the Alliance Leader!"
The four spoke at the same time. City Lord Kou reported Qian Ping's name for him.
"You are members of the Reverse God Alliance?" Chu Tian was surprised.
However, he quickly wondered, if they were members of the Reverse God Alliance, why were they being so secretive?
And why had they even activated a soundproofing formation?
"Yes, every City Lord is a member of the Reverse God Alliance," City Lord Kou nodded.
Seeing this, Chu Tian waved his hand.
A gentle force lifted the four men.
"Since you are part of the Reverse God Alliance, you are brothers. There is no need for such a formal greeting!"
The four felt a gentle force from Chu Tian, imbued with an irresistible power.
Even Qian Ping, the City Lord with the highest cultivation among them,
Could not resist and was directly lifted by that force.
At the same time, they felt that the Divine Venerable was truly powerful.
"Why is this?" Chu Tian asked, pointing to the soundproofing formation after lifting them.
"Alliance Leader, you may not know, but the Reverse God Alliance cannot operate in the open right now," City Lord Guan said with a bitter expression.
"Why?" Chu Tian's expression also turned serious.
"Because the three Divine Emperors of the Central Capital… alas, it's a long story…" City Lord Guan Hai began to explain the reasons.
It turned out that ten thousand years ago, the Reverse God Alliance suddenly rose in the Central Capital. In just a few years, they broke the tripartite balance that had existed for hundreds of millions of years in the Central Capital,
Creating a situation of four powers dividing the land.
This situation soon changed again. The Reverse God Alliance began to grow in power, gradually dominating the Central Continent, while the other three factions were suppressed.
This conflict lasted for a thousand years. Finally, the Divine Emperors of the three factions were awakened. At the same time, the Reverse God Alliance made its move. However, what no one expected was that when everyone thought the Reverse God Alliance would be completely annihilated, over a dozen Supreme Beings suddenly appeared on the Reverse God Alliance's side.
Among them was Emperor Dao Heng Dao.
Emperor Jian Zhi and Emperor Fa Cai were also among them.
And the foremost expert of the Demonic Path, Emperor Shi Mo.
Emperor Wan Shou, who traveled the world.
Emperor Lin Ran, who was unparalleled in formations.
Emperor Miao Zuo, who had mastered talismans.
And so on…
Almost all the Divine Emperors on the continent were present.
At that moment, everyone realized that these suddenly appearing Divine Emperor experts were actually the protectors of the Reverse God Alliance.
At this point, the three veteran Divine Emperors of the Central Capital were completely silenced.
What kind of fight was this?
There were over ten of them against their three. Although there were differences in strength among Divine Emperors, they couldn't withstand the sheer numbers.
From then on, the Reverse God Alliance advanced triumphantly and, in a short period, gained control of the Central Capital,
Becoming the foremost power in heaven and earth.
Unfortunately, this control lasted for about eight thousand years. Then, two thousand years ago, almost all the Supreme Beings of the Reverse God Alliance vanished at the same time.
The Reverse God Alliance disbanded instantly.
Various members were dispersed. Everything happened extremely suddenly.
Even the three Supreme Beings of the Central Capital did not react in time.
By the time they reacted, the members of the Reverse God Alliance had already withdrawn from the Central Capital and even disappeared from public view.
However, the three Supreme Beings still issued orders to hunt down members of the Reverse God Alliance, and they even dispatched people to the Four Cities for a crackdown.
Yet, no one could break the grand formation arranged by Emperor Lin Ran.
The three Divine Emperors did not personally appear, possibly out of disdain.
The Four Cities were thus preserved.
However, as soon as any members of the Reverse God Alliance surfaced, there would be those seeking favor from the Divine Emperors who would come out to cause trouble.
They would even rally strong individuals from across the land to surround and suppress them.
Therefore, they were forced to hide their identities.
After receiving this information, Chu Tian nodded to show he understood.
It was unavoidable. The Reverse God Alliance had been so powerful before.
Now that it had suddenly weakened, it was natural for its old rivals to suppress it.
However, he was particularly curious as to why all these events had happened around that period two thousand years ago.
What had occurred during that time?
That caused Gao Kai, Zhao Lei, Jing Kaiyu, and the others to disappear simultaneously?
And they had even made arrangements, directly disbanding the Reverse God Alliance and moving from overt operation to covert activities.
When he repeatedly questioned the four, they still had no clarity on what had happened then.
After all, they were not from that era.
Only Qian Ping, the mute old man, seemed to want to say something but hesitated. Finally, City Lord Kou brought paper and a brush.
He picked up the brush and began to write. However…
Chu Tian suddenly felt a headache. He couldn't recognize a single character written by the old man.
This was the script of the Yin Yang Realm. Having just arrived, he naturally couldn't decipher it.
Although the spoken language was understandable, the written language was not. Chu Tian couldn't help but feel fortunate, otherwise, he would have had to learn another language…
Or rather… an alien language!
"The Divine Venerable… is illiterate?" The City Lords thought to themselves, seeing Chu Tian's troubled expression.
However, they dared not ask. If they were to diminish the Divine Venerable's authority, who could bear the responsibility?
Only City Lord Qian tugged at Kou Zisong, who sighed helplessly.
As a junior, he was likely the one who had to handle such matters.
Just as he was about to speak to translate,
He heard Chu Tian speak first, "City Lord Qian, with your cultivation, even severed limbs can be restored. Why then is your tongue…?"
"Divine Venerable, you may not know, Elder Qian's tongue was… harmed by a villain. He ingested the poisonous flower of the Yin Yang Corrosive Tongue Orchid. The only damage this potent spirit herb inflicts on the body is to the tongue, and it is utterly impossible to restore it through cultivation. Even if it were restored, one would still suffer the pain of a corrosive tongue."
Kou Zisong explained on behalf of Elder City Lord Qian.