**Chapter 41: The Face of the Five Great Clans**

“Brother Luo He, I’m ready to drink whenever you are,” Zhu You laughed heartily. “To be able to drink with you, Brother Luo He, is truly an honor.”

Although Luo Feng had done what no Eternal True God in Hu Yang City dared to, as they had to consider the powers behind them, it did not diminish their admiration.

“Let’s go, let’s go,” Luo Feng said, seemingly unconcerned with what he had just done, as he pulled Zhu You back toward the main hall.

Mo Luosa and Mo Yu Qingyan followed behind.

“Hehehe,” Mo Luosa chuckled, his mood exceptionally good.

“Lord Luosa, the master has done something so huge, and you’re still smiling?” Mo Yu Qingyan couldn’t help but transmit mentally. “I’m afraid the Five Great Clans won’t let this go.”

“And what if they don’t?” Mo Luosa looked at Mo Yu Qingyan.

Mo Yu Qingyan’s expression was grave as he transmitted, “I fear there will be a bloodbath.”

“Their bloodbath,” Mo Luosa said with a smile as he reached out and ruffled Mo Yu Qingyan’s hair, amused by the younger immortal. “You’ll understand someday, kid.”

“Their bloodbath?” Mo Yu Qingyan mused, following behind, lost in thought.

As Luo Feng returned to the hall to continue drinking, the other guests in Meng Hua Tower were in an uproar.

Some were excitedly discussing the event, while others quickly departed to report the details to their respective powers. The thousand or so Void True Gods of the Hu Yang Guard quietly slipped away unnoticed.

The events at Meng Hua Tower quickly spread and festered throughout Hu Yang City.

…

Inside the hall of Meng Hua Tower, Luo Feng and Zhu You sat across from each other, drinking and chatting leisurely.

“Brother Luo He, what you’ve done is earth-shattering in Hu Yang City!” Zhu You exclaimed. “Those Eternal True Gods of the Five Great Clans are the heavens of Hu Yang City. Killing one of their own, they will never let it go easily.”

“And what if they don’t?” Luo Feng asked with a slight smile as he held his wine cup. “I’ll just stay here in Hu Yang City, right out in the open. I’ll see what they can do.”

Zhu You could tell that Luo He was genuinely not afraid of the Five Great Clans.

“I admire your courage,” Zhu You said with a sigh. “The Zhu Clan would never dare to do such a thing.”

“You have your clan to consider, so you naturally have to be more cautious,” Luo Feng laughed. “I’m just a lone cultivator, with only two servants by my side. Unburdened by ties, I can do as I please.”

Zhu You nodded. “Even so, Brother Luo He, you must be careful. Even if no one in Hu Yang City can deal with you, they might bring in a powerful expert from elsewhere.”

“I’ve already shown considerable respect to the City Lord’s Manor,” Luo Feng said, pouring himself another drink. “Tonight, I only killed Mei Wuqi, who was deeply mired in sin, and his accomplice Qian Yu Chong. I didn’t touch any other members of the Hu Yang Guard, and I even let them take the Ziyu Hou away. I’ve been quite restrained. Even if word of this reaches the ears of the Chaos Master, he would have to commend me.”

“Commend you?” Zhu You blinked in surprise.

Luo Feng gave him a sidelong glance. “You don’t understand. The God Kings and Chaos Masters are high above, their clans have expanded for countless years, their descendants are innumerable. They can’t even accommodate them all in their own territories, so they place many of them in other Chaos Continents.”

“For the God Kings and Chaos Masters, they need the vast resources that the cities provide,” Luo Feng said.

“That’s right,” Zhu You nodded.

The massive cities and the countless True Gods contribute the cost of the city’s maintenance. The fees paid by countless True Gods are used to maintain the City Lord’s Manor, the Hu Yang Guard, and the Hu Yang Army, but almost everything else goes to the God Kings and Chaos Masters.

“A single True God pays little, but the sum collected from billions of True Gods in countless cities across the Yu Kingdom is significant. This is the resource that the God Kings and Chaos Masters value most,” Luo Feng said. “That’s why they set the rules! To ensure that the city is safe enough to convince countless True Gods to willingly pay their residency fees.”

“But Mei Wuqi tortured and killed hundreds of millions of citizens! If the God Kings and Chaos Masters knew, Mei Wuqi would be the first one they’d kill!”

Luo Feng shook his head. “If I kill Mei Wuqi, the God Kings and Chaos Masters will only commend me; they won’t even punish me. If they dared to punish me, the other God Kings and Chaos Masters of the Yu Kingdom would laugh at them.”

Zhu You’s eyes lit up. “Brother Luo He, you have extraordinary insight. You understand the minds of the God Kings and Chaos Masters. Chaos Masters indeed couldn’t possibly intervene in this kind of matter.”

“The Chaos Master clans are enormous. They’re not going to be their subordinates.” Luo Feng shook his head. “Unless it’s something earth-shattering, something that enrages the Chaos Master, they won’t care.”

Having inherited both the Duan Dong River and the Jin God King lineages, Luo Feng was well aware of the God Kings’ and Chaos Masters’ practices.

From the perspective of those at the top of the Origin Continent, countless descendants must undergo trials and selection! The weak and foolish are eliminated, while the strong and talented survive.

Luo Feng wasn’t wrong.

Even if the Chaos Master of the Mei Wu Clan knew of such an incident in their branch clan in the distant Jiu Jiang Chaos Continent, they would praise the killing! And even severely demand that the clan not commit similar acts in the future.

“There are other lone cultivators like me,” Luo Feng said. “I’m actually quite well-behaved.”

“Yes, I know there are Eternal True Gods who wantonly slaughter people as they pass through cities, and the killers are never found,” Zhu You nodded.

While chatting casually, Luo Feng also explored the items left behind by Mei Wuqi.

He was most concerned with the secret treasure, “City of Sin.”

Mei Wuqi was indeed carrying the secret treasure, “City of Sin,” with him at all times.

“There are still over 180 million citizens alive in the City of Sin?” Luo Feng determined the number of survivors with a single thought, after his divine power permeated within, but the scenes within the City of Sin caused even Luo Feng’s heart to tremble.

The surviving 180 million citizens had all endured extensive torture. Many minds were twisted, and their auras had become chaotic and demented.

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The most expensive cave residences in the “Chaos Armor District” of Hu Yang City, numbered 1 to 5, were owned by the Five Great Clans.

Chaos Armor 1 and Chaos Armor 2 were owned by the two great royal clans.

Chaos Armor 3 was owned by the Demon Li clan, the strongest in battle prowess.

Chaos Armor 4 was owned by the Jiang Clan of Jiu Jiang Marquis, a powerful noble family. The official management of Hu Yang city falls under Yu Kingdom, but a large amount of its resources, ultimately flows to the Jiu Jiang Marquis’ fiefdom. The Jiu Jiang Clan resides here to also oversee this flow.

Chaos Armor 5 was owned by the Mei Wu Clan. The Mei Wu Clan was a prestigious clan in the Yu Kingdom, with two Chaos Masters within the family! The branch family sent to Hu Yang City was prominent enough to be considered one of the Five Great Clans.

At this moment, within the Mei Wu Clan’s enormous cave residence, the clan’s higher-ups had gathered.

Eight figures sat separately.

“Our Mei Wu Clan’s branch in Hu Yang City only had nine Eternal True Gods, and now we are left with only eight!” The leading black-haired elder, who even had branches and leaves growing on his body, spoke first.

“Mei Wuqi was killed publicly! That Luo He didn’t put our Mei Wu Clan in his eyes at all! He didn’t even bother to conceal anything with a small universe, killing Mei Wuqi in full view of everyone. Daring to insult our Mei Wu Clan like this, he must die!” A clan higher-up with a ferocious expression, his eyes filled with killing intent, spoke.

“We’ll ask for a master from the ancestral lands to come and kill this Luo He.”

They were a branch sent to this place, while the true core of the Mei Wu Clan was in the distant ancestral lands! The two Chaos Masters and nearly ten thousand Eternal True Gods cultivated over countless years were all there.

The true elites of the Mei Wu Clan were far more powerful than even Demon Li Xiao.

“Fool! This matter cannot be leaked to the ancestral lands!”

“Coming to Hu Yang City only to indulge in pleasure, you’re as stupid as Mei Wuqi! How can we tell the ancestral lands about this?”

Several clan higher-ups immediately berated him.

The leading black-haired elder also nodded and said, “Mei Wuqi tortured and killed hundreds of millions of citizens! This is an undeniable, monstrous crime! The God Kings and Chaos Masters have given clear orders to ensure the safety of the citizens within the city. Therefore, today’s events must not be reported!”

“Many things are minor if they don’t go up. If the ancestors truly know about this, we’ll all be punished.”

The eight Mei Wu Clan higher-ups understood that they were only a very peripheral branch within the Mei Wu Clan. If they angered the ancestors, they might be sent to do some hard labor, and the joy of indulging in Hu Yang City would fall into the hands of other branches of the clan.

“In public, we cannot pursue this matter. But in secret, we must let the entire Hu Yang City know that daring to slap the face of the Five Great Clans comes at a price!”

“Find a way to deal with him! Even if we can’t kill him, we must force him to hide in shame, only daring to lurk in the shadows, never able to appear openly.”

“If this matter isn’t resolved, it’s not just our Mei Wu Clan that loses face. In the eyes of the various powers in Hu Yang City… Luo He is slapping the faces of all Five Great Clans. The other four great clans must also contribute.”

They discussed it among themselves, their anger burning fiercely as they had been high above for far too long, unable to tolerate any Eternal True God provoking them in such a way.

Suddenly—

The leading black-haired elder’s expression changed. “Not good!”

“What’s wrong?” The other seven clan higher-ups, who were still discussing the matter, asked in confusion.

“That Luo He is completely insane!” The black-haired elder said urgently, “He has publicly released the surviving hundred million citizens from Mei Wuqi’s ‘City of Sin,’ releasing them into Hu Yang City!”