Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

The argument among those at the Nascent Soul stage actually reflects the attitude of the Void Refinement stage elders.

The attitudes of the sect's higher-ups were immediately polarized: half supported Cao Meng becoming the city lord of Chunfeng City, while the other half did not.

However, no matter how fiercely those people fought, the power ultimately remained in the hands of the Fifth Ancestor, Yuan Ling.

"Spring Breeze City has been divided into two, managed by Nie Xuan and Cao Meng respectively, both of whom are city lords!"

After hesitating for a while, Wuzu Yuanling made a decision.

Upon hearing Wu Zu Yuan Ling's words, both Nie Xuan and Cao Meng were displeased.

Nie Xuan and Cao Meng both wanted a complete Spring Breeze City, or half of it, to be on equal footing with each other.

Nie Xuan felt that the Fifth Ancestor Yuan Ling was biased towards Cao Meng, while Cao Meng felt that the Fifth Ancestor Yuan Ling was targeting him.

The spirit of the Fifth Ancestor Garden definitely held a grudge against me because of those few words I complained about, which ruined my important plans.

After explaining some other matters, Wuzu Yuanling concluded the meeting.

"You traitor Cao, you just wait!"

After leaving the council hall, Nie Xuan glared fiercely at Cao Meng and uttered harsh words.

"Uncle-Master Nie Xuan, you need to cultivate properly. As the city lord, you only have the cultivation of the third level of the Nascent Soul stage. It's shameful!"

Cao Meng didn't tolerate Nie Xuan's behavior and made a sarcastic remark.

"you……"

Speechless with anger, Nie Xuan could only leave in a huff.

……

With the matter of Spring Breeze City settled, it was immediately put into action.

The front half of the city, which had the main gate, was given to Cao Meng, and the back half was given to Nie Xuan.

This was Nie Xuan's doing, and Cao Meng chose to accept it gladly.

Nie Xuan felt that the Eastern Region Daozhou was not peaceful at the moment. Once the Corpse Yin Sect set up a branch in Chunfeng City, the population flow would inevitably increase significantly, and many people would come to Chunfeng City to sell corpses.

That group of people must be a motley crew, and when they start checking them at the city gate, it will definitely be a problem.

Therefore, Nie Xuan used some means to dump the mess at the main city gate on Cao Meng and let Cao Meng investigate!
Then I'll contact the markets in Chunfeng City and have them oppose Cao Meng, making him abandon his post.

If anything goes wrong, I'll stab Cao Meng in the back, drive him away, and take back all of Chunfeng City.

"Hahaha!"

Thinking of this, Nie Xuan couldn't help but burst into laughter!

Cao Cao, you are still too young, and you are no match for Nie Xuan.

Nie Xuan was unaware that even if she didn't hand over the city gates to Cao Meng, Cao Meng would still take the initiative to claim them.

After all, city gate checks are a money-making machine, so how could Cao Meng possibly let it go?

Spring Breeze City...

After Nie Xuan and Cao Meng divided the territory, she also had to divide the people with Cao Meng.

"Cao Meng, these gatekeepers are all people I trained, so I'm taking them with me!"

The original city guard, law enforcement team, and patrol team of Chunfeng City were all Nie Xuan's people.

She's taking everyone with her now; she doesn't intend to leave a single one of Cao Cao's men behind.

She wanted Cao Meng, the city lord, to guard the gate himself.

"Uncle-Master Nie Xuan, you're alright!"

I don't argue with petty people!

Cao Meng readily agreed; he was quite comfortable using Nie Xuan's people!
"Cao Meng, who are you calling petty?"

When Nie Xuan heard Cao Meng call her petty, she immediately flew into a rage.

"Uncle-Master Nie Xuan, I don't want to beat you up today, you should leave now!"

So what if Nie Xuan loses her temper? Cao Meng isn't afraid of her.

If the other person is unreasonable, don't blame me for pinning her down and having sex with her!

"Humph!"

Nie Xuan was no match for Cao Meng, so she could only snort coldly and leave in a huff.

Just then, space distorted, and the Blood Cloud Ancestor broke through the void and appeared.

"Young man, I heard you became the city lord of Spring Breeze City, so I came here to congratulate you. I never expected you to be a city lord without any officials!"

"Hahaha!"

Cao Meng looked at the old shrewd merchant, Blood Cloud Ancestor, and was speechless.

The old man had a smile on his face, but he wasn't there to congratulate me at all; he was clearly there to gloat and mock me.

"Senior, when did you arrive? Why didn't you tell me?"

Faced with the Blood Cloud Ancestor's mockery, Cao Meng could only suppress his anger and force a smile.

There was nothing he could do; after all, Blood Cloud Ancestor was only at the Void Refinement stage, and he was also a money bag he would use to attract customers in the future.

"Senior, I dare not accept such an honor. I'm afraid you'll stab me in the back!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor said irritably, "I heard from my senior brother, Dry Bone Daoist, that it was Cao Meng who complained about me to Venerable Chi Liyu."

Fortunately, Venerable Chi Liyu ignored the boy and only transferred himself and the Blood Corpse Hall here, which allowed him to escape danger.

"Senior, what are you saying!"

Cao Meng was immediately embarrassed. Was what he did really a complaint?
I was doing something righteous, reporting unscrupulous merchants!
"You brat accused me before Your Excellency of undercutting prices and forcing me to buy and sell. Isn't that the truth?"

Old Ancestor Blood Cloud chuckled coldly. To be honest, he had lived for so many years and had seen quite a few prodigies.

Those prodigies were all born with an indomitable spirit, like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath!

But what about Cao Meng?

Blood Cloud Ancestor believed that Cao Meng, apart from his talent, possessed the qualities of a prodigy.

But Cao Meng's personality is nothing like that of a prodigy; on the contrary, he is like a cunning and mercenary man!

"Senior, isn't it true that you forced me to buy this?"

Cao Meng couldn't understand how the Blood Cloud Ancestor could have the nerve to question him.

Doesn't this old guy know what he's done?
"Senior, let's forget about the past. I'd like to invite you to Xuantian Pavilion to enjoy life and give you a welcome feast!"

Cao Meng grew angrier the more he thought about how Blood Cloud Ancestor had pressured him to lower the price and cheat him out of spirit stones.

Cao Meng couldn't swallow this insult and planned to take the Blood Cloud Ancestor to the Xuantian Pavilion to slaughter him and recoup his previous losses.

"Young man, it's rather inappropriate for an old man in the Void Refinement stage to go to a brothel to listen to music, isn't it?"

Blood Cloud Ancestor was also a seasoned veteran who had cultivated for thousands of years, so naturally he wouldn't easily fall for Cao Meng's trick.

"Senior, we've cultivated diligently for so many years, what's wrong with going to a brothel to listen to music and enjoy ourselves!"

Cao Meng felt that these old folks nowadays didn't understand the joy of cultivating immortality at all!
Spiritual practice is for better enjoyment, not for sitting in meditation every day!
"Boy, I have indeed cultivated diligently for over a thousand years, but you have cultivated for less than three years, haven't you?"

"And in these less than three years, you don't seem to have worked hard at all. You've either been eating, drinking, and having fun, or bullying men and women!"

"What right do you have to use the words 'diligent cultivation'?"

The Blood Cloud Ancestor ruthlessly exposed Cao Meng, after all, everyone knew that Cao Meng's cultivation path had been smooth sailing!
"Forehead!"

Cao Meng, exposed, looked embarrassed.

Actually, he was very hardworking. Every time he cultivated with the great demon and the female demon, it was very tiring.

"Young man, I've heard that this Xuantian Pavilion is your property, right? This location isn't quite right, is it?"

Blood Cloud Ancestor added that he felt Cao Meng was not avoiding suspicion at all. "Senior, I'm afraid those clueless people elsewhere won't treat you well!"

Cao Meng didn't know whether Xuantian Pavilion could properly entertain the Blood Cloud Ancestor.

But he knew that only by getting the Blood Cloud Ancestor to the Xuan Tian Pavilion could he get back the spirit stones that the other party had cheated him out of!

"Boy, I'm afraid to go to your Xuan Tian Pavilion. You might poison me and I won't even know how I died!"

Although Blood Cloud Ancestor had only known Cao Meng for a short time, he knew from previous events that Cao Meng was no good, rotten to the core.

"Senior, what are you saying!"

Cao Meng was a little embarrassed. He really only wanted to swindle some spirit stones and never intended to harm the Blood Cloud Ancestor's life!
"Kid, forget about listening to music in brothels, just have some spiritual food. I think Baiyuexuan is pretty good!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor also planned to rip off Cao Meng to teach him the consequences of making false accusations.

"Since you've already suggested it, let's go with Baiyuexuan!"

Since even the Blood Cloud Ancestor has said so, what other options does Cao Meng have?

We can't just have a Nascent Soul stage cultivator dragging Blood Cloud Ancestor to the Xuan Tian Pavilion and forcing him to spend money, can we?
It seems Cao Meng won't be able to trick Blood Cloud Ancestor today; he'll have to wait for another opportunity.

Baiyuexuan...

Spring Breeze City was divided in two, and Bai Yuexuan was located in the front half of the city where Cao Meng was located.

As Cao Meng and Blood Cloud Ancestor entered Baiyuexuan, the servants of Baiyuexuan hurriedly went to report to the manager, Bai Yaxian.

Bai Yaxian came to greet him immediately, bowing and paying her respects to Cao Meng.

"Ya Xian greets City Lord Cao. May I ask what brings City Lord Cao to my Baiyue Pavilion today?"

The fact that Cao Meng had become the city lord and controlled half of the city was known to almost every shop in Chunfeng City.

Bai Yaxian never expected that she had been ordered to win over Cao Meng, but now Cao Meng had become the city lord and controlled the lifeline of half of the shops in Chunfeng City.

"Little girl, Cao Meng is inviting me to dinner. As for the menu, I won't look at it. Just bring me one of everything!"

"Give us a hundred jars of the finest spirit wine first!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor didn't care at all how many spirit stones this meal would cost.

He heard from the Bone-Dry Taoist that Cao Meng had made a lot of money during the celebration, and he had to take advantage of Cao Meng's misfortune!
“Little girl, by the way, let me say something first.”

"This brat is treating me to a spiritual meal, so I won't be paying the bill later. You can ask him for spirit stones then!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor mentioned Cao Meng's invitation to dinner in front of Bai Yaxian.

To avoid Cao Meng pulling a fast one and saying, "I'll treat you, but you pay the bill."

Cao Meng's face fell, because Blood Cloud Ancestor had revealed his thoughts.

Cao Meng had to admit that Xue Yun, that old shrewd businessman, was indeed too clever.

Cao Meng strongly suspected that the cunning old fox Xueyun had used this move before.

"Little brat, let me warn you, this kid is no good. There's a high chance he'll back out of business. You'd better keep a close eye on him!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor guessed that Cao Meng might back out of the deal, so he kindly reminded Bai Yaxian.

How many years has this brat lived? He's still too green to fight against Old Ancestor Blood Cloud.

"Lord Cao, I trust you won't skip out on the bill, will you?"

Bai Yaxian looked at Cao Meng with sincere eyes, hoping that he would have some self-respect.

Lord Bie had only been in office for a few days when he did something as ungrateful as eating a meal and then running away with the bill.

Cao Meng did not answer Bai Yaxian's question, but instead rebuked her sternly:

"Manager Bai, hurry up and serve the dishes. This is Senior Xue Yun, the Void Refining stage ancestor and master of the Blood Corpse Hall of the Corpse Yin Sect."

"Senior Xueyun is a dignified Void Refinement stage ancestor. His presence at Baiyue Pavilion is an honor for Baiyue Pavilion!"

Running away with the bill is out of the question; Cao Meng plans to follow Nie Xuan's example and dine and dash.

Moreover, they must do so openly and legitimately without damaging their reputation.

He remembered that Baiyuexuan was an affiliated property of Song Yafei, the master of Mengshifeng, when he went to Mengshifeng to check in.

In order to find out how to refine the Immortal Machine, that woman Song Yafei actually called Yuwen Jing over to confront her.

When he and Nie Xuan were vying for the position of city lord, Song Yafei had sided with Nie Xuan.

Since Song Yafei, as his senior, is so unkind, then he, as her junior, should not be blamed for being unjust. Today, he is going to dine and dash at her business, Baiyuexuan.

"I'll arrange it right away!"

Bai Yaxian finally realized that Cao Meng wanted to dine and dash!

Bai Yaxian felt that all the city lords of Spring Breeze City were cut from the same cloth.

Nie Xuan usually comes to Baiyuexuan to eat and drink for free, and now that Cao Meng has just been appointed city lord, she comes to Baiyuexuan to eat and dash for free. It's really too much.

However, due to Cao Meng's status and strength, as well as the identity of the Blood Cloud Ancestor, Bai Yaxian could only suppress her anger and retreat, despite her burning rage.

After Bai Yaxian left, the Blood Cloud Ancestor said irritably:
"Cao Meng, you're really shameless! You're using my name to eat and drink for free!"

Although Blood Cloud Ancestor had considered that Cao Meng would take him to eat without paying, he did not expect that Cao Meng would actually use his name as Blood Cloud Ancestor.

If he were to actually dine and dash later, he would be the one who loses face, especially since he is the Blood Cloud Ancestor.

"Senior, wasn't Bai Yuexuan your choice?"

"Senior, for a Void Refinement stage elder like you to come to Baiyue Pavilion is an honor for them."

Cao Meng didn't care about losing face, as long as it didn't cost him spirit stones. Besides, it was Blood Cloud Ancestor who was losing face, not him.

"Young man, as far as I know, Baiyuexuan seems to be an affiliated property of Song Yafei of Mengshifeng, right?"
"And Song Yafei is your senior martial aunt, do you really need to betray your own senior martial aunt?"

Blood Cloud Ancestor thought Cao Meng was truly wicked; the kid not only betrayed outsiders, but also betrayed his own people.

"Senior, Baiyuexuan is Mengshifeng's property, not mine!"

Although Song Yafei is nominally Cao Meng's senior uncle, they are not related by blood; they are only senior uncles of the same lineage.

Moreover, Cao Meng felt that he was not familiar with Song Yafei and actually had some minor grudges against her.

I'll give Song Yafei a good beating; it'll be a good way to vent my anger.

……

"That's how it is for Peak Master Song!"

In a certain room, Bai Yaxian truthfully reported to Song Yafei, through the Inquiry of Immortals, that Cao Meng had brought people to dine and dash, leaving the decision to her.

"Bai Yaxian, first take good care of that kid and the people from the Corpse Yin Sect."

As for the spirit stones, that brat can give them or not, but you better write down the bill clearly for me. I'll personally go to that brat to collect the debt later!

After learning what had happened, Song Yafei replied to Bai Yaxian.

After receiving Song Yafei's instructions, Bai Yaxian felt relieved and carried out the tasks as instructed.

……

Just as Cao Meng and Blood Cloud Ancestor were feasting at Baiyuexuan.

The fact that Nie Xuan took away the city guards, patrol teams, and law enforcement teams of Chunfeng City has already been sent to the Hehuan Sect's chat group via the Wenxianji (a magical tool).

Han Sijing and Yuwen Jing thought Nie Xuan's move was brilliant. Although Cao Meng got half a city, he was a commander without any troops!
The female demon, the great fairy, and Shen Aoxue were furious when they learned of this situation.

But there was nothing they could do for the time being, since those people were directly under Nie Xuan's command, and there was nothing they could do about it!

"Susu, select some people with experience in defending the city, and I'll take them to that little bastard!"

The Great Demon immediately instructed Qin Su, the deputy head of the canteen, to quickly allocate manpower.

"You lot, take out those with experience in defending the city and send them to Cao Meng's side!"

The female demon, Duanmu Fei, used the divine intervention to tag people in her own faction, thus requesting the redeployment of manpower. (End of Chapter)