As Yuan Ming entered the hall, the noise in the hall suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at Yuan Ming.
Yuan Ming walked towards the main seat in the center of the hall with light steps, his eyes slowly and casually swept over the Dharma ministers, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
At this time, the city lords came in person, and to some extent they believed that they were coerced by Yuan Ming, so their attitudes were no longer as coy as before.
Facing Yuan Ming's gaze, some city lords sneered, and some had expressionless faces. Only Longshan gave him a hidden smile, while the others had unkind expressions.
Yuan Ming didn't seem to care at all. He sat upright on the main seat with a calm demeanor and a calm demeanor.
"I won't go into details if it's superfluous. I invite you all to come here today, and the things discussed will be concise and to the point. From today on, I will officially take over the nineteen cities in the Ten Thousand Monsters Mountain Range. If all of you here intend to continue to serve as city lords, in addition to necessary cities
In addition to turnover expenses, 90% of profits must be turned over as taxes." Yuan Ming's voice was as calm as water, but with unquestionable dignity.
As soon as this statement came out, it immediately stirred up waves.
All the city lords were in an uproar, and the noises in the main hall came and went, as if they were going to knock off the roof of the meeting hall.
Some city lords even exploded with anger, trying to put pressure on Yuan Ming and force him to withdraw his life.
Among the crowd, even Longshan couldn't help but frown, particularly dissatisfied with Yuan Ming's policy.
"Have you guys made enough noise? I haven't finished speaking yet." Yuan Ming turned a blind eye to everyone's reactions and just spoke slowly, his voice instantly overwhelming everyone.
The city lords immediately fell silent and looked at Yuan Ming with unkind expressions, wanting to see what else he had to say next.
"I know you are dissatisfied, but I am not a dictatorial person. I can give you a chance. As long as you can defeat me today, I will swear an oath to forever give up the management rights of the Ten Thousand Monsters Mountain Range and no longer interfere in the affairs of the cities.
.On the contrary, you all need to swear an oath to respect my orders from now on and not to disobey." Yuan Ming said calmly.
As soon as these words came out, there was another uproar in the hall.
"Okay, I'll meet you first!" As soon as Yuan Ming finished speaking, Qu Lixiang shouted angrily and stood up immediately. His cultivation level is the highest among all the city lords, and he is only one step away from breaking through to the late stage of Dharma.
Seeing him taking the initiative, all the city lords immediately became quiet, and their eyes fell on Yuan Ming, just waiting for him to accept the challenge.
Just when everyone thought a fierce battle was about to break out, Yuan Ming waved his hand and said calmly: "City Lord Qu, you seem to have misunderstood me. What I said was not that I wanted to fight you one on one."
"Haha, aren't you scared?" Qu Lixiang sneered, with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
"I just think that one-on-one combat is a waste of time." Yuan Ming said with a slight smile.
After saying that, he stood up slowly, looked around the audience, a trace of arrogant fighting spirit flashed in his eyes, and said word by word: "You should all come together."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
Everyone looked at Yuan Ming in surprise, wondering where he had the confidence to say such wild words.
Qu Lixiang was even more angry and laughed back, snorting coldly: "City Lord Yuan is not afraid of backpedaling when he speaks big words. He really looks down on us!"
Yuan Ming was unmoved, but said calmly: "It's useless to talk more. If you want to accept the challenge, just follow me outside the city."
After he said that, he ignored everyone's reaction, turned around and walked out of the hall.
Qu Lixiang snorted coldly, and followed closely. The other city lords and monks in the Faxiang Period looked at each other, and stood up one after another, following Yuan Ming's footsteps without falling.
The group of people soon arrived above a huge mountain range outside the city.
Yuan Ming stood in mid-air, looking at the city lords expressionlessly, as if he had no intention of taking the initiative.
"Everyone, go all out and let City Lord Yuan see that we are not trash that can be manipulated by him!" Qu Lixiang encouraged, and with a surge of mana all over his body, he directly summoned the Dharma.
Under his call, all the monks in the Dharma phase called out their own Dharma images one after another.
For a time, twenty-eight Dharma statues appeared in the sky at the same time, and the magic power they spread caused the sky to change color.
The auras of different colors were pressing towards Yuan Ming with surging momentum.
Facing this majestic pressure of magic power, an ordinary monk in the Dharma phase would probably be shaken to the point of trembling.
Yuan Ming just smiled disdainfully, and did not even call out the Dharma. He just flashed the Dream Butterfly Dao Seal between his eyebrows and directly performed the illusion.
The moment he took action, all the dharma ministers seemed to have expected it. They all took out a talisman and slapped it between their eyebrows.
In an instant, a light blue spiritual light emerged from all the dharma images at the same time, connecting each other into a line, and actually connected everyone's sea of consciousness.
At this moment, the illusion fell.
Surprisingly, this illusion had no effect at all.
Under the protection of the light blue spiritual light, all the dharma images instantly broke free from the shackles of the illusion, and their eyes regained clarity.
"It seems that you are here well prepared today." Yuan Ming raised the corner of his mouth and smiled softly, with a hint of joking in his voice.
"City Lord Yuan's methods are ever-changing, how dare we not be on guard?" Qu Lixiang smiled proudly, with a hint of cunning flashing in his eyes.
Before he finished speaking, the twenty-eight Dharma ministers made their seals at the same time, and the Dharma minister behind them also took action instantly.
Suddenly, there was a blazing fire in the void, as if the sky was on fire, the wind howled, and thousands of waves rolled up on the ground... Countless spells poured down like a torrential rain, sealing the space where Yuan Ming was in airtight.
The next moment, Yuan Ming's figure disappeared instantly amid everyone's attacks, as if swallowed by endless firepower, and turned into a blood mist.
When everyone saw this, they were all surprised. They didn't expect that one blow could force Yuan Ming into such a situation.
Just as they were stunned, light flashed in mid-air, and Yuan Ming's figure appeared again.
His body was intact and his clothes were fluttering, as if the attack just now was just a false alarm.
He looked up at the crowd, with a trace of disdain in his eyes, and said two words: "That's it?"
All the Dharma ministers fell silent for a moment, their hearts extremely shocked.
Their attack just now incorporated the power of the five elements, as well as special methods targeting the body and soul, but now it seems that not even Yuan Ming's fur was hurt.
"I understand, it's an immortal body!" Longshan suddenly realized, with a hint of fear in his voice.
When all the Dharma ministers heard the words, their hearts sank. They all knew that physical cultivation was difficult. Now it seems that Yuan Ming's courage to fight against many stems from this.
Seeing that his morale was low, Qu Lixiang shouted quickly: "Don't be fooled, so what if he is immortal? He is not good at attacking in groups because of his physical cultivation. We only need to guard against his soul cultivation methods and swarm him. We may not be able to defeat him!"
After everyone heard this, they also knew that they were now riding a tiger and it was difficult to get off, and they had to decide the winner with Yuan Ming.
So, they all cheered up and took action again, the light of their spells flickered, and they all attacked Yuan Ming.
But Yuan Ming didn't want to tangle with them anymore.
But he saw a flash of light between his brows, and the silver moon mark was looming.
The next moment, he disappeared out of thin air in front of everyone, as if blending into the void.
Magic spells all over the sky suddenly fell down, but all of them were in vain.
All the Dharma Masters hurriedly used their spiritual senses to find traces of Yuan Ming, but wherever their spiritual senses scanned, there was nothing there, as if Yuan Ming had completely disappeared from the world.
At this moment, the void around them suddenly fluctuated, as if something came out of the sky, but they could not see any trace of that thing. They only felt their bodies tightening, as if they were tightly entangled with something and could not break free.
Not only that, the void around them also squeezed in at the same time, completely confining them in place.
They were unable to move their bodies, and even their spiritual consciousness was restricted within an inch of their bodies and could no longer extend outwards.
At this moment, they were shocked to realize that Yuan Ming had appeared again.
However, now, his body has turned into a towering ancient tree, and what is tightly wrapped around their bodies are the roots of this tree.
In addition, Yuan Ming also used the ability of the World Tree to create space, locking them alone in small spaces.
This is why their bodies and consciousness are imprisoned.
Yuan Ming's incarnation of the World Tree has reached the sixth upper level through his continuous training.
This tree was originally at a very high level, so it was naturally foolproof against the city lords who were only in the middle stage of Dharma phase.
After imprisoning everyone, Yuan Ming did not continue to take action.
After all, this was not a life-and-death fight. If he killed everyone, he wouldn't be able to explain it to Mu Taoist.
Although the city lords were imprisoned, they still tried their best to break free.
But soon, they discovered that they were helpless against Yuan Ming's magical power.
The inability to communicate with the outside world has further deepened their inner fear.
"City Lord Yuan, I admit defeat. From now on, Yinshan City is willing to obey your orders and offer 90% of the proceeds as tax!" Soon, the first surrenderer appeared, none other than Longshan.
He had already had a plan in mind and had expressed his attitude to Yuan Ming before. Now that the situation was not good, he naturally stood up immediately to show that his position had not changed.
But with Longshan as the first person to stand up, other city lords who were already frightened by Yuan Ming's thunderous methods now followed the trend and expressed their willingness to surrender to Yuan Ming one after another.
Even Qu Lixiang, who was the most arrogant before, lowered his head and said no more.
As the saying goes, the situation is stronger than the person. At any time, in the face of absolute strength, all resistance is in vain.
They have been able to cultivate to this point and sit in their current position. None of them is a stubborn person who accepts death. Only by being able to bend and stretch can they last a long time.
Soon after, everyone returned to the main hall of the city and sat down one after another. The hall was silent, no one dared to whisper to each other anymore, the atmosphere was different from before.
Yuan Ming sat on the main seat again, looked at the city lords below who did not dare to look at him, and nodded with satisfaction.
"I will ask someone to bring the contract later. After you sign it, you can leave on your own." He waved his hand, his voice revealing unquestionable majesty.