Wang Sheng longingly watched the experts battling on the river. If he had a longsword in hand and had reached the late stage of the Seed Formation Realm, he would have loved to test his Dao of the Sword against them. Unfortunately, his cultivation was still lacking, his leg was broken, and he didn't even have a proper weapon at the moment.1

At least two to three hundred cultivators were in the water, all of them at the early stage of the Seed Formation Realm or higher. The chaotic battle on the river grew fiercer, making more cultivators believe that the middle and upper volumes of the Celestial Master Secret Scroll were truly hidden there.0

Guo Qianxing was dead, but the authorities still had to clean up the mess that he had left.0

Wang Sheng could roughly guess that the current official policy toward the cultivation world was primarily of flexible tolerance. It was supplemented by deterrence, righteous Daoist recruitment, and corrupt cultivator suppression.0

"Have our choppers broadcast a message on loop over the river. 'The Fire Sage is dead. The auction was a hoax!'" Chi Ling commanded, somewhat confirming Wang Sheng's hypothesis. "Notify the Special Warfare Unit on both shores to capture all Daoists as well! It doesn't matter if they're righteous or evil!0

"I also want the cultivators in the city monitored. Arrest or detain anyone caught fighting...0