Within the courtyard of the Desire Sect’s mountain gate. Su Jie was unaware of the widespread discussion sparked in Da Li City because of him. At this moment, he was leisurely sipping tea and admiring flowers in the Desire Sect’s garden. "What exactly do you want to do with me? Everything valuable on me is already in your hands." Beside him, Qin Yushang followed closely, having been held captive by Su Jie for several days now, yet he neither killed her nor harmed her, simply not allowing her to leave. Seeing her injuries almost fully healed, Qin Yushang’s desire to escape grew even stronger. She had no clue what Su Jie intended, clearly all her belongings including the Green Phoenix Red Flood Dragon Fan and Storage Bag had been taken by Su Jie, yet he still refused to let her go. Stopping his steps amidst the vibrant garden, Su Jie scrutinized Qin Yushang, making her feel quite uncomfortable, subconsciously crossing her arms over her chest. "A person is inherently valuable, especially a beautiful woman at the Seventh Realm of Daoist Platform, likely to advance to the Purple Mansion." Su Jie chuckled, a meaningful smile revealing itself, "The last time I captured a woman as beautiful as you, it was during the righteous sect genius capture in Qingzhou, and their auction prices were quite substantial." Upon hearing this, Qin Yushang’s face changed dramatically. "You want to auction me?" Qin Yushang was shocked by Su Jie’s words. She had heard about Su Jie’s previous auctions of righteous sect geniuses, finding it incredibly unbelievable at the time, this kind of act undoubtedly a massive humiliation for the person involved. Especially since Qin Yushang represented the Heavenly Patrol Department, if such news spread, how would others perceive the Heavenly Patrol Department? Imagining that scenario, Qin Yushang suddenly raised her hand, aiming a slap at her own temple, divine power swirling in her palm, intending to make it deadly. Because she knew that with her strength, defeating Su Jie was nothing but a pipe dream. Therefore, the slap targeted herself; she would rather commit suicide than allow Su Jie to use her to humiliate the Heavenly Patrol Department. Qin Yushang’s hand stopped in mid-air, as Su Jie grabbed her arm. "Tsk tsk, your temperament is truly something else..." Su Jie shook his head, never having seen such a woman before; previous captures like Mo Shiyao in the righteous sect had never shown such courage to suicide. Qin Yushang struggled, but how could she be a match for Su Jie, especially with her injuries not fully healed? "Kill me, I will never become your tool to humiliate the Heavenly Patrol Department." Qin Yushang gritted her silver teeth, an orphan taken in by the director of the Heavenly Patrol Department, raised there from a young age; it was her home, and she would never allow Su Jie to use her to disgrace it, which was more painful than death. "When did I say I would auction you? It’s you who misunderstood my words." Su Jie let out a helpless laugh, denying the auction matter. Qin Yushang was skeptical, because she felt that Su Jie was really capable of such an auction, first time could lead to a second, who knew what Su Jie was thinking. "Think for yourself, with your status and identity, who could afford to buy a Seventh Realm Daoist Platform expert, and even if they could afford it, they wouldn’t dare offend the Heavenly Patrol Department. Auctioning you would result in no bids, I’m not that stupid." Su Jie spread his hands, explaining his reasoning. Qin Yushang thought it made sense, relaxing a bit at Su Jie’s words. "So, what exactly do you want me to do?" Qin Yushang regained her composure, even more perplexed about Su Jie’s intentions. Su Jie was about to speak when suddenly someone hurried over. A beautiful woman approached, none other than the Desire Sect’s Sect Master Yin Leibai. "Sect Master Su, something has happened. One of our disciples out on a mission discovered that the Sky Wolf Village is making a move, likely preparing to relocate their entire sect away from Chongzhou." Yin Leibai stated her reason for coming, mentioning that the Sky Wolf Village was a medium-strength demon sect in Chongzhou, with a Sect Master at the First Level of the Daoist Platform Realm. "Oh, there are still those who are reckless." Su Jie squinted his eyes, a cold smile across his face. Clearly, regarding the upcoming transformations in Chongzhou by the Ghost Ridge Palace, placing many restrictions particularly forbidding the arbitrary harm of common folk, the Sky Wolf Village refused to accept such conditions, preferring to quietly move away rather than remain in Chongzhou under Su Jie’s control. Relocating an entire sect was no simple task, as most territories were occupied, unfamiliar relocations involving land, resources, blessed zones, morale, and more were significant issues, arising conflicts during the move, and disciples might easily grow disloyal, choosing to live a wandering life and often fleeing. Passing through others’ sect territories during relocation could provoke surrounding predators, eyeing the sect’s cultivation techniques and resources, levying protection fees at best, or leading to battles at worst. Even finding a place to settle might invite local forces’ targeting, possibly resulting in the sect’s annihilation. For example, back then the Heavenly Soul Sect, the largest Demon Sect in Jingzhou, moved to Qingzhou and suffered heavy losses along the way. If the Qingzhou Tide-Watching Pavilion hadn’t been busy dealing with the Ghost Ridge Palace, they wouldn’t have let them settle peacefully. For origınal chapters go to 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⟡𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵 This is also why, even though the righteous sects in Qingzhou accepted Su Jie’s rule, they refused to relocate. The best territories already had owners and there was nowhere for them to go, unless they forcibly fought to seize a piece, but that was easier said than done. Therefore, hearing that the Sky Wolf Village chose to move their entire sect instead of staying in Chongzhou, Su Jie was somewhat surprised. However, after the surprise, Su Jie smiled. Initially, he thought that with the head of the Western Regions monk, there was no need to make an example by killing the chicken to scare the monkey. But he couldn’t resist when someone jumped out voluntarily! Thinking of this, Su Jie directly summoned the thousand-hand centipede and, bringing Yin Leibai and Qin Yushang, escaped into the clouds. Towards the direction of the Luochuan River from Chongzhou to Jingzhou, a large fleet composed of over a hundred ships was sailing mightily. This fleet was the relocation team of Sky Wolf Village, with over six thousand people from the entire sect on board. Suddenly, a cold voice came from the clouds, and with its words, a massive purple Thunder Dragon descended from the sky. The Thunder Dragon swept over the Luochuan River, smashing more than a dozen merchant ships into powder, while the disciples and elders of Sky Wolf Village inside didn’t even have time to respond and were all turned into charred ashes by the lightning. "Su Jie, it’s Su Jie coming." "It’s over, we’re finished." "Who leaked the secret!" When these Sky Wolf Village demon practitioners looked up and saw the hundred-meter-long thousand-hand centipede falling from the clouds above, they all fell into despair. "Yin Leibai, was it you, you bitch, who leaked the secret?" A figure flew into the sky as the sect master of Sky Wolf Village screamed with both anger and fear, looking at Su Jie on the thousand-hand centipede’s back, and behind him Yin Leibai and Qin Yushang, furious and frightened. Seeing Yin Leibai, he immediately understood everything. The disciples of the Desire Sect run brothels and inns, which are very well-informed. Their Sky Wolf Village had acted in secrecy, but it must have been the Desire Sect that leaked the secret to please Su Jie. "Sect Master Chen, you ignore the kindness of Sect Master Su and leave Chongzhou without permission. Of course, our Desire Sect cannot pretend not to see." Yin Leibai laughed gracefully, betraying allies is no big deal to them demon cultivators. Besides, she wasn’t even familiar with Sky Wolf Village. "Sect Master Su, our Sky Wolf Village just wanted to leave Chongzhou, do you really have to exterminate us?" The Sky Wolf Village sect master’s voice weakened, adopting a pleading tone. "Instead of being a good dog, you choose to leave home and walk your path of death. You have chosen your own way." Su Jie looked at the other party expressionlessly, opened his left hand, and struck downwards. Violent spiritual power formed a giant hand covering the skies, smashing down on Sky Wolf Village in a single strike, exploding it instantly. Su Jie then patted the thousand-hand centipede’s head, saying, "Xiao Qian, go and annihilate them, don’t let a single one go." The thousand-hand centipede nodded and flew towards the Luochuan River. What followed was naturally a brutal and inhumane massacre. Under the bloodbath of the Top Grade Eight Refinement Gu, none of the over six thousand disciples of the Sky Wolf Village were spared. Witnessing all this, Yin Leibai and Qin Yushang gained an even deeper fear of Su Jie’s ruthlessness and decisiveness. Shortly after the annihilation of the Sky Wolf Village, the transformation of Chongzhou under the Ghost Ridge Palace officially began. Some cultivators from the Ghost Ridge Palace with experience in transforming Qingzhou were dispatched to Chongzhou for targeted transformation. Compared to Qingzhou, the transformation of Chongzhou was more challenging. The residents of Chongzhou had long been harmed by various demon sects, and they felt deep-rooted fear towards demon cultivators. They were also distrustful and wary of the Ghost Ridge Palace, an outsider demon cultivation sect, which brought considerable difficulties to the work of the Ghost Ridge Palace. Besides, the demon sect forces in Chongzhou, accustomed to rampant behavior, were relatively more rebellious compared to the righteous sect in Qingzhou. Even though the high-levels of the Chongzhou demon sects expressed submission to the Ghost Ridge Palace and Su Jie, the Great Demon of the Purple Mansion, some of them still couldn’t grasp the situation and continued their murder cultivation after the Ghost Ridge Palace’s arrival. In a large forest, there are always all sorts of birds. Those demon practitioners who couldn’t see the situation naturally became the primary targets of the Ghost Ridge Palace. The Ghost Ridge Palace directly captured these criminal demon cultivators and then gathered the local residents, beheading them in public. This iron-blooded slaughter severely deterred those restless demon cultivators, and it also showed the local residents the attitude of the Ghost Ridge Palace. They understood that the Ghost Ridge Palace genuinely intended to transform Chongzhou for the better and would no longer allow demon cultivators to kill at will. This made subsequent transformations much easier for the Ghost Ridge Palace, and more and more Chongzhou residents sincerely joined under their rule. Such behavior by the Ghost Ridge Palace naturally made the arrogant demon cultivators in Chongzhou very dissatisfied. However, since their sect leaders were too afraid to speak out, these disciples’ mere dissatisfaction would be of no use. Conversely, those demon sect leaders knew their disciples had acted recklessly, so most of them proactively took action. Without needing Ghost Ridge Palace to act, they themselves captured and handed over the offending disciples to the Ghost Ridge Palace, even kneeling before Su Jie to apologize and paying a large sum of resources. This was because they feared Su Jie’s deadly wrath, as demonstrated with the Sky Wolf Village, could do the same to their sects.