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Cultivation: The Heaven's Fated Useless Genius-Chapter 100 – Return to Heroic Spirit City
To deal with external threats, one must first settle internal affairs—this was the phrase Gu Feng used to persuade Ji Wenxuan that day.
Ji Wenxuan took Gu Feng's advice to heart and implemented it thoroughly, even expanding upon it.
After ascending to power, he ruthlessly eliminated anyone within the Witch's Village who was dissatisfied with him.
Now, with firm control over the White Tiger Witch's Village, he has, over the past few dozen days, used Zuo Yuan's formidable influence to intimidate the other three major witch villages into submission.
It seems as though he is on the verge of unifying the border.
In contrast, Gu Feng has not managed his own affairs nearly as well!
Far away in Heroic Spirit City in the Eastern Region, various factions are intermingled, and the factions of Gu Huaisheng and Gu Chunfeng are eyeing him with hostility.
The Chosen from various families are also extremely dissatisfied with him.
Aside from the Loan Treasure Pavilion, Artifact Crafting Department, and Royal Guards that he painstakingly cultivated, perhaps only City Lord Gu Liantian stands by his side.
It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from ".
If Gu Xuanyuan hadn't forcefully intervened, Gu Feng might have long been sidelined and dethroned.
Returning to Heroic Spirit City to resolve all internal issues within the Gu Family and consolidate his position and privileges is urgent.
The Spiritual Soul of the Nine Tribulations is firmly in Gu Feng's grasp.
Upon returning to the city, as long as he exposes the secret collusion between the Nine Tribulations Witch King and Gu Huaisheng, who forcibly implanted a Gu Infant into Gu Kun's body, Gu Huaisheng will be unable to defend himself, no matter how many excuses he has.
Moreover, Gu Feng can accuse this old man of harming the younger generation of the family with ulterior motives.
Once the supporting Elders learn of this, they will not forgive such treacherous acts.
Helping one's direct descendants to rise to power is understandable and acceptable.
But colluding with demonic cultivators to harm family members with malicious intent is an act that will provoke public outrage!
Although the Elders of the Gu Family are stubborn, they are not foolish when it comes to major issues.
Otherwise, Heroic Spirit City could not have stood firm in the Eastern Region for tens of thousands of years.
Before leaving the White Tiger Witch's Village, Gu Feng took some time to meet with Ji Wenxuan.
Ji Wenxuan had long known his true identity and dared not show any negligence. Regardless of Gu Feng's intentions at the time, he indeed helped him seize the position of village chief.
Especially when facing the ferocious Nine Tribulations Witch King, the entire White Tiger Witch's Village was on the brink of disaster. If not for Gu Feng's strong support, the White Tiger Witch's Village might have been reduced to ruins by now.
In terms of both emotion and reason, Ji Wenxuan was filled with gratitude toward Gu Feng.
Gu Feng also left him with a considerable amount of Spirit Stones and Elixirs, encouraging him to develop at the Northern Wilderness border and, if possible, take advantage of the favorable situation to annihilate the other three major witch villages and unify the border.
He also promised that even if his forces expanded to this area in the future, he would recognize Ji Wenxuan's control over the entire border witch villages and would not oppress the witch people.
With Gu Feng's promise, Ji Wenxuan's last doubts vanished, and he immediately knelt to pledge allegiance, willing to lead all the witch people at the border in lifelong loyalty to Gu Feng.
Gu Feng merely smiled slightly, as he never believed in such unguaranteed oaths. If he ever lost his power, Ji Wenxuan would surely not continue to align with him for self-preservation.
That is reality.
Strength and interests are the greatest guarantees of a cooperative relationship; everything else is nonsense.
How could Gu Feng, having lived two lives, not understand this principle?
However, he did not expose it, smiled, offered a few words of encouragement, and then left the White Tiger Cave Dwelling.
He had too many matters to handle and no time to waste in this ghostly place of the White Tiger Witch's Village.
After everything was settled, Gu Xuanyuan took the lead, rising into the air with a flash of light.
Zuo Yuan and Bai Yu followed closely behind, while Gu Feng summoned the Purple Gold Star-eyed Beast, pulling Hou Yixiao onto the exotic beast's back, soaring into the sky.
This time, they intended to fly straight back to Heroic Spirit City in one go. Gu Feng did not want Hou Yixiao, the fat man, to delay their journey by complaining about needing rest due to his lack of cultivation.
During Gu Feng's period of unconsciousness, Gu Liantian had already sent out the Flying Kite Jade Slip three times, urging them to return to the city quickly.
The urgency in the letters was palpable, suggesting that something troublesome had occurred.
Without further hesitation, the group unleashed dazzling beams of light, flying in the direction of Heroic Spirit City.
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Inside Heroic Spirit City.
In the training field of the Gu clan within the Imperial City.
This was a trial ground specially built for the descendants of the Gu Family, intended to facilitate internal sparring within the family.
At the center of the training field was a massive circular sparring platform, with protective formations set up on either side to ensure that the residual power from the sparring would not affect areas beyond the platform.
The core members of the Gu Family were all present.
Gu Liantian sat calmly with his eyes closed in the City Lord's seat.
Below him on either side were the seats for the Gu Family Elders, each with a peculiar expression, seemingly impatient from waiting.
At this moment, Gu Liantian was already extremely anxious inside. The family trial was about to begin, yet Gu Xuanyuan and Gu Feng had not returned.
He had sent three jade slips urging Gu Xuanyuan, instructing them to return to the city immediately, regardless of whether they had captured the Nine Tribulations Witch King alive.
However, Gu Xuanyuan's replies were evasive, playing a game of Tai Chi with him.
Helpless, Gu Liantian had no choice but to use his authority as City Lord to forcibly postpone the family trial date.
Once, twice, and today was the third time!
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Gu Huaisheng and the Elders behind him were already grumbling about this, and Gu Liantian, unable to withstand the pressure, had to announce the start of the trial with a heavy heart.
As expected, Gu Kun, with his Elemental Infant Realm cultivation, outshone the other young members of the family.
On that day in the meeting hall of the Imperial City, the Elder of Passing Down Techniques had issued a challenge, stating that Gu Feng would face Gu Kun in a fair duel today. The winner would not only qualify to participate in the Grand Heavenly Contest but also secure the position of the family's chief Sequence.
Yet, after waiting for so long, there was still no sign of Gu Feng, leading to all sorts of speculations.
Seeing that everyone was growing impatient, Gu Huaisheng stroked his long eyebrows, stood up, and asked, "May I ask the City Lord, why has Gu Feng not yet appeared?"
"I have already said, Feng is traveling with the thirteenth elder and should be on his way back," Gu Liantian replied, still with his eyes closed, though his heart was anxious.
Upon hearing Gu Liantian's explanation, the young members of the Gu Family present began to murmur, their comments filled with sarcasm.
"Traveling? I don't believe it..."
"That good-for-nothing must be scared and has run away!"
"Very likely, after all, his opponent is Gu Kun, in the Elemental Infant Realm!"
"Shameless, wanting to be the chief Sequence of our Gu Family? Bah!"
"Who would have thought our Gu Family would have a runaway Sequence, sigh!"
"Hahaha, a runaway Sequence, what a joke..."
With a worsening expression, Gu Liantian suppressed his anger, sitting cross-legged and trying to calm himself.
"Hmph! How much longer must we wait? If Gu Feng doesn't show up soon, he is fleeing from battle!"
With a large belly, Gu Chunfeng stood up abruptly, pulling Gu Kun over, and said, "My son Gu Kun, with the most refined cultivation among the younger generation, should rightfully take the position of chief Sequence!"
The Elders nodded in agreement.
Gu Huaisheng smiled secretly, feeling everything was under control and victory was assured.
Looking arrogantly at Gu Liantian in the City Lord's seat, Gu Chunfeng pointed to the lineup of young Gu Family members standing aside and laughed arrogantly, "If any of you are dissatisfied, feel free to step forward. As long as you can defeat my Kun'er, we'll let you have the chief Sequence position!"
From Gu Chunfeng's tone, it seemed that the chief Sequence position of the Gu Family was already Gu Kun's, completely disregarding Gu Liantian, the City Lord.
"I'll give it a try!"
A voice of anger echoed through the sky.
In the sky, Gu Feng, riding the Purple Gold Star-eyed Beast, looked down at the people in the training field.
He flipped off the beast, descending onto the platform with a flash of light.
Ignoring the Elders of the clan, Gu Feng faced Gu Liantian, bowed, and respectfully said, "Gu Feng, at your service, City Lord! Father, your son is unfilial for making you worry again!"