When Li Yao returned to the surface from the underground cave, he found Hua Meng still standing motionless in the distance.
He flicked his finger, releasing Hua Meng from her pressure points.
Hua Meng asked impatiently, "Did you really get the Love of the City?"
"certainly!"
As Li Yao finished speaking, he had already disappeared into the darkness.
Hua Meng bit her lip lightly, looking in the direction where Li Yao disappeared, her eyes filled with extremely complicated emotions.
She wasn't as stubborn as her grandmother.
She believed they were not worthy of guarding Wushuang City for the cruel and heartless Dugu Yifang.
When she heard that Dugu Yifang had been killed, she secretly rejoiced.
When she saw Li Yao behead Dugu Yifang's henchmen in public, she cheered inwardly.
When she heard Li Yao announce the cancellation of the exorbitant taxes imposed by Dugu Yifang, she was even more delighted.
However, it was this Li Yao who killed her eldest and second eldest sisters and seriously injured her maternal grandmother.
Although she didn't get along well with her eldest and second eldest sisters, they were still her family.
She didn't know whether she should avenge them.
After a moment of wild thoughts, she immediately ran towards where her grandmother was.
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On this day, at the training ground of Wushuang City.
On a high platform directly north of the training ground, Li Yao sat in a chair, leisurely drinking tea while looking down at the training ground below.
On the training ground, squads of warriors arrived one after another.
Half an incense stick later, Master Ma ran over, bowed and reported: "Reporting to the city lord, all the disciples of the four major halls, except for those guarding the city, have arrived."
Li Yao nodded, then stood up, walked to the front of the stage, looked around, and announced loudly:
"Today, I have called you all here to announce something."
"From now on, Wushuang City will not support idlers or useless people."
"I don't want any of those who just want to freeload."
"So, what kind of person is a useful person?"
"In my eyes, those who possess martial prowess are useful."
"Of course, I also welcome people with other skills."
"However, today, I will only select those with sufficient martial prowess to remain."
"The selection method is very simple."
"In a moment, I will use a divine skill. Anyone who can withstand it without falling will be considered qualified and can stay. Anyone who cannot withstand it will be rejected."
As soon as Li Yao finished speaking, the training ground erupted in chaos, with everyone discussing it.
Many people began to worry that they would not pass the test. After all, many of them were just pretending and had little cultivation. They joined the sects of Wushuang City entirely through connections.
They joined the sect because the sect offered extremely high treatment and status.
They had no idea that the newly arrived city lord would carry out a major purge of the sect.
It seems their good days of freeloading are coming to an end.
Of course, many people with real skills were very curious about what kind of divine skill the city lord would use to test their cultivation.
After waiting a while, until everyone had finished discussing, Li Yao pressed his hand in the air.
The drill ground fell silent instantly.
Li Yao said solemnly, "The test begins!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the audience reacted in various ways: some were nervous, some were expectant, some were afraid, and some were excited.
Actually, Li Yao's test was very simple.
That is to shout it out.
Immediately afterwards, a roar rang out.
The roar shook the heavens and resounded throughout the nine skies!
Of course, Li Yao controlled the power of his roar with great skill.
It won't harm anyone, but it can make those with little cultivation collapse because they can't stand the roar.
Sure enough, at his roar, many people covered their ears, fell to the ground, and rolled around on the ground.
Those with decent cultivation levels were also affected by the roar, and their expressions were filled with pain.
However, their martial arts skills were sufficient to withstand the roar, preventing them from falling.
In fact, besides carrying out a major purge of the sect, Li Yao's main purpose in using Lion's Roar was to fleece a group of people.
Sure enough, under his roar, those who had learned internal energy lost their true energy attributes.
That lion's roar really works!
A large-scale group attack allows him to easily harvest韭菜 (a metaphor for exploiting others).
Luck +22!
True Qi +19!
...
As Li Yao weaved through the crowd, he discreetly collected attributes.
Soon, several notification sounds that caught his eye rang out.
"Ding! Congratulations, host! Your True Qi has exceeded 4500 points, and your Divine Soul has exceeded 100 points. Your realm has been upgraded to: First Level of the Refining Spirit Realm!"
"Ding! Congratulations, host! Your spiritual energy has exceeded 200 points, and your realm has been upgraded to: Second Level of the Refining Spirit Realm!"
"Ding! Congratulations, host! Your spiritual energy has exceeded 300 points, and your realm has been upgraded to the third level of the Refining Spirit Realm!"
Li Yao was both surprised and delighted. This time, he not only broke through the Qi Refining Realm and entered the Spirit Refining Realm, but also advanced three levels.
In fact, this was something he had anticipated.
Although he had been in the Qi Refining stage and could not obtain the Divine Soul attribute.
However, his "Great Dao True Scripture" incorporates techniques from "Nine Yin Manual" and "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill".
These techniques also include some methods for cultivating the spirit and soul.
Therefore, his soul attribute has been increasing and has long exceeded 300 points.
Now that he has broken through to the Qi Refining Realm, his cultivation level will naturally continue to rise automatically.
Chapter 218 New Features, New Goals
After a lion's roar, nearly 30% of the people collapsed because they couldn't stand it.
Li Yao was surprised to find so many people who were just pretending to be experts.
No wonder Wushuang City's power is getting weaker and weaker, and its territory is shrinking.
The reasons for this are probably not only the influence of the rise of Xiong Ba's World Society, but also the decline in the strength of Wushuang City itself.
Li Yao ordered, "Hall Master Ma, listen to my command: all those who have not passed the test shall be expelled from the sect."
Master Ma replied, "Yes!"
After thinking for a moment, Li Yao continued:
“Starting tomorrow, notices will be posted throughout the city to recruit new disciples.”
"This time, we must be very strict in recruiting new disciples. Anyone who is not qualified will not be accepted."
"This matter will be personally handled by you, the hall masters."
Li Yao was not worried that these hall masters would show favoritism or accept bribes to allow those who just wanted to freeload into the sect.
Because he had implanted a wisp of divine soul into the brains of these hall masters.
They have been controlled by Li Yao's soul and have become his puppets.
In order to enhance the strength of Wushuang City, in addition to eliminating the useless and recruiting new disciples, Li Yao also took out the "Nine Yang Divine Skill" and "Nine Yin Manual" as the basic skills of Wushuang City sect, and made all disciples practice them.
For Li Yao, these techniques were no longer of any importance.
However, for these disciples, it was an extraordinary skill.
The martial arts these people usually practice are very ordinary basic martial arts from various sects.
They certainly weren't qualified to learn the unparalleled martial arts techniques of those sects.
Therefore, in addition to being amazed by the new city lord's selflessness and generosity, these people were even more excited.
They praised the new city lord for being selfless, wise, and powerful.
Of course, they had no idea that they had been exploited by their new city lord.
After identifying the charlatans within the Wushuang City sect, Li Yao returned to the Wushuang Mansion and began studying the new functions brought by the system.
The first new feature is storage space.
The storage space function can be activated by spending 1000 Luck Points.
Now, Li Yao has accumulated more luck points than he can use.
1000 luck points are nothing.
So, without hesitation, he consumed 1,000 points of luck to activate his storage space.
The default storage space has a volume of 1 cubic meter.
For every 100 points of luck consumed, the volume can be increased by 1 cubic meter.