Chapter 354 Taking Over and Eradicating

After talking with the three people of Sect Leader Xiong, Wang Zhifan and them set off for Hutou Town soon.

The reason for being so urgent was actually Wang Zhifan's personal request. It was rare for him to meet all the key people present, so he went together to complete the necessary power handover procedures.

Sect Leader Xiong must be present because he is one of the leaders of this territory and is known and recognized by the nearby forces. Only through him can the people of Fengxue Tower know Wang Zhifan, so that Wang Zhifan doesn't have to do any identity proof or brute force cracking.

The four people rode their own horses, went down Wuji Mountain, headed north and then turned east. About an hour later, they arrived at Hutou Town, which is 500 miles away from Wuji Sect, and then went to Fengxue Tower on the low mountain east of Hutou Town to conduct a formal power handover in this nine-story wooden tower.

At this moment, Wang Zhifan and Xiong Tianli, led by a respectful warrior in his sixties, walked into a main hall on the third floor of Fengxue Tower with ease, followed by Xiong Tianli's two senior disciples.

The leader in front is the leader of the Juyi Sect who is currently responsible for taking over Fengxue Tower. He calls himself Lao He and was originally a deputy leader of Juyi Sect who relied on his seniority to get ahead.

But now that the pillar of Juyi Sect, Sect Leader Yang, has died at the hands of the Demon Lord, he must obey the arrangements of other forces, otherwise the Juyi Sect will inevitably collapse without a prominent figure.

"Master, Sect Leader Xiong, please take a seat! Someone, bring up the list of all the spies from the Demon Sect!"

Old He led Wang Zhifan and Xiong Tianli to the upper seats in the main hall with a diligent look on his face, and asked his men to bring some transcripts to report the results of their investigation after they took control of Fengxue Tower with the help of various sects, so as not to leave any remnants of the Demon Sect here, and not to wrongly accuse any good person.

"Have you finished interrogating the original personnel of Fengxue Tower? Do you know the details of the origin of the Blood Cultivation Demon Lord?"

Xiong Tianli leaned back in the chair at the top and asked the old man He in front of him with a serious look.

"Master Xiong, the masters of various sects can't pry those people open, what good solutions can we have? However, we have caught some spies who used to work for the Demon Sect in the town. They know a little about the Demon Sect, but they can't confirm the truth..."

The old man picked up the record documents presented by a subordinate beside him and spread them out, handing them to Xiong Tianli and Wang Zhifan for inspection. Xiong Tianli read them more seriously, while Wang Zhifan glanced at them casually and put them down.

"Mr. He, how is the situation in the town now? What is the reaction of the people to the demon slaughter?"

Wang Zhifan is more concerned about the situation of the civilians in Hutou Town. When he came here just now, he roughly observed the residents in Hutou Town and felt that the situation was obviously not as good as that in Pingwu City.

"Master, just call me Old He. The people in Hutou Town are a little panicked at the moment, but as long as we eliminate all the spies of the Demon Sect, we will definitely be able to return to normal in time. The people in the town are talking about the demon slaying and your amazing skills..."

When Old Man He saw Wang Zhifan asking questions, he didn't dare to be negligent just because he was young. When they met just now, Xiong Tianli introduced him as the first meritorious demon slayer and the future master of Fengxue Tower, otherwise he wouldn't have called Wang Zhifan the master directly.

"People are panicking... well... it's normal..."

Wang Zhifan nodded, then a thoughtful look appeared on his face, and he said:

"I heard that people often pray to gods and Buddhas. If they can't rest for a long time because of the Demon Sect, they should burn incense and worship more often, which is better than being panicked secretly."

"This... what the master said is very true! I will arrange it later!"

Old man He was slightly stunned after hearing this. He probably didn't understand why the new boss gave such advice, but what the other party said was not too weird. He just had to do things according to his will.

But Xiong Tianli, who was still flipping through the interrogation records in the backrest chair next to him, was attracted. He raised his head and turned to look at Wang Zhifan, expressing his doubts.

"Brother Wang, you are so young, and you know how to pray to gods and Buddhas? I didn't see it before..."

For the powerful sect leaders like them, praying to gods and Buddhas is a joke. They believe that it is better to rely on oneself than on others, and using iron fists to create a genius is the mainstream idea.

"Haha, Sect Master Xiong misunderstood. I just remembered some scenes I saw when I was traveling outside. I found that many civilians who suffered were used to praying to gods and Buddhas for comfort. Although I didn't see gods and Buddhas really appear to help them, many of them became much calmer after worshiping..."

Wang Zhifan explained the reason for his suggestion just now, saying that he was not the kind of person who relied on illusory existence, but thought that it was understandable for ordinary people to obtain spiritual salvation in this way.

"Well... Brother Wang has some truth in what he said... This method is good for stabilizing the people under the sect, but we need to be careful not to be exploited by the evil priests of the Demon Sect. Those vicious guys can be said to be omnipresent..."

Xiong Tianli did not forget to be wary of the Demon Sect on this topic, which shows how deep his hatred for the Demon Sect is. Wang Zhifan felt that he should pay more attention to the way he spreads faith here in the future, so as not to be targeted by this brother and cause misunderstanding.

After the sect leader finished speaking, he looked at the two senior disciples standing steadily beside him and sent them out to work.

"Xun'er, Qing'er, go outside and get familiar with the places first. When the owner Wang is not here, this town will rely on you to guard against the Demon Sect. There must be no mistakes."

"Yes! Master!"

"Disciple will leave now!"

The two young disciples were not reluctant to hear this. They did not want to stand here and waste time. This was their first time in Hutou Town. They were a little curious anyway.

Old He, who was also standing here, saw this and quickly called a shrewd man to lead them and let them get familiar with the working environment behind as soon as possible.

After his disciple left, Xiong Tianli told Wang Zhifan about his vigilance against the Demon Sect's revenge, because he inferred from the records obtained by Old He through interrogation that Hutou Town might still have a considerable Demon Sect force hidden.

It's just that they have suffered a blow recently and are temporarily dormant. Once the big shots of the Demon Sect react, it's hard to say that there won't be a bone boat with thousands of demons to carry out a massacre one day.

"It's okay, Sect Master Xiong, I'm very familiar with the tricks of the Demon Sect. I'll wipe out their dens one by one and make them unable to make any waves in Hutou Town."

Wang Zhifan looked more confident than Xiong Tianli, a local, and directly stated that he would eliminate all the forces of the Demon Sect in the current territory, causing Old He, who was waiting next to him, to complain in his heart.

"Although this young leader is powerful, he is a little too arrogant. The methods of the Demon Sect are so treacherous and unpredictable. It is a blessing that he can dig out a key spy from the Demon Sect. It is unrealistic to want to eliminate all the power of the Demon Sect... It turns out that being young and energetic is not good. He will definitely have to rely on me, an old man, when he really gets things done in the future..."

Old Man He thought so in his heart, but his face did not show any abnormality. He seemed to be still extremely respectful to Wang Zhifan in front of him, but he did not expect Wang Zhifan to make arrangements for him and asked him to lead him to visit Fengxue Tower immediately, saying that he would start to investigate the spies of the Demon Sect.

"Brother Wang, why are you in such a hurry? The spies of the Demon Sect will not write their identities on their faces. It's useless for you to rush to find them. Why don't you listen to me first?"

Xiong Tianli immediately answered speechlessly. He wanted to teach Wang Zhifan some personal experience in managing the sect, which was a treatment only his two direct disciples had. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhifan didn't care at all. He stood up and let Old Man He lead the way.

In response, Xiong Tianli shook his head and sighed in his heart:

"After all, he is a young man, and his work is not reliable, but he is so powerful that we really need his help to fight against the Demon Sect..."

This voice is the reason why Xiong Tianli and other local leaders are so enthusiastic about Wang Zhifan taking over Fengxue Tower. They don't have an unreasonable good impression and trust on Wang Zhifan, but they think that this kid is a fellow upright person with terrible strength. They must find a way to win him over to become their own people and let Wang Zhifan share their pressure from the Demon Sect.

But how could Wang Zhifan not know what they really think? These people have their own calculations, and he also has his own selfishness and plans.

Specifically, by taking charge of Hutou Town, he gradually turned it into a source of his faith power. Even if he didn't succeed in the end, he would accumulate some valuable experience and explore a good route for his later plans.

There are two main reasons why he is so persistent in practicing faith in this world:

First, although there are no gods in this world, some folk beliefs in gods and Buddhas do exist, which means that he has promoted a new faith goal that is likely to be accepted by the vast majority of natives, unlike the urban planet where there is no way to start, and no one can accept the act of proposing faith.

Second, the people in this world have a high "quality" in terms of faith. After all, it is a fantasy world with extraordinary power. The average soul strength of people here is higher than that of many ordinary worlds. Even the power of faith generated by the most ordinary residents is relatively pure, not to mention those powerful beings.

Although Wang Zhifan currently has no one with cultivation who believes in him, he knows with his toes that the power of faith that such people can provide must be far greater than that of ordinary people.

The only problem is that it is very difficult to get this kind of people to provide faith. Due to the characteristics of the world, most of them are the type who believe in themselves more. Unless they encounter something particularly big, they will not ask for help from the empty gods and Buddhas.

Just when Sect Master Xiong, who stayed in the hall to read the files, was slightly disappointed with Wang Zhifan, Wang Zhifan had already stepped onto the fourth floor of Fengxue Tower under the leadership of Old Man He.

There are not many traces of fighting here at present. Someone has done the cleaning work, and Wang Zhifan found that the various furniture and furnishings inside seemed to have changed a lot. It seemed to be much more spacious than when he came to slay demons.

"Old He, I remember that there were not so few things in the building when I came here last time. Were most of the equipment damaged and cleaned out, or sold to someone?"

Wang Zhifan looked at the empty layout of the fourth floor and asked Old He who was leading the way in front.

Old He looked a little helpless when he heard this. He turned to Wang Zhifan without much hesitation and said:

"Master, actually our people were not like this when they first came here, but the people from Fachan Temple and Liusha Sword Sect who controlled this place at the beginning have been making small moves during the handover!

Not only did they drag away some of the furniture and utensils they liked, they also moved all the original library and warehouse of Fengxue Tower, saying that they had made great contributions in the battle of slaying demons, and they must get a share..."

"Is there such a thing? But it's normal, no need to worry too much."

Unlike what Old Man He thought, Wang Zhifan, the leader, would definitely be very angry after hearing this, in fact, Wang Zhifan didn't care much when he heard this. He didn't even ask for more details. He didn't think much about other sects intentionally taking away things that should belong to him, especially the loss of silver and skills.

This is because he doesn't really value these things. It's not too easy for him to get some silver without silver, and he has no shortage of skills, not to mention what good skills the once small Fengxue Tower can have? Even if he has, does he have the time to practice? Now he still has two magical skills in his mind but he has no energy to learn them, and he may not be able to finish the two skills he is practicing.

What he really values ​​is to be able to control this territory, especially to influence the people here, so that they can gradually produce some precious things for him and fill in the blank areas in the big plan.

In this way, under the leadership of Old Man He, Wang Zhifan quickly figured out the detailed layout of Fengxue Tower, especially got to know the people in various departments at present.

For example, the accountant who beats the abacus in the warehouse, the big man who forges iron in the iron shop, and the dark guard who secretly guards some spies of the Demon Sect in the underground secret passage. Basically, he has figured out what the corners of Fengxue Tower look like, and he is waiting to go to Hutou Town for investigation later.

"Mr. He, I'll give you a list later. Please help me call the people on the list. I have something to say to them."

After walking around, Mr. He found that his young leader was ready to work. In his opinion, this should be the other party's three fires after taking office, and he wanted to show his presence as the new leader, so he immediately agreed without saying anything.

However, what Mr. He didn't know was that Wang Zhifan asked him to call people not to call the core subordinates for a meeting, but he planned to use a highly efficient way to eliminate all the hidden dangers.

As for how he was sure that the people he called were all hidden dangers, he had to rely on some professional props.

He was seen performing Qinggong to quickly return to the living room, and an ancient thread-bound book appeared in his hand. It was the epic Tianming Guashu that he hadn't taken out for a while.

"Guashu, calculate all the spies in Fengxue Tower for me."

He wrote first on the page.