142: Chapter 142 The Poor Immortal's Main City? The Beginning of a Dimensional Reduction Attack!

Buzz—!

Accompanied by a dizzying sensation of spatial pulling, Su Feng, wrapped in the blazing light of fire-based Laws, slammed heavily onto a hard bluestone floor.

The light dissipated.

Su Feng slowly opened his eyes and took a deep breath, preparing to welcome the Immortal Qi of a Heavenly Immortal's main city—so thick it would be inseparable—and the legendary prosperous scenery of flying cranes and jade pavilions.

However, when he saw the scene before him clearly, his entire person instantly froze in place.

"This... is this the freaking Heavenly Immortal's main city?!"

Su Yuan was stunned.

Su Feng also frowned slightly; clearly, the impression the main city gave him was too far removed from his imagination.

What met his eyes was a wide but potholed main road. Although the buildings on both sides were tall, their outer walls were mottled, many formation patterns had dimmed, and some pavilions even had half their tiles missing, exuding a strong sense of "post-war ruins" and "disrepair."

There were quite a few Cultivators on the street, but most were in a hurry.

The most ridiculous thing was that in the corners of the street, there were actually several Cultivators emitting the Aura of the Guixu Realm squatting with broken bowls in front of them... begging?!

"Have mercy, Senior! I haven't breathed a full breath of Immortal Qi in three months. Please spare half a low-grade divine crystal!" An old man at the fifth stage of the Guixu Realm pleaded bitterly while hugging the leg of a passing Immortal.

That Immortal kicked him away, cursing: "Get lost! I just paid this month's Immortal Qi breathing tax to the City Lord's Mansion. I'm so poor I'm about to pawn my pants; where would I get divine crystals for you!"

Su Feng's eyes twitched wildly, feeling his worldview suffer a massive shock.

"Wait, the main city is like this, why don't you guys leave?" Su Yuan couldn't help but step forward to ask.

Who knew the begging Guixu Cultivator would say with tears streaming down his face: "I have an immortal cave loan I haven't paid back! If I walk out of this main city, I'll be dragged into the crystal mines to work as a miner!"

Everyone looked at each other; this Tianshu City was actually so Heaven-Defying.

Dignified Guixu Cultivators actually had to pay off mortgages?

The remnant soul of the Nine Nether Pill Venerable floated out and let out a long sigh:

"Young Lord, I wanted to tell you just now... Celestial Immortal Shen's fighting is top-tier in the Yuchuan Realm, but her governance of territory is also top-tier in the Yuchuan Realm—unparalleled trash."

"How so?" Su Feng frowned.

"She is a martial fanatic with a fiery temper; she gets into fights with others at the drop of a hat. All the divine crystals and resources in her hands are spent on buying top-grade Medicinal Pills for healing or repairing that giant hammer of hers."

The Nine Nether Pill Venerable explained helplessly: "The territories assigned to her before were all a mess without exception. It seems Tianshu City is the same..."

"I've heard that no matter where she goes, several local cultivation clans follow. Those clans flatter her on the surface and manage the city for her, but behind her back, they use her name to establish all sorts of numerous and complicated exorbitant taxes, crazily squeezing the bottom-level Cultivators."

"Celestial Immortal Shen is penniless and knows nothing of management. To maintain her cultivation, she can only tolerate those clans' tributes. Over time, any main city she manages turns into a desolate ghost city."

After hearing the Nine Nether Pill Venerable's explanation, Su Feng completely understood.

So that arrogant, invincible, violent twin-tailed loli with five immortal cores was actually a 'naive sweetheart' in terms of economics, being fooled by a combination of corrupt officials and capitalists among her subordinates?!

No! Shen Youchu wasn't a naive sweetheart!

She knew she didn't have the energy to manage the territory, so she simply let it go. As long as her cultivation resources were guaranteed, what did the life or death of others matter to her?

This was the familiar scent of a lone wolf Ascender!

Su Feng showed no disappointment; instead, an extremely playful smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Poor is good; everything is waiting to be rebuilt."

Su Feng weighed the fiery red jade talisman in his hand: "Let's go. First, let's see what kind of prime location our poor lord has given us."

Following the guidance of the jade talisman, Su Feng passed through several dilapidated blocks and finally arrived at the very center of Tianshu City, the only part that looked like a "prosperous district."

The light of the jade talisman finally pointed to a massive manor covering thousands of acres, which, though somewhat old, was magnificent in Aura.

Above the manor's main gate hung a plaque made of golden silk nanmu wood: [Tianshu Chamber of Commerce].

However, when Su Feng walked to the main gate, he was blocked by two guards wearing embroidered robes with their noses in the air.

These two guards actually both had cultivation at the first stage of the Immortal realm!

"Stop! Are you blind? Can't you see this is the Li family's property? Go beg in the west of the city, scram, scram, scram!" The guard on the left waved his hand in disgust, as if shooing a fly.

Su Feng did not get angry; he just calmly held up the fiery red jade talisman in his hand:

"This is the land deed token given to me by Celestial Immortal Shen. This manor now belongs to me."

As soon as these words were spoken, the two Immortal guards froze for a moment.

When they saw clearly the jade talisman emitting the fire Law, a trace of wariness did indeed flash in their eyes, but it was quickly replaced by thick disdain and mockery.

"Oho! I wondered who it was; so it's a distinguished third-stage Immortal lord~~"

The guard on the right sized Su Feng up and let out a sneer:

"Kid, the City Lord's jade talisman is indeed real, but you probably don't know the rules of Tianshu City, do you?"

"The City Lord only cares about killing people, not land! This [Tianshu Chamber of Commerce] territory was taken over ten years ago by our Li family head, who is also the Chief Steward of the City Lord's Mansion!"

The guard on the left took a step forward and sneered unceremoniously:

"Want to take over this land? Sure! Bring out a one-million low-grade divine crystal site transfer fee, plus a monthly tribute of one hundred thousand divine crystals! If you can't produce it, take your broken jade talisman and scram back to the slums to eat the northwest wind!"

Blatant extortion!

They were taking advantage of Shen Youchu's lack of management to directly turn the Lord's reward into leverage for the Li family's blackmail!

Su Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, a dangerous red glow flashing deep within them.

Just as he was about to directly activate the [Immortal-Demon Dual Body] and crush these two death-seeking Immortal doormen into meat paste...

"Husband, wait."

A cold yet infinitely majestic and pleasant female voice suddenly rang in Su Feng's ear.

Immediately after, the [yin-yang life and death diagram] in Su Feng's sleeve flashed with light.

A woman wearing a purple-gold Phoenix robe and a headpiece of pearls and emeralds appeared out of thin air beside Su Feng.

It was the Grand Princess of Great Qin, Ying Yue'e, who possessed the Ziwei Saint Body and an Emperor's Fate!

As soon as Ying Yue'e appeared, her brilliant imperial majesty from long-time rule over millions of subjects actually caused the two Immortal guards opposite her to unconsciously retreat half a step, a strange urge to kneel rising in their hearts.

"What a beautiful woman..." The two guards swallowed their saliva, their eyes flashing with amazement.

Ying Yue'e didn't even look at these two small fries. Her Phoenix eyes surveyed the dilapidated streets and the chamber of commerce occupied by the Li family, and a look of extreme contemptuous coldness curled at her lips.

"Husband, killing them directly would be satisfying, but it would lack a bit of fun."

Ying Yue'e gently took Su Feng's arm. Her voice was soft, but her words made even the Nine Nether Pill Venerable feel a shiver:

"I just took a look from within the diagram; the economic system of this Tianshu City is so primitive it's appalling. Their so-called wealth-gathering methods are nothing more than the lowest level of martial extortion."

"These Upper Realm natives don't understand the meaning of true capital at all."

Su Feng raised an eyebrow and looked at his woman with interest: "Yue'e, what do you want to do?"

A fervent light of a business-war empress shone in Ying Yue'e's beautiful eyes as her red lips parted slightly:

"Husband only needs to give me five hundred thousand divine crystals as capital. I will teach them what financing is, and what a kill-line is!"

"Within two months."

"I will not only make them kneel obediently and offer the land deed of this manor with both hands, but I will also make all the blood-sucking major clans in Tianshu City... lose everything and go bankrupt!"