Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

As the morning arrived, praise the sun!

Yi Chen stretched a big lazy stretch towards the rising sun above the ground.

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The three-day period had come.

Those who wanted to join the Worship Fire Path should have heard about him through various channels by now, and those who needed to be shaken should have been dealt with.

This wave was perfect for catching them all in one net and preventing those rats from skittering around, waging guerrilla warfare, and becoming a nuisance.

A trace of cold light flashed in Yi Chen's eyes, one had to be ruthlessly resolute to hold one's ground.

This time, he would use the heads of the Worship Fire Path followers to secure a period of peace for his Hidden Dragon Temple.

Some money could be earned but not spent if one didn't have one's life~

"Junior brother, ensure your disciples cultivate well. Don't bother with those outer disciples who quit the sect because they felt threatened; they just waste rice."

"Also, for all the innocent people injured because of our Hidden Dragon Temple, make sure to fully compensate them for medical costs and lost wages. We from the Hidden Dragon Temple need to promote positive energy in our actions."

"I'll extinguish the Worship Fire Path and be back soon," Yi Chen said with an aura of murderous intent yet brimming with positive energy.

Having known each other for many years, Qing Yunzi naturally had no trouble understanding Yi Chen's idiosyncratic phrases.

"Rest assured, senior brother, I pay the highest wages around, and those who got injured were already treated by the doctor, with their wages uninterrupted,"

"Good, I trust you to handle things, junior brother. Remember, you must uphold the positive energy just like your senior brother, I'll be off now~" Waving to everyone, Yi Chen walked away into the morning light.

At this point, Yi Chen was rather at ease with Qing Yunzi handling matters.

His junior brother was generous but not without shrewdness. Chief Zhang had discussed the past few months' events with him just a few days earlier.

After Yi Chen's departure, Qing Yunzi took over the comprehensive management of the Hidden Dragon Temple's expansion, offering generous wages.

At first, some troublemakers took advantage of his naivety, cheating and loafing around, and later even gathered a crowd to create trouble and extort money.

This world doesn't work in such a way that if you treat others kindly, they will earnestly work with you.

Unprincipled generosity only drags one into the abyss.

People learn not from words but from experience, as it goes straight to the heart.

Qing Yunzi soon realized this principle, so he quickly established rules and removed the troublemakers.

As for how he cleared them out, naturally, Chief Zhang taught those thugs the ironclad lessons of civic duty and strict law.

Yi Chen was extremely satisfied with his junior brother's handling of the situation. A crucial skill for a leader is to integrate resources and to avoid getting personally involved whenever possible.

Qing Yunzi truly hadn't let down his efforts and had made significant progress.

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Worship Fire Path · Fire Pillar Peak.

At this moment, a large crowd stood densely packed.

The head of the Worship Fire Path had even summoned the novice outer disciples to watch the battle, to rally the people's spirits and show the newly initiated disciples the might of the Worship Fire Path.

A group of young disciples clad in red robes stood at the foot of the mountain. Among them was a tall, burly figure who stood out particularly—none other than Qi Goushi, whom Yi Chen had once spared.

"Senior brother, with the sect master gathering us to watch the battle amid such a grand scene, which audacious rogue is challenging our Worship Fire Path?" Qi Goushi, who had joined the Worship Fire Path only two days earlier, pulled on the sleeve of a senior brother to ask in ignorance.

"Heh~ Junior brother Qi, you're in for a treat. It's a madman from the Hidden Dragon Temple, Yi Chengzi, who has declared himself an enemy of our Worship Fire Path. Little does he know the strength at our sect's disposal, which is actually the Ming Fire Sect from the Bright Light Prefecture,

Our upper echelons have already sent experts to support us, and surely this time we can ensure that madman has no return." The excited young brother tiptoed and patted Qi Goushi on the shoulder, with excitement on his face as he looked towards the higher platform.

Hidden Dragon Temple?

Realization dawned.

Qi Goushi suddenly felt a jolt run through his body, and with apprehension, he turned his head towards the high platform.

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"I didn't expect the Great Elder to personally attend. I am truly moved and grateful."

The head of the Worship Fire Path bowed deeply to Lie Yanzi on the high platform.

By this time, he knew the story of Yi Chen defeating Zhang Longyi at Dragon Tiger Mountain, which had terrified him into urgently requesting help from the Ming Fire Sect.

Lie Yanzi, a charming middle-aged man with a goatee and a slim figure that exuded the bearing of a scholar, nodded reservedly toward the leader of the Worship Fire Path as a return greeting.
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"Ha ha, with my father taking action personally, the sect master shouldn't worry now," the son in the black robe laughed out loud to the sect master,

"My father holds positions of power within both the Ming Palace and Fire House. He recently advanced to the seventh layer of the True Person Realm, his cultivation is only a step behind that of the Sect Hierarch. Our sect now aims to unite all under the Bright Light Prefecture. Today is perfect for using Yi Chengzi's head as a warning to other factions, to intimidate them all."

"My son, choose your words carefully. The sect has need for able people, and that Yi Chengzi is indeed talented. If he is willing to sincerely serve our Ming Fire Sect, lay down his arms, and surrender with respect, I could still offer him the position of Protector."

"But if he refuses, I can only disregard any niceties and personally quash a young genius,"

Lie Yanzi stroked his goatee with a smile brimming with implication.

"Quash? Whom are you planning to quash? A young genius?"

"Is it I?"

Suddenly, a voice of surprise came from the sky, and as everyone watched, a golden streak of light quickly approached, hurtling towards the high platform above.

Boom!

The crowd felt the earth shake, and as the solid rocky ground cracked, debris exploded, and dust billowed.

Cracks radiated from where the golden light had struck the ground as though from a center point.

Lie Yanzi's pupils contracted sharply, and with a sweep of his sleeve, a gust of wind arose, clearing away the dust to reveal a burly figure standing in a shallow pit, walking out with measured steps.