tkworld Chapter 240 This Fire Will Continue To Burn
Chapter 240 This Fire Will Continue To Burn
"What does this little bastard want to do?"
In the hearts of many individuals from different factions in the Langhuan Heavenly Palace, there is this resentful question.
Chu Shen's investigation into hidden households has been ongoing for five days.
During these five days, the newly formed law enforcement disciples, under mutual supervision, were unable to engage in favoritism or corruption, and could only dutifully complete the tasks assigned by Chu Shen. This greatly damaged the interests of some prominent families and exposed numerous hidden evils within the Langhuan Heavenly Palace.
Take the Xiao family as an example. The relationships among all the family members have been thoroughly investigated, and quite a few sensitive issues have been uncovered.
For instance, some unregistered individuals in the Xiao family's hidden households were discovered, and their origins were investigated. Apart from those who were bought, abducted, or even forcibly taken, there were also some women hidden in the Xiao family's rooms. Some were taken after their families were wiped out, some were brought back after being drugged, and there were even female disciples from other sects who were brought back in sacks, all with the purpose of using these women with decent cultivation aptitude to bear offspring with better aptitude.
When the secrets of these hidden individuals were uncovered, it caused quite a stir.
Chu Shen already had a grudge against the Xiao family, so he didn't hold back. He directly followed the laws of the Langhuan Heavenly Palace and imposed severe punishments on the Xiao family heirs and those involved, while compensating the victims.
Intimidated by the reputation of the Langhuan Heavenly Palace and Chu Shen's ruthless and bloody handling of the case, as well as the generous compensation, those rescued women were sincerely satisfied and did not harbor any inappropriate thoughts. Except for a few homeless ones who were taken in by the Langhuan Heavenly Palace and became disciples, the other women returned home or to their respective sects.
Chu Shen also specially assigned people to protect their safety and assist the victims in explaining the situation to their families or resolving any disputes.
This indeed gave some ulterior motives individuals an excuse to clamor, accusing Chu Shen of losing face for the Langxuan Heavenly Palace and questioning his handling of the situation as a personal vendetta.
But Chu Shen will not stop because of these people's clamoring. As long as Wanchen still supports him, he has no fear.
Moreover, these clamoring people often have their own dirty secrets, while Chu Shen himself has a trick of "mobilizing the masses."
He not only did not follow the intentions of these clamorers to back down, but instead took even more bold actions, completely exposing the crimes of powerful families like the Xiaos.
Sure enough, many ordinary disciples of the Langxuan Heavenly Palace and the public were shocked.
Faced with the evil deeds of powerful families with power and influence, the weak naturally fear and dread. They are afraid that they will be the next victims. Compared to those who use empty excuses like "face" and "reputation" to resist thorough investigations of powerful families, these weak ones who have suffered firsthand naturally belong to the force that supports Chu Shen's investigation.
And these weak ones always make up the majority in terms of numbers. When they are organized, their momentum is extremely powerful.
Although in a world like the Dongxuan Heavenly Realm, where there are extraordinary powers, these weak ones cannot match the powerful families guarded by high-level cultivators in terms of combat power. However, they are like the foundation of society.
Without these "foundations," there would be no basis for the existence of powerful families.
When these "foundations" collectively hold an opposition mentality, the powerful families will actually be greatly impacted.
Especially when these "foundations" are organized by another force that is not weaker than these powerful families and given protection, even the powerful families can only tremble in the face of this united force.
Chu Shen is now holding onto the tiger's skin of Wanchen, the Holy Lord of the Langxuan Heavenly Palace, and giving a platform to these "foundations," who in turn provide support for his thorough investigation.
In this confrontation, there is no doubt that Chu Shen is the victor. He has occupied numerous high grounds such as justice, morality, and public opinion. Ideologically, he has killed the powerful families without any resistance. As long as these powerful families still want to survive in the Langxuan Heavenly Palace and not immediately break away, they have no choice but to admit defeat in this battle.
Will the powerful families be willing to break away immediately?
Obviously, they are not willing.
After all, although their families have committed many wrongdoings, causing embarrassment and death in this thorough investigation, they have not touched the foundation of their family interests. However, if they break away from the Heavenly Palace, it will shake the foundation of their families and gamble with their family's future.
The weight of the matter is clear to the representatives of each family. They can only resist in a corner, confront Chu Shen with a brave face, and at the same time, discreetly eliminate the evidence of their own family's misdeeds. In this process, many innocent souls have been lost, and many innocents have died.
Chu Shen also knows this, but he cannot completely stop it. He can only accelerate the speed of the investigation, save as many people as possible, and make these powerful families shed more blood.
... Seeking flowers...
In the midst of such noise, turmoil, and bloodshed, his second step has finally been completed.
However, before taking the third step, he hesitates.
Because this third step is far more intense than the previous two steps, it will generate greater contradictions and controversies, and may even trigger a certain degree of violent conflict. He cannot guarantee that the Holy Master will firmly support him in continuing this way.
Therefore, he decides to communicate with Forgotten Dust first, to see where the bottom line of the Holy Master lies.
When he set foot on the Langhuan Peak again, in order to stabilize the situation in the Heavenly Palace and to support his actions, Wangchen, who had temporarily suspended his seclusion, quickly transferred him to the main hall.
"I know the purpose of your visit this time, but you don't have to worry. Go ahead and do what you need to do, I will firmly support you," Wangchen's statement left Chu Shen stunned.
"Master, do you know what I plan to do next?" Chu Shen asked.
Wangchen sighed, "No matter what you do, it will always be good for the Langhuan Heavenly Palace."
He patted the pile of divine consciousness jade slips on the desk next to him and sighed again, "These are the case files generated when you thoroughly investigated the problems in the Heavenly Palace recently. I didn't expect that there would be so many hidden problems within the inner court of the Heavenly Palace. How can the Langhuan Heavenly Palace still be considered a sacred place in the long run?"
Many of the case files seemed inconspicuous, but the information they revealed greatly shocked Chu Shen, the Holy Lord. The wanton actions of the noble families had reached an outrageous level.
In addition, the disciples he had chosen, whether it was Yanshu or the others, were not very good at handling affairs.
He was very worried that after he stepped down, the next Holy Lord would really be able to suppress these noble families and ensure that the Langhuan Heavenly Palace remained unchanged.
More importantly, during his seclusion this time, he had browsed through a lot of external information and knew that the era of great turmoil was already showing signs. The entire mortal world was like a volcano accumulating terrifying pressure, ready to erupt at any moment. How could the cultivation world, which was not separate from the mortal world, remain unaffected?
When the real chaos in the world arrived, with the heavy problems plaguing the Langhuan Heavenly Palace, how many disastrous chain reactions would occur?