Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1106: The New Owner of Purple Flame City

Chapter 1106: Chapter 1106: The New Owner of Purple Flame City

Ge Feng had originally thought that taking control of the Purple Flame Sect, with its thousands of years of foundation and heritage, would not be an easy task, even if Fang Bai had already eliminated many of the Purple Flame Sect’s top echelons. There could still be relentless resistance from the tens of thousands of disciples.

However, in the following days, about eighty percent of the Purple Flame Sect disciples abandoned the sect to join the Bitao Martial Academy, which greatly surprised Ge Feng. The seemingly mighty Purple Flame Sect turned out to be like a bubble that bursts upon the slightest touch.

The remaining twenty percent of the Purple Flame Sect disciples were partly die-hard loyalists. They hid within Purple Flame City, foolishly clinging to the hope of an opportunity to restore the Purple Flame Sect. The rest left Purple Flame City to seek survival elsewhere.

Fang Bai, indifferent to those who harbored ulterior motives in Purple Flame City or those who wished to leave the sect, let them be.

For Fang Bai, the strongest of the Purple Flame Sect disciples were merely Desolate Level Experts—incapable of forming any significant threat.

After the sect assembly, Purple Flame City was somewhat chaotic, with many matters needing attention.

Fang Bai dumped all affairs on Ge Feng, adopting a hands-off approach.

Ge Feng, aware that the Purple Flame City would now belong to Bitao Martial Academy, whose headquarters would also relocate here, paid extra attention to the aftermath.

However, Ge Feng only had ten disciples from the Bitao Martial Academy in Purple Flame City. With Fang Bai uninterested in trivial matters and Yang Lin expelled from the sect for betrayal, the eight of them were stretched thin, overwhelmed with daily tasks.

Feeling the strain from the lack of manpower, Ge Feng enlisted the help of some Purple Flame Sect disciples while sending Shen Yulin and Huang Miao to venture overnight back to Bitao Martial Academy to ask for reinforcements, urging Headmaster Ren Jingbo to relocate the Bitao Martial Academy headquarters to Purple Flame City swiftly to strengthen its hold.

During this period, there were isolated incidents where loyal Purple Flame Sect disciples secretly united and attacked the Bitao Martial Academy disciples. There were also disciples from other sects trying to exploit the chaos for their own gain but all were met with prepared and thunderous retribution by Fang Bai, effectively deterring further disturbances. Peace then returned to Purple Flame City.

After eliminating the upper echelon of the Purple Flame Sect, Fang Bai searched for Elder Hong Qitian and Personal Transmission Disciple Zu Yu but failed to locate them. Later, he heard from a few informed Purple Flame Sect disciples that after the severe injuries inflicted on the top-level figures of the sect by Fang Bai, Hong Qitian and Zu Yu sensed the imminent danger and secretly fled the city, their whereabouts unknown.

"These two guys sure ran fast, otherwise they wouldn’t have avoided the same fate as those top-level Purple Flame Sect members!"

Regarding the escape of Hong Qitian and Zu Yu, Fang Bai just laughed it off, not taking it to heart.

On the day the Purple Flame Sect was overthrown, Second You, who was idling at home, learned through various channels that the Bitao Martial Academy had replaced the Purple Flame Sect and had become the new ruler of Purple Flame City.

What excited and exhilarated Second You was that the one who destroyed the Purple Flame Sect was the very Senior Fang Bai he had met.

Imagining Senior Fang single-handedly inflicting heavy damage on over a dozen Vast Level Experts of the Purple Flame Sect, Second You was filled with surging emotions and boiling blood.

After finding out about Fang Bai’s residence, the next morning, Second You, along with his Martial Dao partner Hua Sanniang, his good friends Hei Tan, and Tie Hai, went to visit Fang Bai.

Inside the Sect Master Hall of the Purple Flame Sect, Fang Bai, along with Ge Feng, received the group of four led by Second You. After some pleasantries, when Fang Bai inquired whether Second You’s group was willing to join the Bitao Martial Academy, having already decided in their hearts, they immediately agreed.

Now, the Bitao Martial Academy had become the overlord of Purple Flame City and the strongest Sect in Thousand Lakes Country. With a powerful figure like Fang Bai as its anchor, it was like a rising sun with limitless potential. Now that Fang Bai had personally extended the invitation, if Second You were to decline, that would be truly foolish.

Ge Feng was very welcoming of Second You’s group joining.

Among Second You’s group were two Desolate Level Experts, and having lived in Purple Flame City for a long time, they had many friends and extensive connections, which would definitely assist the Bitao Martial Academy in quickly taking control of Purple Flame City.

Within just two or three days, Fang Bai and others had recruited most of the disciples of the Purple Flame Sect and thus gained full control over Purple Flame City. Observing how the situations unfolded, the disciples from various other Sects realized that the situation was settled and dispersed, preparing to return to their respective Sects to discuss countermeasures.

All the major Sects recognized that with Fang Bai, a Cosmic Level Expert, a medium-grade Alchemist, and a medium-grade Artifact Refiner in residence, the overall strength of the Bitao Martial Academy would far surpass that of the former Purple Flame Sect. Establishing good relations with them was in the Sects’ best interests.

After making this decision, the Sect Masters from various major Sects of Thousand Lakes Country soon personally visited Purple Flame City to meet with the upper echelons of the Bitao Martial Academy. They congratulated the Bitao Martial Academy for replacing the Purple Flame Sect as the strongest Sect in Thousand Lakes Country and expressed that they would regard the Bitao Martial Academy as the leader and pay a regular tribute of cultivation resources.

After the Bitao Martial Academy had taken full control of Purple Flame City, as soon as Ren Jingbo led the Bitao Martial Academy disciples to move headquarters to the former Purple Flame Sect headquarters, he renamed Purple Flame City to Bitao City.

One day, nearly a hundred Sect Masters from large and small Sects across Thousand Lakes Country gathered at the headquarters of the Bitao Martial Academy, where Ren Jingbo personally received them. However, the person whom all the Sect Masters were most eager to meet, Fang Bai, did not show up.

"Our Supreme Elder Fang Bai is currently in closed-door cultivation, aiming for a higher realm, and will not be emerging for some time."

When the Sect Masters inquired about Fang Bai, Ren Jingbo and Ge Feng exchanged glances, then quickly provided an explanation.

Fang Bai’s appointment as the Supreme Elder of the Bitao Martial Academy was unanimously recommended by all the senior leaders of the academy. Furthermore, it was stipulated that Fang Bai’s position as Supreme Elder was above all other disciples in the Bitao Martial Academy, and he even had the direct authority to appoint or dismiss the Sect Master.

The Bitao Martial Academy did not originally have the position of Supreme Elder, but it was created especially for Fang Bai, aiming to maintain a relationship with Fang Bai. Even if Fang Bai were to leave the Bitao Martial Academy in the future, this relationship would cause other Sects to fear the Bitao Martial Academy to some extent.

Hearing that Fang Bai was aiming for a higher realm, all the Sect Masters present were greatly shocked. They thought that Fang Bai had already defeated two early-stage Cosmic Level Experts; if he advanced further, wouldn’t he become even more formidable?

For a while, the reverence felt by the various Sect Masters towards Fang Bai only increased, and they showed even greater respect towards Ren Jingbo, the head of the Bitao Martial Academy.

Following Fang Bai’s instructions, Ren Jingbo assuaged the various Sect Masters and announced on the spot that the cultivation resources paid by the major Sects would be reduced by thirty percent based on the original amount, and there were guarantees that the Bitao Martial Academy would not deliberately suppress any of the Sects.

The Sect Masters rejoiced at heart; with a thirty percent reduction in the cultivation resources they had to pay, they would have more resources to provide for their disciples’ cultivation, boosting their Sects’ strength, which was definitely good news.