He absolutely did not want the people in the city to kill each other.
Killing would lead to a decrease in population, and thereby reduce the number of people purchasing the Enchanting Immortal Pill, which would decrease the flow of Celestial Gate Gold to him.
Moreover, these Immortals from the Upper Realm were most afraid of death.
The consecutive deaths of cultivators would frighten some cultivators away from Xianming City.
Xiahou Lu, along with five or six subordinates, left his mansion to investigate the consecutive deaths of cultivators in the city.
He started by examining the purchase volume of the Enchanting Immortal Pill.
He inquired at several locations that sold the Enchanting Immortal Pill and learned that recently five people had made relatively more purchases.
Su Que was one of them.
He disseminated the information of the five individuals to his subordinates and then ordered them to scatter and search.
