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Chapter 309 Zhou Wudao?
Northern Xinjiang.

Zhenbeicheng.

The General's Residence in Zhenbei.

Lü Bu sat in the main seat.

Below sat Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and other generals of the Zhenbei Army.

There was another figure sitting next to Lü Bu.

The figure was none other than Cao Youxiang, who had come from Luoyang to deliver an imperial edict to the northern frontier.

Lu Bu looked at the assembled generals and said, "You have all heard His Majesty's decree. Immediately issue my order to send troops to Tianshan City."

Without wasting words, Lü Bu immediately began issuing orders.

Previously, Lü Bu had received a message from the imperial court and had already ordered the Zhenbei Army to prepare for battle.

Now, with just one order, the Zhenbei Army can immediately send troops to Tianshan City.

"Follow the order."

Cao Xing and the other generals all stood up to accept the order.

Just as Cao Xing and the other generals finished speaking, a soft, feminine voice came from outside into the council hall.

"It seems that I, the Supervisor, have not arrived too late."

Cao Shaoqin, dressed in the robes of a Grand Supervisor, entered the council hall.

In order to capture Tianshan City, Emperor Zhou Chen not only ordered Cao Youxiang to cooperate with Lü Bu, but also notified Cao Shaoqin to come to the northern frontier.

After all, Tianshan City, as an existence transcending the mundane world, is a force to be reckoned with.

To take Tianshan City, we can't rely on a large army like before; we need top-tier combat power.

If we can capture the top combat force of Tianshan City, taking Tianshan City will be as easy as taking candy from a baby.

Conversely, if the top-tier fighting force of Tianshan City cannot be captured, even deploying 500,000 Zhenbei Army troops would be useless.

Therefore, in addition to Cao Youxiang, Zhou Chen also sent Cao Shaoqin to the northern frontier.

With the cooperation of Cao Youxiang and Cao Shaoqin, two powerful warriors who defied fate, plus Lu Bu, a being with heaven-defying combat power.

With three top talents, dealing with the top combatants of Tianshan City is no problem.

Lu Bu glanced at Cao Shaoqin and said bluntly, "Cao Shaoqin, you've come at just the right time. If you had arrived any later, we would have set off first."

Lu Bu showed little courtesy to Cao Shaoqin.

Whether in terms of strength or power, Lü Bu was no weaker than Cao Shaoqin.

In fact, Lü Bu's strength was far greater than Cao Shaoqin's.

Therefore, others might have some respect for Cao Shaoqin, the second supervisor of the Eastern Depot, but Lü Bu would not, and would call Cao Shaoqin by his given name.

Cao Shaoqin didn't care. After the previous pacification of the four northern provinces, he and Lü Bu were already quite familiar with each other.

"General Lü, the army is moving slowly. Why don't we go ahead first?"

Cao Shaoqin looked at Lü Bu and spoke.

In any case, the army won't be of much use in dealing with Tianshan City; the most important thing is to rely on these few high-level combatants.

"can."

Lu Bu nodded.

Lu Bu also understood that taking Tianshan City depended mainly on him, Cao Shaoqin, and Cao Youxiang.

As long as the three of them suppress the city lord of Tianshan City and the patriarchs of those powerful factions, taking over Tianshan City will be no problem.

However, in Lü Bu's view, he alone was enough to take Tianshan City.

……

Tianshan City.

City Lord's Mansion.

The heads of the Zhou, Song, and Dugu families, along with other powerful figures from various factions in Tianshan City, gathered together.

A gloomy look hung over everyone's face.

None of them expected that early in the morning, not only they themselves came to the city lord's mansion, but also people from other forces.

The city lord of Tianshan City, seated in the main seat, looked at the expressions on the faces of the people below with perfect clarity.

These people are probably still wondering to this day whether they secretly sent experts to ambush and kill their respective troops sent to the Great Zhou.

They were unaware that not only had their respective families' people who had gone to Da Zhou met with misfortune, but all the other people who had gone to Da Zhou had also met with misfortune.

The city lord of Tianshan City pretended to know nothing, looked at everyone with suspicion, and asked, "You all came to the city lord's mansion so early in the morning, is there something you need?"

The city lord of Tianshan City knew that he couldn't reveal the news that these people had sent troops to Da Zhou to make a move.

otherwise.

If this news is exposed, wouldn't it tell these people that the City Lord's Mansion has spies in each of their households?
No sooner had the City Lord of Tianshan City finished speaking than the head of the Zhou family stood up. “City Lord, I came to the City Lord’s Mansion early this morning to ask you to uphold justice for my Zhou family.”

“The men my Zhou family sent to the Great Zhou had their life lamps extinguished yesterday.”

"This is a blatant violation of the rules by someone who secretly sent an expert to assassinate the seventh-rank Celestial Being that my Zhou family sent to the Great Zhou. I beg the City Lord to do justice for my Zhou family."

The Zhou family patriarch spoke angrily, glancing at the others present.

The meaning behind the Zhou family patriarch's actions was quite clear: he suspected that the culprit behind the attack on the seventh-rank celestial being sent by his Song family to Great Zhou was one or more of the people present.

The words of the Zhou family patriarch clearly surprised everyone present.

They all thought that only their respective families' troops sent to Da Zhou had run into trouble, but unexpectedly, the Zhou family's troops sent to Da Zhou also ran into trouble.

The head of the Song family also stood up; "City Lord, my Song family is the same."

“The seventh-rank celestial being that my Song family sent to the Great Zhou also had his life lamp extinguished yesterday.”

"This time, everyone sent people to the Great Zhou in the secular world to compete for cities. Although there was no rule that we couldn't fight each other, the unspoken rule has always been that we can't attack each other's important geniuses and figures."

“But now, someone has openly broken this rule and attacked and killed a seventh-rank Celestial being from my Song family. This person was a steward of my Song family.”

"Please, Lord City Lord, do justice for my Song family."

The head of the Song family was filled with anger, and like the head of the Zhou family, his face was ashen.

“The life lamp of my Dugu family’s seventh-rank celestial being has also been extinguished.”

“The life lamp of my Black Tiger Gang’s sixth-rank Celestial Being went out yesterday.”

……

As soon as the head of the Song family spoke, everyone present stood up.

The city lord of Tianshan City, sitting in the main seat, saw this but was not particularly surprised.

He already knew about this last night.

However, the city lord of Tianshan City feigned shock and asked, "Are you saying that the life lamps of the people you sent to the Great Zhou have all been extinguished?"

The Zhou family head, the Song family head, and the others present exchanged glances.

None of them expected that it wasn't just their respective forces sent to Da Zhou that ran into trouble; it seemed that the forces sent by others to Da Zhou had also met with misfortune.

What is this situation?
How could it be that all the troops sent to Da Zhou had encountered misfortune?
For a moment, everyone present was silent, some unable to react.

It is clear.

This matter seems to be more complicated than it appears.

Looking at everyone's expressions, the City Lord of Tianshan City slowly said, "Please sit down first. You said that the life lamps of the people you sent to Da Zhou have all been extinguished, is that right?" The Zhou family head and the others all nodded, frowning but not speaking.

Obviously.

This matter has exceeded all of their expectations.

They had already realized that something was strange and very wrong about the matter.

If one of them secretly sent a skilled fighter to do it, then it's impossible that all the people they sent to Da Zhou were killed.

But now, all the troops they sent to Da Zhou have met with misfortune, and have been completely wiped out.

Seeing everyone nod, the city lord of Tianshan City frowned; "So, the people we sent from Tianshan City to occupy the mortal world have all met with misfortune, and have been completely wiped out?"

The city lord of Tianshan City's eyes flickered.

Last night, the city lord of Tianshan City pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution.

"None of you here were involved in this matter."

"All of you here are not ordinary people, and you should all be able to see the strangeness of this matter."

“If it was one of you who did it, you wouldn’t have attacked and killed your own people.”

The city lord of Tianshan City looked at everyone and said.

"Of course, this was not done by my city lord's mansion."

"I can assure you of this."

The city lord's mansion is also a suspect in this matter.

After all, the City Lord's Mansion is the leading force in Tianshan City. Since the people sent to the Great Zhou by various forces have all met with misfortune, the City Lord's Mansion is the prime suspect.

Therefore, the city lord of Tianshan City had no choice but to clarify that this matter had nothing to do with the city lord's mansion.

Upon hearing the words of the City Lord of Tianshan City, the eyes of everyone present flickered slightly.

One of their purposes in coming to the City Lord's Mansion early in the morning was to test whether the City Lord's Mansion had secretly orchestrated this incident.
Now it seems that the city lord's mansion was not responsible for this.

“Lord of the city, this was not done by any of us, but the men we sent to the Great Zhou have indeed all met with misfortune.”

"What is the city lord's opinion on this matter?"

The Zhou family patriarch looked at the city lord of Tianshan City.

Everyone else present also looked at the city lord of Tianshan City.

At this moment, everyone was filled with doubt.

If it wasn't done by any of them, nor by the City Lord's Mansion, then why did the life lamp of the person they sent to the Great Zhou go out?

Could it be that the Great Zhou Dynasty in the secular world did this?
The city lord of Tianshan City pondered for a moment before speaking, "There are two possibilities regarding this matter."

"One possibility is that this was done by the Great Zhou Dynasty in the secular world."

As soon as the city lord of Tianshan City finished speaking, the leader of the Black Tiger Gang shook his head and said, "Impossible. How could the Great Zhou in the mortal world possibly assassinate the people we sent?"

"You should know that we have sent quite a few people to the Great Zhou, including some seventh-rank Celestial Beings. Even in Tianshan City, such strength would be considered top-notch."

"How could a mortal Great Zhou possibly have experts above the seventh rank of Celestial Being?"

The Zhou family patriarch and the others present also had flickering expressions.

Obviously.

They also found the possibility mentioned by the city lord of Tianshan City impossible and held a skeptical attitude.

Seeing the doubtful looks on everyone's faces, the city lord of Tianshan City continued, "Then there is only one possibility left."

Upon hearing this, everyone present looked up at the City Lord of Tianshan City, who was seated in the main seat.

They all wanted to hear what the other possibility was that the city lord of Tianshan City had mentioned.
"Do you all remember how the second young master of my city lord's mansion died?"

The city lord of Tianshan City said this.

Everyone present raised an eyebrow, a glint of shrewdness flashing in their eyes.

The fact that the second young master of the city lord's mansion died is something that probably no one in the entire Tianshan City doesn't know.

Back then, when the second young master of the city lord's mansion was killed, the city lord was furious and mobilized most of his experts to wipe out several forces in Tianshan City.

This caused widespread fear and unease throughout Tianshan City.

At that time, even the various factions present dared not make any rash moves, for fear of being affected.

However, in the end, the City Lord's Mansion never found the murderer who killed the second young master of the City Lord's Mansion.

Although many years have passed since this incident, they know that the City Lord's Mansion has never given up on finding the madman who dared to defy the world, provoke the powerful, and kill the second young master of the City Lord's Mansion.

However, to this day, the city lord's mansion has not found a single clue or located the culprit.

"What does the city lord mean?"

Everyone present looked at the city lord of Tianshan City, who was sitting in the main seat.

They had come to understand the other possibility that the city lord of Tianshan City had mentioned.

The city lord of Tianshan City nodded; "That's right. Another possibility I mentioned is that the person who attacked and killed the people sent to the Great Zhou might be the same person who killed my second son back then."

"As everyone here knows, my second young master was killed, along with the seventh-rank celestial being I sent to protect him. They died without a trace, and my city lord's mansion has yet to find a single clue."

"Therefore, I suspect that there are still unknown experts in this Tianshan City."

A shadow crossed the eyes of the city lord of Tianshan City.

As the city lord of Tianshan City, he was the local emperor, and nothing in Tianshan City could be hidden from him.

However, someone dared to defy him, killing his second son, and to this day, he has not been able to find a single clue, let alone the culprit.

For the city lord of Tianshan City, this was undoubtedly a great humiliation.

Upon hearing the words of the City Lord of Tianshan City, everyone present had a flicker in their eyes.

The possibility mentioned by the city lord of Tianshan City is not nonexistent.

The City Lord's Mansion, the ruler of Tianshan City, has been unable to find a single trace of the other party to this day, which means that the person who killed the second young master of the City Lord's Mansion was no ordinary person.

It could even be a force they are unaware of.

However, the probability of this happening is also very low! What reason would the other side have to attack and kill all the troops they sent to Da Zhou?

Even if some of them have inadvertently developed a grudge against the other party.

But that's impossible; everyone here must have made enemies with the other side!
Why did the other side kill all the people sent to the Great Zhou by various forces present, without sparing a single one?

This doesn't make sense.

at this time.

Sudden.

A voice echoed into the main hall of the city lord's mansion.

"You don't need to make wild guesses. I do know who did this."

As the voice was heard, a young figure walked into the main hall of the city lord's mansion.

Hearing the sound, everyone looked up.

"Zhou Wudao?"

When they saw who had entered the hall, the city lord of Tianshan City and everyone present were stunned for a moment.

That's right, the person who came was Zhou Wudao.

(End of this chapter)