saint of humanity

"Where is the city lord?" Lu Ye looked at Lian. It was strange that he did not see Yuan Xi after he came back this time. In the past, she would have shown up at the first moment, and then looked at Lu Ye who had been promoted to the Hedao and praised him: "You are worthy of being my city defense commander!"

Lian avoided Lu Ye's gaze and sighed slightly.

Lu Ye's face suddenly darkened: "What happened?"

He originally thought that Yuan Xi should have gone to Hehe Realm, but judging from Yuan Lian's expression, things were obviously not as he thought.

"She went back to Chilian City." Lian knew that she couldn't hide this matter, so she just told it frankly.

Lu Ye raised his eyebrows, and a huge stone in his heart fell. When he saw Lian's expression just now, he thought something had happened to Yuan Xi. If she was just going back to Chilian City, then it would not be a big deal.

He already had a rough idea of ​​the relationship between Yuan Xi and the man from Chilian City.

"When will you come back?" Lu Ye asked again.

Lian shook her head and said, "I'm not coming back."

"What do you mean?" Lu Ye couldn't help but frown.

Lian said, "Do you still remember the time when Changming plotted against us in the snowy plains?"

"nature."

"Changming acted like that because of Ni Chilian's order. Yuanxi ran away from home that year. Because of some reasons, she disagreed with Ni Chilian, so she left Chilian City and intended to build a Hedao City of her own. She told me that she had boasted in front of you that one day Yuanxi City would stand at the top of the inner world and trample all the ten major cities under her feet."

How could Lu Ye not remember these words?
At that time, he was so excited by Yuan Xi's words that he made up his mind to follow Yuan Xi and do it.

However, I was ignorant at that time, but now I know that, let alone stepping on the top ten, for an ordinary Hedao city, reaching the Zhou level is basically the limit, and there is basically no hope of promotion. This is not a problem of accumulation of Hedao beads. The Hedao beads of the top ten Hedao cities have a special existence, so they can be the top ten.

"She wants to tell you she's sorry, what she said before, she can't do it now."

Lu Ye frowned: "Did Ni Chilian capture her?" That shouldn't be the case. When he met Ni Chilian that year, he could see that she was not such a strong person. On the contrary, Yuan Xi was more strong in front of her.

“Not really.” Lian shook her head and said, “Back in the snowy plains, Changming’s plot against us failed, and Ni Chilian was forced to show up. If she wanted to, she could have taken Yuanxi away by force, but she didn’t do that because Yuanxi made a promise with her.”

"What agreement?"

"When the Japanese city is promoted to the universe level one day, she will go back, so I let Neon Chi Lian stop for the time being. Otherwise, Neon Chi Lian would definitely break through this city by force that day."

Lu Ye recalled carefully that Yuan Xi had indeed whispered something with Ni Chilian that day. Ni Chilian was coaxed into smiling and nodded repeatedly, then left with Chang Ming.

From Yuan Xi's point of view at the time, an agreement was an agreement. As long as the city never advanced to the Universe level, she would stay in the city.

Lu Ye suddenly realized!

No wonder after he destroyed the Black Blood City in the battle on the Starry Sky Chessboard and packed up the fragments of the Hedao Pearl and sent them back, Yuan Xi did not upgrade his city immediately. It turned out that he had such concerns.

But later on, the situation forced the city to upgrade, so that talents like Lian, with the enhancement of the Hedao Pearl, could play a role in that great war.

The reason why they agreed with Ni Chilian to upgrade their city to the Universe level is because both Yuan Xi and Ni Chilian knew that the limit of their city was the Universe level.

"Grand Commander, don't worry." Lian looked at Lu Ye. "Yuan Xi will not be treated harshly when she returns to Chilian City. Ni Chilian is actually very kind to her. She asked me to tell you that she thanks you for your companionship and dedication over the years. She will come back to visit you in the future. If you have time, you can also take this item to visit her in Chilian City."

As he said this, Lian handed something over.

Lu Ye took it and found that it was a black object that looked like a piece of iron. This should be the token leading to Chilian City. With this thing, he could enter Chilian City through the transit of Hehe Realm.

"I'm not worried." Lu Ye nodded. Ni Chilian obviously valued Yuan Xi very much. What was he worried about? He just remembered that his city was forced to be promoted to the universe level, and Yuan Xi reached an agreement with Ni Chilian because of this. He couldn't help feeling unhappy.

Yuan Xi was the first cultivator he met after coming to the inner world. When he first met him, he thought that this guy was a little bit abnormal. Who would have thought that they had worked together for many years, and Yuan Xi also helped him a lot to some extent.

Over the years, Yuanxi City has been growing, and Lu Ye has also been growing stronger. However, if he had not joined Yuanxi's army, Lu Ye's growth would not have been so smooth in any other Hedao City.

While thinking, Lu Ye turned the iron sheet in his hand unconsciously, and the atmosphere in the hall was silent.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Lian: "The host just said you...what do you mean?"

Lian smiled bitterly: "I have to leave too. Jinrui Tower cannot be left unattended. Sanniang cannot take care of it."

Lu Ye suddenly realized.

Lian is Yuan Xi's best friend. She owns industries like Jinrui Tower in the Hehe Realm and is wealthy. She doesn't need to come out and fight for anything like ordinary Hedao people. When she came out, she was completely worn out by Yuan Xi.

Now that Yuan Xi has returned to Chilian City, she certainly won't stay here any longer.

The reason why he didn't leave was that he was waiting for Lu Ye to come back and talk to him face to face.

"That's true." Lu Ye nodded slightly, "Then I wish the host a prosperous business in the future."

Lian pursed her lips and smiled: "Then I'll need you to come and support me more often in the future."

Youdie, who was standing aside, suddenly puffed up her lips.

"If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to Jinrui Tower to find me. I will never refuse within my ability." Lian stood up slowly. "Also, Yuan Xi said before leaving that this city will be left to you. However, a universe-level city is different from an ordinary Hedao city, so before you have enough foundation, don't inherit the position of city lord. It will be a huge burden on you."

Lu Ye nodded: "I understand this."

There are so many Hedao Cities in the inner world. What restricts the improvement of the quality of a Hedao City is not only the accumulation of Hedao Pearls, but also the foundation of the city lord himself.

Especially for the Universe level, if the foundation is not enough, it cannot be supported at all, because the increase of the Universe level Hedaozhu is too great.

"Our city is of the Universe Grade. Although we have the secret techniques left by the mirage that can conceal our whereabouts, it is still not very safe. I suggest you find one of the Ten Great Refuges. Our city is in a special situation. Although its grade is high, its overall combat power is not strong. If we have the protection of the Ten Great Refuges, we will be safer in the future." Lian suggested.

As for which of the top ten cities Lu Ye wanted to choose, it was not something she could interfere with. Since Yuan Xi left, this city nominally belonged to Lu Ye.

"I'll consider it." Lu Ye nodded and stood up as well, "I'll see the host off."

After a while, in the central hall, everyone, led by Lu Ye, watched Lian's figure disappear.

Lu Yehun had never expected that this would be the situation when he returned to the city. Yuan Xi abided by the agreement and returned to Chilian City, and Lian followed him. Two of the most powerful Hedao fighters were missing. The overall strength of the city was not in line with its grade, and now the gap was even bigger.

Turning around and looking at the silent people behind him, Lu Ye said, "No need to be so serious, just do what you need to do. I will refine the Dao Bead and take over the position of city lord."

Youdie was startled: "Now?"

Huan Qing and Fan Wu also looked at him in surprise, only Fu Wei raised his eyebrows.

Others don’t know how strong Lu Ye is now, but he has a vague feeling that this is a wonderful connection between fate.

Lu Ye nodded.

Youdie said worriedly, "But Brother Ye, you have just been promoted to Hedao, I am afraid this is not appropriate, should we wait a little longer? Anyway, I can control this city now, so there is no problem with mobility."

"Since I want to do this, of course I am confident. Don't worry." Lu Ye waved his hand. If he really succeeded the position of the city lord of a universe-level city just after being promoted to the Hedao, he would indeed not be qualified. At that time, Lu Ye could not even suppress his own Dao will. However, Lu Ye gained a lot from the trip to Longtan, so there would be no problem for him to succeed the position of the city lord.

It can even be said that if he wanted, he could start working on the second resonance now.

But there is no rush for this matter.

After everyone left, Lu Ye stepped forward and sat cross-legged in front of the Hedao Pearl.

Compared with those ten largest Hedao Pearls, the Hedao Pearl of this city is undoubtedly much inferior, but it has completely integrated with the Hedao Pearl of Black Blood City. It can be said that it has almost reached the extreme at the cosmic level.

That is why it can provide the power increase for so many deputy city lords.

Raising his hand and covering the Hedao Pearl, Lu Ye could clearly feel several marks on it.

Those were the marks left by many Hedao in the city, and Yuan Xi's mark was not among them. When she left the city, she had already dispersed her own mark.

This will make it easier for Lu Ye to take over the position of city lord.

The remaining marks are those of Youdie and Huanqing. Now there is one more Fuwei. Lian’s mark is still there, but it is ranked very far back in the sequence.

This means that if Lian is near Yuanxi City one day, her strength will be increased by at least 20% to 30%.

The so-called refining of the Dao Bead is nothing more than imprinting one's own mark into it.

This is not difficult for Lu Ye.

However, the thing in front of him is a cosmic-level Hedao bead, so it will take some time.

Lu Ye mobilized his own strength and poured it into the Hedao Pearl, leaving his soul, qi and blood power in it.

Only two days later, the Hedao Pearl suddenly became brighter, and a circle of light spread out.

Lu Ye couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He felt the close connection between himself and the Hedao Pearl in front of him, which meant that he truly became the lord of Yuanxi City!
He felt emotional in his heart that this city could be said to have been built from scratch by him and Yuan Xi. With Yuan Xi's protection all the way, he never thought that one day he would become the master of this city.

But I didn't expect such a chance encounter to happen today.

But relatively speaking, he would rather be his own city's defense commander than the lord of this city. (End of this chapter)