Tianyuan Xuanxian

Chapter 136 The Domineering Zhan Family

However, at the moment his soul was about to emerge, a vast soul wave surged out from the depths of the City Lord's Mansion and crushed his soul back into his body.

At the same time, a majestic female voice was heard.

"Little guy, letting you search Baizhan City is already my biggest concession. Don't push your luck!"

The young man from the Zhan family froze in thought, and then he spoke respectfully:
"I was in a hurry for a moment, I hope the city lord will forgive me."

"Take care of yourself!"

After a while, the voice sounded again, saying only these four words.

Three days later, shocking news came out that some evil cultivators from the Soul-Devouring Sect had sneaked into the territory of the Xuanwu Dynasty and slaughtered many cultivators of the Xuanwu Dynasty.

Chen Xuan was in a restaurant, listening to the conversations of people around him.
"Have you heard? Baizhan City has sent a large number of monks to Changyu to wipe out the Soul Devouring Sect."

"This is probably just a rumor. I've heard that the Soul Devouring Cult is as powerful as any other major city. Even if the Hundred Wars Dynasty is furious, they wouldn't do such a thing for a Nascent Soul."

"That's right, but I did hear that the Demon Exorcist Bureau was dispatched and actually discovered the Soul Devouring Cult's base underground in Yunzhou City."

"Demon Exorcist Division, what is that?"

"Fellow Daoist, you don't even know this? The Demon Exorcist Division is a powerful force established by the five major cities to train young disciples. It's extremely powerful and is specifically responsible for eliminating demonic cultivators within the Xuanwu Dynasty..."

Chen Xuan felt relieved after hearing this. In this way, Baizhan City would probably relax its guard. Moreover, with the Soul-Devouring Cult at the front, even if Gu Jinxue was exposed, it would not be a big deal with her strength.

The fact is just as Chen Xuan expected. The reason why Baizhan City made such a big fuss was just to establish its authority. Now that the "murderer" has been found, Baizhan City has dispatched the Demon Suppression Division to search for the traces of the Soul-Devouring Cult. The purpose of establishing its authority has been achieved.

Except for a very few people, no one in Baizhan City cares about who the real murderer is.

But Zhan Qingfeng who went to Qianzhou City was one of the very few people.

Half a month later, another piece of news came.

The mayor of a city in the north called Qianzhou City broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, and Qianzhou City suddenly became a medium-sized city. The most important thing is that the mayor of Qianzhou City is actually a woman.

You should know that except for Jiayuan City, there has never been a female city lord in the southern border cities of the Xuanwu Dynasty. It is also rumored that the female city lord of Qianzhou City has amazing combat power. She once fought with Zhan Qingfeng of the Zhan family with all her strength, and the two were evenly matched.

As soon as this news came out, the crowd was in an uproar. Who was Zhan Qingfeng? He was the leader of the Zhan family's direct lineage. He reached the Nascent Soul stage at the age of a hundred. People like Zhan Jinfeng could not be compared with him at all. His cultivation had been at the peak of the middle Nascent Soul stage for many years.

It is said that the female city lord was the most beautiful woman in ancient and modern times. Zhan Qingfeng even expressed his love for her in public. After being rejected by her, he even planned to threaten her with the entire Qianzhou City. Fortunately, Fairy Luo Yun extended an olive branch and planned to accept her as a disciple on her behalf, which prevented Zhan Qingfeng from going any further.

However, it is said that Zhan Qingfeng has already sent a message to Baizhan City, and a large number of powerful people from Baizhan City will soon rush to Qianzhou City. At that time, Fairy Luo Yun will not be able to protect this girl. After all, her master, the Lord of Jiayuan City, has not expressed his opinion.

In recent days, countless cultivators have rushed to Qianzhou City, wanting to see how beautiful this female city lord is that even Zhan Qingfeng is attracted to her.

After hearing the news, Chen Xuan's expression instantly turned cold and murderous intent filled his body, which made several cultivators who were discussing this matter at the time terrified.

"The Zhan family, what a Zhan family!"

Chen Xuan was furious. He didn't expect that the people from the Zhan family would act like this!

At this moment, Gu Jinxue was walking alone on the streets of Qianzhou City. The peach blossoms on the peach trees on both sides of the road had already withered, leaving only sesame-sized green young peaches after the petals fell off.

She had a sad expression on her face, and she was wearing a snow-white long dress that did not cover her features at the moment, causing people around her to turn their heads and look at her frequently. From time to time, the whistles of mortal young men could be heard in her ears.

There are many more people in Qianzhou City these days than usual, most of whom are cultivators. They all look at the lonely figure walking alone on the street, shaking their heads and sighing.

Not far behind him, three people followed him at a leisurely pace, each with a different expression, and they kept a certain distance. Among them, the young man from Qingshan City, wearing a Taoist robe, frowned, calculating something in his hands, and said to the man in the middle, wearing golden armor:
"Brother Zhan, I have calculated that if you insist on doing this, you will be in great danger. So let her go."

Zhan Qingfeng frowned slightly, looking slightly unhappy, and said to the Taoist priest:

"Brother Zhao, I know you in Qingshan City have always disliked this kind of thing, but if you want to stop me with such a lame excuse, I advise you to give up!"

Hearing this, the Taoist sighed softly.
"That's all I have to say. It's up to you to decide whether you believe it or not."

After saying that, he stopped following the two of them and turned around and left, heading towards the City Lord's Mansion.

At the top of the City Lord's Mansion, a man and a woman watched all this silently. Luo Yun said to the person beside him:
"Brother Wu, what do you think about the Taoist priest's words?"

The young man surnamed Wu restrained his aura, but his eyes were sharp, staring at Zhan Qingfeng's back like a sword, but he didn't make a move in the end.
Hearing Luo Yun's words at this moment, he shook his head and said,

"I don't know whether it's true or not, but this woman did participate in the assassination of Zhan Jinfeng. I can't intervene, so I'll just wait and see what happens."

At this time, the only person left by Zhan Qingfeng's side was the fat man from Lingbao City. He did not speak a word, but was silently calculating in his heart, as if he was thinking about something.

On that day, Zhan Qingfeng and Gu Jinxue fought each other. The two fought for a thousand rounds without a clear winner. In the end, he lent Zhan Qingfeng several magic weapons, which allowed him to suppress the woman and seal her Nascent Soul.

But he was calm inside. He lent the magic weapon only because Zhan Qingfeng promised to give him a million spirit stones after the matter was done. For him, who came from a family that was best at business in the Xuanwu Dynasty, there was only transaction in his eyes, no right or wrong.

At this moment, Gu Jinxue was no different from an ordinary person. As she walked past a stall selling candied haws, she couldn't help but recall the scene when she parted with Chen Xuan that day, and also remembered Chen Xuan's advice to her:

"I would like to advise the City Lord not to be kind to others carelessly, and even more so, not to trust others carelessly. In this world, it is difficult for such people to survive."

Even now, these words seemed to echo in her ears. She looked sad and murmured:

"So you've already seen through all of this. If I had known this, I should have listened to you."

She took out two copper coins used by mortals, walked to the stall and bought a string of candied haws.

After taking a bite of one of them, the sweetness was followed by endless sourness, just like her mood and situation at the moment.

She couldn't help but look towards the south and whispered softly:

"I wonder if you are doing well now?"

Her words fell into the ears of the two people behind her without missing a word. Zhan Qingfeng snorted coldly, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and whispered,
"No matter who you are, since you dare to kill someone from my Zhan family, even though my brother is a loser, as long as you dare to show up, it will be your death!"

At this moment, Chen Xuan appeared in the Jiayuan City Auction House, and a female cultivator in charge of reception came up to greet him.

"Senior, our auction house will open in five days. Please forgive me for not opening yet."

Chen Xuan shook his head and said:

"I'm not here to buy anything. I want to entrust you with an item."

After saying that, he took out a golden token with the words "Jin Feng" engraved on it.

Seeing this, the female cultivator's expression suddenly changed, and then said:
"Please wait a moment, Senior. I will go and call the owner over."

After saying that, after Chen Xuan nodded, she hurried into the backyard.

(End of this chapter)