UGB Chapter 1968 Taking over as city lord
Chapter 1968 Taking over as city lord
Chapter 1968 Taking over as city lord
"Don't look at it, Sun Tu is dead, but you still have a chance to survive."
Looking at Fang Chan who was looking around after waking up, Luo Hong said in a deep voice.
"You won't kill me?"
Although Fang Chan couldn't speak at the moment, it didn't stop him from using his spiritual sense to transmit messages.
"You are of some use to me, so as long as you are willing to serve me for a hundred years, I will spare your life this time.
Of course, if you want to be loyal to Sun Tu, Luo can also send you on your way immediately."
Luo Hong said casually that although Fang Chan was useful to him, she was not necessary.
"If you want the true spirit blood in my body, then go ahead!
I finally got rid of Sun Tu's control, but I don't want to fall into the wolf's den again!"
Fang Chan said resolutely.
It turned out that although he usually acted stupid, he could see that Sun Tu had ulterior motives in keeping him by his side.
"You misunderstood. If I want the true spirit blood in your body, I can extract it now. Why would I waste my time talking to you?
What Luo really values is the innate magical power that emanates from your nose.
If you are willing to believe, then take this poison pill and follow my orders like Brother Zhu from now on."
Luo Hong still did not choose to expose his special ability to use magical powers in the Jilin Sky Realm, but instead chose to use poison to control Fang Chan.
Moreover, his words were not false.
When Luo Hong was hit by the white sound wave, although his blood vessels were stimulated to churn, causing his body to become numb for a moment, at the same time, the Taichu Immortal Yuan in his body was also stimulated to circulate several times faster.
Luo Hong's purpose in taking over Baiyan City was to use Xuan-level Xuan weapons to exchange for a large number of Xuan-level beast cores from the other three affiliated cities.
There is no doubt that this requires him to refine a large number of Xuan-level Xuan weapons, and Fang Chan's existence will provide him with a lot of help, saving him nearly half of the refining time.
"Okay, as long as you are not coming for my true spirit bloodline, it doesn't matter if I, a defeated general, obey your orders!"
Fang Chan agreed without thinking much after hearing this.
This was because he felt that what Luo Hong said made sense, and also because Luo Hong had just defeated him head-on.
Luo Hong didn't hesitate when he heard that. He immediately threw the poison pill and a healing pill into Fang Chan's mouth at the same time.
Afterwards, the three of them recuperated in this barren mountain for three days before setting off to return to Baiyan City.
After returning to Baiyan City relatively smoothly, Zhu Yan immediately convened a meeting of the council at the instruction of Luo Hong.
There were not many people attending the meeting, only the Taiyi Xuanshi in the city.
Apart from Luo Hong and the other two, there were only Xu Yinglong and two other Taiyi early stage Xuanists.
At the beginning of the meeting, Luo Hong stood up and told the story he had made up, directly attributing the deaths of Sun Tu and Xu Yinghu to the Daluo scaled beast of Mad Dragon Ridge.
"City Lord Sun is dead?! Fang Chan, is this really the case?"
"Why would the city lord provoke the Daluo scale beast if he had nothing to do? What will we do in the future?"
"The city lord did leave a bone book for Xu, saying that he was going to Wild Dragon Ridge to hunt for earth-level beast cores and research earth-level mystical weapons for Fellow Daoist Luo."
Sun Tu’s death shocked the three Taiyi Xuanshi who were unaware of the situation. Some of them questioned the truth of the matter, some were worried about the future development of Baiyan City, and some analyzed the causes and consequences.
"Do you think my injuries are fake?"
Luo Hong deliberately did not let Fang Chan recover from his injury, which was just the right time to use as evidence.
"Hey, we had planned everything well. We were just going to explore the way and had no intention of coming into contact with the Daluo scale beast.
But our luck was so bad that we ran into the beast just as we approached Crazy Dragon Ridge.
In the final analysis, this matter is all my fault. If Luo hadn't always wanted to study the Earth-level Mystical Artifact, City Lord Sun wouldn't have put himself in danger!"
Luo Hong pretended to be guilty and slapped his thigh.
"Master Luo, please don't say that. You are doing this for the development of Baiyan City, not out of selfish motives."
"Yes, yes. If City Lord Sun could know in the afterlife that Master Luo has returned safely, he would be very relieved!"
"Master Luo is certainly not guilty, but didn't you leave Baiyan City, Fellow Daoist Zhu? Why did you go to save Master Luo?"
At this time, the reputation that Luo Hong had accumulated in Baiyan City took effect.
Baiyan City can do without Sun Tu now, but it definitely cannot do without Luo Hong.
Otherwise, once all those mysterious weapons are damaged, Baiyan City will return to its previous state.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
These three Taiyi Xuanshi have become accustomed to their current income from beast cores and do not want to go back to the difficult days of the past.
However, Zhu Yan's coming back still made them somewhat confused.
“This is a space talisman that Luo brought from the outside world. It can also be used in this Jilin Void Realm, but the effect is much worse.
Luo had given Brother Zhu one before just in case, and that was why he was able to come to the rescue.
And this time, Brother Zhu's return to Baiyan City was also the result of Luo's pleading.
Luo intends to nominate Brother Zhu to be the new city lord. What do you think? "
Luo Hong took the opportunity to state the main purpose of this meeting.
"I don't care. This is a good opportunity to repay Friend Zhu for saving my life!"
Fang Chan waved his hand, expressing his opinion seemingly casually.
Xu Yinglong and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. After all, the city lord was in charge of the transactions with Xuancheng, which was a very lucrative job, and they didn't want to hand it over so easily.
“Although Fellow Daoist Zhu is strong enough to serve as the city lord, he has only been in Jilin Void Realm for a short time and has never been to Xuancheng. I’m afraid it’s not appropriate.”
"Brother Daoist Zhao, what you said makes sense. I think it's better to leave the city lord position vacant for the time being. We can wait until the next Five Cities Martial Arts Competition and meet Lord Erkui, and then let him make the decision."
"That's right. Anyway, there won't be many years until the next Five Cities Martial Arts Competition."
"Brother Luo, if that's the case, let's just forget about it."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yan not only did not force it, but turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, Brother Zhu, please wait a little longer."
Luo Hong immediately stopped Zhu Yan, and then looked at Xu Yinglong and the other two anxiously and said:
“My three fellow Taoists, you may not know that we in Baiyan City cannot wait that long.
Luo has successfully improved the technique of refining Xuan-level Xuan weapons, which is now enough to save 20% of the original beast cores.
Originally, City Lord Sun and Luo had been planning to start trade with the other three cities.
Although City Lord Sun has died tragically, the development of our Baiyan City cannot stop!"
Everyone present was smart, and they knew that once trade was opened, they would be able to earn much more beast cores than before.
Selling the mysterious weapon to the other three cities would only harm the interests of the city lords.
Moreover, although the four cities belong to Xuancheng, they cannot be completely unguarded. When the beast cores gather in large numbers towards Baiyan City, it is inevitable that people from the outer cities will have bad intentions.
At this time, we need someone who can calm the situation, otherwise Baiyan City will be in trouble!
"Is this serious?"
"Master Luo, how do you plan to set the price?"
“How much can we get?”
At this time, even Xu Yinglong, who was suffering from the pain of losing his brother, couldn't help but ask about the details.
It's not that they are greedy for money, but the improvement of their Xuan Dao cultivation basically depends on beast cores!
“How can this be faked? As for the original price of the Silver-patterned Throwing Spear, it required thirty Mysterious-grade Beast Cores, but now it only requires twenty-four. If we sell it, we will sell it for thirty-five!
If you want to share the profits, you must each form a caravan and be responsible for the safety of its travel.
In this way, you can share 50% of the profits, and the remaining 50% will be given half to the city lord and half to Luo."
Luo Hong knew that these people were already tempted, so he started to settle the accounts with them directly.
"So, with one silver-lined javelin we can earn five Xuan-level beast cores. This... this is too much!"
The silver-patterned javelin is just one example. Xu Yinglong and the other two have witnessed the changes in Baiyan City with their own eyes. They know that once the Xuanists in the city start to replace their Xuan weapons, they will not be able to stop.
Moreover, the loss of arrows is very high, so this will be a profitable and long-term business!
"Fellow Daoist Zhu, I was wrong about what I said earlier. Please stay. When the five cities meet for martial arts, I will personally nominate you to officially become the city lord!"
"That's right, there is no one in this city more suitable to be the city lord than you, Fellow Daoist Zhu!"
After calculating the benefits they could get from it, Xu Yinglong and the other two immediately changed their attitude towards Zhu Yan. After all, the benefits of this were far greater than their fight for the position of city lord!
Zhu Yan was just pretending before, so he took over the position of city lord without much hesitation.
On that day, everyone in Baiyan City learned the news.
The hunting teams under Sun Tu and Xu Yinghu were only in a panic for a while before they were completely robbed by Xu Yinglong and others.
At this point, the position of the Lord of Baiyan City was peacefully handed over.
"Brother Luo, how much do you think they believed your words?"
After learning the details, Zi Ling smiled and made a cup of tea for Luo Hong.
“Haha, whether they believe it or not is not the key. What matters is whether the new city lord can bring them greater benefits.
As long as Zhu Yan can do it, even if they have some evidence, they will choose not to see it.
Stop working, the work on Zhuyan should be done, let's go check out the treasure house in Baiyan City."
Instead of drinking tea, Luo Hong saw that the time was almost up, so he took Zi Ling out of the room.
Not long after they walked, they ran into Zhu Yan who was looking for them.
So, the three of them went straight to the Baiyan City treasury without saying a word.
The treasure house of Baiyan City is divided into a public treasury and a private treasury. The former is on the first floor of the castle. Luo Hong has been there before. There are mostly yellow-level beast cores and various scale beast materials in it.
The latter is Sun Tu’s personal property and is located on the top floor of the castle. Although Luo Hong has never been in there, he believes that there must be many valuable things inside.
Soon, the three of them arrived in front of a huge stone door.
I saw that there was a groove in the middle of the stone gate, and its shape was exactly the same as Sun Tu’s city lord token.
So, Zhu Yan immediately took out the token and embedded it into the groove.
Suddenly, bright starlight bloomed from all over the stone gate. With the sound of rocks rubbing against each other, the stone gate sank on its own, opening up a passage.
The treasure house behind the stone gate is not big. There are star patterns on the four walls, which are also shining with starlight at this moment.
With a quick glance, Luo Hong noticed a stone platform in the center of the treasure house. On it was a red beast core, but it was as big as an adult's fist and extremely round!
"This is a heavenly beast core!"
Luo Hong's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked forward, picked up the beast core, and examined it carefully.
Zi Ling was also wandering around the treasure house at this time. She found that there were almost no Xuan-level beast cores in the house, but there were more than 300 Earth-level beast cores, and the rest were some precious scale beast materials.
She was not interested in any of these until she found a shelf containing jade slips, then she showed a look of delight.
"Brother Luo, there are many profound books on puppetry here. Can I take them away?"
"If you think it's useful, just take it."
Luo Hong also came over at this time. Except for the heavenly grade beast core, he already knew the number of other beast cores in the treasure house.
Before Xuan Dao breaks through to Daluo, Luo Hong will not use any earth-level beast cores to improve his cultivation, so they will still stay here afterwards.
In comparison, Luo Hong is now more interested in those Xuan Dao techniques.
You know, his Nine Revolutions Xiaolong Gong could originally only be cultivated to the initial stage of Taiyi. It was only through his own comprehension and deduction that he was able to complete it to the sixth stage.
However, after the seventh turn is the Daluo realm, which is a big hurdle. Luo Hong is currently stuck here and urgently needs reference to other Xuan Dao techniques.
After entering the treasury, Luo Hong and Zi Ling each gained something, but Zhu Yan was the only one who kept frowning, showing disappointment.
"Brother Zhu, I have never asked you before, what kind of treasure do you need to recover from your injuries?"
Seeing this, Luo Hong couldn't help but ask.
"What I need is the unique sulfur flame blood cloud in the Jilin Void Realm. This treasure contains extremely pure and huge blood energy, which can directly help the Daluo Xuanshi open the mysterious orifice and is more than enough to heal my injuries."
Zhu Yan sighed and replied directly.
"If it is such a treasure, I am afraid that it will not be found in the other three affiliated cities. Only in Xuancheng can we have a chance of obtaining it."
Luo Hong nodded when he heard this. He actually also had the idea of collecting a few balls of sulfur blood cloud. After all, this thing was very easy to refine, and its effect on the Xuanist was almost immediate.
"It is said that during the Five Cities Martial Arts Competition, this treasure may appear as a reward for the first place, but the city lord cannot participate, so can Brother Luo help?"
Zhu Yan bowed and asked.
"Brother Zhu, do you think that this heavenly beast core was obtained by Sun Tu himself?
If you want the Sulphur Flame Blood Cloud, you can just trade for it. There is no need to go through so much trouble."
Sun Tu worked hard to collect resources to support Xuancheng just for these treasures. Zhu Yan's move was really putting the cart before the horse.
"I see. It seems that I am the right city lord."
Zhu Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately knew what he should do next.
After coming out of the treasure house, the three of them immediately went about their own business.
Zi Ling spent all day studying the puppet classics, Zhu Yan focused on the production of the hunting team, and Luo Hong, with the help of Fang Chan, began to refine weapons frantically.
Just one month later, three caravans, each led by Xu Yinglong and his two companions, set out for their selected subsidiary cities.
A large number of Xuan-level beast cores began to gather towards Baiyan City, adding to Luo Hong's Xuan Dao cultivation!
(End of this chapter)