Chapter 256 - Meeting
I was lucky enough to succeed in a.s.sailing late Xiantian half a month ago, so I was recruited by the City Lord Palace as the City Lord Palace"s Deputy Guard Commander. Today, I have specially come under the orders of the City Lord to invite you to the City Lord"s Mansion, and it is said that I want you to meet my Gold Jade City"s City Lord, Elder Nangong Li. " Jin De explained with a faint smile."So that"s how it is, I wonder if Brother Jin do you know why Sect Master called me to go to the City Lord"s Mansion to see Elder Nangong Li?"
A trace of doubt flashed across Li Mu"s eyes as he inquired.Jin De heard and shook his head: "Brother Li, you think too highly of me. Even though I hold the position of vice commander in the City Lord"s Mansion, I can only show off my might in front of my servants. How could I know the intentions of the higher ups? However, I do know a little bit of news. It"s said that a few companions who went with you to the Heavenly Demon Valley found the City Lord"s Mansion last night.
"They are back! That"s good. Since that"s the case, let"s go! "
The moment he heard that it was possible that Shen Cai Qing and the rest had returned, Li Mu"s originally suspicious eyes immediately lit up, and at the same time, a cold smile emerged from the bottom of his heart.
"Brother Li, your injury …" Jin De looked at the injuries on Li Mu"s body, wanting to say something but stopped himself.
"It"s alright. Once we arrive at the Mayor"s mansion, could it be that there isn"t any healing pills!?"
Li Mu patted Jin De"s shoulders, then the two of them went down the pavilion and headed back to the City Lord"s Mansion.
It wouldn"t be an exaggeration to say that it was the most luxurious building in the Gold Jade City. Under Jin De"s lead, they quickly arrived in front of the City Lord"s Mansion.
"Greetings, Vice Commander Jin. This is?"Bringing Li Mu to the big gate of the City Lord"s mansion, Jin De and Yue Shuang immediately attracted the guards at the gate to go up and question them.
"Your eyeb.a.l.l.s are growing on your b.u.t.t!" Don"t you know that this is my Gold Jade Sect"s famous Senior Brother Li! Go to the side and stand there. The grand master had me come here personally! "
In front of the guards from the City Lord"s Mansion, Jin De seemed to have a lot of prestige. With a low voice, he ordered the guards who came forward to interrogate them to back off, and these guards were not blind either. Upon hearing that the person who looked miserable was the renowned Li Mu, they were stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Mu with admiration.
Li Mu awkwardly laughed at their worshipping eyes, then under Jin De"s lead, he entered the City Lord"s Mansion.
"Luan Tian, can you feel the location of the man in black last night? "Could he have sensed where Yu"er was?"
Walking inside the City Lord"s Palace with Jin De, Li Mu secretly transmitted to Chaotic Clouds and asked."That black clothed man"s location isn"t too far away from you, and he is also surrounded by two other auras of Tongxuan realm expert, and there are a few of your companions, oh, and as for Yu"er"s location, it seems that they used some sort of method to hide her inside the City Lord"s Mansion, but it"s fine for these small methods to deal with the ordinary Tongxuan realm pract.i.tioners, but under my Spiritual Sense, they seemed to be fake, hehehe."
He told Li Mu the situation between the black clothed man and Xinyu"er.
"Truly a coincidence, I was just thinking of finding a reason to make a trip to the City Lord"s Mansion, but I never thought that the sect master would arrange things so well, if that"s the case, then I won"t be courteous, Nangong Yin!"
The corner of Li Mu"s mouth curved in a sinister smile. Under Jin De"s lead, he turned and turned, and very quickly arrived in front of a hall known as the Brilliant Palace."Mu Xiaozi, looks like the heavens are helping you this time. They"re all in this hall, and they"re still having a feast!"
Arriving in front of the Brilliant Palace, he used his Spiritual Sense and immediately understood the situation in the hall, and then conveyed the news to Li Mu, which was already expected by Li Mu, one in front and one behind, he directly walked into the Brilliant Palace.
"s eyes lit up when he walked into the Brilliant Palace. Within this majestic palace hall, there were many people currently seated side by side on the throne at the very front, and the person seated on the right was someone that Li Mu was extremely familiar with, it was precisely Li Chengfeng. To his left, sat a middle-aged man who seemed to be around forty years of age with sword-like eyebrows.On the right sat a row of old acquaintances of Li Mu"s. There were Hu Qiang, Xiao Kuan, Shen Cai Qing, Qiu Dongyu and another person who also surprised Li Mu, and actually was Zheng Kun. However, he did not look very well, like Hu Qiang, he had lost an arm, and had not recovered yet.
There were many people seated on the lower left side of the hall, and the person sitting right in front was a white-haired old man whose cultivation was astonishing, and was actually at the late-stage divine ability realm. Li Mu also recognized the person sitting below him, but he seemed to have completely recovered from the injuries on his body, and his arms were moving freely, it was obvious that he used some kind of miraculous medicine, otherwise he would not be able to recover completely in one night.It was clear that these people all had some status and power within the Gold Jade City. All the people in the great hall had a long table in front of them, and the table was filled with all kinds of delicious fruits and wine. Li Mu knew that these foods were not the coa.r.s.e rations in the ordinary world, but rather, spirit dinners and spirit wine, which were specially made for cultivators.
"Reporting to Sect Master and City Master, Li Mu has arrived!"The moment he entered the hall, Jin De immediately bowed to Li Chengfeng and Nangong Li who were at the very front of the hall.
"It"s been hard on you Jin De, take your seat!"
Nangong Li said to Jin De with a faint smile, and upon hearing this, Jin De retreated to the empty seat on the left.
As Jin De took his seat, everyone in the palace set their gaze on Li Mu. Some of them were happy, but some were harboring evil intentions, and most of them were suspicious of Li Mu"s current state. Looking at Li Mu"s bloodied clothes and the clear wounds on his left shoulder, those who did not know it would think that he had just returned from a b.l.o.o.d.y battlefield.
"Greetings to Sect Master and Mayor of the Southern Palace!"
Li Mu bowed to Li Chengfeng and Nangong Li who were in charge, but his tone was not respectful.
"Pah!" What was going on!? You were fine yesterday, how did you become like this today! Could someone have attacked you again in Gold Jade City because of that Bounty Command? "The one with the biggest reaction was Li Chengfeng. Seeing Li Mu"s b.l.o.o.d.y look, he angrily slammed the table and stood up, and in a flash, stood up from the throne in the hall and arrived in front of Li Mu.
"Sect Master, can I not speak of this matter to prevent those who are willing to laugh at me? I will only dare to hide behind your back, and this will ruin the reputation of our Gold Jade Sect!"
From the corner of his eyes, Li Mu saw Nangong Yin and the white-haired old man beside him, and his tone was filled with resentment.
Attacking you inside the Gold Jade City, that is already slapping my Gold Jade Sect in the face. Yesterday, I only said those words in front of so many people, and you are already so heavily injured today, what are you doing slapping my face!
Li Chengfeng bellowed, his Spiritual Sense swept across Li Mu"s body, exposing all of his injuries.Junior Disciple Li Mu, ever since this Gold Jade City handed this to me, Nangong Li, he has not been successful in every endeavor. At the very least, there hasn"t been anyone who would dare to openly oppose my Gold Jade Sect.
The overlord of the great hall, Nangong Li, had an expressionless face. With a movement of his body, he arrived in front of Li Mu.
"Is that so? Mayor Nangong, if you say it like that, then I don"t dare to praise you anymore. If you want me to say it, then I will say it."
"I still have to start talking about this after Sect Master and I parted ways yesterday. After Sect Master left, because I also placed a few items at the auction, I returned back to the city to settle the debts of the crystal, and after I left the city, I met with your Brother Sun Nangong who robbed my Gold Jade Sect"s outer sect disciple Xin Yu"er. Originally, I did not want to meddle in this matter, but that Xin Yu was the one who brought me to the auction, so we were fated to meet.
The current Nangong Yin had an ugly expression, but he did not refute anything, and only looked at Li Mu with a slightly gloomy and cold gaze.
At the beginning, I didn"t know that Brother Nan Gong was the grandson of the city lord, but after he mentioned it, I was naturally unwilling to make an enemy of him out of your account, so I sincerely and sincerely advised him not to make things difficult for a sixteen or seventeen year old girl like Xinyu. But who knew that your grandson would actually attack me so viciously, and even took out a jade talisman to almost kill me!
"Out of helplessness, I was forced to counterattack. In the end, the force broke both of his shoulders and he even got a few outer court disciples to send him back to the city lord"s mansion.""Because Xin Yu"er was grateful to me for saving her, she was willing to become my servant. Seeing that her background was pitiful, and that she was also willing to do her best to protect her, I agreed, but not long after, an expert from late-stage divine ability barged into my residence. She wanted to take my life, saying that if I offended the City Lord Palace, even if I had ten lives, it wouldn"t be enough for me to die!"
"If not for my loyal spirit beast protecting its master and the forbidden weapon Heaven Shaking Seal that his master bestowed upon him, I would have already died! This senior, do you think so? "
As Li Mu spoke, his gaze once again fell upon the white-haired old man beside Nangong Yin. With Chaotic"s hidden reminder, Li Mu was able to confirm that it was the person who had acted against him last night, when Li Mu"s words reached such a stage, that no one present was an idiot, and they naturally understood what had happened. Their gazes were all focused on Nangong Yin and the white-haired old man beside him, especially Li Chengfeng.
"Juho! Just what was going on!? Is what Li Mu said true?! "
Sensing Li Chengfeng"s anger, Nangong Li also pulled his face down, and the gaze he used to look at the white-haired old man was filled with indescribable emotions.