After the soldiers had finished clearing the scene, the onlookers on the street did not disperse. Instead, they eagerly began discussing what had just happened.
"Damn, this is serious, seriously serious! Those Lord Qis died in Qichuan—City Lord Tang probably won't escape the blame!"
"Those were City Lord Tang's soldiers just now, right? They arrived so quickly. They must have been secretly guarding them all along, but what a pity—they turned out to be useless."
"I'm new here. What are you all talking about? It looks pretty lively. Tell me about it."
"You came too late. If you'd arrived earlier, you might have gotten to see the excitement. You know that Lord Qi mentioned by Qichuan's Voice last night..."
The rumors of the common people were terrifying indeed. Centered on the street where Qi Yuanming had died, they began spreading through Qichuan at an extraordinary speed.
In an empty courtyard somewhere, "Qi Yuanming," who had long been dead on the stretcher, opened her eyes. After getting up, she stretched lazily.
Amid a hazy white glow, "Qi Yuanming" vanished, replaced by Xie Mengwu.
"How was my performance just now?" Xie Mengwu casually tidied her loose hair.
As the acting city lord of the City of Chaos, and a peak Venerable-level cultivator at that, disguising her appearance was an exceedingly simple matter.
"That was amazing." Anviya praised her. "You were completely different from yourself, like you had become another person."
"I think Sister Mengwu could play every role in a movie all by herself." Gu Yunxi spoke with absolute certainty.
Xie Mengwu shook her head with an amused smile. "Don't joke around. How could that be possible? I'm only more familiar with this sort of character."
The City of Chaos was a true mingling of fish and dragons. By the world's standards,