"City Lord!"
Li Chungang cupped his fists in salute and said solemnly to the City Lord, "That man has already been executed. As for what you promised me before—"
As soon as he spoke, the cultivators in the outer area subconsciously turned to look toward the City Lord.
Though they had not been within the inner area and had merely maintained the barrier around the outside, they could still tell that this matter was far from simple.
Especially from what the City Lord had said earlier, Li Chungang did not seem to be one of the so-called Stowaways. Instead, he had been bait deliberately released by the City Lord and the others in order to draw out and kill that Nine-Star Stowaway.
Now that the Nine-Star Stowaway was dead, Li Chungang's mission could be considered complete. Combined with his current words, it was clear that the City Lord, or perhaps even the Shangqing Sacred Land, had made him some sort of special promise.
Otherwise, Li Chungang could not possibly have undertaken something so dangerous, much less risked his life to accomplish it.
"Of course!"
The City Lord laughed heartily. How could he not understand what Li Chungang meant?
With a wave of his hand, the barrier covering this area vanished.
At the same time, the cultivators outside swiftly flew over.
"City Lord!"
"City Lord!"
After bowing to the City Lord, quite a few people curiously turned their gazes toward Li Chungang.
The sword-robed man and Han Paopao in particular arrived at Li Chungang's area immediately. "Fellow Daoist Li Chungang, what exactly is going on?"
"Fellow Daoist Li Chungang, what happened to you?"
"..."
Faced with their questions, Li Chungang did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked toward the City Lord.
The City Lord did not keep them in suspense either.