Wildfire City, City Lord's Mansion, reception room.
It was afternoon, but the thick clouds gave the northern lands not the slightest warmth.
A servant had brought in a brazier for warmth, giving the cramped reception room some heat, but Xu Nan still missed air conditioning terribly.
Thinking of air conditioning, Xu Nan terribly missed Blazing Fire's true form—the Cloud Ascending Ship. If that thing were here, he at least wouldn't have to worry about the winter hardships of Wildfire City's tens of thousands of residents.
After all, it came with an air-conditioning system that had endured five thousand years of upheaval and was still going strong.
"Hm?"
His thoughts returned to the present. Xu Nan held a cup of tea while the knight a few steps away sat rigidly upright. The poor tea delivered by the elephant guards had gradually gone cold, yet he showed no intention of taking a sip.
"Mr. Gai Liqi?" Xu Nan asked tentatively.
He did not deliberately affect his voice. After all, Tu Mier Su's identity was one of the problems he had to solve.
He had no desire to be constrained at every turn by the identity he was impersonating while developing Wildfire City.
He even wanted to abandon this old identity altogether.
But doing so would bring some unnecessary trouble.
Earlier, he had sent off A-Kun and Evelyn, and the City Lord's Mansion had become much quieter. Aside from the elephant guards, who were the living force Xu Nan trusted most, all that remained were the scattered Earth adventurers led by Tang Haibao.
To be honest, Xu Nan did not expect these Earth students to have much execution ability. They were all members of the Thousand Rays Society. Though Xu Nan's level was high, in a place who knew how many kilometers away