Jiang Liu talked with Bai Luohe for a long time before taking his leave. As for Bai Luohe's repeated invitations to drink with Jiang Liu could only thank him for his kindness after learning his lesson from last time.
After leaving the Ascension Tower, Jiang Liu strolled leisurely towards the City Lord's Mansion.
Before long, Jiang Liu arrived at the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion.
As Jiang Liu approached the City Lord's Mansion, he happened to run into Qi Yi walking by. Upon seeing Jiang Liu quickly greeted him, "Senior Brother Jiang!"
Jiang Liu nodded and asked, "Who is in charge of Luocheng now?"
"Brother Jiang, Luo City is now under the jurisdiction of Brother He Guo," Qi Yi quickly replied.
"Then take me to see him!" Jiang Liu said.
"Senior Brother Jiang, please come with me. Senior Brother He should be in the council hall."
Jiang Liu followed Qi Yi into the City Lord's Mansion. As for the disciples of the Exotic Beast Valley guarding the gate, they looked at Jiang Liu's back with longing on their faces.
This is a renowned Senior Disciple of the Exotic Beast Valley, who became True Inheritor Disciple as soon as he entered the Exotic Beast Valley, and is now True Inheritor Disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect.
This is the idol and goal of all the disciples in the entire Exotic Beast Valley. Everyone wants to be as strong as Senior Brother Jiang Liu at such a young age.
It's worth noting that in the Martial Arts Tournament of the Realm held last year and the year before, none of the three major sects came out to accept disciples, and the rewards were also much worse, with top-quality weapons only awarded to the top three.
Therefore, the Martial Arts Tournament that Jiang Liu participated in was the only one in which he was accepted as True Inheritor Disciple by the three sects.
It's estimated that the three sects have already achieved their goals, so the subsequent Martial Arts Tournament was just held perfunctorily. However, holding this Martial Arts Tournament of the Realm has become a tradition.
Jiang Liu followed Qi Yi to the council hall of the City Lord's Mansion. As soon as he entered, he saw He Guo sitting there with a worried look on his face.
Qi Yi forward and cupped his hands, saying, "Senior Brother He, Jiang Liu, Senior Brother Jiang has arrived."
Upon hearing this, He Guo was taken aback for a moment, then looked up and saw Jiang Liu. His face immediately lit up with joy, and he quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother Jiang."
Jiang Liu returned the greeting and said, "Junior Brother He, there's no need for such formalities. You look so worried; has something happened?"
"I was just about to report this to Senior Brother Jiang," He Guo said.
"Oh? Then tell me about it," Jiang Liu said.
At this moment, Qi Yi took his leave, He Guo nodded.
Qi Yi bowed to Jiang Liu and He Guo walked out of the hall.
Watching Qi Yi walk out of the hall, He Guo continued, "I just received a report that traces of Corpse Valley have been discovered in Luo Yun County below."
Jiang Liu frowned and asked, "Are you sure it's traces of Corpse Valley? What's their approximate strength?"
"The disciple who discovered it reported that it can be basically confirmed that they are from Corpse Valley, but he doesn't know their strength."
"How far is Luo Yun County from here?"
"Not far, about seventy li."
Jiang Liu thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go with you!"
"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Jiang!" He Guo said, clasping his hands in thanks.
"What are you thanking me for? Have you forgotten that I'm also a disciple of the Exotic Beast Valley?" Jiang Liu waved his hand and said.
Without further hesitation, He Guo led Jiang Liu directly City Lord's Mansion, and the two arrived at the Exotic Beast Plaza.
Just as He Guo was about to summon his tamed beast, Jiang Liu said, "Junior Brother He, you don't need to use your tamed beast."
Jiang Liu then gave orders to the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger and the Frostwing Dragon. Since he didn't know the strength of the people from Corpse Valley in Luo Yun County, Jiang Liu decided to be cautious and bring both Exotic Beast King with him.
The Frostwing Dragon and the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger immediately spread their fleshy wings and flew towards Jiang Liu leaped onto the back of the Frostwing Dragon.
Then he said to He Guo, "Junior Brother He, get on the back of the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger! It will carry you."
He Guo nodded and quickly flew onto the back of the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger. He found that the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger did not reject him. He was immediately filled with envy for Jiang Liu.
You should know that the Exotic Beast he himself commands aren't so obedient, and they can be ridden by others. More importantly, Jiang Liu actually has two Exotic Beast Kings.
Then, the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger led the way according to He Guo's instructions, flying towards Luo Yun County, while the Frostwing Dragon carried Jiang Liu behind them.
The two beasts had been flying for a short while when the outline of Luo Yun County came into view.
He Guo took Jiang Liu directly to the Exotic Beast Plaza next to the county town, which was obviously much smaller than the one in Luocheng.
Jiang Liu and He Guo flew down and landed the Frostwing Dragon and the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger there.
Fortunately, there weren't many Exotic Beasts in this Exotic Beast plaza. Jiang Liu relayed the message to the Frostwing Dragon and the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger, telling them to wait there without worry.
Subsequently, He Guo led Jiang Liu directly into Luo Yun County from mid-air, and then flew towards the City Lord's Mansion.
As soon as the two approached the City Lord's Mansion, Jiang Liu sensed something was amiss; the fluctuations of the spiritual energy emanating from it were abnormal.
Jiang Liu released his Divine Sense and enveloped the entire City Lord's Mansion. He was instantly filled with rage. It turned out that there were three people from Corpse Valley inside, leading three Corpse Golems and committing evil deeds.
Jiang Liu directly enveloped the three Corpse Golems with his Divine Sense. As soon as he released his aura, the skulls of the three Corpse Golems shattered, and their attacking actions stopped.
Seeing the Corpse Golems's miserable state, the three people from Corpse Valley were about to flee when Jiang Liu unleashed his Nebula Shrunken Earth Finger Technique. In a flash, he struck each of them with a palm, knocking them unconscious to the ground.
These three martial artists with the strength of the Seventh Grade think they can escape?
The few disciples from the Exotic Beast Valley who had escaped death were all stunned.
They thought they were going to die here, but they were incredibly lucky and were saved by Senior Brother Jiang.
He immediately knelt down before Jiang Liu and kowtowed in gratitude.
Jiang Liu had no choice but to wave his hand and pull them all up.
Then he said to He Guo, "You clean up the mess, I'll go and question these three to see if there are any remaining traitors?"
He Guo nodded in agreement.
Jiang Liu then waved his hand, sweeping up the three people from Corpse Valley and heading towards the adjacent room.
Upon entering the room, Jiang Liu woke the three of them up, then released his Divine Sense to envelop them and began his mental invasion.
Before long, the three of them honestly explained the whole situation.
It turns out that these three people came from Yunzhou, and they had just arrived today, ready to make their mark here.
Jiang Liu estimated that these three people were probably only of the lower to middle level of Corpse Valley. They might not know that Corpse Valley's forces in Qi Province had been wiped out, which is why they dared to commit evil so openly.
However, this also served as a reminder to Jiang Liu that Corpse Valley's influence in Yunzhou should be considerable, and they could potentially migrate to Qi Province at any time.
For now, we should focus on eliminating the Corpse Valley forces in Xia County. As for the Sun Moon Sect's forces, we can wipe them out along with them, since the main force of the Sun Moon Sect is in Kun Province anyway.
This place is too far away to be of any help, and besides, I heard that their leader, Ghost Lord, has disappeared, so there's even less anyone willing to stand up for them.
Moreover, even if the Ghost Lord himself came, Jiang Liu was confident he wouldn't be afraid. So what if he was a veteran Grandmaster?