Battle at the City Lord's Mansion (Part 1)

For three days, all parties made their worst-case plans. Many families had already secretly sent away their outstanding younger descendants.

There were five major families in the city. Besides the City Lord's Mansion, the Mo Family, and the Fang Family, there were also the Wang, Su, and Li families. These three families were roughly equal in strength. Although they couldn't compare to the Mo and Fang families, they always acted in unison and advanced or retreated together. Thus, they had never been annexed by the Fang family. Of course, this was also thanks to the Mo family's secret assistance!

Grand Princess Mo Ruxue had not reappeared since the Fang family's forced marriage proposal. For a long time, her mother had been bearing the pressure, preparing for Zhang Jingyi's wedding and managing the city's daily affairs.

A set of bright red phoenix robes, a bridal gown, was delivered to Zhang Jingyi this morning. Looking at the bright red wedding dress in her hands, Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but fall into a daze, thinking.

Will I be beautiful when I wear the wedding dress? Who will lift my red veil? Will it be Brother Ye Wen?

Today was the last day of the three-day period. Tomorrow morning, according to custom, the Fang family would come to escort the bride. Mo Ruxue's disappearance had thrown Demon Suppressing City into panic, and numerous rumors had spread. Some said the Grand Princess had already fled with her wealth, and the Mo family had abandoned Demon Suppressing City.

There were many Houtian Martial Artists in the city who formed armies. They were already fully armed and awaiting the City Lord's orders. They had increased patrols throughout the city and suppressed many malicious rumor-mongers.

Finally, on the evening of that day, Mo Ruxue reappeared on the city walls. The rumors were instantly dispelled! Mo Ruxue skillfully directed the army's deployment, and the entire city entered a state of wartime readiness.

All the Xiantian experts in the city were conscripted by Mo Ruxue into the Innate Mansion. That night, when Mo Ruxue entered the Innate Mansion again, Ye Wen was very surprised. At such a critical juncture, Mo Ruxue showed no tension about the impending battle; instead, she was full of confidence.

Upon arriving at the Innate Mansion, she calmly assigned tasks to the various Xiantian experts. Ye Wen was assigned to the inner chambers of the City Lord's Mansion to protect the many officials and Mo family relatives. He would not need to fight until the enemy breached the inner chambers. What he hadn't expected was that his partner would be Old Ghost Wu.

After all the Xiantian experts were assigned their tasks, Mo Ruxue, using the Mage's second-tier Magic Levitation Technique, floated in mid-air and stood before everyone, speaking passionately.

"Tomorrow, after the Fang family comes to marry, if they are willing to send Xiantian experts, then we will proceed according to my original plan. I will lead their people to support Xingyuan City. However, if the Fang family's situation changes this time, then we will completely annihilate the Fang family!"

Mo Ruxue said the last sentence with absolute certainty. Ye Wen didn't know where Mo Ruxue's confidence came from, but it must be related to her disappearance over the past two days. It seemed the City Lord's Mansion held many secrets.

After assigning the tasks, Mo Ruxue departed. After she left, the Innate Mansion was completely sealed off. Several teams of soldiers arrived, each captain being a Xiantian realm expert. They were now guarding the entrance and exit of the Innate Mansion.

Ye Wen secretly observed them. There were ten captains. It seemed less like they were defending the Innate Mansion and more like they were monitoring everyone inside. Was she preventing people from passing information or preventing cowards from fleeing?

Ye Wen made a rough comparison based on the number and strength of the Fang family's previous visitors. If they were to fight the Fang family this time without him intervening, although they could defeat the Fang family, how much strength would they have left to rescue Xingyuan?

Ultimately, it was his father, Lord Mo, who had taken away most of the third-grade Xiantian experts when he left. Otherwise, their situation wouldn't be so passive. The three families joining forces with the Mo family could easily deal with the Fang family.

Their Mo family must have some hidden Xiantian experts. Now it depended on whose background was deeper. After all, it wasn't just the Mo family that had a deep background; other families did too!

That night, it was estimated that few people would sleep soundly, but Ye Wen was not among them. As long as no fifth-grade Xiantian expert appeared, Ye Wen was an invincible existence. If he really couldn't win, he could still escape.

But he didn't want to escape. He also wanted to witness various types of cultivation and combat, and more importantly, he wanted to find energy for the pre-cancerous cells to continue dividing.

The next morning, shortly after dawn, everyone in the Innate Mansion began to get ready. Until the sound of firecrackers and gongs was heard from afar. They're here! The Fang family's wedding procession had arrived!

At this moment, outside the Innate Mansion, a captain suddenly shouted.

"According to the Grand Princess's arrangements from last night, each man to his post. Move out! Everyone, move out immediately!"

With that, he opened the gates of the Innate Mansion, allowing everyone to exit. At this moment, behind Ye Wen, that familiar smell of corpse stench wafted over again.