After Xia Ping left, the elders of Qingyang City could no longer contain the fury in their hearts.
"City Lord, you are far too indulgent toward that outsider."
"Exactly! The various secret manuals in the Scripture Library were obtained through Qingyang City's blood, sweat, and toil. Yet that brat is allowed to read them without paying any price at all. Why?"
"Even we elders need contribution points to study the secret manuals. That outsider has made no contribution whatsoever to Qingyang City, yet he can enter the Scripture Library and browse its manuals at will. I refuse to accept this!"
"That's right. That bastard was so arrogant just now, slapping us across the face in public. If the City Lord hadn't spoken up in time, General Liu would have nearly been killed by him. And we're supposed to tolerate such a lawless person?!"
"Precisely. Such an arrogant wretch should be arrested and executed immediately."
The elders ground their teeth, utterly unwilling to accept this, practically interrogating the City Lord. If not for the City Lord's immense prestige, they might have revolted already.
Xia Ping's arrogant attitude had them so enraged their teeth itched.
"It is not that I do not wish to move against him. It is simply that the boy's martial strength exceeds all imagination."
City Lord Gao Ansheng shook his head. "I fear you still do not know what that young man did before arriving in Qingyang City. Alone, he slaughtered over a thousand Petrifying Demon Snakes and more than a hundred Nether Ghosts. Which one of you can match that combat power?"
What?!
Upon hearing this, the elders were shocked. Over a thousand Petrifying Demon Snakes, plus more than a hundred Nether Ghosts—such a force could massacre Qingyang City more than a dozen times over. That was