Qingle, who had been hiding in the shadows, carefully observed Chen Xiao at this moment, sighed slightly in her heart, and then, with a slight movement of her body, she left the reception hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
The array formations and restrictions placed on him by the Lou Yu had absolutely no effect on him.
bang bang bang
Three crisp sounds rang out, breaking the silence of the night.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Inside the headquarters of the Commercial Association Alliance, in an extremely secluded secret room, a black-clad man with the cultivation level of True Immortal slowly opened his eyes.
He turned his head in confusion, looking toward the source of the cracking sound, but the next moment, his expression suddenly changed.
On the table where the Primordial Spirit Jade Slip of the high-ranking members of the Commercial Association Alliance were kept, three Jade Slip had already been reduced to fragments. Those three Jade Slip corresponded to the president of the Business Association and two highly respected High Immortal elders, respectively.
The black-clad True Immortal's face instantly turned deathly pale.
"My... my sir, something terrible has happened!"
The next moment, without thinking, he immediately took out the communication talisman on his body and hurriedly sent out the message.
The death of Gou Yanyi, the president of the Commercial Association Alliance, is an event that will shake the entire Immortal Realm for tens of thousands of miles. With Gou Yanyi gone, any business within this Immortal Realm will be greatly impacted.
" Gou Yanyi is dead?"
In a quiet room, a middle-aged man dressed in a purple robe, with a purple crescent moon mark on his forehead, suddenly opened his eyes, and two cold glints flashed in his eyes.
The next moment, he stood up, took a step, and his body disappeared.
The peaceful night was broken.
News of Gou Yanyi's death spread like wildfire, causing a great sensation in Moon City and throwing many members of the Commercial Association Alliance into a panic.
"How could this be? The student council president is dead?"
"Impossible! The Guild Master is High Immortal. Who in Moon City, besides the City Lord, could kill him?"
"The guild leader is indeed dead; this has been confirmed by the True Immortal guarding the Primordial Spirit Jade Slip of the Commercial Association Alliance."
"How could this be? The Guild Master is Divine Ability powerful, how could a High Immortal die so mysteriously? We must investigate!"
"This must be thoroughly investigated."
"Rumor has it that the Guild Master accompanied Feng Tianyu of the Wind-Driving Sect to the City Lord's Mansion during the day to demand an explanation for the Wind-Driving Sect, and has not yet returned."
" Feng Tianyu is dead too."
"How so..."
One by one, the high-ranking members of the Commercial Association Alliance took to the streets, loudly protesting and demanding an explanation for the deaths of Gou Yanyi and others.
However, some representatives of the weaker, oppressed forces within the business association remained secluded. The chairman of this Commercial Association Alliance, who was usually domineering and ruthlessly oppressed them, was now being killed, which was a great relief to them.
However, the representatives of these weak forces did not enjoy peace for long. After only a short while, their doors were knocked open, and one after another, vicious high-level immortals broke in and dragged them out.
In an instant, the entire Moon City was in turmoil. All the shops opened their doors, and merchants emerged one by one, rushing towards the Moon City Lord's Mansion.
"Lord of the City, we beg you for an explanation."
Before the main gate of the Moon City Lord's Mansion, an old man, almost inhuman in appearance and hunched over, with drooping eyelids, spoke softly.
His voice wasn't very loud, but it carried to every corner within a hundred miles, and the entire City Lord's Mansion in Moon City was shaken by his voice.
This is clearly a protest.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of immortals from the Business Alliance had gathered in front of the Moon City Lord's Mansion, shouting in unison and putting pressure on the City Lord's Mansion.
"It's getting late, everyone please go back and rest. Tomorrow morning, the City Lord will naturally give you a satisfactory answer."
At this moment, an aged voice came from inside the City Lord's Mansion, instantly suppressing the clamor of voices outside.
" Yu Fei, you are nothing but a servant of the City Lord's Mansion. You have no right to speak here. Tell Yue Yao to come out."
The aged, dehumanized old man remained expressionless and continued speaking.
"Elder, although you are the Elder of the Yue Family, please remember that this is the City Lord's Mansion's Mansion, not the Yue Lineage's private quarters."
City Lord's Mansion, Fei Bo remained unperturbed, his tone still calm.
The Supreme Elder of the Yue Family Yue Huasheng, suddenly flashed two sharp glints in his drooping eyelids. "What a fine City Lord's Mansion, what a fine Yue Yao! What, have you grown wings and no longer recognize your ancestors? Is this a betrayal of your heritage?"
Yue Huasheng's tone had already become hostile.
Upon hearing this, Fei Bo inside the City Lord's Mansion fell silent and did not reply.
"Since our ancestors didn't act like ancestors at all, and arbitrarily bullied their descendants, why should we acknowledge them as our ancestors?"
Just then, a glib voice came from the City Lord's Mansion, "Moreover, what is your status, Yue Huasheng, that you dare to call yourself the City Lord's ancestor? Your skin is so thick that even a high-level immortal artifact cannot break it! The City Lord's bloodline is the purest and most orthodox bloodline of the Yue Family family, with an incomparably noble status. You are merely a collateral branch elder, of lowly status, yet you dare to call yourself the City Lord's ancestor in front of the City Lord's Mansion, directly addressing the City Lord by his name. This is simply insubordination, a crime deserving of death!"
"Who are you, and what is your status, that you dare speak to me like that?"
Upon hearing this voice, Yue Huasheng was not angry, but instead asked in return.
"My status is extremely noble, how could it possibly be worthy of your attention? Grandpa Fei has already condescended to make it very clear to you that he will give you an answer first thing tomorrow morning. Now get out of here, are you trying to rebel?"
Gradually, the originally glib voice turned fierce and angry.
" Chen Xiao, don't spread rumors and argue unreasonably here."
At this moment, a voice rang out from the crowd, "Now that your Chen Clan is already in dire straits, you father and son have fled to Moon City like stray dogs. Do you want to drag Moon City down with you?"
The sound was elusive, and no one could pinpoint its exact origin.
Swish
But at that moment, a dazzling sword light shot out from within the City Lord's Mansion, piercing the darkness of the night.
"Ah"
Before anyone could react, a shrill scream rang out, and a seemingly unremarkable True Immortal dressed in a gray short shirt was cleaved in two by the sword light.
"A mere True Immortal, an ant-like thing, dares to speak to me like that? He's simply asking for trouble."
City Lord's Mansion, Chen Xiao's indifferent voice rang out again, " Yue Huasheng, if you don't leave now, that will be your fate."
" Yue Yao, are you breaking ties with the Yue Family family and the Commercial Association Alliance?"
When Yue Huasheng saw that the City Lord's Mansion had actually killed someone right under his nose, showing no regard for him whatsoever, he immediately opened his eyes and glared fiercely into the City Lord's Mansion.
"Old man Yue Huasheng, I'm telling you to take your men and get back here."
At this moment, a mighty voice suddenly resounded within the City Lord's Mansion.
"Snort"
Yue Huasheng's face suddenly turned pale, and a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth. He looked into the City Lord's Mansion with a horrified expression, his face full of disbelief.
" Yue Huayu, have you already taken that step?"
A hint of fear flashed in Yue Huasheng's voice. He looked up in horror at the top of the City Lord's Mansion.
A blue figure had appeared in the sky above the City Lord's Mansion at some unknown time.
This was a man who looked to be around thirty years old, with a refined and elegant demeanor and extraordinary temperament. His body was surrounded by azure celestial light, but within that azure celestial light, there was already a faint golden glimmer.
Half-step Golden Immortal.
He has already stepped into the Golden Immortal realm, but has not yet fully broken through.
Yue Huayu, the former city lord of Moon City, Yue Yao's grandfather, and also a senior elder of the Yue Family.
However, when Yue Huayu served as the city lord of Moon City, he did not receive the recognition of the Glazed Heaven Palace or the bestowal of the City-Suppressing Seal, so his prestige in the city was not as high as that of Yue Yao.
Originally, Yue Huayu's cultivation had reached the peak of the late stage of the High Immortal. After resigning from her position as the City Lord's Mansion, she had been in seclusion, striving to break through her own realm.
However, there is indeed a huge gap between the High Immortal and the Golden Immortal. In the Immortal World, there may not be one out of ten thousand peak High Immortal who can break through the realm and cultivate the Golden Immortal Path.
However, on his very first day at the City Lord's Mansion, Chen Xiao gave him a Golden Origin Valley Elixir, a pill refined from the essence of Golden Immortal. After swallowing it, Yue Huayu's cultivation level, which was already on the Yue Huayu of a breakthrough, reached the level of a half-step Golden Immortal almost instantly.
He is only half a step away from becoming a true Golden Immortal Golden Immortal. If he can go into seclusion to accumulate the Golden Immortal Power, he will surely enter the Golden Immortal realm within a few decades.
Without actually consuming the Golden Origin Valley Elixir, no one would know just how precious and difficult to refine this elixir truly is. Yet Chen Xiao simply gave it away casually.
Therefore, it was precisely the shrewd and calculating Yue Huayu who made the final decision, and the entire Moon City Lord's Mansion stood firmly behind Chen Xiao and the Chen Clan.
"I actually achieved the half-step Golden Immortal realm before you, old man Yue Huasheng."
The Yue Huayu in the sky slowly descended, arriving above the Yue Huasheng, and looked down at him.
" Yue Huasheng, where are you imprisoning my daughter, Yue Tan?"
A cold light flashed in Yue Huayu's eyes, and his gaze was chilling as he looked at Yue Huasheng.
" Yue Huayu, even if you've reached the half-step Golden Immortal realm, so what?" Yue Huasheng slowly exhaled, looked up at Yue Huayu, and said, "To tell you the truth, because of that arrogant brat who just spoke, your precious daughter Yue Tan has been suppressed by Southern Overlord and the Artifact Venerable Family, and she could be killed at any moment."
A strange smile appeared on Yue Huasheng's face.
Upon hearing his words, Chen Tiannan's face turned deathly pale in the City Lord's Mansion.