Xu Qingtong activated the Flying Heaven Wings and reached Yalai Town in less than an hour.
Yalai Town's magistrate was still Zhou Zhiren. When he saw Xu Qingtong, Zhou Zhiren's mouth fell open and stayed that way for a long while.
"Are you L-L-Lord Guo?"
"Magistrate Zhou, have you been well since we last met?" Xu Qingtong greeted Zhou Zhiren with a smile.
"Thanks to your blessings, Lord Guo, I've been well, very well!"
Xu Qingtong took out the Token and handed it to Zhou Zhiren. "Magistrate Zhou, this Token was issued by City Lord Lu. Please take a look!"
Zhou Zhiren hastily took it, examined it with his divine sense, then returned it to Xu Qingtong.
"Lord Guo, since the City Lord has given his orders, I'll entrust this year's important task of collecting Demonized Garden Balsam fruit to you!" Zhou Zhiren said.
"Oh, no. I'm only the Fruit Collection Supervisor. You'll still handle the collecting, but the fruit you collect and the accounts must be sent to me!"
"Everything will be as you command, Lord Guo!" Zhou Zhiren said.
He dared not provoke the ruthless man before him. Even someone as formidable as Feng Butong had nearly been killed by a single stroke of his sword, leaving Zhou Zhiren unable to sleep soundly for over a month!
He did not yet know that Xu Qingtong had already crippled Feng Butong. Had he known, he probably would have lost another month or more of sound sleep.
"Magistrate Zhou, where do you think I should stay?"
"Oh! I remember now. The Garrison Manor where you stayed before is still empty. The current garrison commander thought it was too out of the way, so he moved next to the magistrate's office," Zhou Zhiren said. "Shall I notify the garrison commander and