"The new City Lord!?"
Feeling the terrifying pressure of four Sub-Saint experts and seeing the jade slip in Yin Hongluan's hand, engraved with the official seal of the Great Jin Divine Dynasty, the guards all paled in shock.
The captain at their head dropped to both knees with a thud and immediately began begging for mercy.
"Oh... this lowly one did not know that the City Lord had arrived. Please forgive my discourtesy and offenses, my lord."
As he spoke, he turned and cursed at the guards behind him.
"Damn it, are you all blind? Hurry into the city and notify the Deputy City Lord so he can arrange a welcome!"
"Uh... yes, yes!"
Several guards nodded frantically and dashed through the city gates.
Only the guard captain remained, smiling ingratiatingly and bowing toward the airship.
"Please wait a moment, City Lord. The Deputy City Lord will be here shortly."
Hearing this, Yin Hongluan and the others exchanged glances, then looked toward Gu Chenfeng aboard the ship.
Gu Chenfeng stood on the airship's deck with his hands behind his back and nodded slightly.
"Then let's wait."
Under the Feather Transformation Marquisate's normal administrative structure, besides its City Lord, a city-
Would usually have one to three Deputy City Lords assigned according to the size of its jurisdiction, assisting the City Lord in local governance. Their cultivation was generally in the True Saint Realm.
Black Iron City's previous two City Lords had both died shortly after taking office, leaving only one Deputy City Lord to administer the area.
The group waited outside the city for only a short while.
A fluctuation of power of profound meaning came from within the city.
Whoosh...!
An escape light hurried over, shooting out of the city and landing beneath the gate tower.
The newcomer was