Clack!
In the City Lord's Manor in Black Iron City, Gu Chenfeng casually tossed an invitation onto the desk before him, his expression amused.
"Heh... the Three Sects invited me to a gathering in Profound Yin Valley, and they want me to bring Deputy City Lord Liu and their people who were captured here.
"They also want three hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, along with the spirit deeds to the black iron mine outside the city and a hundred mu of spirit fields.
"This is no invitation to a gathering. They're clearly asking me to carry thorns on my back and beg forgiveness."
Early that morning, Gu Chenfeng had finally returned to Black Iron City.
He had barely entered the city.
Tongtong, the Three Kings, and Deputy City Lord Liu Youfang, whose injuries had mostly healed.
They had hurried over together and delivered this invitation jointly signed by the Three Sects to Gu Chenfeng.
"City Lord, what should we do now? The Three Sects are issuing an ultimatum."
Now dressed in an indigo official robe, the thin, gaunt Liu Youfang wore a miserable expression, his brows drooping.
There was no other reason: after Gu Chenfeng had planted the Saint-Seizing Land's seal in him and subjected him to brutal torture, Liu Youfang had been thoroughly tamed.
He knew he could no longer escape Gu Chenfeng's grasp and could only obey this City Lord's every command.
But having boarded this pirate ship, Liu Youfang naturally feared that the ship would capsize and drag him down with it.
Now that the Three Sects had aggressively delivered this invitation, he was so terrified that he could not sleep at night.
"City Lord, the Three Sects are the local snakes of the Borderlands, and each has a True Saint powerhouse presiding over it.
"The master