"Utter nonsense!" The Tianyuan City Lord immediately turned aside and began calming the rioting crowd around him:
"Everyone, please remain calm."
"As your city lord, now that I have stepped forward, I will see this unrest resolved!"
"I will ensure that the souls of your friends and relatives return to the heavens and enjoy eternal peace!"
Only when the crowd's emotions gradually settled did he turn back to Ye Li and say coldly:
"Young friend, why haven't you left yet?"
"Must I personally escort you out?!"
He had called him a fellow Daoist earlier, but when Ye Li showed no anger, he switched to young friend.
That was how the Ancient Hua Dynasty operated.
The Tianyuan City Lord had already worked out his plan.
The moment Ye Li stepped through the city gates, he would mobilize the City-Guarding Array and the city's thirty thousand elite troops to kill him on the spot!
"..."
Ye Li glanced sideways at the afflicted people who had been kowtowing to him in gratitude just moments earlier and asked calmly:
"They may be blind, but surely you know your own bodies better than anyone."
"Do even you doubt my abilities?"
At Ye Li's question, the middle-aged man trembled violently.
He lowered his head and examined his body, which now had black qi clinging only to its surface. He knew better than anyone that he truly had been cured!
This purple-robed Daoist was a true god!
But...
When he raised his head and met the Tianyuan City Lord's icy gaze, he backed down.
Acknowledging Ye Li now would mean publicly slapping the city lord in the face.
If this purple-robed Daoist really was a good man, then he should be good to the very end!
The middle-aged man immediately lowered his head, avoiding Ye Li's gaze.