Ling Yi's words immediately silenced the scene.
Everyone looked at Ling Yi with an expression of utter astonishment.
What does this mean? Is this guy asking the city lord for an official position? No, is he trying to steal it?
Chang Ruoli leaned forward slightly, looked at Ling Yi and smiled, "You want an official position?"
"Yes, should we give it to them or not?"
"Hehe, interesting!" This was the first time Chang Ruoli had ever seen someone try to block her way and steal an official position.
They immediately became interested as well.
Pointing his whip at his men, he said, "These are my Imperial Guard guards. Whoever you defeat, you can replace."
"Really? You can make that decision?" Ling Yi's eyes lit up as he asked.
"My soldiers, am I Chang Ruoli, capable of making decisions for you?"
"Can!"
All the soldiers said in unison.
Wow, not bad!
Judging from her energy and demeanor, it's clear that Chang Ruoli is quite skilled in military command.
"Not bad, not bad!" Ling Yi nodded.
At this moment, even more information about City Lord Chang Ruoli Ling Yi flooded Ling Yi's mind.
The Da Zhou Imperial Dynasty, with Martial Dao as its overseer.
Each city has a Martial Dao Sect sect, which is used to balance or suppress the power of the imperial dynasty.
In most cities, the city lord is like a puppet.
The city's resources are mostly managed and distributed by the Martial Dao Sect sects, and the city lord rarely dares to utter a single complaint.
Otherwise, even if they are killed, it will be a pointless death.
This shows just how far this world has come to be ruled by Martial Dao.
This was true not only for the Da Zhou Imperial Dynasty, but also for other dynasties.
But in Red Maple City, the opposite is true.
The Heavenly Yang Sect was actually the one being suppressed.
Chang Ruoli personally killed the Martial Practitioner caused trouble in Red Maple City on more than one occasion.
This included members of the Heavenly Yang Sect.
However, the Heavenly Yang Sect only made a few boastful remarks and dared not resist.
Of course, Chang Ruoli was able to suppress the Heavenly Yang Sect mainly because Southern Ridge Commandery was located in a remote area, and the Martial Dao Alliance had less influence there.
Red Maple City is located in the most remote part of Southern Ridge Commandery, where Martial Dao resources are scarce.
The influence of the Martial Dao Alliance has been reduced to its lowest point.
Or rather, the Martial Dao Alliance simply doesn't care about the situation in Red Maple City.
If it has no value, it is naturally not worth paying attention to.
Otherwise, given Chang Ruoli's actions, the Martial Dao Alliance could easily send a master, and Chang Ruoli would be gone.
Ling Yi's attempt to seize the official position was a spur-of-the-moment decision.
But after receiving this information from the original owner, a new idea came to mind.
If we could join the city lord's side, why would we need to worry about being hunted down by the Heavenly Yang Sect?
"That's right, I really am a fucking genius."
Ling Yi chuckled and pointed his sword at Chang Ruoli again, "Then, what if I defeat you too?"
"From this day forward, you will be the deputy city lord."
"Why can't it be the city lord?"
"Your ambition is quite considerable. The title of city lord is bestowed by the emperor, and my decision doesn't count. However, you'd better defeat my generals first!"
As she spoke, Chang Ruoli pointed to a general wearing chainmail and said, " Old Hua, go teach this brat a lesson and show him his place."
He paused, then added, "Don't kill him, just teach him a lesson. It's rare to encounter such an interesting kid."
"Yes, sir!"
The general, nicknamed "Old Hua," strode forward and stood before Ling Yi.
He grinned and said, "Kid, you've got guts!"
"This is the first time I've seen someone vying for an official position. Come on, don't say I'm bullying you, I'll give you three moves first."
This Old Hua is Fifth Pin Blood Refining Realm Martial Practitioner, and at the Great Perfection the Fifth Pin. If he advances any further, he will be at the Fourth Pin Jin Refining Realm.
In his view, Ling Yi, a Sixth Pin Marrow Refining Realm Martial Practitioner, could never be his match.
Giving him three moves wasn't out of humiliation or to Ling Yi, but rather because he found the kid interesting.
Ling Yi walked slowly towards the Old Hua with the reading glasses.
At the same time, he extended one finger.
As you approach the onset of Old Hua, your body accelerates.
"Hey, trying to play this game with me?" Old Hua chuckled, raising his longsword to Block Ling Yi's sword.
But the next moment, Old Hua felt a chill on his neck and couldn't laugh anymore.
Ling Yi's longsword, without him even noticing, was already positioned against his neck.
"One move!" Ling Yi said in a very cheeky tone to the Old Hua's ear.
Old Hua was a little confused. Wait, it's over already?
"You Sneak Attack!" Old Hua retorted.
"A defeat is a defeat. If this were a battlefield, you'd be a dead man."
" Old Hua, this kid is right, you may step down." Chang Ruoli's expression became more serious.
Something's off about this kid.
Even she couldn't figure out how Ling Yi had done it.
From a third-party perspective, Ling Yi's sword strike just now wasn't difficult to counter; it was just an ordinary sword strike that ended up across Old Hua's neck.
It looks more like the Old Hua deliberately offered his neck to the sword.
Although Old Hua disagreed, Ling Yi was right; if this were on the battlefield, he would already be dead.
"Very good, you are now the team leader. Do you wish to continue?"
"Of course." Ling Yi nodded.
"Commander Bai..." Chang Ruoli wanted to continue calling out names.
But Ling Yi interrupted him, "Too much trouble."
As he spoke, he accelerated and charged directly towards Chang Ruoli.
"Protect the city lord!" Someone shouted as soon as they saw that Ling Yi's target was Chang Ruoli.
Immediately, more than a dozen people blocked Ling Yi's way.
They wanted to stop Ling Yi.
Ling Yi, however, remained unfazed and continued charging forward.
The long sword in his hand, whether pointing, slicing, sweeping, or stabbing, seemed ordinary, yet it was like a gazelle hanging its horns, with tricky angles and extremely unpredictable movements.
Almost every sword strike landed precisely on these people's necks, temples, hearts, and other locations.
But it only pierced a small part of the skin and did not penetrate deeply.
Otherwise, these people would probably all be dead by now.
In the blink of an eye, Ling Yi had already arrived in front of Su Ruoli.
"I want to be the deputy city lord!" Ling Yi said with a smile.
At this moment, the generals who had been hit in vital points by Ling Yi Ling Yi wanted to rush towards him, but Chang Ruoli stopped them with a wave of her hand.
"Stop! If the deputy city lord hadn't shown mercy, you would all be dead by now!"
Good heavens, he's already a deputy city lord?
That's quite generous.
But Ling Yi's goal wasn't just to become the deputy city lord; he also wanted to sign in!
But at this moment, Chang Ruoli waved her hand and said, "Return to the City Lord's Mansion."
Ling Yi swallowed back the words that were about to come out; returning to the city lord's mansion was fine too.
There's no rush to sign in.
Anyway, he and Chang Ruoli will definitely have another battle, and he can just sign in when that happens.
Although Chang Ruoli and Ling Yi had left, many people were restless.
Especially those disciples from the Heavenly Yang Sect who were specifically sent to keep an eye on Ling Yi.
With Ling Yi joining the City Lord's faction, how could they dare to follow him anymore?
Just as Ling Yi Ling Yi guessed, although he had changed his clothes and put on a mask, there were still too many disciples of the Heavenly Yang Sect in Red Maple City.
Ling Yi never escaped the Heavenly Yang Sect's sight.
This whole pretense was a complete waste of time.
"Wasn't Ling Yi's Dantian destroyed? How can he be so powerful?"
"This is not something we should concern ourselves with. Let's go and report to the sect leader first!"
Several disciples of the Heavenly Yang Sect Haste returned to the Heavenly Yang Sect and informed Hu Feiyang of the matter.
After hearing his younger brother's report, Hu Feiyang's face turned extremely ugly.
"You cunning brat, you've forgotten about that Chang Ruoli," Hu Feiyang said coldly.
"Father, what should we do next?" Hu Fan asked softly.
"Go and demand their return!"
After a moment's thought, Hu Feiyang said.
Under no circumstances can Ling Yi fall into Chang Ruoli's hands; otherwise, the Heavenly Yang Jin will be difficult to plan.
"But that woman is Madman. What if she's determined to protect Ling Yi..."
"Hmph, demanding someone in the name of the Martial Dao Alliance? The only reason Chang Ruoli is so arrogant is because this place is far from the reach of the emperor."
"I refuse to believe that Chang Ruoli would dare to disrespect the Martial Dao Alliance, unless she wants to die."