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She would be the first to object to anyone trying to break them up.
After a while.
Li Qing'an would occasionally look down at the sachet at his waist, as if afraid it would suddenly disappear.
It looked extremely precious.
Lu Xueqi was originally worried that her cooking skills were not good enough and that her brother would dislike her.
But I never expected that Li Qing'an would be so precious to me. My brother really loves me more than Tian Ling'er from Dazhu Peak.
If she were to return to the Qingyun Sect, what would Tian Ling'er see...?
Lu Xueqi was secretly delighted, her eyebrows curved into a smile, and her whole demeanor exuded joy.
After several confrontations with Tian Ling'er, she also underwent some changes.
........
Behind the three people.
Looking at the well-matched couple, the young woman thought with disappointment, "He already has a wife!"
The two servants watched the man and woman leave.
"These two should be the kind of cultivators the master is looking for, both in terms of their demeanor and appearance!"
"It seems our young lady isn't fortunate enough to have that blessing!"
"I hope Miss can get through this!" a servant said, looking at the young woman's distraught state.
"Ah, a cultivator has arrived. Let me inform the master first. The master can then decide what to do next!"
After they finished discussing their plan, the two left with the somewhat stunned and heartbroken young lady.
Silent all night.
Outside Li Qing'an's house,
A middle-aged man who looked extraordinary stood respectfully outside the door with several of his henchmen.
No one knocked on the door, afraid of disturbing the legendary cultivator.
Are you sure that cultivator or immortal is resting here?
The city lord looked at the still somewhat dilapidated house in front of him, which had been renovated by Li Qing'an, and felt uncertain.
According to his conjecture, the place where the immortal lived should be a simple place suitable for cultivating immortality.
However, aside from being somewhat simple, what else about the place in front of them could possibly be related to cultivators?
Is this what they mean by "a great hermit lives in the city"?
He suddenly received news last night that a couple of cultivators might have arrived in Shuiyun City.
He seemed quite amiable and was a righteous cultivator.
This is very important!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to come to this place.
However, while he was patiently waiting outside the door...
The head constable of Shuiyun City stepped forward quickly and bowed respectfully to the middle-aged man.
"Greetings, City Lord. I've gathered some information!"
"Oh? Tell me, if it's confirmed later, you should be promoted!"
The city lord of Shuiyun City smiled and said, clearly satisfied with the efficiency of the person in front of him.
"My subordinates dare not!"
The head constable, upon hearing this, was not pleased, but rather somewhat trembling with fear. "The information I've gathered indicates that this house was indeed inhabited by two people from Shuiyun City more than ten years ago, a man and a woman, but... however..."
One man and one woman?
Right!
The city lord of Shuiyun City could hardly hide his smile.
If that's true, it means these two cultivators came from his Shuiyun City, and maybe he can even benefit from it!
However, hearing the constable chief's hesitant manner, he sensed that something was wrong.
"go on!"
The city lord of Shuiyun City suddenly had a bad feeling.
"More than ten years ago, the two of them lived together in the city, relying on each other for survival. They were doing fairly well. But one day, some human traffickers targeted the woman and almost kidnapped her, but the man saved her..."
"And then? That's all!"
The city lord's sense of foreboding grew stronger and stronger.
"The man was severely injured by the human traffickers, but the city lord at the time didn't seem to care. Besides the two human traffickers he killed on the spot, another human trafficker escaped! He wasn't caught afterward, and he probably died in some unknown corner!"
...
P.S.: Speechless! Why hasn't yesterday's chapter been posted yet? What a waste of my leave request!
Chapter 170 The City Lord of Shuiyun City! Fengyue Pass!
"City Lord! City Lord!"
Upon hearing this, the city lord of Shuiyun City felt a cold sweat break out all over his body, his legs went weak, and he was about to fall to the ground, but was quickly helped up by his subordinates.
The city lord felt dizzy and his vision blurred.
Disaster! Disaster!
The city lord sighed.
Now we can only hope that the man has no grudge after more than ten years!
"Find the rest of the human traffickers for me with all your might, no, kill them!"
The city lord of Shuiyun City gritted his teeth and said.
He harbored deep resentment towards the former city lord of Shuiyun City from over a decade ago, a resentment so intense it made his teeth itch.
At this time, inside the house.
With his keen hearing and sharp eyesight, Li Qing'an could hear the noise outside the house without using any magic.
Li Qing'an was quite curious as to why the city lord of Shuiyun City had suddenly come to his door.
Could it be that the young girl who was rejected last night told her parents?
But that's impossible; what woman would do that?
Moreover, the people outside also seemed to be the ones at fault.
He even seemed somewhat ingratiating and overly respectful.
"What brings you all to my door so early?"
Li Qingan opened the door and frowned as he looked at the people in front of it.
"Chang Immortal!"
Looking at the person before him, the city lord of Shuiyun City finally understood why his subordinates could tell he was an immortal just by looking at him.
After all, looking at the man in front of her, no one would believe it if she said it wasn't true!
"Oh! You know me?"
Li Qingan was somewhat puzzled, as he remembered that the city lord of Shuiyun City was not this person.
"I am but a mere city lord, how could I possibly know an immortal? But to have the honor of witnessing your divine presence today is truly a blessing beyond measure!"
The middle-aged city lord shamelessly flattered him.
If you want to be a good official, you can't do without flattery.
Flattery is an extremely sophisticated skill; it must be done in a way that doesn't offend people, is just right, and reaches its pinnacle of artistry.
"Speak plainly, what brings you here?"
Li Qingan had no intention of listening to a middle-aged man's flattery.
The city lord, momentarily speechless, was not annoyed. Instead, he became even more respectful: "I have heard that there is an immortal here, so I have come to pay my respects!"
Li Qingan frowned slightly.
Upon seeing this, the city lord immediately abandoned his attempt at flattery. "To be honest, my daughter was captivated by your elegant bearing last night and has been unable to forget you. I wonder if my daughter could have the honor of serving as your maid!"
The city lord's subordinates all looked at him with disdain.
Do you want your daughter to be the immortal's maid?
He clearly wants to be a celestial being like Mount Tai!
Vulgar! Despicable!
The group cursed angrily, lamenting that if they didn't have a stunning woman in their own families, they would have slept with her too!
They begged and cried as they sent their daughter into the dilapidated house in front of them.
"No need. Since the city lord can tell that I am a cultivator, he should know that a cultivator's appearance does not match his age. I am not destined to be with you, Miss."
Li Qingan flatly refused, and even came up with a reason.
"Lord City Lord, please speak frankly if you have something to say!"
"Very well, since my daughter is not destined to be with the immortal, that is her fate."
The city lord had long anticipated that this matter would not succeed, and then he got to the point:
"I've heard that there's a standoff between two demonic sects on the border of the Central Plains. A wandering swordsman friend of mine said it's only a few hundred miles from here..."
"Several hundred miles is a great distance for us, but for a cultivator like you, Immortal, it takes less than half a day. If you are aware of this matter, could you please inform me to put our city's mind at ease?"
"The people of Shuiyun City will be eternally grateful! If the Immortal Master has any requests, we will do our utmost to fulfill them."
Seeing the worried look on the city lord of Shuiyun City, Li Qing'an understood.