Published: February 2, 2025
Southern Origin City's City Lord's Mansion.
This is the most fortified place in Southern Origin City, filled with arrays and powerful experts.
Currently, Southern Origin City is controlled by the most powerful Mo Yun Family. Many eras ago, the Mo Yun Family produced a top-tier expert.
This expert commanded a vast army in the cosmic sea, having achieved the pinnacle of the great emperor realm. In battles against the Underworld, he earned remarkable military achievements, having slain several late-stage great emperor experts from the Underworld.
However, during a battle against the Emperor of the Underworld, several prominent experts from the Southern Cosmic Sea, renowned at that time, ambushed the Emperor of the Underworld together. The outcome was devastating, leading to casualties, and he himself was injured, necessitating a retreat for recuperation.
After the war with the Underworld ended, this ancestor of the Mo Yun Family relied on his illustrious military accomplishments to take control of Southern Origin City, establishing authority that has lasted to this day.
The Mo Yun Family has become deeply entrenched in Southern Origin City, their operations over countless years allowing them to expand rapidly and produce countless powerful experts.
However, with the ancestor of the Mo Yun Family recently entering closed-door cultivation and not having appeared for a long time, there have been suspicions regarding whether he has perished or is nearing a merge with the dao. As a result, the Mo Yun Family has been under immense pressure in recent eras.
At this moment, in a grand hall.
An old elder, radiating a terrifying aura, sat cross-legged in the center of the hall. Around him, the power of the laws of the cosmic sea flowed like tides, rising and falling with his breaths.
"City Lord."
A young expert clad in silver armor rushed over and knelt respectfully before the figure in the center of the hall.
"Mo Yunxiao, what is it?" The old elder opened his eyes, revealing a hint of indifference within.
"City Lord, according to the array surveillance in the City Lord's Mansion, the top assassin from Sky Outside Tower, Shadow One, has returned to Southern Origin City and is currently lurking outside Qin Chen's core cave dwelling area. If I am not mistaken, their target should be Qin Chen," the young expert in silver armor reported respectfully.
"Oh?" A sharp glint flashed in the old elder's eyes. "Sky Outside Tower is quite bold; are they planning to act directly in my Southern Origin City? Hmph! What conditions did Left Skeleton promise Sky Outside Tower to make them act on his behalf?"
A hint of confusion flickered in the old elder's gaze.
The City Lord's Mansion controls the entire array of Southern Origin City, allowing it to easily sense any movements within the city. Unless someone possesses array or concealment techniques superior to the city’s array, they cannot escape the City Lord Mansion's watchful eye.
However, such experts are few and far between in Southern Origin City.
The information regarding Left Skeleton's visit to Sky Outside Tower had long been under the City Lord's Mansion’s control.
"City Lord, should we stop this?" The young expert in silver armor asked solemnly.
"Stop?" The old elder pondered for a moment, then waved his hand. "No need."
He narrowed his eyes, a glint of light shining within. "That Qin Chen has a strange background and is accompanied by the komodo beast clan. If our City Lord’s Mansion can recruit such an outside expert, we must find a way to draw him in."
"Indeed, this young man is too mysterious, and his strength is hard to gauge. Since Shadow One from Sky Outside Tower has made a move, it's perfect. We can also investigate just how strong he really is and if he is worth the Mo Yun Family’s efforts to recruit."
The old elder contemplated.
The young expert in silver armor hesitated before speaking, "But if he were to die at the hands of Shadow One..."
The old elder chuckled coldly. "If that guy dies to Shadow One, it only proves he is inferior. Such a character, if he dies, is of no concern to the City Lord's Mansion, nor worth our effort to recruit. At that time, the Mo Yun Family can even discreetly inform the komodo beast clan to take revenge on Yerosha, thus weakening Sky Outside Tower's power."