Published: March 9, 2025
“Get lost, you damned city lord of East Wave City! What does he think he is? Daring to oppose me! How dare he!” The city lord was furious, completely uncontrollable, cursing wildly: “Maybe he’s the one behind all this, trying to see me make a fool of myself! Damn it! Kill them! If you catch them, kill them! Leave no one alive! Coming to settle the score with me? As long as that kid dares to show up, I’ll swallow him alive!”
The city lord was completely mad!
He thought he could make a fortune after accepting the kindness of Chu divine doctor… only to end up with an empty courtyard…
Not even a single Shuiyun Coin.
However, now everyone in the city knew he was here to seize the Li Family's assets, which meant he was bound to make a fortune… Many projects in Purple Cloud City had been stalled due to lack of funds, and now, officials from all sides had submitted project reports to his desk…
Everyone was eagerly waiting for him to seize the Li Family's assets and return…
Thinking of this, the city lord's heart bled!
He believed that no matter what he said when he returned, it would be useless. Even if he brought people to the Li Family to check in person, it wouldn’t matter because no one would believe him!
Even if General Zhou and others testified for him…
Would anyone believe it!?
Damn it, an entire family was sent to be raided, and in the end, he said he didn’t find anything? Just like that! Who would believe such a story?
You guys must have been bribed by the city lord to keep quiet…
And I, the poor guy, got not a single cent…
Yes, the officials waiting at the lord's residence would definitely think this way, they would think so for sure…
Hmm, if I don’t get a single cent in benefits, you all shouldn’t think of keeping it to yourselves! If I go down, we all go down together!
If things aren't handled properly, complaints will soar into the sky like they grew wings… and the supervisory bodies above will come down in droves to cause trouble…
Even if I really were the Just and Honorable Lord, I would surely find faults; not to mention, I definitely am not, my hands are not clean at all…
This time, it would really lead to casualties…
The city lord's face turned pale.
At this moment, I’m finished.
I didn’t expect my manhood to fail first, and now my official luck is also about to run out…
And it seems I might lose all my assets too…
Which means, as a man, my pleasures are all gone…
The city lord was filled with rage.
Li Family!
You dare to deceive me like this? Even if I have to die, I’ll pull you down with me, we’ll all go to Nine Springs together!
With a determined heart, the city lord made up his mind.
“What to do? My lord? Right now!” General Zhou asked gloomily.
“What to do? Retreat! Immediate retreat!” The city lord’s expression turned cold again.
“Retreat?” General Zhou was dumbfounded.
“Do you want to stay here starving with the northwest wind? Or do you want to dig a hole and bury yourself here, General Zhou?!” The city lord shouted in hysteria, waving his sleeve and leaving.
General Zhou rubbed his head, watching the city lord vanish into the distance, feeling disgruntled: “If we’re retreating, then let’s retreat, no need to be fierce… I’m still alive, where would a grave come from?”
……
In these past few days, the city lord kept thinking of ways, sitting idle wasn’t an option…
Unfortunately, the urgent matter was to appease his subordinates; only by calming their emotions could he buy time and turn the situation around. If they could recover the Li Family's savings within the deadline, everything could return to normal!
One team returned.
Two teams returned.
Many of the Li Family members were intercepted. But the things that were seized… truly made the city lord feel the urge to kill! Collecting the bodies of the few experts from the Li Family, he checked their storage rings.
Only then did he discover the Li Family had three in total, one of which had exploded with Chu divine doctor’s sword. The other two ended up in the city lord's hands. Upon seeing the space that was barely the size of two boxes, the city lord roared in anger, and the two expensive storage rings flew into the latrine of the lord's residence…