In the northern governor's manor of Fire City, the three vice governors were all killed. The grand governor of Lifire City personally sent people over to investigate. But after learning of the results, they didn't say anything and directly left.
Lu Tong acted against Qin Wentian, injuring Qin Wentian. Zhao Yichuan and Zhong Zihua even joined hands to kill their superior. Qin Wentian killing them was completely within the rules and no one could say anything. The hearts of the people below were all filled with trepidation. Everyone in the governor's manor became extremely cautious, no one dared to provoke Qin Wentian's prestige anymore.
After several days, Qin Wentian appointed three vice governors. All of them were bandits from the Thousand Feathers Palace. Other than the Evil Emperor, he sent all the bandits from the Thousand Feathers Palace to manage the governor's manor. Although Qin Wentian temporarily didn't plan to expand his territory, at the very least, he wanted to gain complete control over the governor's manor. If things were like in the past, no one would reply to his command. None of the three vice governors appeared. How could he do things?
Naturally, Qin Wentian temporarily didn't plan to do anything. Although the incident that day was more shocking than dangerous, with his undying body, even if his body was pierced through, he could still recover very quickly. But this could also be considered a lesson to Qin Wentian. After the Evil Emperor controlled Zhong Zihua, although he had no way to know that the Jialan Clan was behind this, Zhong Zihua said that a mysterious person came looking for him and gave him the Soul Slaying Needle, telling him to join forces with Zhao Yichuan. Let alone Qin Wentian, even Zhong Zihua himself guessed that the mysterious person was someone from the Jialan Clan.
Not only so, according to what Zhong Zihua said, the three vice governors and many attendants under them had all received bribes from different powers. Everyone had a tacit understanding, they clearly knew what was going on but no one said anything. After all, other than the Lifire Palace giving out their cultivation resources once every ten years, the governor's manor could only reward them based on the amount of tributes they received. But how could the northern governor's manor receive so many tributes? There was no need to hope for any rewards. The people in this governor's manor were all extremely poor.
Qin Wentian told the Evil Emperor to look for the butler while he went out to investigate. After that, he looked through the dossiers and noted down all the businesses in the northern city regions that the Jialan Clan might have a hand in. In the end, he discovered to his shock that the Jialan Clan was in control of all the major businesses in the northern city regions. For those large auction houses, Divine Weapon Hall and medicinal pill pavilions, their shadows could be seen in all of them. In fact, for some of the mid-sized powers, there might even be people from the Jialan Clan controlling them from the shadows.
Before the Lifire Empyrean became the Lifire Empyrean, the Jialan Clan had already taken root in Lifire City. There were many major clans in the northern city regions and the Jialan Clan was publicly recognized as the number one clan. All the major clans had deep connections with them. For example, many of the madams of the clan lords all originated from the Jialan Clan.
Not only did the Jialan Clan have deep roots, they even extended their influence outwards, even reaching the Realmlord's side. From this, one could very well imagine how powerful they were. This was why they were able to contend against the Lifire Empyrean.
Qin Wentian couldn't help but to sigh. In the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms, as long as you controlled enough resources, you would be able to transform it into a terrifying power. For example, with a single command from the Jialan Clan, many immortal emperors could go over to pay respects to them. This was even more attractive compared to the governor's manor. Because the Jialan Clan was wealthy enough, they could provide enough cultivation resources for those unaffiliated immortal emperors to maintain their cultivation. They could also provide powerful emperor-ranked weapons and precious emperor-ranked pills.
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The once-a-decade tribute date finally arrived. The entire Lifire City was bustling with activity. Naturally, the ones who were the busiest were still the City Lord Manors of the various regions. To the people of Lifire City, this was merely an additional matter of paying tributes. Many powers naturally took the initiative to do so.
However, the City Lord's Mansion in the Northern City District had very few forces that took the initiative to pay tribute. It was almost deserted. From this, it could be seen how bad the prestige of the City Lord's Mansion in the Northern City District was. No forces cared about it at all. Of course, this was also because the City Lord's Mansion in the Northern City District had not provided much protection to the forces in the past ten years. Many conflicts were settled by them themselves.
Today, the three vice governors of the governor's manor took the initiative to collect tributes. However, things weren't so smooth. Some of the smaller powers were unwilling to pay tributes while some of the major powers weren't so cooperative.
Vice Governor Xu Li had a mid-stage immortal king cultivation base. He was none other than the person who intercepted Qin Wentian and allowed him to pass. When he was collecting tributes from the Ancient River Auction House, he encountered a major incident. An expert who obtained a treasure from the auction house was killed by someone. His interspatial ring and treasure were all snatched away. Lifire City absolutely forbade private killings. If there were any conflicts that couldn't be resolved, there would be special battlegrounds for that.
Xu Li stared at the corpse on the ground as his expression grew extremely unsightly. The people from the Ancient River Auction House stood in front of him. The person in the lead was an old man. He spoke, "Vice Governor Xu, it's not that my auction house doesn't want to cooperate. It's just that during these years, many major and minor incidents have occurred in my auction house. Now, there's even such a serious case of murder happening outside my auction house. Which matter has the governor's manor helped me to resolve? Now that it's time to pay tributes, the governor's manor actually became so proactive? This doesn't seem right. "
"That's right. As the saying goes, there's no reward for nothing. Even if the Lifire Empyrean was here, I'm sure he would understand." Someone clasped his hands to the air, expressing his respect to the Lifire Empyrean.
"The Ancient River Auction House is one of the major auction houses in Lifire City. They are extremely powerful and have as many experts as the clouds. To think that the auctioneer would actually die outside. Also, it just so happened that we're here to collect tributes. This …" Xu Li's eyes flashed with coldness. As a bandit, what has he not seen before? Such an obvious trick was clearly meant to target the governor's manor.
"Vice Governor Xu, what do you mean by that?" That old man's expression instantly turned heavy. He coldly spoke, "My Ancient River Auction House has already existed for many years. Would we destroy our own reputation? As for Vice Governor Xu, you didn't even bother to investigate this matter and are still busy collecting tributes, suspecting our auction house. Isn't this a little too ridiculous?"
"Actually, to the northern city regions, whether the governor's manor exists or not isn't that important. It's basically useless. What do we need them for? They even have to pay tributes once every ten years. How ridiculous."
"Yeah, in any case, my side doesn't plan to pay tributes anymore. Unless there's a day when the governor's manor can truly bring out the capabilities of the governor's manor."
"Vice Governor Xu, this old man isn't the one who said this. Everyone here has their own opinions." The old man from the Ancient River Auction House coldly spoke. Xu Li swept his gaze over everyone. So many major powers appeared together and their lineup was definitely stronger than theirs. If they couldn't handle this matter, they could only report this up to the Lifire Empyrean. Even if the Lifire Empyrean interfered, it would still be because they didn't do their job well. Also, the words of these people weren't wrong. His governor's manor truly didn't do anything.
"Fine, I temporarily won't collect tributes today. But for the death of this person, my governor's manor will naturally investigate this." Xu Li coldly spoke.
"Since this is the case, many thanks for Vice Governor Xu's understanding." The old man clasped his hands. Xu Li flicked his sleeves and departed.
Qin Wentian had long guessed that this would happen. Hence, he told him that if he couldn't collect any tributes, he wouldn't do so. He had to avoid any conflict. The Jialan Clan had been watching them in the dark, they were worried that they wouldn't have a chance to deal with them.
Not only for Xu Li, the other two governors also encountered a similar situation. They didn't receive much tributes.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye. The amount of tributes the northern governor's manor received was pitifully little. Qin Wentian brought these tributes with him and came to the Lifire Palace. No matter how much they received, he would have to hand them to the Lifire Empyrean first.
In a courtyard of the Lifire Palace, a few figures could be seen. There were four males and one female. These five were none other than the current five governors of Lifire City.
The central governor, Xia Hou, exuded a calm might.
The eastern governor, Lin Ba, had a tall and sturdy build. He had a long beard and a square face. His entire person exuded an imposing aura.
The southern governor, Beauty Xiao, was extremely beautiful and charming. Also, she called herself a beauty and was extremely narcissistic. Hence, everyone referred to her as Beauty Xiao.
The western governor, Yin Qiu, had a face as fair as a scholar. His complexion was overly pale, causing people to feel that he had overindulged in debauchery, exuding a demonic aura.
The northern governor, Qin Wentian.
At this moment, Lin Ba and Beauty Xiao were surveying Qin Wentian. Lin Ba had an expression of interest on his face while Beauty Xiao had a smile on her face. Her eyes were filled with charm and charm, capable of seducing the souls of people.
"I didn't expect Governor Qin to be so handsome. No wonder the daughter of the Night Empyrean didn't mind risking her life for Governor Qin." Beauty Xiao giggled, staring at Qin Wentian.
"Beauty Xiao, can you be more handsome than me?" Yin Qiu seemed to be somewhat unconvinced. He kept staring at Beauty Xiao. Beauty Xiao was clad in an extremely sexy dress that accentuated her figure. That ample bosom of hers caused Yin Qiu to involuntarily stretch his hand out to give it a try. All the governors knew that Yin Qiu had been drooling over Beauty Xiao for a very long time.
"How can a pretty boy like you compare to Governor Qin?" Beauty Xiao unrestrainedly mocked. After that, she walked towards Qin Wentian, exuding an alluring fragrance. Her entire person seemed to want to stick close to Qin Wentian.
Qin Wentian involuntarily took a step back, speechless in his heart. Xia Hou and Lin Ba could still be considered normal, but this Beauty Xiao and Yin Qiu didn't seem ordinary at all. To think that they were actually governors as well.
"Governor Qin, tell me, am I more beautiful or is Ye Qianyu more beautiful?" Beauty Xiao winked at Qin Wentian. From Qin Wentian's angle, he could even see places he shouldn't be looking at. This Beauty Xiao's dressing style was much more daring compared to Ye Qianyu. She was clearly trying to seduce him.
Qin Wentian bitterly smiled and shook his head, "Governor Xiao, please don't joke around with me."
"Beauty Xiao, I'm such a handsome man, yet you are so concerned about a trash who hides under the skirt of a woman? Isn't your eyesight a little too bad?" Yin Qiu sinisterly spoke. Qin Wentian's eyes flashed with coldness as he stared at Yin Qiu. However, Yin Qiu didn't care about his gaze at all. He was staring at Beauty Xiao, not concealing the lust in his eyes at all as an evil aura radiated from him.
"Enough." The central governor, Xia Hou, coldly spoke. He stared at Qin Wentian, "Governor Qin, I heard that you killed the three vice governors within three months of entering the governor's manor?"
"Three vice governors plotted to kill me. I naturally have to get rid of them." Qin Wentian nodded.
"Hmph, killing people the moment you entered the governor's manor. Can't you make good use of them? Do you think it's so easy to recruit three immortal emperors? I'm sure the tribute collection this time around wasn't easy for you, right?" Xia Hou coldly spoke, his tone was filled with a lecturing tone. Among the five governors, he was the most experienced and was also the strongest.
Qin Wentian was somewhat unhappy. They were all governors and the five of them could be considered to be of the same rank. However, the governors here didn't seem to care about him at all.
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