Draconis, the Lord of Zhiling City, was one of the eleven feudal officials of the Xuan Army Empire.
Among the eleven district lords, only two of them had no family background and were appointed to high positions by the Empire alone. Draconis was one of them. The other was the Lord of Flat River City, Yu Ruo. He also had no family background, but his school background was not small — he was one of the twenty-eight most outstanding people in the South Sky Academy.
In comparison, Draconis was the most legendary of the eleven district lords. Before the Lord of Gorge Peak City, Wei Zhong, passed away and was succeeded by Wei Tianqi, he was the youngest.
At this moment, the legendary city lord of this district had come to this shabby courtyard alone. After answering Lu Ping's question, he started to look at the bowls of the others. He didn't treat himself as an outsider at all.
Everyone in the courtyard fell silent and looked at Chu Min. They would treat any official of the Xuan Army Empire very carefully, but this person in front of them seemed to be quite familiar with Chu Min. Without waiting for Chu Min to say anything, he spoke again with a look of disdain, "You made this yourself, didn't you?"
"You have a problem with that?" Chu Min said.
"No, but I do have a suggestion." Draconis paused. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he waved his arm and said, "Why don't you come with me, I'll treat everyone to a feast!"
Morin stood up excitedly, but seeing that no one else had any reaction, he squatted back down and said against his conscience, "There's no need, I'll just eat this."
"Look at how wronged the child is," Draconis said to Chu Min after looking at Morin sympathetically.
"Then let's go." Chu Min unexpectedly agreed. Even Draconis was caught off guard.
"Are we really going?" He actually wanted to confirm again.
"What do you think?" Chu Min said.
"Then let's go!" Draconis waved his arm and shouted.
Fang Yizhu and Jin were a little hesitant, but seeing that Lu Ping unconditionally agreed with Chu Min's decision, they didn't say anything more. They were rather quick to give up the bowl of Chinese cabbage and tofu in their hands.
The couple next door probably heard the commotion and came out of their room to take a look. Seeing Draconis, he was startled and immediately kneeled on the ground in fear and trepidation.
"There's no need to trouble yourself. Go about your business." Draconis generously waved his hand at the two civilians. When the two of them heard this, they didn't dare to get up immediately. They just slowly straightened their upper bodies. When they looked at Chu Min again, their eyes were evasive, and their faces were filled with confusion and incomprehension.
They don't know Chu Min's background, but she must have had a hard life since she needed the help of such a dilapidated and abandoned house. The kind couple gave her a lot of help and care, but they didn't expect that this "hard life" turned out to be a friend of their First Castellan.
Chu Min noticed their eyes, smiled, and waved to them, "Brother Ding, Sister Ding, I'll go out for a while."
"Ah … you're busy, you're busy …" The two addressed Chu Min as "you", and they almost saluted her in panic. Chu Min was helpless, but she also knew that she belonged to a different world from these ordinary people after all. Even if she continued to live here in the future, others' attitude towards her would no longer be as ordinary and natural as before.
"Let's go." Chu Min still nodded to the two, and then left with Draconis with everyone else.
"The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind will not stop." Su Tang suddenly said at this time.
"Yes." Lu Ping said. There were some things that he just didn't say, but it didn't mean that he didn't want or understand. He wanted to live an ordinary and natural life, but he was a cultivator, and he possessed strength that made others wary. The environment he was in was destined to not be ordinary and natural. The Xuan Army Empire had withdrawn their bounty, but they wouldn't stop paying attention to them. Even if the Empire really didn't care, there were factions and factions within the Empire, and many people would still pay attention to them.
When they'd first come to Zhiling City to attend the Soul Gathering, the third son of the Liang family, Liang Zheng, had tried to rope them in.
Who knew if the current Lord of Zhiling City had been instructed by the Profound Emperor, or if he'd acted on his own. In short, he must have received the news when Lu Ping and the others had entered the Zhiling district. That was why he'd been able to rush to their side as soon as the Chinese cabbage and tofu had been prepared.
The esteemed Lord of the City naturally wouldn't treat them in this rural village, and would lead them all the way to Zhiling City. Lu Ping and the others could only carry their weapons with them, and so they naturally received much attention from Draconis. After holding back for almost half the journey, he finally couldn't help but ask, "What are you putting on with so many weapons?"
"We accidentally got this many, we can't just throw them away." Fang Yizhu said.
"Wandering cultivator Fang Yizhu of the Southern Mountains of Beidou?" Draconis looked at Fang Yizhu.
"Oh? I'm famous now? "Fang Yizhu was pleasantly surprised.
"Not bad." Draconis smiled and then swept his gaze across the group, finally stopping on Sister Jin. "It's this one, this one was a bit blind."
"Forest of Treasures, Jin Buhuan." Sister Jin said faintly. After spending a few days with Lu Ping and the others, Sister Jin had pretty much learned the temperament she needed. In the past, the Lord of Zhiling City was an unquestionable important person in her eyes. She didn't kneel on the ground and kowtow like the commoner couple. This was probably the only restraint she could retain as a cultivator. But now that she was following Lu Ping and the others, Sister Jin was gradually getting used to the rhythm. In the eyes of this group of people, no, to be precise, it should be in the eyes of Lu Ping, there was no high or low status and strength, only the closeness of the relationship.
Sister Jin couldn't see how strong Chu Min was, but she could see Lu Ping's respect and trust for Chu Min.
The status of the Lord of Zhiling City was very high, but Lu Ping treated him no differently than an ordinary passerby. So when standing on Lu Ping's side, Sister Jin's attitude was as consistent as possible.
"I've heard of the Forest of Treasures," Draconis said, implying that he hadn't heard of Jin Buhuan.
"It's not worth mentioning." Jin replied casually. Not only did she respond to Long Xing's words, but she also responded to his implication.
"So all of your divine weapons came from the Forest of Treasures?" Draconis said, obviously treating Lu Ping and the others as robbers.
"Not all of them," Lu Ping said.
Fang Yizhu and Morin, who were more thoughtful, suddenly looked at each other at this moment. These divine weapons in their hands had already been carried when they walked out of Xuan Jun City's Fish Market Street, mainly because of the contribution of the League of Assassins. But Draconis seemed to know nothing about it. It seemed that the Xuan Army Empire didn't explain what happened when Lu Ping broke into Xuan Jun City alone even to a high-ranking official like Draconis. The news was very tightly sealed.
"What would you like to eat?" Finally, they arrived at the gate of Zhiling City. When the city guards saw the Lord of Zhiling City saluted, Draconis turned to them and asked.
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