After returning to Shading City, Deng Lai immediately reported this matter to the city lord. This matter naturally alerted the city lord.
Soon after, the city lord gathered all the elders and hall masters in the city's main hall.
As this matter was related to Elder Colin, the city lord didn't inform him beforehand. When he arrived at the main hall, he realized that something was amiss. However, it was already too late.
However, he was a cunning old fox. How could he admit to it? Hence, when he saw Hall Master Luo, Mu Yi, and the other demons being tied up in the main hall, a thought flashed in his mind. No matter what, he couldn't admit that he was involved in this matter.
When all the demons arrived, the city lord of Shading City, who was sitting in the center of the main hall, immediately turned to Hall Master Luo. "I heard that you accepted Mu Yi's bribe to deal with our Shading City?"
The evidence was already in Deng Lai's hands. Hence, Hall Master Luo could only admit to it. "Yes."
"You are just a hall master. Who gave you the guts?" The city lord immediately said coldly.
"It was Ke …"
Just as Hall Master Luo was about to give up Elder Colin, Elder Colin shouted. "Hall Master Luo, I didn't expect you to be such a person. What a waste of my high regard for you!"
Seeing that Elder Colin was trying to shirk his responsibility, Hall Master Luo no longer had any benevolence in his heart. He coldly said, "Elder Colin, you are the one who asked me to do this. Now, you are trying to shirk all responsibility!"
"How is that possible? How could I do such a thing? I am an elder of Shading City. I am loyal to the Nanchuan Region my entire life! "Elder Colin couldn't help but shout.
"Elder Kerlin, stop pretending. Hall Master Luo did this because you accepted a bribe from me," Mu Yi said, glaring at Elder Kerlin.
"City lord, these two are slandering me. I didn't ask Hall Master Luo to do this." Elder Colin looked at the city lord and shouted.
"Elder Colin, don't speak first. Let me hear their reasons." The city lord frowned.
After hearing the city lord's words, Elder Colin could only shut his mouth.
"What reasons do you have?" The City Lord looked at Hall Master Luo and Mu Yi.
"City Lord, Hall Chief Deng and I were supposed to take on other missions, but Elder Kerlin used his authority to make us take on this mission together. This is one of the reasons," Hall Chief Luo said.
After hearing Hall Chief Luo's words, the city lord could not help but nod his head. Truth be told, he was very concerned about this mission. He was a little curious about why Elder Kerlin insisted on Deng Lai and Hall Chief Luo to carry out this mission.
However, he didn't think too much about it at that time. How could he have known that there was something fishy about it?
"City Lord, don't listen to his nonsense. I just feel that the two of them are more suitable for this mission." Elder Kerlin hurriedly said.
The mayor ignored him and asked, "Do you have any other evidence?"
How could Hall Master Luo have any evidence? He looked at Mu Yi and said, "Mu Yi, didn't you say that you have an image rune? Take it out quickly. "
However, Mu Yi shook his head. "I don't have any image rune."
After hearing Mu Yi's words, Hall Master Luo's face couldn't help but twitch. Previously, when Mu Yi said that he had an image rune, he immediately exposed it. Who would have thought that Mu Yi didn't have any?
"However, even though I don't have an image rune, I have a strong evidence." Mu Yi said.
"What evidence?" The City Lord asked.
"Elder Kerlin took a runic armor from me. That runic armor is a little special. Once it is activated, a 'Mu' word will appear on it." Mu Yi said.
"Oh, is that so." The City Lord nodded his head and looked at Elder Kerlin. "Elder Kerlin, is there really such a runic armor?"
"It is true that I have a runic armor, but there is no such runic armor." Elder Kerlin immediately said.
"Elder Kerlin, do you dare to activate that runic armor in front of everyone?" Mu Yi asked.
"Why not? However, let me tell you, that runic armor is not the one with the 'Mu' word on it. Hehehe." Elder Kerlin chuckled.
"If you take out another runic armor, there will naturally be no 'Mu' word on it. However, if you take out the one I gave you, there will definitely be a 'Mu' word on it." Mu Yi said.
The two monsters acted as if they were telling the truth, causing the other monsters to be at a loss as to who to believe.
"Don't worry. How could I possibly have your runic armor?" After saying that, Elder Kerlin said to the City Lord, "City Lord, I am wearing my runic armor right now. However, it is definitely not Mu Yi's runic armor."
"Show it to us first." The City Lord frowned and said.
"Alright." As he spoke, Elder Kerlin immediately took off his clothes, revealing the runic armor he was wearing to the crowd of Demonic Beasts.
Under the attentive gazes of the crowd, Elder Ke Lin directly activated the runic armor. Immediately, countless runes appeared on the surface of the runic armor.
Everyone's eyes widened. However, no matter how hard they looked, they could not see what words the runes on the runic armor formed.
"Hehe. Did you see that? There is no 'Mu' word on this runic armor." Elder Kerlin laughed proudly.
However, Mu Yi's expression changed. He could not help but say, "This is obviously my runic armor. Why is there no 'Mu' word on it?"
The City Lord's expression immediately darkened. He shouted at Mu Yi, "Mu Yi, how dare you! You actually want to frame our Sand City's Elder Kerlin!"
"That … City Lord, there should really be a 'Mu' word on it … Why don't you let Elder Kerlin try it again?" Mu Yi said unwillingly.
"Although I don't need to care about your words, in order to prove my innocence, why don't I show it again?" Elder Kerlin said in a straightforward manner.
After saying that, he put away the runes on the runic armor. After a few breaths, he activated them again.
Soon, countless runes appeared on the runic armor. The monsters widened their eyes and looked at the runic armor again. However, no matter how they looked, they could not see any words on the runic armor.
"Mu Yi, what else do you have to say? Hall Master Luo, what about you? "Elder Kerlin said to Mu Yi and Hall Master Luo in a provocative manner.
Although he was very suspicious, there was no evidence to convict him immediately. Hence, he was naturally not worried.
Mu Yi and Hall Master Luo could not refute him at all. They could only remain silent.
"Alright. The facts have proven that Elder Kerlin has nothing to do with this matter." Seeing this situation, the City Lord immediately said.
Although he was very suspicious of Elder Kerlin, Elder Kerlin was his subordinate after all. He had made many contributions over the years. Under the circumstances where there was no direct evidence to prove that he was in cahoots with Mu Yi, the City Lord naturally chose to protect Elder Kerlin.
Was this old man going to escape punishment just like that? After hearing the City Lord's words, the monsters on Deng Lai's side were naturally unwilling. However, like Mu Yi, there was nothing they could do.
However, just when the monsters thought that the matter was settled, a young man suddenly stood up and said, "City Lord, the runic armor that Elder Kerlin is wearing actually has a 'Mu' word on it."
This young man was naturally Lin Long.
After hearing Lin Long's words, Deng Lai's expression involuntarily changed. He hurriedly pulled Lin Long back and said, "Chen Xiao, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Hall Master Deng, I am not spouting nonsense. That is indeed the truth." Lin Long said.
"I say, kid, how can you speak without thinking? Do you think that all of us are fools? Where is the word on Elder Kerlin's runic armor? "
At this moment, many of the monsters also frowned and said.
"Hall Master Deng, keep an eye on your subordinates!" an elder berated Deng Lai.
"Yes, yes." Deng Lai smiled apologetically and wanted to pull Lin Long back again.
However, he did not expect that his hand would slip and Lin Long would walk out again.
"City Lord, there is indeed a 'Mu' word on the runic armor," Lin Long said to the City Lord.
"Kid, not only are you speaking without thinking, but you are also looking down on the rules of our Sha Ding City!" The elder from before immediately shouted at Lin Long.
After speaking, he looked at the guards at the entrance and said, "Take this kid down!"
At this moment, the City Lord, who had been silent for a while, suddenly said, "Wait!"
"City Lord, what's wrong?" The elder could not help but look at the City Lord.
The City Lord ignored him and looked at Lin Long instead. "You said that there is a 'Mu' word on Elder Kerlin's runic armor, but we did not see anything."
"City Lord, the runes on Elder Kerlin's runic armor should be able to form a 'Mu' word. However, he used a concealment technique to prevent the word from appearing," Lin Long said.
"Kid, you are slandering me!" Elder Kerlin said angrily.
Although he said that, he was actually panicking in his heart because things were indeed as the other party had said.
"If you say that Elder Kerlin used a concealment technique, then I'll give you a chance to reveal the word 'Mu'. If you can't do it, then don't blame me for being impolite!" At the end of his speech, the City Lord's tone became extremely cold.
"City Lord, don't worry." Lin Long could not help but smile. He immediately walked in front of Elder Kerlin.
"You can experiment all you want. If there is really a 'Mu' word, I, Kerlin, will directly eat this runic armor." Elder Kerlin sneered.
His confident expression caused most of the Demon Race members to believe him.
However, they did not know that Elder Kerlin's heart was already in a mess.
Lin Long ignored him and reached out his hand to pat the runic armor on Elder Kerlin's body a few times. After patting it a few times, the runes on the armor started to flicker. When it stopped, everyone could not help but be extremely shocked. That was because the runes on that spot had clearly formed a 'Mu' word.
Looking at the 'Mu' word, the City Lord could not help but frown. "Elder Kerlin, what is going on?"
Elder Kerlin's face was deathly pale at this moment. Then, with a 'putong' sound, he directly knelt down. "City Lord, I was wrong. Because this runic armor is indeed not bad, I became greedy for it."
"You mean to say that you really colluded with the Ming Region's Mu Yi?" The City Lord said coldly.
"City Lord, I did not intend to deal with our Nanchuan Region. I only wanted Mu Yi to teach Deng Lai a lesson." Elder Kerlin said with a sullen face.
"You are wrong. Colluding with the Ming Region's Demon Race is a serious crime, no matter what your motive is." The City Lord shook his head and said.
At this time, the Nanchuan Region's relationship with the Ming Region was not good. Colluding with the Ming Region's Demon Race was a serious crime. Even the Sand City Lord did not dare to protect him.
Therefore, even if he did not want to be heavy-handed with Elder Kerlin, the Sand City Lord had no choice but to do so.
After saying that, he looked at an elder beside him and said, "Law Enforcement Elder, take him down and send him to the dungeon!"
That elder immediately stood up and went behind Elder Kerlin. He immediately set up a seal.
Elder Kerlin did not dare to resist. He could only watch helplessly as the other party subdued him.
After that, the Law Enforcement Elder sent Elder Kerlin, Mu Yi, Hall Master Luo, and the other Demon Race members to Sand City's dungeon.
After they left, the City Lord shifted his gaze to Linlong and said, "Little brother, your knowledge of runes is not bad. You actually managed to see through something that none of us could."
Just now, when the 'Mu' character appeared, those who were somewhat knowledgeable could naturally tell that Elder Kerlin had used some sort of technique to conceal the 'Mu' character.
"Previously, I specialized in runes in the Ming Region, so I have a certain understanding of it. That's why I knew about it," Linlong explained.
"Mm, not bad. Continue to develop it in the future." The City Lord nodded and said with a look of admiration.
Then, he looked at the crowd of Demon Race members and said sternly, "Alright, this matter ends here. I hope that such a thing will not happen again."
After saying that, he let the Demon Race members leave.
After that, Linlong, Deng Lai, and the other Demon Race members returned to their branch hall.
"Brother Chen, I did not expect you to know about runes! You really surprised us. "
On the way back, Deng Lai and the other Demon Race members naturally sighed.
"Elder Kerlin has a certain level of influence in Sand City. If it wasn't for the fact that this incident happened so suddenly and that he was unable to make a comeback, I'm afraid it would have been difficult for us to stay in Sand City," a Demon Race member said.
"That's right. If we didn't defeat him in one blow, our days in the future would have been difficult," Deng Lai said in agreement.
"Even if he was directly locked up, we still have to be careful in the future. Moreover, he has a disciple who is very popular in Nanchuan City. He has become a Hall Master at such a young age. His ability is not something that we can compare with," the Demon Race member from before said again.
"Oh, what's his name?" Linlong asked.
"His name is Li Xi. He is only a few years older than you, but his strength has already reached the later stages of the Martial Overlord Realm. It is also because of this that he can become a Hall Master in Nanchuan City."
"Although he is a Hall Master, due to his limitless future, his ability and prestige are not something that the Elders of Sand City can compare with."
"It can be said that the Elders of Sand City have to be polite when they see him. Only the Governor of Sand City can look down on him."
Deng Lai and the other Demon Race members told Linlong about Li Xi.
"However, Brother Chen, you don't have to worry too much. After all, this matter has already been decided. The Governor will definitely protect us. When that time comes, even if Li Xi comes looking for trouble, the Governor will stand on our side," Deng Lai comforted Linlong.
"That's good." Linlong nodded.
As they spoke, they returned to their branch hall hall.
Nothing much happened in the next two days. On the third day, when Linlong was walking in Sand City, a few Demon Race members suddenly blocked his way.
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