Chapter 153: Deliberation at the City Lord's Mansion

Without waiting long, Gao Feng's elite subordinates returned to the camp.

"My Lord, because evil anomalies are permeating the patrol outposts previously held by Patrol Guard Du, we subordinates truly could not get close."

These elites were still somewhat dazed; this must have been caused by their attempt to step inside, which is why they had forgotten to send a message in advance just now.

"Hmm, then let the Outer Superintendent handle it himself."

It is merely an evil anomaly permeating; as long as it is not within the boundary, there is no need to be too anxious to deal with it, and besides, one cannot help that piece of trash Tang Yiping clean up his messes every single time.

He had already found useful details at the camp, crushed the breeding evil entities that possessed physical forms to prevent evil cultivators from using them for further obvious actions, and laid the foundation for the subsequent rebuilding of the camp...

After entering the boundary, he did not detour to the corpse-burying wasteland; he only sent a message toward that side, then headed straight back.

Gao Feng felt he had done enough, so he simply crushed the messaging jade talisman he had been holding in his hand the whole time and led his subordinates back.

Tang Yiping's eyes conveyed such thoughts.

"Uh..."

"Patrol Guard Du En."

Whether it was Tang Yiping or Gao Feng, both felt their bodies light and airy at this moment, and their attitudes also became calm and gentle.

But in the eyes of those at a higher level, this was just a normal deployment, and one could not find any fault with it in terms of rules or reason.

Huh?

Right from the start, Tang Yiping was left bewildered.

So Gao Feng put down his teacup and said, "First of all, if Superintendent Tang wants to shirk responsibility this time and find someone to take the blame, then I am sorry, but I have already sent everyone you might frame to the Forbidden Prison."

"Superintendent Gao, you are something else, using a small trick like repairing the city wall's protection to block me. What exactly is your intention? Speak! Is it that you colluded with evil cultivators, which is why this chaos occurred! Otherwise..."

It was not that he did not have one, but because he did.

That is why the force of his speech was greatly weakened.

This Yang Feng looked to be seventy or eighty years old, appearing kind-hearted with a gentle gaze, his light black Daoist robe fluttering, giving one a sense of him being a man of the Dao. Seeing his two subordinates arrive with the atmosphere not quite right, he was in no hurry to say anything, only signaling them to drink the freshly brewed tea.

Finally, at the city gate, Gao Feng blocked Tang Yiping, who had been obstructed there.

Times have changed; now the situation is different, and even if you don't want to admit it, you have to admit it obediently!

Gao Feng sneered inwardly. When the protection of the gate passage was repaired and the barrier between them vanished, he gave Tang Yiping no chance to speak, saying directly: "Let's go, we are going to see the City Lord."

The two went together to the inner city, to the hub within the inner city: the City Lord's Mansion.

It was also a place that Tang Yiping absolutely could not endure!

To be able to react and repair it so quickly, and you still say you didn't plan this for a long time!

"It's just an emergency contingency plan; don't tell me you don't have a single one?"

And Gao Feng indeed had the intention of taking this opportunity to thoroughly suppress Tang Yiping.

Tang Yiping's mess had not yet been cleaned up, so his confidence was very weak. He was both angry and anxious, wanting to retort, but fearing that Gao Feng would truly go to the City Lord to lodge a malicious complaint, he fell into hesitation and entanglement.

"You!"

In the eyes of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the city, being assigned to the outpost camp is basically equivalent to exile, a severe punishment second only to the death penalty.

Facing Gao Feng, Tang Yiping chose to strike back first because of the unease in his heart.

Gao Feng looked at Tang Yiping at this moment as if looking at a fool. It was very straightforward, and his words carried a sigh. Amidst the other's uncontrollable anger, he said slowly: "The reason I did this is not to clean up your mess, but because I had no choice. Seeing you so stupid, I could only take action to avoid your pile of shit from staining us."

"You!"

Now, they are arresting people according to the list; as long as they are not dead, they are all being taken to the inner city's Forbidden Prison.

Tang Yiping calmed down slightly. Naturally, he would not invite humiliation upon himself and immediately wanted to shift the topic to the division of power and responsibility.

How could his power be encroached upon by others!

"You surnamed Gao, do you really think the position of Vice City Lord is already within your grasp? I tell you, it's not that simple! Even if I made a mistake this time, I will not admit defeat so easily!"

Gao Feng's light, airy counter-question directly interrupted Tang Yiping's attempt to shift the blame.

The old City Lord's few ordinary words suppressed Tang Yiping, forcing him to gloomily restrain himself.

Among them were naturally subordinates whom Tang Yiping had hated openly or secretly in the past.

Because Gao Feng acted so quickly, why did it look like he was lending Tang Yiping a helping hand?

As for why this Inner City Superintendent knew so much about Tang Yiping's affairs, it was naturally because he had specifically planted eyes and ears to probe for relevant intelligence.

The old City Lord Yang Feng, who basically only managed things broadly and was either in seclusion or on the way to seclusion on ordinary days, was waiting for them in the main hall at this moment.

Because the defensive strength of the outer city wall was set to correspond to the Nascent Soul stage, Gao Feng having his subordinates repair the gap in the gate passage could easily trap the Golden Core mid-stage Tang Yiping here.

This was actually the pain point!

Logically speaking, the chaos had not significantly affected the inner city, and Tang Yiping had not been severely injured or killed to the point of being unable to perform his duties, so it should not have been intervened in so quickly by the Inner City Superintendent, Gao Feng.

"It's not about this small matter of the outer city!"

Gao Feng sighed inwardly at this guy's dullness and stupidity, and had to add this sentence.

But because of this, he was swift and decisive, and Tang Yiping seized the opportunity.

Therefore, this was an encroachment of power and responsibility!

This third-grade premium spirit tea had extraordinary effects; once a cup entered the belly, it immediately calmed the spirit and settled the mind, compensated for injuries, and made the body and mind feel naturally relaxed.

Thus, Tang Yiping could only suppress the unease in his heart, sit down with Gao Feng, and honestly finish this cup of spirit tea.

As for why, despite having an emergency contingency plan, yesterday's incident still happened?

It can only be said that having a contingency plan does not mean it can be executed well.

Seeing that they could now speak calmly and logically, Yang Feng gave a look of affirmation.

"Let him finish."

"Superintendent Gao, this... what exactly is the meaning of this?"

Thus, in doubt and uncertainty, Tang Yiping still chose to follow Gao Feng.

Seeing that he still hadn't figured it out, Gao Feng shook his head even more: "Originally, I thought that you holding people down and throwing them to the outpost camp could still be considered as having some self-awareness, and your approach didn't actually have any major errors. After all, the environment of the outpost camp is poor, which can reasonably restrict him, and even if he died by accident, there would be nothing to say; it would just be normal incompetence leading to death."

Even the old City Lord Yang Feng looked over in surprise.

Tang Yiping asked tentatively, and the old City Lord Yang Feng also waited curiously.

"It is acceptable up to this point, but Chief Steward Tang is truly headstrong and incompetent; the more he handles these affairs, the more loopholes appear, which is what ultimately led to this incident."

Faced with such sarcasm, Tang Yiping instead felt it was fitting; apart from his expression becoming even gloomier, he had no intense reaction.

(End of chapter)