Chapter 214: Obtaining Treasures from the Vault (Seeking Subscriptions)

A new day has arrived.

Amidst the bright sunshine, inside the City Lord's Mansion of Nanmo Border City, as the Teleportation Jade Gate rotated, that great Buddha, Meng Changqing, True Monarch Meng Zhun, departed from this border city with his thirty-some guards.

The old City Lord Yang Feng, who was seeing him off, suddenly let out a long sigh of relief and, with lightning speed, gave a good wipe to the fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Kill the chicken to warn the monkey!

The fate of Gao Feng had already made him truly understand what kind of person the benevolent and rule-abiding Meng Changqing was.

Simply put, he was easygoing and pleasant to be around, like a spring breeze, and he would talk to you about rules; but if you were caught violating those rules, then he was very sorry—whatever fate you deserved was exactly the fate you would get.

Therefore, although this white-haired old City Lord Yang Feng had not been thoroughly investigated or held accountable, and appeared to have no real impact, he still held the position of City Lord.

However, the pressure Meng Changqing exerted on him was a kind of emotional stress.

Because if he were truly investigated and held accountable, charging him with crimes like lax supervision of subordinates or dereliction of duty would be entirely possible.

Because he really was derelict in his duties; all day long he only knew how to go into seclusion to cultivate and suppress his realm, doing basically nothing else, completely defaulting to and acquiescing in the various rule-breaking behaviors of the two managers under him, never once investigating or caring.

If they were to dig up the matter of Du En's previous imprisonment, which actually also involved him, then...

He dared not think about it!

He simply dared not think about it!

Yang Feng's old face twitched, and he suddenly revealed a brilliant smile, turning his head to speak enthusiastically to Du En, who was just turning around: "Traveler Du, this old Daoist doesn't have anything good here, just some crude tea that is barely drinkable. You are a young talent, so it would be fine for you to take it to rinse your mouth. I hope you won't mind!"

As he spoke, he stuffed the tea leaves directly into Du En's hands.

Ten bricks of third-grade supreme-quality spirit tea, stuffed directly.

Judging by value alone, it was estimated to be worth at least two hundred high-grade spirit stones, and it could also be used as a supplementary ingredient for cooking.

Consequently, Du En chose to accept it directly.

Anyway, this old City Lord was basically inseparable from the matter of his own imprisonment back then, so he took it as an apology, and thus accepted it with a clear conscience.

Seeing him accept it, Yang Feng's old face bloomed like a sunflower, and he spoke with great enthusiasm and flattery: "This old Daoist is also bold enough to suggest that when Traveler Du returns from your travels, why not come and take the position of Inner City Manager, which is currently vacant? Of course, if you have gains from your travels and your realm breaks through to the late Golden Core stage, you could also directly assume the position of Deputy City Lord."

Speaking to this point, he feigned frailty and weakness, coughing with short breath: "This old Daoist is aged and decrepit; I estimate that in twenty or thirty years, I will have to retire from this City Lord position. By then, Traveler Du will be in the prime of your life and can take over this city and continue to lead it to shine and generate heat for the Immortal Sect!"

He actually knew very clearly that Du En would basically not choose to return and stay in office, but he still chose to say this at this time, very tactfully expressing an attitude.

Because Yang Feng felt that the reason Meng Changqing did not investigate or move against him at all was to leave this position—or rather, a way out—for Du En.

After all, once this Traveler Du finished his travels, he would have to get involved in more matters.

In the process, the dangers would be unpredictable, and it would be inevitable to encounter some accidents, so he needed to leave a way out.

Du En exchanged some polite pleasantries with the old City Lord and naturally sensed his misunderstanding.

The reason Meng Changqing had slightly restrained his true nature and chosen to keep this guy was not to provide for Du En's retirement, but to ensure his influence here in Nanmo, to be used to supervise the wasteland outside the city and the ruins beyond the boundary.

After all, even if he replaced him with another, it would likely be the same sort of trash, and replacing him with his own people would involve other concerns, so he would just keep this old thing for now.

Of course, if Du En were to unfortunately suffer a disaster later and only manage to save his own life, then he could choose to return to retire and wait for death.

Du En did not waste time on pleasantries and quickly chose to get straight to the point: "City Lord Yang, how do I get to the City Lord's Mansion treasure vault?"

"I will take Traveler Du there. Also, Traveler, there is no need to be so polite and distant; just call me Old Yang."

Yang Feng laughed heartily, very casual, like an old urchin.

But Du En's expression remained unchanged, as always, which made the other party feel nothing but trouble in his heart.

Helpless, he dared not delay and quickly led the way.

Du En followed him to a side hall building in the City Lord's Mansion. The place looked ordinary, spacious, and empty, with only a white jade stele standing in the center of the room.

"This is the treasure vault. Input your magic power into the stele, and combine it with your identity token to cross-verify your identity. It will automatically display the various items available for exchange according to your corresponding authority, as well as the various items that can be exchanged with merit points."

Yang Feng stepped forward to demonstrate first, pressing against the jade stele, inputting magic power, then taking out his token and applying a specialized technique. After verifying his identity in this way, a light screen appeared.

Lines of category text appeared on it, and as he tapped and checked with his divine sense, the specific items available for purchase and their category names appeared in order; clicking on a specific single item would also show an introduction and explanation.

However, Du En noticed that the things this City Lord could purchase were actually not that many, totaling only about a thousand items, clearly indicating that his authority was not high.

"Once you have chosen which one, place your spirit stones on the stele, and the corresponding item will be teleported over..."

After finishing the demonstration one by one, Yang Feng stepped back and gestured respectfully for Du En to go over, while he consciously retreated outside the door to wait, just like a servant.

No matter what schemes he had before, or what he was hiding, now he could only act this humble and subservient, not daring to have a single complaint, and even having to thank Du En.

If he hadn't thought about leaving a way out for Du En, he would probably be like Gao Feng now, waiting to be sent to the front line as cannon fodder—a pure dead end!

Du En withdrew the divine sense he had been secretly using and turned his focus to the treasure vault.

As soon as he finished verifying his identity, numerous characters appeared on the jade stele, dense and packed, far more than Yang Feng's, because he could purchase all treasures corresponding to the Golden Core stage and below.

When the old City Lord caught a glimpse of this, he could not help but feel very envious.

Many of the good things inside were things he really wanted, but unfortunately, he could not purchase them so easily; otherwise, he would have spent high-grade spirit stones to buy them long ago.

Spirit stones were not a big problem for him; the problem lay in this authority!

Du En did not care at all about the envy the old City Lord intentionally revealed.

Because the high-grade cultivation technique and the refining method for his natal magic treasure that Meng Changqing gave him—these two things, which were not in the existing purchase list and appeared to be special secret treasures—had already jumped out quite impatiently on their own.

—Within the scope of his divine sense, an illusory and profound treasure book appeared, which outsiders could not see at all; only Du En could flip through it.

(End of chapter)