Chapter 580: Beating a Drowning Dog

"Ji Ze?"

Li Rui, who was cultivating in his room, narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking secretly.

He had cast many 'eyes' in East Sea City.

They were not spies or dark lines.

Ordinary mortals and cultivators could not monitor existences above the Purple Mansion Realm, so they were not very useful.

Fortunately, besides his outstanding combat power, during these years of seclusion, Li Rui had achieved the status of a Great Talisman Master of the Dao Body Realm, and his array formations were also nearing completion; he estimated that in less than ten years, he could also become a Great Array Master.

Still a master of both talismans and arrays.

So he had laid down more than ten thousand induction talismans in the city.

These induction talismans had only one role: to monitor existences above the Purple Mansion Realm in the city.

Originally, this was done to guard against Huang Longzi.

Unexpectedly.

It actually led him to discover other clues.

Ji Ze, he knew this person.

The true disciple of Deputy City Lord Hong Tianyong, and even the only true disciple of this Deputy City Lord; there had always been rumors in Shenxiao City that this Ji Ze should have been surnamed Hong, and was the illegitimate son of that Deputy City Lord Hong.

The only true disciple; even the first disciple of that City Lord did not have this treatment.

But it was such a noble young master.

Who had actually been hiding his name in East Sea City for several years.

How could Li Rui not be suspicious?

Looking at the entire East Sea City, the only one who could make a Dao Body Realm expert with such a high status personally move seemed to be himself.

"Truly able to hide."

In an ordinary house in East Sea City, there was a three-story pavilion here, which happened to be able to see a corner of Marquis Wu'an's Prefecture.

Ji Ze, who was standing on the railing on the third floor looking into the distance, narrowed his eyes slightly.

These days.

He had been monitoring the whereabouts of Li Rui and Yin Tian according to his master's requirements.

As for how he could monitor both sides alone, of course, he had learned his master Hong Tianyong's clone technique.

The one in the Witch Kingdom was his clone.

The one in East Sea City was his true self.

Yin Tian was in the Dao Body Realm, and his cultivation was even above his, so there was no chance to kill him; he just needed to tell his master the news, but Li Rui was only in the Purple Mansion Realm, so there was no need for Hong Tianyong to attack; he himself could suppress this City Lord of East Sea City.

Facts were indeed so.

Yin Tian was killed just like this.

Only, an accident happened on Li Rui's side.

This City Lord of East Sea City was truly too fond of quiet; he hadn't seen him go out even once in several years of seclusion, which was not common in the Purple Mansion Realm.

"I heard that Huang Longzi of the Wan Fa Palace wanted to attack people of the Yu Kingdom, so he should be avoiding disaster."

Ji Ze thought in his heart.

Couldn't help but feel helpless.

To say this Elder Li, he also admired him.

Truly too able to endure.

He asked himself if he didn't have this kind of concentration.

Not going out meant giving up all opportunities, and the progress of cultivation would be greatly reduced; it was not an exaggeration to say it was wasting time.

It could be called killing eight hundred enemies and damaging one thousand of oneself.

But Li Rui executed it extremely decisively, which made Ji Ze admire him.

But...

He was willing to outlast, but his master was not willing.

He had urged him several times.

But he still remained unmoved.

These thirty-six guard cities of Shenxiao City were all laid out with great arrays; if he attacked in the city, he would definitely provoke the other City Lords of Shenxiao City to attack.

At that time, if he provoked public anger, his master might not necessarily save him.

Li Rui had to be killed.

But his own life was more important.

"Need to think of a two-sided method." "Deputy City Lord Hong?"

Tan Yu was a bit surprised.

Today he came to visit Li Rui, and as they chatted, they mentioned Deputy City Lord Hong Tianyong.

The enthusiasm of a conversation did not depend on the topic of the conversation, but on who the person chatting was.

"Our Shenxiao City has a total of three Deputy City Lords."

"City Lord Gao doesn't need to be said much, City Lord Chong Hua has the oldest seniority, and it is said that he comes from the Chong clan of Bai Yujing, and the City Lord also values him, so his position is the most stable; as for City Lord Hong... he joined Shenxiao City only a hundred years ago and has always wanted to enter Bai Yujing."

"But Bai Yujing is not so easy to enter; either you are young enough, your talent is good enough, you are strong enough, or your connections are hard enough."

That was to say, he valued Li Rui, which was why he said so much.

Otherwise, everyone knew that disaster comes from the mouth, and it concerned the Deputy City Lord, so he wouldn't say more.

Speaking.

Tan Yu still had some schadenfreude on his face.

He was Chong Hua's disciple, and Chong Hua was at odds with Hong Tianyong, so he was naturally happy to see the other party suffer.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had also heard a little about this matter.

Hong Tianyong himself was a loose cultivator with great fame in Taihua Province, and he had reached the Heaven-Human Realm, enough to be the ancestor of a third-rate immortal sect, yet he came to Shenxiao City to be a Deputy City Lord, restricted everywhere.

Why?

Joining Bai Yujing.

This was naturally the purpose, but not the ultimate purpose, otherwise why not the Profound Mystery Sect, or the Wan Fa Palace which was most friendly to loose cultivators.

The answer was ready to come out.

It was for the immortal fruit.

Thinking of this, Li Rui couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

Hong Tianyong's true disciple coming to East Sea City, maybe it was for the spirit of the immortal fruit.

He had the spirit of the immortal fruit, Wen Xuan knew, Fu Rui knew, Shi Xueyan knew.

Already three people knew.

Then it was no longer a secret; Hong Tianyong, as a Deputy City Lord, was present at the time of the selection, so knowing he carried the spirit of the immortal fruit was not a difficult thing.

"Spirit of the immortal fruit..."

Li Rui sighed lightly in his heart.

"Ultimately still attracted the prying eyes of others."

And this time his luck was not very good.

It was very likely that the person coveting it was not Ji Ze, but his master, Hong Tianyong.

After all, Ji Ze was still very young, and attacking him, a City Lord of East Sea City, once known by the City Lord of Shenxiao City, would mean bearing the punishment of Heaven's Thunder; compared to that, it was better to cultivate well and attract Bai Yujing's attention, which was more stable.

By comparison, Hong Tianyong's possibility was undoubtedly greater.

Even, Yin Tian was very likely killed by Hong Tianyong.

Thinking of this, a cold light that was not easily detected flashed in Li Rui's eyes.

Tan Yu laughed loudly: "Daoist Changqing doesn't need to be too wary of that City Lord Hong; he might enter the Five Decays of Heaven and Man in a few decades, while your master is in his prime, and your lineage is bound to suppress them."

Li Rui was speechless.

Sure enough, no matter where, age discrimination always exists.

The cultivation world is no exception.

Yuan Dingting, a Heaven-Human Realm expert only two hundred years old, everyone had to fear him by three points, but like Hong Tianyong, an old Heaven-Human expert who was almost exhausted, the treatment was a world of difference; otherwise, among the three City Lords of Shenxiao City, this City Lord Hong had the lowest authority, and was not even as good as the newer outsider—his master.

Wasn't it just bullying the old.

Same as Li Rui back then.

Fortunately, Li Rui now had no such worries.

Now that he knew Hong Tianyong's purpose, as for how to deal with it...

Let's just say this.

The backing is a Deputy City Lord, his master Gao Tianxia is in his prime, while Hong Tianyong is just lingering on.

What needs to be done, of course, is to beat a drowning dog!

If you have influence, you have to crush people, otherwise, this multi-background would be in vain.

Old Li has never fought such a wealthy battle.

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