Chapter 2014

In the City Master's residence, there is absolutely no one who dares to challenge the City Master's authority nowadays.

Even the Li family members are like that; the City Master's domineering presence is evident to all.

Only the former City Master dares to shout at the City Master, calling him an unfilial son, yet the City Master shows no temper at all—pure bloodline suppression.

Facing the old City Master's tirade, the guard captain keeps his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart; this is a father‑son matter, how could he interject?

After a round of scolding, Old Li's anger seemed to have subsided considerably.

Although I am now an idle cloud and wild crane, caring for nothing and wanting to manage nothing,

still, my own disobedient son has been driven to this point, and he even knows about it—this cannot be treated as if nothing happened.

He turned to the guard captain and said,

"Arrange people to settle everyone; we estimate we will stay in the city for a while."

"Yes."

Hearing this, the guard captain naturally had no objection and quickly nodded in agreement.

After giving his instructions, the old City Master came before Ye Zhangqing and grinned.

"Ye Brother, for now just stay in the city for a night; I have some family matters to attend to and will return immediately after finishing."

That smile could be described as somewhat fawning.

Seeing the old City Master's demeanor, the guard captain not far away was shocked to the core, completely stunned.

Who is this kid? To make the old City Master treat him like this? With the old City Master's status, looking across the Immortal Realm, who is worthy of such treatment? Probably not even a slap could be mustered.

How could he treat a yellow‑mouthed child like this?

He dared not ask, so he could only stand there blankly; facing the old City Master's fawning smile, Ye Zhangqing replied with a laugh.

"Old Li, go attend to your business; we can handle things ourselves."

"How could that be? Having come to Four Directions Immortal City, I naturally ought to fulfill the host's courtesy; over the years you have also caused much trouble for the old guardian."

"I........... I................"

Speaking, he turned to Li Chengshan and smiled; Li Chengshan's smile was somewhat strained.

"What have I done for you? I just gave you several mu of spirit fields—does that count as taking care of?"

"As the City Master of Four Directions City, are you still lacking these few melons and dates?"

After settling everyone, Old Li left and hurried to the City Master's Mansion.

The City Master's Mansion is located at the center of the city; it can be said to be a city unto itself, like an inner city.

Ordinary outsiders cannot enter; the formation is constantly active.

In the hall of the City Master's Mansion, a middle‑aged man whose face resembled Old Li's by seventy to eighty percent sat properly in the main seat.

His eyes full of anger glared at the two men seated below.

Yet, facing the middle‑aged man's angry glare, the two wore cold smiles, and one of them slowly spoke.

"City Master Li, our terms are not excessive for your Four Directions Immortal City. For many years, the Heavenly Spirit Crystal has been exclusively controlled by your Four Directions Immortal City. Now we two families only ask for forty percent, leaving you with sixty percent, still the majority, which is already giving you ample face."

Before the middle‑aged man could speak after those words, another interjected, his tone even more contemptuous and arrogant.

Li, today you will give this Heavenly Spirit Crystal whether you want to or not; if you don't give an explanation today, it won't be as simple as before.

Pushed to this point, the middle-aged man's eyes were about to spit fire.

That raging fury was like a volcanic eruption.

If looks could kill, those two would probably have been killed hundreds of times already.

But before the middle-aged man could speak, a sudden angry shout rang out from nowhere.

Bullshit!

With those words, a spatial rift suddenly appeared in the hall, and before the two could react, they were sucked into the void by a tremendous force.

Who?

Impudent!

The two cursed angrily, and then they had already vanished from the hall.

After a brief moment of shock, the middle-aged man's face instantly shifted from anger to joy, and he leapt up shouting.

Dad.

No one else knew, but he was intimately familiar with this aura—wasn't it his father, whom he had painstakingly sought for hundreds of years?

The father who had mysteriously disappeared after handing over the city lord's position to him.

Watching the Sect Masters of the Heavenly Equal Sect and the Earthly Nether Sect being forcibly dragged into the void by Old Li, the middle-aged man was still dazed when an angry roar came from the spatial rift.

What are you standing there for? Hurry up and come help me, old man.

Oh oh, Dad, I'm coming.

Startled by the shouting, the middle-aged man finally flashed into the void and joined the battlefield.

In the void battle, upon the sudden appearance of the old city lord, the Sect Masters of the Heavenly Equal Sect and the Earthly Nether Sect were utterly shocked.

This old man just appeared out of nowhere—it shouldn't be like this.

Before taking action, they had discussed that a forty percent share of the Heavenly Spirit Crystals shouldn't be enough to drive the Li family to desperation.

Otherwise, how could they possibly demand forty percent? With that strength, they would have swallowed it all long ago—how could they still share it with others, and even take the lion's share?

Precisely because they feared the Li family's foundation in Four Directions City, the two sects held back, not daring to go too far.

But.................

Old City Lord, please wait.................

Wait for what? Just get him.

All right, Dad.

Both Sect Masters secretly lamented; the Sect Master of the Heavenly Equal Sect wanted to speak, hoping to say that they could still sit down and talk things over.

But the old city lord simply ignores his nonsense.

And the middle-aged man following Old Li also has explosive combat power, completely reversing yesterday's decline.

It's still comfortable following Dad; you can act without any reservations, since Dad's taking the lead.

As soon as the father and son appeared, they completely suppressed the leaders of the Tianqi Sect and the Netherworld Sect.

The battle in the void was so fierce that even the Four Directions Immortal City experienced waves of spatial tremors.

This is the result of being affected.

Many people in the city guessed that the City Lord's Manor, the Tianqi Sect, and the Netherworld Sect had erupted into battle again.

After all, it's no secret that the two sects forced the City Lord's Manor to surrender forty percent of the heavenly spirit crystals.

At the place where Ye Changqing and the others were resting, Li Chengshan, Ma Lin, and a few others sat together in a circle.

Li Chengshan said with a complex expression.

「To cause spatial fluctuations, at least a cultivator above the Earth Immortal Emperor realm can do it—this Old Li................. 」

Who would have thought that, back in the town, an ordinary old farmer is actually a powerhouse above the Earth Immortal Emperor realm, and even the lord of one of the twenty-four immortal cities of the realm.

He, the lord of this tiny Prison Immortal Town, has hidden such a thing for so many years, yet the town's elder didn't know a thing about it.

And Ma Lin, hearing this from the side, naturally responded without any politeness, mocking.

「So I say, what kind of town lord are you? You can't even see a person clearly, yet you make others plant spirit fields? Our Prison Immortal Town not being flattened by a single palm is already like burning high incense. 」

「I................. 」

Regarding this, Li Chengshan actually was momentarily at a loss for words, as if that was the idea.