Chapter 3539: Changing the City Lord

Ye Liuyun at this moment also laughed and said to Gan Lin: "City Lord Gan, look, we've killed so many top experts, we can't just die for nothing, can we?"

"You issued the task, so we expect a bounty. If you can't pay, we'll use your blood to avenge our brothers!" "You... audacious, daring to threaten this City Lord! Men, seize him!"

Gan Lin, seeing that he was completely helpless, also realized that Ye Liuyun was deliberately looking for an excuse to kill him, and immediately tried to stand his ground against Ye Liuyun, ordering the soldiers to capture Ye Liuyun.

But Ye Liuyun calmly flicked the green snake on his body outward.

The green snake immediately released the pressure of the Taixu Eighth Realm, stunning the soldiers around him. Even City Lord Gan Lin himself dared not move under that pressure.

The green snake then coiled around Gan Lin's neck, ready to kill him at any moment.

"City Lord Gan, since I promised you half a day just now, I must keep my word. Don't force me to kill you early!"

Ye Liuyun looked contemptuously at the trembling Gan Lin, then said to the soldiers: "This has nothing to do with you; don't go to your deaths following him. In the end, who the City Lord will be is still uncertain."

You all know the situation; if you're truly bored with living, feel free to come and try, see if you can take me down!

Ye Liuyun's domineering words made the soldiers dare not act any further. Moreover, beasts of the Eighth Realm are already rare opponents within Gu Feng Cheng; if they truly dared to strike, they'd be truly bored with life.

Seeing this, Gan Lin no longer dared to be confrontational; he immediately took the green snake and began looking everywhere for someone to borrow money.

His first person to seek was Ouyang He, but he didn't even get a face-to-face meeting. Then he went to the local merchants' Association Administrator, who, citing Association regulations, refused to lend him anything.

Having no other choice, he had to pledge all his assets, exchanging them for twenty units of Primordial Power. Some of these were just taken from the Ding Family; otherwise he couldn't have mustered those resources.

Ye Liuyun's green snake followed Gan Lin, fully aware of his situation. So Ye Liuyun immediately sent Cheng Huofeng to inform the Ding Family, to reclaim their original assets and first rob Gan Lin.

He also had Cheng Huofeng take the golden lion and temporarily lend it to the Ding Family. The Ding Family had already given up hope, but upon seeing the golden lion delivered by Ye Liuyun, they instantly revived, using the golden lion to block the returning Gan Lin and settle accounts with him.

Under the golden lion's threat, Gan Lin returned the ten‑plus units of Primordial Power belonging to the Ding Family, and the Ding Family also seized his own Primordial Power, claiming it as interest he owed.

Gan Lin, helpless, had to return to Chengzhu Fu immediately, taking all sellable assets to the merchants' Association, and only after exhausting himself managed to gather fifteen units of Primordial Power.

He sought the remaining half elsewhere, going from taverns to shops to borrow, to extort, and eventually he indeed amassed thirty units of Primordial Power.

"Hmph! You wanted to embarrass me; just watch how I deal with you later!" After Gan Lin collected the bounty, he immediately became smug.

But he didn't notice that he spent too much time; before he could return to Chengzhu Fu, the deadline had already arrived.

"Kill!"

Ye Liuyun showed no mercy, directly using the Slave Seal to transmit a voice to the green snake.

Since he had already acted, he certainly couldn't leave any aftermath for himself; otherwise a petty person like Gan Lin would surely seek revenge later.

The green snake immediately released realm pressure, then twisted forcefully; Gan Lin hadn't expected that even after he had gathered the full bounty, Ye Liuyun would still strike him.

He wanted to tell him that he had gathered the bounty, but the green snake's pressure kept him stunned, preventing him from using the True Essence Transmission Voice.

He tried to shout, but his neck was tightened again, then the green snake instantly snapped it, swallowing his Storage Ring as well. Fearing he wasn't dead enough, it also bit off his head, then carried the corpse back to report to Ye Liuyun!

Ye Liuyun only then collected the corpse of the flower python and announced to the whole city: "After the former City Lord Gan Lin issued the task and then had no money to pay the bounty, we

killed him. From now on, the City Lord of Gu Feng Cheng will be replaced."

After speaking, he led the people behind him to occupy Chengzhu Fu.

However, he didn't state who the new City Lord would be. He intended to hand over the City Lord position to Meng Yunshan, letting Chen Xiang serve as his assistant, to develop his own influence here.

He himself was certain he would never become City Lord, to avoid future trouble and being wanted. He thought his Mercenary status was quite convenient.

So he decided to use teleportation to the Black Tower and go back, also to see how the battlefield was doing.

After seizing what is called the City Lord Fu, he released some Mercenaries from the Space World to guard this place, then used teleportation via the Black Tower to return to the camp, bringing Meng Yunshan and Chen Xiang to his side.

He also had Chen Qinan take out the golden egg, letting Ye Tiandao borrow it for cultivation. The thirty units of Primordial Power he had just received were fed to the golden egg for it to absorb.

The golden egg's absorption speed was also rapid. The resources Ye Liuyun had previously left for it were quickly sucked dry. Ye Liuyun guessed it was too void, so it absorbed so fiercely.

Moreover, its speed of absorbing these thirty Primordial Power later slowed down. Yet it was still far faster than Martial Cultivators' rate of absorption and refinement.

Ye Tiandao used this golden egg to accelerate cultivation, quickly advancing his realm to the Taixu Third Layer, then fully strengthening his Soul, bloodline, and Physical Body, consuming almost all the resources Ye Liuyun had provided.

Thus the army gathered the recently collected resources as well, together feeding the golden egg for absorption.

"This golden egg is temporarily left for you to use for cultivation. Just remember to supply it with resources, so it's neither too weak nor too strong."

Ye Liuyun thought not only Ye Tiandao needed it, but also Leader Yu Xiaofeng, women like Xiao Yunfang, etc., all needed it; at least it could help them quickly elevate their realms and Physical Bodies, so he temporarily kept it within the army.

The Ninth Realm beasts he captured—the white wolf and the Demon Lion—as well as Chen Qinan, who was in charge of the golden egg, Ye Liuyun all gave to Ye Tiandao.

After Ye Liuyun returned to Chengzhu Fu, he released Meng Yunshan and Chen Xiang, first briefing them on the situation here, then assigning Cheng Huofeng to make Meng Yunshan operate as City Lord.

Although there are regulations on paper, in practice who becomes City Lord still requires reporting upward, and the necessary connections still have to be arranged.

Ye Liuyun handed these matters to Cheng Huofeng and Meng Yunshan to handle themselves, while he continued cultivating with the others, training with Chang Ji and other Taixu Sixth Layer Martial Cultivators.

After a test, he realized how strong his Physical Body now was; even a Sixth‑grade treasure couldn't harm him, without any defensive power, Xiong Tianchuan couldn't injure him.

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