Chapter 2014: A Transaction

"Understood, so you came here specifically for this matter?" The City Lord nodded slightly.

"That's right, we came here specifically for this matter." Chen Yu smiled slightly and said, "And this matter is quite important to us, so I must ask you, Mr. City Lord, to please help us with this favor."

"Alright, actually there is no need for us to be so stiff with each other. If you have any matters, you can notify me directly," the City Lord said, somewhat speechless.

"Don't you want to witness what a true powerhouse is like?" Chen Yu smiled slightly: "This time, I am just letting you see what a so-called powerhouse is like. Is there a problem with that?"

"No problem. Jieni, go and check what important transactions are happening tonight." Jieni turned his head to look at Jieni.

"Very well, City Lord, I will go now." Jieni bowed slightly, then hesitated and said, "Sir, could you give me a hint? For example, what kind of transaction is this transaction tonight?"

"A Crystal Skull, not a complete one, just a small piece of bone from it," Chen Yu said. "I think you should all be familiar with this item, because this thing is the Sacred Object of the Werewolf Clan."

"You are targeting the Werewolf Clan?" Jieni's expression changed slightly, and his gaze toward Chen Yu became somewhat strange.

"Strictly speaking, yes." Chen Yu nodded and said with a smile, "Is there a problem with that?"

"In itself, there is no problem, but when it concerns the Werewolf Clan, we have to be cautious," Jieni said. "City Lord, I will go and investigate those matters now."

"Good, go ahead. I will communicate with the guests here," the City Lord nodded slightly.

Jieni nodded, bowed, and turned to leave. At this moment, only Chen Yu, Xueli, and the City Lord remained at the scene.

Arranging for people to come and clean up the scene, the City Lord looked at the corpses all over the ground and said with quite a bit of helplessness.

People came immediately to clear away the corpses, and the City Lord's mood improved slightly. He gestured for tea to be served, and then sat down with Chen Yu.

"I still don't know what your real name is," Chen Yu asked with a smile.

"You can just call me City Lord. Since my great-grandfather's time, our family has lived here; what our surname is actually isn't that important anymore." The City Lord sighed slightly, seemingly recalling past events, his expression becoming somewhat distracted.

He muttered: "From the moment I was born, it seems I have carried many responsibilities on my shoulders."

"So sometimes, even though I know these responsibilities shouldn't be mine, I have no way not to care about them. I always feel like I am heavily burdened right now."

"Sometimes you should try to let go of the responsibilities that were never meant to be yours," Chen Yu said. "The things your ancestors handed down to you are actually things that were fundamentally impossible to complete, aren't they?"

The City Lord fell into another silence. After a long while, he nodded slightly and said: "Yes, actually I know myself that those things are fundamentally impossible to complete."

"Since you know all this, why force yourself so bitterly?" Chen Yu said with a smile: "A human life only spans a few decades; I really don't suggest living so tiredly."

"Fine, I will try my best," the City Lord drank a cup of tea and said: "I don't know if I can let go of these burdens, I can only say I will try."

"Alright, try your best," Chen Yu smiled slightly.

"City Lord, the matters have all been investigated." Just then, a man ran over and bowed slightly to the City Lord.

"What is the specific situation? Speak." The City Lord perked up.

"Someone named Degula, who should be a traitor to the Pope, recently fled to our location," the subordinate reported. "And now, he is colluding with the Werewolf Clan to bid on an item at the auction."

"This item is the missing part of the Crystal Skull, so the Werewolf Clan is determined to obtain it."

"It seems the Werewolf Clan is not being very peaceful in the Snow Plains to the north," the City Lord sneered. "Why didn't the Pope exterminate their clan back then? If the Pope had exterminated them back then, perhaps these things wouldn't be happening."

The City Lord waved his hand, his subordinate bowed and left, and then he looked at Xueli: "I thought that everyone who mixed with your Pope would be loyal to your Pope."

"But there is actually a traitor among you, and he is even with the Werewolf Clan, who has the worst relationship with you. This makes me have to suspect that there are some problems within your Pope."

"I don't deny that there are indeed some problems within our Pope," Xueli smiled slightly and said: "But these matters are within a controllable range."

"Hmph, if these matters were truly controllable, you wouldn't have risked coming to my City Lord Mansion. This place of mine is a dragon's den and a tiger's lair; once you come here, I'm afraid it's not that easy to leave," the City Lord said with some displeasure.

"You compare your place to a dragon's den and a tiger's lair?" Xueli glanced at him: "We dealt with your people with almost no effort at all. A real dragon's den and tiger's lair would be much more dangerous than your place, right?"

"You..." The City Lord's expression changed, and he tactfully shut his mouth. In fact, he was also incredibly annoyed inside. Indeed, the other party had dealt with his people with almost no effort; comparing his place to a dragon's den and a tiger's lair was indeed somewhat inappropriate.

"Where is the Trading Center? Is the finale product tonight this Crystal Skull?" Chen Yu asked.

The City Lord looked at Chen Yu without speaking, his brows slightly locked, somewhat hesitant.

"Are you worried that we will snatch your treasure?" Chen Yu laughed.

"The Crystal Skull cannot fall into the hands of the Werewolf Clan, otherwise, the problem will be very serious," the City Lord said seriously.

"How serious, you say?" Chen Yu asked.

"The Werewolf Clan has never been willing to let the fate of their people continue like this, so they have been resisting," the City Lord said. "Although this has nothing to do with me, at least I am still on the human side."

"If they obtain this piece of the Crystal Skull, then in the future, it is highly likely they will break through the Snow Plains and rush into the human world. That will be very troublesome when the time comes."

"You are right, if they are not restrained, the consequences will be very serious," Chen Yu nodded: "It seems you are not the type of person who just has brute force but doesn't care about anything."

"Hmph, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world," the City Lord said proudly.

Chen Yu looked at this guy with some surprise. When this fellow first started, he said he wanted to uphold his ancestral will, restore the Great Qing, and so on; he had always thought this guy was a pedantic thing.