Peerless God of War

Marquis Zi Jin smiled with relief, and then a beam of light leaped out of his body and rose from the ground.

A pale purple Dharma image appeared in the center of Ziyun City, three hundred feet high, looking down at the tens of millions of human beings and low-level cultivators below, as if a god had descended to the world.

Gu Lanyue was the closest and had a very clear sense of perception. She raised her head with a look of reverence on her face.

Chen Xiao opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a while.

"No way? It's just to appoint a deputy city lord. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?"

Such a big fuss naturally caused an uproar, and the entire Ziyun City was alarmed.

Countless cultivators raised their heads and looked into the air.

"What is that? Such a big and tall Dharma image?"

"You are so blind. That is the Lord of the City. Who else can show the Dharma image in the city except the Lord of the City?"

"Greetings to the Lord of the City."

"Greetings to the Lord of the City."

"Greetings to the Lord of the City."

For a moment, countless cultivators inside and outside Ziyun City bowed their heads and saluted, especially some low-level cultivators with weak strength, who were even more intimidated by this overwhelming power and half-knelt on the ground.

After the salute, the cultivators and mortals inside and outside the city looked up, with a hint of doubt in their eyes.

At this time, the Dharma image of Zijin Hou spoke and said, "I announce one thing. From now on, Gu Lanyue is the fourth Lord of the City."

After saying this, the Dharma image dissipated directly.

The cultivators and mortals in Ziyun City who heard the news were still immersed in confusion.

"Gu Lanyue is the fourth city lord? Who is Gu Lanyue? I've never heard of her."

"Heh, you are out of touch with the news. How can you survive in Ziyun City in the future? You are such an ignorant country bumpkin."

"Tsk, I don't know. Do you know?"

"Of course, Gu Lanyue is a talented female cultivator of the Gu family. Decades ago, City Lord Gu went to the Nine-Layered God Tower and died inside. But I didn't expect that Gu Lanyue broke through the realm of immortality not long ago and became one of the best female swordsmen. She took over the position of the fourth deputy city lord from Gu Changsheng so quickly. Tsk, it's amazing."

"So that's how it is."

The same news also echoed in the Gu family, and there was a burst of cheers and encouragement.

"Sister, you really did it."

Gu Feng looked in the direction of the Purple Palace, clenched his fists, and there was a faint flash of water in his eyes.

Inside the Purple Palace. After doing all this, Zi Jin Hou flew back to his seat, raised his glass, and looked at Gu Lanyue, looking at Chen Xiao, saying: "Cheers to our fourth city lord."

"Cheers." Chen Xiao laughed.

"Cheers." Gu Lanyue smiled slightly.

After three rounds of drinking, Zi Jin Hou spoke again, saying: "Chen Xiao, what are your plans next? When I reach a critical moment, I will often retreat and strive for the next realm. Before I come out of retreat, the big and small affairs of the city will be handed over to you four."

The four people in Zi Jin Hou's mouth naturally refer to the four deputy city lords including Chen Xiao.

And Chun Yang Dao Zun is still healing and suppressing the thousand corpse poisonous insects in his body. In fact, the only ones who can do anything are Chen Xiao, Tianxing Jian Zun and Gu Lanyue.

"Okay." Chen Xiao agreed.

At this time, Zi Jin Hou's eyes flashed and he looked at Gu Lanyue again.

Gu Lanyue seemed to have sensed it, put down the wine glass, and said: "Lord City Lord, I will try my best."

"Okay, this sentence is enough, you go."

Zi Jin Hou waved his hand casually, which was to send the guests away.

After hearing this, Chen Xiao and Gu Lanyue stood up.

"Yes."

The two turned and left.

After the two left, Zi Jin Hou's smile faded and returned to his cold and ruthless look.

"Pass the order down, I will be in seclusion from now on and will not see anyone."

"Yes."

"Yes."

The purple guards responded, and then Zi Jin Hou disappeared from the spot.

Outside the purple palace.

Chen Xiao turned around and looked at the depths of the purple palace, but it was blocked by the barrier and formation, and he could not see anything. It was just like a fog, completely invisible.

Brother Zijing seemed to have signs of a breakthrough again, and his strength became stronger, which was a good thing.

But at the same time, he also felt helpless in his heart.

I thought that this time his strength had improved by leaps and bounds, but he suddenly found that the gap between himself and Zi Jin Hou had not narrowed, and he was more or less discouraged.

But soon, he recovered.

"Lan Yue, what do you think of the city lord?" Chen Xiao suddenly asked.

Gu Lan Yue was startled, pinched her chin, and after thinking for a while, she replied: "Unfathomable."

Chen Xiao smiled and changed the subject, "I mean the city lord, not his strength."

"This..." Gu Lan Yue hesitated for a moment, and said in an uncertain tone: "Rewards and punishments are clear? Both kindness and power?"

This is the most intuitive feeling that Zi Jin Hou gave her, which went deep into her soul.

Before, Zi Jin Hou gave her the Burning Heaven Sword Manual first, which was kindness, and then showed the Dharma image, covering the entire Ziyun City, which was power.

Gratitude and power are equal, and rewards and punishments are clear, which is the way of the king.

Chen Xiao shook his head.

"No?" Gu Lan Yue was even more puzzled.

"It's a unique vision." Chen Xiao said lightly.

To this day, the biggest impression that Zi Jin Hou has given him is this, that he has a unique vision and has never made a wrong judgment.

There is no doubt that this is very difficult and almost impossible to do.

After hearing this, Gu Lanyue was thoughtful.

"Let's go back and don't think too much."

"Captain, thank you."

"I've said it many times. You've made this through your own efforts. You can only rely on yourself, not others."

"Well, I'll take note, Captain."

"Now that you've got the sword manual suitable for cultivation, you should retreat for a while. It won't be too late to do anything after you've cultivated successfully." Chen Xiao said again.

"Yes, Captain." Gu Lanyue replied.

"Go back."

In the blink of an eye, ten years later.

Six thousand miles away from Ziyun City, on a mountain trail, four Jiexian cultivators, riding on a demon blood sky horse with wings on its ribs, were galloping along the ground and rushing back to the city.

These four people were quite powerful. They were all male cultivators. The leader had a heroic appearance and extraordinary temperament. He had even reached the middle stage of Jiexian cultivation. His name was Gu Yong, and he was one of the few geniuses among the younger generation of the Gu family.

At such a young age, he was able to reach the middle stage of Jiexian, which was enough to look down on the entire Gu family and stand out from the crowd.

However, even if he was a mid-stage Tribulation Immortal cultivator, he was just a slightly bigger lackey in the huge Ziyun City, and he was not worthy of being on the stage at all.

Therefore, the four of them had to work together to do the dirty work of transporting medicinal materials, which was really helpless.

"Alas, Boss Gu, I really feel sorry for you. You are a mid-stage Tribulation Immortal cultivator, and you also do such hard work? You can't get much benefit."

At this time, a young male cultivator among the four said a little indignantly.

He was just a casual cultivator, and he finally broke through the early stage of Tribulation Immortal. In order to make some money to buy elixirs and treasures for cultivation, he had to grit his teeth and do it even if it was hard work. He had no choice.

But he remembered that the Gu family was a big family in Ziyun City, and there was a female patriarch.

What was her name?

By the way, her name was Gu Lanyue, a female sword fairy.