Although the territory of the Mortal Realm cannot compare to any of the Thirty-Three Heavens, it is still incredibly vast, equivalent to dozens of Red Dust universes before the revival of the Great Dao. Lingyun City belongs to the Great Yu Dynasty, one of the nine great Qi Luck Dynasties of the Mortal Realm.
In the Mortal Realm, cultivation sects are strictly divided into ranks, from first-order to ninth-order, but the nine great Qi Luck Dynasties are detached and above any sect. This phenomenon is caused by the fact that the nine great Qi Luck Dynasties all have immortal artifacts suppressing them.
All sects survive under the umbrella of the nine great Qi Luck Dynasties.
The Demon Beast Forest borders the four major Qi Luck Dynasties and appears to be tightly surrounded, but in reality, none of the Qi Luck Dynasties dare to truly wage war against the Demon Beast Forest.
The Qi Luck Dynasties have immortal artifacts suppressing them, but the Demon Beast Forest has a True Immortal.
Even in the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Celestial Realm, as long as they don't offend the Immortal King, True Immortals can basically walk sideways, let alone in the Mortal Realm.
A True Immortal is an invincible existence.
The City Lord of Lingyun City is a Saint King cultivator. In the Mortal Realm, in other cities, he would definitely be a powerful figure, but unfortunately, this is Lingyun City. As the border of the Great Yu Dynasty and bordering the Demon Beast Forest, he was able to become the City Lord because of his management skills. Even his subordinate generals and guard commanders have two realms higher cultivation than him.
Not to mention that there are three Supreme experts in Lingyun City who are sitting in town and cultivating in seclusion.
However, as a dynasty official, as long as one's cultivation is not at the Supreme realm, there is no absolute distinction in status.
At this moment, Lin Bei, the City Lord of Lingyun City, was reviewing memorials. Looking at the contents presented in these new memorials, he couldn't help but frown, feeling a headache.
The Demon Beast Forest has been very restless recently. According to the news obtained by the scouts, Saint-level demon beasts have repeatedly appeared in the outer area, which was originally only at the Transcendent realm. Since he took office as the City Lord of Lingyun City for nearly ten thousand years, this is the first time he has encountered such a thing.
"Are these beasts going to start another war?" Lin Bei's heart trembled. He heard from the previous City Lord that during the tenure of the City Lord before him, there was a beast tide that swept through the four major Qi Luck Dynasties. That battle was earth-shattering, and even Supremes died.
If it weren't for the other five great Qi Luck Dynasties rushing to support with immortal artifacts in the end, sacrificing two Supremes as the price, and forcibly reviving the immortal artifacts to force the True Immortal-level demon beast in the Demon Beast Forest to stop, I am afraid that after that battle, the demon beasts would have become the masters of the Mortal Realm.
Demon beasts are different from demon clans. The reason why demon beasts become demon beasts is because they disdain to transform into human form, because in their opinion, the human race is their food, just like the human race's chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep. Would the human race deliberately turn into chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep?
The demon clan are those who have transformed into human form and coexist peacefully with the human race in human form. Among them, the national teacher of the Great Yu Dynasty is rumored to be a demon clan.
The demon clan's attitude towards demon beasts is even more interesting.
If you don't transform, doesn't that mean the path you cultivate is different from mine? Since the paths are different, then naturally we cannot conspire together.
Many demon clans even intermarry with the human race. After countless years, the descendants even retain only the powerful physical bodies of the demon clan, but are no longer able to transform back into demon form.
It must be said that the human race is truly the most tolerant race.
"Report!"
At this moment, the captain in charge of guarding the city gate rushed in.
Lin Bei frowned and said, "Who allowed you to rush in like this? Where are your manners? Get out, report first, then come in!"
"Don't ah, brother-in-law……"
"Hmm?" Lin Bei's eyes turned cold.
"Yes, City Lord!" The guard captain quickly straightened his expression and retreated, reporting to the steward of the City Lord's mansion. The steward then came to Lin Bei and notified him, and Lin Bei allowed the guard captain to enter.
The steward retreated expressionlessly, muttering in his heart: Who doesn't know that your family are allrelatives pulling strings? Is there a need to hide it so much?
However, the steward did not dare to say it. Some things, it's enough to know. Saying it would break the rules.
After all, didn't he also find a relaxed and well-paid job for his son in the City Lord's mansion? It's just that he did it very secretly, unlike the City Lord, who arranged for his wife's younger brother to become an official, and then his wife's younger brother arranged for another younger brother.
"What is it?" Lin Bei didn't know what the steward was thinking, but instead looked at his wife's younger brother.
The guard captain's cultivation was not bad, Saint realm third level. It was more than enough to be a guard captain, but according to the Great Yu law, unless you are a Supreme, only merits are considered, not cultivation.
Of course, for cheap things, as long as they don't touch the bottom line, the people above will turn a blind eye.
In the end, this world is a world of cultivators, and it is reasonable for the strong to have privileges.
The guard captain, his wife's younger brother, quickly recounted what he had just encountered.
"You said that with a wave of his hand, he transformed her without changing the demon beast's cultivation?" Lin Bei's expression shook, and he used "her," not the animal "it."
After all, as long as they choose to transform, they are automatically classified as demon clan, and the demon clan has a good relationship with the human race, so naturally they will not use the animal "it."
"Yes, brother-in-law... City Lord." The wife's younger brother was about to call him brother-in-law out of habit, but seeing Lin Bei's eyes, he quickly changed his words, but he scorned in his heart, my sister is right, brother-in-law is too concerned about worldly views, so he has been unable to break through.
To use the words of those dime novel, he ishypocritical!
"What cultivation could you see of him?" Lin Bei asked.
"Sir, if I could see it, would I still be here?" The wife's younger brother looked at Lin Bei speechlessly. If he had such great ability, would he still be a guard captain here, he would have gone to other places to run rampant.
Bullying men and dominating women is out of the question, but he still wants to marry two more dao companions.
People, if they don't have any dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?
"You brat!" Lin Bei was so angry that he almost took out his refined belt to remind this kid of his childhood experiences.
"Then tell me about his appearance, I'll check which great power he is!" Lin Bei said.
"Very handsome, super invincible handsome, I feel ashamed of myself when I see him." The wife's younger brother said.
Lin Bei's face darkened when he heard this. He suspected that this kid was playing with him, and with your appearance, if I hadn't come forward to propose marriage for you, you would still be single now, and you have the nerve to compare.
"By the way, he was also holding a little girl, who looked about three or four years old, but she was holding a baby bottle, and it seemed that she hadn't weaned?" The wife's younger brother was a little unsure when he said the last sentence.
A three or four-year-old little girl hasn't weaned? There may be some in the world, but he has never heard of it before.
"You kid are playing with me, aren't you?" Lin Bei looked at him with a gloomy face.
The wife's younger brother was taken aback and said, "No, what I said is true, he is really handsome, the kind of handsome that no matter whether you know him or not, as long as he stands in the crowd, he will become the focus."
Lin Bei snorted coldly when he heard this, handsome? Am I more handsome than him? Every night your sister says I am the most handsome person in the world!
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