Jade Water City!
The current Jade Water City has changed hands.
City Lord's Mansion.
"City Lord, Deputy City Lord, this is the latest intelligence regarding various locations on Celestial Pool Ancient Star from this period. Please review it."
Inside the main hall, a steward respectfully placed a jade slip containing information on the desk.
"Mm, you may leave!" A clear, cold voice echoed.
"Yes!"
The steward didn't dare to show any negligence. The owner of this voice was a ruthless person who had killed the previous City Lord of Jade Water City three days ago.
After the steward left, Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu appeared in the main hall.
Three days ago, Lu Chengfeng killed Zhang Wutian. Afterward, they originally just wanted to enter the city to inquire about the location of Tianhuang Star. After all, in the vast universe, without coordinates, even Guiyi Realm (Quasi-Emperor) experts would get lost. They also knew that Supreme Realm experts could accurately find their desired targets in the universe.
The two of them didn't have such abilities. If they wanted to go to Tianhuang Star, they could only enter the city to inquire about news.
Who knew that after entering the city, the experts in the city learned that Lu Chengfeng had killed Zhang Wutian and unanimously recommended Lu Chengfeng as the new City Lord. Lu Chengfeng was originally unwilling, but after inquiring, she found out that the people here only knew the legends of Tianhuang Star but didn't know its location in the universe, let alone its specific coordinates.
At this time, someone said that Celestial Pool Ancient Star was a checkpoint on the Ancient Star Road, and many challengers were滞留 (zhiliu - stranded) on Celestial Pool Ancient Star. Perhaps they could inquire about the whereabouts of Tianhuang Star from the challengers.
However, Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu were only two people. If they wanted to inquire about information on the vast Celestial Pool Ancient Star, they would have no way to start since they were unfamiliar with the place. Therefore, after analyzing the various advantages and disadvantages, Lu Chengfeng finally agreed to temporarily become the City Lord of Jade Water City. When she had a suitable candidate, she would abdicate.
Seeing that her Lu-jie suddenly became the City Lord of Jade Water City, Gu Huaiyu also wanted to get an official position and experience the life of an official. Thus, she naturally became the Deputy City Lord of Jade Water City.
The people of Jade Water City didn't have any objections to having an additional Deputy City Lord. As long as Lu Chengfeng agreed to become the City Lord of Jade Water City, even if ten or a hundred more Deputy City Lords were appointed, it wouldn't be a problem.
Lu Chengfeng took the jade slip on the desk in her hand and injected a stream of spiritual power into the jade slip. The jade slip emitted a soft light, and lines of text floated in the air.
These were all major events that had recently occurred on Celestial Pool Ancient Star. The two goddesses scanned them with their divine senses, quickly read the information, and after filtering out some content unrelated to the challengers, they both focused their attention on a line of large characters.
"Transcendent Realm cultivator, enraged for a beauty, angrily challenges Holy King Aotian."
Gu Huaiyu slowly read out that line of words, her tone full of doubt.
"Lu-jie, I didn't see it wrong, right? A Transcendent Realm challenging a Holy King?" Gu Huaiyu asked in surprise.
Lu Chengfeng also thought she had seen it wrong. The Transcendent Realm and the Holy King Realm were three major realms apart. A Holy King could kill a Transcendent Realm cultivator with a single thought. How could a Transcendent Realm challenge a Holy King Realm?
However, this aroused their interest.
"Someone!" Lu Chengfeng's clear, cold voice rang out.
The steward who had just left immediately walked in, probably not having gone far and waiting for instructions at any time.
"City Lord, Deputy City Lord, what are your orders?" The steward asked.
Gu Huaiyu said, "What's going on with this Transcendent Realm challenging Holy King Aotian?"
Upon hearing this, the steward quickly said, "This is already news from nineteen days ago. Now, the entire Celestial Pool Ancient Star is buzzing with it."
"Oh? This isn't a publicity stunt?" Lu Chengfeng asked.
The steward replied, "Originally, when the news reached our Jade Water City, I just regarded it as a publicity stunt. But as time went by, more and more people were spreading this matter, and it involved one of the most dazzling geniuses of today, Qingyi Fairy. Qingyi Fairy took the initiative to hold hands with that Transcendent Realm cultivator in public, so many people realized that this was not a publicity stunt. Therefore, this matter was called 'enraged for a beauty' by some people."
"Qingyi Fairy?"
Gu Huaiyu inexplicably felt that this name was a bit familiar, but she couldn't remember it.
"Is that Aotian trying to do something inappropriate to Qingyi Fairy?" Lu Chengfeng continued to ask.
The steward shook his head and said, "According to what I know, Aotian and Qingyi Fairy are acquainted. There are even rumors that Aotian once confessed to Qingyi Fairy, but was rejected by Qingyi Fairy. Qingyi Fairy once said that she already had someone she liked, and now it seems to be this Transcendent Realm cultivator."
"As for why that Transcendent Realm cultivator would challenge Aotian, there are many different opinions, but the most reliable one is that he saw the gap between his cultivation and Qingyi Fairy's was too large, felt too much psychological pressure, and did such a crazy thing."
Lu Chengfeng nodded. The world was so big, there were all kinds of strange things. She had seen many crazy things done because of inner collapse.
"But this Qingyi Fairy doesn't forget her original intentions. Even if the cultivation of the person she likes is low, she doesn't dislike him. She is worthy of admiration."
Lu Chengfeng began to have a good impression of Mu Qingyi, whom she had never met.
"By the way, who is this Aotian?" Lu Chengfeng asked.
"Aotian, he is a legendary figure on Celestial Pool Ancient Star. When he was born, there were celestial phenomena and divine beast protection. When he embarked on the path of cultivation, he obtained many ancient inheritances in the ancient ruins. He is only three thousand years old, and he has already become a Holy King expert, no less than those gifted challengers."
Speaking of Aotian, the steward's face was filled with pride. After all, Aotian could compete with the top challengers in the universe, which was the pride of their Celestial Pool Ancient Star.
"So strong, how does he compare to Zhang Wutian?" Lu Chengfeng asked.
The steward's expression froze, and then he smiled awkwardly: "He can't compare to Zhang Wutian, and naturally he can't compare to you, City Lord!"
"Hehe!" Lu Chengfeng smiled noncommittally.
At this time, Gu Huaiyu was struggling to remember where she had heard the name "Qingyi Fairy."
"Qingyi Fairy... Qingyi... I got it!" Gu Huaiyu's eyes lit up. She looked at the steward and asked, "Do you know the name of that Transcendent Realm cultivator?"
"Um... it seems his surname is Li, something like Beifeng or Bei something..."
"Li Beifei!"
Before the steward could finish, Gu Huaiyu said the three words Li Beifei.
"Yes, it's called Li Beifei!" The steward also remembered instantly.
"Then that's right!" A smile appeared on Gu Huaiyu's face.
In the past, she only learned from Hong Hong-shijie and her Shizun that she had a second senior brother named Li Beifei. In Hong Hong-shijie's eyes, the second senior brother was a mischievous person who always made Shizun angry, and Shizun always said "rebellious disciple" when she mentioned the second senior brother, but she didn't think Shizun was really angry.
Her second senior brother liked a woman named Mu Qingyi. Hong Hong-shijie also mentioned it to her back then, but it had been too long, and she had forgotten a bit. She thought for a long time before she remembered.
"Alright, that's none of your business. You can go down first!" Lu Chengfeng waved her hand to dismiss the steward.
The steward nodded, respectfully bowed to them, and then left.
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