Chapter 384 Ch 384: An Equal Exchange
Ling Xiaolong's guess was right.
Zhen Chen was about to succeed in the position of City Lord in Heavenly Star City, but despite his extraordinary talent, he was still just a Celestial Awakening Realm warrior.
With his strength, he could not control those big forces living in the Heavenly Star City.
If he succeeded the position of City Lord, it was inevitable that he wouldn't be able to control the city.
Because he hadn't stayed in Heavenly Star City for a long time, Zhen Chen had returned to Heavenly Star City this time to understand how rules and order work in this city. In order to obtain information on various aspects, he obtained a fake identity and entered the silver-armored guards.
The reason was to establish prestige amongst the silver-armored guards. This way, when he takes over the position of City Lord in the future, it would save him a lot of trouble.
Ling Xiaolong killing the leader of the guards was a good opportunity for Zhen Chen to establish his prestige. As long as he forced Ling Xiaolong, who was capable of killing the leader of the guards, to pay a certain price, he could establish his prestige. At that time, he'll no longer need to worry about those silver-armored guards not obeying him in the future.
Unfortunately, Zhen Chen chose the wrong opponent and kicked an iron plate. Not only had he failed to establish his prestige, but he had also caused Lord Zhang to almost die. Now, he could only hide behind his father in a sorry state and be protected by his father.
If the City Lord had chosen to attack, Ling Xiaolong would have also attacked.
However, the moment the City Lord appeared, he lowered his head and promised Ling Xiaolong that he would do anything he wanted. Ling Xiaolong couldn't do anything about it. The fact that the City Lord's life force was depleting rapidly was also one of the main reasons.
There was no need to bicker with someone who was about to die.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiaolong plainly stated his request, saying: "Give me half of your, City Lords Mension's resources."
When Zhen Chen heard this, he was so angry that he started cursing. "This is simply extortion. Our Heavenly Star City has..."
"Shut up!"
Before Zhen Chen could cause more trouble, his father shouted angrily. A majestic pressure swept through the sky and pressed down on him.
Zhen Chen was stunned by this shout and didn't dare to make another sound.
The City Lord looked at Ling Xiaolong and said slowly, "As you wish, young friend. Please wait for a moment."
A few minutes later, he really handed over half of the profits his City Lord Mansion had made throughout these years to Ling Xiaolong.
Ling Xiaolong scanned it with his divine sense and curled his lips in satisfaction.
With these many Luminous Essence Crystals and cultivation resources, he'll soon be able to advance a few stages in his cultivation. Moreover, he could also use these resources to strengthen the Solar Phoenix Sect.
"Since you've given me these resources, I'll give you an opportunity as well!"
As Ling Xiaolong spoke, he took out a miniature bottle and then threw it towards the City Lord.
City Lord grabbed the miniature bottle but didn't look at it. He simply expressed his gratitude for letting go of his son.
"Farewell!"
Ling Xiaolong, Feng Hanli, and Lu Tianming left after bidding farewell.
The other warriors of the Outer Region also followed closely behind.
What a joke!
The City Lord of the Heavenly Star City had suffered such a huge loss. He must be very angry in his heart. If they stayed here any longer, who knows if the City Lord would get angry and make them pay a heavy price.
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_Heavenly Star City, City Lord Mansion_
"Father, how can you let that person extort you? And he even extorted so much!" Zhen Chen was flustered and exasperated. After Ling Xiaolong and others left, he expressed his dissatisfaction.
Half of the entire City Lord Mansion's resources were gone now.
How huge is that amount?
The City Lord suddenly coughed a few times, and a pained expression appeared on his face.
When Zhen Chen saw this, he hurriedly patted the City Lord's back and said with a worried expression, "Father..."
The City Lord coughed for a long time before recovering a little. He slowly said: "That person was very strong, even stronger than me at my peak. His cultivation base must be hidden using a treasure, that is why we could only see him as a warrior at the First Stage of Celestial Awakening Realm. In reality, he must be a very powerful Celestial Sovereign of Chaos."
"Although there is only half of the resources left, it is enough for you to advance to the Celestial Sovereign of Chaos. As long as you break through to the Celestial Sovereign of Chaos, your strength will be enough to deter many of this city's rising forces. Most importantly, with the Emperor's Emblem in your hand, those big few families will be unable to do anything to you."
"Moreover, now that only half of the resources are left, it will reduce the greed of many people. You should know that only the strong can possess a huge amount of wealth. If a weak person has such wealth, they will only fall prey to greedy people. Having wealth is not a sin, not having the strength to protect that wealth is a sin that might cost you your life."
Hearing this, although Zhen Chen felt that it made sense, he was still unwilling to accept it. The loss of such a huge amount of wealth really made his heart bleed.
When the City Lord saw this, he sighed.
After all, Zhen Chen had not experienced much. Unfortunately, he did not have much time left, so he could only try his best to teach him for a period of time.
The City Lord sighed again. He said, "My son, in the future, you have to keep your eyes open and clearly see who you can offend and whom you can't. Otherwise, you will most likely get into trouble. The probability of what happened today happening again is very high."
Zhen Chen nodded his head repeatedly. This incident had taught Zhen Chen a great lesson.
The City Lord smiled bitterly. "I didn't want to let you succeed the position of City Lord so quickly. Don't think that I am always high and mighty as City Lord. But how could City Lord's position be so easy to hold? I would rather have you cultivate quietly until you become the Celestial Sovereign of Chaos than let you become the City Lord."
City Lord sighed. His voice was filled with so much sadness that Zhen Chen's eyes became tearful.
"Father..." Zhen Chen's eyes flashed with hatred. If it wasn't for those people, how could his father fall into such a desperate situation? His father's hidden injury was constantly eroding his lifeforce.
Suddenly thinking of something, the City Lord suddenly took out a miniature bottle.
Before leaving, Ling Xiaolong had given him this bottle and told him that he'd give him an opportunity.
City Lord became curious. He wanted to know what kind of opportunity Ling Xiaolong had given him.
Previously, he didn't look at this bottle because he was in a hurry to send off Ling Xiaolong and return to the City Lord Mansion.
He slowly opened the cap of the miniature bottle.
Puff~
The moment the cap was removed, an extremely powerful life force exploded. There seemed to be an endless amount of vitality stored in this miniature bottle, so much so that City Lord felt his hidden injuries starting to heal rapidly with just a sniff of what was stored in that bottle.
Could it be...?
An excited expression appeared on City Lord's face. He looked inside the bottle and saw a single drop of shining liquid. This was a drop of Morning Brilliance Dew.
City Lord didn't know what kind of liquid was stored inside this small bottle, but he had a hunch that this drop of liquid was enough to heal all his injuries, even hidden ones, and even make his foundation stronger.
"Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!"
City Lord's eyes became moist as he started thanking rapidly.
Obviously, he was thanking Ling Xiaolong for giving him such a treasure.
To be honest, although City Lord gave Ling Xiaolong half of his resources without saying a single word, his heart was really painful by losing so many resources. He also resented Ling Xiaolong from the bottom of his heart but did not dare to tell his son.
It is mainly because his son was no match for Ling Xiaolong. If his son dared to cause any more trouble, no one could save him.
He didn't want his son to fall in any danger.
Now that the drop of Morning Brilliance Dew was in his hand, all his previous hatred and resentment toward Ling Xiaolong disappeared and was replaced with nothing but gratitude.
His view of losing half of his resources also changed. He now saw this as an equal exchange, and this exchange was more than worth it.
After all, no amount of resources could be compared with the life of a person.
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