An hour later.

With the sound of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion opening the door, Li Chen and the others returned.

The first to walk in was the middle-aged man, that is, the Luling City Lord 'Zhou Zhen', and in his arms was his wife 'Feng Yun'.

Zhou Zhen sat on the horse, his body was stiff and his eyes were glazed, and his wife was even more faint in his arms.

Coming in behind Zhou Zhen was Li Chen and his party.

They walked behind these two people, looked at the two parents who seemed to have lost their souls, and couldn't help but sigh again.

They still saw the remains of their son 'Zhou Shen' in that cave.

However, Feng Yun was not frightened by her son's tragic situation, but was knocked unconscious by Zhou Zhen's knife.

After they arrived at the place, maybe because Li Chen's words played a little role, so Zhou Zhen went into the cave before Feng Yun to see his son's wreckage, and when he saw that scene, Feng Yun happened to be impatient to come in, and the result was ...... was knocked unconscious by Zhou Zhen's knife.

Li Chen and the others saw this scene the whole time, and they didn't stop it, and they were not qualified to stop it.

And that's probably the most appropriate way to do it.

After retrieving Zhou Shen's body, Zhou Zhen's expression remained the same as just now, and he has not recovered until now.

Li Chen, they watched him walk into the mansion with his wife in his arms, and walked into the mansion with stiff steps.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the lord of the castle is ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain you, but if you have nothing to do, you might as well go to the living room to eat first, or go to the room arranged in the house to rest. ”

"Take us to the living room. Li Chen, they looked at each other, and then said.

"Yes. ”

Li Chen and the others came to the living room, ate a simple meal, and then sat in the living room and waited quietly.

Two hours later, it was already dark.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Zhou Zhen slowly walked into the living room wearing a brown robe.

His face was dark, and his tone of voice was much lower, like an old man who had entered a lonely age ahead of time.

"Lord of the Castle. Li Chen stood up and said.

"I'm sorry......" Zhou Zhen looked at them and bowed his head and apologized, "I was in a trance just now, and I forgot to entertain you." ”

"It's fine. Li Chen shook his head.

Zhou Zhen nodded, chatted with Li Chen and them absentmindedly, and then said hello outside, and a servant holding a rectangular mahogany dish in both hands walked in.

There seemed to be something on the wooden plate, but it was covered by a layer of red cloth.

"This is a little careful, thank you for coming in person and telling us the location of my son's remains, otherwise we would not know what year and month my son has been ...... Died in an accident. He pointed to the wooden dish in the servant's hand and said sadly.

As soon as he had finished speaking, he saw the servant uncover the red cloth, revealing its contents.

It was a full ten rows of purple thunder crystals, and there were as many as twenty pieces in each row.

That's a full 200 purple thunder crystals!

"That'...... Then we would be disrespectful. Seeing this, Li Chen just hesitated, and accepted it directly and neatly.

Zhou Zhen smiled faintly when he saw this.

"City Lord, I have one more thing to give you. Li Chen thought for a while, and then took out a brocade bag from his arms, which was Zhou Shen's money bag.

The coins and the jade pendant in this, Li Chen did not move at all.

"Please forgive the city lord, we didn't have much money on us before, so we took this money bag privately. Li Chen looked at Zhou Zhen and said frankly and apologetically.

He really didn't want to leave these coins and a jade pendant behind in this situation.

Zhou Zhen picked up the money bag with a stunned expression, looked at the coins inside, and finally took out the jade pendant and put it in his hand, and observed it for a long time.

He suddenly lowered his head and choked.

"This is my insider's birthday gift to the dog's personal polishing, and it is also the only thing he took away before he left, except for money and weapons, now that you are back, little brother, the insider's will be very happy." ”

"Lord of the City, don't be surprised. ”

"It's nothing ......," he shook his head, "It's normal for you cultivators to go out on cultivation expeditions and get other people's relics, which also shows that you have a relationship with my son." ”

"Well...... Thank you for your understanding. ”

"Yes. Zhou Zhen nodded, then thought about it and suddenly shouted outside, "Lao Chang!"

"Master!" Soon, a middle-aged servant who was not much older than Zhou Zhen came over.

"Then go to the account room and spend 300 purple thunder crystals and give it to this little brother. ”

"Uh? yes. Hearing this, the servant named Lao Chang couldn't help but glance at Li Chen.

He knew that this young man had already gotten 300 Purple Thunder Crystals before, but he didn't expect to get another one now.

That's the equivalent of the entire fortune of the average rich man.

He didn't think much about it, and hurried to the account office.

"Uh...... Thank you, Lord Castle. Li Chen opened his mouth and wanted to excuse himself, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't help but change.

"It's fine. Zhou Zhen shook his head and said, and then took out a token from his arms, which was exactly the same as the token that Li Chen had picked up before, but through some traces that no longer existed, it could be seen that this should be another token.

He handed it to Li Chen.

"This is a token I made myself, the same one you brought. ”

"There are only three of them in total, and there is not much other effect, but if you are troubled by someone in this city, take out this token, the effect is basically equivalent to my personal presence, as long as you don't do too much, even the largest Shen family and Mo family will give me three points of thin noodles." ”

"I'll let the parties know in a moment and tell them that you are the owner of this token. Otherwise, even if you take my token, it will be useless, and you will be caught as a thief. ”

"This ...... Isn't that important? We've only met once. Li Chen took this token and couldn't help but say.

"I've seen it once. Zhou Zhen looked at Li Chen and chuckled, "You frankly admit that you took my son's money bag for money, just because of this, I believe you." ”

"But you don't have to worry too much about this, after all, it's just a face-saving thing, and it won't affect much. He patiently explained.

"Good. Li Chen nodded and accepted it.

And at this moment, the servant surnamed Chang also brought 300 purple thunder crystals and handed them to Li Chen, Li Chen put it in a bag, and then when he reached into his arms, he secretly threw it into the system space.

"It's getting late, do you have anything else to do, if it's okay, you might as well stay in the house for a few more days, and let me talk to my insiders to express my gratitude." ”

"No need. Li Chen looked at the sky outside, which had completely darkened, shook his head and said, "We still have some things to do, so we won't bother much, let's leave now." ”

"Oh, so urgent?" Zhou Zhen nodded and got up, "Then let me send you." ”

"No need. ”

"Yes, yes. ”

Li Chen and his party were finally sent out of the mansion by him, and then said goodbye.

The group soon came to the city gate, and as soon as they arrived at the place, they saw the poor middle-aged man looking at them with a resentful face during the day.

"Why are you only here now, the gates are closed? He said quietly.

"Is it still forbidden to go out of the city at night?" Li Chen looked at the closed city gate and the two soldiers in front of the gate in surprise.

"Of course!" the poor middle-aged man glanced at him, "Night is the time when demon beasts are active, so the city gates are closed at night unless there is something special necessary." ”

"Let's come back tomorrow, and you guys will be early tomorrow. The middle-aged man said that he was about to leave and go home.

"Wait!" Li Chen suddenly stopped him.

"What are you doing?" The middle-aged man turned his head to look at him with some impatience, and found that Li Chen suddenly walked towards the two soldiers guarding the door, and after saying a few words, he suddenly showed a token.

"I've seen the city lord!"

When the two soldiers saw this token, they suddenly knelt down and respectfully said to Li Chen!

"City Lord?" the poor middle-aged man's eyes were about to pop out when he heard this title.

Li Chen looked at the two soldiers guarding the door.

"Can you open the door now?"

"Yes!" said the two soldiers without hesitation.

Li Chen smiled with satisfaction.

It worked.

He turned his head to find that the middle-aged man had returned to him.

"Isn't this just going out?" Li Chen looked at him proudly.

"Why do they call you City Lord?" the middle-aged man asked with a confused expression.

"Hey, secret, let's go. Li Chen smiled, and then walked out of the city with Mu Yu.

The middle-aged man looked at Li Chen's back, and there was only one sentence left in his mind.

"Aren't they outsiders?"

(End of chapter)