In November of the 568th year of the Altino calendar, the suburbs of Shangri-La, a free city

Leng Mengxue, a superstar loved by Shangri-La citizens, landed from Porutgar and the convoy traveled all the way to Shangri-La, but the journey took longer than expected due to the impact of disasters in various places, and the road was blocked. Although Gong Jin and Shi Chong had coincidentally confirmed the route, no one found that the convoy had brief contact with the magic house where it had landed the night before it was about to arrive at Shangri-La, and had accommodated two more passengers.

Fortunately, there were two more passengers, otherwise, when the convoy entered Shangri-La, the crowd only saw a large number of grooms, attendants, maids, and security personnel, but they did not see the owner of the convoy, it would be a joke.

Izumi Sakura and Niel just got into the convoy and headed for Shangri-La, but their companions didn't follow. Except for Feng'er herself, everyone was in favor of her staying to recuperate, so despite the strong opposition of the person concerned, everyone still ignored her wishes and let her stay in the magic house.

Entertainers from the Continent of Winds, whether they are singers and bards, or actors in stage plays and vaudevilles, usually do not stay in one place for long, but are constantly on a journey, taking advantage of the opportunity to travel from place to place and perform.

Everywhere they went, they would take refuge in the local tavern teahouse, where they would perform for a living, but they would accept them unreservedly, usually in the local brothels. It may be a little strange to say this, but in the eyes of the principal of the Qinglou Alliance, in addition to prostitution, Qinglou can still have some other entertainment value, or...... Intelligence value.

When a performer's fame grows, he will often join a large-scale performance group in order to seek better welfare and security, so he will form a mobile performance brigade, at the invitation of various places, to travel and perform, and set up his own theater and stage in each place, without borrowing the venue of the old building.

Being able to join such a performing arts group is naturally a status symbol, but the amount of money spent to raise such a brigade is also extremely amazing.

Leng Mengxue's identity, known as Shangri-La's first popular singer is not an exaggeration, half a year ago was invited to go to sea, not alone, but led a small team, about ten carriages or so of the number of people, together to go to sea, Shangri-La held a quite grand farewell ceremony, hoping that this team visiting overseas can win glory for the continent of wind.

The same carriage, almost the same manpower, back to Shangri-La on the morning of October 24, when the convoy entered the five-mile range of Shangri-La, it was welcomed by the crowd of people pouring out of the city, sprinkled with flower petals along the way, applause, cheers, endlessly, looking at this lively scene, sitting in the car Quan Ying couldn't help but have a trace of trance.

It's not surprising that the carriage from the Qinglou Alliance has some mechanism hidden, but Izumi Sakura has a bit of a laughing feeling about the wall panel of this carriage.

The siding on all sides of the carriage, like some kind of magic lens, is painted thick wood from the outside in, but it can be seen clearly from the inside out, and Kaede and Izumi Sakura can easily look around everywhere around them, and see the expressions of everyone on both sides of the road, there are old and young inside, and even old women who need help to move around, they all smile and wave at the convoy.

Quan Ying grew up in Hangzhou, although it is not a poor country, but it is also a city where the culture and elegance are more than the bustling atmosphere, how many times have she seen such a luxurious scene in a commercial city? Just like every first-time visitor to Shangri-La, her heart is immediately attracted by the scene in front of her.

Sitting across from her, dressed as a maid, Ni'er felt that there was something strange around her, and there was a tension in the atmosphere, and people's smiles seemed unnatural.

(It's no wonder, after all, under the rule of strangers...... ）

Shi Chong didn't come to the Free City alone, the original members of the Shizi family, except for the part that was swept away and destroyed by Gong Jin, the rest secretly advanced to the Free City, and now most of them have been gathered, and after assisting in the withdrawal of the occupied Second Army, it is logical to take over Shangri-La, so from outside the city, those soldiers who are armed with weapons and patrol back and forth are almost all El Tieno.

(tsk...... It's all Altino's soldiers, so when the time comes...... It's easier to get things done. ）

Feng'er had reminded the two of them before, so when Niel saw the heavily guarded guards at the head of the city, what she felt was not fear, but understood that since these guards were Ertano, they must not know the environment of Shangri-La, and the Shangri-La people were not familiar with them.

Shangri-La was extremely enthusiastic and excited about the return of Leng Mengxue, a civic icon, and the welcome array was even grander than expected, not only with a band playing to welcome her, but also a parade of juggling clowns in front of her, and the whole atmosphere was like a grand carnival. This is also their luck, if it was a few days earlier, the natural disaster has not subsided, people would not have been so excited to welcome it.

A few days ago, the elite team of the Wizard Guild entered the Free City, set up a magic array and an altar respectively, and operated at the same time to stabilize and calm the chaotic Heaven and Earth Vitality, the situation of the natural disasters in the Free City has been greatly improved, and people have been able to recuperate and start rebuilding work.

Compared with the people in other places, the people of the free city have been trained to resist pressure and resilience, because of the impact of the Alembat earthquake and the sinking of the Japanese land, similar natural disasters have destroyed the land of the free city several times, and people have a set of ways to deal with such disasters.

People who are depressed and depressed, after several painful encounters in a row, have been eliminated by nature, and the rest of the people have cultivated a set of strong and optimistic attitudes towards life, just like weeds under the cover of ice and snow, as long as the harsh environment is slightly soothed, they will immediately sprout and grow, and regenerate.

Although the soldiers of Eltino conquered their city and gained control of the land, they were unable to conquer the hearts of the people here. Merchants have no homeland, as long as they think about it in a different direction, these foreign soldiers who have traveled from thousands of miles away are also a good new source of customers, no matter how fierce and vicious they usually are, as long as the other party is a creature with intelligence, businessmen can give full play to their long-sleeved dancing skills and quickly establish their own stage.

Gong Jin did not do too much control in the territory, even Shi Chong changed the cruel and murderous style in the past in Altino, strictly restrained his sergeants, and did not have any plundering behavior, so that the goods of the merchant could be circulated, so within a few days, the once crowded market was again lively, taking advantage of the opportunity to welcome the return of the citizen star, greatly bustling and attracting buyers.

"But......" Quan Ying said thoughtfully, "Shi Chong doesn't know how much of Shangri-La has already been controlled, if he completely takes over all the underground forces in Shangri-La, the risk of this operation will be much higher." ”

Nier Zhengse said: "Any action has dangers, there are risks, I don't think this operation will be smooth sailing, just to see if we have the courage and ability to overcome, and I believe that we will overcome those dangers." ”

"That's right, but unfortunately we probably don't have any reinforcements for this trip......" Izumi Sakura's slightly worried voice whispered into Nier's ears.

It has been almost seven days since the launch of the Tongtian Cannon, and although the situation of the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi being disordered and difficult to gather and exert strength has not deteriorated, it has not improved either. The two women, who realized that their strength was declining, were inevitably uneasy about the fact that they were going to fight alone.

In terms of reinforcements, the situation was far more troublesome than originally expected. Lancelot retreated, Gengoro stayed at the North Gate Tianguan, Oda Xiang guarded Alcatraz Island, and Xiaocao and Mei Lin all went to calm the vitality of heaven and earth, in other words, the Heavenly Rank combat power that Reyns's side could send over, minus Feng'er who was still in the magic house, was equivalent to saying that all of them were already here.

Quan Sakura had hoped that there would be another helper, that is, at least in terms of combat power, to be able to draw with the strongest of the enemy, because at present, if it is against Shang Gongjin and Chirez, this side will be in an overwhelming disadvantageous position, and there is no ace who can confront it head-on.

In fact, even if you look around the entire Wind Continent, who are the top masters who can compete with Qi Reith and Gong Jin?

In the ranking of strong heavenly rank martial artists, the strongest White Deer Sword Saint and Vermilion Bird Heavenly Sword have now fallen for different reasons.

Dolgon and the old man of the mountain, although these two masters of the previous generation are strong and have the strength to fight with Chires, they are not on the side of Reyns and will not help.

Gengoro's strength is unfathomable, and Oda Xiang is the head of both the Demon Clan and the Star Sage, but they are currently in a state of confrontation with the enemy, and it is impossible to rush to help.

Thinking of this, Quan Ying suddenly remembered Hai Jiaxuan, a young man with white hair and cold eyebrows and a sneering and arrogant face. Although he looks younger than himself on the outside, he is proficient in the martial arts of the White Deer Cave, and his swordsmanship and strength are stronger than his own, giving people a very reliable feeling.

In the battle of Jerusalem, in order to avoid Chirez's attack, he flew away through the air, and was never heard from again, just as he appeared without warning, coming and going in a hurry, and if he was still here, he might have the strength to fight with Chires.

(Forget it, it's useless to think about all this, we are the only people here, and we should think about how to solve the problem with our ability...... ）

After thinking about it, the convoy had arrived at the gate of the city, although it was possible to drive in like this, but everyone received the news that Shi Chong was about to go out to greet him personally, according to etiquette, Leng Mengxue should get out of the car in person and greet the mayor.

The convoy stopped, and the moment the door opened, the surrounding crowd all fell silent, waiting with bated breath for the beauty in the car to descend.

A slender foot wearing pink dancing shoes landed on the bright red carpet, and the movements were as light as butterflies, which was a little different from the elegance of Leng Mengxue in the impression.

Similar to the desert ethnic style of tight trousers, embroidered vests, extremely close to show the concave and convex curves of young girls; hollow dress exposed lower abdomen and fragrant navel, skin is tender and smooth, evoking reverie; jumping out of the carriage, turning around to pick up people's light movements, like a nimble white rabbit, although only a maid covering her face, but has fully attracted people's attention, can't help but cheer for her beauty.

However, this cheer was soon replaced by a wider and greater silence, for with her support, Leng Mengxue finally appeared from the curtain of the carriage.

First, a delicate and delicate lady wearing white silk gloves, with indescribable elegance, gently rested on the palm of the maid's support, and then, a beautiful woman wearing a purple velvet dress and long skirt slowly walked down the red carpet on the iron steps of the carriage.

At first, because of the big round straw hat she wore diagonally on her head, people couldn't see her face, and could only confirm the memory in her heart from the vaguely familiar movements, however, she quickly took off the straw hat and handed it to the maid next to her, a thick bunch of cloud-like hair, like a blue crystal waterfall, instantly draped down to her waist.

The bright eyes under the blue blindfold, the delicate willow eyebrows, the red cherry lips, and the white and tender face that can be broken by blowing can be blown are similar faces in memory, but after a long absence, they add an indescribable charm, doubling the depth and breadth of the show, so beautiful that the people who are ready to cheer dare not recognize each other, until she finally raised her hand, like a dance, beautiful movements, and waved gently.

"Shangri-La friends, I'm back, how are you?"

Is this the familiar voice in memory? No one could answer, but when the magnetic voice came into the ears and turned into a sweet electric current that paralyzed their minds, they immediately confirmed the identity of the beauty in front of them, threw out the bouquets in their hands, and screamed out with all their might.

"Miss Mengxue, welcome back!"

The people's cries were deafening, to put it exaggeratedly, almost comparable to the violent sound of the cannon firing from the sky, and the level of noise made Izumi Sakura lose her composure slightly, and she was a little overwhelmed when she appeared for the first time, but fortunately, the music played by the band next to her suddenly turned high-pitched and flying, and an annoying voice sounded at this moving moment, which woke her up.

"Mayor of Shangri-La, Duke of El Tieno, Lord Shi Chong~~" Under the loud shout of the attendant master of ceremonies, a team of mighty people walked out of the city gate, including Shangri-La's municipal officials, chairmen and directors of various chambers of commerce, all of whom are big people with heads and faces in Shangri-La, and the one who took the lead in the team was Shi Chong.

Shi Chong, who joined Shangri-La, did not know whether he was determined to change his style, or simply carried away, and his whole body was dressed up in a new look, not only wearing a gorgeous red brocade robe, wearing a bright belt with twelve different colored gems around his waist, and even the vermilion coat on the outside and the red boots on the soles of his feet were sewn with Baise feathers.

(Shi Chong isn't crazy, is he? ）

(What is this old fox doing?)

Nier and Izumi Sakura both flashed such thoughts in their minds, Shi Chong's clothes were not too demonic, at least they didn't look like women, but this exaggerated gorgeous dress, the moment they saw it, they almost thought that Hülegü, who was now sitting on the supreme seat of Altino, came to Shangri-La in person.

However, such an exaggerated dress seemed to be very much in line with the wishes of the people of Shangri-La, and no one booed about it, but another wave of applause broke out, making Shi Chong proud, leading the new officials, big and small, all the way to the red carpet, and in the applause of the crowd, came to the front of the convoy.

"Oh, Miss Mengxue, how are you? I haven't listened to your beautiful singing voice for a long time, it really makes the old man unable to sleep and eat, and I just hope to be able to take a break from my busy time and come to Shangri-La to listen to your singing." You must have worked very hard to perform overseas this time, and I hope that the food from another continent will not make your singing voice uncomfortable!"

Shi Chong smiled with a spring breeze on his face, his tone was surprisingly intimate and enthusiastic, although he called himself "old man", he was a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance, coupled with this seemingly sincere signature smile, it was really difficult to feel bad for him, if it weren't for the bad reputation in the past, the citizens of Shangri-La might still regard the new mayor as a star and support him.

While speaking, Shi Chong was also like an old friend who knew him well, as if out of instinctive reaction, he inadvertently shook Leng Mengxue's hand.

After spending many days with Izumi Sakura, Nier has fully understood her personality of hating people and not liking physical contact with people, even strangers, let alone enemies, so seeing Shi Chong's move, Nier suddenly felt a burst of shock, as if she was in the body.

However, Quan Ying didn't react violently, just smiled slightly, observing etiquette without making people feel cold, and said with a smile: "Thank you Shi Junhou for your kindness, I haven't seen you for half a year, Shi Junhou is better than in the past, Mengxue congratulates Junhou on ascending this great position for the benefit of the citizens." Then, in the enthusiastic applause next to him, he pulled his hand back without a trace.

During the whole process, Izumi Sakura's expressions, gestures, smiles, and words made Nier seem to see a completely strange woman, if the makeup technique of the Qinglou Alliance is to make the appearance look new, then the training of the Qinglou Alliance seems to be able to really create a completely different inside. From Izumi's smooth movements, Nile knew that she was positioning herself as an actress who appeared on the stage, and everything she did was just a personal performance, without revealing her true emotions at all.

"Haha, the old man is so happy to see Miss Mengxue returning from a long trip, Shangri-La's Jinfeng Lou has already set up a feast for Miss Mengxue, and the chef is also your loyal fan, promising to do his best to make a few kung fu dishes for you, you must not shirk!"

Having to eat at the same table with someone you hate is certainly not a pleasant event for the eye, but it is an inevitable business of underground work. In Izumi Sakura's opinion, including Shi Chong, the large group of gentry and rich people behind him are all hateful objects, but since they are currently prioritizing their work, they don't care about any personal preferences.

Quan Ying nodded and smiled, and was about to say a few words elegantly, when suddenly Shi Chong's face changed, and he shouted angrily: "What a slut, you dare to play tricks in front of the old man!"

The sudden thunderous shouting shook the surrounding crowd into confusion, and they didn't know why Shi Chong suddenly turned his face and became angry, until he heard a series of crossbow arrows, and dozens of strong crossbows fired by machinery shot in the direction of Shi Chong from a flag fight in the west.

Someone fired a crossbow arrow, and Nier had heard it in her ears early in the morning, but the strong wind of the crossbow arrow knew that it was not threatening, it was not from the hands of a heavenly martial artist, and it was impossible to hurt Shi Chong in the slightest, so she just did her duty as a maid, lowered her head, and was silent.

However, Izumi Sakura seemed to be taken aback, not only did her face lose color, but she also took two steps back, and even her shoulders could be seen trembling, which was a very realistic look of fear, which really scared Ni'er, who bowed her head and pretended to be a maid.

(Hey, hey, you're too much of a show...... You're too good at acting, isn't it?

Without the backing of the power of the Heavenly Position, and being alone, this kind of assassination was of course impossible to succeed, and as soon as the poison and crossbow were fired, a large number of guards immediately tried to intercept it, and at the same time flocked to Qidou, preparing to hunt down the assassin who intended to assassinate the mayor.

In broad daylight, and in full view of everyone, Shi Chong certainly didn't let the guards protect him, and he didn't see any movement, a ten-foot-tall transparent giant beast appeared in the air, not only the dozens of powerful crossbows that were shot were all shattered into broken wood and iron, but also slammed into the flag bucket with a punch, the wooden pillar was broken, and the assassin rolled to the ground covered in blood.

"Good dog thief, he actually wants to carry out terrorist activities in Shangri-La, it's not a pity to die!"

Shi Chong scolded angrily, then changed his worried and apologetic expression, and arched his hand to Quan Ying behind him: "Miss Mengxue was frightened, at the ceremony to welcome you, you were affected, the old man was really ashamed of himself, this ...... The old man is new to Shangri-La, and the citizens still don't know about me, and there are still misunderstandings, thinking that my past governance style is ...... Uh, this ......"

Nier was amused in her heart, with Shi Chong's cruel style in Al Tieno, it can really be said that there are enemies everywhere, tens of millions of people are eager to eat his flesh raw, assassination is commonplace, what is so strange when he encounters this kind of thing in Shangri-La? In the past, Hülegü had publicly said that he would be tried to be assassinated, which was a symbol of a celebrity's status and status, looking at Shi Chong's face, maybe he also believed in this, and he felt complacent about being assassinated!

Izumi Sakura thought the same thing, and was about to say a few polite words when she heard the assassin let out a few near-death moans.

"Dream Snow...... I love you, even if I die, I want you, my love for you...... Ah......h

Before he finished speaking, the fossil that was blasted into his body exploded, and the assassin's limbs twisted, and he died tragically with broken bones, but the words he said before his death were clearly heard by the people around him, and the whole scene was quiet and silent for a while.

Izumi Sakura was able to stay awake, but she also had a drunken feeling of confusion, and whispered to Niel behind her.

"Do idol singers often encounter this kind of thing?"

"I don't know...... In the past, Dream Geometry didn't become like this, maybe Senior Sister Mengxue is more special!"

The awkward direction seemed to be reversed all at once, the attendants were busy dealing with the aftermath and dragging away the corpse, and Izumi Sakura wanted to apologize to Shi Chong with elegant movements, however, a guard ran over and bowed his hand to Shi Chong...... No, Lord Mayor, the Assassin was ...... It turned out to be a woman. ”

"Woman, woman, Miss Mengxue's charm is really far-reaching. ”

Even Shi Chong, who is so deep and sophisticated, suddenly heard such news, his face couldn't help but feel strange, let alone Nier, who was completely shocked. However, he was not a fuss after all, and immediately returned his smile and gave orders to his subordinates.

"Come on, cut this assassin to me with a knife, who is not good at assassination, and actually wants to hurt Miss Mengxue, isn't this clearly asking me Shi Chong to look good? ”

As if sensing that he was talking too loudly, Shi Chong turned his head and arched his hand, and said with a smile: "It's really rude, the old man is too outspoken, Miss Mengxue must not care." ”

After saying this, Shi Chong led a group of entourages behind him and led Quan Sakura and his party into Shangri-La, and before re-boarding the carriage, Quan Sakura whispered to Nier.

"Niel. ”

"What's the matter?"

"This mission...... I really think it's dangerous. ”