Chapter 416: Lone Star City
Kerr was not going to help Qingmang defend himself against the Earth Dragons, and the two of them parted unhappily, and Kerr turned and dived into the water and disappeared.
At this time, Qing Mang's face became even more ugly, Hei Shan was also worried, and only Bai Ling looked calm, as if all this was what she expected.
"Teacher, now that the Earth Dragon people refuse to help us, there are only five hundred Sky Dragon people, what should we do? Why don't you destroy the stone pillars? ”
Qing Mang let out a long sigh and shook his head, "If I could destroy the stone pillar, I would have done it a long time ago, the stone pillar itself was made by gathering the power of our three races, and someone who did not have the power of the three races at the same time would not be able to destroy the stone pillar." ”
Qing Mang looked at the north at this time, and now he could only hope that Mu Xiaofeng would quickly obtain the power of the Four Saints, and if he obtained the power of the Four Saints, he would be able to destroy the stone pillar.
And Mu Xiaofeng, who was far away in the Xuan Road, was not so smooth, the more cold the place in the Xuanzhi Land became, even the thickly haired iron-eating beasts would feel a slight cold, not to mention the others, who were wearing thick jackets.
They traveled for several days and finally came to the northernmost city of the Xuanzhi Land, Lone Star City, although this is the northernmost desolate city, but it is one of the cities with the most abundant resources in the Xuanzhi Land. Because in the strategic phalanx of the Demon Kingdom, Lone Star City is the alternate capital of the Demon Capital, if the Demon Capital is captured, all the main forces will be transferred to Lone Star City.
Therefore, in the Demon Kingdom, the remaining material reserves will be transferred to Lone Star City every year, and it can be said that except for the Demon Capital and several big cities, they will get more material distribution every year, and most of the remaining materials will be given to Lone Star City.
In addition, the population of Lone Star City is not large, and the consumption is extremely small, so it can be said that this is the city with the largest material reserves in the entire Xuanzhi Land. And because of the population, there are basically not many soldiers in Lone Star City, even the guards brought by Gu Xin can capture this city.
It's just that Lone Star City is in the northernmost part of the Xuan Zhi Land, and other countries have to bypass the entire Xuan Zhi Lu's coastal defense line if they want to attack the Lone Star City, and even if they capture this city, they can't destroy the main force of the Demon Kingdom, what's the use of asking for those materials.
The Demon Kingdom also dared not attack this city even more, although everyone coveted the materials of Lone Star City, but attacking Lone Star City was equivalent to attacking the Demon Capital, and if you want to rebel, it is better to attack the Demon Capital directly.
The city lord of Lone Star City is named Huang Zhifeng, a young demon clan, only about forty years old, and he is just a child in the demon clan. The affairs of Lone Star City are not complicated in the first place, they are only responsible for taking inventory and liquidating their inventory, so there is no need for too strong people to be stationed, but Huang Zhifeng, who has mediocre qualifications, is selected.
Huang Zhifeng is indeed not good-looking, with a black melon skin hairstyle, a pair of squinting eyes that look like he has been sleeping, a big nose and broad lips, and these two rows of slightly uneven teeth look like a weirdo.
And Huang Zhifeng is thin, but he has slender limbs, and he looks wobbly when he walks, for fear that he will fall to the ground. However, this person was still very respectful to Gu Xin, and when he heard that Gu Xin had come to Lone Star City, he greeted him at the city gate early.
Huang Zhifeng saw Gu Xin's team slowly appear in the horizon, so he ordered dozens of guards around him to immediately kneel down and quietly wait for Gu Xin's arrival.
Gu Xin and they met Huang Zhifeng after they came to the gate of Lone Star City, this is the first time Gu Xin came to Lone Star City, she looked at Huang Zhifeng's strange appearance but did not have any disgust, but helped Huang Zhifeng up very enthusiastically.
"The city lord doesn't need to be so polite, Lone Star City is an important city for us, and you still have to work hard for you to take on this heavy responsibility."
"His Majesty the Demon King has praised me falsely, I'm just one of your storekeepers, and I'm doing some simple work." Huang Zhifeng smiled, revealing his two rows of jagged teeth.
Kelina had a feeling of admiration for Gu Xin for the first time at this time, after all, this city lord felt annoyed at a glance, Gu Xin was so calm, he was worthy of being the demon king of Xuan Zhilu.
After all, it was still cold outside, Huang Zhifeng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took Gu Xin and them into the City Lord's Mansion to rest, he had already prepared good wine and food to entertain everyone.
During the banquet, Huang Zhifeng also gave a detailed introduction to the reserves of Lone Star City during this time, Gu Xin was very satisfied, this Huang Zhifeng knew the details of the reserves well, even if he didn't look at the accounts, he could tell what materials were there and how much there was in stock.
And Gu Xin also introduced the people she brought, which focused on telling Huang Zhifeng about Mu Xiaofeng's identity, and now Mu Xiaofeng is the marshal of the demon clan and the patriarch of the virtual family.
After hearing this, Huang Zhifeng looked Mu Xiaofeng up and down, he didn't expect that this young man was already a marshal, and since a person with a foreign surname was in charge of the Xujia family, it was really amazing.
"It turned out to be Lord Marshal, disrespectful and disrespectful." Huang Zhifeng hurriedly stepped forward to toast Mu Xiaofeng, but Mu Xiaofeng just nodded slightly in return and drank the wine glass in his hand.
Seeing that Mu Xiaofeng was a little cold, Huang Zhifeng didn't dare to talk much, but Mu Xiaofeng was not cold, he just felt that this city lord was a little too flattering, and it looked unpleasant.
"I wonder how long His Majesty the Demon King is going to stay in Lone Star City this time?"
"I'm not here to make a round, I'm just staying here for a day and then I'm off on my way."
Huang Zhifeng's expression was a little surprised at this time, and he hurriedly asked Gu Xin where he was going next, after all, Lone Star City was already the northernmost city, and if he went to other places, he didn't need to come to this trip at all.
"We're going to the northernmost coastline, we heard that there are traces of the Xuanwu Sacred Beast there, so we went to meet the Sacred Beast."
Huang Zhifeng heard that Gu Xin was going to find the Xuanwu Holy Beast, his face changed slightly, but he immediately returned to normal, and then invited Gu Xin with a smile: "Your Majesty the Demon King, this Lone Star City has always been an isolated island, and it is lonely on the Xuanzhi Land, why don't you stay for two more days?" How about recuperating in Lone Star City and then heading north? ”
Gu Xin hadn't answered at this time, Mu Xiaofeng had obviously caught the change in Huang Zhifeng's face, and he asked directly, "City Lord, your face was a little surprised when you mentioned the Xuanwu Holy Beast just now, it seems that you don't want us to go to the Holy Beast?" ”
"How dare you! What His Majesty the Demon King and Lord Marshal want to do, how dare I stop it. Huang Zhifeng hurriedly waved his hand at this time, and then his eyes rolled and he thought of a statement, "It's just that it's winter now, and the Xuanwu Holy Beast must be dormant, I'm worried that the adults have disturbed the Xuanwu Holy Beast, and the Holy Beast is not easy to mess with." ”
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, I'll stay in Lone Star City for one more day, after all, Lone Star City is our most important city, I'm the first time I'm here as a demon king, it's really not appropriate to stay for one night for the first time, let's set off the day after tomorrow." Gu Xin interrupted the two arguing at this time, and Mu Xiaofeng didn't say anything more.
After the banquet, Mu Xiaofeng always felt that something was wrong with Huang Zhifeng, so he asked Huang Zhifeng to follow him secretly and monitor his every move.
The others went back to their rooms under Huang Zhifeng's arrangement, but they sneaked out after returning to the room.
Mu Xiaofeng felt uneasy in the room at this time, he had been waiting for a reply from the false cut, and it was only in the middle of the night that he heard someone knock lightly on his door.
"Who?"
"It's me."
This was the sound of the virtual slash, Mu Xiaofeng hurriedly opened the door, and after checking around to find out that no one was there, he let the virtual slash come in quickly.
"How's it going? What is this Huang Zhifeng doing after that? ”
Xuan shook his head, he didn't find anything abnormal, after Huang Zhifeng went back, he reviewed the official documents, and then went to his yard to water his flowers and plants before going to bed, and then went to sleep.
Mu Xiaofeng also felt strange at this time, this Huang Zhifeng really didn't have any strange actions, but as a city lord, did he still have to water his flowers and plants?
The more Mu Xiaofeng thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he decided to go to the garden in the City Lord's Mansion with the two of them to take a look.
The two quietly went out, and under the leadership of the virtual cut, Mu Xiaofeng came to the garden, the flowers and plants in this garden did not grow very well, it seemed that Huang Zhifeng did not take care of them, and the flowers and plants were wilting.
Mu Xiaofeng squatted down and carefully inspected the moist soil, he dipped a little with his fingers and put it in his mouth to taste it, the soil was a little salty, and the flowers and plants were obviously not suitable for growing in this kind of land, no wonder his flowers and plants did not grow well.
At this time, Mu Xiaofeng continued to reach out to dig deeper into the soil, and suddenly his hand touched a wooden board, it seemed that there was really something in the land of this garden.
"Lord Marshal! Don't know what you're doing in my garden late at night? ”
Huang Zhifeng's voice came from behind Mu Xiaofeng, Mu Xiaofeng and Xuan Qi quickly got up like thieves, and then turned their heads to see Huang Zhifeng standing at the door of his room in a nightgown.
Although he was doing this kind of sneaky thing, Mu Xiaofeng was still full of confidence, and he directly questioned Huang Zhifeng, "City Lord, I see that your flower raising skills are not very good, the flowers and plants in this garden are listless, and I found that there is a wooden board under the soil, I think it must be something in this wooden board that affects your flowers and plants to absorb nutrients." ”
Huang Zhifeng smiled after hearing this, and then walked into the garden, his face was almost close to Mu Xiaofeng, and said: "I didn't expect that Lord Marshal still has a lot of experience in raising flowers and grass, and he is still bothered that Lord Marshal cares."
Mu Xiaofeng pointed to the land he had just dug up, and then asked Huang Zhifeng to dig up the land to show him, he had a way to make his flowers and plants grow better.
Huang Zhifeng's expression became a little sad at this time, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and replied: "Lord Marshal, it's not that I refuse to dig up this land, it's just that my wife is buried under this ground, and the wooden plank you touched is just my wife's coffin."