Xiao Fan and the others walked up the stairs towards the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, and the soldiers guarding on both sides of the stairs said in unison: "Welcome to the Protector!"

Xiao Fan glanced at the two middle-aged people, and felt a little strange in his heart, the establishment in the City Lord's Mansion was not an official position, but a kind of Dharma protector, which was the same as those powerful sects. After walking the stairs, several connected gates appeared in front of you, and the doors were open to see the main hall inside.

Directly above the main hall sat a man in his fifties, wearing a silver robe, a silver crown of hair, a well-defined face, a very sharp gaze, and a very majestic momentum.

On either side of the main hall there were two rows of seats, on which sat a number of cultivators, some of whom were also wearing battle armor, and they should be some generals and generals. Among them, two Xiao Fan were particularly familiar, and when their eyes fell on them, Xiao Fan and Hua Mei were shocked at the same time.

"How could it be them?" Xiao Fan was a little surprised, those two young cultivators turned out to be the young kings of the Qin family and the Tuoba family.

The other two young cultivators sitting next to them also attracted Xiao Fan's attention. The two young cultivators didn't look unusual, their appearance and dress were very ordinary, but Xiao Fan felt a sense of déjà vu from their hidden aura, which surprised him a little.

"City Lord, the subordinates have invited the two young kings here!" the two middle-aged men walked to the center of the main hall and bowed down and said.

The city lord had a kind smile on his face, nodded and motioned for the two Dharma Protectors to sit down, and then his eyes fell on Xiao Fan and Hua Mei, and said with a smile: "Welcome to my mansion, please sit down, don't be restrained." ”

"The lord of the city is polite. Xiao Fan smiled faintly, and pulled Hua Mei to find a place to sit down. At this moment, the young kings of the Qin family and the Tuoba family had been staring at Xiao Fan and Hua Mei, and there was also a thick surprise in their eyes. Yesterday, I heard that someone provoked the Busi Mansion, but I never thought that it was Xiao Fan and Hua Mei.

"I don't know what the two of you call you?" said the city lord with a smile. Xiao Fan looked at the city lord and said, "In Xia Xiao Fan, this is in Xia Xiao's friend Hua Mei." ”

"Hmm!" the city lord nodded and said with a smile: "The city lord knew about the two of them yesterday, and I didn't expect that we had two amazing young kings here, and the city lord was fortunate enough to meet each other, which was really a great pleasure." The city lord doesn't want to go around the bend with the two, and today he specially invited the two to come here to let the two join my city lord's mansion, of course, they are not bound by my city lord's mansion, so they are regarded as guests, I don't know what the two of you think?"

"The city lord is polite, but the qualifications of the two of them are mediocre, thanks to the city lord's attention, I am really a little flattered, and the two of us still have important things to do, I am afraid that they will not be able to stay for a long time. Xiao Fan politely declined, which made some people in the hall change color.

"Xiao Fan, you don't want to toast and eat and drink, the city lord is so polite to you, you don't even know how to lift!" The young king of the Qin family said coldly, staring at Xiao Fan with slightly squinted eyes.

"Eh!" The city lord waved his hand, stopped the young king of the Qin family and continued, still with a faint smile on his face, and said: "The two of you have important matters, this city lord naturally can't force you to stay in my mansion all the time, I just hope that the two of you can live here for a while, in this matter, the mansion will definitely provide you with the best cultivation resources and environment, you two may wish to consider it." ”

Xiao Fan was slightly silent, and then said: "Hua Mei and I burned the Busi Mansion, and even killed all the personnel, isn't the city lord angry at all about this?"

"It's impossible not to be angry, after all, the Busi Mansion is a powerful force under the jurisdiction of my City Lord's Mansion. However, those people are indeed too arrogant, causing resentment among the people in the city, and now it may be a good thing that you destroy them, and the most important thing is that I need the help of a young king like you, I hope you two will not refuse. ”

Xiao Fan didn't believe in the city lord's words about the arrogance of the Busi Mansion, if he really became angry with the Busi Mansion because of this, then he should have stopped it a long time ago. However, Xiao Fan didn't dwell on this issue, but just asked: "I don't know if the city lord of the city of Lu Dao needs our help?" There are many strong people in the city lord's mansion, if they can't solve the matter, even if we want to help, we can't do anything." ”

"Eh, Xiao Fan, you are too modest, what is about to happen can only be helped by a young king like you, and the figures of the older generation are not eligible to participate. The city lord shook his head, glanced at the young kings of the Qin family and the Tuoba family, and said, "As long as you are willing to help me, plus a few of them, we will definitely win this time, and we will overwhelm the Li family and the Meng family." If you can help me win the first place, the lord of this city will not treat you badly, and when the time comes, how about opening the treasure house and letting each of you choose one of the treasures in it?"

Xiao Fan knew that what the Dao City Lord was referring to was the upcoming big competition, and who of the three major forces could win the first place was related to the ownership of the Supreme Blood Crystal. Xiao Fan's primary purpose was to help the City Lord's Mansion win the first place and win the ownership of the Supreme Blood Crystal, only in this way could he achieve his ultimate goal. However, Xiao Fan did not agree immediately, but asked with some doubts: "I don't know what the Dao City Lord is talking about?"

"This matter is a long story, thousands of years ago, my city lord's mansion and the Li Meng family had an agreement that every ten years a big competition between young disciples would be held, and whoever wins, then he could get the right to exploit all the resources within a radius of 300,000 li around the city. For thousands of years, our three forces have won and lost, and they are not equal. If it was not so important to have a 10-year priority for the exploitation of the resources, this time it was different, and it was about a piece of blood crystal that we had together a few years ago, and this blood crystal was a treasure. Since the blood crystal is the common result of our three potential forces, we have not decided who it belongs to, and after several years of discussion, we finally reached an agreement to regard it as the lottery of this big competition, and whoever wins will have the ownership of the blood crystal!"

The city lord did not hide it, and told the matter of the blood crystal, but he did not say that it was the supreme blood crystal. This matter will have to be announced sooner or later, and he is not afraid to tell Xiao Fan them now. And for the city lord, no matter how strong a young king like Xiao Fan is, he will never dare to covet the blood crystal, if there is, it is tantamount to looking for death.

"So that's the case, the city lord means that he wants me and Hua Mei to participate in this big competition in the name of the younger generation of the city lord's mansion?"

"Yes, I hope you don't shirk it, once this matter is over, the city lord will show enough sincerity, and if you want to leave or stay at that time, the city lord will never interfere. ”

Xiao Fan was silent, but Hua Mei was shocked, of course she didn't believe the kind face shown by the city lord. Now the city lord wants to use them, once there is no use value, who knows what he will do when the time comes?

"Xiao Fan, we can't trust him, this person may cross the river and tear down the bridge, and once he uses it, he will kill us!" Hua Mei communicated with Xiao Fan in a secret way.

Xiao Fan smiled faintly, gently squeezed Hua Mei's hand, and said, "I naturally know the Dao, but I am determined to get that blood crystal, so I can only promise him first, let the City Lord's Mansion get the blood crystal, and then take it away from his hands." ”

"Are you going to take the blood crystal?" Hua Mei's heart jumped, she didn't expect Xiao Fan to have this thought, it was really a little crazy. The aura of the city lord was very strong, and Hua Mei couldn't see that his cultivation was in the realm, but it could be roughly surmised that most of them were people above the sixth heaven of the Emperor Martial Realm. Those who can cultivate to this point are not weak in bloodline and potential, and it is very difficult to reverse it.

Hua Mei is sure that she can compete head-on with the people of the Fifth Heaven of the Emperor Martial Realm, but it is absolutely impossible to defeat the people of the Sixth Heaven of the God Martial Realm, and although Xiao Fan's counterattack combat power is terrifying, it is even more impossible to use the Seven Heavens of the Emperor Martial Realm to reverse the Sixth Heaven of the Emperor Martial Realm. After all, the gap between the realms is too big, and there is too much suppressive force between them.

"It's very risky, but I have to try anyway, and I'll tell you how precious the blood crystal is after I leave the main hall, and then you'll know why I'm doing this." If we want to get blood crystals, it is definitely not possible to use force to do the royal road, we can only take the trick path, the methods are all thought of, we are not hopeless. ”

"Well, okay, I listen to you for everything, even if I know that I am dead, I will die with you!" Hua Mei's voice came into Xiao Fan's ears, with no regrets and deep affection, which made Xiao Fan's heart tremble, and he sighed secretly, but did not respond.

"How's that, have you thought about it?" asked the city lord.

"Since we have come to the City Lord's Mansion, it is a little unreasonable not to agree, and the two of us are willing to help the City Lord. Xiao Fan said this, he knew very well that since he was already in the City Lord's Mansion, even if he gave up the Supreme Blood Crystal, he could only choose to agree. He didn't believe that the city lord was really as good as he seemed, and if he refused, the city lord might immediately turn his face, and he would definitely fall into a desperate situation at that time.

"Ha Luhaha, this is very good! You two can help, this time my City Lord's Mansion will definitely win, overwhelm the Li Meng family, and win the final ownership of the blood crystal!" The City Lord smiled with a smile on his face, paused and then said: "There is still one month that is the day of Dabi, and in this month's time, you can use all the cultivation resources available in my City Lord's Mansion to strive to make your cultivation more sophisticated, and then we will have a better chance of victory." By the way, the courtyard in the east has a beautiful environment, Xiao Fan and Hua Mei can choose a small courtyard to live in at will, you don't need to be polite here, if you need anything, just tell those subordinates, they will try to satisfy you. ”

"Thank you City Lord, since this is the case, Hua Mei and I will go to choose a small courtyard to rest for a while, I am a little tired after killing so many people, and the true qi in my body is consumed a lot, and I need to recover. Xiao Fan said.

"Go, go. The city lord nodded, and when Xiao Fan and Hua Mei left, the muscles on his face twitched slightly, and he suppressed this anger in his heart. Xiao Fan's words were too direct before, making his anger almost rush to the top of his head. What does it mean to kill so many people, it's a little tired? Xiao Fan killed all his people!