Chapter 98: 98. City Lord of Cangwu City

[This time climbing: 600 steps]

[400 steps to the top]

Seeing this number, Wenping wiped the sweat the size of beans off his forehead, then wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and sighed: “The journey to obtain the Anomalous Meridian Gate is long and arduous, crying and laughing like this, it’s really unbearable.”

However, his heart was now filled with anticipation for reaching the top.

After speaking, Wenping returned to Tingyu Pavilion, opened the Gravity Field and continued cultivating until dawn.

…

At the same time, outside the walls of Cangwu City, a light cavalry rode swiftly towards the morning light. Its golden tail, golden mane, even half its body was golden; if there were a horse expert, they would definitely recognize it as the Half-Faced Golden Armor!

Although this horse isn’t as fast as the Wind-Sealed Horse, in terms of strength and explosiveness, the Wind-Sealed Horse is like a pony in comparison, probably unable to withstand even a hoof from the Half-Faced Golden Armor.

No one knows the Half-Faced Golden Armor, but there are only ten in all of Cangwu City, usually ridden by formidable generals in the army, especially those with extremely high status.

This allows one to infer the identity of the person on the horse.

Who exactly is he?

What kind of status does it take to ride the Half-Faced Golden Armor?

Step!

Step!

There seemed to be only two sounds, but Half-Faced Golden Armor had already reached the foot of the city wall from a dozen meters away. A young man flipped down from his horse and shouted to the people on the wall, “Open the door, I’m back!”

“The Young City Lord is back, open the door.”

The guards on the wall hurriedly shouted to the gatekeepers.

Creak–

The heavy wooden door slowly opened.

A guard trotted up to the young man, the armor on his body making a clanging sound, like metal collision. After leading away the Half-Faced Golden Armor, he instantly said to the young man, “Young City Lord, the City Lord told me to inform you to go see him at the City Lord’s Mansion immediately.”

“Got it.”

Saying this, the young man removed his Tiger Headed Carved Helmet and then said to the guard: “Take my Tiger Head Helmet to be cleaned, it’s got some blood from a giant tiger on it, smells a bit fishy and unpleasant.”

“Yes!”

The guard was secretly shocked when he heard about the giant tiger’s blood and quickly nodded in affirmation.

Having spoken, the young man stepped onto the city wall and arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion towering atop the wall.

He knocked on the door and heard a voice inside, “Xiaoshan, back from hunting?”

The young man stepped into the room, even upon seeing his father, he had no thought of taking off his armor.

“Yes, killed two white-browed giant tigers, but nearly got touched by their claws; thanks to the Tiger Gold Armor you gave me, I was protected. With this armor on, I believe in two years there won’t be anything in the forest outside that can threaten me.”

Saying this, the young man raised his eyebrows unintentionally.

To conquer an entire forest at the Body Refining Sixth Layer, that was unheard of.

After he finished speaking, the middle-aged man’s face also showed satisfaction, with a hint of pride.

This middle-aged man was naturally the true guardian of Cangwu City, the Half-Step Profound Huan Cheng–the City Lord of Cangwu City. Half-Step Profound refers to a person who has opened the meridians but hasn’t opened the Meridian Gate, his power is much stronger than those in the 13-layer realm.

The young man was the Young City Lord Huan Shan.

Compared to the rough image of a middle-aged uncle-like Huan Cheng, the younger Huan Shan had an even more prominent warrior essence, especially in Tiger Gold Armor, that made him look every bit like a battle-hardened butcher general.

If his age of seventeen was mentioned, surely no one would believe it?

After some small talk between the father and son, Huan Cheng narrated the events of yesterday in detail, but Huan Cheng’s viewpoint was that the preservation of Wenping leaving the Hundred Sects Alliance could only be explained by something left behind by his father.

Otherwise, given the current power of the Hundred Sects Alliance, it’s difficult for a mere child like Wenping to escape unharmed.

After Huan Shan heard his father’s words, he seemed disinterested, taking a sip from his teacup while glancing at the white claw marks left on the armor from the giant tiger.

“Did you hear what I said?” Huan Cheng patted the table.

Huan Shan nodded and then said, “Why are you telling me this? I haven’t seen him in two years.”

Huan Cheng stood up, paced around the study desk, then said sincerely, “I want you to talk to Wenping, after all, you know each other and are both young; conversations might be more engaging.”

“Talk about what? We don’t have anything in common. He’s a young gentleman who likes to dress fancy, while I’m someone who likes to wear invulnerable armor–not exactly chatty.”

“But only you can go, take this opportunity to involve yourself in Cangwu City’s affairs, accumulate experience, and maintain harmony among the city’s forces. This is a compulsory course for the City Lord. Once you’ve learned this, in two years you will succeed my position as City Lord. Just being good at killing enemies doesn’t make you a City Lord.”

Upon hearing this from Huan Cheng, Huan Shan nodded with a half-understood expression, although he didn’t want to go, he asked: “Talk about what?”

Huan Cheng replied: “Our City Lord’s Mansion can mediate on his behalf, resolving his conflict with the Hundred Sects Alliance, provided he agrees.”

“He’ll definitely agree. That guy never likes to stir up trouble with others; this time, things have escalated so much. He’d be eager for major issues to turn into minor ones. No problem, I’ll go right now.”

With this, Huan Shan stood up.

As he was about to leave, Huan Cheng told him to change into different clothes first. But Huan Shan refused, because his motto had always been never to take off his armor leisurely.

When Huan Shan rode the Half-Faced Golden Armor to Immortal Sect, he did not walk, but directly rode the horse to the top of Yunlan Mountain. Upon seeing Wenping, who was coming from the kitchen, they met face-to-face.

In fact, Wenping knew Huan Shan had arrived.

Seeing Wenping, Huan Shan glanced at him, looked him up and down several times, and still displayed the disdain he had two years ago. But Wenping didn’t consider it as provocation toward him because Huan Shan had always been like this.

As someone who survived among the dead since childhood, he looked down on any gentleman in Cangwu City.

Unluckily, Wenping used to be one of those gentlemen.

When friends meet, there was no small talk, Huan Shan immediately started his routine of mockery, “Wenping, you guys are so old now and still dress so elegantly. A man should wear armor, invulnerable, and untouchable by anyone.”

After saying this, Huan Shan patted his armor.

He really disliked seeing body refining cultivators dressed like dandies, just like he disliked seeing a tiger showing its teeth in the forest.

In his view, men should wear irresistibly heavy armor, making walking more stable. Like Wenping, dressed in white clothes, looking like a pretty boy; no matter how he looked, it made him feel displeased.

Wenping glanced at Huan Shan, gave a helpless smile, then asked: “Huan Shan, we haven’t seen each other for two years, did you specifically come here today to talk to me about this matter?”