"City Governor!"
After the city governor sent someone to summon De-Tong, he hurried to see the governor. His daughter accompanied him, fearing that something bad might happen.
"City Governor, what do you… Ah!" As De-Tong was about to ask what the city governor needed, his gaze suddenly met a young man who seemed familiar.
"Y-Young… Young Master Fu-Zheng?" De-Tong exclaimed, delighted to see Zheng-Fu. He never expected to see him again after a year.
"Huh!? Is that him? It's really him, Father! That's Young Master Fu-Zheng!" The young woman, who had followed De-Tong, exclaimed in delight. Her face turned red upon seeing Zheng-Fu.
"You know him, don't you?" the city governor asked upon noticing the joyful expressions on the father and daughter's faces as they saw the young man who had requested to meet De-Tong.
"Yes, City Governor, we know him!" De-Tong replied politely and respectfully. He turned to look at Zheng-Fu once more.
Just as the city governor was about to speak, Zheng-Fu's figure suddenly vanished and reappeared on the side, not far from the city governor. It was the place where De-Tong and his daughter were standing.
"Master De-Tong! It's been a while. How have you been?" Zheng-Fu asked, smiling warmly.
"How… how did he get here!?" The city governor and his soldiers were stunned, exclaiming in fear, especially the commander who had insulted Zheng-Fu earlier. His expression turned dull. Even De-Tong was caught off guard.
"Y-Young… Young Master Fu-Zheng!?" De-Tong could only stammer, bowing politely.
"No need to be formal. We're familiar with each other. Well, Master De-Tong, I came to repay you for the help you gave me with that information. Right now, our human realm is being invaded by other races, with battles breaking out everywhere. So, I thought I would bring you and your family to Blue Land with me!" Zheng-Fu didn't want to waste time, so he quickly got to the point.
"Ah... I… I… I want to go too. But my caravan has many people and goods, and…"
"No need to worry about that. You can bring whatever you want. The Noah Zeppelin has enough space to hold more than ten thousand people!" Zheng-Fu anticipated De-Tong's concerns and interjected before he could finish speaking.
"!!!" Zheng-Fu's words shocked De-Tong. He didn't know what a Noah Zeppelin was, but when he glanced behind Zheng-Fu, he saw a large, strangely shaped ship moored in the desert about half a li away from the city. His eyes widened in disbelief.
"Wha... what... what ship is that? Why is it in the desert?" the young woman, De-Tong's daughter, exclaimed, staring curiously at the ship.
"That's my Noah Zeppelin. To put it simply, it's an airship!" Zheng-Fu explained, knowing that people from this era probably didn't know what a zeppelin was.
"Oh, I see! By the way, does that airship move on the land or in the sky, Young Master?" The young woman's eyes lit up with understanding before she asked whether the zeppelin flew on the land or in the sky.
"Soon you'll know, Miss Na-Lan. You and your father should head back and pack up. I'll be waiting for you at the airship!" Zheng-Fu didn't want to explain too much, so he urged them to hurry back.
"We understand, Young Master. My daughter and I will hurry back and pack up as quickly as possible!" De-Tong nodded earnestly. Although he didn't know why they had to leave, the words of someone who had been so kind to him and his family mattered greatly.
"Young Master, I have something to ask you. Would you please take Sister Xuan-Ji and Uncle Xuan-Hai with us?" Before the young woman walked away, she remembered another woman who was like a true sister to her. She hurriedly asked Zheng-Fu to take them along.
"That's no problem. It depends on them whether they want to come with us or not. Let them pack up and meet me at the airship if they want to come!" Zheng-Fu agreed, recalling those two. They had been kind to him and taken care of him when he arrived.
"Thank you, Young Master!" Na-Lan blushed as Zheng-Fu looked at her. She lowered her head, shyly expressing her gratitude before quickly turning and following her father.
Zheng-Fu's conversation with De-Tong and his daughter had taken place in front of many onlookers, and everyone clearly heard it. Naturally, this caused an uproar.
"Young Master, the virtuous one, please take me and my family with you!" A well-dressed middle-aged man suddenly knelt in front of Zheng-Fu, pleading.
"Young Master, take me along, please!"
"Me too! Please! I'll obey you in everything."
"Please take us along!"
As one person pleaded, more followed. No one wanted to face death if they could avoid it. Villagers and the wealthy alike begged Zheng-Fu to take them with him.
"Damn! What are you all doing? Do you think it's not safe here?" The city governor's right-hand commander roared in anger.
"Please have mercy on us!"
"Take us with you, Young Master! The Virtuous One!!"
But no one paid attention to his words. The crowd continued pleading with Zheng-Fu, ignoring the commander completely. His anger was evident as he realized he had been completely disregarded.
"Leave these people be. Let's see how this young man decides!" The city governor suddenly reached out and grabbed the commander's shoulder, urging him to calm down and wait for Zheng-Fu's decision.
"I must apologize to everyone, but I may not be able to take all of you with me," Zheng-Fu said, shaking his head as he rejected their requests. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but he couldn't take them to Blue Land—they were from Wild Land, and besides, they weren't related to him in any way.
"Young Master, why can Master De-Tong go? Why can that drunken Uncle Xuan-Hai go too? This isn't fair! Your actions are clearly selfish!" A middle-aged man, speaking without thinking, shouted in frustration. However, as he reconsidered his words, his face turned pale.
"Y-Young… Young Master, I didn't mean to speak to you like that. I just—"
"I don't hold a grudge. But next time, don't say things that dissatisfy me," Zheng-Fu replied, seemingly indifferent. However, his words caused the middle-aged man to gulp nervously and quickly step back.
"I won't say that again!"
Of course, many others nearly spoke without thinking as well, but when they saw the reaction to the middle-aged man's words, they quickly swallowed their remarks.
"Young Master, I am Tao-Du, the new city governor. May I ask about the invasion of the other races?" the patient city governor suddenly asked, his curiosity evident.
Flap!!!
Flop!!!
But just as the city governor finished speaking, Zheng-Fu's figure appeared in front of him. His index finger touched the center of the governor's forehead.
"Ah!!!"
"You may be able to deceive others, but not me!" Zheng-Fu said, smiling. He condensed energy into his finger before releasing it.
[Index of Heaven Destroyer Skill]
Woooooosh!!!
Crack!!!
"City Governor!!!"
"City Governor!!!"
A cracking sound, like a watermelon being smashed, echoed as the city governor's head shattered into a mist of blood and white fragments of brain. The city governor's commanders and close soldiers cried out in shock before rushing to support his lifeless body.
Grooaaaan!!!
Booooooom!!!
But as the city governor's headless body hit the ground, the area suddenly trembled. The body swelled up, causing the skin to rip away, revealing a green figure underneath.
"Wha... what… what's happening to the city governor?" the right-hand commander beside the city governor shouted in disbelief, staring at the green figure beneath the skin.
Zing!!!
Slash!!!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Before he could get an answer, a mysterious wave of energy erupted from the green figure, surging past the right-hand commander's throat and severing his head from his frozen body.
"Commander! No!!! You evil demon! I'll avenge you, Commander…"
Slash!!!
Slash!!!
Slash!!!
In the next moment, many more mysterious energy waves erupted, killing all the surrounding soldiers. The intensity of the energy was too much for them to withstand. Some people in the area were affected as well.
"Aaaaaaaaah!!!"
"Everyone, quick, flee!!!"
The massacre that had just occurred sent the minds of the onlookers scattering in all directions. Everything had happened so quickly that they couldn't prepare in time. When they realized what had happened, their friends and acquaintances had already been killed, including the commander and the city governor.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Kiaaakkkkk! Kiaaakkkkk! Kiaaakkkkk!
Creepy, disgusting laughter echoed through the area, and a green figure, about the size of Zheng-Fu's waist, appeared at the edge of the city wall. It stared at Zheng-Fu and the others with evil eyes, licking its lips in satisfaction.
"You're skilled, boy, that you can see my true form," the green figure said, a sly smile twitching at the corner of its mouth.
"I told you, you may be able to deceive others, but not me!"
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