Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 4: Long Separation
"Changli, you are here too! It's just a martial soul awakening. There's really no need to make such a big fuss. You are busy with your daily affairs and it's already hard enough." Lu Jingming said a little embarrassedly.

In fact, his title of city lord was mostly just a figurehead. The one who truly managed the entire Haiyuan City in an orderly manner was none other than the charming beauty before him.

She is also a game character summoned by Lu Jingming using the power of reality. She comes from the mobile game "Mingchao" and serves as the counselor of Jinzhou Longlong. She is resourceful and quick-witted, and is an absolute top strategist.

Recalling six years ago, Lu Jingming summoned Jingliu. Relying on Jingliu's extraordinary strength, he killed the rebellious forces in one fell swoop and successfully suppressed the chaos in the entire Haiyuan City.

At that time, Haiyuan City had just experienced a crazy invasion by sea soul beasts. The city's combat power was greatly reduced and its vitality was severely damaged.

Later, the rebellions of several other noble families made the situation even worse, plunging the city into chaos.

Although Jingliu suppressed all disobedience in Haiyuan City with absolute force, she was somewhat restrained in the face of the chaotic situation.

But she had no other choice but to suppress the rebellion by force and barely maintain order in Haiyuan City.

It was not until two years later that Lu Jingming accumulated some real power again. He immediately chose to summon someone who could solve the dilemma, and this person was Chang Li.

In fact, in his mind, there are many roles to choose from, and there are many people with more outstanding abilities.

However, when Lu Jingming made the decision, he finally followed his inner preferences.

After all, Changli's impressive figure, especially the "big thunder" that was hard to ignore, was really irresistible to him.

For him, who is still a teenager, such charm is undoubtedly extremely attractive.

After successfully summoning Changli, Lu Jingming had a new plan in mind. The affairs of Haiyuan City were complicated and it was difficult for one person to handle everything.

Therefore, he planned to summon another character to be responsible for managing the internal affairs of the City Lord's Mansion, and form a clear division of labor with Changli. One would be responsible for external affairs, coordinating the city's external affairs, and the other would be responsible for internal affairs, carefully managing all matters big and small in the City Lord's Mansion.

After much deliberation, Lu Jingming set his sights on the Eightfold Son of God. In his opinion, the Eightfold Son of God was smart and cunning, and would definitely be able to manage the City Lord's Mansion in an orderly manner.

However, when using the real authority, he overlooked a key issue - miscalculation of the real power required to turn the virtual into the real.

When the summoning light gradually dissipated, the graceful and charming Yae Shinto appeared before him, but before he could even speak, she turned into a pink-haired little fox.

In such a helpless situation, Lu Jingming had no other choice but to hand over the important task of managing the City Lord's Mansion and the entire Haiyuan City to Changli's shoulders.

At first, Lu Jingming was a little worried. After all, both responsibilities were extremely heavy, and it was not easy to take care of them at the same time.

However, Changli showed amazing abilities. She seemed to be born with outstanding leadership and management wisdom. Faced with complicated affairs, she was not at all panicked. Instead, she handled them with ease and managed the entire Haiyuan City in order.

Those families that once acted recklessly and with their own agendas within the city were, under Chang Li's maneuvering and forceful tactics, tamed and subdued, never daring to act rashly again. Even outside of his busy daily administrative duties, Chang Li remained at ease, still having the energy to help plan various affairs of the City Lord's Mansion.

Thanks to her careful planning and the deterrence and protection of Jingliu's powerful military force, Lu Jingming was able to firmly hold on to his position as the lord of Haiyuan City.

You must know that according to the strict regulations of the Xingluo Empire, Lu Jingming, who is not yet an adult, is actually not qualified to inherit the title of Earl of Haiyuan, let alone the position of City Lord.

No matter how poor Haiyuan City is, it is still a major coastal city of the Xingluo Empire. There are many people who covet Haiyuan City.

The Lu family now has only Lu Jingming as its only bloodline. As the first heir, Haiyuan City will sooner or later fall into his hands.

However, during this sensitive period before he comes of age, the Xingluo Empire is very likely to send other officials to temporarily serve as the city lord, and then hand over the position to him when Lu Jingming reaches the age of adulthood.

However, "it is easier to invite a god than to send him away". No one can predict whether the temporary city lord who has been running Haiyuan City for many years will be willing to hand over the control of the city to Lu Jingming when he comes of age.

By then, the situation will probably become more complicated, with too many variables.

Fortunately, Changli was far-sighted. When faced with the officials sent by the Xingluo Empire, she decisively proposed to temporarily take over the duties of the city lord and firmly refused outsiders to interfere in any affairs of Haiyuan City.

Under Changli's political maneuvering and with Jingliu's formidable military force as a solid backing, after a fierce game and maneuvering, Lu Jingming finally succeeded in retaining the position of city lord and was able to continue to sit firmly in Haiyuan City.

If there wasn't a capable assistant like Changli who was good at strategy and had a meticulous mind, the situation would become extremely difficult if they only relied on Jingliu.

Either he could choose to use force to intimidate all parties, but this would undoubtedly be a blatant confrontation with the entire Xingluo Empire and was definitely not a wise move. Or he could only reluctantly give up Haiyuan City and take Lu Jingming away from this troubled place to find another place to settle down.

In fact, the Jingliu summoned by Lu Jingming was not in its prime. She had lost the terrifying power that was enough to cut down stars in the original world, and she no longer had the support of the power of destiny and imaginary energy.

After arriving at this completely unfamiliar Douluo Continent, Jing Liu could only use the soul power unique to this world.

Although she is still very powerful, she is obviously not without rivals in the face of the huge imperial machine and cannot be truly invincible.

Hearing Lu Jingming's words full of concern, Chang Li's mouth corners slightly raised, and a gentle and moving smile bloomed on his face.

She spoke softly, her voice like a spring breeze brushing against my ears. "It's okay, don't worry. Ever since Madam Heita joined, Haiyuan City's affairs have gradually gotten back on track. Furthermore, I've also cultivated a few trustworthy confidants during this time. With them sharing the workload, I'm now much more relaxed and have more free time at my disposal."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingming nodded slightly. He secretly felt lucky that Changli was not exhausted by the heavy burden.

(End of this chapter)