The most melodramatic rebirth in history

Chapter 465 A Mountain of Gold in Vain – What Can One Do? [Part 1]

Enter the depths of the treasure vault.

The three saints immediately spotted Feng Ling, who was sitting lazily atop a hill formed by a pile of shimmering stones of gods and spirits, and Tong Lao, who was carefully counting the stones of gods.

"Greetings, Lord City Lord! Greetings, Elder Tong!"

At the top of the Ghost Stone Hill, Elder Tong glanced sideways at the three people below and responded with a soft "hmm".

"Oh? It's you three, Ye Xing! Didn't you all say you were busy? How come you all had time to come?"

However, Feng Ling, standing to the side, lightly held the ledger he was flipping through with his left hand, while playing with a few smooth divine stones in his right hand, occasionally tossing them into the air, looking quite nonchalant.

This scene made the Night Demon King's old eyes tremble violently, and he pleaded bitterly, "Lord of the City, you must not exhaust the resources and take away all the God Stones!"

"Huh? Didn't you say that I could just take whatever I wanted?"

Feng Ling moved aside the ledger that was obscuring his view, looked down at the three Night Walkers bowing respectfully below, and a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes.

"This... I hope the city lord will forgive me. It was just a demon named Luo Li speaking off the cuff, so it naturally doesn't count!"

As he spoke, Ye Xing clasped his hands in a fist salute and glared at Tian Yao Nu, who wisely turned her head away.

"Hmph! So you're trying to deny it?" Feng Ling rebuked him with displeasure.

The three night travelers immediately lowered their heads and remained silent, praying that they could get through this wave as soon as possible.

However, Feng Ling had no intention of stopping there. He specifically called out Night Ghost King and continued to put pressure on him, saying, "Night Walker, let me ask you, does the Ghost Tower produce dozens of God Stones per month?"

"Yes! On average over the past six months, the lowest was thirty or forty, and the highest was sixty or seventy!"

Upon hearing this, Night Demon King dared not conceal anything, and this news must have been revealed by Kirito as well.

"Then let me ask you again, do I have the final say in this Ghost City? And are all the resources within the city's treasury under my control?"

Feng Ling's expression was solemn, and Ye Xing dared not meet his gaze, subconsciously nodding and saying, "It is the city lord's decision! It is also the city lord's overall command and allocation!"

"very good!"

Seeing that the pit was almost dug, Feng Ling said sternly, "Since I'm in charge of everything, what's wrong with me taking all three hundred divine stones? Besides, I can promise you that I'll only borrow one hundred for the purpose of saving people, and I will definitely make up for it all afterward! That would be a compromise between us. What do you say?"

"Lord, this method is unacceptable!"

Upon hearing this, the Night Ghost King belatedly realized he had fallen into a verbal trap and could only list several examples to earnestly advise him: "Although the monthly output of God Stones from our Ghost Tower is considerable, the monthly consumption of our Fierce Ghost Holy City is also enormous. Just maintaining the operation of the eight-ring defensive barrier is a considerable expense. There are also a hundred medium-distance teleportation arrays, and several long-distance teleportation arrays that are being repaired. All of these require a long-term investment of manpower, resources, and funds to maintain! Therefore, rashly diverting a large amount of God Stones could very well lead to a disruption of the energy supply! How can you abandon the safety of hundreds of millions of citizens in our city for your own selfish reasons?"

After speaking, Night Ghost King glanced at Elder Tong beside Feng Ling and continued, "Indeed, our Fierce Ghost Holy City attracted much attention at the beginning of its reconstruction. Various super sects harbored ulterior motives and successively sent Heavenly Ranking experts to investigate the situation. If it weren't for Elder Tong's intervention to deter them, and the subsequent establishment of the Myriad Sounds Immortal Pavilion and the Title Guild, which recognized the legitimacy of our new city, I'm afraid they would have joined forces to attack the city and hunt down the ghosts, driven by their greed!"

"Such an important matter, why didn't you mention it when I woke up before?" Feng Ling said.

Luo Liyan smiled and said, "City Lord, you had just woken up then and already had the aftereffects of demonization. I was just worried that if you knew, it would be even more detrimental to your recovery!"

Feng Ling frowned slightly and looked at Elder Tong. Seeing this, Elder Tong stroked his beard and smiled, "That's right! On this point, I can confirm for them that those young lads from the Super Sects did indeed harbor ill intentions, intending to use the banner of 'those who are not of our kind must have different hearts' to invade the Holy City and wreak havoc! However, according to the intelligence feedback from the Azure Heaven Yellow Springs Organization, those people were instructed by the leading force in the southwest—the Eighth-Rank Holy Sect, Yunfeng Sky Shuttle Sect!"

"Yunfeng Sky Shuttle School..."

Feng Ling's gaze turned sinister: "Very well! I'll remember this grudge for now, and settle it during the Grand Tournament of Ten Thousand Sects!"

A thousand years ago, there were two super powers in the southern part of the Eastern Sacred Continent: one was the Fierce Ghost City in the southeast region, and the other was the Yunfeng Sky Shuttle Sect in the southwest region.

However, with the fall and decline of the Ghost City in the southeast region, the entire southeast region was in disarray, and there was no emerging representative force that could rival the Yunfeng Tiansuo Sect in the southwest region.

Naturally, for a long time, the Yunfeng Tiansuo Sect had the final say in everything in the southern region. However, the emergence of the Fierce Ghost Holy City weakened the Yunfeng Tiansuo Sect's regional influence, which inevitably made them unhappy.

However, at that time, according to the news circulating within the top sect, the Fierce Ghost Holy City had been personally bestowed the title of Fierce Ghost Holy Domain by the Divine Envoy Murong.

This means that the reconstruction of the Holy City of Demons has been recognized by the official authorities of the Eastern Divine Continent and the three major sects, and enjoys all legal rights and a high degree of autonomy in its internal affairs, with no one else having the right to interfere.

Therefore, the higher-ups of the Yunfeng Tiansuo Sect dared not openly provoke trouble, so they secretly instigated those Chaozong disciples who were slow to get information to come and be cannon fodder and invite trouble.

"Alright, you guys almost got me sidetracked and distracted! Let's put the Yunfeng Tianshuo Sect matter aside for now and get back to the main topic!"

Feng Ling looked at Ye Xing and the other two, whose expressions changed slightly upon hearing this, with a half-smile. Suddenly, he roared, "Ye Xing! Luo Li! Bei Chen! You three all swore an oath to be loyal to me to the death. Is this how you show your loyalty now? I, the city lord, merely wish to borrow a hundred God Stones, and you obstruct me in every way! So, I want you to understand that what follows is not a discussion with you, but a notification from the city magistrate: I must take these God Stones today!"

Upon hearing this, the three great saints wore bitter expressions.

Immediately, Ye Xing, undeterred by death, stepped forward, clasped his hands, knelt down, and sighed, "City Lord, although the three of us have sworn an oath to serve you to the death, if we encounter a situation like yours, where you act willfully and make a wrong decision, then your subordinates would rather die than fail to remonstrate! Furthermore, if you insist on taking the Divine Stone today, Ye Xing will be ashamed of failing the expectations of the old City Lord Qinglan and the people of the Holy City, and is willing to atone for my sins by scattering my soul and committing suicide!"

Before Feng Ling could react, Night Ghost King glanced sideways at Bei Chen beside him.

Bei Chen immediately understood and knelt down to echo, "City Lord, Bei Chen also agrees with what Old Ghost Ye said! As the true leader and city lord, you should set an example for us. How can you lead the way in using public funds for private gain? If you set such a precedent, can we also follow suit and embezzle public funds and line our own pockets every now and then? Don't even mention that it's a temporary loan that will be returned; that's just an empty promise with no end in sight! Therefore, I, Bei Chen, am willing to die to remonstrate with you!"

"Hiss! You dare to gang up on me and threaten me?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ling was shocked, not just because he felt that what Bei Chen Sword Saint said made sense.

More importantly, Feng Ling discovered that Bei Chen seemed like a completely different person at this moment: Why was Bei Chen never so eloquent before?
Could it be... that he was corrupted by the Night Demon King?
"Ha! Lori, they're both courting death, now you're the only one who hasn't spoken up yet!"

Feng Ling looked at the Heavenly Demoness who was still standing and said with amusement, "Although your attitude can't sway me from taking the God Stone, I still want to know if you're as foolish as the other two!"

"Sorry! I still have enemies living, and I won't try to persuade them with my life like they do!"

Lori let out a breath: "But I want to add something for them: the faster the flow of time in the Qiankun Realm and the Zhuanlun Realm, the greater the consumption required for cultivation. At least three to five, and at most ten, God Stones are needed every day! The God Stones stored in this treasure trove are mainly used for cultivation in the two realms. This is thanks to the fact that half of the Ghost Clan citizens do not need God Stones for cultivation and have donated more than half of the God Stones they generated when they broke through to higher realms, hoping that our Holy City can finally hold its head high in the Ten Thousand Sects Competition two years from now!"

Every time a creature hatches, it's a new beginning...

The world is full of chaos and troubles; may the sages and saints offer you a pure land for your souls.

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