The ultimate Valkyrie has fallen for me

According to the official mediation, Lu Yuan's public beating of Zhu Fuyuan was particularly egregious. If the Shen family continued to cover it up, it would be difficult to convince the public, so Lu Yuan had to be punished.

The official recommendation was to exile Lu Yuan.

The so-called exile means driving out of the base city, not just Chongming base city, but all cities in the Dragon Kingdom, leaving them to remain in the wilderness to fend for themselves.

Let's destroy each other together.

What's the difference between this and killing him? We might as well fight Zhu Fuyuan to the death.

Although Lu Yuan originally planned to escape from the city, in his view, escaping and being exiled were two different things.

"Lu Yuan, this is just a suggestion, or rather, just a general direction. We can discuss the specifics of how to implement it further."

Li Chuanxiong walked over, gave Lin Xiangjun a meaningful look, and then winked at Lu Yuan.

"So how do we plan to negotiate?"

Lu Yuan glanced at this trusted confidant of the municipal government, then winked at him without any attempt to hide it.

"Ahem, let's discuss the details further."

Li Chuanxiong coughed lightly, but dared not agree to anything at that moment.

In that case, at least this matter is temporarily put to rest.

Li Chuanxiong contacted the mayor and gave him a general report on the situation. Soon after, Zhu Fuyuan sent a message ordering the assassins to retreat.

Lu Yuan then followed Shen Fuyue back to the Shen family.

"When should I make my move?"

Before leaving, Lin Xiangjun suddenly asked a question.

What move?

Should we eliminate Zhu Fuyuan?

"Uh, wait for my message."

Lu Yuan was speechless for a moment, then added another sentence.

"Don't act rashly before I message you!"

"it is good."

Lin Xiangjun nodded, and then added a sentence.

"Hurry up."

Uh……

Watching the two openly discuss killing Zhu Fuyuan, Li Chuanxiong, the middleman, looked embarrassed but dared not say anything.

All he could do was whisper to Shen Fuyue, "Keep an eye on this good son-in-law!"

"Stay put and don't cause any trouble."

Upon returning to the Shen family, Shen Fuyue gave a brief explanation and left without inquiring about anything else, such as Lin Xiangjun's background.

Xia Banzhu was still watching Lu Yuan closely, but compared to before, she was obviously more cautious and even carried a hint of hostility.

This guy holds a grudge.

Lu Yuan snorted softly and went back to his room to sleep; he was quite tired after a night of tossing and turning.

The next day, after breakfast, he went to the training room to practice, and practiced all day long.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye.

It seemed that Lu Yuan had no intention of escaping anymore, but Xia Banzhu still dared not relax his vigilance in the slightest, worried that Lu Yuan was deliberately trying to lull him into a false sense of security.

In fact, if Lu Yuan still wanted to run away, even if Xia Banzhu was on guard, she could still knock him unconscious in one move.

After all, let alone Xia Banzhu, even a high-level warrior would be unable to defend against Lu Yuan's mental attack.

The reason he didn't flee, or rather, didn't contact Lin Xiangjun, was that he wanted to wait for the outcome of the official mediation.

Lin Xiangjun is useful, but the price is high.

Moreover, contrary to what others thought, Lu Yuan did not win over Lin Xiangjun; he simply traded the formula.

Once the formula is given to her, regardless of the huge impact it will have, Lu Yuan will be useless to Lin Xiangjun, and naturally she will no longer help him with anything.

To put it bluntly, this is a one-off deal.

Such a trump card should be held onto as much as possible.

"They're here."

At noon that day, Lu Yuan, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes.

As I walked out of the cultivation room and downstairs, Shen Fuyue happened to walk in.

Xia Banzhu, who was watching the surveillance camera downstairs, looked at Shen Fuyue, then at Lu Yuan coming downstairs, and couldn't help but frown. Was it a coincidence?

"We've finished talking."

After sitting down, Shen Fuyue immediately spoke.

"How is it?"

Lu Yuan asked the question, his face showing little emotion.

"You still need to leave the city."

Shen Fuyue's expression was serious, then he smiled and said.

"But it's not necessarily all bad."

Exile was Zhu Fuyuan's biggest concession besides killing Lu Yuan.

In reality, for most people, there is not much difference between the two.

This is equivalent to immediate execution versus suspended execution.

Shen Fuyue originally planned that if he really couldn't bear it, he would just be exiled.

It wasn't that he was abandoning Lu Yuan, but rather a delaying tactic, giving him time to work his way up and bring Lu Yuan back.

Of course, there are also considerable risks involved. When Lu Yuan can be brought back, and how long Lu Yuan can hold out outside the city are all unknowns.

But this time it's different; the timeframe is specified: one year!

Lu Yuan can return after a year away from the city.

And it wasn't exile, it was being sent to a foreign post!

To protect the base city and expand humanity's living space, fortified cities were established in the surrounding area. Currently, Chongming Base City already has three fortified cities: Dongzhen, Nanli, and Xidui, leaving only the northern one remaining.

In fact, Chongming is already working hard to establish the Beikan Fortress.

The large and small outposts in the northern wilderness were the prototype of the Northern Kan City!

When these points are connected to form a surface, the North Kan Citadel can be established.

It would be difficult for the Chongming government to build this city on its own. In fact, the garrisoning of troops in the other three garrison cities had already exhausted most of Chongming's military strength.

Furthermore, the various factions in Chongming Base City also did not want to miss this development opportunity.

Therefore, the development of Beikan Acropolis was decided to be a joint effort by the city's major corporations.

This is why those strongholds are not military bases, but rather belong to various martial arts groups.

"You mean you want me to build an outpost!"

After listening to Shen Fuyue's explanation, Lu Yuan finally understood.

It wasn't exile, but a posting to another region.

Establish a base outside the city under the name of the Starry Sky Club.

A year later, once this base is completed, Lu Yuan can return.

"Why not build our own stronghold?"

Lu Yuan frowned again. After this incident, he was truly disappointed with the club.

"Although it's nominally the headquarters of the guild, you're in charge, so naturally it belongs to our Shen family."

Shen Fuyue smiled, a hint of disdain inadvertently appearing on his face.

Lu Yuan nodded, his expression serious.

Just as Shen Fuyue said at the beginning, if that's the case, it's not really a bad thing.

Leaving the city is dangerous, and establishing a base is difficult, but the rewards are proportional to the effort.

The more strongholds established, and the larger those strongholds, the more area and share they will occupy once the North Kan Citadel is built.

It's important to understand that it wasn't just an acropolis, but a large human base through which they could extend into the deeper wilderness and access unimaginable resources.

Even without considering these long-term implications, the fact that you can acquire more land in North Kan Acropolis alone is enough to make the trip worthwhile.

After all, in this day and age, land is incredibly valuable, and land is the most precious commodity.

"I agree!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan was already quite excited and couldn't help but ask another question.

"When are we leaving the city?!"

"Don't worry, things aren't as you think... okay."

Shen Fuyue frowned again and sighed.

"After all, this is a punishment for you, not a chance for you to go out and be granted a fiefdom, so it will be much more difficult."