It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Before she became famous, Yawen had been carrying a long sword that was almost as tall as herself. She actually got the title of "Broken Sword" later. When she was on the seventh level from the sixth level, she experienced the "Asking the Way Tribulation". Facing the questions of the Heavenly Dao, Yawen deliberately did not give any answers to trigger the Heavenly Tribulation, and then tried to use her own sword to confront it head-on, in order to test whether she was strong enough. That day, she directly cut the Thunderbolt into two pieces, but her sword was also directly blown off. Her realm was forever stopped at the sixth level of perfection, but her state of mind was almost perfect. After that, Yawen traveled around the world with the Broken Sword, constantly challenging kendo masters, and killed many famous swordsmen regardless of life and death.

As for the Jade Owl and Set, one is a gentle and elegant young man, and the other is an escaped prisoner in handcuffs, but the reputation of both of them as villains is related to the royal family.

Jade Owl's most impressive experience was that he shaved his beard and disguised himself as a eunuch to sneak into the palace, and hooked up with three princesses in one go. He stayed in the palace for a month before reluctantly leaving. Seth was imprisoned and sentenced to death for annihilating the entire family of Nofenst, the seventh of the Ten Ministers. During this period, a nail pierced his wrist bone, and then his wrist was handcuffed with the equipment of the [Lucky to See] level [Shulong], and his realm directly fell from the ninth level to the middle of the fifth level. But even so, he still escaped from the royal prison, with an iron hoop and half an iron chain hanging on his wrist, and his eyes were still full of ferocity when he looked at people, worthy of the name of [fugitive].

32. The Messenger and the Ransom

While Li De was making money and saving people, Yunyang also learned the news that Lineng had been captured.

Prince Li of Yunyang was so angry that he jumped up and down. From the beginning, he didn't expect that Lineng could help him defeat that annoying brother, but he didn't expect that Lineng would lose so badly.

"He's always causing trouble, but he can't do anything good. I told him to wait until the support from Prince Huai and Qiming's territory arrives before fighting, but he refused to listen and still thinks he's so smart. He's a real fool... Now, he's even lost the troops I lent him, and he still has to spend money to redeem him!"

Li Yi kept cursing for a long time and things in the room were thrown all over the place.

"And Li De, what right does he have? Lana is on his side, Bai Huang is on his side too! Is he really trying to make things difficult for me and steal my woman? Those damn bitches are blind, following him to make trouble in the west. How am I inferior to him in terms of righteousness? I won't hide behind a group of women. There is no such a spineless person in our Yunyang family!"

The maid outside the house was trembling with fear when she heard this. She wanted to go in and clean up the broken pieces of various valuable ornaments in the house, but she was afraid of bringing bad luck to Li Yi, so she could only stand trembling at the door of the house.

When Lord Yunyang heard the news, he just frowned and said in a deep voice:

"How dare that evil boy do that? He's his own brother!"

No matter what, the third son of Yunyang is now in Li De's hands. This matter is a bit subtle. If Li De is regarded as the fourth son of Yunyang, then there was a dispute between the descendants of the Yunyang lord, and Li Neng was captured by Li De because he was not as skilled as others. This is a matter between the two of them, and others cannot interfere; but Li De had been expelled from Yunyang a long time ago, and now Yuxi City cannot be counted as a force in Yunyang. From this point of view, Li Neng was bullied by outsiders again, and Yunyang could not ignore it.

No matter what, more than a thousand carefully selected soldiers wearing expensive armor took advantage of the weak period after the battle between Yuxi City and the demons to launch a surprise attack. They used dishonorable means and were killed by the enemy with low health. This label of shame cannot be washed away, and even Li Yi and Lord Yunyang behind him will be affected.

At the request of Lord Yunyang, Li Yi had to temporarily write a letter to terminate the cooperation with Prince Kaiya of Huai and Prince Norn of Qiming, and asked the envoys stationed there to return to Lingyun City as soon as possible.

This was done to prevent Lid from taking extreme actions, and also to create the appearance that Yunyang was sincere in redeeming the Third Young Master.

Yu Xicheng did not make any response to this, and was so silent that it seemed as if the Third Young Master Yunyang was not here at all.

After repeated consideration, Lord Yunyang decided to send his second daughter Li Xin, who was visiting her family, to act as an envoy.

The first reason is that Li Xin married a great noble of the Western Qin Territory. That noble is also somewhat related to the Western Qin Territory by blood. Although the relationship is relatively distant, Li Xin is also considered a member of the Western Qin Territory. It is estimated that Li De would be afraid of her.

The second reason is that Li Xin got married relatively early, and Li De was still a child at that time. There was no obvious grudge between the two. Even when Li Xin and her friends were playing flower cards when they were young and found that there were not enough people, they would pull Li De to play a few rounds of flower cards together.

Combining the above two points, Lord Yunyang felt that sending his daughter to Yuxi City was giving Lide a great deal of face. If this rebellious son had been a little sensible, he would have sent his brother back to Lingyun City with trepidation and fear.

That day, Li Xin set off in a carriage.

In the carriage, Li Xin's maid Takizawa fanned Li Xin with a fan. A basin of ice from the ice cellar was placed in the carriage, but the cooling capacity was very limited. As Takizawa fanned, she felt her arms a little sore and whispered:

"Sister Xin, you think this Yuxicheng Lide is a little too arrogant. Do you still need to bother going to meet him?"

Li Xin leaned back in her chair. The jolting of the carriage also made her a little irritated. She replied:

"Men in Yunyang are like this. They seem to be very capable in normal times, but when something goes wrong, we women have to take the blame. I do support Li Neng to test the strength of the Yuxi City Lord, but who would have thought that he would sacrifice himself? In the end, it seems like it's my fault. I can only go once."

Li Xin crossed his legs and said naturally:

"Anyway, Li De doesn't dare to do anything to me. If he hears that I'm from the Xiqin family, he will most likely come over to lick my ass, and even kneel down to me. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, isn't this common in Yunyang? Not long after I got married, I heard that Li De had become a playboy, idling around all day and doing nothing. Li Neng can't even beat such a person, he's stupid to the core."

Takizawa hurriedly said:

"Yes, it's a good thing you left at the beginning, otherwise who can stand being with such people all the time?"

Li Xin sighed:

"That's right. Fortunately, I married into the Xiqin Territory, which is the best territory in the world. In the future, my children will finally be able to get rid of these inferior bloodlines. If I really married a man from your territory, I dare not even think about what it would be like."

Takizawa smiled and said:

"Xi Qin is the best territory in the world, which is something these little characters dare not even think about. Thanks to Sister Xin's intelligence and beauty, she has captured the heart of Lord Gares. I will also have the opportunity to follow Sister Xin to leave Yunyang and see the world outside Yunyang..."

Li Xin stroked the ring on her left ring finger with her right hand and said with emotion:

"Take this ring named [Peerless Grace] for example. It was one of the treasures of Lord Yunhai back then, and it was later sold at an auction. It is absolutely priceless. Lord Gares gave it to me just as he said. What kind of courage is this? No one in Yunyang Territory will ever have such courage in their lifetime."

As he spoke, Li Xin suddenly remembered an important matter and instructed Takizawa:

"Once we enter Yuxi City, don't mention the ransom that Lord Yunyang asked us to bring. Shut your mouth! Just fool around with a man like Lao Si who has never seen the world. I will use the ransom to buy some jewelry and bring it back to Xiqin. I will also pick out some new clothes for you. So don't tell anyone about this. Do you understand?"

Takizawa nodded hurriedly and said:

"Understood, understood. Please rest assured, Sister Xin, I will definitely keep my mouth shut and not let a single word of this leak out."

"Well, that's better."

Li Xin leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. The ice in the basin had almost completely melted, and the heat kept coming in through the curtains of the carriage. The wind from Takizawa was also hot, making Li Xin feel sticky with sweat. Only when he recalled the small box of gold, silver and jewelry in the back of the carriage did Li Xin feel that the heat had dissipated a little, and a cool and refreshing feeling emerged in his mind, which was indescribably refreshing.

33. Breaking the Gate

Li Xin came to the vicinity of Yuxi City with a condescending attitude, but what he saw was a scene completely different from what he had imagined.

After the demon clan, Yuxi City reinforced and raised the city wall again, and the whole city looked brand new. In the past year, Yuxi City has undergone several expansions, and its scale is already quite large. Although there is still some gap with the prosperous capital city like Lingyun City that was built with huge investment, such a city standing in the uninhabited western part of Yunyang gives people a feeling of being a crane among chickens, and its grandeur far exceeds any city that Li Xin has seen along the way.

In fact, with the development of the northern industrial base, He Yue is already planning the next expansion plan for Yuxi City.

Elixirs, spirits, and luxury perfumes are the three main industries of the northern industrial base. High-proof distilled liquors are still popular products, especially in the cold northern territories; luxury perfumes are new businesses, but they are already in short supply after they were launched. Elixirs, the only relatively weak business, have gradually begun to open up the high-end market, no longer investing all their energy in producing low-end elixirs with small profits and quick turnover, and have begun to explore the refinement and purification of high-end medicinal materials.

Ironworks, experimental fields, and mechanical workshops are the three strategic manufacturing industries of the northern industrial base that are kept secret. High-purity iron is supplied to Lingwu, hybrid rice from the experimental fields is supplied to the royal family, and equipment such as bearings and thermal generators produced by the mechanical workshop are produced and sold by the company itself.

In addition, the most important thing about the Northern Industrial Base is the research institute. If other businesses are outputs, then this is pure investment, burning a lot of money every month. But it is precisely here that the high-tech product of anti-magic drugs was born. Because anti-magic drugs are more important, the relevant research team has been separated from the research institute. He Yue built a factory in the east of the city to produce anti-magic drugs, and all these researchers have become the technical backbone and senior executives of it.

With more and more industries, the original small city could no longer accommodate them. These high-end industries were not suitable to be moved out now, so the city could only be expanded. People who had been staying in Yuxi City might not feel much, but this change was incredible to outsiders, as if magic created something out of thin air, and a prosperous city was added here overnight.

"Is this Yuxi City?"

Li Xin pulled open the curtain and asked the coachman sitting in the front.

The driver answered blankly:

"I don't know. The last time I came to Yuxi City was five years ago. At that time, it was just a small city made of piles of dirt. Did I go the wrong way? No, there is only one road to the west."

"That's it."

Li Xin pretended to be calm and said:

"What? Although it looks good, it's far worse than those cities in Western Qin. It only looks good in Yunyang, but if you compare it to other places, it's still just a pile of garbage... Let's go and see what the fourth brother has done in the west."

The carriage slowly drove towards Yuxi City.

When they were a little closer to Yuxi City, Li Xin suddenly felt that the carriage had become very stable, almost no longer bumpy. She leaned out of the window and found that the gray-white ground was completely different from the common muddy dirt roads. It was extremely flat, wide and majestic, and the carriage would only make a small sound when driving on it.

Not only that, there were a lot of carriages coming and going. Although Li Xin's carriage was considered quite impressive, it was not much different from some of the more luxurious carriages, indicating that there were quite a few important people coming and going in Yuxi City. This made Li Xin a little annoyed. She resented the Yunyang lord for not arranging a generous carriage for her, and then routinely put the blame on all the Yunyang men.

When they were about to enter the city, Li Xin opened the curtains and said coldly:

"Whip those two horses a few more times. Ignore the guards blocking the way, just charge in!"

Takizawa stopped fanning himself in the carriage and asked carefully:

"Sister Xin, isn't this a bit..."

Li Xin stretched out his hand to lift the bangs in front of his forehead and scolded unhappily:

"What do you know? If we don't show them some power, they will really think they are someone important. When we went to other cities before, the city lord always came out to greet us personally. But it's different with the fourth brother. It would be fine if he didn't come out himself, but he didn't even have a guard of honor. Did he think that hanging a banner on the city gate would solve the problem? Just run into his city lord's mansion and crush as many people as possible!"

The last few words were shouted at the driver.

The driver could only whip the horse hard with his whip, and the horse, which had slowed down, began to run wildly in fear. Li Xin's tactic of striking first was always effective. When two very arrogant people met, they would compete to see who was more arrogant. With Xi Qin's background, she was always the better. Every time, the other party had to give way obediently, and then was suppressed in momentum, and could no longer easily turn the tables.

However, what Li Xin did not expect was that when the guards of Yuxi City saw her carriage coming, they not only had no intention of avoiding it, but immediately began to huddle together. More than ten guards quickly gathered into a small gun formation, with their long spears pointed straight at Li Xin's carriage, and it seemed that they were going to stop her directly outside the gate of Yuxi City!

Li Xin leaned out of the carriage and shouted:

"We are the carriage of Xi Qin, get out of my way!"

No one backed down.

The guards looked at the galloping carriage and took a step forward in unison, responding:

"Anyone who breaks into the city gate will be killed without mercy!"

Li Xin was a little panicked for a moment. She couldn't believe that these small guards really had the courage to go against her. Even if she relied on the powerful impact of the carriage to knock them away, the spears in their hands would probably pierce into the horses' necks, and Li Xin herself would inevitably be in an embarrassing state.

But she didn't stop.

The pampered life gave her great courage, and she developed the habit of being domineering since she was a child. If the guards of Yuxi City really dared to attack her, it would mean that Yuxi City and Yunyang would collapse before they even talked, and she felt that Yuxi City could not bear it.

However, as the carriage got closer to the gate, she realized that these guards really didn't seem to be pretending.

When they were in a dilemma, a dark figure suddenly jumped over from the side and landed on the driver's position. He grabbed both reins and pulled them back, ordering the horses to stop. At the same time, he shouted to the guards in front:

"Beware!"

This time, the soldiers dispersed, and Li Xin's carriage rushed forward for a distance, but stopped before it completely passed the city gate. Li Xin, who was in the carriage, stumbled hard because of the sudden stop, and angrily opened the curtains and looked out.

A man who looked like an officer stood there, looking coldly at the sweaty coachman. When he saw Li Xin leaning out, he gave her another cold look and jumped off the carriage.

He placed one hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist and said:

"The Lord Mayor has said that if you make trouble here for the first time and it does not cause serious consequences, you will be given a warning. This is to tell you what the rules are here. If you do it again, the punishment will be doubled. You are lucky this time. Let's go."

34. Ring Guards, Move Out!

Li Xin naturally asked the other party's name, and the answer he got was:

"I am the commander of the second battalion of Yuxi City, the Black Armor Battalion, Luger. If you want to complain, you can go to the City Lord's Mansion to find the City Lord. If you plan to find someone to kill me behind my back, I am always there to accompany you. But if you plan to continue making trouble at the gate of Yuxi City, I have the right to arrest you and hand you over to the patrol team. If you want to go to jail, you can try!"

Luger's voice was heavy when he spoke, and with his hand on the hilt of the sword, it looked like he would draw his sword at any time. The guards who had previously avoided him also regrouped and surrounded him. Although they had not yet taken action, they were clearly showing a posture of using courtesy before force.

Li Xin pointed at Luger for a long time, then finally snorted, sat back in the carriage, and said to the driver:

"Let's go! We are not going to argue with these low-class male beasts who can't even read a single word!"

Luger watched her leave, and after making sure that she stayed in the carriage obediently until she disappeared from his sight, he turned around and said to the guards at the door:

"Well done. Remember, we are from Yuxi City. We can't let outsiders mess up the place no matter what."

The guards nodded one after another. Although Luger was not their immediate superior, he was also a well-known general in the army. The Xuanjia Battalion was the most elite soldiers in Yuxi City. A man who could command such a force must be a ruthless person. To receive Luger's praise was also something to be proud of.

Because of this sudden incident, the convoys outside the city were blocked. Luger personally apologized to them, saying that this time it was because the security work of Yuxi City was not done well that delayed their time.

The subsequent inspection work went smoothly and there were no more troublemakers.

For Luger, this was a very small matter that he would probably forget about as soon as he turned his head.

But for Li Xin, it was the greatest humiliation she had ever experienced. No one, whether in Yunyang or Xi Qin, had ever dared to speak to her so impolitely.

"That lowly soldier, relying on his well-dressed appearance and carrying a knife, dared to bully me. Are all the male creatures here so barbaric and uncivilized?"

"When we negotiate, I will make Lao Si kill him."

Li Xin stomped his feet fiercely in the carriage, leaned his head out and looked out the window, trying to find some place to laugh and vent his anger.

Now she was not looking at it from afar from the outside, but examining the city from the inside. The feeling here was different from any city she had been to, and she couldn't tell what was different, but looking from afar, she always felt that this place was full of a kind of vitality that could not be seen anywhere else.

There are no prosperous and dreamy scenes, no silk and satin clothes, but it is not the kind of peaceful and carefree. There are scholars arguing on the street about which ball will hit the ground first, the copper ball or the iron ball, brothers and sisters selling wild fruits on the street, lovers walking hand in hand on the street, and villains walking on the street with their hair combed back and long swords.

There is also a blacksmith with dark circles under his eyes who is dozing off while bargaining with a traveling merchant, a little girl who is counting out a few copper coins from her tiny palm and handing them over to the bun shop owner, an elf girl who is not good at riding and is staggering on horseback, and a goblin with his bare chest who is wiping his sweat while helping people build a wall.

"Nonsense, simply nonsense..."

Li Xin could only say this. She didn't know where to start. She just felt that the scene in front of her was too ridiculous. After thinking for a long time, she could only find such words. However, she soon found a new point of argument, that is, the people of Yuxi City looked obviously poorer. They didn't wear expensive clothes and didn't have any valuable jewelry.

"After all, they are just a bunch of country bumpkins who have never seen the world."

Li Xin felt much more relaxed and relieved, and said to Takizawa with a smile:

"Look, if it were Xiqin, people like this would be treated like monkeys if they stood on the street. They don't have anything valuable on them, and they have the nerve to come out and embarrass themselves."

"Look at those houses. Tsk tsk, they smell so poor. Have you ever seen such small houses in Xiqin? The dog kennels in our place are probably bigger than the houses people live in here."

Takizawa hurriedly agreed with a smile, and felt a little more contempt for Yuxicheng in his heart.

He is so poor, yet has so many problems, and he is not afraid of being laughed at.

Li Xin suddenly started to talk, complaining and spitting, speaking as fast as a machine gun:

"Take the soldier who stopped us at the door just now. Any man from Xiqin could beat him up and make him lie on the ground begging for mercy. He only has the ability to bully us women. Who are you trying to show your ugly face to?"

"The city wall is built so high, are they to build a tomb for themselves? Do you really think that the higher the city is, the more magnificent it will be? In our Xiqin, such a small city is not even a second or third tier city."

"Also, this road, although flat, is grayish white, which looks unlucky. It's nothing like the road in Xiqin, which is all paved with golden stone slabs. I guess these country bumpkins will never have the chance to experience the feeling of walking on it once in their lifetime..."

As the two were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

Because it was not easy to find, the driver asked passers-by several times and finally found a house in the center of the city. When he heard that this was the city lord's house where the fourth brother lived, Li Xin couldn't control his emotions at all and laughed in the carriage: