Chapter 73: The gathering (End)

Sometime ago, in a study, just above the faction meeting ground.

Boom!!

A mild explosion could be heard accompanied with a loud roar that resounded all the way from the other side of the lake!.

At this time, a figure in light green robes rushed into the study in a disheveled manner.

"City Lord!!" It called out desperately, until it noticed the figure looking out the window with his hands behind his back.

This was Nangong Jiang, he looked at the source of the sound without much expression. With his cultivation, his divine sense could extend for several miles, and no cultivator could hide within the range of this divine sense.

　　"who?" Nangong Jiang was very confident, with his own means, below the peak Nascent soul stage, no matter what means anyone uses to hide their aura and cultivation, he could at least get a glimpse.

But he couldn't sense what those people in the bamboo forest were fighting, it was only when the bloodline condensation was used that he could finally get the full picture.

Shen Cao Tei calmed down greatly upon seeing the city lord's calm appearance, he cleared his throat awkwardly before replying, "It would seem like the Lu and Wu family are using some foul play, despite your order for truce... The Gu family patriarch was ambushed on the way..."

"Who used the bloodline condensation?" Nangong Jiang indifferently cut off Shen Cao Tei's words, he glanced sideways in order to see the young man's appearance.

　"Gu Lin Fang..."

Surprised, he looked at Shen Cao Tei and asked again, "Gu Lin Fang?"

"Yes" feeling cold sweat, Shen Cao Tei wore a solemn expression, he couldn't tell what Nangong Jiang was thinking.

The latter continued to repeat the name as he tried to recollect something, he looked out the window once again and could see that the battle in the bamboo forest was already coming to an end.

"Gu... Lin... Fang?"

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[Ding! City Lord Nangong Jiang has used [Dominance] Lv 4 on you!]

Feeling the oppressive power that was rushing towards him, Gu Lin Fang began triggering all his traits and personality that he felt could help. He continued till it was bearable enough not to embarrass himself.

[You have used [calculating mind] Lv2, [Arrogance] Lv1, [Intimidating Demeanor] Lv1, [Resilient mind] Lv1, [Trickster] Lv1...]

[Ding!, You have succeeded in your defense...]

[Your Traits and personalities are too low to lunch a counterattack.]

[You have gained +34 reputation...]

[Your relationship with the Bai clan has improved to 'Appreciation']

[Your relationship with...]

'is this the power of high level traits?, Incredible!' Gu Lin Fang looked solemn as he looked at Nangong Jiang's expressionless face.

The rest of the Gu clan and other members of the faction had no idea what happened, but the high leveled ones like patriarch Bai and Cui Shu Lan.

[Nangong Jiang:

NPC qualifications: Purple Rank Boss II.

Age : 287

Cultivation: 9th stage of the Nascent soul realm(Peak)

Affiliation: City Lord of Iron Crow City, head of the Sun Desert faction, Former Governor of Shu.

Reputation: Governor Jiang {Silver V}

                       Lord Sun (Gold II)

Summary: Nangong Jiang, Orphan of Yanlouzhong. Being a child born prematurely, he had lost his mother as soon as he was born.

He was doted on by his father and the villagers of Yanlouzhong, but everything changed upon a beast tide that destroyed the village.

Nangong Jiang was soon rescued by the royal guards and taken to Chengdu city where he began studying to be a scholar... ]

Seeing the long status page that just so happened to be the summary of the City Lord's life, Gu Lin Fang gave up reading for now and chose to save it for later.

A strange silence lingered in the air as everyone watched Gu Lin Fang's stare down with the city lord.

After a few seconds, Gu Lin Fang laughed lightly as he cupped his fist,

"City Lord Jiang, I have long admired Your great name."

　　"Brother Gu must be joking." Nangong Jiang showed a smile and said to Gu Lin Fang, he coughed lightly and sat on the main seat.

This confused everyone because the city lord didn't seem to want to do anything further.

Seeing this, Gu Lin Fang also didn't want to have anything to do with Nangong Jiang. Both parties had come to an understanding, City Lord Jiang couldn't find tell Gu Lin Fang's strength after that test and chose to compromise for now, Gu Lin Fang new he was nowhere near being able to fight the city lord, so he chose to retreat for now.

But the issue of seats have to be solved immediately...

'lets just mess it all up, best not to make any moves personally...I won't want to let Nangong Jiang know that I'm a paper tiger'.

　　"Hahaha, Wu Luo Yang, Lu Yi Jun, I enjoyed the gifts you gave me, so I prepared something good for you guys" Gu Lin Fang suddenly says with a laugh, he stroked his cane [Moon Dust] while sneering lightly.

The Cloaked puppets stepped forward and tossed a few name cards in front of the two family's Patriarchs.

　　Lu Yi Jun opened his mouth to mock when he heard his words,  but the words immediately got stuck in his mouth.

At first, Wu Luo Yang didn't feel anything, but within a second, his aura became chaotic and his face became pale.

　　"Ah!! You beast!!." Wu Luo Yang roared.

　　"brother isn't that..." Lu Yi Xin said with horror written all over his face.

Lu Yi Jun roared loudly with tears in his eyes as he charged forward wildly, Wu Luo Yang wasn't any different.

The rest of the faction looked lost as the situation kept on changing rapidly.

　　"what did you do to my daughter!!!." Wu Luo Yang unsheathed his sword, a pale blue light erupted from it's blade as he slashed out.

The Cloaked figure rushed out and kicked towards Wu Luo Yang!

Clink!

An explosion rang out after a second of silence, everything close to them were knocked away by the forceful wind.

Lu Yi Jun bypassed the two of them during the explosion and punched towards Gu Lin Fang.

Too bad he was stopped by an approaching palm attack from the side, It came silently with a light breeze but was actually very forceful, the stone tiles cracked where it passed.

Gu Ji Wan had used an unknown palm technique.

Lu Yi Jun frowned slightly, wondering when the Gu clan had more than one Nascent soul experts.

Gu Lin Fang stood with his left hand behind him, he faced Nangong Jiang with a helpless expression, "There are some strong grievance between our clans, it seems the Wu Luo Yang and Lu Yi Jun are keen on settling it without the consent of the city lord.

I hope the city lord Wang will not mind, as you can see, We are only defending ourselves."

　　"Ah Gu Lin Fang, we won't share the same sky!!." Wu Luo Yang waved his hand and a green colored object flew straight towards Gu Lin Fang.

　　Lu Yi Jun on the side saw this and was a little annoyed. With his cultivation level and age, how could he not notice the strangeness of the situation.

Even though he was angered by the possible loss of his son, he won't go as far as lashing out in front of Nangong Jiang.

Then there's the fact that those weaker than himself and Wu Luo Yang seemed to have unnatural expressions.

'poison?, When was I poisoned?... wait, it must have been the moment we touched those name cards' Lu Yi Jun struggled to retreat in order to check himself but Gu Ji Wan followed after him closely. The more he fought, the more irritable he became...

Suddenly, he felt angry at the City Lord's inaction...

　　"peerless moon dragon technique!!, Who are you?." It was unknown when, but an old looking man shouted from the side.

　　Gu Lin Fang looked at this person carefully and found out it was actually someone from the Xu family.

　　"now this is interesting" Gu Lin Fang muttered softly as he looked at Wu Luo Yang with great interest.

It has to be known that, Wu Luo Yang is actually someone in the middle level of the Nascent soul realm, too bad his martial arts techniques were rather on the poor side, how can he compare with the puppet Gu Lin Fang made with Xu Wu Qong's body and Li Zhu's Nascent soul.

The end product of this combination is actually the perfect henchman, something that can work with it's own autonomy and didn't need his hands on control, that doesn't mean it wasn't a puppet, he could still take control of the puppet's body anytime.

Although it's intelligence was somewhat worrying sometimes.

　　Boom!

Wu Luo Yang coughed blood suddenly and fell on his knees...

"Patriarch!!"

"Patriarch!!"

The members of the righteous faction looked uncomfortable but they didn't know what the city lord wanted to do, so no one moved yet.

Seeing this opening, the puppet struck out with another kick, It hit the side of Wu Luo Yang's head, sending him flying!.

It didn't take long for Lu Yi Jun to follow after, also coughing up blood, making it painfully obvious that they had been poisoned. Gu Ji Wan struck immediately and tossed him next to Wu Luo Yang.

Their people attempted to help but were stopped by 'Xu Wu Qong'.

looking at Gu Lin Fang's half-smiling expression, Cui Shu Lan's expression changed.

'this person'

At this time, Gu Lin Fang quickly said: "City Lord Jiang, I didn't expect such a big event, I am willing to compensate you."

　　Immediately, he sent a quest to Gu Qin Feng to pass a brocade box to Nangong Jiang before he could say anything.

Within it, he has placed one {Talent pill} and two {Lucid Ganedoma}. Gu Lin Fang was at least 80% sure that this was enough to shut the city lord up, especially since he knew that the city lord's precious daughter needs it greatly.

　　"Hmm...I understand your difficulties, so I shall ignore this... what are your intentions for the..."

　　"That's right... City Lord Jiang, I hear that you were looking for something recently, I think I might know where it is" Gu Lin Fang cut off his question and once again slapped him with another blatant bribe, The righteous faction looked like they had swallowed a fly.

Nangong Jiang squinted at Gu Lin Fang before looking at Shen Cao Tei behind him.

"Hmph!" With a snort, he left with the brocade box while feigning anger.

Gu Lin Fang could already guess what kind of person, Nangong Jiang was from his actions recently. And this had nothing to do with Shen Cao Tei, it was something he saw from the man's summary, in his most recent activities, there was something about a poisoning...

It seemed like Patriarch Wei wasn't the only one who is injured, although Nangong Jiang's case is on the lighter side.

He's looking for a drug that can cure cold poisoning and he has been conducting a search secretly, Gu Lin Fang mentioned those words earlier, in order to get City Lord Jiang to back off and at the same time, create a rift that would push Shen Cao Tei to his side.

　　"If there's nothing else, this seat would retire first, I have some investigation to carry out." Gu Lin Fang sneered at Cui Shu Lan as he spoke.

He ordered 'Xu Wu Qong' to carry the unconscious duo away before taking his entourage away.

No one else moved, they seemed to still be processing the whole incident.

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