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n“No, this won’t do no matter what.”

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n“If you think that my position as the City Lord is not enough, I’m willing to give you all my wealth.”

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n“Why do I want your wealth?”

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nLi Yuanqing looked at Ye Qiluo and did not know what to say.

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nYe Qiluo was really too persistent. Moreover, according to her, the situation there was really very critical. If he did not go and help, the humans there might really suffer.

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nInitially, Li Yuanqing had thought that if the situation there was not that critical, he would go to Rong City to take a look after settling the trouble in Sea City. However, according to Ye Qiluo, the demons were becoming more and more arrogant. They immediately acted quickly and did not treat these human experts as humans.

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nIf this continued, not much of the human race’s power would be preserved. Li Yuanqing was not willing to see such a situation.

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nMoreover, in order to express her determination, Ye Qiluo even said that she was willing to give up the position of the City Lord of Rong City. As long as Li Yuanqing was willing to help, he would be the City Lord of Rong City.

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nLi Yuanqing naturally denied it.

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nIn the eyes of others, the position of City Lord might be a popular position to fight over, but it was useless to him.

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nIn any case, it was still a very meaningless burden.

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nIf he did not become the City Lord, he would be free. If he became the City Lord, he would have to bear a lot of responsibility and there would be even more trouble.

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nYe Qiluo looked at Li Yuanqing, the Sword Immortal, impatiently. He did not want the position of City Lord or spirit stones.

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nYe Qiluo blushed and bit her lip gently. She looked up at Li Yuanqing and asked decisively, “Sword Immortal, tell me what you want. As long as I can take it out, I’ll agree to it.”

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n“Stand up first.”

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nLi Yuanqing looked at Ye Qiluo’s expression and felt a little strange, as if he was plotting something.

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nYe Qiluo said stubbornly, “If you don’t agree, I’ll kneel here for a long time until you agree.”

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n“How many times have I told you? I’m not the Sword Immortal.”

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nYe Qiluo looked at Li Yuanqing firmly. “Lord Sword Immortal, you also know that I’m the Saintess of the human race. The mission to restore the human race of the Catacombs is on my shoulders. As long as you’re willing to help me restore the glory of the human race, the Holy King of the human race will be you.”

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nYe Qiluo’s face turned red as she lowered her head. Li Yuanqing had yet to react. After thinking for a while, he felt that something was wrong. He looked at the shy Ye Qiluo and shuddered.

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n“City Lord Ye, you can’t do that.”

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nIt was not a loss to go to Rong City. He would probably be able to sign in and obtain many good things there. It was already very beneficial to Li Yuanqing, but he did not want to be arranged.

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nHowever, why did Ye Qiluo suddenly have such an idea? This was too sudden, catching Li Yuanqing off guard.

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nYe Qiluo did not expect Li Yuanqing to reject her so decisively. There was a hint of loneliness on her face.

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n“I didn’t expect the Sword Immortal to be such a heartless person. Then pretend that I’ve never been here.”

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nYe Qiluo’s heart seemed to have turned cold. Suddenly, she, who had refused to stand up no matter what, stood up abruptly and turned to leave.

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n“Master, you’re bad. I think this sister is angry.” The Man-eating Vine watched the joke from the side.

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n“City Lord Ye, I promise you.”

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nYe Qiluo turned around. Her originally gloomy expression was swept away and replaced with joy.

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nLi Yuanqing hurriedly added, “But it’s not for anything else. It’s just for the humans in the catacombs. I won’t ask for anything from you, City Lord Ye. This is what I should do.”

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nThe smile on Ye Qiluo’s face faded a little, but she still looked happy. She bowed slightly to Li Yuanqing and said gratefully, “Then I’ll thank the Sword Immortal on behalf of the citizens of Rong City.”

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n“Sister, our master can’t stand others begging him.”

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nThe Man-eating Vine covered her mouth and chuckled at Li Yuanqing. He patted her little head and said angrily, “Hurry up and go back to cultivate. Why are you playing outside?”

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nThe Man-eating Vine stuck out her tongue and left, leaving Li Yuanqing and Ye Qiluo behind.

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nYe Qiluo bowed gratefully to Li Yuanqing.

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n“City Lord Ye, there’s no need to be so polite.”

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n“Sword Immortal is wise. I admire you greatly.”

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nAlthough Li Yuanqing had toppled the imbalanced status of the demons and humans, the demons were still very powerful in the entire Catacombs. Rong City was a very important place. This place could not be occupied by the demons.

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nOriginally, he had heard that Rong City was being governed very well by the humans. After occupying it, he felt relieved, so he did not have any plans to go to Rong City for the time being. However, after knowing that Rong City was already in deep trouble today, he could not continue strolling in the wilderness. He had to take a step back and resolve the trouble there first.

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nHowever, in the half a month since Ye Qiluo left, something earth-shattering happened in Rong City.

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nIt was unknown how the news of her departure spread. The demons of Rong City were originally very low-key under the pressure of Ye Qiluo’s power and had never dared to be too ostentatious.

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nAlthough they were barely suppressing the humans, they had only recently formed an alliance because their discipline had begun to loosen.

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nTherefore, the overall strength of the demons was very scattered.

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nHowever, after the news of Ye Qiluo’s departure spread, the demons in Rong City became completely arrogant.

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nIn the past, although the demons would often choose some people to attack, most of them would kill these humans secretly in dark alleys when they were alone. Whether it was eating or torture, it was another matter.

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nAt the very least, no other human knew about this.

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nHowever, the situation this time was very different. After testing it out, the demons discovered that the human race’s forces seemed to be a little weak. They became more confident in their strength and their behaviors became more and more unreasonable.

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nIn the past half a month, the situation has become more and more serious. There were even demons who went on the streets in groups to capture humans.

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nThe current human race had to hug each other and hide in their sacrificial hall obediently. They no longer dared to live in their previous homes and lived in the shared beds. Everyone hugged each other for warmth.

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nHowever, even so, more than ten thousand humans had disappeared in the past half a month. There was no more news. If the news was not wrong, these people had probably disappeared long ago.

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n“Big Brother, the brothers who went to the market yesterday didn’t return.”

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n“What?” The man slammed his fist on the table. “Are they already so arrogant? Didn’t they say that the free exchange of the market wouldn’t be affected? Does that mean they’ll never do business again?”

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nA skinny man standing at the door threw the straw in his mouth to the ground. “Big Brother, what time is it now? They are killing our Hong Clan like animals. Are you still thinking of doing business with them?”

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n“These demons are using us now. After they’re done using us, they’ll throw us all away. No, they won’t throw us away because they want to eat us bite by bite. You know how vicious these demons are!”

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nEven though this was a fact that everyone knew, no one dared to say it out loud.

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nThe man’s face was dark. He knew that the situation was getting more and more serious. What his lackey said was mostly the reality. However, he still had a glimmer of hope.

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n“When the City Lord returns, there will definitely be a way.”

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nThe man’s innocence made the lackey feel very helpless. He gritted his teeth and looked at this big brother. In the past, this big brother had led them to be tyrannical in the wilderness. The group of them had also lived a lively life.

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nHowever, ever since he came to Rong City and followed City Lord Ye Qiluo, his brother had changed. He had become indecisive, timid, and had to consider everything again and again. This was no longer their big brother.

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n“Big Brother, I’m serious. Our only choice now is to fight to the death with those demons and let them know that we humans are not easy to bully. We can’t just watch as they capture us and treat us as food!”

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nThe brothers present were all holding back. They looked at their big brother who was standing on the stage, all of them hoping that their big brother would give that order. However, the man did not give such an order in the end. He quietly looked at the table. Now, it was no longer the time when he had nothing in the wilderness.

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nThey had their own organization and their own business now. All of this was bestowed by Ye Qiluo. If all the order in Rong City collapsed, what was the point of fighting the demons?

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n“We…”

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nThe man’s voice was trembling, but abnormally firm.

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n“We’ll wait until sunrise tomorrow. At that time, the demons’ defense will be the weakest. They like to stay up all night to enjoy themselves. They’ll be very weak at sunrise. If the City Lord hasn’t returned by then, we’ll attack.”

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n“Alright, Big Brother. I was waiting for you to say that!”

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nEveryone was excited. Their only hope now was to fight the demons and show them the power of the human race, not to stay here and be a coward.

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nAbove a swamp thousands of miles away from Rong City, Li Yuanqing slashed off a huge toad.

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nThis toad was covered in pustules and had a bloated figure. It had a thick foot on its abdomen and two slender feet protruding from under its chin.

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nThis fellow had arrogantly wanted to provoke Li Yuanqing just now, but he was slapped down by Li Yuanqing very easily. Now, he was lying on the ground and moaning.

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nOriginally, this fellow was like a fish in water as he fled for his life in the swamp. However, Li Yuanqing’s slap just now had beaten him until he was in a daze. He had even forgotten his ability to escape. He only cared about lying on the swamp and moaning, not knowing what to do.

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n“Little bastard, how dare you ambush me.”

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nLi Yuanqing was about to deal with this little fellow when Ye Qiluo stopped him.

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n“Sword Immortal, I think we should focus on the overall situation. Let’s hurry back to Rong City. It’s been almost a month. If we don’t go back now, I don’t know what will happen in the city.”

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nLi Yuanqing put down his raised hand again and clapped his hands. He looked at the toad lying on the ground and said, “Forget it. I’ll spare your life today since I’m in a good mood. Be obedient the next time you see me. Don’t use such tricks again.”

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nAs the two of them spoke, they set off again.

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nAlong the way, Ye Qiluo told Li Yuanqing a lot about the situation in Rong City.

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nIt turned out that Ye Qiluo had defeated the Alliance Leader of the demons through the arena. Moreover, a large-scale battle had erupted between the humans and the demons. However, at that time, the humans had powerful external help supporting them, so they had the upper hand immediately and controlled Rong City.

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nHowever, the subsequent expansion of Rong City resulted in a steady stream of demons coming in from the outside.

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nThere was no lack of powerful demons among these demons. They had targeted a weak spot in Rong City and waited for an opportunity to enter. Now, they were causing trouble in Rong City.

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nOriginally, Ye Qiluo was very angry after discovering this matter and wanted to deal with them, but it was already too late. There were two very huge lords in the wilderness who had already completely infiltrated Rong City.

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nThose two fellows were powerful. They were only slowly infiltrating now. After completely infiltrating, they would start thinking about how to divide Rong City’s territory.

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nYe Qiluo wanted to stop them, but as the demons became stronger, she found it difficult to move and was blocked everywhere.

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nThere was already an internal conflict in regards to the matter about the two lords. They no longer cared about the human race and Rong City was about to collapse.

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nThis was also the reason why Ye Qiluo abandoned everything and run thousands of miles to find Li Yuanqing.

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nAfter Ye Qiluo told Li Yuanqing all of this, Li Yuanqing did not have much of a reaction. He only replied very calmly. It was as if he was not afraid of the two lords who were at the eighth-grade Spirit Transformation Realm at all.

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nYe Qiluo secretly estimated Li Yuanqing’s strength. She knew that this Sword Immortal was unfathomable, but how strong was this Sword Immortal? Only now did she understand that her so-called unfathomableness in the past was still too shallow.

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nLi Yuanqing was far more unfathomable than she had imagined.

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n“How do you plan to govern Rong City after this?”

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nYe Qiluo did not know how to answer Li Yuanqing’s question.

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n“Sword Immortal, do you mean that the forces of those two lords are no longer worth fearing?”

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nLi Yuanqing pondered with a solemn expression. “Let’s not talk about the rest for now. However, the current strength of the human race is still too weak. Even if we defeat the demons, it will probably be difficult for the human race to restore their glory in the catacombs in a short period of time.”

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n“You’re right, Sword Immortal. However, we have enough resources in our hands now. I will distribute the resources in the form of rewards to increase the overall strength of the human race.”

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