Ji Xian was first afraid, but after the fear subsided, anger welled up in his heart.

"Who is this guy, trying to kill me!" Ji Xian cursed angrily.

Xia Luoxue wanted to say a few words of comfort to Ji Xian, but then she noticed that several more people were walking towards them from a distance.

These people were both men and women, and they were all dirty and dressed in rough clothes, similar to the people who had just been involved in the explosion.

Upon closer inspection, Xia Luoxue noticed that they also had bombs strapped to their stomachs.

Xia Luoxue shouted, "Run! Get out of here!"

Ji Xian was startled, and he and Xia Luoxue immediately ran out of the slave market.

The people behind them seemed to have lost their minds, and they followed after them.

"Help us!"

"Ji Xian, you must die!"

"If you don't die, we will all die!"

They ran while muttering strange words, tears streaming down their faces.

Ji Xian didn't know what was going on with these people, but he had already run into his vehicle.

Xia Luoxue stepped on the gas and sped off.

Ji Xian breathed a sigh of relief when he drove a long way down the street until he could no longer see those strange people behind him.

"What's wrong with these people? Why are they chasing me?"

Xia Luoxue shook her head: "I don't know, but I guess they are probably seeking revenge. It seems they are all slaves, and they were forced to die together with you."

Ji Xian said dejectedly, "What did I do to deserve this? Why do you treat me like this when you have such a deep grudge against me?" Ji Xian was indignant.

The two quickly returned to their hotel.

Ji Xian asked, "Those people won't chase us here, will they?"

Xia Luoxue answered affirmatively: "No, the hotels that can be opened here are all owned by 'locals' and have strong backing. No one dares to cause trouble in these places."

Ji Xian was relieved.

But staying in the hotel all the time isn't a solution.

Suddenly, I remembered the first time I came to this city, I was forced by the Sand Silk Mercenary Group to hide in this hotel for several days.

This is clearly a reenactment of the scene.

This time, however, he didn't even know who his enemy was.

I'm so frustrated.

Ji Xian was in a bad mood and couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time, so he simply stopped thinking about it and took out the self-heating hot pot he had brought with him.

When you're in a bad mood, there's no problem that a hot pot meal can't solve. If one meal isn't enough, then two will do.

Ji Xian and Xia Luoxue heated up two self-heating hot pots together and were about to start eating when they heard someone knocking on the door.

Both of them were startled.

With such a big thing happening today, it's a bit unsettling to hear someone knocking on the door.

The two stood up and backed away in unison, and Ji Xian asked loudly, "Who's there?"

“It’s me, Jemoka.”

Upon hearing it, Ji Xian recognized it as the voice of Jamoka, the auction house owner.

But why is he coming to see me at this time?

Didn't we just make a deal with him during the day?

Was today's attack orchestrated by him?

Ji Xian thought about it and realized that this seemed impossible.

Jemoka would be more than happy for him to live, so why would he arrange for someone to assassinate him?

Ji Xian asked loudly, "What do you want with me?"

Jemoka said, "Mr. Ji Xian, we are aware of the incident that happened at the job market not long ago. My brother, the city lord, wants to personally come to apologize to you."

"Brother City Lord? An apology?" Ji Xian was a little confused. "What does this have to do with the City Lord?"

"Ahem!" At this moment, a dignified voice was heard, "Such a thing happening in the city is not unrelated to me; it is my negligence in management."

Is this the city lord?

Has the city lord really arrived?

Ji Xian gaped in shock, his astonishment no less than when he learned someone wanted to kill him.

Jemoka continued, "It's like this, my brother, the city lord, had previously consumed the supplies you brought and greatly praised them. He has long wanted to meet you, but after what happened today, he was afraid that you would have a bad impression of this city, so he came to see you in person to apologize."

Ji Xian was shocked. What did he have to deserve an apology from a city lord?

But thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem like something that's hard to understand.

It's not surprising that Jemoka can afford to run a trading post and has a brother who is a city lord.

After analyzing Jemoka's words a little more, Ji Xian guessed some clues.

Ji Xian can bring supplies to this city to trade, and he can also bring supplies to other cities to trade.

If Ji Xian has a bad impression of this city and never comes back, they will never be able to trade supplies again.

Thinking about all the connections involved, Ji Xian felt relieved.

He smiled and went to open the door.

The door opened, and Jemoka and a man were standing outside.

The man bore a resemblance to Jemoka, only slightly older, and more notably, he had dyed his hair blonde.

Is this the city lord?

Ji Xian was initially a little skeptical, but then he thought that the aesthetics of this world were different from those of the real world.

What's wrong with the city lord having yellow hair? Who says the city lord can't have yellow hair?

Ji Xian smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Not knowing whether shaking hands was the proper etiquette for meeting in this world, Ji Xian extended his hand, but seeing that the city lord remained unmoved, he awkwardly scratched his head.

The blond-haired man placed one hand on his chest and bowed slightly: "I am Jeruca, the city lord of this city, Mr. Ji Xian. It is a pleasure to meet you."

Ji Xian immediately followed suit, bowing slightly and saying, "Nice to meet you."

“I am deeply sorry for what happened today, but I have found out who the mastermind is. I will definitely skin him alive and hang him on the wall forever.”

Although Ji Xian felt that skinning was too cruel, after all, the other party wanted to kill him first. Being treated cruelly, Ji Xian couldn't say anything. He could only blame the person for deserving it.

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