By the time Zhou Xingdou walked out of the Lin residence, three or four hours had passed, and the rising sun had turned into a blazing blaze.

This outburst allowed him to vent all the frustration he felt in front of Tian Jiu'er yesterday, leaving him feeling light and exhaling a long breath.

He immediately understood the terror of women vying for favor. Fortunately, he was more skilled and managed to appease Yun Jinzhi; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to leave the Lin residence at this moment.

Yun Jinzhi has already entrusted the care to the maids she has enslaved, so there is no need to worry.

Someone will clean up the mess.

But he must not forget the most important purpose he must achieve.

Liu Yanran.

He had promised Tian Jiu'er that he would go back early, but he didn't expect to linger at the Lin residence for most of the day. He was really indulging in pleasure and getting deeply involved in the gentle embrace of women.

Lingguang City is different from small cities like Lingyin City. It is one of the thirty-six major cities in Tianxuan Holy State. Each major city governs dozens of smaller cities and is a central hub in a region.

The city lords of the major cities in Tianxuan Holy State are generally people from Xuantian Dao Sect. They are almost all disciples who have passed the age limit and are no longer suitable to be disciples. They also do not have much of a future, so they are assigned to external affairs by Xuantian Dao Sect.

These city lords held lucrative positions in foreign affairs, serving as central figures in their respective regions. Their daily trade transactions were enormous, making their positions incredibly lucrative.

Of course, being the city lord of a major city is not an easy job. At the very least, one must have reached the Divine Realm in cultivation and have made contributions to the sect in order to be appointed to the position.

After all, every major city is filled with powerful families, and there are often disputes. Although they have the Xuan Tian Dao Sect as their backing, their own strength is insufficient and they will still be hindered by many parties.

Zhou Xingdou, the city lord of Lingguang City, had some recollection of the matter. Although he hadn't paid much attention to Lin Fan's three-year agreement in his previous life, he couldn't completely ignore it, so he had someone give instructions to the city lord of Lingguang City.

I vaguely remember that this person seemed to be a True God. Lin Fan defeated Liu Yan, and then he wanted to take credit for it. I even rewarded him with this treasure.

Large cities are different from small cities. They have more high-ranking officials and nobles, so the requirements for public security are greater. Identity verification is required for entry and exit to prevent evil cultivators and demons from sneaking in and causing trouble.

At that time, Zhou Xingdou could not possibly verify it. His current status was special, and as the Daoist disciple of the Xuantian Dao Sect, he would attract countless eyes wherever he went.

It's not that I'm afraid of anything, but I'm mainly just being cautious. After all, Lin Fan, whom I'm dealing with, is the chosen one of destiny. I should be careful as much as possible to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

Given the distance between Lingyin City and Lingguang City, Zhou Xingdou strolled leisurely and arrived in the air outside the city in just a few breaths.

Large cities usually have protective formations, which are all set up by the Xuantian Dao Sect. However, the level is not very high, and they can only stop people, with no offensive capabilities.

Zhou Xingdou took out the Nine Profound Token in mid-air. The formation set up by the Xuan Tian Dao Sect could not stop his own people. In an instant, the city-protecting formation opened an invisible gap, and Zhou Xingdou instantly slipped into it.

The Liu family wasn't hard to find. Although they weren't the top families in the city, they weren't weak either. Zhou Xingdou casually spread his divine sense and learned the location of the Liu family from other people.

He immediately located Liu Yanran's position in the Liu family and appeared in a beautiful courtyard of the Liu family in an instant.

There was a young girl in the courtyard who looked no more than eighteen years old, about the same age as Stephen Chow.

But it must be said that this girl is quite good; she has grown up, but still retains a bit of a childishness.

Her almond-shaped eyes sparkled with intelligence, her black hair was smooth and silky, and her fair and radiant face made one want to pinch her cheeks.

Wearing a tight-fitting martial arts uniform and holding a slender blue sword, she wielded the intricate sword techniques with exceptional skill, seemingly on the verge of condensing her sword intent.

Putting everything else aside, her comprehension of swordsmanship should be much stronger than Zhou Xingdou's.

"You must be Liu Yanran."

A cold, deep voice rang out beside her, startling Liu Yanran into a daze. But then she turned her sword slightly, and the sharp tip of the sword pierced in the direction from which the voice came!

Because she knew perfectly well that the voice did not belong to anyone she knew.

Zhou Xingdou looked at the slender sword thrusting towards him, but his heart remained unmoved. In his eyes, the sword was as slow as a snail and as powerless as an ant.

It even made him lose interest in it.

clang!

A crisp sound rang out, and Liu Yanran's face lit up with joy, because she felt as if she had stabbed the person.

But the smile didn't last long before it vanished.

Because her face didn't feel like a sharp weapon was piercing her body, but rather like it was being pierced by an indestructible piece of ancient black iron, unable to penetrate an inch.

As she hurriedly turned her head, she heard a cracking sound and realized that the slender blue sword in her hand had broken into several pieces, falling to the ground with a series of clanging sounds.

"A ninth-grade spiritual artifact, what a pity. Even a king-grade treasure couldn't leave a mark on my body."

At this moment, Liu Yanran looked at the owner of the voice in a panic, but unexpectedly lost her focus.

She then realized that the owner of the voice was an extremely handsome young man.

His silver eyes revealed a sense of loneliness and indifference, and his handsome face was sharply defined, as if created by the heavens.

A silver line between his brows gave him an air of aloofness and arrogance, yet he exuded an imposing presence.

He was dressed in a dark, patterned robe. He was tall and slender but not thin. He stood there alone, exuding an aura of majesty and dominance that looked down on everything.

Even a god descending to earth wouldn't be this impressive!

To be honest, Liu Yanran, who was at the Condensation Realm, was not even an ant in Zhou Xingdou's eyes. Just like the ninth-grade spiritual sword in her hand, he could shatter it without even lifting a finger, simply by subtly trembling his body.

He could break even a precious artifact with his bare hands. With his current terrifying physical strength, apart from divine artifacts that could leave some marks, nothing else was as intimidating as a bath towel.

Liu Yanran then realized what was happening and quickly took several steps back in shock:

"Who are you! Why are you in my Liu family?"

Zhou Xingdou nonchalantly pulled out an array plate and said calmly:

"Is the telepathic transmission finished?"

Liu Yanran's subtle movements could not escape his notice, but he did not care at the moment. He casually turned the array plate in his hand, and immediately a torrent of divine patterns burst forth from the array plate.

The divine runes soared into the sky, transforming into an invisible curtain that covered the entire Liu family, yet remained completely undetected by outsiders.

Zhou Xingdou naturally didn't know any formations, but he was rich; he had plenty of these disposable formation plates.

This formation is a divine-grade trapping formation. Once it covers an area, one cannot leave, and it conceals all movement. Unless a Saint-level expert intervenes, it cannot be broken.

Zhou Xingdou had already asked Fahai, and it seemed that Liu Yanran's saintly master was not here. Moreover, the strongest person in the Liu family was only at the initial stage of True God, and could not do anything about this formation for a while.

As far as Zhou Xingdou was concerned, if he wanted Liu Yanran to defeat Lin Fan in the three-year agreement, he would naturally need to invest a lot of resources.

Even if he has no shortage of resources, it doesn't fit his current personality to use those resources for charity.

It would be better to directly control the entire Liu family; that way, the resources invested would simply be moving from one hand to the other, so it wouldn't be a loss.