"At first, I also considered resisting. A mortal body, fighting against a Nascent Soul cultivator is like a mayfly trying to shake a tree... And my resistance also aroused An Kaixing's dissatisfaction. He began to suppress me even more severely, even threatening the innocent residents of Holy Sword City. I... understand that cultivators have many powerful means. In fact, if I were alone, I wouldn't be afraid of An Kaixing, but I can't let innocent people be implicated because of one person. Holy Sword City can do without me as the City Lord... So I negotiated with An Kaixing. He wanted the position of City Lord, but due to the regulations of the Immortal Alliance and the opinions of the world, he also wanted a good reputation. So... I cooperated with him, handed over my power, and he also became... a good City Lord."
Ou Wuzi sighed, stretched out his arm, lifted up the clothes, revealing his arm covered with blue and black lines.
"But I didn't expect that even after we signed the treaty and I began to delegate power, he seemed... still worried and didn't want to wait that long. But as the lord of a city, many things have to be handled step by step. Suddenly handing over power would only plunge Holy Sword City into chaos... I told him about it, but he wouldn't listen. He just thought I was a delaying tactic, so he poisoned me and imprisoned me. I'm sure Xiaohua has already told you a lot about what happened later."
Xiaohua's tears kept falling and her eyes were red.
He didn't expect that there were such things involved.
They also didn't expect that the real prisoner of the city lord was not the deputy city lord's cage, but them!
"Actually, for me, anyone can take over the Holy Sword, but that person must do so for the good of the city and its residents. But I also understand that those cultivators came here more for profit. The Central Domain is connected to other realms, and the benefits here are tempting many people. Senior... I also understand that the coexistence of immortals and mortals will inevitably lead to this outcome. But I... I just want to fight for a foothold for us and them!"
Ou Wuzi was a little excited.
"We don't need anything: power, status, reputation, or resources! We mortals only seek survival, and we have no use for the resources of the monks!"
Sometimes Ou Wuzi really couldn't understand why things would turn out like this when they, the mortals, didn't have much conflict of interest with the cultivators.
But he also understood that where there are people, some like a simple life, while others are determined to climb up.
Shen Qingyi glanced at Ou Wuzi.
"Have you ever smelled what they really want?"
Ou Wuzi was stunned and then lowered his head.
"I didn't ask, but I know. Every morning when I woke up, before daybreak, I'd see vendors busying themselves until sunset. I saw the elderly working diligently to support their families, just to give their children a better life. I saw those with aspirations striving to become stronger. I saw some, in their mortal bodies, swimming against the tide... We mortals, in the world of immortal cultivation, see cultivators with extraordinary abilities, yet we must be content with being ordinary. But that... is our path, our way. I... believe that this world has more than just the cultivator's path. Although we are small and ordinary, we are not ordinary! I know that what we seek more is the way to survive. For me, seeking the way of mortals in this vast world of immortal cultivation, may be... presumptuous, but I believe that such a way exists."
Ou Wuzi looked at Shen Qingyi steadily.
He needs affirmation.
Shen Qingyi saw his expectations from his hopeful eyes.
As Ou Wuzi waited eagerly, Shen Qing nodded.
Ou Wuzi let out a breath and laughed, but tears came out as he laughed.
In the world of immortal cultivation, too many people deny the existence of mortals.
They only care about the strong.
But...what exactly is a strong person?
He remembered this sentence!
Because their ancestors have remembered it!
A strong person may have extraordinary abilities, or be in a high position with great power, but he may also be the gathering of the weak!
The world only separates the strong. They get less, but they are not redundant!
"I will discuss this matter with the Immortal Alliance, and I will personally oversee what happens next until there is a conclusion."
Ou Wuzi finally couldn't control himself and burst into tears.
"Thank you! Thank you...senpai!"
They have always firmly believed that they are the guardians of the Sword Immortal.
But it seems... the Sword Immortal is also protecting them!
When Shen Qingyi sent a message to Lingdao Sect, Lu Jingqing was still a little dazed.
Although many younger generations are now in charge of Lingdao Sect, he has also become the ancestor.
If something like this happens, he will not intervene, and at most let someone he trusts take care of it.
But now, Shen Qingyi sent the message personally, and Lu Jingqing felt that he could not just let it go.
Junior sister came back suddenly and encountered such a thing, so she must be in a bad mood.
Moreover, this matter could be big or small. After all, in the little junior sister's heart, he was still her senior brother. Lu Jingqing felt that he had to support her.
“Boom!”
The moment the pressure enveloped Holy Sword City, it alarmed everyone.
Even the neighboring cities were affected by this pressure.
Lu Jingqing was wearing a Lingdao Sect robe, standing in the air with his hands behind his back.
The moment everyone saw him, they were stunned.
Someone reacted quickly.
"It's... it's Elder Lu from the Lingdao Sect!"
"Lu... Ancestor Lu?!"
Lu Jingqing’s current cultivation level can be said to be at the peak of the Lower Spiritual Realm, and he is also one of the older generation.
Now that I stay in Lingdao Sect, I am mostly cultivating myself, waiting for the opportunity to break through, and taking care of some things.
An Kaixing almost crawled out of the City Lord's Mansion.
His eyelids have been twitching since he saw Shen Qingyi.
He had a lot of suspicions in his heart, and he also thought about Shen Qingyi’s identity.
But there is still no thought in my mind.
Now, the thing he least wanted to happen seemed to have happened.
An Kaixing still held on to a glimmer of hope.
"Junior, I wonder... I wonder why Senior Lu came to Holy Sword City... so, so what? If there is anything I need to do, I will..."
Before he could finish his words, he was knocked to the ground by a powerful pressure.
Lu Jingqing has been the elder of Tianshui Peak and the head of the Lu family for so many years, so he naturally has his own methods.
After Shen Qingyi sent him the message, he immediately asked someone to investigate the situation here.
In just a short time, he got the information he wanted.
To be honest, he had seen a lot of dark things, even darker than this.
But when I saw it, I couldn't help but feel angry.
Lu Jingqing's figure flashed, and when he appeared again, he had moved from the sky to in front of An Kaixing.
An Kaixing was so frightened by the sudden appearance of Lu Jingqing that he fell to the ground.
His face was pale and his lips were trembling.
"Senior... Senior, I... I don't know what I have done wrong. If I have done anything that does not meet your liking, I can..."
Lu Jingqing sneered.
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