Inside, decadent music and ambiguous sentiments abound.
Chongyuan stood outside the door and gently knocked. "Lord City Lord, I request an audience."
After a long while, the door was opened from the inside, and Wang Baiyu, disheveled, walked out. As he left, he brushed past Chongyuan, paused almost imperceptibly, and then went on his way.
Sometimes, he was quite envious of him.
After returning to his room, Wang Yuebai asked someone to prepare hot water. He washed himself thoroughly, changed into clothes that Cui'er had made for him, and took the things he had prepared for her before heading towards the Netherworld Inn.
Back then, he and Cui'er were just a scholar and a peasant girl in the mortal world. They had known each other since childhood, fell in love in their youth, and vowed to grow old together.
However, overnight, their village was destroyed by a mysterious force, leaving only him and Cui'er behind. In order to survive, he had no choice but to use his body to exchange for a chance to live with Cui'er from the city lord of Youming City, who happened to appear there.
Over the years, he had never told Cui'er his identity in the city lord's mansion.
Sometimes, he wondered if things would have been different if he hadn't approached the city lord.
Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." What he finds most unacceptable now is that he seems to have betrayed Cui'er...
City Lord's Mansion
Hearing the knocking at the door, Green Moon grabbed a garment and draped it over herself. Then, she leaned back on the bed and lazily said, "Come in."
Having received permission, Chongyuan pushed open the door and entered. He then stood at a distance from her, bowed his head, and clasped his hands in greeting. "Lord City Lord, Lu Xing seems to have an extraordinary background. I wonder how we should deal with him?"
Green Moon lowered her head and fiddled with the bell in her hand, not raising her head. After a long while, she finally spoke: "So what if he has an extraordinary background? Since he has come to my Netherworld City, he should abide by the rules of this city lord. Since he is unwilling to marry this city lord, then let him stay in that place and suffer a bit."
Her tone softened, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly clenched the bell in her hand tightly. "If he still refuses, then kill him. Anyway, I, the city lord, will always be able to wait for the most obedient reincarnation of his."
Upon hearing this, Chongyuan's body stiffened. Over the years, the only person who could make the city lord treat him specially was Lu Xing. However, Lu Xing failed his tribulation and chose to reincarnate and start over.
Logically, his reincarnation should have appeared long ago, but the city lord has searched for over a thousand years and still hasn't found him.
The Lu Xing now in the Netherworld's Underground Arena of Life and Death—even he could tell at a glance—was not the Lu Xing from thousands of years ago. Presumably, the City Lord had also noticed. It's just that she was unwilling to admit it; perhaps Lu Xing hadn't successfully reincarnated at all…
Chongyuan hesitated, "Lord City Lord, killing him might cause trouble."
Green Moon glanced at him indifferently, "Chongyuan, when did you become so timid?"
"Besides those guys from the Immortal Realm and the Underworld, who else on the Qingyuan Continent can rival our Netherworld City?"
Chongyuan remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking, "What if he is from that place?"
"After all, Lu Xing's talent and the treasures he possesses are truly rare in the world; perhaps only someone from that place could possess them..."
Green Moon paused, "So what? This city lord has never heard of any family in the Immortal Realm with the surname Lu."
Chongyuan slowly lowered his head and fell silent, his eyes swirling with turbulent emotions.
Song Zhou, who was guarding outside, turned pale upon hearing the words coming from inside. "This is bad. Judging from what the city lord said, it seems he doesn't intend to let Senior Brother Lu go. This time, he's probably in grave danger."
Song Zhou gritted his teeth and steeled his resolve. Back outside the city gates, if it weren't for Senior Brother Lu saving him, he probably would have died long ago from the aftershocks of that vengeful ghost's self-destruction. Not to mention, Senior Brother Lu had helped him so many times along the way.
Therefore, he was determined to save Senior Brother Lu this time, even if it meant personally trying to persuade him...
Thinking this, Song Zhou suddenly pushed open the door and knelt down in front of Lü Yue, kowtowing repeatedly and pleading, "Lord City Lord, please let me see Senior Brother Lu. I will definitely find a way to make him submit to you."
Green Moon glanced at Chong Yuan standing to the side unintentionally. The two looked at each other, and Chong Yuan nodded and secretly withdrew.
Soon, only two people remained in the room.
Green Moon's voice rang out, "Didn't you want to serve this city lord? Why are you helping Lu Xing?"
Song Zhou knelt on the ground, stunned for a moment. After a long silence, he bowed his head again, forcibly suppressing the bitterness in his heart. "In my heart, the City Lord is as high as the sun and moon, and naturally deserves a better man."
"As for Senior Brother Lu... he is more suitable for Lord City Lord than I am."
Green Moon's gaze lingered on him for a long time before suddenly shifting away. "I, the city lord, can entrust this matter to you, but if you fail to persuade him within five days, then you will both suffer the same fate."
"So, do you still want to try to persuade him?"
Song Zhou remained silent for a moment, then bowed and kowtowed again, saying in a deep voice, "Senior Brother Lu is my savior, so naturally I will not abandon him."
"Ha, you really are sentimental."
"Then let's go see him."
...
In the water dungeon,
Lu Fuyue leaned against the iron cage, seemingly resting, but in reality, she was forcibly suppressing the signs of Nascent Soul formation. Her brows furrowed slightly, but she could only suppress this for a few days. After a few days, if she suppressed it any longer, it would be difficult to obtain another opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
At this moment, a familiar voice rang out from within her body, "You can't suppress your cultivation any longer, or something bad will happen. Why don't you find an opportunity to enter the space first, and then go out after you break through?"
"Mizawa, you're awake?"
"If I don't wake up soon, your foundation will probably be mostly destroyed."
Lu Fuyue was taken aback, then her body relaxed, and she slowly asked, "What did you mean by entering the space?"
She knew, of course, that Shui Ze's fate was intertwined with hers, and that she would suffer the same fate as Shui Ze. Naturally, Shui Ze would never harm her, nor would she speak carelessly.
Shui Ze: "After sleeping for so long, my cultivation has recovered to some extent. With my current cultivation, I can still create a clone for you that is realistic enough to fool anyone."
"At that time, your clone will be imprisoned here in your place, while you take the opportunity to enter the space and break through to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible. You can come out after everything is over."
Lu Fuyue pursed her lips. "But after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, one must undergo the Heavenly Tribulation. And once I leave this space, the Heavenly Tribulation will descend with me, and I will be discovered then."
"No, within this Netherworld City, all heavenly secrets are concealed, making it impossible for cultivators to undergo tribulations. If you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, your Nascent Soul tribulation will only fall when you leave the Netherworld City."
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