Seeing Gu Qingxi's shocked and confused expression, Ye Wuchen chuckled and said, "How outrageous are the rumors you heard?"
Gu Qingxi said in a daze, "It is rumored that the city lord chooses a groom every year, and the people are proud to be elected as her groom.
It is said that there are already many husbands in her city lord's mansion.
But because an outsider is handsome and has an outstanding temperament, he seduced her soul away.
So the city lord dismissed all the husbands in the mansion for him.
He also held a grand event for this beautiful man, just to make the beautiful man smile.
The beautiful man was imprisoned in the city lord's mansion and was rude to the city lord, but the city lord did not care, but treated him with courtesy, hoping to move him with his true feelings."
Ye Wuchen listened to these words and was able to remain calm at first, but the expression on his face cracked later. These messy rumors were nothing to others, but when Qingxi heard them, Ye Wuchen felt that he could not tolerate it.
Gu Qingxi looked at Ye Wuchen's expression and knew that the rumors outside were probably very far from the truth.
So Gu Qingxi asked, "Brother Ye, what is the truth of the matter?"
Ye Wuchen said in a deep voice, "Something seems to have happened in the Desolate Sea during this period. Some sea creatures may have encountered something terrible. Some of the survivors fled to Donghuazhou, but many also had mental breakdowns.
So I came to investigate.
But I found that this secret realm has nothing to do with that incident.
It's just that there is a powerful force in this secret realm, and I want to investigate it as well."
"So Brother Ye was not forced to stay here, but you stayed in the City Lord's Mansion to investigate?" Gu Qingxi asked.
"Yes, she is not my opponent, so she can only let me investigate in the City Lord's Mansion." Ye Wuchen nodded.
Gu Qingxi wanted to laugh when she heard this answer.
Therefore, Brother Ye can move freely in the City Lord's Mansion, not because he is very favored as rumored, but because the City Lord can't beat Brother Ye at all, and can't do anything to Brother Ye, so he can only let him do whatever he wants.
Senior Brother Ye was like the second owner of the City Lord's Mansion, wandering around the Mansion at will, which made the City Lord extremely upset.
No wonder there was no one around Senior Brother Ye.
"This City Lord is actually an evil cultivator. Her so-called selection of husbands every year is actually to select a suitable body to possess.
But she has never found a suitable body, so she can only rely on the power of the secret realm to survive.
These husbands were all sucked dry by her because their bodies were not suitable for possession.
And the so-called dismissal is even more fictitious.
Because these husbands had long been sucked dry and turned into bones, how can they be dismissed?
And the so-called grand event should also require the lives of many people to activate a certain formation, which is used to trap me and possess my body."
Ye Wuchen told Gu Qingxi the truth of the matter in a light tone.
Gu Qingxi heard the last part and looked nervous: "She is already implementing this plan. Senior Brother Ye, do you have a countermeasure?"
It is easy to imagine that a formation that requires many lives to activate must be extremely vicious and powerful, but Senior Brother Ye is now a mortal who cannot use spiritual power. Even if his swordsmanship is superb, he may not be able to deal with such a vicious and powerful formation.
"She doesn't know that I already know everything. Don't worry, I can deal with it." Ye Wuchen looked at the nervous expression on Gu Qingxi's face, and his heart softened.
Gu Qingxi heard what Ye Wuchen said, and felt relieved.
"Then, Senior Brother Ye, is there anything I can do?" Gu Qingxi asked.
"Yes." Ye Wuchen nodded, "I have found out where the core of this secret realm is, but it is sealed by a formation. I need your help to see if I can unlock this seal." Ye Wuchen has absolute confidence in Gu Qingxi's formation skills.
Gu Qingxi nodded: "Where is the core?"
"Under a pavilion ten miles outside the city. Unlocking this seal may be the key to whether we can get out of the secret realm." Ye Wuchen replied.
"Then let's go and take a look now?" Gu Qingxi asked. If we can get out of the secret realm in this way, it would save a lot of trouble. Using the old method to blast the secret realm would take a lot of energy, and the key is that it would cost a lot of money!
Ye Wuchen nodded gently and took Gu Qingxi to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
Along the way, they met the guards and maids in the City Lord's Mansion.
After seeing Ye Wuchen, these maids and guards all saluted Ye Wuchen, but the salute was perfunctory and their eyes were full of contempt.
Gu Qingxi understood that these people regarded Brother Ye as the future husband of the City Lord, that is, as the next pretty boy, and the City Lord probably didn't treat those husbands very well, so these servants naturally followed suit, but they didn't dare to show their disdain directly because of their status.
However, the servants were stunned when they saw a strange beautiful girl following Ye Wuchen.
A maid ran to report to the city lord.
The guards' expressions changed when they saw Ye Wuchen. They were shocked and disgusted, as if they couldn't believe that the city lord's future husband dared to betray the city lord.
More guards gathered around after hearing the news, and glared at Ye Wuchen.
One guard asked, "The young master is going to marry our city lord, how can he be so close to other women? And who is this woman? Why did she appear in our city lord's mansion?"
If the city lord hadn't specifically told them not to be rude to the young master, they would have gone forward to catch the woman, and even wanted to catch the heartless man who dared to betray the city lord!
Gu Qingxi understood as soon as she heard it that the city lord didn't tell the truth to the servants. Those outrageous rumors outside were probably made up by the city lord himself.
It's easy to imagine why the city lord did this.
It's better to continue to create a sentimental persona than to tell the truth, right?
If I really say that your city lord can't beat that new outsider...
then the impact and consequences will be unimaginable for the city lord.
Facing these questions, Ye Wuchen just looked at the other party coldly, without answering, but took Gu Qingxi's hand and continued to walk forward.
Gu Qingxi was startled, followed Ye Wuchen forward, but her eyes unconsciously fell on Ye Wuchen's hand holding hers.
She had never noticed that Ye Wuchen's fingers were clearly jointed, slender and white.
Ye Wuchen's hands were very beautiful and warm...
Seeing Ye Wuchen's behavior, the guard who questioned him could no longer bear it, and drew his sword to chop at Ye Wuchen.
Ye Wuchen didn't even look at him, and drew his sword with his other hand, and slashed at the guard.
With just a casual sword strike, the guard and the people behind him were all knocked away.
Blood splattered, swords broke, and a group of guards lay on the ground, spitting blood, and could no longer get up.
Even if Ye Wuchen couldn't use his spiritual power, he was still a strong man that people looked up to.
And from beginning to end, Ye Wuchen never let go of Gu Qingxi's hand.
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