In the blink of an eye, two months passed and Li Mu and his party finally arrived at Yongning Prefecture.
Meng Ting had received the news that Li Mu was coming, and had been waiting for a long time. When she saw Li Mu coming, she and a group of Lingxiao Palace members bowed excitedly to greet him: "Welcome, Palace Master!"
Li Mu nodded slightly and said softly, "No need to be polite."
"Everyone, this is the first deputy hall master of our Lingxiao Hall, Ji Bai." Li Mu introduced to Meng Ting and others. Although these people who came to greet him this time were all old people from the Lingxiao Hall, they had all already achieved enlightenment in Lingxiao Jianmu and were absolutely loyal to Li Mu, but in order to prevent the news from leaking, Li Mu still asked Ji Feibai to hide his true identity and use the pseudonym Ji Bai.
"Greetings, Deputy Palace Master Ji!" Everyone saluted Ji Feibai again.
At the same time, he looked at Ji Feibai carefully. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at him, but when he did, he discovered that Ji Feibai's cultivation was unfathomable, and he was immediately shocked.
"We are all family. No need to be polite." Ji Feibai waved his hand. Although with his level of cultivation he didn't need to care about small characters like Meng Ting, since Li Mu didn't put on airs, he had to be polite.
"Haha, Elder Meng, come on, take me to meet our new brothers and sisters." Li Mu said with a smile.
"Palace Master, just call me Xiao Meng. The title of elder sounds weird." Meng Ting smiled bitterly. She was just an elder of Chaos Trading Company. When Li Mu called her that, people who didn't know her would think she was an elder of Lingxiao Palace.
"What? Elder Meng, it sounds like you are blaming me for not giving you an identity?" Li Mu joked.
Meng Ting was startled when she heard this, and quickly said, "I dare not, that is not what I meant!"
"Haha~ It doesn't matter. Everyone has made contributions over the years. I will reward you accordingly. You are worthy of the status of elder!" Li Mu laughed.
"Thank you, Palace Master!" Meng Ting and others expressed their gratitude.
Although they had established Lingxiao Palace in the Chaos Sea more than 5 million years ago, relying on the strength to crush all forces in the Chaos Sea, they had managed Lingxiao Palace successfully and recruited many cultivators to join. With so many people, they naturally had official positions for management. However, these official positions were conferred by themselves after all, and were not obtained in a legitimate way. Now that Li Mu personally promised to reward them according to their merits, they were naturally very happy.
Then, a group of people came to a huge land floating in the air. This was Yongning City, the gathering place of the monks of Yongning Prefecture. All the prominent forces in the Chaos Sea had set up offices or even headquarters in Yongning City.
Just as the group was about to enter the city, a burly middle-aged monk in armor came flying from a distance with a group of soldiers and shouted to Li Mu and others, "Stop! Meng Ting, you guys in Lingxiao Palace are becoming more and more outrageous. Have you reported this gathering of so many people to the Domain Lord's Mansion?"
“Palace Master, this man is called Cai Gui. He is in the middle stage of Heavenly Dao Immortal Ancestor and is a minion of the Domain Lord’s Mansion.” Meng Ting explained to Li Mu in a low voice.
Li Mu nodded slightly. He could tell Cai Gui's cultivation level at a glance. Such a small character was not worthy of his attention. So he said to Meng Ting, "You handle it."
"Yes." Meng Ting said respectfully. She knew that this was a test from Li Mu.
Cai Gui was even more angry when he saw Meng Ting ignoring him: "Meng, I am talking to you. Do you still take my Domain Lord Mansion seriously? Do you still take the Domain Lord seriously?"
"General Cai, I advise you to stop interfering in the affairs of our Lingxiao Palace. You can't do anything about it anyway!" Meng Ting said coldly.
Cai Gui laughed angrily upon hearing this: "Haha~, what a joke! Is there anyone in the Chaos Sea that my Domain Lord Mansion cannot control? Your Lingxiao Palace has indeed been quite powerful in recent years, but don't forget that the Chaos Sea is still under the rule of my Domain Lord Mansion, and my Domain Lord Mansion is backed by the six major forces of the Qiongzu Universe. Do you dare to rebel?"
After saying that, he looked at the group of soldiers guarding the city and shouted, "And you, when you saw these people gathering illegally, why didn't you arrest them? You actually let them swagger in and out of the city gate. You have brought shame to the Domain Lord's Mansion!"
The soldiers guarding the city gate lowered their heads and dared not speak, but they were complaining in their hearts: "You are so capable, but you have never arrested anyone! Apart from saying a few harsh words, you have never taken any action."
Cai Gui naturally didn't know what the soldiers were thinking. Seeing that everyone had given in, he looked at Meng Ting and continued, "You people from Lingxiao Palace want to enter the city, you can, but you should pay the taxes you owe over the years. There are a total of 100 million Chaos Stones. To make it a whole, just pay 2 trillion."
"Idiot, if you want to collect taxes, let Lu Lang come and talk to me!" Meng Ting said, and then she slapped Cai Gui to the ground.
"General!" The group of men behind Cai Gui were shocked and quickly drew their weapons.
Meng Ting looked disdainful and sneered: "Why? Do you also want to lie on the ground like Cai Gui?"
"Hey~ this is ridiculous! Mr. Meng, let me tell you, it is the order of the Territory Lord that asks you to pay taxes! Do you think that because you have the support of Chaos Trading Company, the Territory Lord can't do anything to you?" Cai Guiqiang shouted angrily while enduring his injuries.
"I said, if Lu Lang wants to collect taxes from us, then let him come and talk to me himself. You are not qualified!" Meng Ting flashed in front of Cai Gui, stepped on Cai Gui's chest, and said coldly.
"You..." Cai Gui looked at Meng Ting's murderous eyes and held it in for a long time, but finally he didn't dare to talk back.
"Trash!" Meng Ting was disdainful, and then turned around and left gracefully, coming to Li Mu and clasping her fists, saying: "Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time, Palace Master."
Li Mu nodded slightly, and then the group continued to move towards Yongning City in a mighty manner.
Meng Ting wanted to ask Li Mu how satisfied he was with her handling of the matter just now, but she didn't ask in the end. She thought to herself: "The Palace Master should be satisfied with my handling style just now. After all, I even stepped on the people of the City Lord's Mansion, and they didn't dare to breathe."
In fact, if Li Mu knew Meng Ting's thoughts, he would definitely respond to her by shaking his head. He is just an immortal ancestor of the Heavenly Dao, so just kill him. Why bother talking so much nonsense to him!
Seeing everyone from Lingxiao Palace walking away, Cai Gui roared, "Ah~! You stinky bitch, one day I will repay you tenfold or a hundredfold for the insult I suffered today!"
The soldiers didn't know what to do when they saw this. Logically speaking, their leader was still lying on the ground and they should have helped him up immediately. However, the situation was a bit special. Just now, Cai Gui was stepped on by a woman and they didn't dare to say a word. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to go up to her now?
After a long time, Cai Gui finally vented his anger, then looked at his men and snorted, "I'll keep everything that happened today to myself. If I hear anyone gossiping about it outside, I'll skin you alive!"
"General, nothing happened today, we didn't see anything!" the soldiers said hurriedly.
Cai Gui kicked a soldier in front of him and said angrily, "Just now, Meng Ting, that woman, brought a group of people from Lingxiao Palace to make trouble and openly refused to pay taxes. What do you mean you didn't see it?"
"Yes, yes, Lingxiao Palace refused to pay taxes and openly disrespected the Domain Lord's Mansion and the Domain Lord. This is an unforgivable crime!" The soldiers echoed.
"Let's go back to the Domain Lord's Mansion to report. Damn it, you surnamed Meng, the Domain Lord will be back in two years. Let's see if you dare to jump around like this then!" Cai Gui led a group of soldiers away, cursing.
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