Chapter 1 The Cappuccino Night

The night was like a cup of cappuccino.

The hazy moonlight resembled the foam floating on top.

A thick fragrance drifted in the air.

People willingly drowned in this vortex of desire…

Phoenix Moon Twelfth, the full moon day of the Saint Origin World.

This night was also the time for Ji Fenglong, the Palace City Lord, to tour and enjoy the city.

At the moment the setting sun sank in the west, the luminous trees in the city bloomed in an instant, their clear, exquisite, light-drenched flowers... a sight to behold.

At this very moment, a graceful and extraordinary figure walked out of the Pity Immortal Palace.

In front of the palace gate, a carriage was already waiting quietly.

The carriage Ji Fenglong rode in was naturally no ordinary one.

The horses were Bai Ze Sacred Horses (the kings of horses in the Saint Origin World, belonging to high-level divine beasts. Four meters tall, weighing two tons; with inverted horns on their heads, wings on their backs, hooves like hard steel; their bodies covered in pure white cloud feathers, and thick silver manes on their chests).

The carriage was a Kui Dragon Imperial Carriage (with Kui bones as the base and cast in bronze. The track was four meters wide, weighing a thousand pounds; the carriage body was interwoven with gold and jade, adorned with gemstones, and even the wheel hubs were made of cold iron from the seabed, extremely luxurious).

And the coachman driving the carriage... was the Palace City's Military Supervisor, Su Xiaoxiao.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao was already sitting in the driver's seat. The road in front of the Pity Immortal Palace had also been cleared, and forty armored Imperial Guards stood on either side of the road, ready to lead the way for the City Lord's tour.

"City Lord, please." Lin Que was the one who greeted Ji Fenglong beside the carriage.

Lin Que looked even more beautiful under the night, and her gaze towards Ji Fenglong contained a hint of timidity.

As Ji Fenglong walked past her, she smiled slightly at her, took her hand, and pulled her into the carriage with her…

The carriage was not closed, but rather an open-top model. The spacious seats were as comfortable as sofa beds, and the open design allowed the occupants to comfortably enjoy the surrounding scenery.

Of course... it also allowed the onlookers outside the carriage to get a glimpse of the high and mighty Palace City Lord.

"City Lord." After Ji Fenglong and Lin Que got into the carriage, Su Xiaoxiao looked back at them and nodded to the former in a questioning tone. After receiving an affirmative response, Su Xiaoxiao flicked the reins and set off with the divine beast.

At the same time, the Imperial Guards lined up on both sides of the road also took neat steps and strode forward.

According to the custom of previous years, they would circle the city along the main roads, and finally return to the Pity Immortal Palace from the east of the city along the main road.

During this period, no one was allowed to block the road that the City Lord had to pass through. Whoever blocked would be killed…

"Heh... the greatest joy in life is nothing more than this..." After the carriage had only traveled a short distance, Ji Fenglong reached out and picked up a glass of wine that had been prepared on the table (yes, the space in this carriage was large enough to add a table in the middle. In fact, the floor area of this carriage was almost as large as a bus, and you could roll around on it). She drank it all in one gulp, and then pulled Lin Que into her arms, gently kissing her cheek.

"City Lord... in broad daylight..." Lin Que's face instantly turned red to the ears, and she was extremely shy, but she had no intention of pushing the other party away.

"Hahahaha..." Ji Fenglong laughed, "What's there to be embarrassed about? Is there anyone in this Palace City who doesn't know that you are my person?"

"City Lord..." Lin Que said in a complaining tone, then buried her head deeply in Ji Fenglong's chest, no longer speaking.

The two women were putting on such an unbearable scene on the street, which was really intolerable. Regarding this kind of behavior, I personally only want to say four words—niCe.

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The night deepened, and the moonlight grew stronger.

Ji Fenglong held Lin Que in her arms, drinking and enjoying the scenery along the way, feeling carefree and watching the time fly by.

Unconsciously, they had arrived at the east of the city. They had arrived at the longest and widest main road in the city.

"Look! City Lord Ji's carriage is here!"

"What a grand display!"

"I've finally waited, I can finally catch a glimpse of that peerless beauty."

As mentioned earlier, the east of the city was a place where taverns and restaurants were lined up, and it was also where the luminous trees were the most flourishing. Every year, the flow of people gathered here was the largest.

At this moment, as the carriage approached, the people's emotions reached their peak.

"Brother, Ji Fenglong... seems to be passing by soon."

On the Dengyuan Tower, the Four Heavenly Kings of Gangshan had put away their unpleasant emotions from the day and were waiting for the arrival of the carriage with all their attention.

"Hmm..." Daozheng drank the wine in his glass and leaned to the window with his brothers, "I want to see what kind of woman she is..."

At this point, he was rather calm.

Because he understood that many things in this world were such that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment…

Just like those big game productions that you waited for a long time, were delayed again and again, and finally released, you often find when you actually play them... that's about it...

However, Ji Fenglong... does not fit the above example.

Her beauty would not be overshadowed by other people's high expectations. As long as the other party was human and had a normal aesthetic sense, they would definitely feel shocked when they saw her at first glance.

"This…"

"This…"

"This is…"

"Ji Fenglong…"

Sure enough, as Ji Fenglong's figure gradually became clearer, the Four Heavenly Kings of Gangshan were all dumbfounded and speechless.

The four of them had also seen the world, but at this moment, they were all conquered... that world-shattering beauty had intoxicated them. Even a beauty like Lin Que seemed a bit dim beside Ji Fenglong, and was completely ignored by the four of them.

"Heh... Xiaoxiao." At the same moment, Ji Fenglong in the carriage also glanced at the four people on the Dengyuan Tower. She opened her mouth and asked, "Who are those people who booked the Dengyuan Tower this year?"

"Reporting to the City Lord." Su Xiaoxiao turned her head and reported, "They are four sworn brothers who have been on the rise in the martial world in recent years, known as the Four Heavenly Kings of Gangshan."

"Hmph... what Four Heavenly Kings..." Ji Fenglong looked up again at the four idiotic faces that were like wooden chickens, "They are all flashy and useless..."

"The City Lord is right." Su Xiaoxiao said, "It is said that the four of them are greedy for wine and lustful, and have a reputation in the martial world. They can't be considered heroes."

"Alas... it seems that I have to set a few more rules when I go back." Ji Fenglong shook her head and said, "In recent years, the Dengyuan Tower has always been occupied by this kind of person, and it's disgusting to even look at them. I don't expect heroes and elites to sit there every year, but it can't be too bad, can it? Even if it's that Feng..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly stopped talking, and slightly frowned her beautiful eyebrows, revealing a look of doubt.

"What's wrong? City Lord." Lin Que noticed the change in Ji Fenglong's expression and asked with concern.

Two seconds later, Ji Fenglong stretched her eyebrows, shook her head, and smiled bitterly, "Hehe... it's nothing, I'm probably drunk..."

Boom—

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Golden light suddenly appeared, a shocking change.

"City Lord Ji, I'm sorry." A low, cold voice resounded from the sky, "Your tour tonight, I'm afraid it will end here."

In the same second, a golden light like a towering pillar swept along the avenue.

The guards who were leading the way in front could be said to have reacted quickly. Before the crowd on the street became a mess, they had already stood in their positions, released their Saint Origin Power, and set up a formation.

A rectangular, thick defensive force field opened up, enveloping Ji Fenglong's carriage and the surrounding area.

Soon, the crowd on the street dispersed into the streets and alleys on both sides; and the golden light also stopped in front of the carriage formation.

"Awoo—" At this time, the Bai Ze Sacred Horse roared, raising its front hooves and kicking twice. It seemed that... the divine beast had instinctively sensed some kind of danger, so it was warning its master.

"Yin Loulan, what do you mean by this?"

After a moment, Ji Fenglong opened her mouth and asked in a cold, solemn tone.

She could naturally hear who the speaker was, and she also understood... that it was absolutely impossible for someone to be joking with her.

"I... have something to say." As he spoke, Yin Loulan's figure had already fluttered down from the golden light.

The Yin Loulan in front of her was very different from what he was like during the day. At this time, he was wearing golden helmet and armor, with gauntlets and war boots complete; the double swords that were originally behind his back were changed to the sides of his waist; a head of golden hair was like the mane of a lion, scattered on his shoulders.

"Heh..." Ji Fenglong raised her eyes to look at the other party, and quietly patted Lin Que beside her, signaling her to retreat, "You might as well tell me."

"From today... no, from this moment on..." Yin Loulan said, "I will be the new City Lord of this Palace City."

"Ha... hahahaha..." Ji Fenglong laughed immediately, but the laughter suddenly stopped, "Presumptuous!"

Along with this angry scolding, a burst of Saint Origin Power burst out from Ji Fenglong's body, sweeping the entire street.

"It's simply wishful thinking..." In the next second, Ji Fenglong stood up slowly and said sternly, "Do you think... I will give you the position of City Lord?"

"No, you won't." Yin Loulan replied, "So, I'm here to take it myself now."

"Hmph..." Ji Fenglong sneered, "I want to ask... how are you going to take it?"

"It's very simple." Yin Loulan said this sentence as he had already landed on both feet, standing in the middle of the road, "First of all, I will control the soldiers of the entire city and use them for my own purposes."

Before his voice fell, there was a burst of noisy sounds around him, which was the sound of a large number of people slowly surging in the night...

Before long, in the surprised eyes of the passers-by, this street and the surrounding buildings were already full of fully armed city-defending soldiers.

"What? Are you trying to rebel?" Ji Fenglong's gaze swept over those soldiers, and she said coldly.

"They don't want to, but..." Yin Loulan continued, "They have all been hit by my Gu technique and cannot help themselves." (Gu technique: A kind of black magic in Chinese folklore involving poisonous insects.)

"You can cast Gu on all the soldiers in the city?" Judging from the tone of Ji Fenglong's words, she seemed not to believe it.

"Of course I can. Anyway, I have plenty of time, I'll just come one by one." Yin Loulan replied calmly, "I have been the Chief of Public Security here for more than ten years. I know every one of them, I can call out every one of their names, and I have gone out for drinks with every one of them; it's as easy as turning my hand to cast Gu on them." He paused for a moment, "It's a pity that this kind of Gu is ineffective against those with higher cultivation, otherwise... I would have cast it on your Imperial Guards as well."

Hearing this, even Ji Fenglong couldn't help but admire Yin Loulan's terrible perseverance, but she wouldn't say it out loud: "Hmph... okay, all the soldiers in the city are controlled by you, but so what?" Her attitude was still calm, "Even if they swarm up, they are not a match for my forty Imperial Guards."

"My words are not finished yet." Yin Loulan said again, "Controlling them is only the first step." His tone was still unhurried, "The second step... is to subdue Su Xiaoxiao and Lin Que."

"Hmph!" Su Xiaoxiao had already couldn't bear it any longer. She jumped in front of the horse and pointed at Yin Loulan's nose and said, "You surnamed Yin! This commander has been tolerating you for a long time, want to subdue me? Try it if you have the ability!"

"Don't rush to do it." Facing the provocation, Yin Loulan was still like lukewarm water, calmly answering, "It's not too late to do it after I finish the third step."

"Let me guess?" Ji Fenglong laughed, "Isn't your third step to subdue me as well?"

"That's right." Suddenly, another voice rang out abruptly, and the speaker had quietly appeared behind the carriage.

Hearing this voice, Ji Fenglong's expression suddenly changed. She turned her head sharply and saw a face that she hadn't seen for a long time...

"Brother! You..."

"I'm sorry, little sister." Ji Xuanzong said with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, "You've worked hard all these years... Brother and your Yin brother will make good use of the foundation you've built."

"You want to help outsiders to deal with me?" The sudden change made Ji Fenglong furious and her beautiful face changed color.

"Hehe... where did this come from..." Ji Xuanzong said, "It should be said that I'm just here to take back what I gave you in the first place." He raised his head and continued, "If it weren't for me pointing out your cultivation methods, where would you get today's cultivation? If it weren't for me giving you the Heavenly Book Bamboo Slips, how would you build this Palace City?" He smiled, "Also... if it wasn't for me secretly supporting you as the head of the family... announcing your hobby, how could you have become today's Palace City Lord Ji Fenglong?"

"You used me..." Ji Fenglong's eyes were about to bleed, and what surged in her heart was not only anger, but also fear and shock, "I'm your own sister... you have been carefully calculating and controlling my life so many years ago... treating me as your chess piece..."

"Alright, let's talk about the past later." Ji Xuanzong said, "Little sister, you should also be clear that although we are both Yuan Saints, you are definitely not my opponent. I advise you to hand over the city and leave obediently."

Ji Fenglong's face was pale and her body trembled. Her reason told her that she couldn't be impulsive, because she was indeed not Ji Xuanzong's opponent: "What about my wives..." Almost despairing, she asked the last question, "What are you going to do with them?"

"Oh? Them..." Ji Xuanzong laughed, "On this point, I really have to thank you, little sister... I heard that in recent years, you have collected hundreds of beautiful women in that Pity Immortal Palace." He shook his head and swayed, "Hehe... in a sense, they are more valuable than any magic weapon or money..." He spread his arms, "My brother Yin and I want to achieve great things, and we undoubtedly need a large number of capable people to help us. If we use your world-renowned Pity Immortal Palace as a 'reward' place, why worry about the world's famous people not coming to join us? Hahahaha..."

"You... you beast in human clothing!" Ji Fenglong cursed for the first time in her life, and she was cursing her own brother, "You actually want to let my wives go... to do..." She couldn't even say the words.

"General Su, Lin Que, you have also seen the current situation." Yin Loulan spoke again at this time, "City Lord Ji..." He paused as he said this, and changed his words, "... Ji Fenglong's defeat is set, and it's meaningless for you to fight for her any longer. Considering that we know each other, I'll let you choose for yourselves... My brother Ji and I are eager for talents, and if you two want to join our command, I will definitely treat you as honored guests; if you two want to leave, I won't stop you." Speaking of this, he changed his tone, "However... if you are stubborn, don't blame Yin for being ruthless..."

"What if you are ruthless?" Lin Que had already stood beside Su Xiaoxiao at this time, glaring at Yin Loulan.

"Hmph..." Yin Loulan snorted coldly, "You two are as beautiful as flowers, it's really a pity to kill you. I think... I'll destroy your foundations and send you to the Pity Immortal Palace together..." His eyes swept across the two people's faces, "At that time... you will also be serving me in another way..."