"Wudu? What's so great about it?" Chu Tian grumbled in his heart.
At this moment, he finally learned the name of this city.
In these locals, Chu Tian saw the arrogance of Wudu.
It was like that place on Blue Star, where the locals were very exclusive and had a condescending attitude, thinking that outsiders were all insignificant trash. Breathing the same air as them was an insult.
Chu Tian, who had just walked a short distance, suddenly felt it was dull and boring. His original interest in strolling and observing vanished at this moment.
Turning around, he prepared to head back to the inn. He was too lazy to explore such a dull place.
He would wait until Lin Qingyuan and Lin Qiaoqiao recovered a bit, and then they would go to the Soul Spirit Sect.
However, Chu Tian did not know that the three people who had just flown over his head were precisely coming for them.
Inside the City Lord's Mansion.
In the City Lord's throne, sat the old man with an ethereal demeanor.
The woman with a face full of decay and the refined young man sat on either side.
Below them, a white-haired old man in luxurious robes.
He was the City Lord of this Wudu City.
"Three esteemed envoys, please rest assured. I will activate the city protection formation immediately, seal the city, and impose a curfew. As long as those four are within the city, I will find them even if I have to dig three feet deep!"
This so-called City Lord of Wudu City was in the posture of a servant.
He exuded a servile aura all over his body.
"Go and do it!"
The old man sitting in the center waved his hand.
The City Lord of Wudu City bowed quickly, then scurried away.
Chu Tian returned to the inn and met up with Lin Qingyuan and the others.
Lin Qingyuan and Lin Qiaoqiao still looked sickly.
As soon as Chu Tian sat down in his room, before he could even get comfortable.
He suddenly felt a strong fluctuation of a formation.
He walked to the window, pushed it open, and looked out.
He saw a colorful circular shield slowly rising from the ground.
Finally, it closed overhead.
The entire Wudu was enveloped by this light shield.
Following that, countless people on horseback traversed the sky.
"City-wide curfew. Anyone on the streets after one hour will be killed without mercy!"
These people conveyed another message.
However, the expressions of the people on the street suddenly turned grim.
Someone shouted.
"Sir, my home is in the east of the city. What if I can't get home within an hour? Besides, it's not even dark an hour from now, and it's only noon!"
The person in the sky glanced down.
"Anyone on the street will be killed without mercy! Don't you understand?" He uttered these words and flew away again.
He repeated the message about the curfew.
Suddenly, chaos erupted on the streets.
Countless people began to run.
Those whose homes were nearby quickly entered their homes and sealed their doors.
Those with homes far away began to search for hotels, inns, and any place that could provide lodging.
The inn where Chu Tian and his companions were staying.
It had been rather quiet before.
Suddenly, countless people poured in.
It became noisy.
Chu Tian frowned. The sudden activation of the city protection formation in Wudu and the imposition of a curfew, could something major have happened? Or was this how it was every day?
However, someone had just questioned that it was only morning, and even after an hour, it wouldn't be dark.
What did this curfew mean?
Soon, Chu Tian heard someone checking into the room next door.
A short while later, his door was suddenly knocked.
Chu Tian was quite puzzled.
Standing at the door was the innkeeper of this establishment.
Beside him stood another person whom he had never seen before.
He got up and opened the door.
"You need something?" Chu Tian's expression was somewhat displeased. Why would the innkeeper disturb him for no reason?
Coupled with the person standing beside him, who looked up at the sky with his nostrils flared, acting as if he owned the world, Chu Tian felt extremely annoyed.
"Guest, you see, it's time for the curfew. This gentleman cannot get home and wishes to stay at our humble inn. Please make way and vacate your room!"
The innkeeper spoke quite politely.
However, his words clearly implied that Chu Tian should leave.
"What do you mean? I checked in first. Why should I give it to him? Is this how you run your business?"
Facing Chu Tian's firm stance, the innkeeper's expression turned awkward. However, Chu Tian was right; as a business, this was unfair.
Helplessly, he turned his gaze to the person beside him.
"Why are you looking at me? My father is Cao Gang. I'm staying at this inn today. If you don't kick this country bumpkin from the outside out, do you believe I'll bring people to smash your shop tomorrow after the curfew is lifted?"
The fellow's eyes slanted, and he said indifferently to the innkeeper who was looking at him.
As he spoke, he didn't even glance at Chu Tian.
It was as if speaking to Chu Tian, an outsider, would lower his status.
"This..." The innkeeper was completely flustered. This young master's father was Cao Gang, so why did he come to my humble inn?
Your home is just across the street, can't you go home?
It truly felt like he was sitting in his shop while disaster fell from the sky.
That Cao Gang was a local magnate in this area. The shop he leased for his inn was from Master Cao's household.
If he offended this young master, let alone smashing the shop, he could make him close down with a single word.
Instantly, with a tearful expression, he turned to look at Chu Tian.
But he found a figure flash past his eyes. Chu Tian's shadow was no longer at the doorway.
Then, he heard a crisp sound from beside him.
*Slap...*
Chu Tian dealt a resounding slap to the face of the arrogant young Master Cao.
The fellow immediately spun 360 degrees.
Then, Chu Tian grabbed him by the collar, stopping his rotation.
"Is your father Li Gang?"
Chu Tian asked.
"You... you... your father is Li Gang, my father is Cao Gang!"
*Slap...*
"I don't care if you're Cao Gang or Li Gang!"
*Slap...*
"I'll make you act like you own the world!"
*Slap...*
"I'll make you..."
*Slap...*
"I'll beat you..."
Chu Tian punctuated his words with a series of slaps.
The innkeeper was completely dumbfounded, frozen on the spot.
"Scram..." Finally, whether Chu Tian was tired of hitting or for some other reason, he kicked the fellow in the stomach.
This pig-headed Young Master Cao rolled from the end of the corridor to the staircase opposite, tumbling down to the lobby on the first floor.
After finishing all this, Chu Tian slowly walked past the bewildered innkeeper.
*Bang...*
The door closed!
"Ah... Young Master Cao!"
The innkeeper finally came to his senses with a jolt.
He rushed downstairs.
Huffing and puffing, he arrived downstairs, only to see the retreating back of Young Master Cao, who had fled in a tumble, and hear a parting remark.
"Outsider, you just wait for me, and you, this inn, wait to go out of business!"
When the innkeeper chased out, this Young Master Cao had already disappeared.
The innkeeper was left sweating profusely.
"Young Master Cao, and this reckless fellow, what is to be done!"
The innkeeper was on the verge of tears.