C100 City Lord Anxiong

Zuo Feng looked doubtfully at the burly rider. He was certain that he had never been to the east county before. There was no one he knew in the east county, let alone one with such a high status.

However, this soldier of the Yudong County felt very familiar. However, before he could carefully identify them, the cavalry had already passed by Zuofeng like a gust of wind. Even though there were so many people at the city gate, they did not slow down in the slightest.

Soon, the small incident in front of the city gate had passed, and Zuo Feng once again joined the crowd with doubt. Not too long after, he arrived at the table in front of the city gate. When he reported his name, the soldier in charge of recording looked at Zuo Feng in confusion and asked.

"Zuo Feng, is that the Zuo Family Village's Zuo Feng?"

Zuo Feng was also confused, so he quickly replied, "My name is Zuo Feng, and I do come from the Zuo Family Village."

The soldier's face was immediately filled with joy as he said, "That's great! The lord has ordered for you to meet him as soon as you return to the city."

Listening to his words, Zuo Feng vaguely guessed something. Although he was confused as to why the mayor had come out of seclusion early, since the other party wanted to see him, how could he not want to meet the mayor himself? Thus, he replied without hesitation.

"Okay, I'll go home for a while, then I'll immediately go to the City Lord's Mansion to pay my respects to the City Lord."

Hearing Zuo Feng say this, the soldier seemed to be in a difficult position, "The mayor said that he wants you to see him as soon as you return to the city, so he wants you to come with us."

Zuo Feng clearly felt slightly dissatisfied with this request. When he saw the soldier's troubled expression, he reluctantly nodded his head.

When he heard from Shen Die that his father was injured, he really wanted to go home and have a look as soon as possible. However, if he went to the City Lord's Mansion now, he could also go and check on how injured his little sister was. Thus, after some hesitation, he agreed.

Seeing that Zuo Feng nodded his head in agreement, the soldier's face lit up with happiness. He then signaled to the two soldiers behind him.

After that, Zuo Feng, accompanied by two soldiers, walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

After the two soldiers walked out for a short distance, they kept looking in their direction with slight embarrassment. Zuo Feng could also feel that gaze, but there was nothing he could do. How could he walk so fast with that huge thing weighing six to seven hundred pounds on his arm? The two soldiers had clearly instructed Zuo Feng not to make things difficult for him, so even though they were anxious, they didn't say anything else.

Originally, the quarter-hour journey would have taken the three people more than an hour. When the gatekeeper heard that the young man who came was Zuo Feng, he immediately revealed a happy expression and politely invited Zuo Feng into the mansion.

This was not the first time Zuo Feng had been here. The person who had invited him into the mansion was a middle-aged man dressed in the garb of a housekeeper. The middle-aged man smiled as he explained to Zuo Feng, "He said that the mayor is currently meeting with some important guests, so Zuo Feng can only go to the side hall and drink some tea."

Zuo Feng nodded slightly, but he could already guess that the important guest the mayor was seeing most likely had something to do with the cavalry he had seen at the city gate. Zuo Feng was worried about the heavens, so he asked where his Uncle Tian was. However, the answer was that his Uncle Tian was also entertaining guests with the mayor. After that, he asked about Anya, but Anya actually went to meet with the mayor.

This caused Zuo Feng to have no choice but to wait helplessly. It seemed that he had to first meet the mayor before he could meet his sister. Zuo Feng waited anxiously in the side hall for the next hour until the middle-aged man who looked like a butler came to call him. Then, Zuo Feng went to the main hall.

Although he had been to the City Lord's Mansion before, this was his first time coming to the main hall. The side hall that he was in only took a few turns to arrive at the main hall. Looking inside, Zuo Feng could not help but feel shocked.

Although this hall couldn't be considered magnificent, it was actually more than ten Zhang wide. Zuo Feng shifted his gaze and saw a huge beast skin placed in the middle of the hall. The beast skin had been preserved as before and was still in the shape of a big grin.

Zuo Feng could tell at a glance where this beast skin came from. It was actually an adult "Violent Bear". This Savage Bear could be considered an existence only second to savage beasts in the periphery of Tianping Mountain. He didn't expect it to be decorated here.

"Haha, little friend Zuo Feng is actually interested in this beast skin." This Savage Bear was killed by me when I was eighteen years old in the forest with my bare hands. That's why people called me 'Savage Bear' later on in private.

Just as Zuo Feng was staring at the beast skin on the ground, a deep voice came from within the room. Zuo Feng looked towards the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the hall. The benevolent Uncle Tian was looking at him with a smile. At the side of the hall, there was a chair. An elegant figure was holding a teacup and looking at him from the corner of her eyes. It was Miss Anya.

Zuo Feng couldn't stand any longer at the door, so he hurriedly walked to the middle of the hall, bowed slightly and said.

"Zuo Family Village, Zuo Feng." Greetings, City Lord. "

"Hehe, no need to be so polite. I've heard Uncle Tian talk about you before. It's still my fault for not being sensible and causing you to suffer from some injuries. I'll make amends to you on her behalf here. "

An Xiong laughed heartily and spoke to Zuo Feng with a smile. Before Zuo Feng could say anything, Anya spoke up first.

"Hmph. Who wants you to apologize for me? It was clearly this guy who was weaker than me, why do you still insist on blaming me?"

Hearing Anya's words, Zuo Feng could not help but reveal a bitter smile, but he did not say anything else.

An Xiong pretended to be displeased as he glared at Anya and said, "Girl, you don't know how to practice diligently. You only know how to cause trouble for me." Stop causing trouble for me here, hurry up and go down, I want to chat with little friend Zuo Feng. "

Anya seemed to be used to An Xiong pretending to be angry. She shot a glance at Zuo Feng from the corner of her eyes before standing up and walking out. However, her mouth did not spare him as she spoke.

"Tsk, who is willing to come here? It was you who forced me to come here."

An Xiong simply frowned slightly at his daughter's words. Then, he smiled as he looked towards Zuo Feng, who was in the middle of the hall, and spoke.

"Come, come. Although this is the first time that we have met, please do not be polite with me. Please take a seat."

With that, he looked back at Uncle Tian and said, "Elder Tian, there are no outsiders here, so you don't need to stand here. Sit down and speak."

Uncle Tian nodded slightly. He didn't bother with the mayor and went to the seat where Anya was sitting just now. At this moment, there were only three people left in the hall. An Xiong sat in the middle, while Uncle Tian and Zuo Feng sat on opposite sides of him.

Zuo Feng very carefully sat down, but he still couldn't help but let the chair make a "creak" sound. Uncle Tian and An Xiong looked at Zuo Feng in surprise. Then, An Xiong half-jokingly said, "I didn't know that little brother Zuo Feng was so thin and yet still had so much weight."

Zuo Feng's face turned slightly red, but he couldn't help thinking in his heart, 'If I hadn't concentrated all my weight on my feet, this chair of yours would probably have shattered on the spot.

An Xiong gave Zuo Feng a profound look before he chuckled and said, "Little brother's cultivation technique is really special. I actually am unable to see through your cultivation."

Hearing An Xiong's words, Uncle Tian was also slightly surprised, looking at Zuo Feng in surprise. It was only after An Xiong's reminder that he realized after Zuo Feng came back this time, even he couldn't see the depth of this young man's cultivation.

Zuo Feng was slightly shocked, but the expression on his face did not change much. At the same time, he had already guessed that he could hide his cultivation level. If it wasn't because of the special effect of his Bone Refining cultivation technique, then this damned "Prison" in his possession had this special ability.

Previously, he had guessed that this Uncle Tian had the strength of a Qi Condensation cultivator, so this City Lord's cultivation must be no lower than Uncle Tian's. If that was the case, then his current level of training would at least be able to make it so that practitioners at An Xiong's level wouldn't be able to discover him.

Not daring to think too much, Zuo Feng immediately replied, "I've had some fortuitous encounters this time, so my cultivation has now reached the first level of the Bone Refining stage."

Just as Zuo Feng finished speaking, An Xiong seemed to have recovered a bit. However, he straightened his body a bit. Uncle Tian was obviously unable to sit still as he stammered, "This … "It's only been ten days, but you've actually risen from the eighth level of the Body Strengthening Stage to the first level of the Bone Refining Stage."

After Uncle Tian said this, he realized that he had lost his composure. He coughed a few times before sitting back down in his chair. However, An Xiong didn't say anything else. After all, Zuo Feng's progress was too astonishing.

Zuo Feng thought about it for a moment and then told them all he had prepared. He vaguely told the story of how he was saved by Senior "Illusion" in the forest. Some of the "illusory" Senior's words were not allowed to be said to outsiders. Like this, all the adventures were pushed towards "Illusory".

He was not worried that An Xiong would expose his lies after encountering the "illusion". After all, based on Shen Die's tone, she and her master did not intend to come to Yan City anymore. Even if An Xiong had the opportunity to meet that illusory senior outside of Yan City in the future, Zuo Feng didn't believe that An Xiong would dare to ask that senior about that sort of thing.

"You've met Senior Fantasy." An Xiong asked in surprise.

Zuo Feng also knew that the illusion had stayed in Yan City for a few days, so it was likely that he had met this An Xiong before. Thus, he told him about how he had become his good friend in the Mirage Faction. When the two of them had left, they had coincidentally met with him being captured and had roughly told him about it.

When An Xiong heard this, he not only let out a long sigh, but also somewhat dejectedly said, "Senior 'Mirage' has already left. Since it was her elder who acted, then it's normal for your cultivation to have such miraculous improvements."

After a pause, he continued, "You are very lucky, and your friend is also very lucky."

Zuo Feng could hear a hint of jealousy in An Xiong's voice, but he never would have guessed that An Xiong was feeling jealousy for his own daughter. If his own daughter was lucky enough to become that senior's disciple, even being able to raise her cultivation by a few points like Zuo Feng was a good thing.

Zuo Feng didn't know what was going on, but he wasn't completely talking nonsense. After all, it was this "Illusion" that had raised him by two levels when he was at the top of the Eastern Mountain that day.