After letting Li Kuanghu leave, Ling Xiao was considering whether he should go see the great beauty Ji Beixin first.
Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment, but still decided to make a trip to the City Lord's Mansion first. He must have left for so long, he was afraid that Ji Beixin would be worried.
As soon as he thought of Ji Beixin's pitiful appearance, Ling Xiao couldn't wait to see her again.
Just as Ling Xiao arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, he found that the entrance was locked.
"Why is it locked?" Ling Xiao asked doubtfully, then went forward to knock on the door.
However, after knocking for a while, no one came to open the door.
Just as Ling Xiao was about to choose to jump in from the outer wall, the door was opened with a creak.
Two outer sect disciples wearing the Purple Sky Sect's martial uniform walked out.
One of them said impatiently, "Who is knocking on the door here?"
Ling Xiao frowned. Just as he was about to take out the token to enter and exit the City Lord's Mansion, he saw that these two people were unfamiliar with him and had such an arrogant attitude. He could not help but say indifferently, "I have something to request to see City Lord Ji, please inform him."
There were thousands of outer sect disciples in the Purple Sky Sect, so of course not all of them had seen Ling Xiao's face. Moreover, Ling Xiao was not the type of person who was famous for being flashy in the sect, and the two people in front of him were not the servants of the original City Lord's Mansion, so they did not know him.
The person who spoke just now said again, "There's nothing here, City Lord Ji, quickly leave."
The man waved his hand and said a few words. Then, the two of them retreated and closed the door once again.
This time, Ling Xiao was stunned!
Could it be that after leaving for half a year, the City Lord had changed?
Regardless of whether or not there was a change, Ling Xiao planned to investigate.
Thus, he went around the side wall and nimbly jumped into the City Lord's Mansion.
Previously, when Ling Xiao cured Ji Beixin's foot, the relationship between the two of them quickly warmed up. Ling Xiao often came out from the sect to accompany Ji Beixin, so he had long since known the City Lord's Mansion like the back of his hand.
Ling Xiao withdrew his aura and carefully made his way to Ji Beixin's boudoir.
Just as Ling Xiao was about to knock on Ji Beixin's door and enter, he heard sobbing sounds coming from inside.
"Miss, Lord Liu said that if you don't go over, he'll come over personally. You … you should hurry up."
"I … I know. Can you let me stay for a while?"
"Miss … are you still waiting for Young Master Ling Xiao?
Don't be silly, Young Master Ling Xiao hasn't been here for half a year. His Excellency sent someone to ask around, and they said that Young Master Ling Xiao has gone missing. "
"I know, but …" I really miss him. If he knew that I became another woman, I think he would be very sad. I don't want him to be sad, but I don't want to see grandpa suffer. Xiao Cui, what do you think I should do? "
"I … I don't know what to do either."
"Forget it, you won't understand. Let's go, let's go."
Just as the person in the room was about to walk out, another voice rang out, "Who is it?"
Ling Xiao's body trembled, and in a flash, he appeared in front of that person in an instant. He grabbed that person's neck and gently twisted it.
Ka-cha!
That person immediately died!
Coincidentally, at this time, the people in the room walked out and saw the scene of Ling Xiao killing someone!
"Laugh!" A delicate voice couldn't help but cry out.
"Don't make a sound!"
Ling Xiao threw the corpse to the side and immediately ran over to knock the servant girl unconscious. At the same time, he carried the woman who spoke and entered the room again.
All of this happened in a moment, and no one was alerted at all.
"Xin 'er, what happened?" Ling Xiao asked gently as he looked at the beautiful woman in his arms.
Wasn't she Ji Tu's granddaughter, Ji Beixin?
Ji Beixin really didn't expect Ling Xiao to appear at this moment. She immediately buried her head in Ling Xiao's chest and started sobbing.
After crying for a while, Ji Beixin slowly explained the whole story to Ling Xiao.
Originally, everything was caused by a Deacon Liu from the inner sect of the sect.
Speaking of which, this had to start from half a month ago.
Since Ling Xiao hadn't come to the City Lord's Mansion for more than half a year, Ji Beixin missed him more and more. She thought that Ling Xiao had already forgotten about her, and her mood had always been very low.
Her grandfather, Ji Tu, also saw through her thoughts and tried to persuade her many times, but she was still depressed.
Thus, Ji Tu came up with a "rotten idea".
He actually introduced a partner to his granddaughter.
He thought that this was the only way to transfer his granddaughter's feelings for Ling Xiao and live a normal life.
In any case, now that Ji Beixin's legs were healed and she was so beautiful, any man would probably not reject her.
Ji Tu didn't do this for himself, but for the sake of his granddaughter's happiness.
After all, Ling Xiao had been gone for half a year and there was no news of him. According to the news he had heard, Ling Xiao had died while out on a deacon mission.
Ji Tu had already confirmed that this news was true. A few of his friends had also died in that mission, so this news was definitely not fake.
Therefore, Ji Tu could only think of a way to divert Ji Beixin's mind so that she could forget about Ling Xiao and live a happy life.
Ji Tu's idea was good, but it also brought disaster upon him.
The person Ji Tu introduced to Ji Beixin was the grandson of his old friend, Pang Jun, Pang Yongsheng.
Speaking of this old friend of his, he had some status in the sect. He held the position of an inner sect deacon in the Medicine Peak. His grandson, Pang Jin Sheng, was also not bad. He was an inner sect disciple of the Black Rock Peak. He had just turned 23 and was already a high-level Mystic Cultivator.
Therefore, Ji Tu felt that Pang Yongsheng was a good match for his granddaughter.
With this plan in mind, Ji Tu brought his granddaughter into the sect to visit Pang Jun.
Of course, Ji Beixin didn't know Ji Tu's intentions. She thought that her grandfather was bringing her to the sect to see the world and visit his friends, so she didn't think too much about it.
When Ji Tu and Ji Beixin arrived at Pang Jun's residence, Ji Tu quietly told Pang Jun his intentions.
Seeing that Ji Beixin's looks were top notch, Pang Jun agreed to let his son meet her first. If his son had no objections, he would arrange for them to be engaged.
Pang Yongsheng was at the age of hot-blooded youth, and was shocked the moment he saw Ji Beixin.
He never thought that other than their junior sister, there would be such a beautiful woman.
When Ji Tu and Pang Jun saw Pang Yongsheng looking at Ji Beixin, they knew that there was hope.
Just as the two elders were rejoicing, Liu Dong, an inner sect disciple of the Medicine Peak, suddenly came to visit.
When he first saw Ji Beixin, he was also shocked by her beauty.
It was also because of Liu Dong's appearance that Ji Tu and Ji Beixin were in trouble.
In the beginning, Liu Dong was extremely fond of Ji Beixin, so he definitely wouldn't snatch Pang Yongsheng's wife.
However, when he saw Ji Tu, he found out that Ji Beixin was actually Ji Tu's granddaughter, so he set his sights on Ji Beixin.
Why?
Because Ji Tu had a feud with Liu Dong during the outer sect disciple selection more than ten years ago.
Therefore, Liu Dong wanted revenge!
If Liu Dong was only an inner sect disciple, he naturally wouldn't have the guts to offend the outer sect deacon Ji Tu and the inner sect deacon Pang Jun.
However, things were different now. He, Liu Dong, was no longer the grade two alchemist Liu Dong. He had just accidentally refined a grade three medicinal pill. Even though it was the lowest grade grade three medicinal pill, it allowed him to completely shake off the title of a grade two alchemist and successfully advance to a grade three alchemist. At the same time, he was also conferred the position of an inner sect deacon by the sect, and his status skyrocketed.
Therefore, it wasn't that difficult for him to take revenge on Ji Tu.
At that time, Ji Tu didn't know what Liu Dong was thinking. He only wanted his granddaughter to marry Pang Yongsheng as soon as possible, so that he could enjoy his old age in peace.
Who knew that the situation would suddenly change!
In just a few days, Pang Jun actually rejected the marriage between his son and Ji Beixin, and even strongly recommended Ji Beixin to be Liu Dong's ninth concubine.
Ji Tu was incomparably angry when he heard this. He didn't think that his old friend would actually change his mind. This originally wasn't a big deal, but his old friend actually wanted to recommend his granddaughter to Liu Dong as a concubine. This was what made Ji Tu most angry.
Ji Tu flicked his sleeves and left, breaking off relations with his old friend.
He had originally thought that this matter would end here.
However, the real trouble had just begun.
Liu Dong actually invited a few inner sect deacons to come together and present betrothal gifts to Ji Tu to ask for Ji Beixin's hand.
… …
"Xiao, they are now in the hall forcing Grandpa, saying that if he doesn't hand me over, they won't let Grandpa be the City Lord. They even said that they will kill Grandpa!" Ji Beixin nestled in Ling Xiao's embrace and said delicately.
"Don't worry, with me here, no one can do anything to you. Come, accompany me to the hall!" Ling Xiao didn't know that the 'Lord Liu' that Ji Beixin mentioned was their Medicine Peak's senior.
Just as the two were about to walk out of the room, a disgusting voice rang out, "Sister Beixin, are you still not coming out?
Do you really want Grandmaster Liu to invite you over? "
"He … he's the grandson of Grandpa's friend, Pang Gusheng!" Ji Beixin nervously grabbed onto Ling Xiao's arm and whispered.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here!" Ling Xiao gently patted the back of Ji Beixin's hand and pulled her out of the room.
Just as the two were about to leave the room, Pang Gusheng, who was standing outside the room, discovered a corpse. His expression immediately jumped, "Oh no, did Sister Beixin escape?"
Just as Pang Gusheng was about to break in, the door opened.
Pang Gusheng saw an extremely handsome young man pulling his favorite goddess out of the room, and his heart felt as if it had been ruthlessly stabbed with a knife.
"Who are you?
Let go of Sister Beixin! "Pang Gusheng shouted at the sudden appearance of Ling Xiao.
Although he liked Ji Beixin, he didn't dare to fight with Liu Dong over her. After all, she was already a true disciple, and even his father had to respectfully address her as' Grandmaster Liu '.
He didn't dare to fight with Liu Dong, but that didn't mean that he was willing to see the woman he liked enter the arms of someone else, especially a man who was younger and more handsome than him.
"And if I don't let go?" Ling Xiao glanced at Pang Gusheng and said indifferently.
"If you don't let go, then I'll break your arm!" Pang Gusheng's face twisted as he said coldly.
"You can try!" Ling Xiao said disdainfully.
Pang Gusheng was only a high-level mystic cultivator, and the kind whose foundation was not yet stable. This kind of opponent didn't even have the qualifications to be taken seriously.
"How dare you!" Pang Gusheng shouted and punched at the bridge of Ling Xiao's nose.