Chapter 135 Return to the City

  Chrysanthemum City

  Li Xie has been out at sea for nearly a month and will slowly return to Chrysanthemum City with the Shenwei Mercenary Corps, which took more than two months.

  Riding horses with several members of the Divine Might Mercenary Group, they gazed out at a familiar city several miles away. Along the way, Li Xie noticed a huge change.

  On the official road of Chrysanthemum City, there was actually a merchant caravan.

  Not to mention the merchant teams on the official road, even the merchants in Chrysanthemum City had only a few households before. It seems that Chrysanthemum City has changed a lot in these two months.

  "That is my castle." Li Xie pointed at Chrysanthemum City and said.

  These days of getting along, Li Xie and the Divine Might Mercenary Corps have become familiar with each other, friends interacting with each other. LaLa has also eliminated her previous resentment towards Li Xie for hiding his true strength. However, she no longer treats Li Xie like a child, nor does she often hit Li Xie on the head.

  "Is this really such a small city?" Lala gazed out at the gates of Chrysanthemum City in great surprise.

  In general, the larger the city of an imperial dynasty, the more gates it has. The smallest cities have two gates, followed by four-gate cities, eight-gate cities, and ten-gate cities.

  By looking at the city gate, you can tell that it is a four-gate city pool. The four gates are facing east, west, south and north respectively. As soon as LaLa saw the chrysanthemum city's south gate facing south, she could tell that Chrysanthemum City was just a small four-gate city pool.

  In Lala's eyes, Li Xie's strength was unknown but must be above the 10th level, and as a duke, he should have at least owned an eight-gate city in the small kingdom, but unexpectedly, Li Xie only had a small city with four gates.

  Li Xie smiled slyly and said: "Now the chrysanthemum may be small, but sooner or later it will become a sunflower. Haha, come! Let's go into my Chrysanthemum City and take a look!"

  A few people walked to the city gate, and the gate guards and wall guards all stood at attention, saluting Li Xie's army. They then returned to their posts, without a word, but their respect and military discipline were evident.

  After entering the city gate, several people walked on the street, and it could be seen that there were many more shops on both sides, and the flow of people coming and going was also quite large. Although they were not nobles with luxurious clothes, the common people's clothing was also neat and tidy, and the prosperity of Chrysanthemum City was gradually revealed.

  "It's the Evil City Lord!"

  "Wow! You're really the city master!"

  "Hey! Everyone, Evil City Lord! True Person!"

  "The Great Sleeper is above! That's our castle lord!"

  Although Li Xie's bronze statue can be seen everywhere in Chrysanthemum City, he is the official who shows his face the least in Chrysanthemum City. However, it seems that ordinary people shouldn't be so excited to see Li Xie, the lord of this city.

  That's not all!

  What surprised Li Xie even more was that the ordinary people on the street were whispering to each other and then looked at him. They all stood up from both sides of the street and knelt down together. Whether they were shop owners or pedestrians, no matter what they were doing, they all went to both sides of the street and collectively knelt down.

  "Sleep Master is above! Praise you, my revered Evil City Lord, may divine light forever shine upon you!"

  It's not just kneeling down, but whenever Li Xie passes by ordinary people, they will offer their most sincere blessings. From the way they look at Li Xie, you can feel the sincerity, that kind of respect and admiration from the bottom of their hearts!

  Such a scene was beyond Li Xie's expectations, and it left him stunned for half a moment, completely at a loss. What had happened in Chrysanthemum City? Why were these common people being so respectful?

  Several members of the Divine Might Mercenary Group witnessed this scene, and one by one, they looked at Li Xie with a changed gaze, filled with more respect.

  They have traveled far and wide, seen nobles and city lords, but never heard of or seen a city lord who could make commoners kneel down and praise with such sincerity.

  From the eyes of ordinary people, the expressions on their faces, the Divine Mercenary Group can see that it is a kind of adoration close to frenzy. This adoration will not appear under tyranny, nor can it be possessed by being close to the people. It requires saving the people from the depths of water and fire, leading them towards peace and prosperity, and selflessly dedicating everything for the sake of the people to possess such adoration!

  Lala looked at the civilians on both sides and sighed: "I've never seen a city lord who can get such love from his people. This kind of sincere love can only be owned by a city lord who treats them sincerely. I didn't expect you to be such a good person, not that kind of noble who only knows how to indulge in luxury and rely on their family background."

  "Hahaha, everyone get up, all of you! The great master is above, and he also praises you, my people!"

  Li Xie is proud! Never been so proud before!

  It's just the humble worship of ordinary people, and Li Xie's current status is simply insignificant, but Lara's praise has made Li Xie incredibly proud!

  These are his people, and he loves them so!

  "Bad guy!"

  From a distance, Xiao An suddenly shouted and then swung his reins, riding the black-scaled horse over.

  Li Xie saw Xiao An and knew that Xiao An must have come to receive him specially, because Chrysanthemum City had already set up scouts 200 miles away. As soon as Li Xie, the city master, entered the territory within 200 miles of Chrysanthemum City, Jie Ke would know, and Xiao An should also know. Otherwise, it wouldn't be that as soon as Li Xie entered the city, Xiao An came.

  "Xie Ge, you're back! Was the journey tiring?" Little An's face was filled with the joy of a little lover reuniting after a long time.

  Although she had rejected Li Xie's confession last time, people are like this, they will subconsciously regard the person who likes them as their own. However, after Li Xie was ambushed, Xiao An tasted the bitterness of losing and appreciating what he had. He gradually developed feelings for Li Xie, and with the passage of time, Xiao An himself slowly opened up his heart, truly regarding Li Xie as his own little lover.

  After all, Li Xie had confessed his love to her before.

  However, Xiao An's joy instantly froze as she saw LaLa standing next to Li Xie, this beautiful and slightly wild woman! Regardless of the relationship between this beauty and Li Xie, any woman who sees a beauty by the side of the man she has a crush on will inevitably show hostility and vigilance.

  "Hey, we just arrived in the city and my little An is already here to welcome us. What an honor! Do you want to give me a warm hug like last time? This time I'll let you get away with kissing my cheek!" Li Xie teased, shaking his eyebrows, but didn't notice the extra vigilance in Xiao An's eyes.

  "Hmph! Who's here to welcome you? I just happened to be passing by!" Xiao An's gaze fell on LaLa, directly ignoring the other few people from the Shen Wei Mercenary Corps: "Who is she?"

  "I'll introduce. This is Xiao An." Li Xie smiled and said: "This is LaLa, this is Reng Ya, this is Aosite, this is Jidi, they are from the Shenwei Mercenary Group, we met on the road, and came to play in Chuihuacheng. You're half a host now, you have to take good care of them."

  Half owner?

  Xie Ge is the master of Chrysanthemum City, and I am half a master?

  Xiao An's face suddenly turned bright red.

  Does this mean he's saying I'm his woman?

  Xiao An's idea made her little heart beat wildly and her mind was a bit confused.

  The Sleeping Master is above, but Li Xie's words have nothing to do with what Xiao An thought, which is another misunderstanding.

  In Li Xie's view, Xiao An possessed his city master symbol and was in charge of all his officials, completely no different from an agent city master, naturally becoming half the master of Chrysanthemum City.

  It's just a pity that this half-master indeed makes people think wildly, especially those with ulterior motives.

  If Li Xie knew that his unintentional words were constantly capturing Xiao An's heart, I wonder if he would laugh so hard that his mouth would be crooked!

  "What's wrong?" Li Xie noticed that Xiao An's face was red and about to drip with sweat, her eyes flickering uncertainly.

  "Nothing..." Xiao An suddenly thought of the woman beside Li Xie and immediately became vigilant again: "What's her relationship with you?"

  "What's the big deal, friend?" Li Xie felt that Xiao An's tone was a bit off.

  Xiao An realized immediately after asking that her question was quite embarrassing, and her pretty face turned red again!

  Good grief, why did I ask that question! I'm not even related to him, what business is it of mine what his relationship with this woman is! What's wrong with me, why am I so flustered! I'm so embarrassed! Why would I ask such a question?!

  Xiao An blushed and felt embarrassed, seeing the several men from the Divine Guardian Mercenary Group smiling at her. She felt even more awkward and hastily said: "I still have things to do, that's all, bye!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his horse's head around and slapped its buttocks, galloping away wildly.

  Li Xie looked at Xiao An's back and twitched his mouth. What was wrong with this girl? She was inexplicably nervous!

  Ou Ye patted the horse's belly and walked it to Li Xie's side, patting Li Xie's shoulder: "Not bad, huh? Such a beautiful little girl likes you, it's really enviable!"

  "Wow! You're really something!" Li Xie exclaimed in surprise: "We've only just met, and you've already seen through me!"

  Li Xie naturally thought that Xiao An liked him too. Since the last time Xiao An unintentionally hugged Li Xie, he knew it. Even if he didn't know, there was still Jack constantly reminding Li Xie. After all, Jack loved his sister and hoped she would have a good ending with Duke Ye. No matter how you looked at it, Jack was very satisfied.

  "Where can't you see?" Kidd also rode forward on horseback, laughing and saying: "Not only can I see it, but I can also smell a sour vinegar smell!"

  "Ha! She's jealous! Who is she jealous of?" A woman's nature likes to gossip, and Lala immediately became interested, but suddenly realized that she was the only female among them, and her eyes widened: "No way? Jealous of me?"

  Austin nodded, yeah, this girl finally didn't react after the fact for once.

  "Pfft! Is she eating my vinegar? Doesn't she see clearly?" LaLa pointed at Li Xie with a face full of discontent: "Look at this guy, no looks, no character, a little brat who hasn't even grown his hair yet. Can I, a lady, still have a relationship with him? God of War above! Did Strayla Yisdo Vell go blind?"

  Uh...

  Li Xie's mouth twitched!

  Girl, I know you're just saying that for show, but you also need to be mindful of the occasion, especially when it's in front of me, the person involved! And stop pointing your finger!

  La La finally realized she seemed a bit rude, and smiled awkwardly: "Uh... I wasn't talking about you."

  Li's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and several members of the Divine Guardian Mercenary Group collectively slapped their foreheads!

  Girl, does anyone believe what you're saying?