Chapter 1430: 1431: There's Something Wrong with This City Lord

Capítulo 1430: Chapter 1431: There’s Something Wrong with This City Lord

Zhuge Ming, standing to the side, immediately noticed the peculiar changes emanating from Lin Qian. In an instant, he understood—obviously, His Majesty had figured out the mysterious circumstances around the Martial Souls.

Zhuge Ming could naturally see that for the Human Clan, the methods of beast transformation or weapon transformation were entirely different ways of utilizing the Martial Souls.

If the Huaxia Empire could learn these methods of Martial Soul utilization, their power would undergo earth-shattering changes.

The thought of this filled Zhuge Ming with excitement.

“Your Majesty, have you already mastered the method of beast transformation?” Zhuge Ming approached Lin Qian’s side and asked excitedly.

In response, Lin Qian nodded, “Indeed, I have figured it out. It’s all about communicating with the Martial Soul.”

“In the past, we merely used the Martial Souls as Elemental Weapon Armament without attempting to communicate or comprehend them.”

“As long as you use your will to understand the Martial Soul, it will awaken and manifest as beast transformation.” At this point, Lin Qian looked at the two true dragons hovering beside him—his Martial Souls, the Thunder Night Sword and Cloud Sword, now transformed into beasts.

Thunder Night Dragon!

Cloud Dragon!

The two dragons that the Martial Souls had transformed into looked vivid and lively, though slightly illusory.

Despite lacking any intellect, the two dragons exuded a formidable aura of true dragons, as if they were alive, making them not to be underestimated.

Feeling the power of the Martial Souls, Lin Qian was very satisfied; he hadn’t expected that coming to the City Lord Mansion would yield such a delightful surprise.

Boom!

At that moment, there was a sudden booming sound from the front; the collapsed front hall erupted instantly, sending countless debris flying and revealing the figure of the City Lord of Yuan City, Yuan Chu.

At this moment, Yuan Chu had none of the prestige he had as City Lord; his clothes were tattered, and he looked utterly disheveled, nothing like the master of a city.

Yet, this was only natural, given how terrifyingly powerful Lin Qian’s side had become.

In fact, Lin Qian hadn’t even gone all out; he merely wanted to test the capabilities of his transformed Martial Soul.

If not for that, Yuan Chu would already be a corpse on the ground.

Yuan Chu, covered in blood and breathing heavily, looked at Lin Qian ahead, filled with shock and anger.

He was furious about what kind of background his opponent had and why they were against him. Thinking carefully, it didn’t seem like he had offended such a figure.

He was astonished by the bizarre situation of the twelve layers of Soul Light on his opponent and their fearsome Martial Soul, which, unbelievably, was a Twin Martial Soul.

At least, in his memory, throughout all the realms, no faction seemed to have produced such a prodigy.

Could it be that such a unique genius, one unmatched in all the realms, had come to his city’s territory?

But why would such a prodigy seek trouble with him?

“This time, I, as the City Lord, admit defeat.” After a long pause, Yuan Chu finally looked at Lin Qian in front of him with resignation.

Whether it was Xu Meng or Lin Qian right in front of him, he wasn’t a match for them. If the two teamed up, he was surely doomed.

Thinking of this, Yuan Chu admitted outright, “But I must warn you, if you kill me, the Yuan family will not let you off.”

“Although I don’t know how I offended you, seeing as my skills are inferior, I have nothing more to say.”

Having said that, Yuan Chu closed his eyes boldly, prepared to face death.

Seeing Yuan Chu’s demeanor, Lin Qian could sense something was amiss.

“Your butler summoned me to your City Lord Mansion, and you tried to make me kneel and even wanted me dead—does that not count as offending me?” Lin Qian spoke coldly, observing Yuan Chu from a distance.

Hearing Lin Qian’s words, Yuan Chu was taken aback, abruptly opening his eyes and angrily shouting, “Nonsense! When did I ever send my butler to fetch you?”

“Hmm, the owner of the house at number thirty-seven on the central city street, which I purchased. Was it not your butler who came on your orders?” Lin Qian asked, folding his hands behind his back, imperial dignity emanating as he questioned the other party.

Lin Qian’s words made Yuan Chu even more furious: “Do as you please, but don’t make excuses here!”

At this moment, Yuan Chu suddenly realized: “Are you saying that my butler was killed by you?”

“Indeed!” Though Lin Qian hadn’t done it personally, he knew through his connection with the Golden Armored Guards in the mansion that they had acted on his orders against the City Lord Mansion’s butler.

Yet, seeing the City Lord of Yuan City, it seemed he knew nothing about his butler going to Lin Qian’s mansion.

Could it be that the City Lord wasn’t aware at all that his butler had gone to Lin Qian’s mansion?

The next moment, Lin Qian suddenly produced a Saint Soul Crystal and threw it over.

Taking the crystal from Lin Qian’s hands, Yuan Chu was immediately stunned upon examining it.

Soul Crystal!

The world still contained such a Soul Crystal. Just from its luster, one could discern the quality of this crystal.

What surprised Yuan Chu more was the pure Soul Energy contained within this Saint Soul Crystal, much easier to utilize than ordinary Soul Crystals.

It could entirely save the process of eliminating impurities and be directly absorbed for cultivation.

“Good stuff, but why are you giving this to me?” After a careful examination, Yuan Chu felt this item was absolutely perfect, an art piece even.

However, he still didn’t understand why Lin Qian would give him such a thing.

Weren’t they supposed to be enemies, so why would an enemy give him a gift?

Looking at Yuan Chu’s reaction upon receiving the Saint Soul Crystal, Lin Qian immediately understood that this was Yuan Chu’s first time seeing such an item.

So, that butler probably wasn’t ordered by the City Lord to bring him to the City Lord Mansion.

It was likely the butler who, after discovering the crystal at the mansion lands owned by the City Lord Mansion, succumbed to greed and acted arrogantly.

While City Lord Yuan Chu remained completely unaware of it.

“Your butler, driven by greed, came to the mansion highly impudent.” Lin Qian then recounted the butler’s antics.

Listening to Lin Qian, Yuan Chu found it unbelievable: “How can that be? He’s just a butler in my mansion. What status does he have? How could he dare be so brazen?”

…

Suddenly, Lin Qian had a feeling that there might be something wrong with this City Lord before him.