The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife-Chapter 847: Seaside City Lord, A Capable Person Shall Occupy the Position!

Chapter 847: Seaside City Lord, A Capable Person Shall Occupy the Position!

On the city tower, Lin Yifan’s eyes went dark, and he hurriedly shouted, "No! No!" His body swayed, almost toppling over. Other cultivators rushed to support him.

Lin Yifan regained his composure and drew his sword, "No, I must stop these mythical beasts!" He would kill as many as he could.

Qiao Dabao stepped forward, "Lord Lin, we will not stand by idly."

To slay the mythical beasts was the only way to prevent future disasters.

Even Yuan Zhenhai shouted, "Nanli, come back! It seems we must fight to the death with these mythical beasts!"

Remembering Elder Chen’s death, his pain intensified.

Seeing the situation was about to escalate, Nanli hurried to intervene, "Everyone, don’t be impulsive!"

Other mythical beasts might be easier to handle, but even Qingwu couldn’t do anything against mythical rhino. If they truly went to battle, it would only lead to heavy casualties.

She had just managed to make mythical rhino owe her a favor and couldn’t afford to make an enemy out of it now.

Yuan Zhenhai and the others naturally heeded her words.

Mythical rhino lowered its gaze and said, "Don’t push your luck. I’ve already shown you enough face by stopping them from searching for food here."

Nanli’s mind raced quickly, and she soon had an idea. "Then, why not let them stop here for a moment, and I’ll make some food suitable for you all to eat."

Mythical rhino didn’t want to entertain her, but...

Nanli had always been aloof and hadn’t given it any attention before. Now that she was focused on it, it felt noticed, and its heart softened. It let out another roar, signaling its subordinates to stop.

It added, "I’ll wait for half an hour."

"That’s enough," Nanli sighed in relief.

Mythical rhino thought she was about to start, but instead, she sat down on the ground and began flipping through a stack of books from her Qiankun Bag.

"..."

It wanted to curse her but held back. Since it had promised, it couldn’t go back on its word. It stood by and began to nap, hands tucked in.

Nanli quickly skimmed through a few books and had an idea in mind. She asked mythical rhino to wait and then motioned for Qiu Hai to take her to another place.

As she left, the mythical beasts still gathered below.

Some cultivators, unfamiliar with her, trembled and whispered, "She... she’s not running away, is she? She brought this trouble upon herself..."

These words enraged Yuan Zhenhai, who, disregarding his injuries, rushed forward and knocked the cultivator down with a punch.

Yuan Zhenhai gasped, saying, "This is not her trouble! She helped Seaside City reclaim the Water-Suppressing Pearl, she did it!"

"The mythical beasts were suppressed until Qingwu and Yan Hu woke them up and broke through the magical barrier! Didn’t you see or hear anything?!"

"She wouldn’t run away! She wouldn’t! If you insult her again, I won’t forgive you!"

The cultivator was dissatisfied with Yuan Zhenhai. How could someone who wasn’t even at the Golden Core stage be worthy of being the city lord?

With Elder Chen dead and the city’s defensive formation broken, "Yuan Zhenhai, you were supported by Elder Chen, but what skills do you have besides your last name? The city lord of Seaside City should be someone capable!"

There were only a few of Elder Chen’s supporters left.

Yuan Zhenhai was practically isolated.

If he could kill Yuan Zhenhai, the position of city lord would be his.

However—

As soon as he moved, he felt a sharp pain in his neck.

The next moment, his head fell off and rolled to the ground, then bounced off the broken city wall.

There was a loud thud.

No one knew whether he had fallen to pieces.

Everyone was stunned and turned to look.

Qiao Dabao was leisurely sheathing her sword, her expression indifferent, as if the person she just killed wasn’t even her.

Someone shouted angrily, "How dare you kill someone?!"

Qiao Dabao snorted coldly, "I’m just cleaning house for your city lord. He didn’t say anything, so who are you to speak?"

Lin Yifan also said, "The mythical beast crisis isn’t over, and this person is causing internal strife. Doesn’t he deserve to die?"

They stood on either side of Yuan Zhenhai, clearly supporting him.

The cultivators of Seaside City were stunned and didn’t dare speak further.

After all, if the mythical beasts didn’t retreat, they would be lucky to escape, let alone fight for the position of city lord.

At this moment, the Nether Sect appeared again.

Nanli had returned, drawing many gazes and cheers.

But she knew time was tight and couldn’t afford to waste any. She called on Lin Yifan and Qiao Dabao to lend a hand.

They immediately flew down. "If there’s anything we can help with, just say the word."

Nanli handed them several Qiankun Bags. "Just pluck the leaves from the Spirit Tree."

They were stunned for a moment, then opened the bags to find them filled with branches covered in leaves.

Nanli had already set out several mats and was preparing medicinal herbs.

It dawned on them that Nanli was going to concoct pills.

The two quickly got to work, fearing they would slow her down.

No wonder Nanli had asked for their help. She needed the freshest leaves, imbued with spiritual energy, and only two or three branches with a few suitable leaves.

Once the materials were ready, Nanli took out the divine lotus tripod and began alchemy.

Everyone was shocked. Could it be... could Nanli be refining pills for the mythical beasts to fill their stomachs?

Was she out of her mind?

They had only seen people take pills before, but never mythical beasts eating pills!

If they weren’t worried about the mythical beasts suddenly attacking, they would have gone down to take a closer look at what Nanli was up to.

However...

Nanli’s first attempt failed.

Inside the pill furnace was a black lump.

Mythical rhino looked at it with disdain. "You’re giving us this to eat?!"

Although they were mythical beasts, they didn’t deserve such treatment.

It was about to fly into a rage.

But Nanli pressed it back down. "What’s the hurry? There’s still time."

She was making pills for the mythical beasts that had never been seen before, so failing once or twice was completely normal.

"You’re just messing with me!" Mythical rhino still remembered.

"No!" Nanli became angry and exerted some force, causing the area around mythical rhino to sink by an inch.

But then she thought of a way to improve the recipe and sat down again to continue refining.

This time, she drew a symbol and stuck it to the divine lotus tripod, then dropped in a few high-grade spirit stones.

Spirit stones required cultivation methods to absorb and convert their energy.

But strangely, the energy from the spirit stones began to spill out into the pill furnace, merging with the herbs.

Lin Yifan, who considered himself a country bumpkin, widened his eyes and stuttered, "How... how can this be? Lord Qiao, you’ve seen a lot, can you explain?"

Qiao Dabao looked troubled and, somewhat embarrassed, said, "This is the first time I’ve seen this too."

They were afraid of disturbing Nanli, so they didn’t dare ask her questions.