Chapter 1 Night

Night, like a cup of cappuccino.

The hazy moonlight like foam floating on top.

A thick fragrance drifting in the air.

People willingly drown in this whirlpool of desire…

Phoenix Moon Twelve, the day of the full moon in the Saint Origin World.

Tonight, it is also when Ji Fenglong, the City Lord of the Harem, makes her tour of the city.

At the moment the sun sets, the radiant trees in the city bloom in an instant, the clear and exquisite flowers covered in light and rosy clouds… a sight to behold.

At this very moment, a graceful and peerless figure walked out of the Lianxian Palace (Pity Immortal Palace).

A carriage was already waiting quietly in front of the palace gate.

The carriage Ji Fenglong rode in was naturally no ordinary one.

The horse was a Bai Ze Sacred Horse (king of horses in the Saint Origin World, a high-level divine beast. Four meters tall, weighing two tons; with inverted horns on its head, wings on its back, hooves like steel; its entire body covered in pure white cloud feathers, and a thick silver mane on its chest).

The carriage was a Kuilong Imperial Carriage (based on Kuilong bones and cast in bronze. The carriage track is four meters wide and weighs a thousand catties; the body is interwoven with gold and jade, adorned with gemstones, and even the wheel hubs are made of seabed cold iron, extremely luxurious).

And the coachman… was none other than Su Xiaoxiao, the Harem City Overseer.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao was already sitting in the driver's seat. The road in front of the Lianxian Palace had also been cleared, and forty armored Imperial Guards stood in two rows on the sides of the road, ready to clear the way for the City Lord's city tour.

"City Lord, please." Lin Que was the one welcoming Ji Fenglong by the carriage.

Lin Que looked even more beautiful in the night, and her eyes towards Ji Fenglong contained a hint of timid affection.

Ji Fenglong smiled slightly as she walked past her, took her hand in the process, and pulled her into the carriage together…

This carriage was not closed, but a convertible model with spacious seats as comfortable as a sofa bed, and the open design allowed the occupants to comfortably enjoy the surrounding scenery.

Of course… it also allowed the onlookers outside the car to catch a glimpse of the high and mighty Harem City Lord.

"City Lord." After Ji Fenglong and Lin Que got into the car, Su Xiaoxiao looked back at them and nodded to the former in a questioning tone. After receiving an affirmative response, Su Xiaoxiao shook the reins and drove the divine beast away.

At the same time, the Imperial Guards lined up on both sides of the road also took neat steps and strode forward.

According to the usual practice, they would circle the city along the main roads, and finally return to the Lianxian Palace from the east of the city along the main road.

During this period, no one was allowed to block the road the City Lord had to pass, and whoever blocked would be killed…

"Heh… nothing is more satisfying in life than this…" Ji Fenglong reached out and took a glass of fine wine that had been prepared on the table (yes, the space in this car was large enough to add a table in the middle; in fact, the floor area of this car was almost as large as a bus, enough to roll around on) and drank it all in one gulp, then pulled Lin Que into her arms and gently kissed her cheek.

"City Lord… this is in public…" Lin Que instantly blushed, shy and embarrassed, but she had no intention of pushing the other party away.

"Hahahaha…" Ji Fenglong laughed, "What's there to be embarrassed about? In this entire Harem City, who doesn't know you're my person?"

"City Lord…" Lin Que said娇嗔 (jiāochēn – act of pouting in a cute way) in a complaining tone, then buried her head deeply in Ji Fenglong's chest, no longer speaking.

The two women were staging such an unbearable scene on the street, which was really intolerable. For this kind of behavior, I personally just want to say four words – niCe.

…………

The night was deep, and the moonlight grew stronger.

Ji Fenglong embraced Lin Que, drinking and enjoying the scenery all the way, enjoying the moon and feeling proud and time flew by.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the east of the city. They had arrived at the longest and widest main road in the city.

"Look! City Lord Ji's carriage is here!"

"What a grand spectacle!"

"I've finally waited, I can finally catch a glimpse of that peerless beauty."

As mentioned earlier, the east of the city is a place with many restaurants and food stalls, and it is also where the radiant trees are the most prosperous. Every year, the flow of people gathered here is the largest.

At this moment, as the carriage approached, people's emotions reached their peak.

"Brother, Ji Fenglong… seems to be passing by soon."

In the Deyuan Tower, the Gangshan Four Heavenly Kings had cleaned up the unpleasant emotions of the day and were waiting attentively for the carriage to arrive.

"Yeah…" Dao Zheng drank the wine in his glass and leaned to the window with his brothers, "I want to see what kind of woman she is…"

At this moment, he was rather calm.

Because he understood that many things in this world, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment…

Just like those highly anticipated game masterpieces that you've been waiting for a long time, postponed again and again, and finally released, when you actually play them, you often find… that's all there is to it…

However, Ji Fenglong… does not fit the above example.

Her beauty will not fade due to other people's high expectations. As long as the other party is human and has a normal aesthetic, they will definitely feel shocked when they see her at first glance.

"This…"

"This…"

"This is…"

"Ji Fenglong…"

Sure enough, as Ji Fenglong's figure gradually became clear, the Gangshan Four Heavenly Kings were all dumbfounded and speechless.

The four of them were also people who had seen the world, but at this moment, they were all conquered… that breathtaking beauty had made them fascinated. Even a beauty like Lin Que seemed a bit dim beside Ji Fenglong, and was ignored by the four of them.

"Heh… Xiaoxiao." At the same time, Ji Fenglong in the carriage also glanced at the four people on the Deyuan Tower, she asked, "Who are those guys who booked the Deyuan Tower this year?"

"Reporting to the City Lord." Su Xiaoxiao turned her head and reported, "They are four sworn brothers who have been rising stars in the martial world in recent years, known as the Gangshan Four Heavenly Kings."

"Hmph… what Four Heavenly Kings…" Ji Fenglong looked up at the four dull-eyed, infatuated faces again, "Mere appearances, four good-for-nothings…"

"The City Lord is right." Su Xiaoxiao said, "It is said that the four of them are greedy for wine and lustful, and have a reputation in the martial world, they cannot be considered heroes."

"Sigh… it seems I have to set a few more rules when I get back." Ji Fenglong shook her head and said, "In recent years, the Deyuan Tower is always occupied by this kind of people, it's disgusting to look at. I don't expect heroes to sit there every year, but it can't be too bad, can it? Even if it's that Feng…"

At this point, she suddenly stopped talking, and frowned slightly, revealing a suspicious look.

"What's wrong? City Lord." Lin Que noticed the change in Ji Fenglong's expression and asked with concern.

Two seconds later, Ji Fenglong smiled and shook her head, laughing bitterly: "Hehe… it's nothing, I'm probably drunk…"

Boom—

At this moment, an abrupt change occurred.

Golden light flashed, an earth-shattering change.

"City Lord Ji, I'm sorry." A low, cold voice echoed from the sky, "Your tour tonight, I'm afraid it will end here."

In the same second, a golden light like a towering pillar swept along the road.

The guards clearing the way in front reacted quickly, they stood in position before the crowd on the street was in chaos, and bloomed Saint Origin Power to set up an array.

A rectangular, thick defensive barrier opened up, covering Ji Fenglong's carriage and the surrounding area.

Soon, the crowd on the street scattered into the alleys on both sides; and the golden light stopped in front of the carriage array.

"Awoo—" At this time, the Bai Ze Sacred Horse neighed and kicked its front hooves twice. It seemed that this divine beast had instinctively sensed some kind of danger, so it was warning its master.

"Yin Loulan, what do you mean by this?"

After a moment, Ji Fenglong spoke in a cold, murderous tone.

She naturally knew who the speaker was, and she also understood… this could not be someone joking with her.

"I… have something to say." As he spoke, Yin Loulan's figure floated down from the golden light.

The Yin Loulan in front of him was very different from what he was during the day. At this time, he was wearing golden helmet and armor, with gauntlets and boots; the pair of swords originally carried behind his back had been replaced to the sides of his waist; a golden hair like a lion's mane, draped over his shoulders.

"Heh…" Ji Fenglong raised her eyes to meet the other party's gaze, and quietly patted Lin Que next to her, signaling her to step back, "Tell me."

"From today… no, from this moment on…" Yin Loulan said, "I, will be the new City Lord of this Harem City."

"Ha… hahahaha…" Ji Fenglong laughed immediately, but the laughter suddenly stopped, "Presumptuous!"

Accompanied by this angry scolding, a Saint Origin Power suddenly bloomed from Ji Fenglong's body, sweeping the entire street.

"It's just a daydream…" The next second, Ji Fenglong slowly stood up and sternly continued, "Do you think… I will let you have the position of City Lord?"

"No, you won't." Yin Loulan replied, "So, I will take it myself now."

"Hmph…" Ji Fenglong sneered, "I want to ask… how will you take it?"

"It's very simple." Yin Loulan said this sentence, already standing in the middle of the road with his feet on the ground, "First of all, I will control the soldiers of the whole city and use them for my own purposes."

As soon as his voice fell, there was a burst of noise around him, it was the sound of a large group of people slowly surging in the night…

Before long, to the surprise of the passers-by, the street and the surrounding buildings were already full of fully armed city guards.

"What? Do you want to rebel?" Ji Fenglong's eyes swept over the soldiers, and she said coldly.

"They don't want to, it's just…" Yin Loulan continued, "They have all been poisoned by my Gu technique, and they can't help themselves."

"You can poison all the soldiers in the city?" Listening to Ji Fenglong's tone, she seemed not to believe it.

"Of course I can, anyway, I have plenty of time, one by one." Yin Loulan replied calmly, "I have been the chief of public security here for more than ten years, I know every one of them, I can call out every one of their names, and I have gone out to drink with each of them; it is easy to poison them…" He paused, "It's a pity that this kind of Gu is ineffective against those with higher cultivation, otherwise… I would have poisoned your Imperial Guards as well."

Hearing this, even Ji Fenglong couldn't help but admire Yin Loulan's terrible perseverance, but she wouldn't say it: "Hmph… okay, all the soldiers in the city are controlled by you, but so what?" Her attitude was still calm, "Even if they swarm up, they are not a match for my forty Imperial Guards."

"My words are not over yet." Yin Loulan said again, "Controlling them is just the first step." His tone was still unhurried, "The second step… is to subdue Su Xiaoxiao and Lin Que."

"Hmph!" Su Xiaoxiao had already couldn't bear it anymore, she jumped to the front of the horse, pointed at Yin Loulan's nose and said, "Yin! I have been tolerating you for a long time, want to subdue me? Try it if you have the ability!"

"Don't rush to do it." Faced with the provocation, Yin Loulan still took it easy and said, "It's not too late to do it after I finish the third step."

"Let me guess?" Ji Fenglong laughed, "Your third step, wouldn't it be to subdue me as well?"

"That's right." Suddenly, another voice rang out abruptly, and the speaker had quietly appeared behind the carriage.

Hearing this voice, Ji Fenglong's expression changed drastically, she suddenly turned her head and saw a face she hadn't seen for a long time…

"Brother! You…"

"Sorry, little sister." Ji Xuanzong said with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, "You have worked hard all these years… Your foundation, my brother and your Brother Yin… will make good use of it."

"You want to help outsiders deal with me?" The sudden change made Ji Fenglong furious and her beautiful face changed color.

"Hehe… how can you say that…" Ji Xuanzong said, "It should be said that I'm just here to take back what I gave you in the first place." He raised his head and continued, "If I hadn't guided you in the cultivation methods, where would you be today? If I hadn't given you the Heavenly Book Bamboo Slips, how would you have built this Harem City?" He smiled, "Also… if I hadn't secretly supported you as the head of the family… and announced your hobby, how could you have become the Harem City Lord Ji Fenglong today?"

"You used me…" Ji Fenglong's eyes were about to bleed, and what surged in her heart was not only anger, but also horror and shock, "I am your own sister… you have been carefully calculating and controlling my life many years ago… and used me as your chess piece…"

"Okay, let's talk about the past later." Ji Xuanzong said, "Little sister, you should also be clear that although we are both Yuansheng (Origin Saints), you are definitely not my opponent. I advise you to hand over the city and leave obediently."

Ji Fenglong's face was pale and her body was trembling, her reason told herself that she couldn't be impulsive, because she was indeed not Ji Xuanzong's opponent: "What about my wives…" Almost desperate, she asked the last question, "What are you going to do with them?"

"Oh? Them…" Ji Xuanzong smiled, "On this point, I really have to thank you, little sister… I heard that over the years, you have collected hundreds of beautiful women in that Lianxian Palace." He shook his head and smiled, "Hehe… in a sense, they are more valuable than any magic weapon or money…" He spread his arms, "My brother Yin and I want to achieve a great cause, and we undoubtedly need a lot of capable people to help us. If we use your world-famous Lianxian Palace as a 'rewarding' place, would we still worry about the famous people in the world not coming to us? Hahahaha…"

"You… you beast in human clothing!" Ji Fenglong cursed for the first time in her life, and she cursed her own brother, "You actually want my wives to do… to do…" She couldn't even say the words.

"General Su, Lin Que, you have also seen the current situation." Yin Loulan spoke again at this time, "City Lord Ji…" He paused here, and changed his words, "...Ji Fenglong's defeat is set, it is meaningless for you to work hard for her anymore. Because of our acquaintance, I will let you choose yourself… My brother Ji and I are eager for talents, if you two want to return to our command, I will definitely treat you as honored guests; if you two want to leave, I will not stop you." Speaking of this, he changed his tone, "But… if you are obsessed, don't blame Yin for being ruthless…"

"What if you are ruthless?" Lin Que had already stood beside Su Xiaoxiao at this time, glaring at Yin Loulan.

"Hmph…" Yin Loulan snorted coldly, "You two are as beautiful as flowers, it would be a pity to kill you. I think… I will destroy your foundations and send you to the Lianxian Palace together…" His eyes swept across the faces of the two, "At that time… you will be serving me in another way…"