Qin Shi Lei took off the opponent's spatial ring and stripped him of his equipment.
There were four purple items in total.
They were the Ghost Dagger, Dark Moon Soft Armor, a pair of Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talismans, and the Soul Calming Bead. The Ghost Dagger and Dark Moon Soft Armor were more suitable for assassins of dark attribute. The soft armor was partially damaged but still usable. It could be exchanged with others or rewarded to subordinates.
The Soul Calming Bead was a bracelet, similar to the Profound Spirit Jade Pendant, with the effect of protecting the soul and enhancing mental power.
Qin Shi Lei kept the Soul Calming Bead for himself and gave the Profound Spirit Jade Pendant to Zhang Xiao Li.
The opponent's spatial ring also had a capacity of one hundred cubic meters, which was excellent and could be given to those around him.
After collecting the spoils of war, he looked down at the corpse that had been cut into several pieces on the ground.
He murmured in a low voice, "Since you are dead, I will reluctantly take good care of Li Tian City for you."
With that, he summoned Chu Huo and had it swallow the opponent's corpse in one gulp.
Qin Shi Lei took out the Formless Mask again, put it on, and transformed into Ye Li Tian.
Bang bang bang!
"City Lord, is everything alright inside?"
Du Shan Kui's concerned voice came from outside the door.
Qin Shi Lei opened the door and said indifferently, "An assassin just appeared. Have your people clean up the room. I'm going out."
After speaking, he flew directly out of the mansion.
First, he went to the rooftop where he had just been to send Ye Jin Cheng to reunite with his son, and then he rushed back to Hope City.
Three hours later.
Qin Shi Lei returned to Li Tian City with Xia Yun Yan and more than a dozen elites.
As they walked into the City Lord's Mansion side by side, Du Shan Kui said with envy, "City Lord, is this also one of our City Lord's wives?"
Qin Shi Lei said faintly, "No, she will be the Deputy City Lord of Li Tian City. Immediately notify everyone to convene a meeting. I want to announce the establishment of a Deputy City Lord."
Although Du Shan Kui was a bit confused, he quickly summoned all the high-ranking officials of Li Tian City to the City Lord's Mansion.
In the conference room, as soon as Qin Shi Lei announced that Xia Yun Yan would be appointed Deputy City Lord, everyone showed surprised expressions and began to communicate in low voices.
"Why did the City Lord suddenly appoint a woman as Deputy City Lord?"
"Looking at her outstanding beauty, he must want to win the favor of a beauty."
"That's not strange. It's just that the power given to Deputy City Lord Xia is too great."
"Exactly, it's almost the same as the City Lord's power."
Although everyone present did not dare to say much about Qin Shi Lei's appointment, their expressions changed, and some even felt indignant.
Qin Shi Lei gave Xia Yun Yan a look.
The latter immediately understood and released her aura, the aura of a Gold-ranked expert.
Everyone present immediately felt as if a mountain was pressing down on them.
Xia Yun Yan swept her gaze around and said in a deep voice, "Let me introduce myself, Xia Yun Yan, Gold rank one star. From now on, I am your Deputy City Lord. Anyone who has objections can challenge me at any time."
Only then did everyone realize that she was actually a peerless expert of the Gold rank.
They all said, "We absolutely have no objections. We will resolutely support the City Lord's order and will treat Deputy City Lord Xia the same way we treat the City Lord."
At this point, everyone from the bottom of their hearts accepted the newly appointed Deputy City Lord.
After everyone dispersed, Xia Yun Yan walked around Qin Shi Lei several times.
She sighed, "City Lord, your mask is too powerful. They can't recognize you as an imposter at all."
"Be mindful of your words!" Qin Shi Lei warned, "Once you have complete control of Li Tian City, then I, Ye Li Tian, can leave Li Tian City forever."
Xia Yun Yan said confidently, "City Lord, please rest assured, I will completely control Li Tian City very soon."
If Qin Shi Lei hadn't impersonated Ye Li Tian, they, as two Gold-ranked experts, could still have taken Li Tian City.
However, this would definitely have led to resistance from the people of Li Tian City and various forms of non-cooperation.
But with the Formless Mask, everything became easy.
It was precisely to make everyone suspect that there might be some ambiguous relationship between the City Lord and the Deputy City Lord.
Qin Shi Lei deliberately chose Xia Yun Yan to conquer Li Tian City, instead of Han Hong Yu, a man.
After Qin Shi Lei, wearing the mask, stayed in Li Tian City for two days, Xia Yun Yan had basically established absolute authority in Li Tian City.
It was at this time that several thousand elites from the Yun Yan Pavilion also traveled more than a thousand kilometers from Hope City to Li Tian City.
Thus, Li Tian City had unknowingly become the sphere of influence of the Qin An Royal Court.
Qin Shi Lei instructed, "Yun Yan, Li Tian City is close to the spatial rift of the Abyss Realm. You should pay close attention to it at all times. Once any demons appear, inform everyone promptly through the Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman. If the situation is critical, do not be confined to Li Tian City."
"City Lord, I understand." Xia Yun Yan nodded.
"Then I'm leaving." Qin Shi Lei gave a few more instructions and prepared to leave.
"City Lord, I will definitely help you look after your seven or eight beautiful wives in the mansion," Xia Yun Yan said teasingly.
"Don't talk nonsense. I haven't laid a finger on them," Qin Shi Lei said with a dark look on his face.
Alas, why do people always think of the heroic Qin An King in such a lewd way?
Is the 'Cao Cao' type really that fascinating?
Hmm, this is worth studying.
"In a few days, you can drive them all out of the City Lord's Mansion."
After leaving this remark, Qin Shi Lei flew directly back to Hope City.
An Qian, Zhang Xiao Li, and Kong Qing Shu were all in Hope City at this time.
After a warm dinner, the three of them sat on the sofa and chatted.
An Qian asked, "Shi Lei, who do you plan to appoint as City Lord for the five newly established cities?"
Qin Shi Lei pondered for a moment and replied, "How about Han Hong Yu, Wen Zhi Yuan, Xie Xing Jian, Jin Hong Ye, and He Kai Ge?"
Zhang Xiao Li chuckled, "He Kai Ge is probably reluctant to leave A Ya City. He's currently very close to Shen Fei Xue."
An Qian suggested, "Then let the people of Tian An Prefecture elect the last City Lord."
"Okay." Tan Anguo and the others had contributed significant effort to the management of the Qin An Royal Court, so they deserved a city.
Now, the influence of the Qin An Prefecture had spread across more than half of the Great Xia Kingdom.
The dense zombie population in the country had been driven out, and the insects had been almost controlled.
Survivors who were previously scattered in various places had been successively relocated to cities protected by City Protection Monuments.
The travel between survivors in different cities was no longer as dangerous as before.
The harvested mutated corn had also been distributed to various cities for planting.
Hunger was no longer the main problem plaguing the survivors of Great Xia.
Because of Qin Shi Lei's existence, the Great Xia Kingdom had stabilized itself in the apocalyptic world and begun to develop positively.
An Qian and Kong Qing Shu no longer had to guard Beian City and Hejun Sea City at all times.
Kong Qing Shu asked, "Brother Qin, it seems that many foreign faces have appeared in our Hope City recently. They are probably plotting against our Enlightenment Tea. Should we drive them all out?"
Qin Shi Lei thought for a moment and replied, "There's no need. Isolationism is ultimately not good.
Just keep a detailed record of their information. If they harbor ill intentions, they must be suppressed with swift and decisive action."
After all, some of the survivors in Great Xia were foreigners.
Qin Shi Lei paused and then added, "Let's go take a look at the Enlightenment Tea, and perhaps go for a swim or something."