Chapter 687
by“Teacher, is this the Floating Cloud City？” The young man looked at the people coming and going below with great interest and asked.
“Yes, the name of the city has not changed, but things and people have changed. The changes in a thousand years are too great.” The old man sighed.
“Is that mountain peak over there the location of the Watching Heaven Cliff？” The young man looked at the mountain peak dozens of miles away again.
“That’s right, the Millennium Magic Flower will bloom on the top of that peak.” The old man nodded slightly. “Yao’er, the main reason for bringing you here this time is for this blooming Millennium Magic Flower. You have been following me to cultivate hard in the mountains and forests since you were born and know nothing about the ways of the world. When you come here, don’t cause trouble and be careful of the evil hearts of people.
“Disciple understands.” The young man nodded respectfully. “But teacher, you also refined the liquid medicine of the Millennium Demon Flower back then. Can you tell me in detail about the situation over there？ I’m very curious about that thing.”
The old man smiled slightly： “It’s hard to explain clearly. When that day comes, you will naturally understand. Alright, let’s first go and pay a visit to the city lord here. I remember that the city lord here should be the third-generation descendant of an old acquaintance of mine.”
“Teacher, slow down.” The young man called Yao’er kindly supported the old man and walked slowly down from the void.
Many people in the city looked at this old and young man with amazement, but didn’t pay too much attention. After all there are too many martial artists coming in and out of Floating Cloud City now. Although this old man looks old and frail, as if he is about to die at any moment, there is a faint aura of a strong person slowly emanating from his body.
In the City Lord’s Mansion, the strong of the human, demon, and demon races gathered.
City Lord Augur is a strong person of the demon race. Deputy City Lords Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao belong to the strong of the human race and the demon race respectively. All three of them are strong at the Saint Entry Realm.
Every three years, these three will have a competition to contend for the position of city lord. The other two who lose will serve as deputy city lords and jointly manage Floating Cloud City.
At this moment, the powerhouses of the three races are discussing important matters. The Thousand-Year Demon Flower is about to bloom, and the Floating Cloud City is overcrowded. They also need to make some arrangements to prevent chaos from occurring and affecting the foundation of the Floating Cloud City.
Moreover, during this critical period, they will not allow powerhouse at the Saint-Entering Realm to set foot within a hundred miles of the Floating Cloud City.
The Thousand-Year Demon Flower is a symbol of the Floating Cloud City and the foundation that brings prosperity to the Floating Cloud City. During the thousand years when the Demon Flower has not bloomed, many people will also come here admiringly to see the style of the Looking-up Cliff. The warriors coming and going have brought a lot of benefits to the city.
Precisely because of this, they will be so solemn to ensure that when the Demon Flower blooms, it will not be interfered by the aura of any powerhouse at the Saint-Entering Realm.
Just as they were discussing, aDemon Raceguard walked in hastily, cupped his hands and said, “Lord Augur, there is an old man outside the mansion who wants to see you！”
“Old man？” Augur frowned and waved his hand unhappily, “I don’t see him. Let him go.”
The guard did not leave and stammered, “But sir, he said he knows Senior Ausdo. He also said to give this to you.”
Augur’s expression changed, and he stood up suddenly, “Knows my grandfather？”
Frowning, Augur asked, “What is it？ Present it.”
The guard quickly presented the thing. After taking a look, Augur’s complexion suddenly changed. His expression was uncertain, as if he was recollecting something. It took him a long time to put away that thing. Then he said to Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao, “You two, let’s stop here for today. I’m going to welcome someone.”
“The city lord, do as you please.” Zhou Liang nodded slightly.
After Augur left, Jin Jiao looked out the door thoughtfully and said in a deep voice, “Brother Li, if this person knows Augur’s grandfather, wouldn’t he have lived for nearly a thousand years？”
Zhou Liang glanced at him and said, “Aren’t there many powerful old monsters in this world？”
Jin Jiao chuckled and said, “There are quite a few, but there aren’t many powerful people who have a relationship with the Augur family. I don’t know if Brother Li noticed. The thing that the guard brought in just now is the family token of the Augur family. Only those who have made great contributions to them are eligible to obtain one. As far as I know, since the Augur family has endured until now, they have only issued three tokens in total. Two are in the hands of the demons and are owned by the retainers of the Augur family. One is in the hands of the human race.”
“The person coming is from the human race！” Zhou Liang judged. He didn’t feel too powerful demonic energy outside the mansion.
“Then the problem is big.” Jin Jiao’s expression changed.
“How do you say that？”
“Do you know which powerful human race has obtained the family token of the Augur family？”
Zhou Liang thought for a while and said in a deep voice, “To make the Aogu family give out the family token, this human powerhouse is extraordinary.”
The hatred among the human, demon, and monster races is quite deep, and they basically don’t communicate with each other except in the neutral territory. The Aogu family is not a small family. To make a great contribution to such a family, this human powerhouse is simply a powerful and influential figure！”
“Brother Jin, I don’t know these secrets. If you know, how about telling them？”
Jin Jiao looked around, leaned slightly closer to Zhou Liang, and said a few words softly.
Zhou Liang’s complexion changed drastically： “Really？”
“There’s no mistake.” Jin Jiao nodded heavily.
“If it’s really him…” Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao looked at each other and couldn’t sit still anymore. They quickly stood up and chased after Aogu.
Outside the city lord’s mansion, Aogu rushed over in a hurry. When he saw the old man in front of him, he was stunned for a long time before he respectfully saluted with a big bow： “Junior didn’t expect it to be you, sir. I failed to welcome you from afar. Please forgive me, senior.”
Several guards outside the mansion almost popped their eyes out.
The demon race is an extremely arrogant and tough race. The powerhouses in the demon race will never bow their heads to others easily. In this regard, Aogu is even more so. Over the years, they have never seen the city lord be so respectful to any arriving powerhouse.
Moreover, he is a human！
What’s the background of this old guy？ He can actually make Lord Augu bow and scrape.
The several guards were a little trance for a moment.
The old man chuckled： “It’s been many years since we last met. The young man back then has grown up. It’s rare that you still remember my appearance. Well, how is Aust now？”
Augu said sadly： “Grandfather passed away a hundred years ago.”
Hearing this, the old man sighed slightly： “All the old friends have left, and only I, this old immortal, am still lingering on. Alas.”
“What the senior said is too much. Your existence is a blessing for the human, demon, and demon races.”
“Hehe, I’m old and really not good anymore.” The old man slowly shook his head.
“This little brother is…” Augu’s eyes turned on the young man beside him, and his expression was suspicious.
“Junior Zhai Yao has met the senior. I am the disciple of the teacher!” The young man saluted respectfully ly and reported his name.
Augu’s eyes lit up, and his expression was excited： “The senior has accepted a disciple？”
The old man nodded： “I’m almost dying, so I just want to pass on my mantle. This child has a good talent, so I’ll keep him by my side and teach him.”
“Young man, you are so lucky. To worship a figure like the senior as a teacher, I’m afraid it will envy all the creatures in the world.” Augu couldn’t help but sigh.
He also saw that this young man named Zhai Yao was not a human race, but a demon race！
It’s just that the demonic energy in his body is hidden extremely perfectly. Those whose strength is not up to his level can’t see the clue.
Aogu secretly praised. He thought that this senior was really open-minded. Being a human, he actually accepted a demon as his closed-door disciple. This was something that no one else could do. Perhaps, in his mind, there was no boundary between the human, demon, and monster races, and they were all part of the living beings in the world.
It was precisely because of his this kind of view that he could get the admiration of the entire world.
For a moment, Aogu felt a profound sense of respect.
While speaking, Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao also rushed out of the city lord’s mansion in a hurry and came to the old man. They cupped their hands and said, “Greetings, senior.”
“You two should be Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao, the deputy city lords of Floating Cloud City, right？” The old man said with a slight smile.
“That’s right, senior has sharp eyes.” Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao suddenly beamed with joy. It seemed that they didn’t expect such a big shot to recognize them.
“Not bad, not bad.” The old man nodded heavily. “Under the jurisdiction of you three, Floating Cloud City is so prosperous and flourishing. It seems that you have also put in a lot of effort. If there were more people like you in the world, who could discard the gap and estrangement between races, then, all the living beings in the world would be one family. I don’t know if I can see such a scene in my lifetime.”
We will definitely work hard. Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao quickly stated their positions. We don’t dare to say anything about other places, but in this Floating Cloud City, senior can see it.”
“Hehe, then I’ll wait and see.” The old man smiled slightly.
“Senior, please come in and talk.” Aogu immediately made an inviting gesture, seemingly not very willing to let Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao talk too much with this big shot.
The old man nodded slightly and strode in, with the young man Zhai Yao supporting him intimately.
Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao glanced at each other and hurriedly followed, both thinking about whether to take this opportunity to ask this senior to refine a few holy pills for themselves.
In the mansion, Aogu set up a banquet to welcome the old man and Zhai Yao. On the wine table, there were all kinds of fine wines, delicacies, spiritual fruits and jade dew.
The old man only tasted a few spiritual fruits and then stopped moving. However, Zhai Yao gobbled up and ate and drank heartily.
Seeing this, Zhou Liang and Jin Jiao lowered their status and frequently toasted Zhai Yao.
After three rounds of drinking, Aogu asked, “Senior, are you here for the Millennium Demon Flower too？”
“Yes.” The old man nodded upon hearing this. “But don’t worry, I won’t break the existing rules, nor will I damage anyone’s interests. The main thing is to bring this young apprentice out to see the world.”
“We believe in the senior’s character.” Aogu nodded heavily.
With the identity of the person in front of them, if he really needed the Millennium Demon Flower, he only needed to say a word, and no one would compete with him anymore. At that time, the Millennium Demon Flower on Wangtian Cliff would only fall into his hands.
“I came to see you with no other intention, just to ensure the safety of my apprentice. I don’t want to bother to look for another successor to my mantle.”
“Please rest assured, senior. No one will harm him in Floating Cloud City. I guarantee it with my life！” Ao Gu nodded heavily.
“Then I’ll have to trouble you. Well, as an exchange, I can help the three of you refine a Saint Pill each.”
As soon as these words came out, the complexions of Ao Gu and the others immediately became excited. They looked at each other and vied with each other to put forward their own requests.
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