"The Lord of Lingxiao City is here, and he definitely won’t let you do whatever you please!"
During her speech, Lin Qian’s eyes began to dazzle, and the image of a domineering figure erged in her mind, her emotions surprisingly improved a lot.
That middle-aged woman chuckled: "Little girl, have you taken a fancy to that young hero? Although I’ve heard this person is indeed very powerful, at such a young age he managed to repel the army of over a million from the Black Crow Empire.
But the actions of this person are extrely cruel and cold-hearted, maybe after he arrives, it would be even worse than dealing with the Duke of Eastern Province. You should stop dreaming."
"It won’t be like that, I’ve heard many people say that Ling Xiao has been nad the King of Heavenly Dragon, and he’s a human who has even saved many people reduced to slavery in the Imperial City. He must be a good person, and a powerful one at that."
Lin Qian shook her head.
Although she had never seen Ling Xiao, the fact that a human could beco a king and a high official in the Phoenix God Empire and still rember those of his kind in distress, these two points alone were enough to make him her idol.
It’s not that she fancied the young hero whose portraits she had only seen a few of. To put it more accurately, it was admiration, respect, and yearning.
Only such a person’s arrival in the Eastern Province could change the current chaotic situation and allow all the suffering humans to regain their freedom.
"Hahaha."
That guard suddenly laughed disparagingly: "Idiot! Imbecile! So what if Ling Xiao was nad the King of Heavenly Dragon? Haven’t there been plenty of superintendents coming to Eastern Province before? There have indeed been so very tough ones, but the next day, they were found to have ’fed the fishes’ in the river.
That Ling Xiao, I’ve also heard of him. At such a young age, his cultivation level has reached the Early Stage of Six Arts Realm, but compared to our Duke of Eastern Province, he falls far short. Our Duke has a cultivation level of the First Cave Heaven Realm!
Moreover, our Duke is a bona fide relative of the Imperial Family. If it weren’t for the Clan Leader of the Dark Phoenix Clan making a mistake, our Duke wouldn’t have been sent to this godforsaken place, and he might have beco the Crown Prince.
And even though the Dark Phoenix Clan has been stripped of the opportunity to compete for the role of Divine Phoenix Emperor, they are still of the Imperial Family!
What’s that minor, unrelated king worth!
Don’t be a fool and refuse wine only to be forced to drink a penalty one, young lady. If you could beco the woman of the Duke of Eastern Province, even if just as a plaything in bed, you could have the chance to enter Turtle Island, and enjoy unlimited cultivation resources in the future."
Lin Qian frowned and said, "I do want to go to Turtle Island, but I would never do such a thing. If you like, why don’t you go yourself?"
"Nonsense, if I were a woman, I’d be the first to throw myself at the Duke of Eastern Province, it wouldn’t be your turn, little lass."
That guard got sowhat annoyed and angry.
"How can you speak like that, when treating a beautiful lady, you can’t be so rude. You must know how to cherish!"
Suddenly, a voice sounded, seeming to laugh but not quite.
A young man was seen floating down from Turtle Island.
He looked about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, dressed in flamboyant clothing with a large red flower tied to his head, as if he was afraid others wouldn’t know he was a libertine.
"Young Marquis!"
The guard hurriedly turned and saluted.
Slap!
The Young Marquis directly gave that guard a slap: "How many tis have I told you? When dealing with a beauty, you should treat her as gently as beautiful porcelain, pick up and put down delicately. Where did you get such rudeness?"
This Young Marquis was none other than the sole son of the Duke of the Eastern Province—Ming Liu.
Ever since the Dark Phoenix Clan had made a mistake, many people had even changed their surnas.
So were surnad Ming, so surnad Phoenix, and others had various other ssed-up surnas. The family of the Duke of Eastern Province had all changed their surna to Ming, which beca the most widespread surna in the Dark Phoenix Clan.
Ming Liu was the absolute beloved son of the Duke of Eastern Province.
Don’t look at this young man’s frivolous ways, and although lazy, because he had grown up soaked in various dicinal herbs since he was a child, his cultivation was actually quite strong.
At the age of twenty-four, he possessed the Early Stage cultivation of Eight Desolations Heaven.
Although he was not as talented as many geniuses, it was still not too bad, considering many Martial Artists might never break through to the Transcendent Realm in their whole lives, let alone the Heavenly Man Realm.
After berating his subordinate, Ming Liu then turned to Lin Qian with a smile and said, "Beauty, my man might be crude with words, but one thing he said is very true—not worth a fart is that Ling Xiao, rely a pawn in other’s hands at best, and he takes himself far too seriously. How can such a lowly human compare to my father, or even to this young master?
Why don’t you just give in to this young master today? I guarantee you can cultivate on Turtle Island for free from now on."
All that filled Ming Liu’s eyes at this mont was greed and lust; he did not take Ling Xiao seriously, nor did he take Li Qingnian seriously.
The reason he spoke like this was simply that it was his usual attitude.
He loved to boast!
He only resorted to force when boasting didn’t work.
Looking at Ming Liu, Lin Qian felt sowhat nauseous, a sense of revulsion continuously welling up from her heart.
The son of the Duke of Eastern Province, Ming Liu.
A young marquis who wasn’t inferior to others in either Martial Arts or literary talent.
But his character was utterly despicable.
So noble young masters would at least pretend, outwardly genteel but inwardly committing all sorts of vices.
But this Lord Ming Liu didn’t bother with that. His father was the king here. Aside from his father, he was the biggest authority around.
Ming Liu had long known Ling Xiao would co since news of it had reached the Duke of Eastern Province from the Imperial City at the first instant, and he naturally learned of it.
The ssenger warned them not to confront Ling Xiao head-on, as this young man was not easy to deal with.
They were also repeatedly reminded to keep a low profile and give face to the new City Lord.
But the father and son of the Duke of Eastern Province, who were used to acting domineeringly, and had grown accustod to being emperors in their own right, not only ignored these warnings and reminders, but they took them as an insult.
What a joke, the Eastern Province might not be big, but it was their territory. How could they stand back and let an outsider, a lowly human youth, do as he pleased?
Impossible to not teach him a lesson!
Just now, upon hearing Lin Qian ntion Ling Xiao, praising how good Ling Xiao was, he was already fuming inside. Yet, this fellow wanted to use his power and influence to make Lin Qian retract her words.
"I’m sorry, Young Marquis, I will just go back and collect more Spirit Stones," said Lin Qian.
Lin Qian did not want to provoke Young Marquis Ming Liu, knowing she could not afford to, so she chose to back down.
"You may leave, but you must first answer a question for this young master," Ming Liu said with a smile.
While he was smiling, it was a treacherous smile, as if he would destroy this woman in front of him if Lin Qian’s answer failed to satisfy him.
"You may ask, Young Marquis," Lin Qian replied with a nod.
"Tell in front of all these people, who is better: this young master or that lowly human Ling Xiao?" Ming Liu asked.
It was a question, but any wise person would know that the Young Marquis had already predetermined the answer.
Of course, Lin Qian knew as well.
But she truly couldn’t bring herself to utter such disgusting lies that would sicken even herself upon hearing them.
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