Free Web NovelChapter 179: Chapter 179: The Truth Is Revealed, Dragon Country Gossips, Gu Yuan Is the Old City Lord?
The Dragon Country audience watching the livestream was completely stunned.
The whole affair.
It really started with a bang and ended with a whimper.
That blood-red paper effigy had made such a huge scene!
First unleashing the power of a top-tier Evil Star, then using a Ghost Skill to wreak havoc across the city!
And what was the result?
It was casually solo-killed by the small paper effigy!
It met such a miserable end.
It really wasn’t much different from a jelly bean.
After all, both were just chewed up and eaten.
I mean, this little paper effigy looks just like Yun Zhenyue!
How can she be so wild!
She dares to eat anything!
[I’m going to make a video: Can a jelly bean solo-kill a paper effigy?]
[Of course the jelly bean won. Why else would it be the only one left standing?]
[I’ve seen the video from the guy above. His last one was ’Stir-fried Beef Noodles Solo-kills a T-Rex.’]
[You guys are getting off-topic. It was a high-level Evil Star, after all. I think it could take on at least three jelly beans.]
[This is making me hungry. What does that paper effigy even taste like? She looks so happy eating it.]
Unlike the Dragon Country audience, who were just spectators enjoying the drama,
the audience from Coconut Country was panicking.
In Cecil’s livestream view,
she was still in a space made of paper offerings.
It seemed to be the small paper effigy’s stomach.
She hadn’t been spit out yet!
’No way.’
’Could it be that Cecil was just too delicious?’
’Is that why Yun Zhenyue’s paper-effigy foster daughter refuses to spit her out?’
If this kept up, she was going to be digested!
[Spit her out! Spit her out now!]
[This lunatic is just as terrifying as that Dragon Country woman!] freёwebnovel.com
[Could she have been ordered by Yun Zhenyue not to spit out Cecil?]
[Very likely! That damn bitch!]
[This is blatant persecution of a matchmaking partner! I’m going to report her!]
...
"Awoo~"
The small paper effigy was full now.
She squinted her eyes, looking very sleepy.
Just as Yun Zhenyue walked over,
VWOOM!
the small paper effigy suddenly transformed into a flash of white light.
It then reverted to its tiny paper form and climbed into Yun Zhenyue’s pocket.
Yun Zhenyue also sensed the little effigy’s thoughts.
After devouring the blood-red paper effigy,
she had successfully broken through her limits.
Now she was super, super sleepy!
She just needed a good sleep, and when she woke up, she might even become a top-tier Evil Star.
The residents who had been assimilated by the blood-red effigy had mostly been released by her.
They didn’t taste good anyway.
The taste of despair was like cilantro...
And they were pathetically weak!
They couldn’t replenish much yin energy.
As for the very few who held strong hostility towards Yun Zhenyue,
and who were also ghosts that had committed all sorts of evil,
frequently burning, killing, and plundering during their time in the Embers—
she didn’t spit them out.
"Is that so?"
"You’ve worked hard."
Yun Zhenyue murmured softly.
The small paper effigy nuzzled against her from inside the pocket.
It was very dependent on her and affectionate.
At this moment,
the ghost city residents who had been used by the blood-red effigy were terrified. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Surrounded by official soldiers, they didn’t dare try to escape.
Many of them wore expressions of despair.
Although they had been forced,
why was the blood-red effigy able to control them?
It was because they had long been dissatisfied with the ghost city.
Now they had been rounded up in one fell swoop.
’If she takes this opportunity to eliminate them, it would surely benefit the ghost city.’
Just then, Xiaoye, with the resolve to face death, walked before Yun Zhenyue.
She suddenly dropped to her knees and pleaded, "Lord City Lord, I am the leader of the Embers. I was previously misled and led astray by that Zhuang paper effigy. Please, Lord City Lord, punish me!"
"Whether you kill me or flay me, I will have no regrets!"
"But my sister, Xiaoying, is innocent. Ever since I founded the Embers, she hasn’t shown a single smile."
"Furthermore, she has never done anything evil. I am willing to stake my life on it. Please, My Lord, spare her."
Hearing this,
Xiaoying bit her lip, unable to utter a single word of pleading.
After all, the Embers was a rebel organization in the ghost city and had caused considerable turmoil.
Even if she had a decent relationship with Yun Zhenyue,
it wasn’t a reason to pardon her sister.
HISS~
A collective gasp went through the crowd.
All the residents present realized it.
This beautiful-looking young woman,
was actually their current City Lord!
Many of them trembled with shock.
This was the first time they had ever seen Yun Zhenyue.
And many of the ghosts from the slums showed expressions of self-reproach and remorse!
She was the one who sold milk tea at the entrance to the slums!
The Lord City Lord had personally helped them escape poverty?
And even provided so many prizes for the lottery!
And they had been controlled to fight against her!
How were they any different from animals?
Many members of the Embers from the slums fell to their knees.
"My Lord, my sins are unforgivable! I only ask for death!"
"The boss always told us not to cause trouble, but I did many wrong things."
"Please punish me according to the laws of the ghost city!"
"..."
Si Qin’s expression was complicated as she watched the scene.
She walked to Yun Zhenyue’s side and said, "My Lord, may I ask a favor of you...?"
"Go ahead," Yun Zhenyue said softly.
"Forgive them," Si Qin sighed. "All of this has to do with me."
"As the secretary, I hold the Silver Fish Talisman, yet I turned a blind eye to the miserable lives of the lower-class citizens."
"The reason they were controlled is that they were in complete despair, both in body and soul. You can only blame me."
"The number of these people wasn’t decided by the blood-red paper effigy; it was decided by me."
Yun Zhenyue didn’t say anything upon hearing this.
She felt a bit numb.
’How did I end up looking like some kind of supervillain?’
’Everyone is begging to be punished.’
Thinking this, Yun Zhenyue said slowly, "Then let’s do it your way."
"However, I also think that after such a major battle, the slums have been destroyed. We’ll need manpower to rebuild."
"Let’s punish them by having them build their own houses."
...
After dealing with this tricky problem,
she returned to the City Lord’s mansion.
Yun Zhenyue suddenly received a message.
[Ding! Cecil detected as deceased!]
[Coconut Country audience is prohibited from entering the livestream!]
[Current number of surviving players: 6]
Only then did Yun Zhenyue remember Cecil, the one who had targeted her ever since entering the ghost city.
’She died just like that?’
’Well, it has nothing to do with me, right?’
Yun Zhenyue couldn’t be bothered with it.
She was packing her luggage.
The mission was complete.
Everything that needed to be done was done.
She had no reason to stay in the ghost city any longer.
Although her secretary, Si Qin, kept trying to persuade her to stay,
hoping she would rule over Fengdu Ghost City, to which Si Qin was loyal.
A few minutes later.
"My Lord, here is the lemon tea you wanted."
"Thank you."
Yun Zhenyue took the many cups of lemon tea from a reluctant Si Qin.
She loaded a full hundred cups into the ghost painting!
She wanted to take them back for Gu Yuan to try.
And also for Lily, the animal dolls, and her other friends...
’A hundred cups should be enough, right?’
PAT~
Just then,
Yun Zhenyue suddenly saw something strange fall out of the ghost painting.
"Hm?"
She bent down and picked up the Golden Red Fish Talisman.
She remembered at once.
’This thing has been sitting in the ghost painting ever since the exam.’
’Speaking of which, should I return it to the ghost city?’
"Do you want this?"
But Si Qin shook her head and said, "You are our eternal City Lord."
"The Golden Red Fish Talisman... represents the status of the City Lord."
"I believe the old City Lord had profound reasons for giving it to you."
’The old City Lord?’
Yun Zhenyue was no stranger to this term.
The laws of the ghost city, the ghost supercar, and the Crimson-robed Ghost dancer... were all related to him.
’But Gu Yuan was the one who gave me this Golden Red Fish Talisman!’
At this thought, it all clicked for Yun Zhenyue.
"So that’s how it is."
’No wonder those ghosts were so nervous when they saw the Fish Talisman before!’
’And no wonder I was forced into becoming the current City Lord.’
’So Gu Yuan was the old City Lord all along!’
