Chapter 217 Winning over
"Hmph, what's the big deal? That old guy is just taking up the position without doing anything. He should have stepped down long ago. It's just right that you're here now."

"But I can't push others out for no reason."

"What's the big deal? The position of deputy city lord shall be held by the capable one. As long as you can defeat him by force, no one can say anything."

Then the city lord told him the specific plan. It turned out that the city lord and the deputy city lord had always been at odds with each other, and he had long wanted to squeeze him out of the position of deputy city lord and replace him with an obedient one of his own.

But unfortunately, none of his men were useful. Now seeing Zhou Chen, his hope was rekindled.

Seeing Zhou Chen's worried look, the city lord smiled and said, "Don't worry, the old man's strength is only at the early fourth level, and he was injured some time ago, so his combat power has been greatly reduced. If you challenge him now, you will definitely win."

This guy is really insidious. I have already given him the other half of the map, but he still doesn't believe me and has to test me. If I can't defeat the deputy city lord, wouldn't that save him a lot of trouble?

"Then I'll try it."

Afterwards Zhou Chen was arranged to go down and rest. After Zhou Chen left, Xiaohu said, "Sir, why are you doing this?"
The city lord took out the map given by Zhou Chen and said with a smile, "Do you think this man is really here to join me?"
"Sir, you are suspicious," the city lord came to his ear and whispered a few times before he finished speaking. Xiaohu nodded and left.

After leaving, Xiaohu came to Zhou Chen to drink. Zhou Chen did not refuse. With his current skills, ordinary alcohol could not make him drunk.

However, Xiaohu got drunk very quickly. After getting drunk, Xiaohu told Zhou Chen a secret. He said that the city lord had a treasure. If he could get this treasure, he would be safe against the deputy city lord.

Although he was not interested, Zhou Chen still asked, "I wonder what treasure it is?"
Xiaohu took a few steps closer to Zhou Chen and whispered "God-killing Order" in his ear, then sat back in his seat.

Since it is a treasure of the demon clan, there is a 90% chance that Zhou Chen cannot use it. However, in order not to arouse suspicion, Zhou Chen still pretended to be curious and asked, "What is that thing?"
"This God-killing Order is a magical weapon of my demon clan. After activating it, it can improve our cultivation level in a short period of time."

"It's really a great treasure. In that case, I will go and borrow it from the city lord."

Seeing that Zhou Chen was about to go directly to the city lord, Xiaohu stood up, put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile "Brother Zhou, you don't have to go. That thing is very important to the adults. Most people don't even know of its existence. If I hadn't followed the city lord for many years, I wouldn't know it either."

"What should I do then?"
Xiaohu thought about it and whispered a few words in his ear again. Zhou Chen was shocked after hearing it and said, “Brother, this is not good. What if the city lord finds out?”
"Don't worry, outsiders won't be able to tell when this treasure is used. Even if you use it in front of the city lord, he won't know."

Half an hour later, Xiaohu fell asleep on the table. Zhou Chen called him a few times but saw no response, so he asked someone to send him back.

Zhou Chen sat in the room thinking about the tiger demon's words. There was something wrong with this guy. Logically speaking, he was the city lord's man, so how could he instigate him to steal the city lord's treasures, and even told him where the things were hidden. Wasn't he afraid that he would steal the things and run away?

When the time comes, the city lord will be furious and he will not have a good ending, unless he did not tell him this intentionally, but someone was instructing him from behind, and the person who instructs him to do so is undoubtedly the city lord.

"It seems that the city lord is still wary of me and wants to test me to see if I will betray him for a treasure." Although Zhou Chen had handed him the map of Yin-Yang Mysterious Ice, it was only half a map, which was completely useless.

Just as he was thinking, a demonic aura suddenly appeared in the room. Zhou Chen was shocked and the demonic aura in his body was released, ready to take action at any time.

"Don't get me wrong, my friend. I mean no harm."

"Huh, you suddenly show up in my room in the middle of the night and say you mean no harm. Do you think I will believe you?"
"I am a bit abrupt, but there is a reason. It is not convenient to visit you during the day, so I can only visit you late at night. I hope you can forgive me." After saying that, he bowed to Zhou Chen. Seeing that he really had no intention of attacking, Zhou Chen lowered his guard a little, but the Eye of Insight was already open. If he dared to attack suddenly, Zhou Chen would be able to detect it immediately.

"I don't know why you came to see me?"
The demon did not hide it and said directly, "My name is Wu Meng, and I am the deputy lord of Qiufeng City."

At this moment, Zhou Chen's aura surged again. Seeing this, Wu Meng immediately smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to cause you trouble."

"The city lord is really well-informed."

"Haha, Brother Zhou, how about we make a deal?"

Then the deputy city lord expressed his thoughts. It turned out that the city lord of Qiufeng City was not City Lord Guo, but Wu Meng.

Ten years ago, because he was soft-hearted, he took in the current City Lord Guo. At that time, he didn't know who he had offended, and he was seriously injured and fled all the way to Qiufeng City. He took him in out of kindness, but he didn't expect that after he recovered from his injuries, he actually coveted the position of City Lord.

I secretly bribed Wu Meng's subordinates, and finally took advantage of Wu Meng's drunkenness to launch a sneak attack and seized the position of city lord. Fortunately, Wu Meng still had some loyal subordinates who fought to the death to protect their master. Although they escaped, the position of city lord was taken away by him, and I could only serve as a deputy city lord without real power.

Zhou Chen was not interested in his experience and said directly, "What does this have to do with me? If you are still angry, why don't you just go and take revenge on him?"

"In fact, it has been almost the same in the past few years." Then the true energy in his body burst out again, and Zhou Chen found that his strength had actually reached the peak of the fourth level. He retracted his breath in just a moment.

"I have gathered enough strength. The only difference now is that he is at the half-step third level, while I am at the peak of the fourth level. Even if we fight, I will still not be his match."

"So I'd like to ask you for a favor."

Zhou Chen directly refused, "You said he is a half-step third-grade cultivator, how can I help you?"

“Didn’t he ask you to challenge me? Then I will deliberately lose to you and fake my death. Then his trust in you will surely increase greatly. Then as long as…” The last voice was so low that Zhou Chen could barely hear it.

After saying that, he took out three silver needles from the storage ring and handed them to Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen took the silver needles and put them into his own storage ring. "Okay, don't forget what you promised me."

"Haha, don't worry, although that thing is precious, it is useless to me."

Before dawn the next day, Zhou Chen was practicing in his room when he suddenly heard something unusual. He did not open his eyes but discovered something unusual through his eyes of insight. At this time, a female demon in black appeared in his room.

He recognized this female demon. She was the female demon Xiaorou whom he saw yesterday. At this moment, he looked at Zhou Chen, who was practicing with his eyes closed, with a fierce look on his face.

Zhou Chen knew without asking that the jackal demon must have learned that he had captured the jackal demon, which led to his death at the hands of the tiger demon. He came to avenge his lover.

He took out a emerald green dagger. The dagger looked strange and it was obviously not an ordinary object. The moment he approached, Zhou Chen's body disappeared from the spot, and appeared behind him the next moment.

(End of this chapter)