Chapter 207 : The Hallmaster Wants to Get Married Off 23 (1/2)

“City Lord is back?” The surrounding crowd started muttering amongst themselves in low voices.

“I saw her leave the city that time with my own eyes, but I never saw her come back ah…”

Their City Lord always appeared and disappeared mysteriously; finding her was harder than ascending the heavens.

“Closing the gates at this time… what is the City Lord planning?”

“The ones visiting the city recently are influential people in the Nine Provinces, isn’t the City Lord afraid of offending them? But damn if it doesn’t feel good! Those people are always thinking so highly of themselves and looking down on us, but now they’re being locked outside by our City Lord! Hahaha! Feels awesome!”

Pretty much all the inhabitants of Four-Square City had some form of enmity with other people from the Nine Provinces. If it wasn’t because they were murderers who the Nine Provinces couldn’t allow to roam free, it was because they had to hide from their enemies.

So it was quite natural that the inhabitants weren’t exactly pleased to see so many people from the Nine Provinces arriving at their city.

It didn’t take long for the ones that had already entered the city to stir up some trouble with the natives.

Since their City Lord hadn’t said anything before, they could only harbour this resentment deep in their hearts.

The people blocking Qin Langyue looked at one another. “Lil’ lady, our City Lord’s given the order. The gates are going to be closed soon, so if you still don’t want to hand over the protection fee, we can only kick you out. It’s not safe outside the city at night; the magic beasts from Sunset Forest come out to hunt sometimes.”

Sunset Forest was the name of the forest just outside Four-Square City. It dominated a large area; so large that no one had ever traversed it in its entirety before. There were countless magic beasts inside, so it was a place where many people chose to go polish their skills.

Qin Langyue frowned. “It’s still day, why does your City Lord want to close the gates?”

It was just barely past noon, so there was still a lot of time before night fell. Closing the city gates without any rhyme or reason caused many to smell a rat.

“How should we know what our City Lord is thinking?” The youth scoffed. This was the first order the City Lord had given ever since she came to power.

“Lil’ girl, you comin’ in or not? Look, the gatekeepers are already here.”

Sure enough, several large men were walking over. They didn’t stop to waste any words as they started shooing people out of the gates.

An independent group of cultivators had always been managing Four Square City’s gates, so in the event that the City Lord was replaced, the gates would continue their operation.

“Get out! All of you! City Lord says no one is allowed in anymore! What’re you lot standing there for? Scram! Be quick about it!”

“Oi what’s with you all? Do you people still have the law in your eyes?!”

The big man just laughed coldly and looked at the person who spoke out. “The law? In Four-Square City, the City Lord is the law!”

“Isn’t this city meant for people to stay in? How can you guys just refuse to let us past the door? Isn’t that too unreasonable?”

“Yeah! Why should we be kicked out? It’s dangerous out here at night! Let us in!”

“Let us in! Let us in!”

After that shout, the gatekeepers began blocking off the city gates. A riot broke out as the people who gained entry got kicked out, joining the ones wanting to enter the city.

“What’re you guys making such a ruckus for? Don’t blame me for being rude if you continue!” One of the gatekeeperssuddenly launched a ball of green spirit energy.

The crowd quietened down instantly. ‘Spirit Sage… this man is actually a Spirit Sage!’

Spirit Sages were usually capable of obtaining the position of Elder in any of the major sects or clans.

‘But in Four-Square City, Spirit Sages are used to shut gates…?!’

The cultivators in Four-Square City were stronger than those outside by quite a bit. After all, they not only had to face the threat of other humans, they also had to deal with the dangers from Sunset Forest. The ones who hadn’t been hard-working enough had long since died.