"Don't look at me like that, okay? I'm not a monster?"
Being stared at by Xuanyuan Yue and the others with such strange looks, Gu Tian shrugged helplessly.
"What on earth is going on?" Beiluo Shimen asked in surprise: "How did you get to know the Nightless Ghost King? And you can actually make her give you face?"
"Cough, cough...Actually, the Nightless Ghost King and I have just met..."
Gu Tian couldn't hide it, and immediately recounted the story of how he accidentally released the seal of the Nightless Ghost King.
Of course, he ignored the fact that the Nightless Ghost King coveted his body.
"Oh my god, you actually lifted the seal of the Nightless Ghost King?"
"And she didn't kill you?"
“It’s incredible!”
After listening to Gu Tian's narration, the three members of Beilhao's sect were filled with sighs.
Gu Tian had already anticipated this and was too lazy to continue answering the questions of several people. He waved his hand and said, "Since something happened here, let's go back."
Soon after, the group returned to Golden Scale City.
Now that the Lord of Golden Scales, Lone Deng, is dead, even if he doesn't take it as his own, he must at least take advantage of it.
However, when they arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, there were many people standing there.
"Where is our city lord?"
"What did you do to our city lord?"
Two of them stood out from the crowd and questioned Gu Tianse fiercely.
"Humph, I really don't know what to say!"
Before Gu Tian could say anything, Count Nora stood up first.
But before he could take action, Gu Tian waved his hand to stop him, "Forget it, I'll explain to them."
"Young master, they are just a bunch of people who don't know how to live or die, how can you be of any use..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Tian had already moved forward.
After glancing at everyone present, he asked loudly: "Are you all guards of Golden Scale City?"
"Yes, yes!"
One of them nodded, and then asked: "Where is our city lord?"
"Your city lord?"
A sly smile appeared on the corner of Gu Tian's lips, and he said: "When you, the city lord, were in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Souls, you were attacked by ten thousand ghosts in order to save me, and unfortunately you died."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
"What? Our city lord is dead?"
"How is this possible?"
Regarding everyone's reaction, Gu Tian had already expected it and continued: "Before he died, your city lord gave me the golden scale. From now on, I will be the lord of this golden scale city!"
The reason why he casually made up such a lie was naturally because he wanted to convince others with his virtue.
But facts have proven that in the soul-suppressing world, the method of convincing people with virtue is simply not feasible.
"Fuck you!"
"You kidnapped our city lord before, how could he sacrifice himself to save you?"
"Do you think we will believe this kind of trick to deceive children?"
"You must have killed our city lord and wanted to replace him and become the new lord of Golden Scale City!"
Looking at the group of indignant guards around him, Gu Tian couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
"It seems that fists are the simplest and most direct way to convince the public!"
After muttering to himself, he immediately moved his hands and shouted in a low voice: "Guardian spirit...summons!"
"Buzz buzz!"
There was a roar, and dozens of burly bodies as tall as mountains appeared out of thin air.
It is all his guardian spirits!
"Oh my God, this..."
"Could it be that you still want to slaughter the entire Golden Scale City?"
"Don't mess around. If you have something to say, please say it!"
Everyone was so frightened that they retreated into the distance.
"Now do you know how to speak properly?"
Gu Tian sneered and jumped onto Jingwei's back.
Driven by his thoughts, Jingwei immediately flapped his wings, stirred up strong winds, and instantly flew hundreds of meters into the sky.
Gutian stood on Jingwei's back, and a loud voice like a bell came down from the sky.
"Your former city lord Gu Deng has died. From now on, this Golden Scale City will officially change its owner!"
He looked around and said in a sonorous voice, "I have never liked coercion and those who are willing to follow me kneel down and swear allegiance to me. If you don't surrender..."
At this point, he changed the topic and said: "I will not embarrass you!"
"You really won't embarrass us?" one of them asked cautiously.
"Of course!" Gu Tian nodded solemnly.
"I hope you keep your word!"
The man gritted his teeth, looked at each other and his companions around him, and slowly backed away.
It seems that he is preparing to stay away from here.
Gu Tian frowned slightly.
Are you really leaving?
He said this simply because he wanted these people to know better and kneel down to swear allegiance to him.
Otherwise, if you force yourself directly, it would seem too inhumane.
But now it seems that the naive idea of humanitarianism is a joke in the soul-killing world.
So before they had retreated far, he cast a suggestive look at Nora.
Nora understood it, immediately sneered, and jumped towards the few people like lightning.
"Ah? What are you doing?"
"Didn't you say you won't embarrass us?"
Those people were so frightened that they lost their souls.
"I said I won't embarrass you, but I'm just talking about myself. As for whether others will embarrass you, it's none of my business." Gu Tian shrugged.
And when he said this, Nora had already rushed over.
There was no miracle, no accident. After a period of scalp-numbing screams, the few people who were about to retreat had turned into corpses under Nora’s fangs.
"How cruel!"
"This is a disguised deterrent!"
"It seems we have no choice. If we don't surrender, we will die!"
It was only at this moment that everyone finally realized a cruel fact.
No one can stop the change of ownership of Golden Scale City!
Just as everyone was looking at each other, Gu Tian's friendly voice came from high in the sky again.
"I have said that I never like to force others to make things difficult for them. If anyone else wants to leave, leave now. I will never make things difficult for anyone!"
Hearing this, everyone down below almost fainted.
You just killed the chicken to scare the monkeys for everyone to see, and now you say it so high-sounding, don't your conscience hurt?
No matter how depressed I am, no one dares to jump up and curse, and no one really dares to leave.
After all, they just learned a bloody lesson. No matter how stupid everyone is, they still know that Gu Tian seems to be nice on the surface, but in fact he is just giving them a setback.
So after looking at each other for a while, someone finally surrendered "sincerely".
"I, I am willing to surrender!"
"I do too!"
"Young Master is not only handsome, but also highly respected. It is a blessing for all of us to be able to serve you!"
"What young master? You are the Lord of the City now!"
"Ah, yes, yes, I have met the Lord City Lord!"
With the first one, there is the second one, the third one...
However, within a moment, all the guards from Jinlin City who had come to question Gu Tian fell to the ground.
"I am very pleased that everyone can be so reasonable!"
Gu Tian nodded with satisfaction, and then changed the subject, sonorous as iron: "But the ugly words are ahead. Since you have sworn allegiance now, you'd better not give me half-hearted thoughts or hinder me, otherwise..."
The words of kindness and power finally "influenced" everyone.
Not long after, Gu Tian finally began to move into the city lord's palace, surrounded by everyone like stars holding the moon in their arms.
However, just as he entered the main hall, he encountered a wave of fierce sneak attacks.
[Author's digression]: There will be another chapter later. Remember to help save your banknotes, and then vote for Zhenhun on the 2nd. Whether you can be on the list depends on everyone!