Reborn as an abandoned daughter, she became a stunning genius

"It only took nine years to break through the cave of hardships and hardships. You are the first one."

Outside the mountain wall, Elder Huang had already heard the movement and was waiting here to greet Jiang Ning.

Nine years have passed, and the handsome boy with bright eyebrows and white teeth has now grown into a handsome man with jade and gold features.

Ignoring the tattered clothes on Jiang Ning's body, even Elder Huang, who had seen countless people, couldn't help but be amazed when he first saw it. He said in his heart that he was astonished.

But such a face is not suitable for being an assassin.

"Take it and put it on." Elder Huang threw a black half-face mask to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning put on the mask obediently, revealing only a pair of eyes and a smooth white chin.

After covering most of the face, the impact of this face has finally been reduced.

"From today on, you are the No. 3 Evil Spirit of my Evil Spirit Clan. From now on, you must obey and complete all the orders issued by the clan leader and must not violate them." Elder Huang handed the token representing his identity to Jiang Ning.

"Yes. I wonder who the first two are?" Jiang Ning asked tentatively after receiving the token respectfully.

"As an evil person, you should talk less, ask less and do more." Elder Huang reminded.

"Yes."

"According to the rules, after the new evil leader is appointed, he needs to complete a task to prove his strength. After the task is completed, you can meet the patriarch and officially become a member of my evil spirit clan."

Elder Huang said, taking out a scroll and handing it to Jiang Ning.

"This is a task given to you by the dean. You have one month."

Jiang Ning took the scroll and quickly browsed the entire content.

After a while, Jiang Ning closed the scroll, covered up the waves in his eyes, and said, "I obey."

Ten days later, Jiang Ning, who left the Broken Soul Mountain Range, arrived at Licheng, the mission location.

Li City is the only city in the Martial Arts Continent that does not belong to any country.

It is located on the edge of the Duanhun Mountain Range and is an important transportation hub connecting Dongli Kingdom and Jiuyang Dynasty.

Here, travelers passing by doing business gathered, as well as many cultivators who went to the Duanhun Mountains for adventure and experience.

With such unique conditions and the strict and fair city regulations here, Li City became a famous and wealthy country in the Martial Arts Continent within a hundred years of its establishment.

The city lord who owns such a city is just an ordinary person who cannot practice.

This is the information about Li City that Jiang Ning saw in Qin Nian's memory.

Entering Li City, people were coming and going on the streets, and the bustling level was no less prosperous than Luo City, the capital of the Chu and Xia Kingdoms.

When Jiang Ning was walking on the street, there was a sudden commotion not far ahead.

This was followed by people's horrified roars.

Jiang Ning stared and saw that it was an out-of-control spiritual beast running rampant on the street.

People passing by were more or less affected.

Due to the chaos caused by the spirit beasts, the street that was originally crowded with people suddenly became empty.

Jiang Ning was the only one left, standing blankly in the middle of the road.

Passers-by thought she was too frightened to move her legs, so they hurriedly shouted.

But Jiang Ning still stood motionless.

Seeing that the spirit beast's bloody mouth was about to bite Jiang Ning to death, some people had already closed their eyes and did not dare to watch the bloody scene that followed.

At this time, Jiang Ning, who was in the center of everyone's sight, was calm and composed, condensing spiritual power in his hands and preparing to kill the hurtful spiritual beast with one blow.

However, before Jiang Ning could take action, a mysterious man in a cloak suddenly rushed out of the crowd, grabbed Jiang Ning's hand, and pulled her away from the spirit beast's bloody mouth.

Seeing that the bloody scene did not happen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, a middle-aged man flew up from the sky, landed directly in front of the mad spirit beast, and unfolded a blue spiritual barrier to trap the mad spirit beast.

"You evil beast, don't cause trouble!"

As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, he took out a bunch of golden ring bells from his storage bag.

By shaking the bell, the mad spirit beast in the barrier is instantly soothed and calmed down.

After the barrier dissipated, a group of city guards arrived and took away the pacified spiritual beasts.

"Thank you City Lord for saving your life!"

"The City Lord is so awesome!"

"Thank you, Lord City Lord."

"..."

The crowds around him cheered one after another, and doubts arose in Jiang Ning's heart.

Isn't the city lord of Li City an ordinary person who cannot cultivate?

Jiang Ning turned around, looking for the person who had just pulled him away from the spirit beast, but at a glance, there was no trace of the person just now.

The middle-aged man humbly accepted the people's praise, nodded slightly, and left.

Crowded and clogged streets were finally open to traffic.

Jiang Ning, who had many questions in his mind, found a teahouse on the roadside.

After entering the second floor, I ordered a pot of tea and a plate of refreshments and found a seat by the window.

Not long after he sat down, a table of guests came to the table next to Jiang Ning.

He looks like a mercenary.

As soon as the four of them sat down, one of them banged the table hard to vent his anger.

"Master Zhen's evil heart, a mercenary inn is so expensive, why doesn't his sister go and rob it!"

"Don't be angry, we can just find another place to live." The mercenary companion who was traveling with him comforted him.

"Why aren't you angry? I asked several companies all morning and they all said it was so expensive. They must have negotiated it secretly!" the mercenary said angrily.

Other guests at nearby tables heard what they said and immediately responded.

"Isn't that right? When I came here the year before last, I only had five taels of silver per person! This year, for some reason, it suddenly became so much more expensive!"

"It must be those shady bosses, we have agreed to increase the price together!"

"Brother, don't say this nonsense. My brother runs an inn, and the price of Licheng Inn is not their responsibility."

"They are the bosses, who else could they be?"

"You don't know this. The prices of Licheng Inn are all set by the newly appointed city lord. Not only the inn, but also restaurants, medicine shops, brothels, and rouge shops, the prices have all increased by at least five times."

"It's so expensive, you're going crazy thinking about money! Li Cheng is already so rich, and he still doesn't think it's enough!"

"Who knows, he is the current city lord of Li City, who dares to object?"

"Brother, if you think it's expensive, go to the City Lord's Mansion and talk to the new City Lord and ask him to change the price back. If it happens, everyone will remember you as a favor."

"Just go, I don't believe it anymore, there is no justice in Licheng."

"Little brother, don't blame me for not reminding you, none of the guards at the City Lord's Mansion are easy to mess with."

"What are there to be afraid of with just a few guards?"

"Those are not ordinary guards. Each of the ten guards of the City Lord's Mansion is hired with a lot of money and is a master of the cyan spiritual power and the spiritual realm."

After hearing this, the strong man who originally wanted to rush to the city lord's mansion stopped.

"Why do you need so many guards?"

"How do I know this, old man?"

Hearing this, the strong man's footsteps stopped in mid-air, neither walking nor staying.

If he didn't go, wouldn't he be telling others that he was scared.