Chapter 1907: Open Strife Translator: Legge “Who do you want to suppress?” Right then, a cold voice sounded out of nowhere. Not far away, a middle-aged man walked over. He had a cold expression and his eyes were bright with a hint of authority. “Greetings, City Lord!” Many Dragon Abyss City guards bowed hurriedly when they saw that person. “Father!” When Xu Xiaotian saw that person, he called out with a delighted expression. The City Lord of Dragon Abyss City, Xu Shi! Su Zimo’s gaze swept across Xu Shi and Liu Tong as he secretly compared them. Although both of them were Grade 9 Black Immortals, Xu Shi’s aura was clearly superior to Liu Tong! As though he could not match Xu Shi’s gaze, Liu Tong lowered his head slightly with a dark expression and cupped his fists. “I was anxious and wanted to kill the villain, so I spoke a little more intensely. Please forgive me, City Lord.” Rolling his pitch-black eyes, Xu Xiaotian hurriedly sent a voice transmission to Xu Shi’s spirit consciousness, “Father, he’s Su Zimo, the person who saved me in the abyss back then.” Xu Shi’s expression was unchanged and he did not even look at Su Zimo. He merely looked at Liu Tong and asked, “Commander Liu, who is the villain you’re referring to?” “Him!” Liu Tong pointed at Su Zimo and said in a deep voice, “Although I have some personal grudges with this person, I won’t use my position to take revenge. However, I saw him kill a city guard in your residence earlier on!” A guard at the side nodded and echoed, “We saw it too.” Xu Shi glanced at the corpse without saying anything and was still expressionless. “Earlier on, Xiaotian said that this person saved him. Even so, he can’t escape death for killing in the City Lord’s residence!” Liu Tong shouted with an enraged expression, “Killing an immortal soldier of Great Jin is a provocation to the dignity of the Great Jin Dynasty! It’s unforgivable!” “That’s right!” “Exactly!” Liu Tong’s words were firm and powerful, attracting the agreement of many Dragon Abyss City guards. An imperceptible smugness flashed through Liu Tong’s eyes as he cupped his fists once more. He looked at Xu Shi meaningfully and asked with a smile, “This is no small matter. I believe that you won’t be biased, City Lord, right?” Su Zimo frowned. Although Liu Tong’s tone was respectful at the end, there was a hint of arrogance and dominance! Xu Shi was still expressionless. Su Zimo’s gaze lingered between Xu Shi and Liu Tong thoughtfully. The City Lord’s residence fell into silence and the atmosphere turned tense. However, Su Zimo looked relaxed, as though everything before him had nothing to do with him. “Father, I believe there must be some misunderstanding,” When Xu Xiaotian saw that the situation was not right, he said anxiously. “What misunderstanding?” Xu Shi finally spoke and asked. “This…” Xu Xiaotian was speechless. Xu Shi shifted his gaze towards Su Zimo who was not far away and said slowly, “You do deserve death if you had killed my guard without any reason!” Su Zimo’s heart skipped a beat as he understood what Xu Shi was implying. He cupped his fists and said, “I had no other choice but to attack him.” Thereafter, Su Zimo recounted everything that happened earlier on. Those were all facts and there was no need for him to hide them. Liu Tong frowned when he heard that. “Father, look! I told you that it’s not Brother Su’s fault!” Xu Xiaotian said with a smile. With that said, he even kicked the corpse of the tall and skinny guard specially and hollered, “You’re truly a disgrace to Dragon Abyss City and the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom!” Naturally, Liu Tong refused to give up and said in a deep voice, “So what if we try to rob his Essence Spirit Stones as soldiers of Great Jin Immortal Kingdom? It’s not a crime equivalent to death! He’s just a lowlife…” “Mmm?” Xu Shi narrowed his gaze and said coldly, “Commander Liu, I ascended from the lower worlds as well. Could it be that in your eyes, I’m also a lowlife?” “I wouldn’t dare,” Liu Tong lowered his head slightly and said. Although he said that he wouldn’t dare, there was no fear on his face. Instead, he looked a little arrogant. Su Zimo fell into deep thought when he saw that. Although the exchange between Xu Shi and Liu Tong was short, it revealed a lot of information. The City Lord of Dragon Abyss City was also someone who had ascended from the lower worlds. However, Liu Tong clearly knew that. Although he was targeting Su Zimo with his words earlier on, there was a higher chance that he was referring to him as well! Xu Shi could tell and that was why he retaliated. However, the strange thing was that Xu Shi did not really punish Liu Tong for his repeated offenses. Su Zimo could vaguely sense that after Liu Tong advanced to a Grade 9 Black Immortal, there was a high chance he would challenge Xu Shi for the position of the City Lord! The two of them might have already fallen out and are fighting in secret. However, because of the matter of his unintentional barging in today, the two of them had a direct conflict. Surveying his surroundings, Xu Shi said slowly, “A soldier of the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom openly robbing Essence Spirit Stones in Dragon Abyss City. How is that different from those bandits outside?!” “If I knew about this, I would kill him personally as well as a warning to others!” His words were extremely harsh, implying that the tall and skinny guard deserved to die. “Disperse,” Xu Shi waved his hand gently and turned to leave. Xu Xiaotian tugged at Su Zimo’s sleeves secretly and sent a voice transmission, “Brother Su, follow me.” With that, he chased after Xu Shi with Su Zimo. Liu Tong’s expression was dark and he remained silent. The surrounding hundreds of guards exchanged glances and did not step in. The guards could also sense the subtle changes between Liu Tong and Xu Shi. However, no matter what, the current City Lord was still Xu Shi! None of them was a fool and would not be the silly one to step out. Liu Tong could only watch helplessly as Su Zimo disappeared into the distance. However, Liu Tong seemed to have thought of something and sneered. On the other side. Su Zimo and Xu Xiaotian followed behind Xu Shi and conversed softly. Before long, a grand hall appeared before them. It was built with green rocks and looked dignified. Xu Shi walked straight in and sat on the seat of the City Lord in the middle of the hall, looking down at Su Zimo who had just entered. When Xu Shi appeared, he did not even look at Su Zimo directly. It was only then that he began to scrutinize Su Zimo with a frightening gaze, as though he wanted to see the latter through! Xu Shi stared at Su Zimo for a moment and realized that even with his experience and knowledge, he could not see through this seemingly frail scholar before him. The more that was the case, the more suspicious he was! All these years, he had naturally heard of a genius that appeared out of nowhere on the Dragon Abyss Star. To think that this person would have even saved Xiaotian before—could there be a trap? What secrets did this person have? Did this person have any other motives? If not for that caution, Xu Shi would not have been able to stand out from the many people who had ascended from the lower worlds and ascend to the position of the City Lord of Dragon Abyss City step by step. Although he was the City Lord of a remote star, there was probably no one else in the entire Green Cloud County or even the Great Jin Immortal Kingdom who could ascend to his current status!