Is this the equipment dropped by the monster this time
Gu Ran held the golden square card in front of his eyes and observed it carefully for a while.
The material of the golden plate is unknown, but it is obviously very strong and can remain intact even after his full-strength attack.
There are four ancient and vigorous characters on the golden plate.
—“The ruling center”.
"This plaque is a symbol of the elders of the ruling center of Canglong City. It was cast when the ruling center of Canglong City was just established. There are seven plaques in total, representing the seven most powerful people in Canglong City."
Cheng Caimeng walked over, looked at the golden plate in Gu Ran's hand and spoke with a lot of emotion in her words.
"It's different from other main cities because more than 300 years ago, Canglong City had an extremely cruel tyrant who caused Canglong City to suffer heavy losses. So later, in order to avoid such a situation from happening again, the ruling position, which was too centralized, was abolished. It was replaced by the Ruling Center Conference and the seven-member Ruling Center Standing Council."
"The ruling center conference selects elites from all walks of life in Canglong City to participate. It can decide all strategic decisions of Canglong City. However, the conference is held every two years. The seven-member standing council was initially elected by each representative to maintain the decision-making operation after the central conference. Later, the power of the standing council gradually expanded and gradually became the de facto highest power representative of Canglong City."
"Everyone who can become a member of the permanent council must have both strength and contribution. Only those who have strong strength and irreplaceable contributions to Canglong City will be selected as members of the permanent council. The seven people in the permanent council are therefore honored as the elders."
Gu Ran looked at Cheng Caimeng in surprise: "You seem to be quite familiar with this information."
Cheng Caimeng smiled, smoothed her hair which was a little messy due to the wind, and said, "It's not good if I'm not familiar with it. After all, Niyuan Martial Arts Hall is one of the eight major martial arts halls in Canglong City, and the eight major martial arts halls can represent all the other martial arts halls in Canglong City to participate in the ruling center conference. I have participated in it three times, so this is also the reason why Niyuan Martial Arts Hall is coveted and hated by other martial arts halls."
Gu Ran was a little dazed.
Ultimately, the reason is that the Niyuan Martial Arts Hall is too weak, and there are too many interests involved. It is like a child walking on the street holding gold. Even the neighbors would be tempted, not to mention a bounty hunter like a hungry wolf.
Looking at the deep-thinking Gu Ran, Cheng Caimeng showed a hint of triumphant smile in her eyes.
Was the reason why she explained it in such detail to explain the origin of the gold medal
That was of course impossible. She wanted Gu Ran to know more about the Niyuan Martial Arts Hall.
At this moment, Gu Ran perceived that several people were flying towards them.
Abyss demon
"You killed Li Zhongming?"
A familiar voice suddenly came.
General Lilith
She finally reappeared
Gu Ran immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
Isn’t that succubus with the black tail swinging in the distance Lilith
At this moment, she was looking at Gu Ran in surprise. After a while, she said, "Interesting, it turns out that your true strength is so strong."
Even though they were at a distance, Gu Ran could feel that the other party was eager to fight him.
The tail behind her was wagging faster and faster in excitement, which could not be hidden from Gu Ran who was paying more attention to her tail.
Feeling Gu Ran's gaze, Lilith frowned: "Your gaze makes me feel a little disgusted. Do you want to fight with me?"
He is really a fighting maniac.
Such succubi should be quite rare...
Gu Ran couldn't help but think.
But in a flash, Gu Ran thought of another aspect. The outer area of the inner city was now being attacked by the demon army, and their leader, the succubus general Lilith, ran to the inner city with several subordinates.
What is going on
Could it be that he was trying to sneak in and carry out some sabotage
"You are on the side of the president of Lanxin University, right? You killed Li Zhongming from the ruling center. Interesting. It seems that Lanxin University and the ruling center of Canglong City have completely broken up." Lilith smiled faintly, "I was a little skeptical about the attack on Canglong City this time. I thought it was a trap for me. It seems that Xue Yingsong has indeed fallen out with those people in the ruling center of Canglong City."
"Hahaha, interesting, really interesting, the internal strife of mankind. I'm a little curious about the reaction of the remaining old guys in the ruling center when they learned that Xue Yingsong's people killed Li Zhongming."
Lilith took one last look at Gu Ran and said, "You are very strong, and I am very interested in you, but I will not fight with you this time."
After saying that, Lilith and several of her subordinates flew away.
Gu Ran did not stop them, but watched them flying away thoughtfully.
"Aren't they demons? Why don't you kill them? Are you just being sympathetic to the pretty girls and falling for that succubus?" Cheng Caimeng's voice came from beside him.
It still sounds great, but the tone sounds a little unnatural.
"That succubus is not weak, she is much stronger than Li Zhongming. When I fight her, I don't know how many city districts will be destroyed and how many innocent people will be injured by mistake." Gu Ran explained, "And I think she seems to have other intentions, not just to attack Canglong City."
It was strange no matter how you looked at it that a good succubus general was not commanding the army at the front line but sneaked into the inner city.
164. The evil plan of the ruling center! Martial arts prohibition! 4k
"She definitely has a backup plan. Even if she is not my opponent, it shouldn't be a problem for her to leave."
Gu Ran explained and then went back towards Lanxin University.
In fact, there is another very important point that Gu Ran did not say, which is the reason why he had no reason to fight to the death with Lilith.
Lilith is the enemy of Canglong City, but not Gu Ran’s enemy.
The affairs of Canglong City are not his business, and the interests of Canglong City are not his interests. He is just an outsider, and although he is integrating into Canglong City, he has not yet fully integrated.
To be honest, his sense of belonging to Canglong City is not as strong as that to St. Covenant City. After all, he has lived in St. Covenant City for so many years, and he still has some affection for the ordinary people of St. Covenant City.
As for Canglong City, the only sense of belonging he had to Canglong City actually came from Lanxin University. He liked the atmosphere of Lanxin University, and Xue Yingsong was also nice to him.
Therefore, he just chased Li Zhongming because Li Zhongming was an enemy of Lanxin University, and also a little bit because of Xue Yingsong.
Cheng Caimeng glanced at Gu Ran and did not ask any more questions. Instead, she followed him back to Lanxin University.
After returning to Lanxin University, Gu Ran saw Xue Xiling who had regained consciousness.
Xue Xiling looked a little depressed, but the moment she saw Gu Ran, a hint of joy appeared in her eyes.
But after seeing Cheng Caimeng beside Gu Ran, her joyful expression suddenly froze.
"Leng Ran... She... She is?"
Xue Xiling's smile was a little forced, but she still tried her best to show her smile.
"She is... a friend I met not long ago." Gu Ran said after a slight pause.
"Friends." Xue Xiling's expression suddenly relaxed.
"Hello, although I have known him for a short time, we are already very good friends." Cheng Caimeng looked at Xue Xiling, her eyes turned, and she especially emphasized the word "good".
"A very good... friend..." Xue Xiling's face froze, and then she immediately looked at Gu Ran.
Gu Ran was speechless.
"Okay, stop teasing her." Gu Ran waved his hand, "She is no match for you, the master of the Niyuan Martial Arts Hall. We have more business to do."
Gu Ran briefly explained Cheng Caimeng's identity and diverted the topic to other directions.
"The demon army is attacking the city from the outside, but their leader, Demon General Lilith, is in the inner city of Canglong City. I wonder if the principal knows about this?" Gu Ran turned to Xue Yingsong.
"Oh? The demon general has actually sneaked into the inner city? What should we do?" Xue Yingsong frowned, looking worried.
Gu Ran looked at Xue Yingsong's expression and suddenly asked, "The principal said before that the ruling center and the abyss demons were colluding. So is Lilith's sneaking into the inner city related to this? Did she reach some conditions with someone in the ruling center and want to plot something against Canglong City?"
"Yes! What you said makes sense!" Xue Yingsong agreed immediately, "The ruling center can no longer assume the function of governing, because there are bad people in it. We must inform the people of Canglong City of this news, and then rebuild a ruling center without the dragon traitors."
Gu Ran asked: "So for this new ruling center... ...does the principal have a candidate in mind?"
"The new candidate for the ruling center... There is no candidate yet. I have faded out of the decision-making minds of Canglong City for some time. I am not sure about any suitable candidates for Canglong City. We can only convene a ruling center meeting as soon as possible to elect a new standing council of the ruling center." Xue Yingsong sighed.
"But before that, how are you going to explain this civil strife to the people of Canglong City?" Gu Ran glanced around and said, "The power of the ruling center should not have been fully exerted. As far as I know, the seven elders of the ruling center of Canglong City are all very powerful, and I don't know how many other powerful people they have recruited under their command."
"And they may have colluded with the Abyss Demons. Although only one Demon General Lilith has appeared now, there is no guarantee that they will reach an agreement with the Abyss. By that time, perhaps all the Demon Generals of the Abyss will be dispatched. It will be difficult for Lanxin University to prevent such an outcome, right?"
Gu Ran’s threats were not without reason, and some of the results were obvious.
If the ruling center colluded with Lilith, then it would make sense in some aspects, such as why there was no army from Canglong City to stop the abyss demon, and only two symbolic shots were fired with the city defense cannon.
It doesn't hurt at all, and people even eat it as food to replenish energy.
"By the way, do you know that S-level bounty hunter Andes, Principal? He said that he was hired by the Governing Center to stop the demon army, but if the abyss demons and the Governing Center are in cahoots, why did the Governing Center send him to stop the demon army?" Gu Ran continued.
Xue Yingsong nodded: "He is a very high-profile bounty hunter. I have heard of him before, but I didn't expect that the ruling center would hire him to stop the demon army. Under normal circumstances, although Andes is powerful, he is still far behind the entire demon army.
"But the ruling center only arranged for him to stop the demon army, and did not arrange for anyone else... It is very likely that they had already discussed it with each other and it was just a show. Maybe their real target is... me."
Xue Xiling looked over in surprise: "Dad!?"
Xue Yingsong sighed and said, "Although the ruling center has long wanted to get involved in Lyceum University, they have never succeeded because of me. In the past year or so, I have devoted almost all my time and energy to research. Maybe they think I am old and don't want to worry about Lyceum University anymore.
"They thought this was their chance, so they wantonly filled Lanxin University with the rubbish that had caused me to do evil. When I started to clean up the rubbish they had stuffed in, they thought I was declaring war on them. And it just so happened that the demon army was attacking the city, so they might take a risky move and cooperate with the abyss demons to get rid of me, an old man who was in the way.
"Then they can blame my death on those demons, and then they can drive the demons away, and everything will be perfect."
I have to say, this plan does sound very reliable - if the other party has the corresponding military force.
Gu Ran also knew that Xue Yingsong, as the president of Lanxin University and also an excellent researcher, had a very high reputation.
In Canglong City, some people may not know the name of the elder who governs the central government, but they must have heard of the name of the president of Lanxin University.
Moreover, Xue Yingsong not only has a very high influence among the general public, but also has a very large influence on various governing bodies and even the military in Canglong City.
Because most of the chief officers among them were graduates of Lanxin University and were his students.