Nightingale searched the streets for Xia Lei but could not find him. When she returned to the City Lord's Mansion in despair, she happened to see Xia Lei leading two snake-patterned men walking towards the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Where have you been?" Nightingale greeted him.
Xia Lei said: "I went out for a walk in the city."
Nightingale glanced at the two snake-printed men, Caoji and Qingpi, behind Xia Lei. She naturally remembered the proposal she had made to Xia Lei. She leaned close to Xia Lei's ear and lowered her voice, "You'd better go find him." Did the snake-printed man inquire?"
Xia Lei nodded, "Yes, I hired them. The older one is called Caoji, and the young man is called Qingpi."
Nightingale's voice became even softer, "Serpentine people are very cunning, vicious by nature, and have no loyalty at all. You have to be careful."
Xia Lei just smiled and said, "There are good people and bad people in any race. If I was worried about them betraying me, I wouldn't hire them. But thank you for the reminder, I will be careful."
Caoji and Qingpi bowed to Nightingale, looking very humble.
Everyone says that snake-printed people are vicious, mean and untrustworthy, so almost no one in this world is willing to hire snake-printed people to do any work, and they also suffer discrimination from the entire world. But Xia Lei gave them a chance. From this point of view, their hearts were full of gratitude.
After entering the City Lord's Mansion, Nightingale asked the maid to arrange accommodation for Caoji and Qingpi, and then took Xia Lei to the room of City Lord Guye.
"He has already agreed, but I think it would be better for you to talk to him in person." Nightingale said.
Xia Lei said: "He is your husband, the Lord of Ashes City. Although you are the one who actually makes the decision, out of respect, you should talk to the Lord of Guye City about such matters." Xia Lei said.
"He..." Nightingale's expression darkened, "He doesn't have much time."
Xia Lei comforted him: "Be patient. Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature. No one can avoid it. Everyone will come one day."
Nightingale's voice was full of sadness, "He has terminated my engagement with him, and said that from now on, I will be the lord of Ashes City."
Xia Lei said: "He has chosen the right person. You are the most suitable person for Ash City. You will definitely develop Ash City into what he wants."
Entering the room, Xia Lei saw the Lord of Guye City lying on the bed. He was already dying, and the aura of death on his body was obviously stronger than the last time he saw him.
Lord Guye opened his eyes when he was at the door. This time he didn't ask Nightingale to help him, he just sat up on his own.
"Be careful." Nightingale walked over quickly, wanting to help him.
But the Lord of Guye City waved his hand, "No, I can do it on my own. I don't want to die in prison, even if I die... ahem... I also want to die on the battlefield like a warrior. This is my last wish. But... ahem..."
"Don't be like this, just lie down and rest. I'll take care of you, Qiuqiu." Seeing the man she respected the most was so desolate, Nightingale felt very uncomfortable in her heart, and black mist appeared in her blue eyes.
"Why don't we go to the arena and I'll walk with you." Xia Lei said.
"Go to the arena... Well, that's a good idea. It can be considered a battlefield. Okay, let's go to the arena." Lord Guye tried to get out of bed, but he had the strength to sit up, but he didn't have the strength to stand on his withered legs. stand up.
"You should take a rest, stop doing this." Nightingale could no longer control the emotions in her heart, and black tears burst out of her eyes.
"Why are you crying? You are already the city lord of Ashes City. How can there be a city lord who cries?" City Lord Guye took a breath and said, "Let me try again, try again."
Xia Lei walked over and reached out to grab Guye City Lord's wrist. At that time, he injected a force of milk force into Guye City Lord's wrist.
"You..." Lord Guye looked at Xia Lei in surprise. He knew very well what changes were taking place in his body, and he also saw the colorful energy rays entering his body. His body was quickly recovering and gaining strength, but it all happened so casually that he couldn't believe it.
"Let's go, I think you should be able to do it now." Xia Lei said.
The Lord of Guye City climbed up from his bed and stood on the ground with his withered legs. He looked at his legs in surprise, and then tried to take a step. He actually took a step and did not fall down.
Nightingale's eyes moved from City Lord Guye to Xia Lei. She also knew very well that Lord Guye could stand up entirely because of Xia Lei, but she couldn't believe that a miracle happened just like that.
Lord Guye quickly adapted to it. He didn't even bother to put on his shoes and walked to the door barefoot.
"I'll help you walk." Nightingale finally came back to her senses and hurriedly supported the Lord of Guye City.
"I can walk by myself, I don't need your help." Lone Ye shook off Nightingale's hand and walked toward the door alone. His steps were long and powerful. At this moment, he didn't look like a dying old man at all.
Along the way, a large number of guards and slaves knelt down on the road. Everyone who saw Lord Guye's eyes were full of surprise and confusion.
"What a miracle, our old city lord actually recovered!"
"It must be the blessing of the gods!"
"We defeated Lava City, we took down the blood crystal mine, and now the old city owner has recovered again. This is the God of Luck kissing our Ashes City!"
"The era of Ashes City has arrived!"
There was a sound of praise.
But only Xia Lei knew the truth. The Lord of Guye City's time had come.
There was no competition in the arena, no dueling deadpools, and no audience. The large circular venue was silent.
Lord Guye knelt on the blood-stained sand, picked up a handful of sand and took a deep breath of the blood in the sand, "Hahaha... I never dreamed that I, Guye, would have another day. I can stand in the arena and smell the blood, and I can feel the warrior spirits lying here, they are calling me."
Xia Lei looked at him quietly, he had respect for this dying man.
Nightingale came close to Xia Lei and whispered: "Tell me the truth... He... isn't it?"
Xia Lei nodded.
Sadness came from her heart, and two black tears rolled down from the corners of Nightingale's eyes.
"Long, I accept your proposal. Our Ash City will cooperate with you to mine the blood crystal mine." Lord Guye stood up from the sand, and the blood-stained sand grains slipped from his fingers. Go down.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Xia Lei nodded.
"What do you think is the appropriate share ratio?" Lord Guye looked at Xia Lei.
Xia Lei smiled and said, "What do you think is the appropriate share ratio?"
"Sanqi, you are 30%, Ashes City is 70%." Lord Guye said.
Xia Lei said with a smile: "Sanqi? This is not a fair share ratio. Without my help, you can't take that blood crystal mine, and without my protection and engineering robots, you can't mine that mine. You guys. Is it fair to get a 70% share without doing almost anything?”
"But that piece of land belongs to Ashes City." Lord Guye said.
"Let's do it like this, we'll divide it into four and six, six for me and four for you." Xia Lei said.
"This won't work!" Before the Lord of Guye City could speak, Nightingale said anxiously: "Fifty-five, let's each give in and divide it fifty-fifty!"
"Fifty-five is five-five." Xia Lei followed.
Nightingale was stunned for a moment.
"Hahaha, you..." Lord Guye laughed, "Nightingale, you are still too young and lack some experience."
Nightingale looked at Xia Lei angrily. She now felt that she had fallen into Xia Lei's trap. On the surface, it was Xia Lei who came out the most, but Ashes City paid for the land, and at the same time it had to endure pressure from all aspects and troubles of all kinds. Xia Lei actually made the 50/50 share, and Ashes City lost.
"Long, you are a shrewd businessman." Lord Guye said with a smile: "Nightingale, be careful when dealing with Long in the future, otherwise you will suffer losses."
Nightingale glared at Xia Lei again, "Don't let him lie to me again in the future."
Xia Lei said with a smile: "Friends are friends, and business is business. From now on, the affairs of Ash City are my business. No matter who wants to touch your Ash City, I will be the first one not to agree. I'm afraid this promise of mine can only be half achieved." A snow crystal mine, right?”
"Thank you, Long." Lord Guye said, "It was just a joke, I hope you don't mind."
"I know, Nightingale is not really angry with me, right?" Xia Lei looked at Nightingale and said with a smile.
Of course Nightingale would not be really angry with Xia Lei. She also wanted to smile at Xia Lei, but she couldn't.
"Nightingale, go get me a sword. I want to practice with the dragon." Lord Guye said.
Nightingale was immediately startled, "You... No, you should go back and rest. Your body can't bear it at all, let alone training with the dragon. I saw with my own eyes that he killed the Blazing Legion with one kick. Trample to death!"
"Then I need to practice more. It is an honor in my life to meet an opponent like Long. Go and get me a sword!" Lord Guye urged: "Go quickly! You don't even listen to me. Yet?"
Nightingale took a deep look at the Lord of Guye City, and she seemed to understand something at this moment. She bit her cherry-like bright red lips, then turned and ran towards the weapons rack.
After Nightingale left, the Lord of Guye City said: "Long, I have given Nightingale to you, you must treat her well."
Xia Lei was stunned for a moment, "Lord Guye City, you..."
Treat her well. How do you treat her well? The scale of this problem is difficult to understand and grasp.
"Although she is my wife, I have never touched her. She is so young. I would not trust her if she were handed over to another man. I would also wrong her. Only a damn hero like you can be worthy of her. Everyone is Man, do you still want me to say something clearly?"
Xia Lei smiled bitterly, "Lord Guye, you misunderstood, I..."
The Lord of Guye City interrupted Xia Lei, "Long, do you want me to kneel down to you so that you can agree to my last wish?"
Xia Lei couldn't say anything if he wanted to refuse.
"Promise me, or I will die in peace." Lord Guye's knees suddenly softened, and he knelt down in front of Xia Lei.
"Master Guye, please get up, I can't bear such a big gift from you." Xia Lei hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
"If you don't agree, I will die like this." Lord Guye said.
Xia Lei sighed, "Isn't it okay if I promise you?"
Only then did the Lord of Guye City accept Xia Lei's help and stood up.
At this time, Nightingale came over with a sword and handed it to Lord Guye's hand. There were still black tear stains in the corners of her eyes, forming a sharp color difference with the skin of her scalp.
"Nightingale, you are already the city lord of Ashes City, and the city lord will not shed tears." City Lord Guye said.
Nightingale nodded and then stepped away.
"Dragon, don't hold back, I want you to fight with all your strength, okay?" Lord Guye looked at Xia Lei expectantly.
Xia Lei nodded, and the master on his right wrist slid down, switching the form of the sword, and then he said to the Lord of Guye: "Come on! A battle of life and death!"
"Kill—" Lord Guye raised his sword and rushed towards Xia Lei.
Xia Lei raised the Sword of Dominance in his hand. There was no fighting spirit in his heart, but only sadness.
boom!
A black death energy was released from Lord Guye's sword. Although it was very weak, it gave people an aura of looking back at death.
The sword energy composed of dark death energy pierced Xia Lei's body fiercely. At that moment, the Lord of Guye City suddenly fell down, and the sword slipped from his hand and fell on the sand.
"Wow—" Nightingale cried bitterly and threw herself forward.
The Lord of Guye City didn't respond at all, he died.