142: Chapter 142 I've Guaranteed

The flood dragon phantom shattered.

A figure appeared before the flood dragon phantom and, with a wave of their hand, directly shattered it.

This spared everyone present from the pressure of the flood dragon phantom.

At the same time, it was Yan Nian's turn to be unable to move.

She was firmly locked in place by a force, unable to budge.

"Great Elder Chi Yucheng of the Red Flood Dragon Clan."

On the city wall of Cangyuan City, a middle-aged man appeared.

"Lord City Lord." Upon seeing him, the surrounding guards were invigorated and immediately greeted him.

Many people wore smiles on their faces.

They knew that their Lord City Lord had not appeared in the public eye for nearly five years.

During this time, rumors had run rampant: some said the City Lord was seriously injured, others claimed he had already fallen, or perhaps he had left Cangyuan City to pursue the Dao.

Over these five years, many factions had started to become restless.

They were all eyeing the position of City Lord of Cangyuan City.

Cangyuan City was originally built as a joint effort by various factions, and none of them wanted someone from a rival faction to hold the position of City Lord.

Through negotiations between the major factions, they decided that a Loose Cultivator, someone without conflicting interests with any of the factions, should serve as the City Lord of Cangyuan City.

The first City Lord of Cangyuan City was a Loose Cultivator at the Peak of the Bitter Sea Realm. Each City Lord could be recommended by their predecessor, followed by a final vote from the major factions.

For instance, the second City Lord was recommended by the first, and the final vote was passed.

If a recommendation did not pass, the City Lord would need to recommend someone else, or some Loose Cultivators could self-nominate to serve as City Lord; the third City Lord was chosen this way.

However, this system had been in place for thousands of years since the founding of Cangyuan City; it now reeked of decay and was entangled with too many conflicts of interest.

As for the current City Lord, Sun Tianxiang, he was appointed by the previous City Lord and, with the support of certain factions, assumed the position of City Lord of Cangyuan City.

He himself was quite strong, being a cultivator in the initial stage of the Other Shore Realm, one of the few Other Shore Realm cultivators to have served as City Lord of Cangyuan City.

Under his governance, Cangyuan City had flourished, so many people did not want to see anything happen to him.

Now, Sun Tianxiang's appearance here shattered those rampant rumors, providing peace of mind to many.

This also reminded many people of the High Grade seven-turn return-to-heaven pill that had been purchased by the City Lord's Mansion at the auction.

After that Medicinal Pill fell into the hands of the City Lord's Mansion, Sun Tianxiang appeared before everyone's eyes, which made people suspect that the previous rumors might not have been false.

However, most people's attention was now drawn to the scene before them.

The appearance of this Other Shore Level 1 flood dragon phantom had already attracted a lot of attention, and now even the Grand Elder of the Red Flood Dragon Clan had personally appeared outside Cangyuan City.

This made some wonder if the Red Flood Dragon Clan was planning a major move, or if they were about to take action against the Human Race.

The major factions within Cangyuan City, however, understood the Red Flood Dragon Clan's purpose and were just watching the show.

After shattering the phantom of the flood dragon, Great Elder Chi Yucheng landed slowly and walked step by step toward Yan Nian.

Seeing Great Elder Chi Yucheng walking toward her, Yan Nian tried her best to appear calm.

"Base breed, you have no right to live in this world." The next second, Yan Nian felt suffocated.

However, this feeling of suffocation lasted less than a second.

Great Elder Chi Yucheng, on the contrary, suddenly retreated dozens of steps before barely steadying himself, a look of horror appearing on his face.

Immediately after, his gaze fell in front of Yan Nian, on the masked woman who had suddenly appeared.

He hadn't even noticed this woman's appearance, nor had he noticed how she had attacked him.

That deathly threat. Without a doubt, this woman who had suddenly appeared was certainly stronger than him.

The eyes of everyone else present also fell upon the masked woman; she had actually forced Great Elder Chi Yucheng to retreat—who on earth was she?

However, a few individuals had guessed her identity.

"Who are you, Your Excellency? Why interfere in the affairs of my Red Dragon Clan?" Great Elder Chi Yucheng said to her.

"I will protect her." Master Yun Hua glanced at Great Elder Chi Yucheng and said coldly.

"Follow me." Master Yun Hua turned and walked toward Cangyuan City.

Yan Nian did not hesitate at all, because her mother had told her that as long as she escaped into Cangyuan City, someone would help her, and that person would not fear the Red Flood Dragon Clan.

Clearly, the person before her was very likely the one her mother had spoken of. Besides, Great Elder Chi Yucheng had clearly wanted to kill her just now. She had no other way out.

"Are you intending to oppose my Red Flood Dragon Clan, Your Excellency?" Great Elder Chi Yucheng said in a deep voice upon seeing this.

He was unwilling to let Master Yun Hua take Yan Nian away just like that; in his view, Yan Nian had to die. Only if Yan Nian died could all her thoughts be severed.

He didn't care who this masked person was.

Master Yun Hua stopped and turned her head to look at Great Elder Chi Yucheng.

With just that one look, Great Elder Chi Yucheng instantly knelt; that powerful pressure left him without the slightest strength to resist, and he knelt directly on the ground.

Nirvana Realm?! Great Elder Chi Yucheng, kneeling on the ground, realized at this moment that the person before him was a powerhouse of the Nirvana Realm.

Yuanxu Mountain. At the same time, Great Elder Chi Yucheng realized Master Yun Hua's identity.

A Nirvana Realm powerhouse who was willing to save this base breed and didn't care about their Red Flood Dragon Clan—it could only be her. He should have thought of it sooner.

Great Elder Chi Yucheng gritted his teeth, wanting to stand up under this pressure, but he was unable to do so.

"Damn, the Grand Elder of the Red Flood Dragon Clan just knelt down like that." "No way?! I heard Great Elder Chi Yucheng is already a True Monarch of the Other Shore Level 6."

"Nonsense, can't you see it for yourself? He just knelt."

"That means this masked boss is a Nirvana Ancestor?!" "I'm afraid so."

"..." To be able to make a powerhouse at the level of a True Monarch of the Other Shore kneel without warning, only a Nirvana Ancestor could do that.

What kind of day was this? Not only had they seen the Grand Elder of the Red Flood Dragon Clan personally take action, but now even a Nirvana Ancestor, whom they usually never saw, had appeared.

This made many people curious about Yan Nian's identity; to be able to cause such a spectacle, her identity was clearly extraordinary.

"It really is her." Sun Tianxiang nodded.