410: Chapter 410 A Coincidence

A few days later.

Chen Hu had just come out of the Small World.

He felt that the atmosphere in Linhe City was somewhat off.

Using his Immortal sense to sweep over the area, he learned that Zhenbing City had allied with Five Elements City, mobilizing a hundred thousand Immortal soldiers to attack Linhe City.

The grievance between Linhe City and Zhenbing City had already lasted for many years.

The reason for their feud was also very simple: they were fighting over a mine.

After several years of warfare, that mine was ultimately secured by Linhe City.

This had caused Zhenbing City to harbor a grudge ever since.

This time, they had even persuaded Five Elements City to join forces and send troops to attack Linhe City.

To cope with the invasion of Zhenbing City and Five Elements City,

City Lord Wan Chongshan directly issued a conscription order, barely scraping together eighty thousand men.

Originally, Linhe City only had fifty thousand official Immortal soldiers.

The thirty thousand Immortal soldiers conscripted later were all low-level Immortals who worked in the mines.

Aside from this,

City Lord Wan Chongshan also conscripted one hundred thousand auxiliary troops.

These one hundred thousand auxiliary troops did not need to go to the city walls to fight; they only needed to channel Immortal essence into the city-defending grand array.

The city-defending grand array of an Immortal city was extremely consuming of Immortal crystals.

Under normal circumstances, it remained shut down.

It would only be activated during wartime or special periods.

Therefore, to save Immortal crystals, they could only conscript low-level Immortals to channel Immortal essence.

Regarding what Linhe City was facing,

Chen Hu did not care at all.

Whether it was City Lord Wan Chongshan ruling Linhe City or someone else, as long as he revealed a bit of his cultivation, no one would dare to cause him trouble.

But he never expected that

City Lord Wan Chongshan would actually come to his door in person.

"Exalted Immortal, please lend a hand and save Linhe City!" City Lord Wan Chongshan knelt directly in front of Chen Hu.

For he had already found out that the city lord of Zhenbing City, Liu Qingyun, had not only allied with Five Elements City but had also invited five Profound Immortals as external help.

He knew that in Linhe City, he only had three Profound Immortal subordinates.

Although there were still five Profound Immortal families in the city,

how could those families be willing to risk their lives for him?

Therefore, even before Zhenbing City had attacked, he had already foreseen defeat.

To become the city lord of Linhe City, he had paid a great price.

Up until now, he had not even made back his investment.

Thus, he was unwilling to lose the position of city lord just like that.

Besides, without the position of city lord, Liu Qingyun would be even less likely to let him off.

"Is it to save Linhe City, or to save you?"

Chen Hu looked at City Lord Wan Chongshan with amusement.

Even if Linhe City fell, Zhenbing City and Five Elements City would not commit any mass slaughter.

Because low-level Immortals were excellent tools and money-making instruments.

Thus, the only ones who would truly suffer were City Lord Wan Chongshan and the Profound Immortal families in the city.

"It is to save this humble Immortal!"

City Lord Wan Chongshan immediately changed his tune: "As long as the Exalted Immortal is willing to help, this humble Immortal is willing to offer up most of my net worth!"

Saying this, he took out an immortal storage ring and presented it.

Chen Hu waved his hand, and the immortal storage ring fell into his palm. After probing it, he found that there were indeed quite a lot of Immortal crystals inside.

Thus, he nodded: "Alright, I agree to this matter!"

City Lord Wan Chongshan could not help but fall into ecstasy.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

The hundred-thousand-strong army of Zhenbing City and Five Elements City finally arrived at Linhe City.

At the invitation of City Lord Wan Chongshan,

Chen Hu followed him onto the city wall, directly facing the hundred-thousand-strong army below.

"Wan Chongshan, I advise you to open the array and surrender. That way, this city lord can still spare your life. Otherwise, once our allied forces breach the city, I will surely tear you into ten thousand pieces, extract your Immortal soul, and use it as a sky lantern!"

Below the city wall, Liu Qingyun shouted in an arrogant tone.

"Liu Qingyun, you still want to conquer my Linhe City? I think you are dreaming! If you know what's good for you, get lost immediately, and this city lord will let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, I will make sure your hundred-thousand-strong army never returns!"

Compared to his panic and anxiety upon learning that a hundred-thousand-strong army was pressing down on them, the current City Lord Wan Chongshan was not afraid at all.

"Alright, stop talking trash!"

Chen Hu said speechlessly.

Then, he released the aura of a Golden Immortal, pressing down on the crowd and the hundred-thousand-strong army below.

"Retreat now, and you may live!"

Chen Hu's voice echoed faintly.

"It's a Golden Immortal!"

A Profound Immortal cried out in terror.

"How could there be a Golden Immortal?"

Liu Qingyun said in disbelief.

"Brother Liu, let's retreat. Since this city has a Golden Immortal presiding over it, it is not something we can covet!" the city lord of Five Elements City advised.

"Indeed, City Lord Liu!"

Another Profound Immortal also advised: "Let us retreat for now, and then investigate whether Wan Chongshan spent a fortune to invite this esteemed Golden Immortal to act, or if he has a personal relationship with him."

"If it is the former, we can come back to attack after some time."

"If it is the latter, then we can only give up!"

"Withdraw!"

Liu Qingyun grit his teeth and issued the order to retreat.

Do not be fooled by the fact that they had quite a few Profound Immortals on their side;

against a Golden Immortal, they did not stand a single chance.

"Alright, this matter is settled, I'm leaving!"

Leaving behind these words, Chen Hu drifted away from the city wall.

It had to be said that this sum of Immortal crystals from City Lord Wan Chongshan was earned very easily.

He did not even have to make a move; he had merely released a wisp of his aura.

Two days later,

City Lord Wan Chongshan once again came to the small courtyard where Chen Hu resided.

It turned out he was gifting a mansion to Chen Hu.

The mansion was very large.

Although it was not as grand as the City Lord's Mansion, it was even larger than the estates of the Profound Immortal families in the city.

This mansion was expanded by City Lord Wan Chongshan ordering the demolition of several other estates and many houses.

Aside from this,

he also arranged for over a hundred maidservants in the mansion.

These maidservants were all quite good-looking, and the one with the lowest cultivation had reached the fifth level of the Human Immortal realm.

Since City Lord Wan Chongshan wanted to gift it,

Chen Hu did not bother to refuse.

He directly moved in along with Ao Ying.

Then, he transferred all of his wives out of the Small World.

He let them choose a courtyard to move into.

It was worth mentioning that Chen Hu's wives had all broken through to the Human Immortal realm.

However, the maidservants and handmaidens had not yet broken through.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed since Chen Hu moved into the new mansion.

During this period,

Elder Piaoyu had also brought Deputy Sect Master Yun Lan to visit once.

The cultivation of this master and disciple pair had both achieved Breakthroughs.

Elder Piaoyu had already reached the second level of the Heavenly Immortal realm, while Deputy Sect Master Yun Lan had reached the second level of the Human Immortal realm.

However, she was still slightly behind her disciple.

Xia Qianqian was already at the fourth level of the Human Immortal realm.

On this day,

one of Chen Hu's traits, "Favored by Fortune," flickered.

Immediately, he checked this trait and found that the power of Luck had already accumulated to the maximum, triggering a fortuitous encounter.

At this very moment,

an inexplicable feeling flashed through Chen Hu's heart.

It seemed that as long as he went in a certain direction, he would be able to obtain a fortuitous encounter.

Therefore,

he quietly left Linhe City.

He rushed rapidly in that direction.

He wanted to see what kind of fortuitous encounter this "Favored by Fortune" trait could bring him.

After flying rapidly for more than fifteen minutes,

Chen Hu finally arrived at his destination.

But even after sweeping his Immortal sense across the surroundings and deep into the ground, he found nothing at all.

"Could it be that the time has not yet come?"

Chen Hu thought to himself.

The traits came from the System; he would not doubt their authenticity.

Since the time had not yet come, he simply descended, took out a table and chairs, brewed a pot of tea, and waited patiently.

Time passed slowly.

Just as Chen Hu was about to finish his pot of tea,

the Void Realm several hundred meters away suddenly tore open,

and an object dropped out from it.

"The fortuitous encounter is here!"

Chen Hu was delighted. He reached out across the air to grab the object, and as it landed in his hand, it turned out to be a small golden bell.