Chapter 1256 - 346: Well Said About the Hongmen Banquet_6
But how could this be a suicide!
However, Yuchi said it was a suicide, so it was a suicide!
At this point, it’s not about what the truth is anymore. Sometimes the truth is insignificant; how to choose carefully going forward is the most important thing.
When they saw their leader’s head separated from the body, each one of them became extraordinarily obedient, as if they knew perfectly well what to do next!
Of course, the Demon-slaying Bureau was the same; the leader was gone just like that!
The common folk understood this as a promotion and wealth, and they were somewhat envious. However, for them, this was not a promotion or wealth—it was death!
By nightfall, the City Lord and the advisor each soaked in a bathtub inside the council hall, reluctant to come out.
The City Lord lay in the tub, deeply shaken:
"Old friend, today I really walked through the gate of death. I’m not exaggerating at all. Had I hesitated for even a moment in such circumstances, I would surely be finished!"
"You don’t know how terrifying that girl named Yin Shuang is. I didn’t expect a mortal like Yuchi to have such a partner!!"
"So ferocious!"
"Just a little girl half a meter tall who looks pretty and cute, yet she directly killed those cultivators at the Core Formation Stage. In front of her, those cultivators were like a joke, unable to resist and ended up dead!"
"I wondered why Yuchi had been so calm coming to Jiangzhou City; turns out this bigshot truly has someone protecting him!"
The City Lord muttered, his face filled with expressions of pleading to be believed, lest he perish.
The advisor, drenched in sweat, whether from the bath or the City Lord’s words, listened.
He had dealt with many matters today, but finally, he raised a crucial question: "So, what do we do now?"
What do we do now? Isn’t it obvious?
I don’t think you heard what I was just talking about... The City Lord laughed bitterly: "We must follow the commerce association’s lead!"
"Now that I understand, no conversation is truly kind and friendly; conflicts lurk behind it all!"
"I seriously suspect Yuchi Saburo has taken more lives than just these; he probably has killed quite a few!"
"If it weren’t for him not actually engaging in wanton slaughter and having justified reasons, he’d seem like a major villain now."
Thinking back to a few days earlier, when Chen Guangsheng and others spoke of opposing Yuchi.
They planned to deal with Yuchi!
What happened?
In just two days, the people are gone and dead.
The contrast between past and present is indeed shocking!
At this point, the advisor understood:
"As we suspected earlier, let’s follow the commerce association. Do you think Jiangnan aims to swallow Jiangzhou City?"
This question is also extremely critical.
The City Lord was woozy from the bath:
"Yes, things have come this far. My old friend, you wouldn’t still cling to Jiangzhou City, would you?"
"You should visit Jiangnan more; their planning and development are formidable!"
"Instead of slowly transforming Jiangzhou City, why not let the woods and plants consume it entirely? It’s time to start anew, time to handle this properly."
Can Jiangzhou City be improved?
It can, but rebuilding from scratch is inefficient and costly.
And it can’t compete with Jiangnan.
So what’s the point in making the effort when lying flat is much more comfortable.
"Alright!"
"I’ll go to Jiangnan tomorrow, and negotiate with the county magistrate there to see if it’s possible to move Jiangzhou City into Jiangnan. There are still six months this year, and hopefully we can resolve the livelihood for these million people within this time frame."
The advisor didn’t have a chance to properly think about his own future, but this is the way of the world. He can only go with the flow; is there any point in fighting against it?
He’s not a stubborn fish drowning.
The City Lord directly said:
"No need to wait until tomorrow. Once we finish our bath, we’ll head to Jiangnan overnight. Why wait?"
"Now is the time to show our stance, not dawdle! My old friend, you clearly haven’t realized how terrifying Yuchi Saburo is, casually killing people with a smile."
"Killing chickens isn’t even that simple; not a twitch in his leg, and people are dead!"
The advisor understood, wiped the sweat off his forehead, nodded, "Alright! Let’s send all the artisans from Jiangzhou City over there. Jiangzhou City is ready to fade; time to welcome the new Jiangnan."
The City Lord nodded, gazing blankly into the night outside: "Yes, I anticipated this day would come, but not this quickly."
"The Jiangnan United Commerce Association was established just a few years ago—three years, right?"
"Only three years?"
"It hasn’t been four years, and we’ve reached this situation. Oh, it makes an old guy like me bewildered! Could it be I’ll witness another change in my lifetime?"
The advisor fell silent, then suddenly spoke: "It’s actually quite nice, isn’t it?"
The City Lord: "..."
He looked at the advisor, baffled.
The advisor then smiled and said: "I’ve long told you, Yuchi isn’t someone to be dealt with casually. When the Xufu Town United Commerce Association emerged, I warned you that if we praised it, there’d be considerable follow-up."
Then he took a deep breath: "But as you said, who could have anticipated this coming so fast? Who could have predicted that of the Four Major Institutions, besides us, the other three cultivator institutions would be directly decapitated?"
"Who could have foreseen it?"
This world is thus; if everyone could predict the next step’s events, it would be too simple, and the world wouldn’t be as it is.