Chapter 1330: A Brilliantly Clear Li Hao (I)
“Guardian Turtle, you guys can keep the seniors company,” Li Hao instructed. “You’re all familiar with each other and haven’t met up in many many years. Star River is a friendly city, so there’s no need to keep anything from them. I don’t mind, and neither will Dean Zhang.”
Zhang An nodded slightly and said calmly, “We can be at ease when conversing with each other and talking about the old times. I will not interfere with that.”
“The dean is most generous and open-minded!”
Zhang An smiled with a word. “Let’s head inside.” He gestured to Li Hao.
“Alright!” The young man strode toward the city lord manor, leaving a group of people looking worriedly at each other. These two... wouldn’t start fighting as soon as the doors closed, would they?
The old turtle and others knew that Li Hao was here to claim Star River. But out of the eight families, there were still Saints alive from the Zhang and Zhao families. They’d already relinquished their main cities to Li Hao and seized Star River through painstaking effort after ambushing the Zhous.
It could be said that they’d done everything humanly possible to help, yet here Li Hao was, ready to take even their second homes.
The ancient cities were still very useful at times. For example, when Li Hao self-detonated, all of the Saints would’ve promptly died if it wasn’t for the main cities. The cities were innately a sacred land for energy uptake and cultivation, as well as defensive weapons. It was difficult for outsiders to even infiltrate a main city, to say nothing of invading it.
Giving up a main city now would place Zhang An and the rest in a dangerous position.
Thus, those that’d come with Li Hao were feeling trepidation, but didn’t mention it. The Zhang Saint and two elders from the Zhaos were old friends. The spurge tree had lived with them for one hundred thousand years, so this encounter brought mixed feelings all around.
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The grand hall of the city.