Chapter 373 Rumors Are Spreading

The mayor of the City of Hope is an old man with a dry face. It is unknown how many black magic stones he has absorbed, but he has reached the cultivation level of the middle stage of the Immortal Emperor.

Hearing the report from the old woman under his command, the mayor's face was like a pool of stagnant water, and his eyes gradually gathered murderous intent.

The old woman thought that the mayor blamed her, and hurriedly said: "My Lord, since that is the real Master Zhang, I am willing to make amends for my crime."

The mayor looked at the old woman, and after a long while, he said: "Oh? Tell me how to make amends for my crime."

The old woman said: "Because of a little misunderstanding before, Master Zhang was humiliated. As long as I apologize and invite Master Zhang to settle in the City of Hope, I can resolve the past grudges and increase the overall strength of my city..."

After the old woman finished speaking, the mayor thought for a moment: "Yes!"

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, thanked her and left the mayor's mansion. The mayor's hand was placed on the armrest of the throne, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged.

With a click, the handrail was crushed by the city lord, and the city lord gnashed his teeth and muttered to himself: "Zhang Ye, I didn't expect you to really come. There is a way to heaven but you don't take it. There is no door to hell but you come to it. Very good!"

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The next day, Zhang Ye opened the shop as usual. After yesterday's dispute over the authenticity, his reputation has become more and more high. In addition, Zhang Ye refined the dual-path spiritual treasure at a 10% discount, and the monks flocked to it.

The queue in front of the blacksmith shop almost ran through the entire settlement outside the city, and there were also a steady stream of immortals in the city rushing to queue up.

However, a team with clear armor, led by several immortal emperors, rumbled in.

Zhang Ye just sent a customer away. Seeing this scene, he recognized the old woman and other immortal emperors who were leading the way. He frowned. Are they here to make trouble again?

The customers were a little scared and made way. The old woman and others came straight to the door of the blacksmith shop.

Just when everyone thought that Master Zhang was going to clash with the forces in the city, they saw the old woman who led the group of immortal emperors bowing and saying, "I was blind and offended Master Zhang before. Please forgive me, Master Zhang!"

"My city lord has set up a shop for Master Zhang in the city. As an apology, please accept it, Master Zhang."

Although the forces in the city were apologizing to Zhang Ye, these poor immortals outside the city suddenly stood up straight. People in the city always felt superior, but they never thought that they would be so humble!

Zhang Ye didn't have a good face for these people. They were arrogant and unreasonable before and didn't let him enter the city. Now that they know his identity, they want to apologize again?

Zhang Ye ignored them and said directly, "Next."

The customers in line were a little afraid, but with the encouragement of Zhang Ye's eyes, they happily entered the shop and discussed the forging of spiritual treasures. The customer glanced at the humble forces in the city outside the shop from time to time. It was so cool. Forging a spiritual treasure, he could ride on the heads of the forces in the city.

The old woman and her companions came to ask for forgiveness, but Zhang Ye ignored them. Even if the other party was the real Master Zhang, he shouldn't be so arrogant, right?

However, the old woman and her companions didn't dare to get angry and continued to maintain the posture of bowing and asking for forgiveness.

In this way, it lasted from early morning until the sun was high in the sky. Zhang Ye saw that the old woman and her companions had not left yet, so he said, "Okay, you can go back."

The old woman and her companions stood up straight, and their bones creaked. The old woman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you Master Zhang for your forgiveness. I wonder when Master Zhang will move into the city?"

Hearing this, the people outside the city showed reluctance in their eyes. Once Master Zhang entered the city, they, the poor immortals, would no longer be able to find Master Zhang to forge spiritual treasures.

I really hope that Master Zhang will not leave, but it is impossible to think about it. The outside of the city is messy and dirty. Master Zhang will definitely leave.

Everyone looked at it eagerly, but Zhang Ye said, "It's good here. Please go back."

Hmm? Master Zhang refused to develop in the city? Everyone was puzzled, but also happy.

The old woman was stunned and persuaded: "Master Zhang, the city is more suitable for your development. It is beneficial to you and the City of Hope!"

Zhang Ye said: "Get lost!"

The old woman took a step back and looked at Zhang Ye in disbelief. She was so angry that her face turned red. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said: "Retreat!"

Even if this trip was to apologize, everyone was an immortal emperor, and Zhang Ye really didn't give any face. So the old woman held her breath and left.

After the forces in the city left, the customers cheered: "Master Zhang is mighty!"

Zhang Ye didn't say anything. He didn't do it to show off. The main reason was that he had already opened a store here. He couldn't just say that if you asked me to move, I had to move, right?

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The old woman returned to the city lord and reported: "Lord, Zhang Ye is so arrogant and conceited that he doesn't take the city lord's orders seriously at all..."

The city lord's face was as gloomy as water. He was thinking in his heart that if Zhang Ye could enter the city, it would be better. He could do everything he could to ruin his reputation and then kill him. This is also the reason why the city lord let the fake Zhang Ye do whatever he wants in the city before, just to ruin Zhang Ye's reputation.

But now, Zhang Ye refused to enter the city, so is there any other way?

The city lord thought for a moment and snorted and smiled: "What does it matter whether Master Zhang enters the city or not? He is serving the people of the heaven."

The old woman praised the city lord's demeanor and said goodbye and left.

The city lord paced a few steps and came to the back garden. The back garden was full of birds and flowers. It was like heaven in this chaotic world.

It's a pity that there is an isolated grave in the middle of such a beautiful garden. The tombstone in front of the grave is engraved: "The tomb of my beloved son Nangong Wuji!"

The city lord's hand gently stroked the tombstone, his voice trembling: "Son, that Zhang Ye killed you, your father will bring his head to you for worship, and that Su Jin is yours, and will always be yours, your father will let him be buried with you!"

It turned out that this city lord was the North Heavenly Lord of the Immortal Realm, Nangong Lie. When he was in the heaven, he was leading his troops to resist the Central Immortal Court. He saw that he was dying, and suddenly the heaven was in a disaster. He saw the opportunity quickly and survived the hands of those black demons.

Nangong Lie sensed that his son was killed. After a long time, he found the body of Nangong Wuji. Nangong Lie was heartbroken and vowed to kill Zhang Ye to avenge his son. He took Nangong Wuji's body and hid in the lower world, aliased Nian Wuji, built a city, and slowly developed his power.

Just imagine, if it weren't for the big figures in the heaven, who could build a strong city so quickly in such a chaotic world?

Of course, some people may ask, Nangong Lie is now a mid-stage Immortal Emperor, and he has many early-stage Immortal Emperors under his command, so why not rush up and kill Zhang Ye?

In fact, Nangong Lie knows that his Immortal Emperors are very fake, and Zhang Ye has the Six Paths of Reincarnation, a great treasure of Hongmeng, and cannot fight him head-on.

So Nangong Lie's plan is to lead Zhang Ye into the City of Hope, and then cheat him in a trap, and there will always be a way to kill him.

Now that Zhang Ye refuses to enter the city, Nangong Lie has also thought of a way to deal with him. As for the specifics, we will see the result later.

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Zhang Ye is helping people forge spiritual treasures outside the city. Although not everyone can forge high-level spiritual treasures, Zhang Ye's wealth is still accumulating day by day. In time, he will be able to unlock the forging skills of the Hongmeng treasure.

But during this period, some rumors gradually emerged outside the city, mainly saying that the magic treasure forged by Zhang Ye could not kill the Black Demon God. When the Black Demon God came, he would still have to rely on the power of the City of Hope to drive him away. Zhang Ye was here to make money.

At first, everyone was noncommittal about this statement. After all, they asked Zhang Ye to forge a magic treasure, not to fight against the Black Demon God, but mainly to have more self-protection power in this end of the world. You must know that it is a chaotic world now, and it is not just the Black Demon God who is dangerous. Evil people are rampant, and there are many things like burning, killing and looting.

Zhang Ye did not take these rumors to heart. If it is not possible, it is not possible.

But somehow, there was another voice outside the city, saying that Zhang Ye's magic treasure was the nemesis of the Black Demon God. Many people said that they saw someone using Master Zhang's magic treasure to kill the Black Demon God.

Everyone respected Master Zhang very much. Although they knew that this was not quite true, they also echoed it, which was regarded as praising their idol.

Zhang Ye just thought that everyone was joking, so there was no need to issue a statement, but a few days later, trouble came.

For ordinary troubles, Zhang Ye would directly destroy them with tough means, but the current trouble made Zhang Ye feel at a loss.

Outside the blacksmith shop, many injured people gathered, and most of them were in white clothes and crying.

"Zhang Ye, you are a big liar. You said that your magic treasure can kill the Black Demon God. My Da Zhuang took your magic treasure to fight the Black Demon God, but he died!"

An old woman cursed loudly. When everyone heard this, they helped Zhang Ye to refute it at first, saying that it was your Da Zhuang who didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was. How can you blame Master Zhang?

But those people in white clothes and mourning clothes continued to complain tearfully: "Master Zhang, my husband came to buy your magic treasure because he heard that it could kill the Black Demon God. He spent all his money just to protect himself in troubled times. Unexpectedly, my husband left and never came back..."

"If I hadn't believed that your magic treasure could kill the Black Demon God, my child wouldn't have died!"

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The onlookers wanted to speak up for Zhang Ye, but after hearing so many innocent people die tragically, they were speechless for a while.

Recently, it has been circulated that Zhang Ye's magic treasure can kill the Black Demon God. Although it is unknown where this rumor started, Zhang Ye did not stand up to declare the truth, which led these immortals to die blindly.

The blacksmith shop gradually lost the support of the people. Many people believed that Zhang Ye was responsible, and even felt that the claim of killing the Black Demon God was an advertisement for the blacksmith shop.

Now that so many people have died, an explanation must be given.

Zhang Ye has not said anything. If these people came to smash the store or cause trouble, they would be sent away directly. However, they came with corpses and questioned Zhang Ye for trusting him. Zhang Ye could not find a way to solve the problem.

The most important thing is that Zhang Ye also felt that he was indeed partly responsible. When those rumors first emerged, he should have made a solemn statement to warn everyone. But Zhang Ye was careless and just thought that everyone loved him. Who could have expected such serious consequences?

Of course, Zhang Ye now has some doubts. Is there a conspiracy behind those rumors?

Otherwise, who the hell is full of nothing to say that his spiritual treasure can kill the Black Demon God?