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He was gifted when he was young. He rejected the olive branches of major magic families and entered the dangerous mazes alone. In just eighty years, he relied on himself to become a magician who dominated the world.
And through his own efforts, he successfully ascended to the position of Lord of Gul City.
He is always on the road of struggle, maybe he feels that he has been fighting all his life, so he can't enjoy himself?
From then on, he became addicted to women and the flattery of the magic family.
In thirty years, there has been no improvement in magic level.
I am also not willing to explore mazes opened in distant areas.
According to Soran's inference, the city lord was used to having the final say in Gur City.
After being a grandfather for a long time, it is natural that he doesn’t want to be a grandson anymore.
In other places, especially in prosperous cities, the magicians there are not weak, but they are definitely not invincible.
The city lord went there once and returned with a gloomy face. He never left Gul City again.
The deputy city lord and others secretly laughed at him, saying that he was just a commoner boy who had not received any aristocratic education.
As a result, the city lord accidentally found out and came to scold him, and the two sides completely fell out from then on.
Because they dared not resort to violence within the city, they confronted each other over the policies for governing the city.
This is also the reason why the priests in Gul City refused Palina's order to treat Leah, without any regard for the city lord's face.
Anyway, they have the support of the deputy city lord, and they believe they cannot leave Gul City, so the city lord does not have the courage to touch them.
"Come to think of it, Soran did remind me that those people would definitely make things difficult for me if I started the project."
"Heh." Zhang Mu smiled, "You'd better not think that I'm joking when I say I'm going to hang their heads on the top of the flagpole.
Someone comes. "
After waiting for a while without any movement, I remembered that Soran and Domit had gone out of the city to help the rebels settle down.
The guards and servants on duty were forbidden to approach the study by his own orders.
Forget it, I'll just go there myself.
Zhang Mu stood up and walked to the backyard, found Palina who was taking care of Leah, and told her to deliver his orders to the pastor today.
Then he returned to the study, summoned the portal, and returned to Blue Star.
Stretching his body, Zhang Mu walked around the workshop checking the machines and equipment, thinking that he needed to add some more things.
The buildings and scenery of the immortal sects and magic academies can be built by recruiting people from other worlds, but teachers, students, teaching staff and the like can only be built by themselves.
He is the only one who knows puppetry.
Fortunately, I am not alone now, so I can leave the collection of materials to Sauron.
However, some rare materials cannot be bought with gold coins, so Zhang Mu needs to prepare more high-level potions for bartering.
Too lazy to make a special trip back to China to purchase the goods, Zhang Mu directly placed an online order using a fake identity.
After placing the order for all the necessary herbs, he leaned against the machine and thought about the academy's enrollment and the immortal sect's recruitment of disciples.
When the drawings were handed over to the Gul City Construction Team, he asked about the approximate completion time.
The team leader said that if sufficient manpower is provided and cost savings are not considered, the first phase of the project can be completed in at most one month.
Zhang Mu divided the entire academy and sect into ten periods.
In the first phase, the college side has the train tracks, the scenery along the way, and the main building of the college, while the sect side has the main peak and fairyland.
Since he doesn't need to worry about the overall splicing of all the parts, he plans to solve this step within the "world" using its own functions.
So he was not very satisfied with the one-month construction period.
"Tsk, take your time." After thinking for a while and failing to come up with an effective solution, Zhang Mu muttered, "It's a good opportunity to use this time to create momentum for the start of school and the opening of the mountain gate.
Also, the refining of the dolls needs to be accelerated, which is a big deal.
Well... buy the machine that's needed urgently first."
My brain raced and I realized that although there were a lot of things to do, the only thing I could do now was to get the equipment ready.
To obtain rare doll materials, you must wait until the herbs arrive and the potion is brewed before you can exchange them.
Thinking of this, he stopped hesitating and took out his cell phone to contact the unusually enthusiastic agent, explained the machine he needed, and paid the deposit.
Then he summoned a portal and stepped inside.
Chapter 139: The first phase of the project is completed, creating momentum for the opening ceremony and the apprentice ceremony
In the blink of an eye, it’s already been a month.
The Lord's Mansion of Gul City.
Zhang Mu held the sleeping Leah in his arms and paced back and forth in the study room with a frown on his face.
The priest, who had originally spoken harshly and refused to treat Leah, lined up obediently to come to the door after Zhang Mu found an excuse to contradict the city lord and chopped off three heads and hung them on the flagpole outside the city gate.
Zhang Mu couldn't figure out whether the former city lord was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
As a city lord, why do you always think about fighting others in a duel or killing people with magic?
What do you use the power in your hands for?
The church prohibits the use of force in the city, but the kingdom is maintaining order normally, and the church can't say anything.
The priests whose colleagues had been chopped down seemed to realize that if the city lord wanted to kill them, he didn't have to do it himself.
The deputy city lord would not really fight with the city lord for his life for a few priests.
So when treating Leah, they used all their skills.
But it's of no use.
Leah still sleeps more than ten hours a day, and this time is even tending to increase gradually.
This morning, Zhang Mu held her in his arms and took a walk. After a while, the little cat fell asleep again.
He was worried in his heart and no longer wanted to go around in circles, so he turned around and went back to the study.
"What's the reason?"
Wiping away the crystal liquid that flowed from the corner of Leia's mouth, Zhang Mu muttered to himself in confusion.
The priest's various levels of healing magic were ineffective, so he brought in some medical equipment for physical examinations from Blue Star, but after going through a whole process, he still found nothing abnormal.
If it doesn't work, go to the empire and see a high-level priest.
"Lord City Lord." Soran's voice outside the door woke Zhang Mu up, "Come in."
Soran pushed the door open and walked in: "The first phase of the construction has been completed. When will you go to inspect it?"
"Go later, and start the second phase of the project as soon as possible."
"As you command, Lord City Lord."
“In addition,” he looked at the report in his hand, “the two deputy city lords have protested loudly against your waste of manpower to build useless buildings and your practice of punishing priests without reason.
You are requested to attend a meeting at Town Hall.”
"Let them wait. I'll go when I'm in a better mood." Zhang Mu said impatiently.
"Over there, Commander Domit, the housing for the personnel has been completed, and the work of reclaiming farmland is underway.
The materials that the city lord needs have also been collected in full."
"I see."
After saying this, Soran bowed and saluted, then stepped back out of the study and closed the door tightly, but it was pushed open again in an instant.
"Lord City Lord." Palina, wearing a long white gauze dress, walked into the room and looked at Leah with a worried look on her face. "How is Leah?"
"No improvement." Seeing her reaching out, Zhang Mu carefully handed Leah to her, "Did your cousin come to see you yesterday?"
Palina paused while stroking Leah's head, and she nodded her chin: "Yeah."
"What did you say?"
"My cousin asked if the city lord has been happy lately."
"Are you still asking me when I'll pick her up?"
"My Lord City Lord, I..." Zhang Mu seemed to have not expected that he had a conversation with his cousin. He knew every word of it and explained anxiously.
"okay."
After spending more than a month together, Zhang Mu, who had gotten to know her a little better, knew that she had no ill intentions and did not dwell on the matter.
Then he asked, "You have been in the City Lord's Mansion for more than ten years, right?"
"It ends this year, and it will be exactly thirteen years."
Looking at her face, Zhang Mu said, “Back then, your cousin found out that I liked you, so she forced your father to marry you to me in order to please me.
If you want to leave now, I will let you go home."
"Lord City Lord." She had a weak smile on her face, "It's all the same."
"Are you dissatisfied with your father, or are you blaming me?"
"You're scaring me again."
The corners of Zhang Mu's mouth twitched. After a month, he had gotten to know her better and she also got to know her temper a little bit.
He didn't say anything, and Palina looked around.
Because servants were strictly prohibited from entering the study, the floors, bookshelves, vases, etc. were not cleaned and were covered with dust.
After putting Leah on the bed against the wall that Zhang Mu had specially prepared, she turned and left the room, returning with a bucket and mop.
Roll up your sleeves, wet the mop in the bucket, bend down and lift the floor.
Zhang Mu sat on the wooden chair behind the desk, squinting his eyes to look at her graceful waistline and the tuft of hair swaying on her forehead.
According to Soran, Palina is the one the city lord dislikes the most.
This can be seen from the city lord's four children, the eldest son was born to his deceased first wife, and the three daughters were all children of the first wife.
The young lady had just come into the house and had not yet given birth.