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"Difficult."
He paused and frowned deeply.
If I take action, I won't be able to defeat him with my current strength.
Keeping silent would be tantamount to admitting that he is not the city lord, and the other party is likely to raise his staff first.
A life-and-death battle in which identities are exposed is inevitable.
"The only solution is to make him believe that I am the city lord and give up the idea of testing him..."
kindness……
After a moment of deep thought, Zhang Mu suddenly laughed: "It's not that difficult."
With a plan in mind, he picked up his feet again and walked away along the dark street with the street lights turned off.
……
The next day, early in the morning.
Zhang Mu, who had spent the night in the study, got up at dawn.
After a while, Leah, knowing he was back, excitedly pushed open the study door, her two golden cat ears fluttering, and she opened her arms for a hug.
Zhang Mu squatted down and picked her up. He didn't have time to ask her how she was doing recently. Palina, who followed him into the room, asked him curiously why he didn't go to the bedroom to rest last night.
"I got to the door and found that you two were already fast asleep. I was afraid to wake you up."
Using this excuse to get away with it, Zhang Mu used his right hand to pull the cat girl's head hard.
She must have missed him, Leah responded by twisting her head excitedly and asking him what his plans were for the day.
When he learned that he was going to the construction site, he immediately pricked up his cat ears and asked for a piece.
Unfortunately, Zhang Mu decisively rejected it.
Although we called in Soran last night and perfected the details of the response process, we still have to be prepared for the worst.
If a real fight breaks out, it would be bad if Leia gets hurt.
Patting his head soothingly, Zhang Mu walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, joined Sauron who was already standing in front of the door, and together they headed to the construction site outside the city.
On the way, Soran chatted with him and said that it would be better to travel by carriage in the future.
Zhang Mu was not used to it, but he didn't want to waste time arguing with him, so he nodded and said he understood.
As they walked and talked, the two of them passed through the city gate as the sun rose. They saw Joey standing quietly on the roadside in front of them, holding a staff in his hand.
He walked up to greet him calmly.
Joey had a business-like smile on his face: "Lord City Lord, I heard that you are going to inspect the construction site today. Joey hopes to accompany you."
"Deputy City Lord, why are you interested in the construction site?"
"As nobles, it is our duty to take care of the lives of refugees."
Weird.
Looking him up and down, Zhang Mu muttered to himself, he was like a sissy last night, but now he looks much less feminine.
Is it because he can only show his true self when he is with Sissoko, who is also his friend?
Tsk...those two people, eh...
Zhang Mu felt the hairs on his back stand on end, and he quickly threw away the not-so-good images that appeared in his mind and said, "Let's go together."
The three of them walked slowly along the compacted dirt road, Zhang Mu was in front of them and they were one body length behind.
"Lord City Lord." After walking for a while, Joey seemed impatient, "We haven't practiced magic for a long time."
“Lord City Lord, I don’t often practice magic with you, Lord Joey, so please don’t make up lies.” Soran said in a calm tone.
"Asking for advice on magic is the proper courtesy." Joey was not angry when his subordinate contradicted him. "Besides, I think the city lord would not be stingy in teaching his juniors, right?"
Sauron opened his mouth to say something, but Zhang Mu raised his hand to stop him.
"Of course I am willing to teach the younger generation."
He raised his right hand with five fingers spread out, and his voice became deeper: "But you are not allowed to evade the expensive tuition fees."
"Heh, Joey's family is still..."
Halfway through his words, a golden light suddenly shone on his open palm.
Too, solar storm?!
Joey subconsciously stepped back and stopped only when he was more than ten meters away from Zhang Mu. He endured the burning pain in his eyes caused by the light, opened his eyelids and stared at the source of the golden light.
In the center of the dazzling golden light is a sphere that is gradually expanding.
As the size increased, the light became more dazzling. Joey felt as if he was staring at the sun, with only gold in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Lord City Lord. I think I may not be ready to be guided yet."
The city lord didn't seem to have any intention of letting him go.
Although I tried my best to close my eyes, I couldn't block the glare of the scorching light.
Noticing that the brightness showed no sign of decreasing but instead continued to increase, Joey clenched his staff tightly, wondering whether he should give it a try.
Just as he was about to mobilize his magic power, his vision suddenly went dark, as if the sky had turned dark.
Opening his eyes blankly, he found that it was not already night, but the city lord put down his hand and the light disappeared. His eyes could not adapt to the sudden change of light and darkness for a while.
"You should be thankful." Zhang Mu put his right hand behind his back. "During the Silent Forest trip, Gul City lost too many high-level professionals. We cannot allow our strength to be weakened any further."
"Thank... huh... thank you for the kindness of the city lord." Joey had not yet recovered from the fear of death. He uttered a word tremblingly, then took a deep breath to calm his emotions before fully expressing his gratitude.
"Let's go and hurry to the construction site."
"My Lord City Lord, my eyes can't bear the solar storm. I'll go back to the priest first..."
"Okay, let's go."
Waving his left hand, watching the figure slowly shrink until it disappeared on the horizon, Zhang Mu then raised his right hand from behind his back to the front.
Looking down at his charred palm, Soran was surprised: "Are you a title magician?"
"I'm a junior magician."
"Lord City Lord, you can belittle my cultivation, but you cannot insult my wisdom."
Soran poked his hard palm and said, "You spent three months to initially master the solar storm?"
"Not really." Zhang Mu held onto the half-peeled carbonized skin, "I just learned the principles of magic and drank a few bottles of potions that increase magic power.
Only then can I barely condense the sun seed for a few seconds."
Understand the principles of magic?
Soran tilted his head in confusion, with a scrutinizing look in his eyes, as he looked at Zhang Mu who was busy blowing air into his palm.
Solar Storm is a master-level magic. Do you understand the principle?
Does he know what he is talking about?
Zhang Mu didn't hear Sauron's reply. He raised his head and saw that his eyes were blank and dazed.
I waved my hands in front of my face twice, but there was no response.
"Sauron!"
"Ah? Uh, Lord Mayor, what's wrong?"
"How come... we'll talk about it when we get back to the city tonight. We'll go to the construction site and see the progress of the second phase."
"As ordered."
Chapter 187 Joey seems to have an affair with the city lord
On the way to the construction site, Zhang Mu always felt that there was something wrong with the man just now.
Compared to last night when I was peeping, there is a huge difference in both tone and body movements.
Take some time to go into his house and take a look around to see what's going on.
There was too little relevant information at hand. Zhang Mu thought that it was pointless to ponder it alone, so he put the matter aside for the time being and quickened his pace.
After walking for about half an hour, we could vaguely see a wooden wall located in the grass in the distance.
"Besides the magicians' strike, is there anything else important recently?"
After he finished speaking, he waited for a few seconds. No sound came from behind him. Zhang Mu turned his head in confusion and found that Soran lowered his head, thinking about something by himself: "What are you daydreaming about?"
"Lord City Lord." Soran was awakened, "What's the matter?"
Repeating the question, he asked again: "It's not your style to be distracted."
"I was just thinking about the city lord's magician level and the solar storm."
"What happened to the solar storm?"
"It took you about three months to successfully condense the storm seeds. This is... I don't quite understand."
"Then you don't understand."
Unlike when he was with Potter, Zhang Mu, as the city lord, did not need to explain much to his secretary.
He didn't even bother to find an excuse and just ended the topic with a random remark.
The two of them didn't chat any more and just walked around the construction site.
Except for the magicians who were busy when I came last time, everything else is normal and the project is progressing in an orderly manner.
Turn around and go back to the city.
On the way, Zhang Mu asked Soran why the deputy city lord wanted to hinder the "city lord's" project.
Is there a conflict between the two parties?
He thought that not only was there a lot of it, but it was probably going to be quite a big one during the festival.
Otherwise, would you risk your life to cause trouble?
However, Soran informed him that there was no conflict between the two deputy city lords and the city lord.