371: Chapter 371 Deception

"Town General, I was wrong, I was really wrong."

"I will never dare to do it again."

A man knelt before City Lord Li Xin, weeping bitterly. He seemed to have lost his soul, collapsing on the ground and begging the City Lord.

"If you had known that one day this would happen, how could you have let Bai Chengyan and the others go to their deaths in vain!"

"Since you have already done it, you must pay the price for your actions!"

Hearing City Lord Li Xin's words, the man kneeling on the ground turned ashen. A look of deep despair appeared in his eyes, and he immediately looked toward General Lu Zheng behind the City Lord with a pleading expression.

"General, I was really wrong. Can you please plead with the City Lord for me? I really won't dare to do it next time."

"Give me one more chance. I am willing to use everything I have in the future to make up for it."

"I can treat Bai Chengyan's parents as my own, and I will support them until the end of their lives."

"I am the one who let Bai Chengyan down, I am the one who failed him..."

There were only the man's crying and admissions of guilt. General Lu Zheng just looked at the person in front of him with an indifferent expression.

"Do you know?"

General Lu Zheng spoke slowly. The man endured the fear in his eyes, stopped his tears, and listened to General Lu Zheng. No matter what General Lu Zheng wanted him to do, he was ten thousand times willing, as long as he could be spared and given another chance.

Bai Chengyan was likely dead by now. With Baiyun City currently in need of manpower, he believed that General Lu Zheng would certainly not give up on him for the sake of a dead man. As long as he stayed alive, he would be of great use.

"If there hadn't been an accident, Bai Chengyan would have become my brother-in-law in the near future."

General Lu Zheng's voice reached the man's ears. The man was instantly stunned on the spot, his eyes wide with terror. His mind went blank, his whole body trembled, and an uncontrollable chill surged up.

Bai Chengyan had such a connection?

Wasn't he just an ordinary Evolver who came from Jianghai City...?

It seems General Lu Zheng is also from Jianghai City...

"The fact that you can stand here and talk now is already because the City Lord has pleaded for you; otherwise, I would have crushed you to death long ago."

After General Lu Zheng finished speaking, City Lord Li Xin, who was on the side, saw this and immediately signaled with his eyes. Two people immediately dragged the man away; what awaited the man was the punishment he deserved.

Deliberately harming an Evolver is a major crime.

Strip him of all power, abolish all his cultivation, and cast him into prison.

Now that the Second Spiritual Energy Revival has just begun, having one's cultivation abolished is even worse than killing him.

"I was wrong... I was really wrong, I will never dare to do it again..."

The man wept in agony. He truly regretted it. If he had known that Bai Chengyan had this connection, he would never have dared to do it no matter what. If he were given another chance, he would sincerely apologize to Bai Chengyan.

The conflict between the two was only because of a very small matter, but he never expected that because of this small matter, he would ruin himself.

"He doesn't regret what he did; he only regrets that it was Bai Chengyan he targeted. If it had been someone without a background, how could he have ended up in this state?"

"It seems that I am not a competent City Lord. Now that I have achieved a Breakthrough to the fourth rank, I have plenty of time to properly deal with this damned pest."

City Lord Li Xin said viciously. According to the investigation in the files on the side, Bai Chengyan was not the first person this man had harmed. Before him, three others had been killed in the wild during missions using the same method.

"General Lu Zheng, I will give you an explanation for this matter."

"I have already dispatched troops to search for traces of Bai Chengyan. As long as he is still alive, I will definitely bring him back."

City Lord Li Xin said apologetically to General Lu Zheng. Although he did not know about this matter, as the City Lord, he had an inescapable responsibility.

General Lu Zheng took the files, which contained a detailed introduction of Bai Chengyan's mission this time.

A member of an evil cult was causing trouble in Baiyun City, stirring up quite a storm. After being exposed, he killed dozens of people and fled Baiyun City. Bai Chengyan was ordered to bring this evil cultist back or kill him directly.

The last place Bai Chengyan's information disappeared was at Ningfeng Valley, three hundred miles outside the Huangjiang Forbidden Zone.

"Ningfeng Valley..."

General Lu Zheng looked at this location and muttered to himself.

"City Lord, do not send anyone else out for this matter."

"Call them back."

"At this current time, all communication is cut off, the situation outside is more complex, and Evolved Beasts are also facing evolution. Moreover, the location where their information last disappeared is not far from the Huangjiang Forbidden Zone."

"Sending people out will only result in one outcome: the entire army being wiped out."

"There is no need for further meaningless sacrifices."

General Lu Zheng said in a deep voice. After hearing General Lu Zheng's words, City Lord Li Xin looked at General Lu Zheng with a trace of uneasiness, not knowing whether these words were spoken intentionally for him to hear or if it was truly the case.

He, of course, realized the danger of this place. The Huangjiang Forbidden Zone was a very terrifying Forbidden Ground. The Beast King attack that Li City encountered before came from the Huangjiang Forbidden Zone.

In other words, there was more than one Beast King in the Huangjiang Forbidden Zone before, not to mention after the current Second Spiritual Energy Revival.

He had already achieved a Breakthrough to Town General, so surely some Evolved Beasts had broken through to become Beast Kings.

With a complex look in his eyes, City Lord Li Xin finally determined that General Lu Zheng was not joking with him, and nodded heavily in response.

"Alright, I will recall them."

General Lu Zheng took Bai Chengyan's files and left the City Lord's mansion. City Lord Li Xin looked at the back of General Lu Zheng as he left and sighed in his heart. It seemed that General Lu Zheng had also given up on Bai Chengyan.

Bai Chengyan was likely dead. It would be unwise to sacrifice more lives for a dead man.

"This damned thing, he really acted recklessly!"

"General Lu Zheng's heart must be very painful right now."

"I hope General Lu Zheng can help his sister move on as soon as possible."

City Lord Li Xin muttered in his heart. After General Lu Zheng left, he returned home.

"Little brother, how is the situation? Did you ask?"

"Is Old Bai safe now? How is his condition?"

Upon returning home, his sister, Lu Wen, asked impatiently because General Lu Zheng had promised her that he would ask about the situation.

Looking at his sister in front of him, General Lu Zheng smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

"Sister, you don't need to worry."

"I've already asked. Old Bai's mission this time wasn't dangerous, it's just that some things happened on the way that led to the loss of contact."

"However, the last information received was that Old Bai and the others had reached a safe place, and they would return before long."

"However, after this incident, while safety is not a concern, it will probably take a little more time before they return."

General Lu Zheng said. Upon hearing her younger brother's words, his sister let out a sigh of relief.

The big stone in her heart could be set aside.

After all, her younger brother would definitely not lie to her.