Chapter 157: Pretending to Be Righteous
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As soon as Long Yan spoke, everyone around was slightly taken aback!
No one expected him to have such thoughts, and at this moment, he even appeared furious.
To be fair, what he said had some logic to it, but no matter what, he couldn’t compete with Chen Fei for credit.
“Thank you, Young Master Long!”
“Thank you, Lord Long!”
“If it weren’t for Lord Long’s magical treasure, we would all be dead. Words cannot express our gratitude. If you ever need anything in the future, please don’t hesitate to ask.”
Although Long Yan’s words seemed a bit out of place, due to his special status, many people immediately echoed his sentiment.
Seeing everyone supporting him, Long Yan finally showed a satisfied smile, nodded, and said:
“We are all righteous cultivators. It’s just a pity that the demon escaped and caused the deaths of over ten thousand innocent civilians.”
“For this grudge, I, Long Yan, swear before the people of Huangwu City: one day, I will capture that demonic cultivator Corfu and bring him here to appease the souls of those who perished in this catastrophe!”
Long Yan spoke self-righteously and with solemn conviction, making himself appear one with the people of Huangwu City, as though they shared the same fate.
Even though his performance was somewhat clumsy, he had supporters who wished to flatter him and a grieving public easily swayed by emotion.
As a result, despite the poor acting, Long Yan still received countless praises. Many began to shift their admiration toward him, bowing and thanking him instead.
Chen Fei, however, was completely indifferent to Long Yan’s performance. He never expected the people of Huangwu City to all be grateful to him.
In his eyes, if they couldn’t even distinguish right from wrong in such matters, then they weren’t the kind of people he wanted anything to do with.
So, as Long Yan basked in the worship of the misguided civilians and flattery from sycophants, Chen Fei simply led Zhong, Miao Yue, and the rest of the Su family away.
Though the danger had passed, Chen Fei still couldn’t fully relax—Su Henzi had yet to appear.
Once Chen Fei left, many others followed. Only Long Yan and his group stayed behind, clearly aiming to take control of Huangwu City.
“Brother Chen Yang!”
Sun Qianyi rushed after him, followed closely by the chubby Lu Yijun.
“Dean Sun…” Chen Fei looked at him, confused.
“Brother Chen Yang, we owe you everything. If not for you, we would have died here and become a blood offering, without even our bones remaining…”
Sun Qianyi was an insightful man. He clearly understood that the biggest credit for the day’s events belonged to Chen Fei—there was no doubt about it.
“Dean Sun, let’s not be overly formal with each other,” Chen Fei interrupted.
Being interrupted didn’t anger Sun Qianyi. He just laughed heartily. “Hearing you say that is enough for me.”
“I came to find you because our Head Dean has arrived—and he brought a spiritual talisman from our ancestral land!” Sun Qianyi’s eyes gleamed.
“What do you mean?” Chen Fei looked at him, puzzled.
“You’ll understand once Dean Lu arrives,” Sun Qianyi replied, still laughing and not giving a direct answer.
A large group followed behind Chen Fei, especially the merchants’ escort team. They were visibly excited.
Before, they had believed they were doomed. That enemy was a legendary demonic cultivator!
But now, they were shocked to find their own master single-handedly defeated the demon, saved all of Huangwu City, and even rescued many esteemed figures they previously could only dream of meeting.
“We’ve struck it big!”
“This is a real leap to the top! We’ve latched onto a giant!”
At this moment, Chen the elder and the others beamed with joy, bringing along their families as they silently followed behind Chen Fei.
Among the followers were also members of the Qin family. Having witnessed the battle, they finally realized that Qin Shuang’s betrayal of Chen Fei for the Three-Eyed Spirit was the greatest mistake in Qin family history.
As Qin Shuang’s parents and younger brother still lived, they now had to find a way to make up for the wrongs done by their family.
They shamelessly tagged along, knowing full well that although Qin Shuang had betrayed Chen Fei, she had been pregnant with his child when she died.
That child bore Chen Fei’s blood—but also half of the Qin family’s. As long as Chen Fei didn’t abandon the child, there was still hope for the Qin family.
As for the Su family, led by Su Chengqi, they felt a sense of pride and glory like never before!
From this day on, even the newly arrived City Lord would have to treat the Su family with utmost respect.
Why?
Because Chen Yang saved the entire Huangwu City with his own strength—and Chen Fei, his only brother, was the Su family’s live-in son-in-law.
In all of Huangwu City, who could boast a more terrifying background?
At that moment, many people still didn’t realize that the newly risen noble of Huangwu City, Chen Yang, was none other than Chen Fei—the blind and ridiculed “useless” man who once was said wouldn’t survive three days in the Su family.
The Su residence was bustling with activity. All the remaining family clans of Huangwu City who had survived were now clear-headed and understood the situation well.
They ignored their own losses and had their patriarchs or even elders come in person to the Su family—just to thank Chen Yang and speak a few words of gratitude.
Unfortunately, once Chen Fei entered the Su residence, he never came out. So the task of receiving the city’s family heads and elders fell on Su Chengqi, the Su family’s patriarch.
Though Su Chengqi’s cultivation was weak, at this moment, he shone brighter than a half-step True Spirit Master.
Why? Because the patriarch of one of the three great families—the Lin family—was grinning at him nonstop, trying to get Chen Yang to forgive past grievances between their families.
Chen Fei’s mind wasn’t on the affairs of Huangwu City. After everything that happened, his position there was unshakable.
Just the name “Chen Yang” alone could make him walk through the city unchallenged—no one would dare say a word against him.
At this moment, Chen Fei stood in the small courtyard of the wedding house and called Miao Yue over, leaving Zhong in charge of hosting Sun Qianyi and the others.
“Son-in-law!”
“Where’s the young lady?”
Miao Yue had been holding back this question for a long time. She hadn’t had a chance to ask until now, when they were finally alone in the courtyard.
“You haven’t seen your lady?” Chen Fei frowned. He had assumed Su Henzi had exited the secret realm before him and would’ve informed Miao Yue.
If she had returned, she would definitely have said something. There’s no way she would leave Huangwu City without a word.
“No,” Miao Yue replied firmly. “The young lady didn’t come out with you. Could she be trapped inside the secret realm?”
As she spoke, her eyes were already welling with tears. She grabbed Chen Fei’s hand, gripping tightly as she blamed him while crying:
“Why didn’t you protect the young lady…”
