I'm the emperor from the start, and you want me to keep the three-year agreement?

Chapter 185 Listening to the Wind City

"Zhu Kun, you should step down and let me handle this."

Overlord Li Siyu patted Zhu Kun on the shoulder and said with a smile, "It's truly embarrassing to struggle so much against a junior."

"If you have the ability, then you do it!" Zhu Kun said with a dark face, "This person's physical body is powerful. Although I have cultivated a physical body, it still can't compare to a living person's."

"If you have the ability, just compete with him in absolute strength, and stop using your low-tier cultivation methods."

Hearing this, Li Siyu smiled and said, "Low-tier cultivation methods? Heh heh, don't forget the scene when I defeated you back then."

"Since you say my cultivation methods are low-tier, alright, I'll let you see my physical strength."

Throwing the clothes draped over his shoulders onto a chair, Li Siyu slowly stood up.

Thump, thump, thump.

With every step he took, a thick layer of ice would form beneath his feet. The cold air spread around him, and with him at the center, the surrounding ground quickly froze. Even the air developed layers of ice crystals.

"You are Lin Emperor, correct?" Li Siyu looked at Lin Ning with a smile and said, "Hearing your title, it seems you haven't become a True God yet."

"Does it make a difference whether or not I've become a True God?" Lin Ning retorted.

"Since you are not a True God, then I'll hold back a bit." Li Siyu looked at King Yama on the seat, then shifted his gaze back to Lin Ning.

"The fact that Lin Xiao could submit to you shows that you possess heaven-defying ability in some aspect."

"I'm not the kind of Overlord who likes to plunder. I'm just here to join the fun and see what ability you possess to become the City Lord of that city!"

Lin Ning rubbed his fists together and said with a smile, "Since that's the case, let's begin."

"Couldn't be more eager." On the other side, Li Siyu was also very excited. He had fought Lin Xiao for over three thousand rounds without being able to defeat him.

He really wanted to know what methods Lin Ning possessed to make the other party submit.

Could it be just because they both share the surname Lin?

"Ice Shock Fist!"

After a brief moment of gathering strength, Li Siyu's fist shot out like a spring filled with elasticity.

The cultivation method he used removed all spiritual energy enhancement. He mobilized all his strength, relying solely on the full power of his physical body for this strike.

However, Li Siyu himself cultivated ice element-based cultivation methods. After becoming a god, what he cultivated had reached near perfection.

Even without using any spiritual energy, the space around his body shimmered with countless cold glints, and the air was frozen.

Facing Li Siyu's powerful attack, Lin Ning remained calm and unhurried. He simply slowly raised his hand and counterattacked with a calm expression.

"Heh heh, truly crude."

Seeing Lin Ning's single-motion action, which was full of weaknesses, significantly lowered Li Siyu's psychological defense.

But, the next moment.

The instant their fists collided, a powerful shockwave covered Li Siyu in the blink of an eye.

Boom!

Li Siyu's arm let out a cracking sound, then quickly swelled, became deformed, and finally broke directly.

"Ah!"

Li Siyu clutched his right hand, his face in pain.

He quickly mobilized his cultivation method to repair his arm.

Shaking his hand, after a brief recovery, Li Siyu's broken arm was completely restored.

True Gods, in addition to their strong comprehension of cultivation methods and profound cultivation base, also possess terrifying physical recovery abilities.

Even though Li Siyu was already an undead, who had regained flesh and blood through cultivation, it was still vastly different from when he was alive.

"Heh heh, Li Siyu, your body isn't up to par either."

Seeing the other party suffer a setback, Zhu Kun's mood instantly improved.

"Want to go again?" Lin Ning asked.

Li Siyu didn't answer for a moment.

At this time, King Yama stood up from his seat and said in a deep voice, "Since none of you have any objections, let's end this matter here."

"Since Lin Emperor could make Lin Xiao submit, he must have his methods. It's very reasonable for him to become the City Lord of Jun Lin City, right?"

His gaze swept across the Overlords, and Lin Ning felt the dissatisfaction in their eyes.

"Since none of you are convinced by me, then come at me together," Lin Ning said.

"I'm giving you this opportunity. If you miss this village, you won't find this shop."

He chuckled, "Let me say this first, from now on in the Netherworld, you will never have the possibility of defeating me."

"Arrogant!"

The Overlords slammed the tables simultaneously, glaring fiercely at Lin Ning.

"Come at me together," Lin Ning said.

A moment later.

These Overlords lay on the ground like beaten dogs, with Li Siyu being the most severely injured.

Lin Ning had them surround and attack him all at once, without restricting their use of cultivation methods. They could use whatever abilities they had.

Even using poison was allowed.

However, they were mercilessly crushed by Lin Ning.

Li Siyu, in order to prove himself, used everything he had learned in his life, only to find in the end that he couldn't even touch the corner of Lin Ning's clothes.

"Since that's the case, the position of City Lord is mine." Lin Ning stretched lazily, yawning.

Clearly, the battle just now held no interest for him whatsoever.

It was too easy.

...

"Lin Emperor, are you going to start investigating Holy Lord Yan Huang?"

After the Overlords left, King Yama asked.

"Just tell me his real-time location, and I will naturally find time to complete the task," Lin Ning said.

King Yama shook his head and sighed, "If I could track his location in real-time, I wouldn't need to ask for your help."

"How so? Aren't you King Yama? In charge of the entire Netherworld." Lin Ning teased, "What can escape your eyes, King Yama? You must even know when someone is having a child."

King Yama said in a deep voice, "I told you, he is tainted with the aura of Youdu."

"Although I am the ruler of the Netherworld, there are some things I cannot do."

"It's like, although you are the owner of your house, can you always detect when a thief enters your door?"

It wasn't that King Yama didn't want to use his power to help Lin Ning search for Holy Lord Yan Huang.

Things like Youdu Ice Spring or Netherworld Ice Spring were not important to King Yama.

What was important was Holy Lord Yan Huang himself.

No, to be precise, it was a cultivator tainted with the auras of humans, Youdu, and the Netherworld, like a mixture.

"Heh heh, it seems you truly hate Youdu," Lin Ning said, "To actually compare them to thieves."

"What else are they if not thieves?" King Yama said with displeasure, "Most cultivators, after death, their spirits enter our Netherworld."

"But, after Youdu appeared, they recruited those ordinary deceased cultivators and gave all the extremely wicked ones to our Netherworld!"

"Tell me, what else are they if not thieves?"

Lin Ning pretended not to hear, focusing on playing with the Heavenly Tribulation Sword.

"Alright, since you are going to start helping me investigate Holy Lord Yan Huang, I'll do you a favor."

King Yama waved his hand, and Lin Ning instantly transformed into the appearance of another person.

Don't think this favor is simple; in reality, it's quite difficult.

If it were just changing appearances, Lin Ning could do it himself.

But, the Netherworld aura clinging to his body was something he truly couldn't achieve.

"There are too many undead outside, and you just went wild on five Overlords. Right now, you are very popular in the Netherworld."

King Yama said, "I'm doing you this favor by letting you be tainted with the Netherworld's aura, so other cultivators will think you are one of the undead here and won't make things difficult for you."

"If they make things difficult for me, I'll just solve it with one punch," Lin Ning said with a smile.

What problem can't be solved with one punch?

If one punch doesn't solve it, then use another punch, and if that doesn't work, use the sword.

Upon hearing this, King Yama's face immediately darkened, and he said coldly, "Why does everything have to be about fighting and killing? Are you the God of Slaughter?"

"As a cultivator, your killing intent is too heavy. They are already undead; if you kill them again, they will completely dissipate."

Lin Ning held his head and said, "They were the ones who wanted to provoke me, so there's nothing I can do."

"You know, I am introverted and cowardly, afraid of being bullied."

King Yama reached out and lifted Lin Ning up.

In the territory of the Netherworld, King Yama's power was still immense.

"I'm sending you to the first stop now, Listening Wind City. Do fewer things that expose yourself, and don't cause me trouble!"

Lin Ning smiled and said, "Alright, whatever you say is right, after all, you are King Yama."

"If I die in the future, remember to collect me."

King Yama said, "That's not necessarily true. The Underworld Officials don't like you, and the Overlords don't like you either. Don't end up being collected by that fellow Tu Bo into Youdu."

"That would be perfect then." Lin Ning laughed heartily, "I'll tell Tu Bo the secrets here, and he'll deal with you."

"Get lost!" King Yama got angry. The name Tu Bo was what he disliked hearing the most.

A moment later.

Listening Wind City.

"So this is the first place the Holy Lord passed through?"

Looking at the surrounding city, Lin Ning scratched his head. This place's architecture was very similar to his Jun Lin City.

"Why are these two places so similar? Did they hire the same designer when building them?"

Lin Ning didn't think too much about it and walked into Listening Wind City.

As soon as he entered, Lin Ning was surprised by the payment methods here.

In Listening Wind City, the currency circulating in the Netherworld was not used.

Here, lifespan was the hard currency!

Any item sold in Listening Wind City, even lodging, was paid for with lifespan!

When Lin Ning first entered Listening Wind City, he was surprised by this strange rule.

They are already undead, and they still have lifespan?

However, he quickly learned everything from the system.

The lifespan of the undead is different from the lifespan of the living.

Undead are already dead. The lifespan they refer to is actually linked to their cultivation level.

The more lifespan they have, the higher the undead's cultivation level.

"This place is a bit interesting."

Lin Ning stroked his chin and subconsciously walked into a teahouse.

"Sister, this is my first time in Listening Wind City. How should I pay?"

The one who came to serve the tea was a very young-looking woman.

Hearing Lin Ning's question, the woman was clearly a bit surprised.

This kid actually doesn't know how to pay with lifespan?

Is he new here?

"Just hold out your hand and let me handle it," the teahouse woman said with a smile.

"Here, the minimum consumption is three hundred years of lifespan."

The woman smiled, "Although our prices are a bit expensive, looking at the entire Netherworld, only our treatment is this good."

She roughly scanned Lin Ning's appearance. Due to her professional habit and the daily improvement of her skills.

Her observational ability was outstanding, allowing her to quickly judge a guest's identity and strength.

Although this ability occasionally failed, overall, it was quite reliable.

"Little brother, you look so young, your cultivation level shouldn't be very high, right?"

The teahouse woman said, "You must be from out of town and don't understand our rules. Here, as soon as you sit down, it's assumed you want tea and consumption."

"You are young, so you shouldn't have much lifespan... but we also offer many ways to repay, such as helping with washing dishes or working."

Hearing this, Lin Ning shrugged and said, "Just process the consumption for me."

He extended his hand, and a large string of flashing numbers immediately appeared on it.

"This ability was purchased by our City Lord from other Overlords at a huge cost."

The teahouse woman enthusiastically introduced the situation here. She said, "Are you sure you want to pay?"

Lin Ning shook his hand, exposing his wrist, "Hurry up, I'm curious how you deduct my lifespan."

The teahouse woman said, "We have our methods. You just need to expose your arm."

With a 'ding' sound.

A portion of Lin Ning's spiritual energy seemed to be attracted by something delicious and rushed towards the teahouse woman.

The teahouse woman subconsciously glanced at the current number and immediately fell into contemplation.

"How is this possible? How could he have so much lifespan?"

"Impossible! His lifespan actually exceeded the limit of this device!"

"How can this young fellow have such powerful strength?"

In the teahouse, Lin Ning listened to the storyteller recount many tales about the Barren Ancient Continent.

One of them was actually the story of him dominating the Barren Ancient Continent.

"I didn't expect my legend to still be circulating in the Netherworld?" Lin Ning said in surprise, "It seems there must be many undead from the Barren Ancient Continent in this area."

Below, the storyteller narrated:

"It is said that on that day, Lin Emperor of the Barren Ancient Continent faced two hundred True God experts alone, and in the end, he cut them all down."

"What kind of power is that?"

Hearing this, Lin Ning couldn't help but scoff, thinking to himself, "Those undead must include cultivators from the Barren Ancient Continent."

"I didn't expect that even after death, they are still spreading my story here."

"However, one point can be clarified: I only killed over a hundred True Gods, where did the two hundred come from!"

Time passed little by little.

When Lin Ning found that the storyteller's tale no longer contained any information, he left his seat.

"Since I'm already here, wouldn't it be a regret not to experience the local specialties?"

In Listening Wind City, not only were items paid for with lifespan, but even the gambling industry here used lifespan.

Walking into the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, Lin Ning immediately saw the undead here gambling on stones.

The stones here didn't contain jade or anything similar; they simply contained lifespan cards!

Each stone contained a card with a marked lifespan in years.

If they didn't want to play anymore, they could just exchange the lifespan.

"Heh heh, it's actually this simple."

Looking at the jade stones in front of him, Lin Ning generously threw out a thousand years of lifespan as capital.

"Isn't it just a small stone gambling game? Watch how I dominate this place."

"system's Eye, activate!"

As Lin Ning's words fell, a large line of prompts appeared in front of him.

"Heh heh, with this ability, isn't it like cheating here?" Lin Ning said with a smile.

"Forget it, it's activated, no explanation needed."