Zongman: Being the leader in the wild world

Although Shen Yuling asked the city lord to make it short, the city lord still talked a lot, such as how the previous city lord knew the green-haired woman, how she dealt with the monster, how she set up the barrier, how to use a medium to open the barrier... After talking so much, Shen Yuling became a little impatient, but for the sake of information, she could only suppress her impatience.

Finally, before her patience ran out, she managed to hear something useful from the city lord's nonsense.

"The medium to open the barrier? What is it?"

The city lord was silent for a moment, as if he was a little hesitant, but he gave up in less than three seconds. He sighed deeply and took out a green hairpin from his arms. The style was simple, but it could not hide its exquisiteness. There seemed to be a phoenix carved on it?

Shen Yuling stretched out her hand and motioned for the city lord to take it. The city lord hesitated for a moment before presenting the hairpin, obviously reluctant to give it away.

She didn't care whether the city lord was reluctant to part with it or not, and she took the lead in pulling the hairpin out of the city lord's hand. Before she could take a closer look, the hairpin lit up with a bright green light, instantly enveloping Shen Yuling.

The light came on suddenly, and Shen Yuling covered her eyes with her hands in discomfort. At this moment, she felt a hand gently touching her head, followed by a woman's hug, and a fragrance approached. It smelled good and inexplicably familiar, but there was no smell associated with it in her memory.

"Ah! Which of my little darlings is coming?"

The familiar yet unfamiliar voice made Shen Yuling's eyes widen suddenly. She looked up suddenly, but the woman's figure dissipated like smoke, and all she saw was a few strands of floating green hair.

The green light faded away and Shen Yuling returned to reality.

"Sir? Sir! Sir, what's wrong with you?!" The city lord's voice kept ringing in his ears, calling back Shen Yuling's wandering consciousness.

She put down her hand that was used to block the light, and the green hairpin was still in her hand.

Seeing her reaction, the city lord continued, "My lord, are you okay? Are you okay?"

Shen Yuling: "...I'm fine."

The city lord heaved a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "It's good that everything is fine, it's good that everything is fine! Then this barrier..."

She did not answer, but her hands were already removing the barrier. The green hairpin hung between Shen Yuling's hands, and star-like power was injected into it. Then a green light emanated from the hairpin and rushed straight towards the barrier of the City Lord's Mansion. After a while, the barrier began to dissipate and disintegrate.

The hairpin also returned to Shen Yuling's hands.

Seeing that the barrier that trapped them was lifted, the city lord's big knot was finally resolved, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but soon his eyes fell on the hairpin in Shen Yuling's hand again.

Shen Yuling noticed his gaze and looked up at him. He immediately looked away as if he was burned, but his gaze moved back again after a while.

Very speechless.

Speechless, Shen Yuling stretched out her hand and said, "Take the hairpin back."

Look, what are you looking at? It makes her look like she will keep the hairpin.

The city lord curled his lips and did not take the hairpin.

"What do you mean?" Shen Yuling said in an unhappy tone.

"Hey! My Lord, please don't misunderstand me. Actually... that Lord has said that this hairpin will be returned to you after the matter is over."

"...I know." After a pause, she asked again, "Was the previous city lord your father?"

"Yes, what is it, sir?"

Shen Yuling shook her head without saying anything, then turned and left.

Although she disdains to take other people's things, since the other party gave it to her voluntarily, there is no reason for her to refuse.

As I said, if you don’t take it, it will be a waste.

"Ms. Shen, are you leaving now?" The one who spoke was Wuxian.

"Yes, I leave the affairs of the city to you. I am not interested in these things now." Shen Yuling said without turning his head.

"Then Miss Shen, could you please tell me where you are going? I can come find you later."

"I'll just walk around town."

Shen Yuling actually didn't lie to him. So much time had passed and as a human being, she was a little hungry. It was time for her to go to the city and find a store to eat something.

"Hey! Wait for me, I'm going too!" Mo Yu flew towards her.

Seeing that the two had left, Laojun's eyes fell on Li Qingning. He asked, "Do you want to go eat something? It's been a long time since you came out."

Li Qingning and Xuan Li nodded at the same time and said, "Yes!"

Now that we are in Luocheng, why not try some of the local specialties?

.........

Regarding what the green-haired woman said, Shen Yuling reasonably guessed that this green hairpin was a gift from that woman to her, but the hairpin didn't match her at all.

And... the barrier covering the City Lord's Mansion was originally able to cover the entire city, but now it only covers a small City Lord's Mansion. If the City Lord didn't do it on purpose, then it was probably because the previous City Lord accidentally taught the wrong method when he was teaching how to activate the barrier.

Or maybe the current city lord remembered it wrongly because it had been so long.

Either way, Shen Yuling was not interested in knowing and did not intend to tell.

...My biological mother...what kind of person is she?

"Your Highness, there is something I need to tell you." Bai Tuanzi said suddenly.

Shen Yuling, who was eating dumplings at the stall, paused, looked up at it, and motioned for it to continue.

Speaking of which, she untied the stall owner and forced him to stay here to cook dumplings for her.

"Dimensional maintainers can enter the same world at different times. You know this, right?"

Shen Yuling nodded.

"Very good! What I want to say is that twenty years ago in this world, in the world of the Dimension Maintainer, it may not be the real twenty years. Maybe the real time is shorter than this twenty years, or even longer than this!"

There is only one thing that Baituanzi wants to express, that is, the green-haired woman that the former city lord saw twenty years ago may not be the same person twenty years ago if she is placed in the current world of the "Dimension Maintainer".

The twenty years here might be less than a year in the world of "Dimension Maintainers".

The same is true for Shen Yuling's age and the time of extinction of the "Dimension Maintainers". After more than ten or twenty years in the small world, when they return to their own world, they will be the same as when they left.

She is not from the small world, so her age cannot be calculated according to the time in the small world, but must be calculated according to the time of the "Dimension Maintainer" world.

In other words, Shen Yuling is indeed only sixteen years old now, a real girl, not a middle-aged woman in her thirties or forties.

"Got it, go away and don't disturb me while I'm eating."

"Oh."

Bai Tuanzi rolled into the corner feeling aggrieved.

"Hey! So you are here. I was wondering where you were going. You ran so fast." Mo Yu sat down on the seat opposite Shen Yuling.

Shen Yuling glanced at her calmly, swallowed the dumplings in her mouth, and then said, "I plan to help the rebels win this war. What about you? What are your plans?"

Mo Yu stared at Shen Yuling with eyes wide open, her face full of disbelief. She said, "You, you don't even have to lay the groundwork? Is it really okay to be so direct?"

Shen Yuling stared at her without saying anything.

Mo Yu was speechless. She said, "Did you take the wrong medicine? You actually want to help others. Do you have any shameful purpose?"