Chapter 4956

The staff woman wasn’t afraid of confrontation. When she saw Fengxian, she immediately questioned him, “How did you get in? I don’t remember you entering the Purgatory.”

“Tell me, did you sneak in without buying a ticket?”

“Pay up now, or I’ll have you arrested…”

When Fengxian entered the Purgatory, the staff woman hadn’t started working yet, so she had no idea who he was.

“Damn it, since when have I ever needed to pay to enter the Purgatory? I’ve always gotten in for free,” Fengxian said indignantly.

He had indeed entered without paying back then.

But the staff woman didn’t know that and assumed he had snuck in.

“Don’t try to bluff me. Even our city lord has to pay to enter the Purgatory. If you don’t cough up the money now, don’t blame me for being rough!”

She prepared to take action.

At the same time, the surrounding guards moved in, thinking Kai and his group were causing trouble.

Just as the tension was about to erupt into a fight, Gadfly and his men rushed over.

“Stop! Everyone stop!” Gadfly shouted as he ran toward them.

“City Lord, these people snuck in. When we asked them to pay, they tried to start a fight,” the staff woman reported, pointing at the group.

“Out of the way…” Gadfly said, pushing her aside. Then he looked at Kai with a warm smile and said, “Brother, you’re finally out. I brought people to welcome you!”

Kai looked at him, clearly confused. He didn’t know this person—why was he suddenly calling him brother?

Bai Yi was also bewildered. The man in front of them was the city lord of Rhino City. Why was he calling Kai his brother?

Did he mistake him for someone else?

Crazy Immortal stepped forward and looked at Gadfly. “Old Niu, what’s the meaning of this? Are you trying to steal my brotherhood?”

“Crazy Immortal, who’s stealing anything from you? If you can recognize him as your brother, then so can I…” Gadfly replied with a grin.

After Gadfly finished speaking, he looked at Kai with a warm smile and said, “Brother, my name is Gadfly, and I’m the city lord of Rhino City…”

Upon hearing that this man was the city lord, Kai immediately showed respect. After all, without Niu Li’s help, they wouldn’t have been able to enter Rhino City in the first place.

The man in front of him was Niu Li and Niu Ben’s father.

“So you’re the city lord. My apologies…” Kai quickly greeted him politely.

“Brother, just call me Xiao Niu,” Gadfly said humbly. “I’ve prepared a banquet at the City Lord’s Mansion. You’ve had a tough time in the purgatory trial—I hope you’ll honor me by coming to rest and enjoy a meal.”

“Is that… appropriate?” Kai glanced at Bai Yi, unsure of what to do.

After all, Bai Yi was more familiar with this place and understood the city lord’s personality. Kai didn’t know Gadfly at all.

“Since the city lord has extended a sincere invitation, we should go,” Bai Yi said.

It was a rare opportunity to build rapport with the city lord—how could they turn it down?

“Alright, please lead the way,” Kai nodded.

Gadfly immediately led Kai and the others back to the City Lord’s Mansion.

Thanks to the teleportation array they used, they arrived instantly, leaving Kai in awe.

When he and Bai Yi came here earlier, they had flown for a long time.

They hadn’t expected there to be a teleportation array that could bring them here in the blink of an eye.

However, that array was located inside the City Lord’s Mansion—off-limits to ordinary people.

Gadfly warmly received Kai and the group. During the banquet, as he raised a toast, he asked, “Brother, I wonder if you’d allow me to enter your pagoda to cultivate when you have time?”

“How do you know I have a pagoda?” Kai was stunned.

He didn’t recall telling anyone about his Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. Only Bai Yi knew—and he certainly hadn’t mentioned Crazy Immortal to Gadfly.

“To be honest, after you entered the purgatory, I was able to observe you through a bronze mirror,” Gadfly explained sincerely.