Although Yabo came to report, handling the matters Chen Yu had instructed him to do.
Chen Yu did not return directly to the city. He inspected the pastoral and agricultural areas several times, ensuring that there were no remaining demonic creatures in these regions before he could finally relax a little.
The livestock and agricultural areas were both located outside the city.
Everything in Fengqi City was still in its initial stages. The city did not possess sufficient armed forces to guarantee the safety of the pastoral and agricultural areas. Although Chen Yu had arranged for members of the stationed cavalry legion in each area, Chen Yu knew very well that their existence was merely to reassure the citizens remaining in the pastoral and agricultural areas.
If any sudden situations were to occur, they would be completely unable to resist.
During the period Chen Yu was clearing out demonic creature strongholds, he had discovered that the strength of the demonic creatures lurking within the vicinity of Fengqi City was far from comparable to those around free towns.
The number of wild beasts was tens of times greater than in the free town areas.
They were mostly gregarious.
The lowest-ranked leaders of the lurking demonic creatures were at the peak of the Gold tier. Although their strength appeared relatively poor, these types of demonic creatures survived in packs.
Not long ago, Chen Yu had dealt with the Bloodthirsty Rat territory.
Their numbers were frighteningly large.
If not for Chen Yu’s high elemental affinity and his use of fire, which was particularly effective against wild beasts and demonic creatures, resolving them would have been quite troublesome for him.
If he had encountered them in the Black Obsidian realm, Chen Yu believed he might not have even survived.
As for the other lurking demonic creatures, they were predominantly Black Obsidian tier, with countless Gold and Silver tier subordinates.
The noble rebellion had led to the decline of the former Hurricane City. Many members of the city's cavalry legion had left the city, leaving fewer than two thousand remaining members.
Aside from the Vice-Captain Lauren being in the Black Obsidian realm, there were very few Gold tier members within the legion.
If they encountered demonic creatures, or if the demonic creatures, sensing the disappearance of their former enemies, sought to expand their territories, they would be utterly incapable of resisting.
To put it bluntly, Fengqi City currently had almost no defensive capabilities.
Even free towns were significantly stronger than this place.
Before the city's armed forces were properly established, Chen Yu had to personally patrol the movements of the demonic creatures outside the city, ensuring they had no desire to expand their territories.
Chen Yu did not care if the fertile fields and pastures were destroyed.
What Chen Yu cared about was the safety of the citizens. Fengqi City had only just begun to show signs of recovery and hope. If anyone were to die at the hands of demonic creatures at this moment, the fragile hope that had barely been rekindled would be extinguished.
"Patrol diligently. If you notice any anomalies, do not act rashly. Report immediately."
After finishing his inspection, Chen Yu looked solemnly at the members of the stationed cavalry legion outside the city and instructed them.
"Please rest assured, City Lord." The stationed legion members placed their right fists on their chests, their gazes firm and unwavering. "We will definitely hold our posts."
"You have worked hard."
Nodding slightly at everyone, Chen Yu also turned and left the pastoral area.
"City Lord, are you perhaps worried about the expansion of demonic creature territories around the pastoral and agricultural areas?" Yabo spoke up as they headed back to the city, walking half a step behind Chen Yu.
"The pastoral and agricultural areas are both outside the city, so we must be cautious," Chen Yu replied.
"If that's the case, why don't we just clear out all the surrounding demonic creatures?" Yabo's gaze narrowed. "I have a general understanding of the demonic creatures around our city. With your strength, dealing with them would be effortless. Although I am not as strong as you, the lurking demonic creatures should not pose too much trouble for me. If we completely eradicate the demonic creatures, we won't have to worry about the citizens outside the city anymore. Wouldn't that solve the problem once and for all?"
Over the past few days, although Yabo had been handling the affairs Chen Yu had entrusted to him within the city,
He had also gained a general understanding of Chen Yu's movements.
Since the establishment of the agricultural and pastoral areas, he needed to patrol outside the city three to five times a day. Yabo roughly estimated that Chen Yu was considering the issue of lurking demonic creatures.
Chen Yu's strength was evident to all.
With the forbidden spells in his hand, eradicating demon nests required no effort.
Although Yabo had been concealing his strength, he felt he could not hide it from Chen Yu. With his nine-colored realm power, dealing with demonic creatures was also simple.
Even with the city's shortage of troops, the two of them could clear out the demonic creatures within Fengqi City's borders.
"Is it truly a permanent solution?" Chen Yu glanced at him sideways. Yabo frowned slightly, and after a moment, he exclaimed in realization, "The City Lord intends to use those lurking demonic creatures to isolate our Fengqi City?"
Those who could possess the nine-colored realm were truly remarkable.
Having been in the underground for so long, Chen Yu had not encountered anyone who could grasp the core of a problem so swiftly. Even Kailin, whom he had granted the position of City Lord, or Kelai, the acting Vice City Lord of Fengqi City, could not do so.
This was not to say that the two of them were foolish. Chen Yu could understand them; they lacked the grasp of the overall situation.
Yabo's vision was very broad.
He could more accurately pinpoint the pain point of the problem.
From Yabo's performance during this period, Chen Yu increasingly felt that incorporating him was an absolutely wise decision. He possessed absolute and impressive strength, a sharp mind, a broad perspective, and the ability to look beyond the immediate issues, considering the subsequent advantages and disadvantages. Although he had a very proud disposition in the past, he was absolutely loyal after joining Chen Yu's command. Even Liya could not compare to him.
Liya’s loyalty was 200, while Yabo had joined his camp.
From this, it could be seen that Yabo genuinely wanted to follow him and work for him. Although Liya was a trustworthy companion, the two of them could only be collaborators.
Everything was as Chen Yu had said. Chen Yu had not cleared out the demonic creatures.
It was not that he lacked the ability.
As long as he willed it, with a few forbidden spells, he could level the mountains within Fengqi City's territory. How could those demonic creatures contend with him?
However, after clearing out the demonic creatures, Fengqi City's territory would become a vast expanse of flat land.
The nobles of the branch cities would then start to get ambitious.
Compared to dealing with schemes and intrigues among people, he preferred his current enemies to be clearly defined demonic creatures, good versus evil. They were indeed dangerous, but they were also a double-edged sword.
"Hmph, those lords of the branch cities."
"When Hurricane City was in distress, not a single city sent troops to aid them, and they ignored the division of the main city. If you ask me, City Lord, we should just destroy them all."
Yabo's eyes were filled with anger, and he held no favorable opinion of the lords of the branch cities.
"Destroying cities is easy, but how would you manage them?" Chen Yu chuckled softly. "Our Fengqi City has not even been managed properly, and yet we want to annex branch cities? Can we handle it? We must take things one step at a time. A greedy appetite will lead to choking. Regardless of the intentions of those branch city lords, at least they are currently managing their cities, and the citizens have places to live and food to eat. If we were to rashly annex the cities and mismanage them, wouldn't those citizens become refugees?"
"This..."
"Furthermore, among Fengqi City's seventy-two branch cities, not all of them can be bad seeds."