"I have three children, and Zilong is good at martial arts. I was going to give him the position of governor of Hunluo State. However, since I gave it to him, you two must also gain something. So, I made a deal with Third Master Cui Zhihao, letting his adopted son come here to take the first place in Hunluo State and enter the City of Hope. In return, he would let you two enter the City of Hope as well.

  To be honest, with Jiang Zan's abilities, even if he were in Guyang State, he wouldn't be able to take first place, but he could still enter the top hundred in Yaoyan Prefecture and then enter the City of Hope. And with Cui Zhihao's connections, he could easily let Jiang Zan enter the City of Hope without even competing.

  But my Third Master is a man who values face extremely highly. This time, sending Jiang Zan to Hunluo State was just to use Hunluo State's weakness to show off his own strength. For your two sakes, I knew that this old face would be completely lost, but I still made the deal."

  Xu Qian sighed as he spoke, and then took out two golden tokens from his pocket. The front of the tokens had the word "Hope" written on them, while the back had a map of the entire Lieyan Continent, covered in arrays and symbols that pulsed with power, making it impossible to counterfeit.

  "Choi Ji-ho ruined Second Brother Rui Guangde's family back then, and I, along with three other brothers, cut ties with him. But strangely, even when the four of us jointly requested Master to expel him from the sect, Master didn't agree, instead becoming more fond of him. Among the five of us, only he could get Master to do such a thing. This is the token required to enter Hope City. After the Hundred Heroes Assembly, they received this very item. You take it."

  "Dad, is this... too unbelievable? I hope Hope City can enter like this too?" Xu Ziying was extremely surprised, but the little demon girl took it in her hand and played with it back and forth without any concern.

  "Ordinary people can't do it, but my master is one of the Blazing Fighters inside, and his status isn't low. This kind of thing, Master wouldn't deign to do either, at least I couldn't ask Father for it, but Third Brother managed to get it. The two of you will definitely be the weakest once you enter. Don't lose heart, as long as you can enter Hope City, your future prospects will be boundless. Among us six siblings, Second Brother Rui Guangde has already gone missing, and Third Brother and I haven't had a chance to enter Hope City yet, we're still only at the peak of Martial Emperor. Eldest Brother, Fourth Sister, and Youngest Brother have all entered Hope City, and even their weakest ones have reached the War Emperor realm. We can't compare to them at all."

  "Dad, since that Cui Zhihao Shibo and your master had such a good relationship, why didn't your master bring him into Hope City back then?" Xu Ziying asked carefully.

  "Heh," Xu Qian smiled and said, "Back then, my master wasn't a fierce flame warrior, where did he have the great power to let Third Brother enter? Now that Master has this power, but Third Brother is already over thirty years old. Those over thirty cannot enter the City of Hope, this is a rule of tens of thousands of years, no one can break it."

  Xu Qian paused for a moment, then sighed and said: "I think this Jiang Zan is deliberately making things difficult for us in Luo State. Alas, I don't know what he'll do tomorrow. It's humiliating, but it's worth it for the two of you."

  "Dad, just you wait till I'm powerful enough, I'll beat him to death, hmph!" The little devil girl glared with her eyes, speaking without knowing the height of heaven or the thickness of earth.

  "Haha!" Xujian smiled, but didn't say anything.

  ……?

  Outside the city of Hunuo, Yuan Ye sat cross-legged in a long gown that was already tattered and worn out. Suddenly, his slightly closed eyes opened, and a piercing light shot out from within them.

  "Cheers!"

  Yuan Ye suddenly jumped up, the branch in his hand swinging back and forth, fast yet slow, the shadow of the stick fluttering about, seemingly without any astonishing power. Just like that, a small branch directly hit a tree trunk as thick as a person's waist.

  "Bang!" A very faint sound rang out. The big tree didn't move at all, as if nothing had happened.

  Yuan Ye walked forward and gently tore off the layer of bark. The tree trunk inside had all turned to powder and remained there.

  "As expected, this original sword is more terrifying in its internal damage than its external appearance. With this one sword, the internal organs are likely to be severely damaged, and even the Martial Emperor would probably be half dead." Yuan Ye had a smile at the corner of his mouth.

  "Brother Yao, Murong Qiang asked me to tell you that today is the day of the final battle. He wants me to ask you why you haven't set out yet." Rui Xi arrived at Yuan Yao's training forest with a small ball of fur in her arms.

  "It's about to begin, just a moment ago there were still three days left, but after this quiet reflection and cultivation, the three days passed in the blink of an eye. Once you focus on cultivating, time flies by too quickly." Yuan Ye had a smile at the corner of his mouth, "Alright, I'll go back and prepare, let's see what kind of treasure sword Xiao Qiang has refined for me."

  At almost the same time, the entire arena of the city of Miro was packed with people, all of whom had come to watch the final battle of the Hundred Heroes' War. The Hundred Heroes' War, which occurred once every hundred years. Many people missed this opportunity and would not have another chance, after all, how could they wait for another hundred years when the rule was that only those under thirty were allowed to participate?

  On the stage of the final battle, a bald man named Cen Sen was meditating with his eyes closed. He was a well-known high-ranking martial artist in Hunluo State and practiced an extremely powerful technique. Originally, he had the highest chance of winning, but unfortunately, Jiang Zan suddenly appeared and suppressed him. Just three days ago, Liao Ai died in battle without any resistance. Cen Sen, Liao Ai, and his previous opponent who was also defeated by him were all high-ranking martial artists with similar strength. Those who entered the top four were originally very powerful. In order to defeat his opponents, he suffered serious injuries and had not fully recovered yet. However, Jiang Zan easily killed Liao Ai without even using a weapon, revealing an enormous gap in their abilities.

  Cen Sen opened his eyes and took a glance at Jiang Zan, who was not far away. He saw Jiang Zan sitting in a luxurious chair, surrounded by a group of people, eating grapes with relish, without any sign of tension before the great battle.

  "He's really too arrogant." Cen Sen was very resentful, and it was precisely because of this resentment that he didn't quit. He knew Jiang Zan's methods, as long as they clashed, no one would be left alive. But Cen Sen just couldn't accept it, and many others felt the same way, after all, an outsider being so overbearing was really too much.

  "The duel is about to begin, please prepare yourselves." A white-robed old man said in a loud voice.

  At that moment, all the onlookers shouted. There were supporters for both of them. Jiang Zan directly flew onto the battlefield, and with this flight, the entire arena went crazy, everyone understood what flying meant.

  The Emperor, what was previously known and what was previously unknown, has all been confirmed at this moment. Jiang Zan is indeed an Emperor. Instantly, almost all the spectators cheered even more loudly. The vast majority of them did not know Jiang Zan or where he came from, but they knew that Jiang Zan was a suspected high-ranking warrior with Emperor-level abilities, so they all bet on Jiang Zan to win. Now that Jiang Zan has shown his powerful side as an Emperor, these people naturally cheered.

  "Are you ready?" The old man in white looked at the two candidates.

  Cen Sen nodded, but Jiang Zan didn't say anything, just looked at Cen Sen with a thoughtful expression.

  "The duel begins!" The old man in white robes waved his hand and directly exited the battlefield.

  Cen Sen's eyes looked at Jiang Zan coldly, but Jiang Zan turned around at this time and faced Cen Sen with his back, looking at the cheering crowd on the entire stage.

  Jiang Zan really enjoyed the feeling of being worshipped, especially since he came here to insult the people of Hunan Province, but the people of Hunan Province were cheering for him instead, this feeling was too cool.