Chapter 500: Arrogance

On the martial arts arena, Ying Ge stood suspended with his sword, three swords circling his body, his eyes red, his killing intent awe-inspiring!

Although Ying Ge had long since tempered his psychology back in Da Chen and within his family,

being mocked without bottom line by the Da Chen nobles still made him furious to the point of madness.

Now, he had only one thought—to prove himself!

To use his sword to make these people shut their mouths!

However, as a member of the Da Chen diplomatic mission, he could not simply set up a Life-and-Death Arena just because he wanted to.

On the Three Origins Hall viewing platform, the Da Chen Emperor glanced at Xu Jin. "A Life-and-Death Arena?

Official Xu, this is not very appropriate.

This member of your diplomatic mission has endured hardships yet remains unyielding; this temperament is already extraordinary.

To set up a Life-and-Death Arena in a fit of anger—if he were to die here, it would be a pity."

Before Xu Jin could speak, the Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan sneered from the side. "Emperor, to be unable to withstand even this little bit of mockery—this temperament is far inferior to the righteous men of our Da Chen.

Setting up a Life-and-Death Arena at every turn, forcing a confrontation with death.

Are these Da Chen people too psychologically fragile?"

After speaking, Great Elder Wang Kan looked at Xu Jin and smiled. "Official Xu, is it possible that everyone in your Da Chen has such a temperament?"

Xu Jin was not annoyed; he bowed to the Da Chen Emperor before turning to Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan. "Great Elder, although I have only been in Chang Le City for three or four days, I have heard a very interesting rumor. Would the Great Elder like to hear it?"

"Oh? What rumor?"

"Many people in Chang Le City rumor that Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan has bloomed late in life, fathering six sons in three years, yet none of them look like him.

People say that Great Elder Wang Kan lost his testicles in battle in his early years, so he borrowed seed to father children!

I do not know if it is true—"

Before Xu Jin could finish, Great Elder Wang Kan stood up abruptly, staring coldly at Xu Jin. "You are courting death!"

While glaring at Xu Jin, Great Elder Wang Kan's cold gaze swept across all directions, pinning the smiles of those Da Chen nobles who had wanted to laugh upon hearing these words back onto their faces.

A few who could not hold back their smiles but feared Great Elder Wang Kan immediately crouched down and covered their mouths, lest they offend the Great Elder.

Hearing this, Xu Jin spread his hands and smiled. "Great Elder, is your temperament too fragile?

Forcing a confrontation with death at every turn?

Is it possible that everyone in the Da Chen high command is like this?" Xu Jin said, feigning innocence!

In an instant, the Da Chen nobles who had been secretly laughing in their hearts, including the Da Chen Emperor who had been secretly amused to see Great Elder Wang Kan mocked, could no longer laugh.

This boomerang was too fast.

Caught by Xu Jin's words in public, Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan wanted to act out but could not.

Wanting to sit back down, but with his scandalous affairs exposed in public, he could not save face!

For a time, his chest heaved violently.

If not for the public setting, Wang Kan would have had the heart to act personally and slaughter Xu Jin right then and there.

This matter was, in fact, a private scandal of Wang Kan's.

After losing his son in his early years, in order to continue his family line, he married over a dozen wives, but for several years he had no offspring, yet in three years, he suddenly had six sons.

This brought him great joy.

He held grand banquets.

A few years later, he discovered that the children looked less and less like him one by one.

He investigated the cause and found that his head was covered in a vast green meadow.

He secretly dealt with the wives and concubines who had cuckolded him, though he did it discreetly.

But in a great mansion, there are no secrets.

It had long since spread.

It was just that everyone, out of fear of his status, only dared to whisper about it privately; no one ever dared to bring it out into the open.

When Xu Jin first arrived in Chang Le City, the spies of the Da Chen Spring Rain Division had placed all intelligence on the Da Chen high command, including the high command of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace, on Xu Jin's desk.

This matter was included.

Xu Jin had only glanced at it at the time and just smiled it off.

He had no intention of making an issue of it.

Xu Jin generally disdained to rub salt into a wound.

It was just that since Great Elder Wang Kan had spoken evil words, Xu Jin had no choice but to shine a light on the green meadow atop his head.

Sure enough, he was also someone who stood and talked without feeling the pain in his waist.

And he successfully achieved Xu Jin's goal—to enrage him!

The first step of today's grand plan was successful.

"Hahahaha!"

The Da Chen Emperor broke the awkward atmosphere with a long laugh, waving his hand to signal Wang Kan to sit down while smiling. "Official Xu has a sharp tongue!

Since you guests are not afraid of death, if we in Da Chen do not dare to accept, wouldn't it make it seem like Da Chen has no one?

A Life-and-Death Arena it is!

But if this Ying Ge dies, your Da Chen must not say that we in Da Chen bullied you."

"Life and death are determined by fate!

Since it is a Life-and-Death Arena that Ying Ge voluntarily set up,

if he wins, I will drape him in red and hang flowers on him.

After returning to the country, the Grand Master will certainly reward him personally.

If he dies in battle!

I will bring his corpse back!

Dying in battle for the nation, at that time, Da Chen will certainly bury him with state honors!" Xu Jin said.

"Good!"

The Da Chen Emperor smiled. "In that case, the elites of our Da Chen will naturally compete enthusiastically."

"Emperor, I request to fight!"

"Emperor, I request to fight!"

"Emperor, I am willing to fight to the death!"

As the Da Chen Emperor's words fell, in an instant, over a thousand voices requesting to fight rang out from all sides.

Every Da Chen cultivator wished they could rush into the arena immediately to behead Ying Ge and make a name for themselves!

And leave a good impression in front of the Emperor.

Seeing this, the Da Chen Emperor laughed loudly again. "Good! Good! Good!

Our Da Chen's extraordinary men are endless and countless!

Since you are all so enthusiastic, I cannot be stingy either!

How about this: I will put up a Second-Tier Star Domain. Whoever slays this Da Chen Ying Ge can obtain half of the annual revenue of this Second-Tier Star Domain."

"Emperor is mighty, I am willing to fight!"

"Emperor, I am willing to fight."

The requests to fight rang out in a chorus again, making the Da Chen Emperor, who watched this scene, laugh loudly.

In his heart, however, a trace of helplessness emerged.

He had painstakingly managed this for so many years to achieve such momentum, never expecting that it would have to...

It was also at this moment that Xu Jin's untimely voice rang out.

"Emperor, why be so stingy?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Da Chen Emperor looked at Xu Jin, and the group of Da Chen nobles glared at Xu Jin with rage.

"Emperor, to only reward your Da Chen subjects, isn't that too stingy!

Why don't we make the stakes a bit bigger?" Xu Jin said.

The Da Chen Emperor signaled the ministers not to be like that and asked with a smile, "Oh? How big?"

"Emperor, why don't we in Da Chen also put up a Second-Tier Star Domain, combining the two Second-Tier Star Domains.

Whichever nation's subject wins, these two Second-Tier Star Domains will belong to that nation, how about that?" Xu Jin proposed.

"Oh?

If someone is sending a Second-Tier Star Domain to our Da Chen, how could I not accept?

It is just that this matter is of great importance. Official Xu is only an envoy; can you make this decision?" the Da Chen Emperor asked suspiciously.

"On this point, please rest assured, Emperor." As he spoke, Xu Jin directly took out a token bearing the dual imprints of Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao and the new Da Chen Emperor. "Emperor, the Da Chen Imperial Golden Token is here. The decision I make is the decision made by Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao!"

Once the token appeared, the Da Chen Emperor's divine sense aura descended. The moment he sensed it clearly, he was taken aback.

This included Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan.

They had never expected that Xu Jin, this small envoy, would actually obtain such high authorization!

The power was nearly equal to that of the Da Chen Grand Master.

But this point, in the eyes of the Da Chen Emperor, was a good thing.

Although Xu Jin had told him of his own weight in the morning, the Da Chen Emperor had not fully believed it.

After all, it was something said with a mere opening of the mouth.

But now, this Da Chen Imperial Golden Token proved everything.

It proved that Xu Jin's true status in Da Chen was even higher than what he had claimed.

Being able to grant such a token showed that Cheng Cheng Yuexiao's regard for Xu Jin had reached an unprecedented level.

Now, the Da Chen Emperor somewhat believed that Xu Jin was truly the successor chosen by Da Chen Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao.

After all, even a biological son would not be given such treatment.

His heart settled a few more points.

However, the Da Chen Emperor still wanted to probe a bit more. With just a glance, the Ministry of Rites official Shi Zhengjia stood up. "Emperor, this matter is of great importance; empty words are no proof.

A Second-Tier Star Domain is worth as much as several commanderies.

Why not ask Da Chen to send over the Heavenly Authority of the Second-Tier Star Domain to be used as a stake, and we in Da Chen will also put ours up.

When the time comes, whichever nation wins, these two Second-Tier Star Domains will belong to that nation."

"This suggestion is very much to my liking. It is just that Da Chen is quite far from here, and sending over the Heavenly Authority of a Second-Tier Star Domain will take quite some time," the Da Chen Emperor said.

"Emperor, there is no need to worry about this!

I will issue an order now, commanding the main building of our Da Chen Star-Plucking Tower to make an exception. As long as the Da Chen diplomatic mission can truly have the Da Chen Grand Master send over the Heavenly Authority of the Second-Tier Star Domain,

have the sender transmit it directly from the Da Chen Star-Plucking Tower main building to the Da Chen Star-Plucking Tower main building; it will arrive in an instant, without wasting any time," Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan said.

"That is true, that would be divine speed." As he spoke, the Da Chen Emperor looked at Xu Jin. "Official Xu, can it be done?

If not, we in Da Chen will not force you!"

"Hehe, since the Emperor says it can be done, it must be possible.

Emperor, please wait a moment; I have already notified the Grand Master, and the Heavenly Authority of the Second-Tier Star Domain will be sent over immediately," Xu Jin said.

Hearing this, the Da Chen Emperor's heart stirred.

If this were truly the case, then Xu Jin's weight with the Da Chen Grand Master was indeed high enough.

"While we wait, Emperor, why not set some rules for this Life-and-Death Arena?" Xu Jin proposed.

"Naturally."

Da Chen considered itself certain to win; it was home turf, and the selection of personnel was arranged by them, so they were naturally full of confidence.

Therefore, regarding the rules, they were primarily based on fairness.

And because it was a Life-and-Death Arena, the rules were also very simple, with not too many restrictions.

First: When the battle begins, the martial arts space formation will be raised. Once raised, one can only exit, not enter. That is to say, once the martial arts space formation is raised, no external force can interfere with this Life-and-Death Arena.

Second: Emblems cannot be used, and Seven-Star Spirit Treasures cannot be used. If used, it will be an immediate forfeit.

Third: The current cultivation of the one setting up the Life-and-Death Arena, Ying Ge, is Fifth-Tier Sixth-Layer, so the cultivation of the challenger from Da Chen will be limited to the Fifth Tier.

Apart from these three rules, there are no other taboos.

Both sides accepted the three rules.

Da Chen was now deciding on personnel.

Because the Heavenly Authority from Da Chen had not yet arrived, Da Chen had ample time to decide on personnel.

All of Ying Ge's data and star art characteristics were presented before the Da Chen high command, and based on these characteristics, they would decide on the challenger.

Da Chen appeared very relaxed on the surface, but in reality, they were very cautious.

Xu Jin was not stupid, and the Da Chen Grand Master was not stupid either.

Therefore, this Ying Ge must have something extraordinary, so they had to respond carefully.

After layer upon layer of screening, Da Chen selected three Fifth-Tier Ninth-Layer peak challengers.

One was of Da Chen noble birth, and the other two were both disciples of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace.

In terms of battle record and combat power, all had records of slaying Sixth-Tier late-stage experts.

They were top-tier geniuses of Da Chen!

And Ying Ge's cultivation was merely Fifth-Tier Sixth-Layer.

The win rate should be over seventy or eighty percent.

"Let Luo Wei, son of the Prince of Luoyang, fight."

The Da Chen Emperor looked at the list submitted by all parties, including the list submitted by Heavenly Yang Star Palace Great Elder Wang Kan, and after layer upon layer of screening, he made the final decision.

Two Second-Tier Star Domains—if the son of the Prince of Luoyang obtained them, they would belong to Da Chen.

Conversely, if a Star Palace disciple won and obtained them, they would belong to the Star Palace.

Although Da Chen nobles and Star Palace disciples were both Da Chen people, there was still a distinction between them.

"Reporting to the Emperor, Da Chen National Dao Academy University Rectifier Dong Zhao requests an audience." Suddenly, an attendant came forward to report; it was someone from Da Chen sent to deliver the Heavenly Authority.

"Let him in."

When Xu Jin saw Dong Zhao, he was somewhat surprised; he had not expected the Mountain Master to come personally.

However, on the Da Chen side, it was normal.

A Sixth-Tier Ninth-Layer peak Da Chen National Dao Academy University Rectifier was just that.

"University Rectifier Dong, I wonder if the Heavenly Authority has been brought?"

The next instant, Dong Zhao bowed. "Emperor, it has been brought!"

"Oh, take it out and let us see."

"Very well."

The next instant, Dong Zhao flipped his hand, and a string of six Heavenly Authorities suddenly appeared before everyone. Attached to the bottom of each Heavenly Authority was a jade tablet containing the star domain coordinates and the specific star domain aura.

Only when the two were combined could one truly obtain the star domain.

Otherwise, if you only took the Heavenly Authority, you wouldn't know which one it was, and without the star domain coordinates, it would be useless.

As for trying?

Billions of stars?

If you relied on trying, how many years would it take!

The appearance of the string of six Heavenly Authorities took the Da Chen monarch and ministers by surprise, and they were quite unexpected.

They had asked for one, but six Heavenly Authorities for six star domains had been sent.

"University Rectifier Dong, what is the meaning of this?" the Da Chen Emperor asked, puzzled.

Hearing this, Dong Zhao smiled and looked at Xu Jin. "Emperor, our Da Chen Grand Master was afraid that one star domain would not be enough for Xu Jin to gamble with, so he ordered me to send over the Heavenly Authorities for three Second-Tier Star Domains and three Third-Tier Star Domains, so that Xu Jin could gamble to his heart's content.

It is also to let the Emperor enjoy himself!"

As he spoke, Dong Zhao had already handed the six Heavenly Authorities to Xu Jin; as for the corresponding jade tablets and star domain coordinates, he kept them himself!

In an instant, the Da Chen monarch and ministers were all silent.

This Cheng Cheng Yuexiao, or rather this Xu Jin, seemed a bit too arrogant!

Six star domains, and they just took them out to gamble as they pleased?

Was it arrogance?

Or was it full confidence?

"Emperor, since the Grand Master has given so much, then this foreign minister will add another stake. I wonder if the Emperor dares to accept?" Xu Jin, having taken the six Heavenly Authorities, smiled confidently.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 501 =====