Chapter 500: Arrogance

On the practice 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 been tempered psychologically in Great Chen and in his family,

but being mocked without bottom line by the Great Hong nobles at this time still made him angry to the point of madness.

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

Use his own sword to make these people shut up!

However, he was a member of the Great Chen mission, and this life-and-death arena was not something he could set up just because he wanted to.

On the Sanyuan Hall viewing platform, the Great Hong Emperor glanced at Xu Jin, "Life-and-death arena?

Official Xu, this is not very appropriate.

This mission member of yours has experienced disasters but is unyielding; this temperament is already extraordinary.

To set up a life-and-death arena in a fit of anger, if he dies here, it would be a pity."

Before Xu Jin could speak, Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace on the side sneered, "Emperor, to not even be able to withstand such a little ridicule, this temperament is far worse than our Great Hong's aspirants.

Setting up a life-and-death arena at every turn, forcing with death.

Are these 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 Great Chen has such a temperament?"

Xu Jin was not annoyed, cupped his hands at the Great Hong Emperor, and then turned to Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace, "Great Elder, although I have only been in Changle 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 Changle City rumor that Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace has bloomed like an old tree, having a son in his old age, having six sons in three years, but none of the sons look like him.

People say that Great Elder Wang Kan lost his testicles due to war in his early years, so he borrowed seeds to have children!

I don't know if it's true..."

Before Xu Jin finished speaking, Great Elder Wang Kan stood up with a thud, staring coldly at Xu Jin, "You are looking for death!"

While staring at Xu Jin, Great Elder Wang Kan's cold gaze swept in all directions, nailing the smiles of those Great Hong nobles who heard this and wanted to laugh back into their faces.

A few individuals could not help but smile, but were afraid of Great Elder Wang Kan, so they hurriedly squatted down and covered their mouths to avoid offending the Great Elder.

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

Forcing with death at every turn?

Could it be that everyone in the Great Hong high-level is like this?" Xu Jin feigned innocence!

In an instant, the Great Hong nobles who were secretly laughing in their hearts, including the Great Hong Emperor who was secretly happy to see Great Elder Wang Kan being mocked, could not laugh in an instant.

This boomerang was too fast.

Being held by Xu Jin's words, in public, Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace wanted to act out, but could not.

Wanting to sit back down, but having his ugly deeds exposed in public, he could not save face!

For a time, his chest heaved violently.

It was only because it was in public, otherwise, Wang Kan would have had the heart to kill Xu Jin himself right now.

This matter was actually a private and shameful matter of Wang Kan.

After losing his son in his early years, in order to continue the family line, he married more than a dozen wives, and for several years he had no offspring, but in three years, he had six sons in a row.

This made him overjoyed.

He held grand banquets.

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

He investigated the reason, but there was a large patch of grassland on his head.

He secretly dealt with those wives and concubines who wore hats for him, although it was done unknown to others.

But in a big mansion, how could there be secrets.

It had long since spread.

It was just that everyone, hindered by status, only dared to spread it privately, and no one ever dared to bring it to the table.

When Xu Jin first arrived in Changle City, the spies of the Great Chen Spring Rain Division had already placed all the intelligence on the Great Hong high-level, including the Tianyang Star Palace high-level, on Xu Jin's desk.

This matter was also included.

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

He also did not intend to make an issue of it.

Xu Jin generally disdained doing things like rubbing salt into wounds.

It was just that Great Elder Wang Kan spoke evil words, so Xu Jin had to shine a light on the patch of grassland on his head.

Sure enough, he was also a person who talked while standing and didn't feel pain.

It also successfully achieved Xu Jin's goal—to enrage!

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

"Hahahaha!"

The Great Hong Emperor broke the awkwardness of the scene with a long laugh, waving his hand to signal Wang Kan to sit down, while smiling, "Official Xu has a sharp mouth!

Since you guests are not afraid of death, if we Great Hong don't dare to accept, wouldn't it make it look like we Great Hong have no one?

Life-and-death arena it is!

It's just that if this Ying Ge dies, you Great Chen shouldn't say that we Great Hong are bullying you."

"Life and death are determined by fate!

Since it is a life-and-death arena set up by Ying Ge voluntarily.

If he wins, I will drape him in red and hang flowers for him.

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

If he dies in battle!

I will bring his body back!

Dying in battle for the country, at that time, Great Chen will definitely bury him with state rites!" Xu Jin said.

"Good!"

The Great Hong Emperor smiled, "Since this is the case, our Great Hong elites will naturally compete to fight."

"Your Majesty, I request to fight!"

"Your Majesty, I request to fight!"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to fight to the death!"

As the Great Hong Emperor's words fell, in an instant, thousands of voices requesting to fight sounded from all directions.

One by one, Great Hong cultivators wished they could rush into the practice arena immediately, kill Ying Ge with their own hands, and make a name for themselves!

And they could leave a good impression in front of the Emperor.

Seeing this, the Great Hong Emperor laughed loudly again, "Good! Good! Good!

Our Great Hong's strange men are emerging one after another, countless!

Since you are all so eager, I cannot be stingy!

Like this, I will bring out a Second-Tier Star Domain; whoever kills this Great Chen Ying Ge can get half of the annual revenue of this Second-Tier Star Domain."

"Your Majesty is mighty, I am willing to fight!"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to fight."

The requests to fight sounded again, making the Great Hong Emperor, who was watching this scene, laugh loudly.

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

He had carefully managed for so many years to achieve such momentum, but he didn't expect that he would have to...

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

"Why is the Emperor so stingy?"

Once these words were spoken, the Great Hong Emperor looked at Xu Jin, and all the Great Hong nobles glared at Xu Jin.

"Emperor, only rewarding your Great Hong subjects, isn't that too stingy!

How about we make the stakes a bit bigger?" Xu Jin said.

The Great Hong Emperor gestured for the officials not to be like this, and asked with a smile, "Oh, how big?"

"Emperor, why don't we Great Chen also bring out a Second-Tier Star Domain, combining two Second-Tier Star Domains.

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

"Oh?

Someone is sending a Second-Tier Star Domain to our Great Hong, how could I not accept it.

It's just that this matter is of great importance, Official Xu is only an envoy, can you make this decision?" The Great Hong Emperor doubted.

"On this point, please rest assured, Emperor." While speaking, Xu Jin directly took out a token branded with the dual seals of Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao and the new Great Chen Emperor, "Emperor, the Great Chen Imperial Golden Order is here; the decision I make is the decision made by Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao!"

Once the token appeared, the Great Hong Emperor's divine sense aura fell, and the moment he sensed it clearly, he was shocked.

Including Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace, it was the same.

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

The power was almost the same as the Great Chen Grand Master.

But this point, in the eyes of the Great Hong Emperor, was a good thing.

Although Xu Jin had told him about his own weight in the morning, the Great Hong Emperor did not fully believe it.

After all, it was something said with an open mouth.

But now, this Great Chen Imperial Golden Order proved all of this.

It proved that Xu Jin's true identity in Great Chen was even higher than what he had said.

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

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

After all, even a biological son couldn't be given this treatment.

His heart settled a few more points.

However, the Great Hong Emperor still wanted to test it a bit, just with a glance, the Ministry of Rites official Shi Zhengjia stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, empty words are no proof.

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

Why not ask Great Chen to send over the Heaven and Earth Authority of the Second-Tier Star Domain that they are going to use as a bet, and we Great Hong will also bring it out.

At that time, whichever country wins, these two Second-Tier Star Domains will belong to that country."

"This statement very much matches my wishes. It's just that Great Chen is quite far from here, and sending over the Heaven and Earth Authority of a Second-Tier Star Domain will take quite some time," the Great Hong Emperor said.

"Emperor, no need to worry about this!

I will issue an order now, ordering our Great Hong Star-Plucking Tower main tower to open a special case, as long as the Great Chen mission can really let the Great Chen Grand Master send over the Heaven and Earth Authority of the Second-Tier Star Domain.

Let the sender directly teleport from the Great Chen Star-Plucking Tower main tower to the Great Hong Star-Plucking Tower main tower, it will arrive in an instant, not delaying time at all," Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace said.

"That's true, this is godspeed." While speaking, the Great Hong Emperor looked at Xu Jin, "Official Xu, can it be done?

If not, we Great Hong will not force people!"

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

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

Hearing this, the Great Hong Emperor's heart moved.

If it were really like this, then Xu Jin's weight with the Great Chen Grand Master was truly high enough.

"While waiting, Emperor, why not set some rules for this life-and-death arena?" Xu Jin proposed.

"Naturally."

Great Hong thought they were sure to win, it was home ground, and the candidates were arranged by them, so they were naturally full of confidence.

Therefore, in terms of rules, they were all based on fairness.

And because it was a life-and-death arena, the rules were also very simple, with not too many restrictions.

First rule: When the battle starts, during the practice combat, a practice space formation will be raised. After it is raised, one can only exit, not enter. That is to say, after the practice space formation is raised, no external force can interfere with this life-and-death arena.

Second rule: Emblems cannot be used, Seven-Star Spirit Treasures cannot be used; if used, it will be judged as a loss directly.

Third rule: The current cultivation base of Ying Ge, who set up the life-and-death arena, is Fifth-Tier Sixth-Layer, so the challenger from Great Hong's side will be limited to the Fifth Tier.

Besides these three rules, there are no taboos.

Both sides accepted the three rules.

Great Hong's side was deciding on the candidates.

Because the Heaven and Earth Authority from Great Chen's side had not been sent yet, Great Hong had sufficient time to decide on the candidates.

All of Ying Ge's information and Star Art characteristics were presented to the Great Hong high-level, and based on these characteristics, they decided on the challenger.

Great Hong looked relaxed on the surface, but was actually very cautious.

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

Then this Ying Ge must have extraordinary points, so they had to be careful in responding.

After layers of screening, Great Hong selected three Fifth-Tier Ninth-Layer peak challengers.

One was from the Great Hong nobility, and the other two were both disciples of the Tianyang Star Palace.

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

They were top-level geniuses of Great Hong!

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

The winning rate should be over seventy or eighty percent.

"Let Luo Wei, the son of Luo Yang Wang, go out to fight."

The Great Hong Emperor looked at the list submitted by all sides, including the list submitted by Great Elder Wang Kan of the Tianyang Star Palace, and after layers of screening, he made the final decision.

Two Second-Tier Star Domains, if Luo Yang Wang's son got them, they would be Great Hong's.

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

Great Hong nobles and Star Palace disciples, although both were Great Hong people, there was still a difference between them.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Great Chen National Dao Academy University Head Dong Zhao requests an audience." Suddenly, a eunuch came forward to report; it was the person from Great Chen who came to send the Heaven and Earth Authority.

"Let him in."

When Xu Jin saw Dong Zhao, he was somewhat surprised; he didn't expect the Mountain Master to come personally.

However, on Great Hong's side, it was normal.

A Sixth-Tier Ninth-Layer peak Great Chen National Dao Academy University Head, that was just how it was.

"University Head Dong, I don't know if the Heaven and Earth Authority has been brought?"

The next instant, Dong Zhao cupped his hands and said, "Emperor, it has already been brought!"

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

"Okay."

The next instant, he saw Dong Zhao flip his hand, and a string of six Heaven and Earth Authorities suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Under each Heaven and Earth Authority, a jade tablet was attached, containing the Star Domain Dao boundary and the specific Star Domain aura.

Only when the two are combined can one truly obtain the Star Domain.

Otherwise, if you only take the Heaven and Earth Authority, you don't know which one it is, and without the Star Domain Dao mark, it's also useless.

As for trying?

Billions of stars?

If you rely on trying, you'll have to try until what year and what month!

The six Heaven and Earth Authorities that appeared in a string surprised the Great Hong monarch and officials, and they were quite unexpected.

They asked for one, but six Heaven and Earth Authorities for six Star Domains were sent.

"University Head Dong, what is the meaning of this?" The Great Hong Emperor was puzzled.

Hearing this, Dong Zhao smiled and looked at Xu Jin, "Emperor, our Great Chen Grand Master was afraid that one Star Domain would not be enough for Xu Jin to gamble, so he ordered me to send over the Heaven and Earth Authority for three Second-Tier Star Domains and three Third-Tier Star Domains, letting Xu Jin gamble to his heart's content.

It is also to let the Emperor enjoy himself!"

While speaking, Dong Zhao had already sent the six Heaven and Earth Authorities to Xu Jin, while the corresponding jade tablets and Star Domain Dao marks were kept by himself!

In an instant, the Great Hong monarch and officials were all silent.

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

Six Star Domains, just like that, taken out to gamble?

Still arrogant?

Or full of confidence?

"Your Majesty, since the Grand Master gave so much, then this foreign subject will add another stake, I don't know if the Emperor dares to accept?" Xu Jin, who had received the six Heaven and Earth Authorities, smiled confidently.

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