"Elder, what do you mean?" Xing Jue asked in confusion.
"At first, I wanted to nurture the people of the eastern region, then find a suitable successor. But when I returned to the world from the Dusty Royal City, I only got disappointment."
"Because the eastern region is too weak right now. There's no one in the younger generation. It's far inferior to the younger generation of the Dusty Royal City."
"But since I've returned to the world, I naturally won't go into seclusion. However, the outstanding disciples at the center of the world are mostly recruited by Mount Wuzhi."
"Even if I head to the center of the world, it'll be very difficult to recruit outstanding disciples. There might even be spies from Mount Wuzhi sneaking in."
"So, the four management elders have decided to hold a competition among the younger generation half a year later. The final winner, no matter if he can sit on the Dusty Royal City's throne, will temporarily be appointed as the acting city lord."
"Once the acting city lord has chosen, the four management elders will use all the best cultivation resources in the city to nurture him. They'll strive to nurture him into a peak expert of the world within ten years."
"As long as he meets the requirements, he'll be officially appointed as the city lord of the Dusty Royal City. He'll lead the Dusty Royal City back to the center of the world and regain its former glory!" The yellow-haired old man solemnly narrated.
"Ten years? Elder, ten years is too long. Even if the eastern region is cut off from the rest of the world, I'm afraid the news will quickly spread to the center of the world. If enemies come for revenge, won't the gains outweigh the losses? "Xing Jue said.
"Although there's no one in the younger generation right now, that's only compared to when we were at our peak. In the current younger generation of the Dusty Royal City, there's no lack of people at the same level as you. There are even people stronger than you. It's just that no one has broken through to Asura Martial God."
"As for the four management elders, they've all lived for almost a thousand years. Their strength has already reached high-level Asura Martial God. They're only a step away from that realm." The yellow-haired old man lightly smiled. He was quite confident in the overall strength of the Dusty Royal City.
"Huu ~ ~ ~"
Xing Jue and the other two couldn't help but gasp when they heard his answer. They had originally thought that the Dust-Sealed Monarch City was truly desolate.
But he didn't expect it to have such a solid foundation. Judging from the strength of the Dust-Sealed Monarch City, Xing Jue could imagine how powerful the Dust-Sealed Monarch City was at its peak. Perhaps even Mount Wuzhi couldn't compare to it.
"Elder, can we participate in the competition between the younger generation?" Xing Jue asked.
"Of course. Actually … I invited you to join the Dusty Monarch City because I want to groom you. Compared to the other three camps, I really don't think highly of the one in the Black Camp." The old man replied.
After hearing the elder's answer, Xing Jue's lips curled into a smile of anticipation. He thought to himself, The opportunity is here. I can't stop it even if I want to!
As long as he won the competition, he would receive the full nurturing of the four old monsters and become the substitute city lord of the ancient faction. As long as his strength reached the world's peak, he could become the official city lord and lead the Dust-Sealed Monarch City.
This was a rare opportunity for Xing Jue. He didn't really care about nurturing Xing Jue with all his might, because the cultivation resources Xing Jue had were probably incomparable to even the Dusty Monarch City.
He was looking forward to the position of city lord. Since the Dust-Sealed Monarch City had four high level Asura Martial Gods, there would definitely be a lot of other experts. As long as it developed well, it would become a colossus that could rival Mount Wuzhi.
Xing Jue could use this colossus to declare war on Mount Wuzhi. This faction would be the key for Xing Jue to defeat Mount Wuzhi in the future and obtain the remaining four Rakshasa Stones.
After a while, Xing Jue and the others finally learned that the yellow-haired elder's name was Xuan Wang, so they started calling him Elder Xuan Wang.
Under Elder Xuan Wang's lead, Xing Jue and the others finally arrived at the super faction that had disappeared for thousands of years, the Dust-Sealed Monarch City. When they walked out of the spatial tunnel, they finally saw the appearance of the Dust-Sealed Monarch City.
The city was brand new. It was not magnificent, but rather simple. It was completely different from the Dust-Sealed Monarch City that Xing Jue and the others had imagined. However, it was worth mentioning that there was a vast valley behind the city.
"So this is the Dust-Sealed Monarch City? How many people can a city like this hold? Ten thousand people should be enough, right? "Tang Yu pouted. She was obviously disappointed.
According to the yellow-haired elder, even though thousands of years had passed, the Dust-Sealed Monarch City was still very powerful.
However, the city before them was too small. It did not look like the headquarters of a transcendental faction at all. It was no wonder that the people from the Everlasting Court thought that the Dust-Sealed Monarch City was only a new faction.
"Heh …" However, Elder Xuan Wang only smiled in response to Tang Yu's words.
"Xiao Yu, you can also see that this city is newly built. How could it be the real headquarters of the Dust-Sealed Monarch City? I believe the real headquarters should be at the bottom of the valley, "Xing Jue reminded with a smile.
"Oh?"
Tang Yu could not help but frown after hearing Xing Jue's words. She had also noticed the valley a long time ago. Even though the valley was vast, it was desolate.
She could even see the bottom of the valley. Let alone a transcendental faction, even she would not choose to establish a faction like this. She was still a little doubtful.
Seeing that Tang Yu still did not believe him, Xing Jue only chuckled and did not explain further.
They were still quite a distance away from the valley, but with Xing Jue's experience, he could tell that the desolate scene in the valley was just an illusion. It was most likely a mysterious formation concealing everything. The real situation in the valley was probably far more than that.
However, Elder Xuan Wang only nodded with a smile in response to Xing Jue's words. However, he also did not say anything.
After entering the city, there were many experts with strength similar to Elder Xuan Wang. There was even the mid-level Asura Wu Zun. They were about the same age, so they were probably not juniors from the Dust-Sealed Monarch City. They were all elders.
"Greetings, Elder Xuan Wang!"
Some of the elders were very friendly when they saw Elder Xuan Wang. In fact, they were extremely respectful and bowed to Elder Xuan Wang.
However, there were also some who were only acquainted with him indifferently. Only when they saw Xing Jue and the others did their gazes turn complicated, as if they were slightly surprised.
After careful observation, Xing Jue also discovered that there was a special ancient character on the lower right corner of the yellow-haired elders' robes. They were respectively 'Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow'.
The elders that were friendly to the yellow-haired elder were all people from the Black Camp. As for the ones that were cold, they were the people from the other three camps.
"Looks like the current Dusty Monarch City isn't united." Xing Zhi muttered to himself when he saw this.
However, that was not strange. The Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Camps had each been their own camps for several thousand years. Although no major battles had occurred in these several thousand years, they already had their own systems.
They no longer had the tacit understanding they had back then. They were merely competitors, and all hoped that their own people would be able to obtain more authority in the Dust-Sealed Monarch City.
After entering the newly built city, Elder Xuan Wang brought Xing Jue and the others to an underground palace with familiarity. At the center of the underground palace was a strange plaza, and Xing Jue recognized it with a single glance. It was a Spirit Formation Teleportation Array.
Indeed, as Xing Jue expected, after entering the plaza, the yellow-haired elder used a special method to activate the Teleportation Array. The surroundings shone with light, as if they had entered another space.
In a blink, Xing Jue and the others were no longer on the underground plaza. They were teleported to a vast world.
"Waa! This is the real Dust-Sealed Monarch City? It's too spectacular! "
Looking at everything in front of them, Tang Yu and Tang Lian's faces became incomparably shocked. Both of their mouths were slightly agape, unable to conceal the excitement in their hearts. Not to mention them, even Xing Jue was sighing in admiration.
It was an ancient city that stretched as far as the eye could see. There was not a single city, but several huge cities. The cities were connected to each other, as if it was a huge world created by a single city.
The buildings in the city were very simple, and they were filled with an ancient aura and the vicissitudes of history. However, in Xing Jue's eyes, the ancient city group was much more alluring than the other majestic cities. This was the true foundation.
Other than the cities, there were also continuous mountain ranges and ancient forests within the valley. The ancient city group had fused perfectly with the surrounding nature.
At that moment, the world that appeared before Xing Jue's eyes was much vaster than what he saw from outside the valley. Moreover, when he raised his head, he could see the clear blue sky and white clouds. It was not an illusion, but a real sky.
Xing Jue closed his eyes and could not help but take a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, the smile on his face became even deeper.
Just before, Xing Jue spread his soul out and had a preliminary feeling of the Dusty Royal City's current strength.
According to his senses, there were nearly a million people in the Dusty Royal City, and the weakest was an Asura Martial Master. Moreover, the Asura Martial Masters were only youths.
According to Xing Jue's rough estimation, there were at least eight hundred thousand Asura Martial Master in the Dusty Royal City, and Asura Wu Zun had several thousand. Other than Asura Wu Zun, there were no less than a hundred Asura Martial Gods.
There were even a few extremely obscure presences. Because they were too far away, Xing Jue could not see through their strength. Likely, they were the manager elders Elder Xuan Wang spoke of.
Such a deep foundation was already enough to be listed as one of the peak powers in the world. Even if there was a slight difference when compared to Mount Wuzhi and the Mountain Gate Valley, it was not by much.
"Xuan Xuan, Tang Lian, Tang Yu, there's a rule in the Dusty Royal City. Those who enter the Dusty Royal City must change their surnames.
"The surnames are Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang. Since the three of you have entered the Xuan Camp, you must change your names to Xuan Xuan, Xuan Tang Lian, and Xuan Tang Yu," Elder Xuan Wang reminded.
"Mm." It was just adding the word "Xuan" in front of their names. Xing Jue and the others could accept it, especially Xing Jue. His name itself was very fake.
Elder Xuan Wang brought Xing Jue and the others to fly in the air. They attracted quite a few people's attention because they could tell that Xing Jue and the others were not people from the Dusty Royal City.
However, those people only took a glance before shifting their gazes away. At most, there was a hint of shock in their eyes.
In the past few days, there were other elders who brought outsiders into the Dusty Royal City. However, those people were only high-rank Asura Martial Masters. At that moment, two of Xing Jue and the others were beginner Asura Martial Master.
As for Xing Jue, they simply could not see through him because he already concealed his aura. Otherwise, within their gazes, it would not be as simple as a hint of shock.
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