After paying three hundred million yuan stones in one go, Ye Chen obtained a city lord's command token. This token itself was a Heavenly King grade weapon, and was hard to destroy. It was useless to Ye Chen, but after Ye Chen's death, it would be the only proof for Ye Chen's descendants to inherit the city lord's position. Losing it would be very troublesome.
With the token, Ye Chen officially became the city lord of Flame City. The upper echelons of the human race would come to collect taxes once every hundred years. Doing it once a year was too troublesome.
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Flame Star was located in the southeast of Vermillion Bird Starfield. It was a red planet with a diameter of forty-five million li.
There weren't many places suitable for human habitation on Flame Star, occupying less than twenty percent of the planet's surface area. However, it was rich in metal and fire attribute energy ores. Every day, many puppet battleships would come to transport metal and energy ores.
Flame Star had two continents suitable for human habitation: the southern hemisphere's Fire Cloud Continent, and the northern hemisphere's Fire Crystal Continent. Fire Cloud Continent had four main cities, while Fire Crystal Continent had five. Ye Chen's Flame City was on Fire Crystal Continent.
As one of the main cities, Flame Flower City was shrouded in countless arrays and restrictions. These arrays and restrictions were extremely ancient, having existed for more than ten million years. Every year, the consumption of Yuan Stones to maintain the arrays was estimated to be in the tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. Of course, Flame City's annual tax revenue was around five million yuan stones. Adding other income, it shouldn't be a problem to raise seven to eight million yuan stones. The cost of maintaining the arrays was only a fraction of the total. After all, the arrays could automatically absorb the Yuan Qi of the heaven and earth.
The Flame City Lord Mansion occupied a vast area, like a city within a city. In a luxurious courtyard of the mansion, the acting city lord, Iron Water King, was in a good mood. He smiled evilly at the beautiful woman in front of him, unable to move.
This beautiful woman was also a King, and her cultivation base was not low. She had reached the fifth heavenly layer of Life and Death realm. Logically speaking, fifth heavenly layer Life and Death realm experts were already at the level of great experts. However, at this moment, she was unable to move, as if under some kind of restriction.
"Rose King, you didn't expect to fall into my hands, did you?"
Iron King looked at the hot body of the Rose King, and his eyes flashed with passion. Of course, the most attractive thing about the Rose King was her temperament, which was more important than her appearance and body. It should be known that on Flame Star, the Rose King was undoubtedly the most beautiful king, and she was also the leader of the Rose Family.
"Iron Water King, you despicable bastard. My Rose Family is a big family in the Flame Flame Star. Aren't you afraid that your ugly behavior will be spread out and made the whole world laugh at you?"
Rose King's face was full of anger. Iron Water King had wanted to make her his woman many years ago, but she had not agreed to it. Unexpectedly, Iron Water King had sent the Scarlet Fire Gang's Four Protectors to capture her. How lawless!
This is a world where only the strong are respected. No one will choose to oppose me for your sake. In any case, I'm the Substitute City Lord of Flame City. Who would dare to do anything to me? As for you, I suspect that you've killed people in Flame Flower City. Now, I'm going to interrogate you. "
Iron Water King's family had once been glorious. Flame City had been passed down by the old ancestor. However, ever since the death of the old ancestor, a seventh layer Life and Death King hadn't appeared in the family for ten thousand years. Since there were a lot of empty main cities, and they couldn't lack management, the upper echelons of the human race allowed Iron Water King to become the Substitute City Lord of Flame Flower City. Only when the real City Lord took office would he abdicate. By now, Iron Water King had been the City Lord of Flame Flower City for decades.
Although Flame Flower City's taxes had nothing to do with the Acting City Lord, besides taxes, there were countless places to earn Primordial Stones. The four great families, three great Sects, and two great gangs of Flame Flower City would give him a lot of Primordial Stones every year. Adding his own family's business, it was not an exaggeration to say that his annual income was no less than three million Primordial Stones.
In the entire Flame Flower City, Iron Water King's family could be said to cover the sky with one hand. Which of the nine great powers didn't have to pay attention to his mood? He only needed to tell the Scarlet Fire Gang's leader that he was interested in Rose King, and the gang's leader immediately dispatched four Protectors to secretly capture Rose King.
"You're only a Substitute City Lord. One day, someone will come and replace you. At that time, your family will also turn into ashes."
How could Rose King not know that this was a world where only the strong were respected? She had already accepted her fate. However, one day, she would take revenge.
"Humph! My nephew is currently breaking through to the seventh layer of Life and Death realm. Once he succeeds, this Flame Flower City will belong to my family once again. As for someone coming to replace me, I'm not afraid. My family has been passed down from my ancestor. He knows a lot of old friends, and the descendants of his old friends are also many experts. If the new City Lord is a bit more obedient, he might be able to keep his position. Otherwise, he won't be able to bear the consequences."
Iron Water King wasn't worried about his family in the slightest. There were many titled Monarchs who were on good terms with his family. Although they weren't on Flame Star, he could still send someone to warn the other party.
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"So this is Flame Flower City! It's flourishing indeed."
Walking on the incomparably spacious street and watching the stream of people coming and going, even with his tranquil state of mind, he couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart. From today onwards, Sparkle City's two billion population, as well as the tens of billions in Inferno Flower City's territory, were all under his control. He was the king here, and the rules were up to him.
With Falling Dust Sword Sect taking root here, he wouldn't have to worry about its future development. Of course, Ye Chen would set up a sect rule to prevent people of other sects from causing a ruckus here.
"In the end, this is a world where the weak are prey to the strong!"
Ye Chen sighed with emotion. If he weren't a three star Purple Gold Commander, he wouldn't have been valued by the upper echelons of human race, and he wouldn't have the power to decide the life and death of several billion people.
"En! I've arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. "
Ye Chen arrived at the entrance of the mansion and stopped.
"This is the City Lord's Mansion. Why haven't you left yet?"
The guards of the mansion ignored the fact that Ye Chen was a fifth layer Life and Death expert and furiously shouted.
Ye Chen sneered and took out the city lord's command token, "I'm Flame City's City Lord, starting today."
"Flame City's City Lord?"
The guards were a bit confused. Didn't Flame City already have a City Lord?
How could they know that Iron Water King was only a substitute City Lord?
"Wait here, I'll go in and inform them." Iron Water King and his family's prestige was too deep, so the guards still didn't dare to let Ye Chen in.
"No need to go through so much trouble."
Ye Chen waved his hand, and two rows of guards fell to the ground. Ye Chen walked straight in.
"Who dares to cause trouble in the City Lord's Mansion? Do you want to die?"
The City Lord's Mansion was huge. Ye Chen had only walked a few thousand meters when he was surrounded by a group of Iron Water King Family's experts. The whole mansion was the Iron Water King Family's lair.
Ye Chen looked around and took out the city lord's command token.
"City Lord's Command Token!"
The Iron Water King Family's people all knew that Iron Water King was the substitute City Lord, not the real City Lord.
"So it's the new City Lord. My apologies, I was disrespectful just now." A person who seemed to be in charge of the Iron Water King Family walked over with a smile and cupped his fists.
Ye Chen said indifferently, "Where's the substitute City Lord?"
"The substitute City Lord is busy. Why don't you come back in a few months? You shouldn't be in a hurry, right?" The person said with a smile.
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