In the Sealed Nether City
The incident in the Profound Underworld Heavens had gradually calmed down. Therefore, the Sealed Nether City had also returned to normal. Aside from the mess in the Profound Underworld Heavens, nothing had happened and everything was as usual.
"The Heavenly Academy's Rookie Competition is about to begin again …"
"Yeah, those that can enter the Heavenly Academy are all extraordinary geniuses. At the very least, they can reach the peak of the Mortal Saint Realm and oversee a major city. Some of them can even overcome the Heavenly Punishment and break through to the legendary Great Saint Realm …"
"Hiss … Great Saint Realm, doesn't that mean that they can become a lord of a region?"
On both sides of the street, in some of the taverns, everyone was discussing the Heavenly Academy and exclamations could be heard from time to time.
For these people, those that could enter the Heavenly Academy were people that they couldn't afford to offend. Anyone that came out of the academy could oversee a major city like the Sealed Nether City and become a City Lord. They were existences that they could only look up to.
"Say, do you guys think that the Mortal Emperor Mansion will be at the bottom again in this Rookie Competition?"
When Feng Hao passed by a luxurious tavern, this sentence caused his footsteps to stop. His ears slightly twitched as he listened to the discussion inside.
"Tch, does this even need to be said? It's been nearly two thousand years, the Mortal Emperor Mansion definitely won't be able to make a comeback."
"Yeah, who would choose the Mortal Emperor Mansion even if they're qualified to enter the Heavenly Academy? Isn't that just embarrassing themselves?"
"What a pity, the Void God back then was extremely powerful, but the Mortal Emperor Mansion has declined so much. Sigh …"
Some people sneered at the Mortal Emperor Mansion, while others sighed. However, their views were the same. The Mortal Emperor Mansion was on the verge of collapsing.
As he listened to these people's discussion, Fenghao's eyebrows deeply knitted together.
If this was the case in a small city like the Sealed Darkness City, then how would those big cities, big clans, and big forces view the Human Emperor's Mansion?
"Actually, I feel that without the Lord of Nothingness, the Mortal Emperor Manor is really not suitable to occupy the resources of the Elysium Academy. Right now, the strength of the Nandou Manor, the Poison God Manor, and the Slaughter God Manor isn't inferior to the Mortal Emperor Manor. It's really inappropriate to let them be ranked below the Mortal Emperor Manor."
An old man in luxurious clothes sat by the window of the restaurant as he sipped his wine and spoke in a faint voice. However, his words could be heard by everyone in the restaurant. In an instant, the noisy restaurant quietened down as everyone's gazes looked towards that old man.
"That's right. Those who are strong should take over, and those who are weak should give way. That's the reason. That's how our human race can continue to grow stronger."
Many people nodded in agreement with his point of view.
In a world where the strong were respected, everyone placed strength first. Without strength, one wouldn't be respected.
"Old man, what you said is wrong. In my opinion, although the Mortal Emperor Manor's current strength isn't comparable to the Nandou Manor, the Slaughter God Manor, and the Poison God Manor, in terms of contributions, even the Nine Nether Manor and the Asura Manor can't be compared to the Mortal Emperor Manor."
A bearded man stood up and retorted with his eyes wide open. "As humans, we shouldn't forget our roots. If it wasn't for the Lord of Nothingness's dao, allowing ordinary humans to cultivate, how could there be a golden age for our human race? Perhaps, our human race would have already been wiped out by the foreign races."
His words aroused the approval of a portion of the crowd. If it wasn't for the Lord of Nothingness's proposal to establish the Elysium, ordinary humans wouldn't be able to cultivate, and there wouldn't be the Elysium of today. Now, the human race had grown stronger, but they still wanted to expel the Human Emperor's Palace from the Elysium. Wasn't this ungrateful?
"The contributions of the Lord of Nothingness are indeed the greatest in the human race. This is an indisputable fact. However, the current Mortal Emperor Manor is no longer the Mortal Emperor Manor of the past. The Mortal Emperor Manor has been weakening year by year. Now, we're weaker than the Nandou Manor, the Poison God Manor, and the Slaughter God Manor in all aspects. Let me ask you, how can the Mortal Emperor Manor represent the human race now?"
The old man in luxurious clothes also stood up. The beard on his chin trembled. He was slightly agitated as he loudly said, "I dare to conclude that if this continues, our human race will definitely be dragged down."
"You're wrong."
Hearing those words, Fenghao withdrew his leg and entered the restaurant in a flash. With a faint smile on his face, he said to the old man, "I think that big brother is right. We shouldn't forget our roots. Sir, why do you think that the Human Emperor's Mansion will drag down the entire Human Clan?"
Looking at the extraordinary Feng Hao, the old man sized him up and said, "The Mortal Emperor Manor has been at the bottom for nearly two thousand years. In these few hundred years, the disciples of the Mortal Emperor Manor have lost to the younger generations of the Nandou Manor, the Poison God Manor, and the Slaughter God Manor. How can we let such weaklings occupy the best resources of our human race? Isn't this a waste? If this continues, how can our human race not go downhill?"
Hearing this, Feng Hao furrowed his brows again.
In fact, what the old man said wasn't wrong. After all, if what he said was true and the gap between them was really that great, then the Mortal Emperor Manor should indeed give way.
The human race wasn't stable and was surrounded by foreign races. If the human race weakened, the foreign races would naturally take advantage of the situation and annihilate the human race in one fell swoop.
"Haha, although you're right, old man, have you forgotten that the Mortal Emperor Manor has the Lord of the Void Martial Arts? I've heard that every generation's Lord of the Void Martial Arts is an unparalleled existence, just like the previous Lord of the Void Martial Arts. He made a name for himself in the Hundred Clan Continent, but no one has ever been able to suppress him."
Fenghao faintly smiled and opened his mouth to give an example, directly making the old man speechless.
Upon hearing the name of the Lord of the Void Martial Arts, a commotion broke out in the restaurant. Everyone's eyes were filled with reverence.
The Lord of the Void Martial Arts was someone who possessed the Void Divine Physique. Every single one of them made a name for themselves, so how could they not know?
At the same time, it was also the time when the Mortal Emperor Manor was at its strongest.
"Moreover, the Rising Disciple Tournament hasn't started yet. Who knows the final result? Old man, it's still too early to make a conclusion."
Leaving behind these words, Feng Hao's figure moved and disappeared from the spot. Like a gust of wind, he flew towards the teleportation array.
However, things didn't go as smoothly as he imagined. In the teleportation array's area, he saw a group of soldiers wearing cold armors guarding it from afar.
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