Su Xin was very interested in the Wind Cloud Ring that Yan Huangjiu established. However, Su Xin felt that the reason he spent so much effort to establish the Wind Cloud Ring was definitely not as simple as making money.
For someone of Yan Huangjiu's level, money was just a number to him.
Right now, Su Xin could only see one benefit of the Wind Cloud Ring, and that was to attract the wandering martial artists of Merchant Mountain City.
Any martial artist with some ability would no longer pursue worldly things like money, but fame and fortune.
They could not reach the ranking list of the Central Plains, but the Wind Cloud Ranking List of Merchant Mountain City, they could still flaunt their power.
Especially the special treatment of the top 30 of the Wind Cloud Ring, they were like celebrities. To be able to stand firm in the Wind Cloud Ring was enough to prove their strength in Merchant Mountain City.
However, making a name for themselves in the Wind Cloud Ring was only beneficial to those martial artists. What could Yan Huangjiu gain?
Just as he was thinking, he heard Fang Hao say in an envious tone, "If you can stay in the top 10 for more than three days, or directly fight your way into the top 30, you will be personally recruited by City Lord Yan.
At that time, you can officially become a subordinate of Merchant Mountain City. That treatment is even better than some martial arts sects, and even more impressive. "
When Su Xin heard this, he instantly understood.
This was probably the true reason why Yan Huangjiu established the Wind Cloud Ring. Actually, he just wanted to recruit talents.
Merchant Mountain City was so big. Eighty percent of the rogue cultivators of Xiangnan were here. If Yan Huangjiu didn't want to turn them into his own fighting strength, then he wouldn't be a domineering and ruthless character.
If he looked for them one by one, or waited for them to take the initiative to join, then not only would it be slow, but it would also be easy to not grasp their strength or make a mistake.
With the Wind Cloud Ring, things would be much easier. Everything depended on fighting strength. As long as you had the strength, you would have the qualifications to be recruited by Merchant Mountain City, and with the promise of great rewards, you would soar to the skies.
As the two spoke, they had already arrived at the center of the city. At the same time, Su Xin also saw the Wind Cloud Ring at the center.
The entire Wind Cloud Arena was a thousand steps wide, and there were five slightly smaller arenas beside it. Under normal circumstances, it could allow five martial artists to challenge each other at the same time, thus speeding up the updating of the Wind Cloud Arena.
At this moment, there was not a single person on the Wind Cloud Arena. Below the arena, there was a group of chairs. Over ten young people sat in the middle, surrounded by many martial artists, which highlighted their noble status.
At this time, Fang Hao whispered, "Brother Meng, you must remember these people. Do not provoke them in Merchant Mountain City. They are the children of City Lord Yan.
Recently, City Lord Yan was preparing to choose his successor. He gave each of his 13 children a token.
Each token represented a trade route controlled by a person. Whoever earned the most money in a year would be the successor of Merchant Mountain City.
This token could be given as a gift or obtained through the Wind Cloud Ring.
As long as one Young Master's subordinates defeated the other Young Master's subordinates, they would be able to obtain the token.
Therefore, during this period of time, they had arranged to have a battle on the Wind Cloud Ring and kick a few out.
However, these Young Masters are not to be trifled with. After fighting for a few days, none of the Young Masters have completely suppressed the other side. However, I have seen a few good shows of family infighting. "
Su Xin's eyes flashed. He didn't expect that the battle for the successor of Merchant Mountain City had already begun. Moreover, Yan Huangjiu had thought of a good idea. He actually wanted to test the successor by earning money through the trade route.
However, this was reasonable. After all, the reason why Merchant Mountain City was able to stand above Xiangnan was because of its reputation as a city of commerce.
If it was a successor who didn't know anything about commerce, Merchant Mountain City would probably fall in a few years' time.
Just knowing about commerce wasn't enough. After all, although Merchant Mountain City was a city of commerce, its foundation was still martial strength.
If it wasn't for Yan Huangjiu, a Harmonious God Realm martial dao master, and if it wasn't for the experts that Yan Huangjiu had recruited to guard Merchant Mountain City, the rich and populous Merchant Mountain City would have long been annexed by the major martial sects of Xiangnan.
It was precisely because of this that Yan Huangjiu had added another rule to the rules, which was that they could use the Storm Arena to fight for the tokens of other successors. This was to encourage them to use force to conquer the other party, so that they could have an additional trade route, which would increase their chances of winning.
However, these people were Yan Huangjiu's biological children. Although he wanted to choose a qualified successor, he couldn't bear to see them kill each other. Therefore, he made it so that only his subordinates could participate in the Wind Cloud Ring.
After all, the strength of the subordinates represented the strength of the successor. It could also test the successor's ability to control talents.
Su Xin looked at the thirteen successors of Yan Huangjiu and narrowed his eyes, "Brother Fang, this is my first time here. Can you introduce these Young Masters to me in detail?"
In the mission information that Tie Wuqing gave to Su Xin, there was information about the thirteen successors of Yan Huangjiu.
However, although Su Xin had memorized the information, there were no cameras in this world. Just by relying on those specious descriptions, Su Xin couldn't match them to each other.
Fang Hao's nagging habit of gossiping came back. He pointed to a tall man sitting in the middle and said, "This is City Lord Yan's first son, Young Master Yan Shuheng.
Among the thirteen children, Yan Shuheng is the oldest and has accumulated the most wealth in Merchant Mountain City. "
He then pointed to a handsome young man next to Yan Shuheng, who had a sinister look in his eyes, and said, "This is City Lord Yan's second son, Yan Zhongheng. He's vicious, arrogant, and despotic.
You have to be careful. There are many warriors in Merchant Mountain City who offended this second son and had their martial arts crippled, legs broken, and thrown out of Merchant Mountain City. "
Fang Hao continued to point to a handsome young man in white and said, "This is City Lord Yan's ninth son, Yan Chengheng. He's heroic, generous, and generous. He has an excellent reputation outside, and his personality is the complete opposite of the second son."
Fang Hao finally pointed to a handsome young man who was about the same age as Su Xin and said, "This is City Lord Yan's thirteenth son, Yan Jiheng. He's the youngest son that City Lord Yan likes the most. The other young masters' guards were all recruited by themselves. He's the only one that City Lord Yan personally bestowed three Xiantian Realm guards.
As for the rest, I won't say too much. Right now, only these four are the most likely to compete for the position of City Lord's successor. The others are a bit lacking, and they know that they're not strong enough. Therefore, the other eight have already pledged allegiance to these four young masters. Even if they can't become City Lord in the future, they can at least live the rest of their lives in wealth. "
Su Xin looked to the corner and rubbed his nose, "City Lord Yan has thirteen children. You seem to have missed one."
Fang Hao also looked at the corner. There was only a woman about 20 years old sitting there. Behind her was an old servant and three martial artists. Compared to the scene of more than ten people clustered behind other people, it was really a big difference.
This woman was wearing a beautiful white dress. Although she was also very beautiful, her appearance was not the kind that could cause the downfall of a city.
However, she had an elegant and gentle temperament that made people feel very comfortable and couldn't help but feel close to her.
Hearing Su Xin mention this woman in white, Fang Hao sighed and said, "This is City Lord Yan's twelfth daughter, Miss Yan Qingxue. However, she is different from the other young masters. Miss Yan is an illegitimate daughter.
Although the other young masters also have the same father but different mothers, their mothers are all from big families. Only Miss Yan's mother is just an ordinary person. Therefore, among the thirteen children of City Lord Yan, Miss Yan is the most ostracized one.
In fact, Miss Yan is really a good person. She doesn't have the slightest bit of arrogance towards us rogue cultivators. Sometimes, when we accidentally offend the second young master, she would even plead for us.
Unfortunately, Miss Yan's birth has doomed her to not be the City Lord of Trade Mountain City. However, she still hasn't decided which young master she will support. Her actions have already made the eldest young master and the others somewhat dissatisfied.
In fact, Miss Yan's best choice now is to give the token in her hand to one of the young masters in exchange for his protection. If the young master she supports becomes a candidate for the City Lord position, Miss Yan will have a better life in the future. "
Su Xin looked at Yan Qingxue, who was sitting alone in the last seat, and said with admiration in his eyes, "That's not necessarily true. Things that are obtained through charity are the least secure. Some things have to be pursued by oneself."
Fang Hao curled his lips. He felt that this new Brother Meng was a bit too idealistic.
Some things indeed have to be pursued, but the prerequisite is that you have the strength to pursue them.
Yan Qingxue was an illegitimate daughter that was hated by the other brothers. She didn't have many resources and couldn't cultivate strong subordinates.
Her current strength wasn't even as strong as those young masters who voluntarily surrendered to the other four young masters. What did she have to compete with them?
Fang Hao wanted to refute his comrade next to him, but he realized that he was slightly distracted.
It had to be said that Fang Hao's observation skills were quite strong. Su Xin was indeed distracted because he was shocked by the system's new main quest.
"Main Quest: Fickle Heart. Quest Description: Win the love of Yan Jiuhuang's illegitimate daughter Yan Qingxue and leave decisively. Quest Reward: 500 Villain Points, 5 Intermediate Lottery Draws, time limit of one year.
Failure Punishment: Deduct 500 Villain Points and lose five years of your lifespan. "
To be honest, when Su Xin received this quest, he almost vomited blood. Could the system's quest be any more unprincipled?
Su Xin wasn't interested in playing with a girl's feelings, nor did he want to do it.
However, this was a main quest. It didn't give him a chance to give up. He had to accept it, even if he didn't want to accept it.
The punishment this time wasn't easy. 500 Villain Points was fine, he could slowly accumulate them in the future. However, he couldn't lose the five years of his lifespan. After all, no one wanted to die five years early.
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