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Chapter 823: Chapter 16 Great Heavenly Proud Sweeps Across the Imperial Capital_2 Chapter 823: Chapter 16 Great Heavenly Proud Sweeps Across the Imperial Capital_2 “`
Far away in the National Capital, Return to Dragon City, Wang Liyao’s subsequent days were truly filled with excitement and splendor.

The Heng Commandery Prince, who had already mastered the true “business” methods, dismantled the original platform, which was only adequate for dancing and dining, at the fastest speed and replaced it with an Obsidian Fighting Stage, also spending a huge sum to build a Defensive Array.

By the way, he used the excuse of providing a sturdy stage for the Great Heavenly Proud Liyao to block all challengers at the door and register them one by one. In his words, our Great Qian Land is a civilized society, and all competitions naturally need rules. Participants must apply for registration, get a number tag, and challenge in an orderly fashion according to the dates.

This action, although it caused dissatisfaction among many people.

But who did it belong to but the Heng Commandery Prince?

If it weren’t for the fact that his age was too great, making him unsuitable to receive the Great Emperor’s inheritance, he would inevitably have been qualified to participate in the Emperor’s son’s struggle.

With such a person establishing the rules, even if there were substantial grievances, one could only chuckle and accept them, and even had to compliment the Heng Commandery Prince on a job well done.

In reality.

This was the Heng Commandery Prince deliberately stirring up hype and preparing to sustain the heat for as long as possible.

As a result.

Wang Liyao was well taken care of by the Heng Commandery Prince with good food and drink, facing a challenge from the young Sky Pride of Return to Dragon City every two days.

“I am the seventeenth-ranked young Sky Pride from Return to Dragon City, Sun Qiuqiu of the Sun Clan of Grade Four, at the Peak of Level Two Heavenly Human Realm, and ninety-three years old this year.”

Then.

This fellow called Sun Qiuqiu was thrown out of the stage after just ten breaths.

Two days later.

“I am Ouyang Feiyang of the Ouyang Grade Four Clan from Return to Dragon City, at the Peak of the Level Three Heavenly Human Realm, one hundred and thirteen years old this year, recently fallen out of the top sixteen. ”
Under the circumstance where White Cloud Tower was crowded, and private rooms required a minimum spend that was triple the usual amount, all the added seats were fully occupied, and dishes along with drinks were ordered to the brim. That Ouyang Feiyang withstood fifteen breaths before being blasted off the stage.

After such incidents occurred five times in a row.

The spectators, unable to contain their frustration, started to rebel. Those who could afford such an exorbitant minimum spend and still come to watch the match were influential, powerful, and wealthy individuals, right?

Among them were also many from the Imperial Household.

Even if the Heng Commandery Prince indeed holds a high status, should he be so extortionate?

It had become quite clear that the Heng Commandery Prince was deliberately putting the more formidable challengers at the back of the queue, using the so-called “trash” Sky Prides upfront just to fill the numbers.

As a result, to quell the “public outrage,” the Heng Commandery Prince immediately arranged for a young Sky Pride master ranked seventh to challenge the Great Heavenly Proud Liyao—Da Qian Chen Family’s Chen Muying.

As one of only three Third-Class Aristocratic Families in Great Qian, it has the privilege of preceding its name with the words Da Qian in the presence of other prominent families.

Although the Chen Clan wasn’t among those who followed the founding emperor at the beginning of the nation to pioneer, it has become a rapidly rising power.

Today’s Da Qian Chen Family is mighty, boasting no less than two old ancestors in the Divine Power Territory.

Therefore, by playing the Chen Muying card, the public outrage subsided slightly. Then again, the Heng Commandery Prince began to hype things up externally, touting Chen Muying as the paragon of invincibility under the heavens.

There were rumors that Chen Muying was one of the Chen Clan’s hidden cards, his current seventh rank among the young Sky Prides being merely a ploy to conceal his skill.

Amidst all this praise, Chen Muying was portrayed as an invincible hidden Great Heavenly Proud, as though he could seize the top spot effortlessly if he desired.

As the rumors spread, many people held intense anticipation for this challenge. They believed that even if the rumors were somewhat exaggerated, this would surely be a fight worth the price of admission, not to be missed.

The minimum spend for the private rooms of White Cloud Tower soon soared to six times the original amount.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands, and buoyed by rumors to the point of swelling with confidence, the Level Three Heavenly Human Realm’s Chen Muying felt ready to battle the Great Heavenly Proud, and yet, he lost!

Three breaths!

Chen Muying had barely executed one move before he was defeated by Wang Liyao with a sword still sheathed!

It’s not that Chen Muying was genuinely that weak, but had he engaged with Liyao with cautious respect, the fight wouldn’t have looked so pathetic. It goes to show that sometimes, rumors can indeed be a pitfall. If Chen Muying could rise from this setback, he might still become a hero of his generation.

Also duped were the throngs of spectators, who initially hoped to enjoy the thrill of a fierce battle alongside their drinks and dishes.

That’s it?

Was Chen Muying just a foil set up to highlight Wang Liyao?

Cancel the order…
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Meanwhile.

In the western part of Return to Dragon City, at a decent distance from the Imperial Palace, stood a sizeable residence.

This estate was unassuming in luxury, seemingly no different from the other surrounding estates, but on the plaque above its gate was the Blue Dragon Emblem of the Great Qian Imperial Household.

This meant that the master of this estate was a member of the Great Qian Imperial Household.

In Return to Dragon City, there are many such estates. After thousands of years of Great Qian’s development, the number of members in the Imperial Household has become countless, and the properties belonging to the Imperial Household are likewise beyond ordinary imagination.

Although at present, most members of the Imperial Household are actually quite far removed from the Direct Lineage and their bloodline’s potency is not nearly as strong as that of the Direct Line, they are still significantly more powerful than other middle to lower-class families, and occasionally, a Great Heavenly Proud is born among them.

This generation has produced a Great Heavenly Proud within the Direct Vessel of the Royal Family named “Wu Zhixing,” who, due to his exceptional Talent, has attracted the attention of Emperor Longchang. The emperor specially brought him to the National Capital, Return to Dragon City, to be educated and nurtured by distinguished teachers of the Direct Lineage of the Royal Family, and now many years have passed.

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