Chapter 1985 - 1513: Daylight City Without Night! Gone Mad!
Three days later at midnight, the Hundred Heroes Association, which attracted the attention of countless people worldwide and gathered numerous top young experts from the Holy Dynasty and various vassal states, commenced in Daylight City as scheduled.
As the name implies, it’s a grand event for competitions among young experts, and the Hundred Heroes Association has long stipulated that those over sixty years old are not eligible to participate.
For those in the Martial World who have achieved proficiency in martial arts, being under sixty is indeed considered relatively young (similar to being under thirty in our modern times).
For those strong enough to reach the Gang Qi Realm, as long as they do not engage recklessly in life-or-death struggles and suffer from injuries, living to one hundred and forty is not difficult, and those in the Heavenly Human Realm, as long as they can safely pass the Heaven, Earth, and Man Tribulations, can live to three hundred years old. Sixty years old indeed is still young...
At this moment, it was precisely midnight, yet the entire Daylight City was still as bright as day, even more luminous than the scorching sun. The city was bustling with people and traffic.
Many restaurants and teahouses along the streets had thick curtains draped down to block the light from outside, and inside, lamps were lit, allowing guests to drink and revel as they pleased.
Compared to the light of the lamps, the outside light of Daylight City was evidently more unbearable, at least for those who lived there long term. It was a source of anguish, as they almost lost their nights.
Yet, compared to the difficult pain of losing the night, the rich essence of Heaven and Earth Power in Daylight City, far surpassing any city, even comparable to the Holy Dynasty Capital, was what people could not forsake, leading to the high property prices here, making it a gathering place for experts in the Holy Dynasty who are intent on becoming stronger.
At this moment, the closer one got to the competition venue of the Hundred Heroes Association, the more crowded it became.
However, the caravans and pedestrians coming from all directions into the city were like the Sea Accepting All Rivers, moving wherever it was crowded.
Even Daylight City, known for its vast and expansive grounds, suddenly became a sea of humanity, with martial world people of high prowess filling the streets, alleyways, and even rooftops.
"Daylight City, as the name implies, is a city without night, built atop one of the Holy Dynasty’s Mingyun Crystal Veins.
The main area for the Hundred Heroes Association is a massive Mingyun Crystal Arena, covering a thousand feet, only opened once every twenty years.
The entire competition arena is reinforced by top magicians specially hired by the Holy Dynasty, using a unique magic that solidifies the ground into steel, making it incredibly hard. Even experts below the Returning to Truth 5th Realm cannot easily cause significant damage to it. It is more than sufficient as the competition arena for the Hundred Heroes Association..."
The Chief of Beast Taming House, Chen Xin, said with a smile, pointing in the air towards the arena surrounded by the buildings below, resembling a gigantic gem in the city’s center.
In the dark night, the entire Daylight City emitted twinkling lights, surrounded by dreamlike bands of light. These shimmering lights and light bands were the glow of the Mingyun Crystal Veins beneath the city.
Along the city’s central roads, lined with bustling inns and hotels, various lights intertwined, making the intersecting rectangular roads appear like rivers of light, while the thousand-foot arena at the center emitted a light that shot straight to the sky like a galaxy, enveloping the entire city in white light.
"Daylight City truly lives up to its name!"
Jiang Dali felt the rich Heaven and Earth Power permeating the air around him, speaking in a tone of admiration.
𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
For him now, the mere reliance on Heaven and Earth Power was no longer a path to becoming stronger, so it didn’t matter much.
However, places rich in Heaven and Earth Power undoubtedly allowed his combat abilities to be stronger, with Essence Qi recovering ten times faster. For Heavenly Person realm experts like Wan Wan and others, this place was a paradise. Staying here for a year might be equivalent to ten years of hard cultivation in the vassal states, which explained why the Holy Dynasty was filled with experts and numerous Heavenly Human Realm individuals.
At this moment, he sat in a sedan chair in the formation of flying mounts organized by the Beast Taming House, with Wan Wan, Wang Yuyan, Murong Qingqing and three other women beside him. Behind them, the Divine Phoenix carried Lu Xiaofeng and others mingling in the flying convoy.
Lu Xiaofeng, unable to change his old ways, had already struck up a lively conversation with several attractive female disciples of the Beast Taming House, occasionally eliciting light bell-like laughter.
The Divine Phoenix, similarly in its nature, occasionally flaunted its beautiful tail feathers and loud voice, trying to attract the attention of some other majestic male birds.
They soared through the air, across the sprawling majestic buildings below, passing over the courtyards and massive squares where numerous participants from all over the world had gathered for rest, attracting the gaze of many below.
"That’s the renowned flying convoy of the Beast Taming House. The Holy Dynasty’s divine air force uses such flying convoys; it’s really top-tier and high-class."
"Wait, look quickly, isn’t our village chief’s Divine Phoenix mixed in there?"
"That’s...the person sitting in that sedan chair looks like our village chief!"
Among the crowd on the ground, there were quite a few top players from Black Wind Village who mingled in with the participants. They instantly recognized Jiang Dali’s familiar and eye-catching figure, causing a commotion.
Many native NPCs also looked up to revere this renowned Marquis Wei Wu, who subdued the vassal state of the Wan Family immediately upon arrival in the Holy Dynasty.
Seeing the grand display of the Beast Taming House’s flying convoy escorting Marquis Wei Wu into the venue, many couldn’t help but click their tongues in admiration at such pomp and treatment, something even the Four Sect Masters could not enjoy nowadays.