"Fine. I'll listen to what you have to say." Yuan Ye smiled. He wasn't afraid of any tricks Liao Chengzhong might play. After all, strength was everything. If the little magical beast was determined to kill Liao Chengzhong, it would be of no avail even if those guards tried to resist. Rui Xi helped Yuan Ye limp into the restaurant. Liao Chengzhong also walked in weakly. Inside the restaurant, it was still Yuan Ye, Rui Xi, Liao Chengzhong, and the little magical beast - three people and one beast. Only this time, Liao Chengzhong no longer had the haughty air he had before. "I disabled your adopted son. Didn't you come to cause me trouble?" Yuan Ye looked at Liao Chengzhong, a bit uncertain. "Look at the way I came and the words I said to you at the beginning. Did it seem like I was here to cause you trouble?" Liao Chengzhong was on the verge of crying. He had been trying to show a friendly attitude to Yuan Ye. For a high - and - mighty prince to talk to Yuan Ye like that was already suppressing himself a lot, but Yuan Ye didn't give him any face at all. Rui Xi carefully bandaged Yuan Ye's wounds. The little magical beast circled around and then went back to gnaw on its pig's leg. Yuan Ye looked at Liao Chengzhong. "Stop beating around the bush. Just say what you have to say." "I want to invite you to participate in the Hundred - Elite Youth Battle." Liao Chengzhong said directly. "Why? I'm not interested if you don't make it clear." Yuan Ye frowned as he looked at Liao Chengzhong. "Of course there's a reason." Liao Chengzhong smiled. "Each session of the battle is a lucrative opportunity. Countless noble children are betting on who will win and who will lose. Previously, I had my eye on Feng Wanji, but his odds were only one to three. That means if you bet on him to win and he actually becomes the first in the end, you can only get three times the bet amount. Feng Wanji was too ostentatious, and that odds was too high. But he had the highest possibility of winning, so I had to bet on him. But now, Feng Wanji doesn't even have the qualification to participate. And you, your strength is even above Feng Wanji's. If you participate, the first place should be within your grasp. At the same time, you don't have any reputation at all. For someone as unknown as you, the odds might be more than one to five hundred. If you bet on you to win, if you bet one gold coin, you can win five hundred. If you bet a thousand, just think about the wealth you could get?" "So that's how it is. It's indeed extremely lucrative." Yuan Ye nodded. "But for a Wu Wang - level expert like you, you're actually so greedy for money too." Liao Chengzhong smiled as if it were only natural. "Who doesn't love money? Not to mention anything else. Do I have the strength to snatch dragon fruits in the Beast Domain? But if I have ten thousand gold coins, I can still buy them. By then, my cultivation level will surely improve by leaps and bounds. Similarly, with wealth, I'll also have the capital to recruit experts and the confidence to become a stronger force. Young man, money is always a good thing." "You nurtured Feng Wanji also to bring you benefits, right? Now that Feng Wanji has been disabled by me, you see that I have more value, so instead of seeking revenge on me, you actually want to win me over." "Smart. I like to cooperate with smart people. If you're willing to be my adopted son, I can do even more things for you. It'll be good for both of us." Liao Chengzhong suddenly became excited. "Not interested. I won't participate." Yuan Ye sneered coldly. "Xi'er, let's go." "Maybe you don't care about money, but participating in the competition is not just about money. There'll be power, status, and prestige. You'll also have the opportunity to participate in the provincial - level top - hundred competition, and even the prefectural - level top - hundred competition. Don't you want to see the outstanding young men in the whole province and the whole prefecture? Among these outstanding young men, there are no fewer than a thousand who are younger and more accomplished than you. Wouldn't it be a pity not to see them?" Liao Chengzhong still didn't give up. "Those who are younger and more accomplished than me!" Yuan Ye suddenly stopped in his tracks. "Feng Wanji was arrogant, thinking that reaching the sixth - grade Wu Hou in his twenties was something remarkable. But he didn't know at all how many outstanding young men there are in the provincial and prefectural capitals. Many of these people have reached the seventh - grade Wu Wang or even the eighth - grade Wu Jun level before they're twenty years old. Such people are rare in ten thousand years and are very likely to become Flaming Warriors. Don't you want to see such people?" "Reaching the eighth - grade Wu Jun before twenty years old? Are you trying to scare me?" Yuan Ye suddenly snorted coldly. He was also less than twenty years old. Now that he could defeat a sixth - grade Wu Hou, he thought he was quite strong. But if there were people who reached the eighth - grade Wu Jun before twenty years old, then wasn't he just like Feng Wanji, arrogant and short - sighted? "Do you know how deep the hatred is between our Flaming - Sun Continent and the adjacent Ice - Soul Continent? Do you know that our Yao - Yan Prefecture is the prefecture that borders the Ice - Soul Continent? Our Hunluo Province is the province farthest from the Ice - Soul Continent in the Yao - Yan Prefecture. Maybe you don't feel much. But in the Guyang, Fenxiang, and Bianxia Provinces that border the Ice - Soul Continent, do you know what the people there face every day? On the battlefield where fire burns fiercely, countless strong men fight bloody battles for thousands of miles, achieving great fame in their lifetimes. People who reach the sixth - grade Wu Hou in their twenties are as numerous as the hairs on an ox. There are not only people who reach the eighth - grade Wu Jun, but there are definitely more than just ten or a hundred. These young strong men who have fought bloody battles for thousands of miles are much stronger than you. Don't you want to see them?" Yuan Ye's fighting spirit was suddenly aroused. He suddenly turned around and looked at Liao Chengzhong with burning eyes. "Are they really this strong?" "Of course. In the same province, in our Hunluo Province, there might not be a single Flaming Warrior. But in the Guyang, Fenxiang, and Bianxia Provinces, each province has dozens of Flaming Warriors sitting in town, leading the world's experts to fight against the people from the Ice - Soul Continent. If a man doesn't experience a battle as magnificent as that, he's not a real man. With these Flaming Warriors constantly guiding your cultivation, with real trials of fire and water, and with countless outstanding young men around you giving you pressure and motivation, the speed of your strength improvement will naturally be incomparable to being arrogant in the rear." "Slap!" Yuan Ye's heart was greatly agitated. Suddenly, the bandage that Rui Xi had just wrapped around his hand was broken by him. Yuan Ye laughed at himself in his heart. "It turns out that I was really arrogant." Liao Chengzhong noticed Yuan Ye's expression and smiled on his face. He continued, "Do you know why the Hundred - Elite Youth Battles at the county, provincial, and prefectural levels have a hierarchical selection, and only those under thirty years old are allowed to participate in each level? What's the significance of this once - in - a - hundred - years competition?" "Why?" Yuan Ye turned his head and asked. "To select people with great potential, give them the best training, make them the strongest, and even make them Flaming Warriors, so that they can shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting against the Ice - Soul Continent in the future." Liao Chengzhong said proudly. "In our Flaming - Sun Continent, there's a most mysterious and sacred place called the City of Hope. Inside the City of Hope, all kinds of spirit treasures for cultivation assistance are available. There are twelve Flaming Warriors alone among the experts sitting in town. These spirit treasures and super experts have only one purpose, that is, to train future strong men. If anyone can enter the City of Hope and receive the careful instruction of these Flaming Warriors, the achievements need not be said by me." Liao Chengzhong looked at Yuan Ye and found that Yuan Ye was listening carefully. Liao Chengzhong smiled and continued, "It's too difficult to enter the City of Hope. It can't be achieved through money or power. Who would dare to show off their money and power in front of the Flaming Warriors? To enter the City of Hope, first, the age must be under thirty years old, otherwise the potential will be considered insufficient. Second, one of the three conditions must be met. Each of these three conditions is more difficult than climbing to the sky." "Which three conditions?" Yuan Ye narrowed his eyes into slits and suddenly asked. "The first condition is to independently and head - on slay a full - strength Wu Di before the age of thirty!" "What!" Yuan Ye couldn't help but roar. To independently and head - on slay a full - strength Wu Di, the strength of the person himself must also be at least at the Wu Di level. It's simply... This is simply asking too much! Liao Chengzhong smiled with satisfaction, as if he had expected this. He continued, "The second condition is to engage in a bloody battle with the people from the Ice - Soul Continent on the battlefield against the Ice - Soul Continent, and those who are outstanding in strength and have made great contributions can also enter the City of Hope. Of course, this person must also be under thirty years old. This is also why there are so many peerless geniuses fighting in the Guyang, Fenxiang, and Bianxia Provinces. They all hope to enter the City of Hope. As for how much military merit is required, there's no specific regulation. It's just heard that once a young man rushed into the enemy camp, slew three eighth - grade Wu Jun from the other side, and killed a thousand people. He applied to enter the City of Hope but was rejected because the military merit was not enough."