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Chapter 814: Chapter 14: Impressive From All Sides! Li Yao Tests Her Mettle in the Imperial Capital (Seeking Monthly Votes)

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“Challenger of Heaven,” has been a tradition since the founding of the Great Qian Land.

In it, the term “Challenger” is derived from the meaning of “testing the edge” for the first time.

From ancient times to the present, Return to Dragon City, the capital, has been the gathering place for high-grade aristocratic families and the Imperial Household, brimming with powerhouses and geniuses, with Little Sky Prides as plentiful as “cow hair.”

As for someone like Wang Shouzhe, who started with a Lower Class A aptitude, he would be regarded merely as a passerby in Return to Dragon City, barely receiving a glance from others.

Only those Sky Prides with abilities reaching Middle Grade Class C and above are somewhat more respected. After all, at this level, as long as there’s no lack of cultivation resources, the probability of advancing to the Heavenly Human Realm is considerably high.

And if one wishes to truly make a name among the youth, at the very least, one must be a Sky Pride with, moreover, an aptitude of at least Top Grade Class D and above.

But that’s just to make a name.

If one wants to become famous among the gathering of geniuses in Return to Dragon City and command the winds and clouds among the youth, even Top Grade Class D is insufficient; you must be above Grade B, and even among Sky Prides, only the extremely talented can achieve this.

You must know, this is the capital.

In County Town, within the same generation under a hundred years old, there are only a few Sky Prides, often not even three when including the local Commandery Prince’s family. Among them, those with strength above the Heavenly Human Realm are even rarer, likely only one or two.

But in this Return to Dragon City, among the young Sky Prides under a hundred, including members of the royal family, there are at least thirty to forty, and at times, even fifty to sixty.

Among them, those with strengths above the Heavenly Human Realm number in the dozens, even possibly exceeding twenty.

The challenge of pushing into the top ten among so many geniuses to become one of the “Ten Great Masters” of the younger generation is unimaginable.

Not to mention, among the current top ten young masters, aside from Shangguan Tianque who had left the ranks over a decade ago, there are also two Great Heavenly Prides listed.

Great Heavenly Prides are rare, yet in talent-filled Return to Dragon City, on average, one appears every seventy to eighty years. Especially here in the Great Qian Imperial Household, as the sole First-Class Aristocratic Family, with a strong and profound royal bloodline, the emergence rate of Great Heavenly Prides is much higher than among other families.

Of course, there are occasional periods of a hundred years without the birth of a Great Heavenly Pride, but such cases are rare. Most of the time, one or two of the top ten masters are occupied by Great Heavenly Prides.

On rare occasions when talent bursts forth, the number of Great Heavenly Prides can even reach three.

Therefore, if local Sky Prides are confident enough and wish to make a name for themselves, they can come to the capital to challenge others, proudly known as “Challenger of Heaven.”

Among the capital’s top ten young masters, defeating any one of them would earn recognition from all prominent families in the capital, garnering great fame and future benefits.

However, these local Sky Prides almost always end in failure.

No wonder, among the top ten outstanding youths in the capital, about half are members of the royal family.

The rest, mostly, are monopolized by the Second-Class Da Qian Chen Family, the Third-Class Great Qian Wang Family, the Third-Class Da Qian Gongye Clan, and a few other upper Third-Class families.

The occasional Rank Four Prominent Family squeezing in one is already considered extremely fortunate, deserving a thumbs-up in praise.

This is why the GuiLong Shangguan Clan, having had two clan members make the list in the past century, has earned high praise from the Heng Commandery Prince.

However, Sky Prides coming to the capital to challenge are quite rare; though every ten to twenty years, there will always be one or two occurrences.

In comparison, the Challenger of Great Heavenly Pride is truly a significant event.

Calculating it out, it seems that it’s been over a hundred years since the last Challenger of Great Heavenly Pride.

Back then, Gong Yangce, the Great Heavenly Proud of Sacred Land, came to the Imperial Capital under a hundred years old to challenge others and gain fame. His performance was like cheating, sweeping through all opponents.

Until he encountered the then number one outstanding youth, the royal Great Heavenly Proud — Wu Chengsi.

Their battle was earth-shattering, indiscernibly matched, lasting many days and nights, and even the Emperor himself was alerted.

Afterward, the Emperor summoned Gong Yangce and spoke with him for roughly a quarter of an hour.

Since then, Gong Yangce’s name reverberated throughout the capital, honored as “Master Ce,” and regarded as one of the strong contenders for the next generation’s Saint.

Meanwhile, Wu Chengsi and Gong Yangce, having fought, grew to appreciate each other and became close friends.

That Great Heavenly Proud’s battle has had a profound impact, even affecting the current Emperor’s son’s competition.

However, back then, the Ping’an Wang Family was still in its “golden age,” busily developing and constructing the embryo of Ping’an Town. Even if they heard some rumors, they wouldn’t take them seriously.

The Great Heavenly Proud’s battle of that time… and ancestors like Zhou Xuan’s Old Ancestor, were too far and distant.

The ancestors of the Ping’an Wang Family likely didn’t foresee that an event which back in Ping’an Town wasn’t even considered gossip after dinner, would, after a span of over a hundred years, end up having such a significant connection with the Wang Family.

And in such a manner.

One can’t help but remark, sometimes destiny is indeed miraculous.

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At this moment.

Inside White Cloud Tower.

After overcoming the initial shock, the people present finally started to seriously examine the “formidable” immortal in front of them.

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