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Chapter 482 Registration of Subordinate Forces
The prototype of Zhutian City is Spine Peak City.
If that's the case, then isn't the current city lord the first city lord?

Li Jing and Ao Bing exchanged a glance, both feeling a mixture of shock and excitement.

What shocked them was the secret about the origin of the City of Heavens, and what excited them was the significance of this secret.

For Li Jing, who was born in the Shang Dynasty, it was not strange that the city lord treated his own people well.

Therefore, what he cared more about was the information contained behind this secret—

If Zhutian City originated from Jifeng City, and the city lord was its founder, then wouldn't their East Sea Alliance also be considered an early member of Zhutian City?
Of course, they were indeed newcomers in front of Ye Fan and the others.

However, in the long run, assuming that the City of Heavens will stand forever, the current timeline is definitely the very early stage, which is enough to give all those who enter the city a head start!

Seeing the excitement on their faces, Ye Fan smiled slightly and said leisurely, "If I'm not mistaken, the reason you two suddenly brought this up is probably not just because you want to know the origin of Ridge Peak City, right?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing and Ao Bing immediately came to their senses.

The two exchanged a glance, and Ao Bing smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, my East Sea Dragon Clan has a large number of members, but the price of the entry token is too high, making it difficult to benefit the entire clan."

"That's why what Ao Bing really wanted to ask was how to obtain such special treatment as Spine Peak City."

"But I never expected that there would be such a secret behind the treatment we received in Spine Peak City. If that's really the case, then we have nothing more to say..."

Surely we can't lead the entire dragon race to surrender to the city lord?

Even if they have this idea, it depends on whether the city lord wants to accept it!

"I see!"

Ye Fan and Xiao Yan exchanged knowing glances.

The former smiled slightly and said, "If that's all there is to it, I really do have a way!"

"……Um?"

Ao Bing and Li Jing were both stunned for a moment, then their eyes widened as they looked at Ye Fan with anticipation.

"Please enlighten me, Brother Ye/Mr. Ye!"

"I wouldn't presume to offer guidance!"

Ye Fan said with a smile, "It seems that business at Dragon Palace Treasure Pavilion has been quite good lately. The two of you have been so busy running the shop that you haven't even had time to pay attention to the official notices from the East District City Lord's Mansion!"

"Oh?"

Li Jing and his companion had a sudden realization, as if they had just understood something: "Could it be that the City of Heavens has introduced some new policy?"

“Not bad!” Ye Fan said with a smile. “Considering the recent surge in the number of people entering the city and the continuous expansion of the scale of Zhutian City, the City Lord’s Mansion has recently issued a notice regarding the ‘registration of affiliated forces’.”

"In the words of the game, it means giving residents the authority to form guilds in the City of the Gods."

"Of course, not all residents are eligible to register a faction, and not all factions can meet the requirements."

"To get their forces onto the official list of Zhutian City, they must meet the standards set by the City Lord's Mansion."

"These standards cover many areas, including but not limited to the number of people, funds, strength, and the territory and influence of affiliated forces in their respective worlds."

"Among them, the most important are the territories of the subordinate forces in Zhutian City, namely the shops they rent, or the cave dwellings and residences they permanently purchase, etc."

"As long as the standards are met and the conditions are satisfied, the subordinate forces will be listed on the official list, and then the people under their command will be qualified to enter the City of Heavens."

"Of course, members of forces who enter the City of Heavens in this way will be subject to certain restrictions. They can basically only move within the territory of their own forces and do not have the freedom that true entrants to the city have..."

At this point, Ye Fan paused, then smiled and looked at Li Jing and the other man, whose faces were filled with excitement:

"But for your East China Sea Alliance, this level of authority should be sufficient, right?"

"Enough, enough!"

Ao Bing and Li Jing nodded repeatedly, both looking excited.

The cooperation with the merfolk did solve the immediate problem for their East China Sea Alliance, but hiring merfolk employees was ultimately a considerable expense.

If we could exchange it for the clam maiden and tortoise form from the Dragon Palace, we could certainly save a large amount of celestial currency.

That's why they tentatively asked such a question, wanting to know how to enter Spine Peak City without an entry permit.

Ye Fan's answer undoubtedly far exceeded their expectations.

Li Jing asked impatiently, "Mr. Ye, if we need to register an example, which immortal abode should we go to?"

"Of course, it's still the Ascension Pavilion," Ye Fan said with a smile. "However, I don't recommend you go now, because the registration process for affiliated forces is quite strict."

"Taking real estate in the city as an example, if a cave dwelling does not have permanent residency rights and is only rented, it must have a rental period of more than five hundred years to barely qualify..."

what? !

Five hundred years? !

Li Jing and Ao Bing looked stunned.

After doing some mental calculations, the latter realized that renting the Dragon Palace Treasure Pavilion for more than 500 years would cost at least 100,000 Heavenly Coins!
Li Jing couldn't help but say, "Isn't this too harsh?" Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "If it's only about giving and not taking, then it's naturally harsh, but Zhutian City is not a place that sucks blood. Registering affiliated forces also comes with a lot of preferential policies and related benefits."

"Putting aside everything else, the newly registered affiliated forces alone will receive a fifth-order spiritual vein, ten top-grade spirit stones, and over a hundred ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs as benefits."

“Every year thereafter, the City Lord’s Mansion will assess the level of power. Those who are promoted will be commended and rewarded, while those who are not will be subsidized to prevent low-level powers from going bankrupt.”

"If the affiliated forces develop well, the benefits they receive from the Heavenly City alone will far exceed the cost of registration!"

...Such a thing really happened?
Then there's really no problem!

After all, there are too many benefits, so setting the standards high is necessary to prevent self-employed individuals from taking advantage of them for free.
Li Jing and Ao Bing were captivated and extremely excited by what they heard.

The two exchanged a glance and made a decisive decision: they needed to save money as soon as possible and extend the rental period of the Dragon Palace to five hundred years first.

As for buying a cave dwelling with permanent residency, that's really not cost-effective, and only a small number of people would choose that option.

Even if you were to find a place to seclude yourself in the City of Heavens, it would be far less practical than going to the Cloud Sea Abode in the Immortal Palace of the Mortal World!

Having answered their questions and offered advice, Ye Fan and Xiao Yan finally revealed their true intentions to Ao Bing after exchanging smiles.

"...What, you want me to go to Brother Ye's world to help?"

Ao Bing stared wide-eyed at Ye Fan in astonishment and said, "Although I possess some magical power, in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, I am at most a mere dragon transformation cultivator. How could I possibly help Brother Ye?"

Merely transforming into a dragon?
Ye Fan, a cultivator at the fifth level of the Dao Palace, froze with a smile, a sense of frustration rising within him.

Xiao Yan, standing beside him, chuckled inwardly but smiled and said, "Brother Ao, as you probably know, Brother Ye comes from the world of Shrouding the Heavens, which has an extremely high level of energy and offers unparalleled opportunities throughout the heavens."

"That's why we often accept Brother Ye's invitation to explore the secret realms of the Shrouding the Heavens world."

“A few days ago, Brother Ye and I discovered a treasure land in the northern region of the Eastern Wilderness. The terrain is unique and the dragon vein is long. Although it contains endless treasures, it is also a rare and dangerous place in the world.”

"In Brother Ye's lineage of the Source Celestial Master, this place has an academic name, called the Myriad Dragon Nest."

"As the name suggests, it is a place that can nurture dragon veins, and even give birth to real dragons!"

"What a coincidence!"

Xiao Yan smiled and looked at Ao Bing, saying, "Brother Ao is a true dragon, and also the reincarnation of the Spirit Pearl. The purity of his bloodline is far superior to that of the mixed-blood dragons in the world of Shrouding the Heavens."

"With Brother Ao's assistance, this trip to the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest will surely be much smoother!"

That's it!

Li Jing and Ao Bing suddenly realized something.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's invitation, Ao Bing still looked hesitant and said with a wry smile, "Brother Xiao is joking. As far as I know, the true dragons in the world of Shrouding the Heavens are powerful beings on par with true immortals."

"Although my bloodline is decent, my strength is poor, and I am really no match for the true dragon you two speak of, am I?"

"No, no!" Ye Fan shook his head and said with a smile, "Bloodline is bloodline, and combat power is combat power. The two should not be confused!"

To give a somewhat inappropriate example, both Clark, who has already become Superman, and his counterpart from a parallel universe who has lost his superpowers, are of similar research value in studying Kryptonian genes.

Even if the former's combat power and potential far exceed the latter's, it cannot change the reality at the genetic level.

Similarly, although the East Sea Dragon Clan's combat strength is not comparable to those old things in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, in terms of bloodline, they are indeed on the same level as true dragons.

This is not just Ye Fan and Xiao Yan's speculation, but a fact that has been verified!

Ye Fan laughed and said, "Brother Ao, there's no need to belittle yourself. Do you still remember the dragon scale you gave me more than half a month ago?"

Ao Bing was slightly taken aback, then nodded with a slight blush.

When Su Haoming first collaborated with the Red Dust Immortal Palace, he shamelessly mentioned that they wanted to acquire the dragon scales and blood of the East Sea Dragon Clan, and even dragon... well, various true dragon derivatives!

Such a despicable transaction truly had a tremendous impact on Ao Bing's young mind.

Therefore, he was extremely ashamed and indignant at the time, and fled in panic. After returning to the East Sea, he did not tell his father about the matter.

However, during their subsequent collaboration, Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, noticed the preciousness of his own bloodline. So he tentatively took out dozens of Ao Bing's dragon scales and gave them to Ye Fan and Su Haoming as a gift to foster good relations between the two families.

Those dragon scales were all shed by Ao Bing when he was young, and were originally kept by his father, King Ao Guang, as a memento.

Ao Bing was entrusted by his father to give the gift to Ye Fan, which was already unwilling. Now that he heard Ye Fan mention it, he naturally felt an indescribable sense of shame.

Ye Fan said with a smile, "Of the thirty-seven dragon scales, I only used three to exchange for a sacred body, a dragon pearl, and countless rare and precious materials and powerful artifacts from the powerful demon king, the Azure Dragon King!"

"And yet, the Azure Dragon King still feels indebted to me, and he holds a grand banquet in his cave to thank my Immortal Palace for disregarding past grievances and returning their dragon clan's most precious treasure!"

At this point, Ye Fan paused, then chuckled under Ao Bing's astonished yet ashamed gaze:

"Hey, a dragon treasure!"

“Even the scales you shed when you were young are treasures in the eyes of the Azure Dragon King.”

"If that old man were to see a real dragon like you, how excited would he be?"

(End of this chapter)