Entering the City, Fighting for Possession

"Ancient City Flag Capture only allows members of our four clans to enter. Outsiders are forbidden. That was the rule established back then."

"Exactly. If outsiders were allowed to participate, what meaning would there be in the struggle between the four clans?"

The other three clans also began to protest one after another.

Knowing full well that the other three clans intended to join forces, Mei Shen had actually left one spot vacant. Now, it seemed obvious that this spot had been reserved for Lin Chen. How could the other three clans possibly allow Lin Chen to enter so easily?

The three clans also understood Lin Chen.

Although the four Upper Clans had produced members of the God Clan and were no weaker than any super sect, ordinary young Heavenly Talents would not catch their eye.

But this concerned the struggle between the four clans. The three clans had investigated the circumstances of each clan long ago, and in doing so, they had learned that Lin Chen, the Heavenly Talent disciple of the Azure Ripple Sect who had recently become the center of attention in the martial world, was actually the Flower Clan's Imperial Son-in-Law.

Judging from Lin Chen's achievements in the Tower of Ascension, he had at least possessed the strength of a late-stage Xiantian Fifth Realm cultivator. Among the contestants from the various clans in this struggle, such strength placed him among the very best.

If that were all, it would not have mattered.

With the three clans joining forces, one late-stage Xiantian Fifth Realm cultivator—even one at the peak—could not alter the course of the battle.

The first reason the three clans sought to stop him was Mei Shen's decision.

Mei Shen was shrewd and scheming. For the sake of waiting for Lin Chen, he would rather