"Brother Xia."
Before anyone else could continue spouting nonsense, Baili Hu stepped forward. Looking at Xia Ping, he began introducing himself. "First, welcome to Baili City. I am Baili Hu, the City Lord of Baili City."
"Hello, City Lord."
Xia Ping nodded.
"All right, I like to speak plainly and don't care for beating around the bush." Baili Hu said bluntly, "Quite a few people here doubt your strength, Brother Xia. They believe you couldn't defeat three Dragon-Man Kings."
"It's simple to prove whether this is true. Fight one of my men, and we'll know exactly how strong you are."
"If you win, you may enter Baili City's dragon vein to cultivate."
What?!
Hearing this, everyone around them was stunned. They could hardly believe Baili Hu would be so generous as to allow an outsider to cultivate within Baili City's dragon vein.
A dragon vein?!
Xia Ping was quite curious. But seeing the looks of envy, jealousy, and resentment on everyone's faces, he knew it had to be something precious—something countless people yearned for. Otherwise, they would not be reacting like this.
"City Lord, isn't this a little too generous?"
At that moment, a commander secretly transmitted his voice. "The dragon vein is the most important cultivation ground in Baili City. Who knows how many generals want to cultivate there, yet they must earn tremendous merit before they are allowed in."
"But an outsider is being given the chance to cultivate in the dragon vein. That seems rather inappropriate."
He felt this required careful consideration.
"Shut up. What do you know?"
City Lord Baili Hu replied through voice transmission as well. "If he truly killed three King-level Dragon-Men, then what does it matter if we provide a dragon vein to aid his cultivation? We humans are weak and need more