"It seems that with the higher-ups giving you Ten-Thousand Tiger City, you still have some hope of having your appointment confirmed," Song Banner Chief said, stroking his beard and laughing.
"A genius like you should have an eighty percent chance of securing Ten-Thousand Tiger City," Steward Kang said with a nod.
"If you haven't reached sixth-rank Immortal Lord strength, you'd best not go to Ten-Thousand Tiger City," Song Banner Chief said solemnly.
"Is that a place where the Tiger Clan lives?" Tang Wen asked.
"Exactly! The Tiger Clan runs rampant there, while the humans are weak. That makes controlling Ten-Thousand Tiger City far too difficult. The previous City Lord was eaten by a Tiger Clan bigwig," Song Banner Chief said.
"Not just the previous one. The one before him, and the one before that-several City Lords were eaten by the Tiger Clan.
"Some City Lords couldn't bear it and applied for transfers.
"They'd rather go to small cities than stay in Ten-Thousand Tiger City. That place is simply too dangerous," Deputy Banner Chief Li said.
"The higher-ups don't do anything? Aren't there officials above them?" Tang Wen asked.
"They can barely handle their own affairs. Where would they find the time to bother with you?
"Besides, once a city in the Immortal Realm is assigned to you, you have to find your own solutions to everything.
"Of course, if you have good connections with the higher-ups, they'll send people to help.
"That's why every ruler of a city in the Immortal Realm needs a power backing him.
"Otherwise, a lone tree cannot hold up the roof, and he'll eventually lose his life.
"So very few people without backing ever become City Lords," Song Banner Chief said.
"To stay alive, even a sixth-rank Immortal Lord probably wouldn't be enough. Someone in