Lin Yutong

As for what hobbies Lin Qingyue had, Ye Chen naturally did not care.

However, Clear Moon City was not far from Ye Chen. Though it was only a small city, its strength was still quite decent. If possible, it might not be impossible to make a move there...

"Didn't you say the Clear Moon City Lord had four sons and three daughters? Are all four of these heirs men?" Thinking of something, Ye Chen could not help asking.

"No, no, no, there's one woman..." Whiskered Man shook his head repeatedly, then said, "This young lady of Clear Moon City rarely shows herself, but her reputation in Clear Moon City is no small thing. They say her beauty doesn't lose to the City Lord's in the slightest, and may even surpass her. She's known as Clear Moon City's First Beauty!"

As he spoke, the fellow even deliberately stole a glance at Ye Chen, as if wanting to discover something from his face.

Unfortunately, Ye Chen, who had only just experienced being tricked by a woman, had already entered sage mode. He had no thoughts whatsoever about this so-called beauty the man mentioned.

"What else? Don't tell me this young lady's only merit is being pretty?" Ye Chen glanced at him and asked flatly.

"That's not it!" Whiskered Man hurriedly said.

"The young lady of Clear Moon City is named Lin Yutong. Among all the Clear Moon City Lord's children, she has the best talent. She cultivated to the realm of Five Star Dou Huang before even turning twenty-five, and her strength is also the strongest among the four. However, among the Four Heirs, she is the one with the least hope of winning the struggle for succession!"

Ye Chen raised his brows. "Why is that?"

Whiskered Man explained, "Because among the Clear Moon City Lord's seven children, only this young lady has no decent faction supporting her from behind. They don't even know who her father is, and he has never appeared before Outsiders...

There was even a period when rumors in Clear Moon City said this young lady wasn't the City Lord's biological daughter and had no right to inherit the City Lord's position at all. In the end, it was only suppressed after the Clear Moon City Lord personally took action."

"Heh, looks like the competition between these few is rather fierce." Ye Chen chuckled.

There was no need to think to know that those rumors were very likely spread by one of the other competitors. The goal was to directly eliminate an opponent, and it was even possible that there was more than one culprit.

However, for the sake of this battle over succession, these people could even use such moves. It seemed there was no trace of familial affection left between them at all.

Ye Chen was merely very curious. Did the Clear Moon City Lord not care? She had actually allowed her own children to fight to this extent. Was she trying to raise gu? But this had already harmed the whole of Clear Moon City, hadn't it?

It was foreseeable that no matter which of the Four Heirs Clear Moon City fell into the hands of in the future, enormous unrest would break out in the city, unless the Clear Moon City Lord was confident she could control everything.

However, with external forces such as the Black Fire Sect and the Lei Clan interfering, could she truly do that as a mere Four Star Dou Zong?

Shaking his head inwardly, Ye Chen began asking about the last of the Four Heirs.

"This last one is also the youngest among the four. He's a year younger than the young lady Lin Yutong, but his cultivation has only just broken through to One Star Dou Huang. Yet he is the one the whole of Clear Moon City views most favorably to inherit the position of City Lord."

Ye Chen was surprised again and said, "Oh? Why is that?"

Whiskered Man explained, "Although this Third Young Master isn't very old and isn't strong, his birth is the best! His father came from a sect in the Central State Northern Region called the Lingyun Sword Sect."

"Lingyun Sword Sect? Is this sect very powerful?" Ye Chen was somewhat curious. In his memory, the Original Work did not seem to have such a powerful sect.

Whiskered Man shook his head and said, "That, I don't know either. But there are rumors—rumors, mind you, I'm not sure if they're true. They say the Lingyun Sword Sect that this Third Young Master's father belongs to is a subordinate sect of the Myriad Sword Pavilion, a top great power in Central State. The Third Young Master's father met the Clear Moon City Lord when he came to the Pill Region to gain experience in his youth. Later, because his talent was powerful, he was valued by the Great Elder of the Myriad Sword Pavilion, who had Eight Star Dou Zong strength, and was accepted as a personal disciple..."

Ye Chen understood.

One Hall, One Tower, Two Sects, Three Valleys, Four Directions Pavilion—these were the first-rate great powers known throughout Central State.

Although the Four Directions Pavilion was only at the bottom, in this era where Dou Sheng did not appear and even High-level Dou Zun rarely showed themselves, a force with a Dou Zun-level strong person and those without a Dou Zun strong person were as different as heaven and earth!

Although the Myriad Sword Pavilion was extremely far from the Pill Region, the existence of Sword Venerate meant that neither Clear Moon City nor the Black Fire Sect dared to look down on it in the slightest.

"The Myriad Sword Pavilion, huh. Looks like this Third Young Master really does have quite an incredible identity," Ye Chen also sighed.

Although Ye Chen knew that in the later stages of Battle Through the Heavens, Dou Zun would be everywhere and Dou Zong would be worth less than dogs, and an existence around Two Star Dou Zun like Sword Venerate would only be cannon fodder level.

But at this moment, at least within the next few years, even the Ye Family backed by the Pill Tower could not afford to provoke such an existence.

While the two spoke, they had already arrived at the center of the city. At the same time, Ye Chen also saw the enormous black-stone arena at the very center.

The entire Wind Cloud Arena was a full thousand meters in size. Beside it were five slightly smaller arenas. Under normal circumstances, they could allow nameless challengers to challenge at the same time, thereby increasing the update speed of the Wind Cloud Arena.

At this moment, the areas around these arenas were already packed with people. However, no challengers had appeared on the arenas yet. The challenges probably had not begun...

Ye Chen looked over. Beneath the largest arena in the center, there were four luxurious seats set not far apart, with many guards protecting them. Moreover, the strength of these guards was basically all at the Dou Ling level.

"Those are Clear Moon City's guard troops? Their strength seems quite good," Ye Chen thought inwardly.

However, his gaze did not linger too long on those guards. Instead, it quickly landed on the four young men and women seated there...

The Four Heirs of Clear Moon City!

"Hu Lao, can you see the details of these people?" Although he had just heard Whiskered Man's introduction of these people, Ye Chen still wanted to confirm it.

Hu Tian's gaze swept over them, but it paused slightly in one direction.

"Young Clan Leader, the strength of those four is about the same as what that man said just now. However, that woman isn't a Five Star Dou Huang, but a Six Star! She should have just broken through. Also, judging from the icy aura around her, she should cultivate an Ice Attribute method. More importantly, the old man behind her is probably not inferior to me!"

"Oh?" Ye Chen's brows lifted. It seemed Whiskered Man had not been wrong. This City Lord's young lady truly had very strong talent, and she cultivated Ice Attribute...

She even had a Half-Step Dou Zong-level strong person protecting her at her side, yet they still said she had no background?

"Heh, this woman can't be connected to Ice River Valley, can she?"

Ye Chen suddenly thought of this, because in his memory, the only powerful faction that cultivated Ice Attribute methods seemed to be Ice River Valley.