Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 589 - 588: Arena of Hope

The next day, early in the morning.

Xiao Yi and his group arrived at the port.

This time they boarded a battleship prepared by the royal family, which could accommodate fifty thousand people.

On the battleship, besides the twenty thousand escort warriors prepared by Yang Ling and people like Xiao Yi, there were also many merchants.

Previously, the Beast Emperor City was sealed off by the Huihai Sword Master for half a year, but ever since the Tianjian Sect fell, the sealing order naturally dissipated. Huang Baitao contacted Xiao Yi as soon as possible to arrange for the disciples of the Xiaoshanhe Institute to undergo training in the Beast Emperor City.

Because of Xiao Yi, the connection between the Great Qian Dynasty and the Beast Emperor City became more frequent.

Just a few days ago, they had just signed a new commercial contract.

Behind the battleship alone, there were as many as a hundred merchant ships following.

They set off toward the Beast Emperor City in an impressive fleet.

Along the way...

They also encountered some pirates.

When the pirates saw the leading giant battleship, these sneaky, unscrupulous pirates fled promptly, only to become whetstones for Xiao Yi to train the Xiaoshanhe Institute disciples on.

Ye Heng and others, leading the disciples of the Xiaoshanhe Institute, gave the pirates they encountered along the way a thorough cleansing.

So much so that all along the way...

The pirates who were questioned quickly packed up and fled in disarray, heading deeper into the sea.

Fearing they would be wiped out by the people from the Xiaoshanhe Institute!

In the latter part of the journey, everyone hardly encountered any pirates, much to the complaint of Ye Heng and others, who found it boring.

Fortunately, with the leadership of the battleship, their voyage this time was incredibly smooth.

Two days later, they arrived at the Beast Emperor City.

Huang Baitao had already received the news and opened the city gates wide. All the powerhouses and citizens of the Beast Emperor City were lined up at the port to welcome them. After all, once the Beast Emperor City reached a trade alliance with the Great Qian Dynasty...

Their exchanges became more frequent, and business was booming.

This made the citizens of the Beast Emperor City more prosperous.

After all...

The fish commonly seen by these citizens and the various seafood from the Beast Emperor Sea are rare delicacies for the Great Qian Dynasty.

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The ordinary people of the Beast Emperor City could participate in the trade.

Reaping huge benefits.

They harbored even greater support for Huang Baitao, and as for Xiao Yi, the Vice City Lord who changed everything, he also became the object of their gratitude. Consequently, when Xiao Yi disembarked from the battleship, he heard the tumultuous shouts and calls as if mountains were crumbling and seas were roaring: "Long live Lord Xiao! Long live! Long live forever!"

"Lord Xiao Yi, I want to marry you..."

"Pah! You ugly freak... Lord Xiao Yi, this old man has eighteen daughters, you can choose whichever you want..."

The cries of the people were earth-shattering, resounding across the entire port.

Ye Heng and the others exchanged looks: "Does our master really have such high popularity in Beast Emperor City?"

"See that old man pushing a cart? He actually has eighteen daughters? And he's offering them all to the Institute Head?"

"My wife was a result of eighty-nine failed matchmaking attempts before I found her, and yet here are people offering their daughters to the Institute Head, ugh, comparisons can really kill a person..."

The disciples of the Xiaoshanhe Institute were full of emotions.

Xiao Yi also felt somewhat overwhelmed as he walked over under the teasing gaze of Huang Baitao and helplessly said, "City Lord, why make such a big fuss?"

"Hahaha, I didn't arrange this. I just posted a notice saying you were coming today, and they all came on their own!"

Huang Baitao laughed heartily, showing no displeasure at Xiao Yi stealing his limelight, "Xiao Yi, you have no idea how hard these past few months have been for us! That bastard Huihai Sword Master directly sealed the city, causing my brothers and the citizens to be cooped up at home, almost sick from the confinement..."

The people of the Beast Emperor City naturally love freedom.

So when they were suddenly subjected to a city seal...

Don't take half a step.

This is simply more unbearable than killing them.

Yet, Xiao Yi eradicated the Tianjian Sect, enabling the lockdown to end ahead of schedule, and even broadened the commercial trade cooperation between Beast Emperor City and the Great Qian Dynasty, earning both the commoners and many powerful figures a fortune.

Naturally...

They then venerated Xiao Yi!

Xiao Yi nodded, his voice grave, "Lord, you handle the commercial trade cooperation; I won't intervene. How about the things I asked you to prepare?"

"Don't worry, I'll have Yuwei take care of the commercial trade cooperation!"

Pausing for a moment, Huang Baitao glanced at the disciples from the Xiaoshanhe Institute behind Xiao Yi, looking around with curiosity—in complete ignorance of what they were about to face—and said, "Are you sure you want to send these students of yours to that place? Aren't you afraid some might fall there?"

"Great trees can never grow in a greenhouse; they will never mature under my wing!" Xiao Yi said with deep conviction.

Huang Baitao shrugged his shoulders, "If that's the case, then follow me!"

Xiao Yi looked back at Ye Heng, "Ye Heng, lead the people and follow me!"

"Yes, Master!"

Ye Heng answered, then yelled at the top of his lungs, "All units, march at a run!"

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

Their steps were unified and the formation orderly.

These five hundred people looked no different from soldiers marching out of the army.

This sight made Huang Baitao nod to himself in approval, "The discipline of the Xiaoshanhe Institute's disciples surpasses by far that of the ones from the Tianjian Sect and Ten Thousand Beasts Sect I've seen before. No wonder your Xiaoshanhe Institute has been able to develop so rapidly..."

Xiao Yi led everyone straight to the slave market.

However...

Beast Emperor City no longer sold slaves; the entire slave market had been converted into the Hope Combat Arena!

This name did elicit a harsh critique from Xiao Yi.

Inside, every moment was filled with death and despair, yet Huang Baitao had named it the Hope Combat Arena. However, according to Huang Baitao, anyone could earn high rewards and freedom if they won ten successive battles in the arena.

Of course.

Winning ten battles was just the beginning, with further objectives like fifty or a hundred consecutive victories...

The more successive wins, the higher the reward.

These rewards were enough to tempt any powerful martial artist.

If one had to rely on their own efforts to accumulate resources, even just aiming for the lowest reward of ten consecutive victories would take a Golden Core Realm martial artist a decade to gather.

But here, just ten successive victories were needed to obtain it.

For those martial artists without support or background, this place represented a beacon of hope!

"Hope Combat Arena?"

"There's such a place? Is the head of the institute taking us to watch the fights?"

The crowd was puzzled.

Huang Baitao cast a sympathetic gaze upon them, thinking, poor children, you have no idea what you're about to face, and then cleared his throat before saying, "The Hope Combat Arena is one of the most famous places in Beast Emperor City. Go in and watch some fights first!"

"Thank you, Lord Huang!"

"I've never seen this kind of competition before!"

Full of curiosity, everyone entered the Hope Combat Arena.

Xiao Yi watched their excited faces, pondering, "Hopefully, you will still be able to smile after this."

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