Chapter 93: Jingzhong City

Xu Qianghua smiled as he left the study room.

"Well, it seems like things are going well so far."

He knew the girls would have many questions, but what mattered right now was getting them to think of this world as their own and hopefully join his family.

The rest could be sorted out once Huang Xinyui became the City Lord.

As without a City Lord, players cannot use their family tokens, as no one can approve the change.

Because of this, Xu Qianghua did not use his Family Token. However, this would change after Huang Xinyi became the City Lord.

He would be allowed to create the Xu family and make this the base city.

If she became the City Lord, he would have an easier time expanding the family's influence, which is one of the major requirements for improving their family levels.

As for Yan Yuehua, from the Status, he could see she has the skills and strength to be part of Shadow and even lead it.

This was good news for him as he did not want to be the leader of the Shadow.

He was planning to let someone else do it instead. But now, with Yan Yuehua, he would not have that problem.

He could just let her be the leader and lead Shadow to a much higher level than in his previous life.

He was not worried that these two ladies would betray him, as family cards above the legendary rank give the summons a high loyalty when they are summoned.

This means that unless the summoner kills their family in front of them, they will not betray the summoner.

As he was thinking about all this, they reached the entrance of the Mansion and passed through it without any obstacles.

He then started walking towards the city center while explaining to the girls what was happening.

"Well, I guess I will explain some things to you about this world," he said, and both girls nodded as they looked at him.

"I am sure you both have many questions, and I will try to answer them the best I can," he continued as they nodded again. "First, this world has evolved with Spiritual Qi in the air, and humans and monsters have become powerful enough to destroy mountains and fly.

However, that does not mean that this is the end of the world, as this is the normal process every world goes through in this void without fail.

But our situation is different as this world changed from the inside out in a short amount of time while the other worlds need decades or even more to evolve."

When they arrived at the location, they were immediately spotted, as Xu Qianghua's clothes were different from those of others.

However, this situation did not make the citizens want to go and mock him like in those novels where the protagonist needs to be mocked after a couple of chapters to show his importance. Instead, they had a curious look on their faces.

"Hello, citizens of Jingzhong!" Xu Qianghua said, waving at them.

"My name is Xu Qianghua. Next to me is Huang Xinyi, the City Lord Challenger. We will be here for a while before we go and challenge the first trial, so feel free to talk to us and ask any questions you might have."

With these words, many people gathered around him. Xu Qianghua did not act like a normal Gold Core cultivator who would distance himself.

He wanted the citizens' first impression to be positive since these people would be their customers once Liu Meiying set up her Chamber of Commerce.

And there might be some people with special talents and with his attitude, they might be more inclined to surrender to him.

They answered many questions from the citizens, ranging from important to trivial matters. After some time, Xu Qianghua and Huang Xinyi entered the arena. Yan Yuehua separated from them to find the Shadow captains and understand their situation.

Initially, Xu Qianghua planned to fight the Sentinel himself, as its cultivation realm was at the Late Foundation Realm.

However, since Huang Xinyi was at the Peak Foundation Realm, he left the challenge in her hands while observing from the sidelines.

Soon, they arrived at the area where the fighting would take place. A loud voice echoed from the ground.

*To be the City Lord, the challenger must prove that they have enough personal strength to handle the responsibilities of a City Lord.

To test that, a City Lord made a clone of the Spiritual Copy of the Guardian of the City. The challenger must defeat the clone before moving on to the next challenge.

The challenger must demonstrate their physical prowess and combat skills by defeating the Sentinel, a warrior whose strength has been fine-tuned to suit this test.*

The Sentinel's voice boomed without leaving the stage.

"Good luck, Huang Xinyi," Xu Qianghua said. "Remember that your well-being is important. If it seems like you might lose, just quit the match. We can retry it later."

"Yes, Master," Huang Xinyi replied with a smile. She knew she could not afford to lose, as it would negatively impact the citizens' perception of their City Lord.

But before she went up, Xu Quanghua gave her a sword he had bought from the game mall before the merge.

This is because she did not get summoned with a weapon, which is not good as the Sentinel has a sword while she is left without one.

So when she got the sword, she thanked him with a smile as she prepared herself.

After a few minutes, she ensured she was ready before climbing up to the fighting ground, where the Sentinel awaited her challenge.