Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 229

There was an ancient city in the desert and its walls had gradually eroded away with time.

The streets were swarmed with people as Darren wandered around the city.

"Hello, sir. Are you here for some sightseeing? Do you want me to show you around the place?"

A messy man walked up to Darren and scanned him from head to toe with his narrow eyes.

"No," Darren simply replied.

"Oh, you should think about that again. There are so many rules and regulations in Talent City. You will get into trouble if you accidentally break any one of them. But you can rest easy if you have me around to help you out. And my price is fair—five superior spiritual herbs per day. What do you say, good sir?" He narrowed his eyes, wearing a cunning smile on his face.

"What kind of rules are you talking about?" Darren asked casually.

"There are many. For example, murder is forbidden in Talent City. And those who violate the rules are killed without question. But I can't tell you anything about the other rules. If I do, then I will become useless to you," the man said, laughing.

Darren cast a glance at him, then threw a hundred blades of superior spiritual herbs at him and asked, "What's your name?"

"Ha! Thank you so much, sir! You can call me Ron." Ron felt giddy from the excitement. It looked like luck was on his side that day. Darren had so generously given him such a huge quantity of spiritual herbs. When he had first laid eyes on Darren, he thought that Darren was some poor guy. 'Never judge a person from his appearance, ' Ron thought to himself and made sure to remember it in the future.

It was Darren's first time in the city. So, everything was completely alien to him. Darren eyed the man in front of him. He figured that Ron was probably proficient at this kind of thing and maybe had been doing this for a living for a long time. So, he imagined it wouldn't do him any harm listening to the guy. He knew the city well, after all.

"Who are those people up there?"

As Darren walked down the street, he sensed more than twenty people using their spiritual senses to survey him. When he looked up, he saw a bunch of young people on the roofs, dressed smartly. They wore vigilant expressions on their faces as they stared down at Darren.

"Oh, I can tell you about them." Ron cast a glance at the people on the roofs and continued, "Those aren't just ordinary citizens. I heard that they are the disciples of the grand warriors who've reached the Grand Realm, and that they were ordered to guard the place to look out for new geniuses. Since you are new here, they probably used their spiritual senses on you. Am I right?"

"Yes," Darren said with a faint smile on his face.

Ron said with a chuckle, "Sir, no offence, but you are only at the ninth stage of the Mysterious Realm. They will not be interested in you at all. They are probably looking for people who are at the top one hundred talents in the Talent Roll. Although, it will be amazing if they think you are good enough to join them."

"Huh? Why is that?" Darren didn't blame Ron for looking down on his cultivation base.

"I heard that those who are chosen get to meet the grand warriors, and the grand warriors would give them some insightful advice. What's more, they can also receive numerous invaluable resources to help improve the cultivation base." Ron clicked his tongue as his eyes turned green with envy.

"Do you know where the Talent Battle Ring is?" Darren asked, ignoring Ron's words.

"The Talent Battle Ring? Sir, you can't get in there without permission. First of all, you will have to be the top five hundred in the Talent Roll. Secondly, you will have to go through a lot of complicated tests before you can enter the Talent Battle Ring."

Since Darren had killed a blade cultivator who had reached the middle stage of the Wonder Realm, he had been promoted to a higher rank. So, he was now ranked at four hundred and sixty-three in the Talent Roll.

There wasn't much difference in strength between the people in the top five hundred. It might be possible for someone who was rank at five hundred to fight a person who was rank at one hundred. This was because ranking involved various factors as well, not just strength.

If one wanted to enter the top hundred in the Talent Roll, he would have to compete with others and win that place. That was to say, the ranking above one hundred in the Roll would automatically change. But to get into the top hundred in the Roll, you would have to put in a lot of efforts to practice and improve your strength to fight against other talents, unless you were already in the top hundred when you entered the Talent Roll for the first time. Darren had once before entered the top hundred. It was his first time entering the Talent Roll. But his rank at the top only lasted for a few moments. He soon fell behind the others.

Another chance to get to the top one hundred was on the occasion of the accidental death of the people at the top. Then, the talents behind them would fill the empty places.

"Don't ask questions. Just show me the way to the Talent Ring," Darren replied calmly.