Chapter 180: Finally, it has begun
Baiyun City became extremely calm, and the inflow of strange people slowly came to a stop. The city continued its everyday bustling momentum.
Celestial Heavenly Store continued operating as usual. Since their last encounter with the Crimson Jade Pavilion, no one came to disturb them.
Spirit Comms became widespread news among the folk of the city. The You Connect social platform even made it more interesting enough that they were easily captivated.
Trends began to pop up slowly among. The most handsome young man. The prettiest woman.
At first, no one noticed it. But every time people logged into the You Connect platform, the first thing they would notice was the trending banner.
The leading prettiest lady was from Barren Land, while Huang Yin was the most handsome young man from the Baiyun inner city.
Huang Yin in barren land didn't cause any ripple, but Haoran, through the inner city and outer city into upheaval among the citizens on Spirit Comms.
Haoran was from an ordinary alchemist clan in the inner city. He didn't expect his casual upload of pictures to gather so much attention.
Under his You Connect profile, he already had more than one million followers and still growing rapidly.
Even though the threat of the Celestial Heavenly store was still hanging in the air, that didn't deter the people from enjoying and competing among themselves.
Suddenly, a worldwide notification appeared on the You Connect, instantly drawing the attention of millions of people.
Even though there were only a couple of hundred thousand people with Spirit Comms in the city, that didn't lessen the enthusiasm of the people.
Those who had yet to purchase the Spirit Comms would ask the latest trend from their friends.
And now, with the sudden worldwide notification, it spread throughout the city.
'With the continuous trends of the Handsome man and Prettiest lady, we have decided to make this into a rewarding contest every month.
1. The top handsome and Prettiest lady would receive one thousand spirit stones. They would have an advertisement page where they could advertise to their audience with a regional notification for 5 seconds.
2. Those in the top 10 would also receive Spirit Stones from us. Also get an advertisement page and regional notification for 2 seconds.
3. Those in the top 100 would receive a prestigious badge from us.
Everyone on the list of one hundred prettiest ladies and handsome men would receive a discount in our various stores based on their ranking. '
At once, both the Barren land and Baiyun city were thrown into upheaval. Everyone was shocked. One thousand spirit Stones for the top spot alone.
That was insane to them.
The buzz spread throughout the city even to those who wanted to take down the Celestial Heavenly Store.
The various young masters and young misses from each clan were full of anticipation.
And those who couldn't get their hands on the Spirit Comms based on their clan enmity with the stores pressured their father or mother to get their hands on a Spirit Comms for them.
"So they are giving out one thousand Spirit Stones for free?" The Fu clan Patriarch said to his son.
"Yes, father." He nodded with deep hatred in his eyes.
He would have joined the men on the ranking if not for their unreasonable demand. Therefore, his hatred for the store had reached an all-time high.
"Son, don't worry. Everything ends today. We will have it in our hands today. So relax." Patriarch Fu said calmly to his son.
Fu Gang had a bright smile on his face. He knew what this means and he couldn't wait for it to begin and complete.
The ruthlessness of human nature would be displayed in the presence of greed. Greed, a powerful emotion that invokes the darkest part of every human. And today, the greed of almost every clan in the city was overflowing.
Slowly, the sun set in the west and darkness enshrouded the land. Those with the Spirit Comms were busy talking or chatting with new and old friends while those who didn't have were full of jealousy.
As for those who wanted the destruction of the store, they had another expectation.
Today, the moon failed to come out as if scared of the impending battle that was about to begin. Strong men with deadly weapons appeared on the street one after the other.
The night patrolling guards were given the night off today. Furthermore, the city gate was deadly shut with thousands of soldiers guarding.
The previous disappearing tension came back with full force. Every street and alley were quiet, filled with gentle howls of the winds.
Everyone in the city knew what this means. A deadly battle was about to begin and with who. There was only a single clan in mind.
Inside the various Celestial Heavenly stores, all the usual calm and smiling attendants had long changed into something else. They were in armor, the Metal Bronze Armor.
Combining the Metal Bronze Armor with their bloodline power was an overkill on their part.
Unbeknownst to those who wanted to attack the stores, they were full of confidence as they surrounded every store in both the inner city and outer city.
As for the
Cao clan, it was strangely quiet. The clan mansion was in total darkness without the bustling of human activities.
Across the street, various eyes looked at the mansion with various thoughts. But the one thing that was evident on their faces was the undisclosed killing intent.
Standing at the balcony of his office, the city lord looked down toward the deadly quiet city and sighed.
'The last time this happened was thirty years ago. Huh!' He sucked in a cold breath and released the small lantern to the sky.
Gradually, the lantern flew gently into the sky, and everyone in the city could see it. Finally, it had begun.
Just as the city lord was prepared to return to his office. All the hair on his body stood straight, and his instinct was screaming of imminent danger.