Panlong: My Auto-Level Training System

Chapter 9 The Mysterious Visitor

City of Sparks, City Lord's Mansion.

At this moment, the city lord's mansion was brightly lit, and the servants all had happy expressions on their faces. The people coming and going in the mansion were nobles dressed in gorgeous clothes. These were nobles who had moved here from different places after seeing that Starfire City had low taxes and good public security.

The city has stood here for six years. Time is the best medicine, but also the most poisonous knife.

The situation in the Kingdom of Anlan has been deteriorating. Six years ago, some regional officials began to disobey the king's orders. Later, seeing that the royal family had no strong means, they even had the idea of ​​establishing their own independent state. Now, six years later, two of the original three provinces of Anlan have been divided up by several dukes, and the situation has even reached the point of fighting each other.

Given the dire situation, various measures to increase taxes were inevitable. The most unfortunate were the nobles who relied on grain and iron for their livelihoods. At best, they were conscripted; at worst, their entire clans were exterminated. In fact, the able-bodied men of the two major provinces were conscripted wave after wave.

The situation was dire, and the capital was no better off. Under these circumstances, Starfire City did not increase taxes or conscript soldiers. In fact, the current defensive forces were all composed of residents who volunteered to join, since the treatment was truly good.

With Xinghuo City as a comparison, people with connections naturally wanted to migrate there. This caused Xinghuo City's population to grow from over one million to over six million in just three years. Even the surrounding towns had at least three or four hundred thousand people.

Under the rule of Xinghuo City, the total population has exceeded ten million.

Although it cannot compare to those provinces with hundreds of millions of people, these more than 10 million people are well-fed, well-clothed, and have support in their old age and care for their children.

Over the course of three years, the number of people who accepted the rule of Xinghuo City reached a staggering eight million.

Of these eight million residents of the territory, there are over 700,000 level three warriors, over 50,000 level four warriors (though the number has decreased drastically), and over 6,000 level five and level six warriors combined.

These people can all enjoy the passive amplification effect of the territory on the Karl system, even if it is only a very small percentage.

Karl believed that within ten years at most, at least one million of the eight million residents who accepted Starfire City's rule would become Level 3 warriors.

A level 7 warrior can defeat a thousand soldiers single-handedly, and to become a regular soldier, one must at least be a level 1 warrior. A thousand level 3 warriors combined would probably be no weaker than a level 7 peak warrior.

While the increase in the number of low-level combatants is certainly welcome, today's celebration is solely due to the city lord.

City Lord Lin Talos successfully broke through to the eighth level warrior three days ago. It seems like only one level difference, but a seventh-level warrior can burn through everything in the kingdom and still not get the title of viscount. However, an eighth-level expert, as long as he protects a region, the royal family under the kingdom's rule will not hesitate to give him the title of viscount.

Viscount, seemingly only the second tier of nobility, is actually enough to shut out 99% of the people in the world.

Today, the city lord's mansion is filled with joy, and the area outside is bustling with activity. Anyone who knows even a little about this city lord knows that once he reaches the eighth level of warrior, his lifespan will increase. This means that he will continue to rule Starfire City. He is the true provider of food and clothing. He is not afraid of you bringing gifts when you celebrate, but he is afraid that you will remember who is not here.

The place was bustling with activity; the carriages alone almost blocked the entire mansion. The guards and servants who came with the nobles were not even allowed to enter the mansion and could only wait outside. The number of these servants and guards was no less than a thousand, which shows how prosperous Xinghuo City is now.

However, while outside the mansion, there was a joyous atmosphere, deep inside the mansion, in Karl's courtyard, an old man sat opposite Karl, imitating Karl by drinking tea.

This is an elderly man with a full head of white hair and a completely white beard. He looks very old, but his sky-blue eyes give him an unusual feeling.

"Hehe, I came uninvited, I hope you won't be unwelcome, sir," the white-haired old man said with a smile.

"Greetings, senior."

Seeing the person blocking his way, Karl dared not be careless and quickly greeted them respectfully.

"Oh? You know me?" the white-haired old man said, somewhat surprised.

"No, it's just that you were able to come here so quietly, you must be a great and powerful person," Karl said calmly.

Karl certainly knew who this old man was, but he himself had reached the Saint Realm and remained silent, and he had never known any friends at the Saint Realm level. If he suddenly claimed to know this god-level powerhouse, it would seem suspicious no matter how you looked at it.

Moreover, even ordinary Saint-level experts would not easily mention it unless the person in front of them came in person. After all, a God-level expert's divine sense could cover not only the entire Yulan Plane, but also the Yulan Continent.

Under the divine sense of such a god-level expert, even if they have never met in person, just mentioning his name, or even just mentioning it indirectly, would probably make him aware of it.

Just like the uncrowned king on the Yulan Continent, Karl didn't even dare to think about it. After all, he knew that a god-level expert could kill a Shura-level expert standing at the pinnacle of gods with a single thought. Who knew if he had the ability to know the thoughts of others?

Seeing the young man before him being so respectful, the white-haired old man lost all interest in playing tricks on him and simply gave up.

"You can call me Huo Dan. I've come here today mainly for you," the white-haired old man, Huo Dan, said with a smile.

"Please enlighten me, senior." Karl's expression remained unchanged, but he became even more respectful.

Below the level of gods, everyone is an ant. I have no background, and if I offend Hordan with my attitude, I might be thrown directly into the god plane to perish.

"Hehe, you don't need to worry. Let me ask you, Karl, how many geniuses have there been on the Yulan Continent over the countless years? Even if it's one every hundred years, there would still be a thousand over the past hundred thousand years. But how many Saints are there on the Yulan Continent now? An empire only has a few dozen." Huo Dan continued with a chuckle.

"A Saint-level expert can live for 100,000 years?" Karl asked in surprise.

At the Saint-level, one is theoretically immortal, but since one is not a god, one only relies on the transformation of the body and soul to obtain that near-immortal ability. Karl himself is not sure how long a Saint-level being can live.

After all, he had successfully broken through to the Saint Realm. Judging from the current situation, as long as he was not killed, he would not fall before the God Realm. He was not worried about his lifespan, but rather about his family.

There are conditions for upgrading a family. Upgrading from level one to level two only requires sufficient strength, but upgrading from level two to level three requires a certain level of family strength.