Chapter Ninety-Five: Even a humble life can dream of greatness

After a while, once the battlefield had been cleaned up, the others gradually returned as well.

To Ye Feng’s surprise, Jin Ming held out twenty talismans and handed them to him. “During the fighting, you never rushed to seize the talismans. Everyone saw that. Please take these.”

By this point, the number of talismans in everyone’s hands had become nearly equal.

Although they had formed an alliance, there were still only fifty places for entering the ancient ruin.

As a result, the conflict over those places was becoming increasingly apparent.

Ye Feng did not take the talismans. He slowly swept his gaze across the excited faces of the crowd and said, “I know every brother here wants to enter the ruin. But there are only fifty spots, and I do not want these next three days to turn us from brothers into enemies.”

His concern was also what troubled the others.

Though Ye Feng’s presence now served as a banner of restraint, everyone knew that on the final day of training, someone would surely take the risk and strike at a companion to seize talismans.

“So, I have a method that I think is fair. First, we clear out everyone else who has entered this place. Then we hold matches one by one. The fifty winners will gain the right to enter the ruin. What do you all think?”

As soon as he finished, voices of discussion rose again among the crowd. It was clear that some of the weaker members did not quite agree with Ye Feng’s proposal.

Yet by now, without the protection of this group, their road ahead was certain to be difficult.

“If we lose our qualification to enter the ruin, does that mean the alliance will cast us out?”

After a while, a young man’s voice came from below.

Ye Feng turned and saw that this person was only an early-stage Spirit King. His ability to remain in the Chaotic Domain until now was entirely due to the group’s protection.

“Why not form an alliance among ourselves? Whether or not we can enter the ancient ruin, we are still brothers. If anyone bullies one of us in the future, the rest will swarm them at once and tear them to pieces.”

The moment He Tao spoke, a wave of praise broke out below. Everyone agreed wholeheartedly with the proposal.

Even Ye Feng was greatly tempted by it. If it could be achieved, it would mean he had won over nearly eighty percent of the nobles in the capital without shedding a drop of blood.

“I agree. However, our alliance will not take in just anyone. Its purpose must be, above all else, to resist the holy lands and defend our homeland,” Ye Feng said.

To this, no one objected.

Soon after, under the planning of He Tao and the others, the alliance’s rules were freshly drawn up.

Alliance Rules: First, no robbers, rapists, or plunderers. Second, no idle parasites. Third, no utterly vile criminals.

If any member of the alliance encounters hardship, the others must lend assistance, or else be expelled from the alliance.

The alliance’s foremost principle: resist all invaders. Our homeland must be ruled by ourselves.

Finally, every member of the alliance must reach the target set by the alliance leader within the allotted time.

He Tao, with his baby face, displayed a level of cunning that even Ye Feng could not help praising. Ye Feng admitted to himself that in such a short time, he would never have thought of so many things.

With the alliance established, everyone present felt that the atmosphere had changed.

If before, they had simply been held together by interests, then now all of them had begun to feel a sense of belonging.

“Since we have an alliance, should we give it a name? And who will serve as the leader?” someone asked.

As soon as this was said, the crowd erupted once more.

“Since this is an alliance formed from the Chaotic Domain, why not call it the Chaotic Alliance?” someone laughed.

As soon as he spoke, another person immediately shot it down with a grin. “Chaotic your head. I think the Wind Alliance sounds better!”

“I was born an ant, yet I can still look up at the same sky as a dragon. If only by standing at the highest point can I protect the people I care about from being bullied, then I will stand there.”

Suddenly, Ye Feng raised his head to the sky and declared with heroic force:

“I want there to be no one in heaven or earth who can bully us. I want those who speak and make laws to bow and kneel before us; I want all who enforce rules by force to vanish like smoke. I want... us to be kings. Let the alliance be called the Heavenly King. The Heavenly King will never perish; the undying Heavenly King.”

Silence. Deathly silence.

Every eye in the crowd fixed on Ye Feng. In their gazes burned something called fanaticism.

No one had expected that the heart of the young man before them would be so vast.

Even humble clothes can hold a dream. Yet under the shackles of worldly convention, everyone’s thoughts had long been confined within those rigid boundaries.

“The Heavenly King will never perish, the undying Heavenly King...”

“The Heavenly King will never perish, the undying Heavenly King...”

Someone began shouting first; in the end, everyone present flushed red and roared in unison.

“Does anyone have a candidate in mind to serve as our Heavenly King’s alliance leader?” Ye Feng asked lightly once the noise had settled.

Clearly, this was another common failing of the people of his homeland: modesty and reluctance to claim credit.

Once his grand words had been spoken, even Jin Ming, who had initially intended to compete for the position of alliance leader, had suppressed that impulse deep in his heart, let alone the others.

You...

As expected, everyone below simultaneously pointed at Ye Feng.

No longer being pretentious, Ye Feng slammed his left hand hard against his right chest and said, “Heavenly King glory. In Ye Feng’s life, I have taken on another duty of protection. I dare not say more, but so long as I, Ye Feng, live, no one will be able to bully my Heavenly King Alliance.”

Heavenly King glory...

In perfect unison, the nearly hundred people below now performed the same gesture Ye Feng had just made and cried out together.

“Heavenly King glory...”

At the back, Kong Kong looked at the flushed and excited crowd and murmured under his breath.

At that moment, even his heart, which had believed no one in the world could be trusted, was deeply moved. So there was such a feeling in the world, one that could rise above all else.

“I wonder whether I may join the Heavenly King?” Kong Kong asked softly, looking at Ye Feng’s majestic figure.

“You are more than welcome!” Ye Feng turned and motioned for him to enter the crowd.

Since there was now an alliance, Ye Feng had to take responsibility for it. After thinking for a moment, he spoke again:

Without rules, there can be no order. The Heavenly King has been established, and it now has its own regulations. I believe every brother here can abide by the rules we have created together, but our goal extends far beyond the realm of the Tianwu Empire.

Therefore, I have decided to establish an enforcement hall, with Jia Luo as its hall master. If anyone of the Heavenly King commits a crime, there is no need for outsiders to act; we shall punish our own people ourselves.