Upon leaving, Zhou Yan heard the broadcast and roughly understood why the organizers had invited him.
Zhou Yan was not afraid that the other party would do anything against him. As long as they were not foolish, they would not dare to offend him.
After being led to an office, a group of people quickly stood up and said to Zhou Yan, "Hello, I am the boss of [Wei Mu Guild Hall], my name is Yan Huarong, and I am very happy to meet the number one person in the world."
"Good," Zhou Yan nodded to these people, then sat down and asked, "May I know why you called me here?"
"There's nothing much, we just want to give you a small gift and hope you can withdraw from the next match. With your strength, participating in competitions of this level should not have much meaning, right?"
After Yan Huarong finished speaking, he had someone hand over a box. Zhou Yan opened it and saw that it was a building of RRR quality. Although it wasn't a barracks, it was still pretty good.
Moreover, this was a top-tier building. These people were quite generous, and their sincerity was indeed satisfying.
Zhou Yan nodded and then said, "Since you are so sincere, I don't want to interfere with your business. Don't worry, I won't participate in these activities you are organizing."
Yan Huarong quickly said, "Thank you for your understanding. Although this kind of competition is not suitable for you, we warmly welcome you to our other arena events. If you are interested, I will immediately arrange for someone to take you there."
"No need, I have seen your sincerity. If there's a chance in the future, I'll come and play," Zhou Yan said as he stood up.
"I'll see you out," Yan Huarong quickly stood up and escorted Zhou Yan out.
This was a transaction, and Zhou Yan felt no displeasure. The other party had shown enough sincerity to make him withdraw from the competition, and he had obtained something of higher quality. This was a very profitable deal.
Ye Bufan and Niu Ren were already waiting for him outside. Seeing Zhou Yan emerge, Ye Bufan asked, "What did they want with you?"
"They want me to not participate in the competition and gave me a top-tier building," Zhou Yan replied.
"Holy crap! A top-tier building? They're too generous! This is much more worthwhile than participating in the competition," Niu Ren said with envy after hearing this. It was a pity he didn't have the strength to be treated this way by the organizers.
"They are indeed very generous. A top-tier building is of extraordinary value," Ye Bufan also expressed his surprise.
"That's why I agreed to their request not to participate in their competitions anymore. The items they gave me made it impossible to refuse," Zhou Yan said.
This was practically stating the obvious. Who wouldn't refuse a top-tier building?
After leaving, Niu Ren asked, "Do any of you have any place you'd like to go? It's still early."
Zhou Yan opened the website Niu Ren had given him earlier and said, "Looking at the time, we should still be able to participate in the competition at [Tianya Guild Hall]."
"You want to go participate in that guild hall's material competition?" Ye Bufan also opened the website and found that there was indeed enough time to make it.
"In that case, let's go. I'll lead the way," Niu Ren led the two towards the teleportation array.
Zhou Yan carefully read the specific requirements for this competition. The competition required battles at several different cultivation realms: one below the seventy-seventh heaven, one at the eighty-seventh heaven, and one at the ninety-seventh heaven.
Moreover, this challenge also stipulated that only generals could participate in the battles. The registration fee for the challenge varied depending on the competition area.
The battle for the seventy-seventh heaven had a registration fee of 1,000 six-star materials, the battle for the eighty-seventh heaven was 1,000 seven-star materials, and the battle for the ninety-seventh heaven was 1,000 eight-star materials.
Even Niu Ren did not expect this competition to be so different from usual.
In past competitions, they only charged 1,000 six-star materials, unless it was a special festival where a higher competition fee would be charged.
But Niu Ren said that since the other party dared to charge such registration fees, it meant that the rewards this time would be excellent and would not disappoint anyone. They also would not dare to disappoint, otherwise their reputation would be ruined, and they would not be able to make money.
Since even the registration fee was so high, the rewards must be extraordinary.
However, the specific rewards were not mentioned, and they could only be known upon arrival.
This was very attractive and made people want to go and see for themselves, which was also a form of marketing designed to attract others.
"Let's go." They moved quickly. In just over ten minutes, they arrived at the teleportation array and were teleported to another city.
It took another twenty-odd minutes, and they successfully arrived at [Tianya Guild Hall]. There were only half an hour left before the competition.
Upon entering [Tianya Guild Hall], Zhou Yan asked the receptionist, "Can I register for three material competitions simultaneously?"
"Of course, that's not a problem. But you need to send out the participating generals first. After we confirm their strength and realm, you can participate directly. However, I suggest you only participate in one," the receptionist advised.
"Then I will choose to participate in three." After speaking, Zhou Yan began to summon three generals.
For the first general, Zhou Yan summoned Li Cunxiao. His realm was the eighty-seventh heaven, which was just right for participating in the battle at the eighty-seventh heaven.
For the second general, Zhou Yan summoned An Tian. His realm was already over the ninety-seventh heaven, and coupled with his Dragon race heritage, Zhou Yan was very confident in him.
For the third general, Zhou Yan summoned Xue Dingshan. He had not been summoned for long, but his realm had already reached the seventy-third heaven, which was not a problem for dealing with this kind of battle.
After the staff had tested the strength of the three generals, Zhou Yan proceeded to pay the competition materials, and the staff then gave them a number tag and led them into the competition area.
As a participant, Zhou Yan could enter a special spectator room, but Zhou Yan refused and went to watch with Ye Bufan and the others.
Ye Bufan asked, "Which area's battle should we watch?"
"Let's watch the highest-level one," Zhou Yan replied.
"Let's go."
The few of them arrived at the competition area for the ninety-seventh heaven. A ticket cost three thousand spirit coins, a small amount of money they naturally wouldn't care about. After paying, they found an empty seat and began to wait for the battle to start.
They first looked at the rules for the ninety-seventh heaven competition. It turned out to be a free-for-all. All generals would be teleported to the same space, and the last three remaining would determine the top three places.
After reading the rules, they looked at the rewards for this competition.
"The first prize is actually ten units of divine-grade material, Heavenly Meteorite Iron!" The few of them were very surprised upon seeing the reward for first place.
Although it was only ten units, this was divine-grade material, which was very rare. It was no wonder that the registration fee alone required eight-star materials.
"It was indeed worth coming. This divine-grade material is very rare. It's no wonder that they used this as a reward this time, attracting many people to participate in the battle."
"No matter how many people participate, the final victory will definitely belong to me!" Zhou Yan was very confident in An Tian's strength.