Lin Fan continued, "I know, I, Lin Fan, whether by age or prestige, am insignificant in the entire Ten Thousand Mountains. Many of you present may also be very dissatisfied."

"I still stand by my previous words. Among all of you present, anyone dissatisfied with me, Lin Fan, feel free to stand out. As long as you can defeat me, Lin Fan, I will immediately step down without a word!"

Lin Fan's voice was not loud, but after he spoke, no one uttered a word. They all sat quietly.

"What's this? No one speaking up this time?"

Lin Fan continued, "Earlier, I heard a lot of dissenting voices, but now, has everyone gone silent?"

After Lin Fan finished speaking, a tall City Lord stood up and said, "Great Emperor, I have something to say!"

Lin Fan glanced towards the tall City Lord and asked, "City Lord Lu, are you planning to challenge me? Dissatisfied with my claim to the throne?"

City Lord Lu hurriedly shook his head and said, "Great Emperor, you misunderstand me. The reason I stood up was not because of that."

"What do you want to say then? Speak!" Lin Fan said.

City Lord Lu said, "Great Emperor, regarding the matter of your ascension, frankly speaking, I was initially quite dissatisfied as I felt Great Emperor, you were too young and your cultivation too weak. I thought you were not qualified to be an emperor."

"However, after seeing your battle with the Dark Clan just now, I changed my mind. Now, I believe that if you are not qualified to be emperor, then no one is!"

"Now, let me make it clear here: whoever is dissatisfied with the Great Emperor's ascension is against me. Anyone who wishes to challenge the Great Emperor must first get past me. Only after defeating me can they challenge the Great Emperor, otherwise they cannot offend him!"

The tone of City Lord Lu's voice was very firm.

However, naturally, no one stood up to challenge him.

In fact, quite a few people stepped forward one after another, saying, "Old Lu, I'll join you. Anyone who wishes to challenge the Great Emperor must first defeat us!"

In the end, everyone stood up.

Lin Fan smiled.

But Lin Fan did not speak.

Lin Fan knew that today, he had succeeded in claiming the throne.

Because now he had gained the recognition of these City Lords.

Although Lin Fan had not yet received the recognition of the general populace of the Ten Thousand Mountains, that was not important. Once he gained the recognition of these City Lords, they would work on it.

Ultimately, the masses would gradually recognize him.

To be honest, at this moment, Lin Fan was somewhat grateful to the Dark Clan.

If it weren't for the Dark Clan sending themselves up for him to make a contribution, today's success would not have been easy.

"Good, very good!"

Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction and said, "You all make me very satisfied, very satisfied indeed. Rest assured, I, Lin Fan, swear here today, as long as you follow us faithfully, I will never disappoint you. I will strive to achieve everything you desire, but..."

At this point, Lin Fan paused, as if he had something unspeakable to say.

City Lord Lu immediately asked, "Great Emperor, is there something you find difficult to express? Great Emperor, no matter what difficulties you have, please speak up. Since you won't let us down, please rest assured, we won't let you down either!"

Lin Fan said, "Alright, since you've all said that, I'll speak up!"

"Today, although I've claimed the throne in Cloud West City and gained the recognition of you City Lords present, I have not yet gained the recognition of the populace. As long as I, Lin Fan, have not gained this, it means I am not yet the Great Emperor of the Ten Thousand Mountains, as I lack the Power of All Living Beings!"

After saying this, Lin Fan said nothing more.

Because he knew, there was no need to say more; everyone understood his meaning.

Sure enough, everyone present quickly understood Lin Fan's meaning.

Someone immediately said, "Great Emperor, rest assured. After we return, we'll immediately work on gaining the populace's support. In no time, you'll be recognized by the entire Ten Thousand Mountains population, and then you'll truly be our Great Emperor!"

"Great Emperor, what he just said is correct, we'll get to work immediately!"

"Great Emperor, rest assured, although few of us are present, many of us here represent an entire city. Our recognition of the Great Emperor equals that city's recognition!"

"Great Emperor, I guarantee that within ten days, my city will recognize you!"

"Great Emperor, you are our Savior of the Ten Thousand Mountains, and in this situation, anyone who does not recognize you conflicts with us, their brothers!"

...

Everyone continuously expressed their intentions to return and work on gaining the populace's support.

"Excellent!"

At this moment, Lin Fan laughed heartily and said, "Since everyone has said this, I, Lin Fan, thank you all. I stand by my previous words; I will not disappoint you in the future!"

"Great!" After hearing Lin Fan's words, everyone began to applaud wildly.

In the following days, nothing significant occurred.

And Lin Fan continually researched the Thousand Character Proverbs.

Because Lin Fan had previously comprehended some of the Thousand Character Proverbs, his progress this time was extremely fast.

It could be said that now, Lin Fan was making progress every day.

Lin Fan couldn't help but marvel, "No wonder the Thousand Character Proverbs became the Martial Path inheritance from ancient times, it truly is extraordinary. The more I research, the more I feel the profoundness of the Thousand Character Proverbs!"

As Lin Fan continued to study and comprehend the Thousand Character Proverbs, he increasingly sensed the greatness of it.

Lin Fan even had the feeling that the Thousand Character Proverbs approached the essence of the universe. If he could research the Thousand Character Proverbs to a certain extent, everything in the universe could be within his control.

"However, thoroughly researching the Thousand Character Proverbs is easier said than done?"

In the end, Lin Fan could only shake his head helplessly.

"Hmm?"

The next moment, Lin Fan suddenly frowned.

"Power of All Living Beings? It's such a vast amount of the Power of All Living Beings?"

Lin Fan smiled, "It seems that an entire city's Power of All Living Beings is now under my control, haha!"