Ye Li didn't know what the new rules of the Imperial City were, but from the tone of Zhang Zhi's voice, it was obvious that he was an old enemy of Mu Tianzhi and others, so it was naturally impossible for Ye Li to treat him in a friendly manner.
Hearing what the other party said, Ye Li said: "You are also Yue Meng's man, right? You can go back and tell him that I, Ye Li, am back. If he has any complaints, just come to me and don't go and harass Brother Huang for no reason.
I've been away for a year, but I didn't expect Yue Meng to still be so rude. He only dares to provoke those who are weaker than him, and never dares to fight with masters. He is much worse than his brother Yue Kuanglai, and he is really not up to the standard."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Zhang Zhi's expression changed, his eyes became gloomy, staring at Ye Li intently, and said: "You are Ye Li, we thought you were expelled from the Imperial City, but we didn't expect you to come back.
I heard that you not only defeated Yue Meng, but also Wen Tuo. You are known as the best foreign disciple of the same level in terms of combat power. No wonder you were able to defeat Deng Jun."
Ye Li didn't expect that the other party had heard of him, but he had no idea about the other party's identity, because he thought he had known the people around Yue Meng in the past, but he had never heard of Deng Jun and Zhang Zhi.
"Who are you, and the man on the ground? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Ye Li looked at Zhang Zhi sharply and asked.
Zhang Zhi glanced at Ye Li, then at Mu Tianzhi and the others, and said, "Why, Huang Jian and Mu Tianzhi didn't tell you our identities
Hey, it's normal that you haven't heard of us, after all, you're just a bumpkin from outside.
Let me tell you, in addition to the East and West Monasteries in the Imperial City, there is also a secret combat force stationed outside all year round—the Imperial Guards.
The members of the Emperor's Royal Guard are all elites of the sect who have passed layers of tests. We are all people who are unwilling to compete for the position of Heaven-level disciples. After all, the environment here is too gentle. What we like is fierce and brutal battles.
We, who love actual combat, took the initiative to apply to go there, and only after passing a series of tests could we become one of them.
And they cannot leave there within three years and can only go through one battle after another until they become true elites.
So let me tell you, in the Imperial City, if we consider the average combat power of the disciples, the Heavenly Grade disciples are definitely not the strongest group.
The strongest group of people have always been our Imperial Guards."
The other party mentioned the name of the Emperor's Guards with a proud look on his face. Ye Li was a little surprised that there was such a force in the Emperor's City. No wonder the four holy places were unfathomable places. After all, they had too much power in their hands that was unknown to the world.
Glancing at Deng Jun on the ground, Ye Li asked, "Is he the person you call an elite?"
As Ye Li spoke, he pouted at Deng Jun with a hint of mockery on his face.
In his opinion, Deng Jun's fighting strength is far from strong. It can only be said that his realm is quite good. After all, the other party is about the same age as Mu Tianzhi, but his realm has reached the late stage of the divine descending period.
However, according to what Zhang Zhi just said, this imperial guard is obviously not a place that relies on the realm of cultivation to maintain its presence, but a place that truly focuses on combat effectiveness. Therefore, Ye Li began to doubt Zhang Zhi's words after defeating Deng Jun.
Zhang Zhi blushed slightly when he heard Ye Li's teasing, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Deng Jun is just a newcomer who has just joined the Emperor's Guards. He has not experienced much training and battles, and his strength is the weakest among us.
If the sect had not changed the rules this time and recruited a group of people from us to enhance your combat capabilities, he should still be receiving combat training now."
When Ye Li heard the other party's explanation, a hint of confusion appeared on his face. He really didn't know what rules the Imperial City had changed.
Mu Tianzhi seemed to have noticed this and explained, "Ye Li, in the past, the Emperor City did not allow disciples to fight too fiercely. Generally, all battles had to be resolved on the ring. Although we also had private fights, they were not too frequent.
But now it’s different. The Imperial City has begun to encourage disciples to fight privately in order to enhance their practical combat capabilities.
In general battles, just control yourself and don't kill or intentionally maim your opponent. As for where you fight, there are generally not too many restrictions.
The reason for this rule change is that after the Northern Four Fortresses were captured, the sect’s leaders believed that our current practice life was too comfortable, resulting in weak combat capabilities of the entire sect, including the guards.
They hope that the new batch of disciples can accumulate more practical experience in daily battles and strive to raise the average combat power of the sect to a higher level.”
After hearing Mu Tianzhi's words, Ye Li finally understood why no one came to intervene when Huang Jian and Deng Jun were fighting in the accommodation area just now. It turned out that it was because of the new regulations.
Ye Li was not opposed to this new rule. After all, he understood the importance of practical ability to a talisman master.
The sect did seem a little more peaceful in the past. After everyone had fought hard to enter the Imperial City, their daily task was to work hard to improve their realm.
As long as the realm meets the requirements, there is no need to have too high expectations for the actual combat capabilities below the same realm.
If this continues, the average combat capability of the sect's disciples will definitely decline. Based on Ye Li's experience, there is a huge difference in actual combat capability between talisman masters of the same level.
"Ye Li, you were able to defeat him just now, so you must have the strength of the late stage of the Descending God Stage. In that case, it won't be considered as bullying you if I fight you.
Hey, since you just asked me so arrogantly to go back and tell Yue Meng that you are back, I guess you are already ready for a fight. Why don’t we have a fight
I don't want to fight with you here. I want to go to a place where everyone can see and trample you under my feet in front of everyone.
Only in this way can we prove that you, the disciples of the monastery, are much weaker than our Imperial Guards."
As Zhang Zhi spoke, a strong desire to fight appeared on his face.
He had heard a lot about Ye Li before, and many people around Yue Meng had a vague fear of Ye Li.
The fear shown by these people made the warlike Zhang Zhi feel like fighting a big battle with Ye Li.
In his eyes, he actually doesn't think much of the disciples of the Imperial City Training Academy, because people in the Imperial Guard generally don't think that the disciples of the Training Academy have much fighting ability.
But since Ye Li is known to be one of the people with the most outstanding actual combat ability in the same level, he thinks he can go for a while.