17: The King's Banquet (Part 1)

Immediately, young eunuchs brought up tables and brocade stools.

Longqing and Chu Yu took their seats one after another, and behind them stood three tall young men.

The Jin Emperor's eyes flashed as he said, "Several envoys have come a long way; it must have been arduous."

Longqing cupped his hands and said, "My Emperor asked me to convey his regards to the Jin Emperor."

Finally, he took out a golden brocade box from his Storage Ring.

"Your Majesty the Jin Emperor, this is a gift my Emperor prepared for you. We hope our two countries can live in peace and never have war."

"Convey My thanks to the Cloud Emperor on My behalf."

The Jin Emperor waved his hand, signaling for someone to accept the gift.

Chu Yu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty the Jin Emperor, I have long heard of your country's Junlin Banquet and have yearned to attend. Today, I happen to be here. May I ask if people from my Tianyun Country can participate?"

The Jin Emperor glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said, "Naturally!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chu Yu looked at a burly young man behind him and said, "Dai Hong, go down and give it a try."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The young man named Dai Hong grinned and leaped onto the huge arena built in the center of the field.

"Dai Hong from Tianyun Country, twenty-four years old this year, Transformation Sea Realm First Heaven. Is there anyone brave enough to come up and spar?"

Dai Hong said with a provocative look.

There was an uproar all around. To Breakthrough to the Transformation Sea Realm at twenty-four years old was absolutely a well-deserved Prodigy.

Cultivating to the Fa Xiang Realm in the future was almost a certainty, and it was even very possible to impact a higher Realm!

"As soon as he steps on stage, he declares his Cultivation. This fellow from Tianyun Country is quite arrogant!"

Li Yuanbao muttered.

Xu Ziqian glanced at him and said, "What, you want to go up and fight him?"

"The big shots always appear last; it's not my turn yet."

A hint of anticipation appeared in Li Yuanbao's eyes. "With my strength, getting into the top ten is definitely no problem, and I can even fight for the top three. I just don't know what this year's reward is."

Just then, a brawny figure leaped onto the arena.

"Divine Fist Sect's Meng Shuang, twenty-eight years old this year, Transformation Sea Realm First Heaven. I'll fight you!"

"Meng Shuang?"

The surrounding crowd was puzzled, seemingly very unfamiliar with this name.

On the high platform.

Chu Yu smiled slightly, "Great Jin truly has hidden Dragons."

He had investigated the famous Geniuses of Great Jin, but the name "Meng Shuang" was not among them.

The Jin Emperor was also somewhat surprised. Geniuses who Breakthrough to the Transformation Sea Realm within thirty years old were his key targets of attention, and clearly, Meng Shuang was not among them.

"It looks like he just Broke through not long ago..."

An old man serving as a referee walked onto the arena and simply announced the competition rules.

"...Next, I will announce the rewards for the top ten."

"Tenth place, ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Ninth place, twenty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

...

"Sixth place, fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Fifth place, sixty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, one Fifth-Grade Qi Recovery Medicinal Pill."

"Fourth place, seventy thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, one Fifth-Grade Bone Regeneration Medicinal Pill."

"Third place, eighty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, one Low Grade Earth Rank Cultivation Technique."

"Second place, ninety thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, one Low Grade Earth Rank Cultivation Technique, one Low Grade Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact."

"First place, one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, one High Grade Earth Rank Cultivation Technique, one High Grade Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact!"

Chu Yu laughed, "The Jin Emperor is truly generous!"

Excluding the Cultivation Techniques, the other items combined were worth no less than a million Spirit Stones. Even for their Tianyun Country royal family, it was a very large sum of money.

Moreover, it was held every three years, which made one's heart ache just thinking about it.

It seemed the Jin Country's royal family's foundation was much deeper than they had anticipated.

On the other side.

Li Yuanbao's eyes gleamed with golden light.

So many Spirit Stones!

And Medicinal Pills, Cultivation Techniques, Spiritual Artifacts!

If he could win first place, he would be rich!

Xu Ziqian was calm and collected. After flattening the Yang family, he had made a fortune. The foundation of a millennium-old clan, which Wu Ning didn't care for, all fell into his pocket.

Moreover, with his current strength, taking first place was simply effortless.

On the arena, the competition had already begun.

Wu Ning ate the imperial food, watching the competition with boredom.

In his opinion, Transformation Sea Realm battles were even worse than children fighting.

He severely lacked combat experience and had originally wanted to observe their fighting styles to learn from them.

But in the end, he realized that battles between Quasi-Emperors and battles between Transformation Sea Realm cultivators were not the same thing at all!

They were not on the same level.

At lower Realms, there would still be an emphasis on Move techniques, but the higher the Realm, the more it emphasized "The Dao is Simple, Return to Innocence."

At the Quasi-Emperor level, it was all about the collision of Divine Ability, Law, and Magic Treasure. Ordinary Move techniques simply couldn't make it to the stage.

Wu Ning suddenly chuckled. Why did he need to pursue combat experience? Wasn't crushing others more satisfying?

No matter how rich the combat experience a Supreme had, it was impossible for him to defeat a Quasi-Emperor with it.

One Law understands ten thousand Laws. As long as he was strong enough, he could crush others with absolute power.

What combat experience? It simply wasn't important.

Rather than honing combat experience, it was more practical to refine another Emperor Weapon.

Moreover, he was someone with a cheat, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to become stronger.

Opening his personal panel, he still had 75 Sign-in opportunities.

"System, one Sign-in!"

"Ding, Sign-in successful. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 100 million Top-Grade Spirit Stones!"

Damn it! Spirit Stones again!

Wu Ning used his mind to sense the mountains of Spirit Stones in the System space, feeling a bit helpless.

Too many Spirit Stones, nowhere to spend them.

...

At this moment, the battle on the arena had already ended.

Dai Hong had been honing his Transformation Sea Realm First Heaven for a long time and defeated Meng Shuang in just ten rounds.

"Haha, who else?"

Dai Hong's gaze was disdainful and arrogant.

The surrounding crowd stirred, filled with indignation. A person from Tianyun Country dared to be so arrogant in their Great Jin; it was truly outrageous.

For a time, the crowd was enraged.

Someone shouted the names of various Great Jin Prodigies, hoping they would come forward to teach this fellow a lesson.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a figure like a streak of light rushed onto the arena.

"Don't be arrogant. Watch me defeat you in one Move!"

The one who rushed onto the arena was a tall young man with a resolute face, surrounded by a strong Killing Intent.

"Canglin Mountain, Little Wolf King Peng Li!"

Many people exclaimed.

This person was a truly ruthless individual. If he disagreed with someone, he would immediately kill them. He once dug out someone's eyes just because they looked at him too much.

His fierce reputation was well-known, and countless people had died by his hand!

Dai Hong's eyes showed a hint of anger, "Defeat me in one Move? What big talk!"

"Die!"

Boom!

The two instantly collided with a loud bang. A terrifying Qi wave exploded in all directions, and many people looked terrified, their legs turning to jelly.

Fortunately, the arena was covered by a powerful Formation; otherwise, a large number of spectators would definitely have been killed by the aftershock.

"Pfft—!"

Dai Hong spat out a mouthful of blood, his body instantly flying backward.

"Transformation Sea Realm Third Heaven!"

On the high platform, Chu Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. This Little Wolf King had only Broke through to the Transformation Sea Realm for just over a year, and he didn't expect him to already be at Transformation Sea Realm Third Heaven.

"Lu Tai, you go and try."