Chapter 0827: Compet.i.tion
The lively golden palace turned silent at this moment. The crowd continued to look ahead, but deep in their hearts, they all knew that the moment had finally arrived.
After all, the incident between Qin Lian, Li Taixuan, and Tan Tailan had shocked the whole Heavenly Origin Divine Continent over a decade ago. A war between the two powers had nearly broken out over it.
If such strong forces had fought, the entirety of the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent would be affected for sure.
Luckily, both sides had been able to restrain themselves. In the end, it concluded with Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan leaving the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. It had been nearly twenty years since the incident, but Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan had not returned. Instead, they had sent their son back to the Dragon"s Fang Lineage.
On the surface, Qin Lian had come to Dragon Blood Mountain to attend the birthday celebration. Truth be told, it was most likely to see the son of Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan.
Li Luo"s parents were not around at the moment. However, his grandfather, Li Jingzhe, was present. In order to see his grandson return, he had said that the past grievances of the previous generation would end there. Even if Qin Lian wanted to bully Li Luo using her overwhelming power now, Li Jingzhe would surely not allow it.
Under the deafening silence, Li Luo stood up calmly and answered, "I am Li Luo. h.e.l.lo, Hall Master Qin Lian."
Many curious gazes turned towards him. After all, he was the son of Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan. They were all curious about the boy that had returned from the outer divine continent.
Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan were once the dominant shining beacons in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. Many of the current Dukes came from the same generation as them and knew very well how strong the two of them were.
It would be strange if their curiosity about their son was not piqued.
As they evaluated Li Luo, they nodded in approval. His appearance was not bad—he definitely had the demeanor of those two back then. However, his resonant power was much weaker, only at the Greater Fiend Palace Tier.
In contrast, even the weakest amongst his peers were at the Fiend Body Tier. Being merely at the Greater Fiend Palace Tier indeed made Li Luo seem like a letdown. The worldly natural energy in the outer divine continents was truly lacking compared to the inner divine continents. Qin Lian sized up Li Luo with her deadly, cold stare. Without a second look, she could see the shadow of Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan from his appearance. This made her stare grow even more frigid. The impression left behind from those two had cut so deeply into her that she would not forget about it even on her deathbed.
"Where are Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan? It"s been so long, are they still alive?" Qin Lian asked coldly.
"Of course my parents are still alive. Not only are they alive, they are living like a divine couple. They are very in love with each other, sticking together like glue. They are inseparable. Madly in love," Li Luo replied with a smile.
Many people in the golden palace looked at Li Luo strangely. This kid was still young, but he possessed a fiery mouth.
After all, who didn"t know about the incident between Qin Lian and Li Taixuan? Him emphasizing the affection between Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan now was like adding deadly poison to the wound.
As expected, Qin Lian"s face turned ugly. With an ice-cold voice, she said, "What a rude little kid. Is that all that Li Taixuan and Tan Tailan taught you?"
"I do not understand your words, Hall Master Qin Lian. I am merely saying that my father and mother have a loving relationship," Li Luo responded with an innocent smile.
At this point, Qin Lian"s eyes were fuming with anger.
An icy and dominant voice interrupted theri conversation at this very moment. "Hall Master Qin Lian, as an elder, you should not be so aggressive towards the young. Your words are too intimidating. I think you are the one who needs to go back and reflect when it comes to teaching a child."
When the crowd looked over, they saw that Li Jingzhe, the Lineage Chief of the Dragon"s Fang Lineage had spoken.
Qin Lian"s face changed upon hearing him.
At this moment, Li Jingzhe turned towards Qin Zhiming and said calmly, "Palace Master Qin, you should keep your Hall Master in line."
Hearing this, Qin Zhiming, the Palace Master of the Six Holy Palaces of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qing, responded with a light laugh. "Lineage Chief Jingzhe, you"re overreacting. Qin Lian is merely asking out of curiosity. She did not mean to intimidate anyone here."
There was a cold glint deep within Li Jingzhe"s eyes as he replied, "I have already said this before. What happened back then has been concluded. If anyone dares to take it out on the next generation and bully Li Luo, then don"t blame me for defending him. The Dragon"s Fang Lineage will not take it lying down."
When he heard this, the lightning fire in Qin Zhiming"s eyes blazed more violently as he retorted coolly, "Lineage Chief Jingzhe, you are truly temperamental."
Both parties glared at each other with deathly stares, and the worldly natural energy around the area churned and a wild storm appeared out of thin air above the gilded palace. The void even began to show signs of crumbling.
Even the sky had turned dark.
The guests in the palace were all completely taken aback by the change in atmosphere. No one had expected these two Kings to suddenly clash.
At this moment, the Dragon"s Blood Lineage"s Lineage Chief, Li Tianji, suddenly waved his sleeves. He summoned forth a strong pressure that shattered the energy storm forming above.
Along with his sweeping gaze, the clashing undulations of resonant power pulses from Li Jingzhe and Qin Zhiming were forcefully calmed down.
"Today"s my birthday celebration. There"s no need to spoil the mood, right?" Li Tianji said in a deep voice with a hidden tinge of frustration.
After Li Jingzhe and Qin Zhiming heard his words, they slowly contained the terrifying power emanating from their bodies.
However, the lively atmosphere of the party had died down after this sudden clash.
Anyone could tell that the relationship between the Dragon"s Fang Lineage from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li and the Lightning Flame Holy Palace from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qing was as cold as ice even after all these decades. If not for the other parties keeping the peace, they would have gone to war long ago.
Seeing the tense situation, Li Tianji smiled and said in an attempt to ease the atmosphere, "It"s not appropriate to fight with so many distinguished guests at Dragon Blood Mountain today. However, there is a compet.i.tion amongst the younger generation in the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li that everyone can enjoy watching. Coincidentally, today is the opening day for the Mystical Yellow Dragonbreath Pool. Let"s give them a chance to show off in front of us."
Without a doubt, Li Tianji had planned to bring forward the opening of the Mystical Yellow Dragonbreath Pool to ease the tense atmosphere.
When the guests inside and outside the golden palace heard about it, they all grew excited.
Li Luo heaved a sigh of relief. The time had finally arrived. If not for this, this stupid banquet would not have been worth attending at all.
Similarly, the other Banner Leaders started stretching their muscles with a sense of joy on their faces.
But Qin Lian suddenly looked over to Li Tianji and said, "Lineage Chief Tianji, I heard that the Mystical Yellow Dragonbreath Pool is a rare opportunity in the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. Since its opening so nicely coincided with the birthday celebration, my little daughter would like to use this chance to exchange some blows with the youths from your bloodline too. As a way to truly join the celebration, I was wondering if you"d give my daughter the chance to join them."
When she finished her words, the Banner Leaders from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li were stunned. Qin Lian wanted to let Qin Yi partic.i.p.ate in the Mystical Yellow Dragonbreath Pool compet.i.tion too?
In that case, wouldn"t there be one more strong compet.i.tor?
Li Luo frowned upon hearing this too. Qin Yi’s strength was exceptional, and her ninth-grade water resonance was not something to be looked down upon. If she partic.i.p.ated, she would be going straight for the golden dragon pillar.
Furthermore... she might be coming after him too.
After all, he had not held back on his words just now, not giving any face to Qin Lian at all. If she wanted to send Qin Yi into the compet.i.tion now, it was most likely to deter him.
Li Jingzhe stepped up again at this point. "The Mystical Yellow Dragonbreath Pool is a unique and rare opportunity in the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. There has been no precedent of letting any outsiders partic.i.p.ate."
Qin Lian smiled lightly as she replied, "Lineage Chief Jingzhe, are you afraid that the Dragon"s Fang Lineage will get nothing with my little daughter partic.i.p.ating?"
At the same time, Qin Zhiming laughed out and turned to Li Tianji too. He asked, "Lineage Chief Tianji, you don"t think the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qing is coveting the Mystical Yellow Dragonbreath Pool, do you? If that is the case, we can also invite youths from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li over for a try when we open up the Nine Mountains Spiritual Earth in the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qing."
Li Tianji pondered for a moment. Qin Zhiming and Qin Lian were so determined. They had to be thinking of using this chance to let Qin Yi display her prowess and suppress the youths from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. Such things had been done many times over the past few decades, whether it was the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li or the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qing.
However, since Qin Zhiming had spoken personally and offered the Nine Mountains Spiritual Earth in exchange, it was really hard for him to turn down the offer under such circ.u.mstances. After all, they were the ones who had spent so much effort to persuade Qin Zhiming to attend this event. In the end, he nodded and said with a smile, "Alright. I have long heard of Qin Yi’s ninth-grade water resonance. Let me take a good look at it today."
When he ended his words, the crowd’s spirits were lifted. With the addition of Qin Yi, the Mystical Yellow Dragonbreath Pool had just become a much more exciting compet.i.tion.