2747 Feng Wu Ji Guang
The Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom could only send fifty partic.i.p.ants to the Martial Compet.i.tion of the Wasteland, otherwise known as the Wasteland Grand Contest. The Imperial family had recruited many young powerhouses under the age of 100 for the selection. Apart from that, the kingdom had many Mansions under its governance. Therefore, on average, each Mansion could only send one partic.i.p.ant to the selection.The Emperor of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom had allowed the princes to recruit partic.i.p.ants to represent them during the selection. The emperor had promised that the prince with the strongest partic.i.p.ant would be rewarded with a Duke Grade Celestial Weapon.
A Duke Grade Celestial Weapon was very rare and only a few possessed it even in a high-rank Celestial Kingdom like the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom. For this reason, all the princes were trying to recruit as many young powerhouses as they could. Some even tried to woo young powerhouses from other Mansions by promising all kinds of rewards.
As the selection day approached, many rumors were running rampant in the capital of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom.
“I heard that the seventh prince managed to woo a Violet Sun Golden Celestial who’s younger than 100 years old from the Grand Prestige Mansion. Now, that young powerhouse will be representing His Royal Highness, the Seventh Prince, in the selection and try to win a place in the Wasteland Grand Contest.”
“Really? The Violet Sun Golden Celestial recruited by the Grand Prestige Mansion has now switched allegiance to the seventh prince?”
“It’s said that the Grand Prestige Mansion had expended a lot of efforts to nurture and cultivate that young powerhouse. Who knew he would join the seventh prince in the end?”
Some people who knew better quickly gave an explanation. “Well, it’s not right to say the seventh prince s.n.a.t.c.hed the young powerhouse from the Grand Prestige Mansion. In fact, the Grand Prestige Mansion was the one who sent the young powerhouse to the seventh prince.”
“What do you mean?” Many people were curious.
“Think of it like this. If that young powerhouse wins the selection, what would he gain from representing the Grand Prestige Mansion, and what would he gain if he represented the seventh prince?”
“Although the reward offered by the Imperial family of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom to Mansions whose partic.i.p.ants are selected is generous, it’s incomparable to the reward promised to the princes. The mansion, if they win, will be rewarded with an Overarching Heavenly Pill that will help one become an Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial. However, the princes would be rewarded with a Duke Grade Celestial Weapon.”
“Anyway, obtaining a Duke Grade Celestial Weapon isn’t the main objective…If the young powerhouse representing the seventh prince wins, it would make the seventh prince’s path to the throne much smoother.”
Based on the discussion, it was easy to infer the reason why the Grand Prestige Mansion sent the Violet Sun Golden Celestial, who was younger than 100 years old, to the seventh prince. If the Grand Prestige Mansion could a.s.sist the seventh prince to become the next Emperor of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom, the seventh prince would definitely remember the Grand Prestige Mansion’s contribution. That was certainly more valuable than one Overarching Heavenly Pill.
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While the capital of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom was discussing this matter, Long Xiang Yun, the fourth prince, had just heard the news. Upon hearing the news, he was so angry that he smashed the cup in his hand.
“Grand Prestige Mansion, seventh brother… Very good… They seem to have a good relations.h.i.+p!” Long Xiang Yun was so furious that his chest was heaving.
Long Xiang Yun had also tried to lure the young powerhouse over from the Grand Prestige Mansion, but he was firmly rejected. The young powerhouse had said that he would not leave the Grand Prestige Mansion. However, in the end, the young powerhouse defected to his seventh brother’s side. How could he not be angry?
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Similarly, Long Fei Yun, the thirteenth prince, had also received the news in his residence. He was sitting before a stone table in the pavilion at the moment. He tapped the stone table lightly as he muttered to himself, “Seventh brother is quite capable. Even the young powerhouse from the Grand Prestige Mansion decided to join him. It seems like he’s determined to obtain the Duke Grade Celestial Weapon.”
Qiu Ling stood with his back straight behind Long Fei Yun, “I’m afraid the seventh prince will never expect that Your Highness has someone even more powerful than that young powerhouse from the Grand Prestige Mansion! I wonder if His Majesty would award you the Duke Grade Celestial Weapon as promised when you win? After all, none of the princes possesses a Duke Grade Celestial Weapon. Your Highness will be the first prince to obtain a Duke Grade Celestial Weapon if you win. It’s an important matter after all.”
Long Fei Yun’s eyes gleamed as he said confidently, “If the promise was made in private, father might change his mind. However, father had publicly made that promise. With the representatives from all the Mansions and large clans in the capital, father wouldn’t be able to carelessly break his promise regardless of how unwilling he is.” He spoke as though it was a given that he would win the Duke Grade Celestial Weapon. He looked in a specific direction in his residence as he continued to say, “Brother Duan is a Great Overarching Golden Celestial. He’s a Great Overarching Golden Celestial a year ago. With the Great Overarching Pills he has taken, I believe that he has become even stronger!”
Duan Ling Tian had requested for a lot of Great Overarching Pills from Long Fei Yun a while ago. Let alone the Imperial family of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom, even the Mansions under the kingdom possessed many Great Overarching Pills. Although he was not favored by the emperor, he was still able to take many Great Overarching Pills from the Imperial family’s pill storehouse. He was capable of supplying Duan Ling Tian with enough Great Overarching Pills for Duan Ling Tian to become a heaven-rank Great Overarching Golden Celestial.
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Meanwhile, in a room in one of the courtyards in Long Fei Yun’s residence. A man and a woman sat back-to-back on a bed in the room that was filled with an abundance of seemingly liquified Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy. The constant supply of the liquified Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy came from the pendant hanging on the woman’s neck. To be more exact, it came from the Divine Crystal on the woman’s neck. The pair was none other than Duan Ling Tian and Huan’er.
There was only a month left before the selection by the Imperial family of the day Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom. Two months ago, after Duan Ling Tian successfully became a Violet Sun Golden Celestial, he had left his room in search of Long Fei Yun to request for many Great Overarching Pills so he could break through and become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial.
In fact, he only needed one Great Overarching Pill to become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial. Even if he consumed all of the pills, the effect would be the same as consuming only one because it would take some time for his body to absorb the pill’s medicinal efficacy. He had requested so many pills just to hide his true cultivation base.
‘I don’t know the level of soul attack the defective metal piece would be able to resist… If my true cultivation base is exposed, I’m afraid that many people would use soul attacks against me.’ This was one of the reasons Duan Ling Tian decided to conceal his cultivation base.
Duan Ling Tian had obtained the defective metal piece when he was still in the mundane realm. He was unaware that the defective metal piece was a profound Divine Metal. Similarly, he was also unaware that the grey flame he obtained was a Chaos Divine Flame. The Divine Metal and the Divine Flame were two of the Five Divine Elements.
‘The Great Overarching Pill really deserved to be called the free pa.s.s to become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial by Violet Sun Golden Celestials. After taking one pill, I can feel that I’m very close to becoming a Great Overarching Golden Celestial. I think it’ll take half a month, at most, for me to become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial!’ Duan Ling Tian was, naturally, in a good mood when he thought about this.
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In the seventh prince’s residence in the Imperial palace.
Two young men could be seen sitting in a pavilion at the side of a huge courtyard. One of the men was Long Qing Yun, the Seventh Prince of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom. The other man wore a long black robe. His expression was extremely frosty.
Long Qing Yun said with a smile, “Ji Guang, I’ll have to depend on you during the selection day.”
The young man with the frosty expression was none other than the Violet Sun Golden Celestial younger than 100 years old from the Grand Prestige Mansion.
It was true that Feng Wu Ji Guang, the Violet Sun Golden Celestial younger than 100 years old, was sent to the seventh prince by the Grand Prestige Mansion.
“As long as there’s no Great Overarching Golden Celestial under the age of 100 during the selection, I’ll definitely win!” Feng Wu Ji Guang said with a frosty expression on his face.
“A Great Overarching Golden Celestial younger than 100 years old?” Long Qing Yun smiled faintly. “We don’t have anyone like that in the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom.” A Great Overarching Golden Celestial younger than 100 years old would be famous. If one was in the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom, how could he, the seventh prince, not know about it?
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In a blink of an eye, about half a month had pa.s.sed.
“Great Overarching Golden Celestial! I’ve finally broken through!”
Two figures walked out of the room in one of the courtyards in the thirteenth prince’s residence.