The small island in the center of the Spirit Lake was less than a hundred meters, but it was one step at a time, and everywhere was meticulously sculpted, making people think that they had come to the Immortal Palace Sacred Realm.
Cai Jinglun and Cai Yunji personally invited Zhang Ruochen to a higher position, that position, which once belonged to Chi Yutang, was adjacent to Wan Huayu, the Heavenly Pride of the Minor Sacred Heavenly King’s Mansion.
Zhang Ruochen’s arrival had indeed created quite an impact on the cultivators present.
Earlier, those human masters who had offended Zhang Ruochen and Chu Siyuan had walked over.
They put their status very low and took the initiative to apologize to Zhang Ruochen, and at the same time, all of them took out some precious treasures to present to Zhang Ruochen, hoping to make up for their earlier transgressions.
“This is a seven-colored coral grass that has grown for seven thousand years that I dug out from the bottom of Yan Ling Lake, I hope that Your Excellency can accept it.”
“This is a piece of Dragon Silkworm Incense, light it up and absorb the scent from it to enhance your mental strength.”
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Zhang Ruochen wasn’t polite with them, accepting whatever was sent to him.
However, from the beginning to the end, he never said a single word, only closing his eyes and nodding his head gently, causing all of those human jie who had sent the gifts to be apprehensive.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual energy moved slightly, sensing a pair of eyes that were staring at him.
Who was it?
Zhang Ruochen was a little curious and opened his eyes, looking over in that direction.
It was a veiled dancer, standing amidst the misty white fog, wearing a dancing dress made of white feathers, with an extremely graceful figure, snow-white crystal skin, and an aura that was completely different from the other dancers.
Only, after merely glancing at Zhang Ruochen, she immediately withdrew her gaze and hid into the mist.
“Not a weak cultivation, who exactly is it?”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
Beside him, Wan Huayu stared at Zhang Ruochen, following his gaze and staring at the masked dancer, she smiled faintly and said, “Your Excellency is coming to Sacred Brightness City for the first time, isn’t it?”
“That’s right.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Even if it’s the first time a cultivator has come to Sacred Brightness City and hasn’t seen her before, they should have heard of her name.”
Obviously, the “her” that Wan Huayu was talking about was the dancer just now.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Is she famous?”
Wan Huayu nodded and said, “The gold standard of the Phoenix Dance Palace, Qin Yutong, is known as the number one beauty of Shengming City. There are countless young talents who travel to Phoenix Dance Palace every day, most of them wanting to catch a glimpse of Qin Yutong’s immortal face.”
“A year ago, one of the Nine Great Realm Sons, Xue Wuyi, also all came here in admiration, but returned in defeat, merely receiving a reception from Qin Yutong and failing to see her true face.”
“Qin Yutong’s suitors are all over the Central Region’s nine states, yet no one has ever been able to gain her favor. It didn’t occur to me that she would pay so much attention to you, it’s really a bit interesting.”
“A very keen sense of observation.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
Zhang Ruochen’s face did not change, instead he sneered, “Since no one has seen her true face, how dare she claim to be the number one beauty of Shengming City?”
Wan Huayu was slightly stunned for a moment, apparently feeling that Zhang Ruochen was too unintelligent.
Immediately afterward, she said, “Because, everyone has great trust in the Phoenix Dance Palace, and to be able to be pushed out by the Phoenix Dance Palace as the golden signboard, then, she must have a thrilling beauty.”
Phoenix Dance Palace, although it is a green .. building, but has a history as long as that of the Medieval Family, having given birth to many powerful and strong people, as well as many stunningly beautiful women of the absolute generation.
Every hundred years, the Phoenix Dance Palace will launch an outstanding heir, uniformly known as the “Dance Fairy”.
Every generation of Dance Fairy has amazing talent, breathtaking beauty, and the best dance skills in the world.
Of course, ordinary people were not qualified to marry a Dance Fairy at all, and only the heirs of medieval families and the sons of gods of ancient sects would have the chance to fight for them.
Zhang Ruochen looked over towards Wan Huayu and said, “As far as I know, the Wan Family has been friends with the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion for generations, and there have been marriages in every generation. I’ve made such a big grudge with Chi Yutang, and you’re still able to talk and laugh with me?”
Wan Huayu’s small mouth pursed, and between her brows, with a touch of moving flavor, she said, “Chi Yutang is Chi Yutang, and I am me. Besides, I am very curious as to how a young expert as powerful as you suddenly appeared in the Kunlun Realm.”
After a pause, Ten Thousand Flowers added, “Not long ago, news came from the State Ten Thousand Sacred Lands that the Painting Sage Ancestor and the Luo Xu Palace Master had teamed up to kill three Immortal Blood Race Saints and an army of 100,000 Immortal Blood Race members. After all the math, there is only one person who was able to get involved with both of their seniors at the same time.”
“Who?”
“The Time and Space Transmitter, Zhang Ruochen.”
Wan Huayu stared tightly into Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, revealing a wise look as he scrutinized carefully, as if he was trying to discern something.
It had to be said that Wan Huayu and Wan Zhaoyi did have a lot of similarities, very shrewd, not something Chi Yutang could compare to.
Even Zhang Ruochen had some trouble seeing through her.
Zhang Ruochen appeared calm and unperturbed as he said, “Mentioning Zhang Ruochen reminds me of something. It is said that the Empress had once issued a secret decree ordering the Little Sacred Heavenly King to capture Zhang Ruochen and bring him to justice within three months. If Zhang Ruochen could not be captured, the Little Sacred Heavenly King would be guilty of deceiving the king. The three-month period should have already passed a long time ago, right?”
Zhang Ruochen was able to know about this matter, naturally because the Sacred Book Talented Lady had told him.
However, Wan Huayu didn’t know that Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Lady had a deep friendship, and when he heard Zhang Ruochen mention this matter, his heart was suddenly shocked.
There weren’t really many people who knew that the Empress had given a secret decree to the Little Sacred Heavenly King, and most of them were some characters with deep backgrounds in the dynasty.
How could he know about it?
Could it be that he was the son or daughter of some great figure in the dynasty?
Originally, Wan Huayu was still a little skeptical that he was Timeless Heir Zhang Ruochen, but now, there was some shaking.
Wan Huayu had a kind of women’s courage, and did not hide it, saying, “Father did receive a secret decree from the Empress to capture Zhang Ruochen within three months.”
“It’s just that, in the battle of the Ancient Clan of Zhen Prison, Father King led the army of the Ministry of Military Affairs to fight against the Immortal Blood Clan in a bloodbath, paying a huge price to stop the footsteps of the Qing Tian Blood Emperor, and made outstanding battle achievements to obtain the Empress’s **** honor. Now, Father has already led the Wan Clan’s army and rushed to the Northern Domain to continue the battle against the Immortal Blood Clan.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “The Little Sacred Heavenly King’s outstanding battle achievements are worthy of being the head of the Heroic Fugue, and is worthy of the word Hero.”
Zhang Ruochen did not mince his words of praise, no matter how much of a grudge he had with Wan Zhaoyi, at least, Wan Zhaoyi did have a lot to admire.
“Father once said that in today’s world, he only admires two people, one is the Empress and the other is Zhang Ruochen. The cultivation of the Empress leaves him in the dust. Zhang Ruochen’s natural talent makes him feel that there is a heaven beyond the heavens, and there are people beyond the people. He said that he and Zhang Ruochen will definitely have a battle, and when that day comes, it might be the time when all his brilliant achievements will come to an end, and he only hopes that that day will come a little later.”
Wan Huayu was still somewhat skeptical of Zhang Ruochen’s identity, and uttered these words, in fact, to test him.
“Being told by you, I even have some desire to meet that Space-Time Successor.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“I also want to meet him very much.”
Wan Huayu let out a laugh and then, stopped talking.
Zhang Ruochen also stopped talking and lit the Dragon Silkworm Incense sent by one of the previous Half-Saints, closing his eyes and absorbing that scent to enhance the strength of his spiritual power.
Half an hour later, a shocking news came from the depths of the Cai Family’s Sacred Mansion.
The Cai Clan’s family head, finally announced the whereabouts of the Secret Scroll of the Blood Clan.
Cai Jinglun began to read out its contents, saying, “Eight hundred years ago, after the compilation of the Blood Clan Secret Scroll was completed, it was stored in the treasury of the Sacred Ming Central Empire.”
“The night before Emperor Ming disappeared, members of the Dragon Protector Pavilion, took away all the treasures in the entire treasury, and since then, faded into obscurity, never appearing in the Kunlun Realm again.”
This piece of news was extremely shocking.
One must know that the Sacred Brightness Central Empire had a long history, with a deep heritage, and had accumulated endless wealth.
In the treasury, not only were there countless divine weapons, sacred pills, spirit pills, spirit crystals, and sacred stones, but also millions of volumes of techniques and martial arts.
Originally, everyone in the world thought that the treasury of the Sacred Ming Central Empire would either fall into the First Central Empire or be taken by the Hall of Ming.
Who would have thought that the treasury had been transferred before the Ming Emperor disappeared?
It could be said that whoever could find the Sacred Ming Central Empire’s treasury would undoubtedly be finding an overwhelmingly rich treasure.
An immortal old Taoist, exclaimed, ”The members of the Dragon Protector Pavilion took the treasury? Legend has it that the strongest underbelly of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, the guardian of the imperial family, the Dragon Protector Pavilion?”
Those young cultivators, who had never heard of the Dragon Protector Pavilion at all, inquired curiously.
That old Taoist revealed a smirk and said, “Legend has it that the Dragon Protector Pavilion only has one hundred and eight members, divided into thirty-six Heavenly Deities and seventy-two Earthly Deities. However, each and every one of them is a Saint realm being, and their identities are quite mysterious, so ordinary people simply don’t know about their existence. It is said that some of these members have even been guarding the Imperial Zhang Clan since the Middle Ages.”
A young cultivator, gave a playful laugh, not believing the old Taoist’s words at all, “How is that possible? One hundred and eight Saints? Even the Middle Ancient Family doesn’t have such a huge heritage, right? How many years would it have to have lived from the Middle Ages, to beings that have lived until now? It’s simply nonsense.”
That old Taoist said, “You youngsters, you’ve just seen too little, to be able to establish a central empire, is the heritage of the Imperial Zhang Family not something you can imagine?”
“Have you seen the two sixty-nine foot tall bronze cast golden geibeys at the entrance of the city? That’s not only the totem of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, it’s also the Sacred Brightness Central Empire’s two divine beasts that protect the country. It is said that they are two of the members of the Dragon Protector Pavilion, belonging to the seventy-two Earthly Furies, living for tens of thousands of years, with a lifespan more than ten times longer than that of humans.”
“The reason why the Hall of Brightness has one hundred and eight Saint Generals is, in fact, following the example of the Dragon Protector Pavilion. Only, those Saint Generals are completely a bunch of children compared to the members of the Dragon Protector Pavilion.”
That old Taoist spoke with a sense of humor, causing the cultivators present, too, to be skeptical.
If, the Dragon Protector Pavilion really existed, then why had they never shown up, and where exactly had they gone?
