In the entire Kunlun Realm, there were only one hundred and eight people who could sit on the king’s seat, and just by thinking about it, one could know how fierce the competition was.
Even if you are a Saint, if you want to sit in one hundred and eight positions, you have to weigh whether your cultivation level is sufficient or not.
Above the King’s Seat, at the top of the Mountain of Books, were the nine “Boundary Seats”.
Only those who could sit firmly on those nine seats could become a “Boundary Son”, and at the same time, they could also be equal to the Sacred Book Talented Girl.
The nine “Boundary Son Seats” were not just nine seats, but also a supreme honour, a symbol of supreme status, which made countless people rush to them.
Below the Book Mountain, there were an unknown number of young cultivators, all staring at those nine seats, all of their eyes glowing. If they could sit on top of that seat, even if it was just for a short while, they would be willing to pay the price of their lives.
Ao Xin Yan said, “The Boundary Son Banquet will surely be a grand scale battle between young heroes, it always feels like it’s stealing the limelight from the Sword Discussion Conference?”
The Sword Discussion Conference was held a month later, and only those who used swords could participate; in terms of scale and the number of young experts, it was completely incomparable to tonight’s Boundary Son Banquet.
After experiencing the Boundary Son Banquet, the Sword Discussion Conference was expected to dim and lose its colour.
“It’s not the same.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “The banquet goers of the Boundary Son Banquet are mainly targeting young cultivators. The Sword Discussion Conference is mainly aimed at the older generation of sword cultivators, who are comprehending the Wordless Sword Spectrum and exchanging sword dao with each other, that’s the purpose of the conference.”
“As for the sword cultivators of the Fish Dragon Realm, the fights at the Sword Discussion Assembly are completely coincidental. To the sword cultivators of the older generation, it’s like they’re just watching a bunch of little kids’ sword dao performances, just making the Sword Discussion Assembly a bit more lively.”
“I’m afraid that only the Taiji Dao, Two-Yi Sect, Four Elephant Sect, and Eight Trigrams Sect would truly value, the performance of the Fish Dragon Realm sword cultivators at the Sword Dao Conference.”
“After all, the fight of the younger generation of the four powers will determine the belonging of the Sword Pavilion. This is a major event!”
Ao Xin Yan came to a realisation, then, asked, “With the Boundary Son Banquet, wouldn’t it mean that the performance of the Fish Dragon Realm Sword Cultivators at the Sword Dao Conference would be meaningless?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said cautiously, “For you guys, that is indeed the case. For the disciples of our Two Element Sect, the victory or defeat of the Sword Discussion Conference is more important than the victory or defeat of the Boundary Son Banquet.”
“Of course, there is no shortage of troublemakers in every Sword Discussion Conference. Eight hundred years ago, the young Sword Emperor was the one who defeated all the young sword cultivators of the Taiji Dao and the Three Great Dao Clans in a strong position at the Sword Discussion Conference, making the Taiji Dao and the Three Great Dao Clans lose face.”
Ao Xin Yan said, “This session of the Sword Discussion Conference, there should be no troublemakers. Those who are truly powerful will definitely show up this evening. After all, becoming a Boundary Son is more direct than going to the Sword Discussion Assembly to become famous.”
“That is indeed the truth.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes twinkled as he stared at the mountain of books in front of him, sighing in his heart, “Tonight’s Boundary Sons Banquet will surely go down in history, symbolising that an unprecedented martial arts heyday has arrived.”
At the bottom of the mountain of books, there was only a three feet wide path with books piled up into steps that could lead to the top of the mountain.
At the moment, the intersection at the foot of the mountain was a chaotic mess, with thousands of people sparring, all sorts of True Martial Treasure Weapons clashing with each other, and occasionally even Saint Weapons striking out, sending a large swathe of cultivators flying out.
The scene before them was as if it was a large-scale war, which could be considered quite grand.
In the melee, many people, before they even reached the entrance of the passageway for climbing, were already knocked down.
It was only every quarter of an hour that a handful of people were able to rush out of the melee and step onto the path of the mountain climb. And these people who were able to kill their way out, none of them were weak, all of them were long established experts.
Even the cultivators who climbed the mountain of books were constantly being knocked down, and very few were able to hold on to their seats.
Only two miserable screams could be heard as Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi fell down from the Book Mountain at the same time, their entire bodies covered in blood and stains, suffering from very serious injuries.
Huang Yichen immediately dispatched the guards of the Eastern Region Saint King’s Mansion to carry the two of them down.
Obviously, with the strength of both Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi, they were not qualified to participate in the Boundary Sons Banquet at all, and even if it was only the fourth class seat, the “Human Jie Seat”, there was no place for them.
“The cultivation level of the two of them is still a bit short.”Zhang Ruochen took out two Sixth Grade Healing Pills and handed them to Chang Qiqi and Si Xingkong respectively.
“Many thanks.”
Si Xingkong lay on top of the stretcher and coughed out two mouthfuls of blood, then, after taking the healing elixir, he closed his eyes and began to heal.
Chang Qi Qi was also lying on top of the stretcher, his face pale. He received the healing elixir and stared Avray at Zhang Ruochen, then, his gaze went over to Huang Yichen as he said, ”Senior Sister Huang, if you want to ascend to the Book Mountain, you have to ally with someone. Relying on one’s strength alone, one will soon be beaten down.”
Obviously, Chang Qi Qi was hinting at Huang Yichen to ally with Lin Yue, after all, Lin Yue’s strength, for all to see, was indeed quite powerful.
Huang Yichen nodded, then waved his hand, signalling the guards of the Eastern Region Holy King’s Mansion to carry the two of them down.
Huang Yichen glanced towards Shushan and sighed, saying, ”There are many powerful geniuses in the Eastern Domain Sacred Academy, it’s just a pity that there is a lack of a soul figure to integrate them. Right now, they can only charge upwards as if they were scattered soldiers, and there are very few of them who are able to sit firmly in a seat.”
After a pause, she added, “If, Zhang Ruochen is still alive, the saints of the Eastern Domain Sacred Academy will not be uncompetitive in tonight’s Boundary Sons Banquet.”
Huang Yichen’s eyes were rather misty, as if she was recalling something.
Hearing the words “Zhang Ruochen”, Zhang Ruochen was slightly moved and said, “Unable to utilise the power of the Eastern Domain Sacred Academy, could it be that you can’t utilise the power of the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion. As far as I know, there are quite a few valiant heroes in the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion, aren’t there?”
Huang Yichen’s eyebrows knitted slightly as he shook his head and said, “The four heirs of the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion are also infighting amongst each other, with everyone wanting to ascend to a higher position.”
“At the Boundary Son Banquet, whoever is able to win honours for the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion will have more say in the Sacred King’s Mansion in the future.”
“I do have some forces in the Sacred King’s Mansion, it’s just a pity that the cultivation of these people, which has yet to grow, can’t be put to any use at all.”
Huang Yichen was both a Saint of the Eastern Region Holy Academy and one of the heirs of the Eastern Region Holy King’s Mansion.
However, Huang Yichen’s time as an heir was still very short, and his roots in the Saint King’s Mansion were, quite weak, completely incomparable to the other three heirs.
Furthermore, Huang Yichen was the youngest of the four heirs, and his cultivation was relatively weak. The other three heirs, even the weakest one, was one realm higher than her.
“Rumble.”
In the distance, a Qilin chariot, travelling from afar, with a three feet tall carriage, on the ground, crushed two deep track marks, causing the ground to gently vibrate as well.
The Xuan Ice Qilin pulling the chariot was a sixth-ranked savage beast, and on its body, the icy coldness emanating from it caused the ground in a radius of tens of feet to be completely frozen by ice.
In the unicorn chariot, a young man in his twenties stepped out, wearing a golden battle armour and holding a Sacred Artifact grade bronze battlego.
This man, named Chen Tianpeng, was one of the heirs of the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion, and was quite powerful, his cultivation reaching the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
Chen Tianpeng stood at the top of the chariot, his gaze looking downwards towards Huang Yichen, and sneered, “For such an important event as the Boundary Son Banquet, how come Cousin Yichen doesn’t have a few decent wargames by her side?”
Then, a smug look appeared in Chen Tianpeng’s eyes as he glanced towards the back of the Qilin Chariot.
Zhang Ruochen looked over in the direction that Chen Tianpeng was looking at and saw that there were a total of eight Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation War Generals following the bottom of the Qilin Chariot.
The eight War Generals, all of them were fitted with golden battle armour, and the skin that was exposed outside the battle armour was emitting a bright glazed treasure light.
Eight powerful clouds of holy qi erupted from their bodies, forcing all the surrounding cultivators backward, with no one daring to take a step closer.
Obviously, these eight battle generals, all of them were carefully selected by Chen Tianpeng to follow him in the Boundary Son Feast.
Huang Yichen did not change his colour and appeared quite calm, yet he did not show any weakness as he said, “Each guest can only bring two guards to the banquet. Cousin Tianpeng, even if you bring that many people, what’s the point?”
Chen Tianpeng laughed out loud and stepped down from the top of the Qilin Chariot, saying, “I did only bring two guards, the other six, who are just climbing the Book Mountain with me, are not my guards.”
The Sacred Book Talent Lady had a rule that every guest who went to the banquet could only bring two guards. Her purpose was to prevent the heirs of great powers from hogging all the spots at the Boundary Son Banquet.
Chen Tianpeng, however, had found a break in the rule, and while it seemed that he had only brought two guards, in reality, there were six other guards, who were in front of him to help him clear the way and help him sit in a higher position.
When he sat in his seat, the other six guards could no longer help him.
Chen Tianpeng could only rely on his own strength and the strength of the two guards if he wanted to sit firmly in his seat.
Of course, to be able to become the heir of the Eastern Region Saint King’s House, Chen Tianpeng’s strength, naturally, was not weak, as long as he was able to sit on top of the seat, he was confident that he would be able to hold the seat steady.
