"You two, escort the young marquis back," the Sixth Prince said to the two people behind him before he approached Lin Feng. "Fourth Prince, let’s go."
"Sixth Prince, have you ever heard of Baili Xie?" asked Lin Feng.
"I’ve been busy preparing for the competition these past two years and haven’t heard of this person. I don’t know when the Mors Empire produced such an individual that even Mo Ziqing and the others seem to implicitly follow her lead," stated the Sixth Prince.
"I’m more or less in the sa boat. It seems we’ve overlooked a formidable adversary. He could well be a variable in this competition," Lin Feng said.
"No matter how capable he is, he’s just one person. A competition isn’t sothing you can win alone," the Sixth Prince responded dismissively, "Still, about today’s event..."
Elsewhere, Dugu Qianye and others headed toward the residential area.
"Boss, you’re finally here. I’ve missed you to death," Sang Yu said as she clung to Dugu Qianye, her voice filled with excitent.
"Alright, we’re still walking. I’m back now, aren’t I? Let’s hurry ho," Dugu Qianye said, pulling Sang Yu’s hand in resignation.
"Yes, yes! When you get back, everyone will be so excited they won’t be able to sleep tonight!" exclaid Qin Hao.
Upon returning to the residential area and seeing the accommodations, Dugu Qianye didn’t say a word and went straight to Xie Ping.
"Grandpa Xie, I’m back," Dugu Qianye said.
"You mischievous rascal, you still rember to co back?" Xie Ping leapt up from his rocking chair upon seeing Dugu Qianye, ca over, and patted her on the head twice.
"Hehe, I’ve arrived safely, so there’s no need to worry!" Dugu Qianye said with a grin.
"Who said I was worried about you?" Xie Ping shot a glance at Dugu Qianye before returning to his rocking chair.
"When I ca back, I saw the competitors from the Cangqiong Empire and Glei Empire. They are indeed quite strong," Dugu Qianye said, finding a stool to sit on.
"You’ve seen them?" Xie Ping asked.
"Yes," Dugu Qianye recounted the events to Xie Ping.
After listening, Xie Ping looked at Dugu Qianye peculiarly and said, "You really are bold, to co back and beat up their young marquis."
"Anyone who bullies , I don’t care who they are!" Dugu Qianye said nonchalantly, clearly not seeing it as a significant issue that she had hit the young marquis.
"Hahaha, good! Good!" Xie Ping laughed heartily thrice. "The preliminaries of the competition are tomorrow. I’ll tell you about the strength of the other three empires now. The Cangqiong Empire..."
"So you’re the Nine-Tailed Fox that big sister contracted with later. I didn’t expect that big sister even tad a Nine-Tailed Fox. From now on, you’ll follow us," said Xiaohuo as she brought Xiaojiu in front of her.
"Ah, you’re the master’s lifeline contract, aren’t you? My na is Xiaojiu; please take good care of from now on!" Xiaojiu said to Xiaohuo with a fawning tone.
"Uh huh, don’t worry, you won’t miss out on any good things in the future. If anyone dares to bully big sister, we’ll beat them to death together!" Xiaohuo said with the air of a boss, which, paired with her delicate little face, was rather amusing to behold.
"Tsch! Contempt!" Xiaoyin, who was on Xiaohuo’s shoulder, rolled her eyes at them.
Xiaohuo grabbed Xiaoyin down and said, "How co your leveling up is so slow? I’m already at level 8, yet you’re still spinning around at level 4?"
"Ah, heaven and earth! You’ve out-leveled by four, waaaah, I can’t live like this!" Xiaoyin wailed miserably.
"Shaful!" Xiaojiu rolled her eyes at Xiaoyin once more.
"Brother Mo Feng!" Xiaohuo waved and shouted towards a passing figure in the distance.
Mo Feng was discussing alchemy with He Lian when he suddenly heard soone calling him. He looked over and saw a child about ten years old running toward him.
"You are?" Mo Feng asked uncertainly.
"Mo Feng, you’re so an, not recognizing anymore," Xiaohuo pouted and said.
"Are you Xiaohuo?" Mo Feng asked in surprise. He had not expected that after just a few months, she had grown so much!
"Yes, yes!" Xiaohuo nodded and said.
Mo Feng excitedly scooped up Xiaohuo and said, "Xiaohuo, you’re awake? Xiaohuo, you finally woke up!"
"Ah! Mo Feng, have you gone silly?" Xiaohuo said with a laugh.
"Xiaohuo, I have never thanked you for what happened last ti. Thank you for saving !" Mo Feng said.
"You’re Mo Feng, of course I had to save you," Xiaohuo jumped out of Mo Feng’s arms to the ground and said giggling.
"You’ve grown quite a bit now!"
"Humph, of course!"
"Mo Feng, who is this?" He Lian, who had been ignored to the side, asked.
"This is Xiaohuo, she’s our little sister," Mo Feng said, without ntioning that Xiaohuo was a Phantom Beast, "This is He Lian, a friend of your brother."
"Hello, Brother He Lian," Xiaohuo called out sweetly.
"Hello, Xiaohuo."
"Xiaohuo, where is sister?"
"She’s in old man Xie’s room."
No sooner had Xiaohuo finished speaking when Dugu Qianye opened the door and ca out.
"Mo Feng, He Lian," Dugu Qianye called out upon seeing them.
"Sister."
"Teacher."
"Where are the others?" Dugu Qianye asked.
"They must be in their rooms," said Mo Feng.
"Let’s go and see them," Dugu Qianye took Xiaohuo’s hand, "The competition is tomorrow, we should see how they’re doing now."
The sky in July was a washed azure blue.
Today, Fei City in the Cangqiong Empire was exceptionally lively, especially the competition of the four great Empires in the west of the city, attracting much attention.
The open-air competition grounds were located in the suburbs to the west of Fei City, divided into the combat area, alchemy zone, refining zone, and beast taming area, with the combat area and the beast taming area being relatively large. In the combat area, 10 arenas were constructed, each a hundred ters squared, with a distance of a hundred ters between each pair. Every arena was built with granite thunderstone, hard and splendid.
Next to the combat area were the pharmacists’ competition zones and the artifact refiners’ competition zones. These two zones, compared to the combat area, could be said to be quite small; one competition zone was not even as large as one combat arena.
Furthur out was the beast taming area. The beast taming area was about half the size of the combat area, with several super-large cages placed inside, containing untad Phantom Beasts. However, each cage was covered with black cloth, preventing people from seeing the Phantom Beasts inside.
Next to the four competition areas, there were corresponding rest areas for the competing students and their team teachers to rest and watch the competitions. Since the ti had not yet co, all the rest areas were still empty.
Surrounding the competition grounds were stands capable of holding tens of thousands of people in a terraced fashion. Although the competition grounds were quite far from the urban district, there were already many spectators waiting on them.
Of course, a competition like this was not sothing ordinary people could enter. Those who could co here to watch the competition were without exception representatives from various powers of the Cangqiong Empire, city lords from various cities, or people sent by different families. Older attendees were there to lend support to the Cangqiong Empire, while the younger crowd ca to broaden their horizons and gain experience.
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