1708 Grand Ceremony, Gathering at Skydome Castle
The martial arts conference held every three years is a grand event in the martial arts world. No matter how big or small the sect is, as long as they have the strength, they can take the opportunity to become famous. Except for those who really cannot come, the sects that are qualified to participate will bring their most proud disciples to take advantage of this opportunity to become famous.
Back then, Bu Jingyun, Ling Tian and other talented martial arts heroes became famous because of the martial arts conference. And Lan Jiuqing? He became famous by stepping on Bu Jingyun, beating Bu Jingyun, the top master of the martial arts conference, without any resistance.
The day before the martial arts conference began, Lord Lingbao, as per custom, held a grand banquet to entertain all the masters and spectators from various countries and cities.
Every year, cities and countries would send county magistrates that were closer to Sky Dome Castle to participate. One purpose was to tell these people in the martial arts world that the court was always watching them and to not do anything they shouldn’t do. The other purpose was to see if they could meet any masters who were willing to work for the court.
Of course, this is just a formality. In times of peace and prosperity, when martial artists enter the court, they can only obey the orders of the court, just like ordinary officials. Real masters are unwilling to enter the court, and the court looks down on those with ordinary skills.
Over the years, the martial arts world and the imperial court have maintained a delicate balance until today's martial arts conference. With the appearance of the Ninth Prince in Tianqiong Fort, some small sects have their own plans.
Learn the civil and martial arts, and sell them to the imperial family. If you can rely on the Ninth Uncle and become his direct descendant, it is better than accumulating experience step by step, and you may reach the sky in one step.
Some people were tempted, but due to the cold face of the Ninth Prince, they did not dare to step forward, so they set their sights on Feng Qingchen. Feng Qingchen followed the Ninth Prince's words and accepted the offer without doing anything, because the Ninth Prince had the final say in everything.
At the banquet at Tianqiong Fort, the smaller sects all arrived early, the larger sects arrived a little later, and the several large sects arrived right on time. For example, the Palace Master Xuanyue, the Palace Master Xuanxiao, and the Ninth Emperor's uncle all came in accompanied by the Fort Master Ling.
When these people arrived, the whole place fell silent. Someone took the lead and called out: "Greetings, Ninth Uncle."
Everyone came back to their senses, stood up and bowed to the Ninth Prince, shouting: Greetings, Ninth Prince.
As for the people around the Ninth Prince, they just greeted them casually.
People in the martial arts world are not particular about trivial matters. The Ninth Prince has an important status, so it won't matter if they call him that. Who can guarantee that they won't ask the Ninth Prince for help in the future? It's always right to do a good deed now.
Differential treatment!
Xuan Shaoqi and Xuanyue Palace Master were used to it, but Lingbao Master felt uncomfortable. Why did the Ninth Prince steal his limelight in his territory?
Apart from his better birth, what else could the Ninth Prince compare to him? But it was this birth that suppressed him all his life, so that even if he struggled all his life, he could not compare to Xuan Shaoqi who was born in Xuanxiao Palace, and the Ninth Prince who was born in the royal family.
Ling Tian was jealous that Xuan Shaoqi was one generation younger than him, but had a higher status in the martial arts world. Similarly, Castle Master Ling could not accept that this man, who was about the same age as his son, could compete with him in the martial arts world, and even had to bow down to him.
Thinking that Xuan Shaoqi was just like him, using the Demon Sect to establish his power in the martial arts world, Fort Master Ling felt even worse. He had spent so much effort to be polite, but Master Ling was just acting like a junior master in front of Xuan Shaoqi, which was just a slap in the face of his father.
The more excited the discussion became, the uglier Ling Tian's expression became. He wanted to speak up and interrupt the discussion several times, but was stopped by Castle Ling Lord every time.
Lord Ling looked at the Ninth Uncle and Xuan Shaoqi with a smile on his face, but there was a cold light in the depths of his eyes. He was sure that these two people did it on purpose to embarrass Ling Tian.
But knowing that it was intentional, he could only endure it for the time being until the doorman announced loudly...