After the dining portion of the dinner.
The prince ordered people to remove the dining table, stood up and walked to the stage, took the microphone, and warmly invited all the guests to dance in the banquet hall.
Most of the guests who come to the royal dinner are accompanied by female companions, which is also one of the main procedures of the banquet. However, the senior leaders of the shelter and the Zhengshen Church did not participate. They just sat on the side of the banquet hall and whispered something.
The palace musicians on the stage began to play cheerful and melodious music. The dignitaries naturally pulled their female companions and walked to the center of the banquet hall, dancing gracefully.
"Want to dance with me, Floyin?"
Chen Lun stood outside the dance floor and asked the girl next to him.
"Of course, I'd love to."
Fuluoyin smiled and reached out her hand.
Chen Lun then pulled her slowly onto the dance floor, followed the melody, and danced together.
"The Duke seems to be hostile to you."
Fuluoyin put her left hand on Chen Lun's shoulder, brought her head close and whispered.
"It's okay, don't worry about him."
Chen Lun just smiled.
He put his arm around Fuluoyin's waist and started spinning to the beat.
Seeing this, Fuluoyin stopped continuing the topic, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to dancing with the man in front of her. The two once danced together under the moonlight, but she was blind at the time and could not see the beautiful scene.
Now she wanted to look at him properly and remember this moment in her heart.
Chen Lun felt Fu Luoyin's calm but ardent gaze, so he lowered his eyes to look at her. The two smiled at each other and communicated with each other with their eyes during the dance.
It was a relaxed, joyful and affectionate mood.
In the main seat of the banquet hall, the prince and princess were sitting there.
Many young nobles looked at Princess Anna frequently, but hesitated. After several hesitations, they just sighed secretly.
With a smile on his face, the prince turned his head slightly and whispered to his sister Anna:
"Why don't you give those young talents some opportunities?"
"They are just some trash who owe the glory of their ancestors. It would be better to find a pig to dance with them."
Anna said calmly.
Prince Dazlat burst out laughing, causing confusion among the dignitaries and attendants.
"Speaking of which, it is indeed difficult to find a suitable candidate among the guests present...the younger generation of nobles, tsk tsk...it's a bit bad."
The prince rubbed his chin and commented.
He raised his hand again and pointed at a pair of handsome men and beautiful women on the dance floor.
"How's Jack?"
Anna looked at the young man in the black hat. The latter's tall and slender figure moved gracefully and leisurely on the dance floor. The dance with the girl in the purple skirt was extremely beautiful.
"He can...but he already has a female companion."
Anna said calmly.
"What does it matter? It's just a dance."
The prince smiled.
"Would you like me to ask him for you? It's too boring for you to sit here."
"You know it's okay to be bored, brother."
Anna said.
"But forget it, it's really embarrassing for a member of the royal family to take the initiative to invite others to dance."
As she spoke, she took out the gift she had just received from Jack on the dining table, which was the "beautiful potion."
Princess Anna uncorked the bottle without hesitation and drank it under her brother's surprised eyes.
"How about it, Anna, is it really as magical as Jack said?"
the prince asked curiously.
"Um……"
The princess pondered, silently feeling the effect of the potion.
She suddenly chuckled.
"Interesting stuff."
"Um?"
The prince looked puzzled.
Princess Anna turned to look at her brother and stretched out her hand.
"Brother, if you don't want that potion, just give it to me."
"Haha...it seems to be a good and effective thing indeed."
Prince Dazlat laughed.
He took out his own potion, thought about it, and gently placed it in his sister's hand.
"Okay, okay, since Anna wants it, then I'll give it to you."
The prince said dotingly, raising his hand to touch his sister's head, but Anna turned her head to avoid it.
"Thanks."
Princess Anna thanked her calmly and continued to uncork the bottle and take the medicine.
The prince saw his sister's cold expression and shook his head helplessly.
"You are also a brother, but your attitude towards me is far different... Anna."
he whispered.
Princess Anna frowned when she heard this, and her fingers tightened on the potion bottle.
"Don't forget what Father said, never mention that sinner again..."
She said indifferently.
"uh-huh."
The prince shrugged nonchalantly and continued to cast his gaze on the dance floor, admiring everyone's dancing, tapping the handrails with his fingers in time with the beat.
Only Princess Anna beside him lowered her eyes expressionlessly.
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After Chen Lun and Fuluoyin danced a song together, they exited the dance floor to rest.
He called the attendant in a gentlemanly manner, ordered a glass of juice and handed it to Fuluoyin.
"Thanks."
She smiled slightly and took a sip.
He immediately handed back the remaining half glass of juice.
"Would you like a drink too?"
Chen Lun was a little surprised, then smiled.
"certainly."
He took it without hesitation and took a sip.
Floyin looked at his actions, and the smile on her lips became even bigger.
Intimate relationships often begin by sharing a cup.
After a while.
The dance session is over.
The dinner party has also come to an end.
Chen Lun was about to leave with Fuloyin, but he was stopped by a royal steward, who whispered to him:
"Mr. Jack, the prince still has secret matters to explain, please stay."
"Secret matter?"
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, the senior management of the shelter and members of the Imperial Tribunal present will all participate. Please follow me."
The steward raised his hand and pointed to one side.
Chen Lun turned his head and looked at Fu Luoyin.
"Wait for me here."
"Um."
Fuluoyin nodded and sat back on the chair obediently.
Chen Lun followed the steward towards the exit of the banquet hall. He looked back and saw that the guests had already left one after another, and the princes, princesses and many high-ranking officials were nowhere to be seen.
Withdrawing his gaze, he continued to walk forward, and the steward led him to the other side of the Sun Palace, where there was a meeting hall.
The senior officials of the asylum and the Imperial Judgment Team were all here, and the new members of the Tribunal who entered in the same batch as Chen Lun were also led in by the steward.
After waiting for a while, everyone arrived, and the prince slowly stood up and looked at everyone.
"Everyone, taking this opportunity, I am convening everyone to announce something."
His expression became slightly serious.
"Information came from shelters in various places. Twelve 'spiritual turbulences' have appeared in the empire. This has been discovered. According to inference, at least more than fifty such passages have been opened. In the spiritual world, The pollution in the air has spread to the present world, and the situation is very serious..."
Everyone present had different expressions, but most of them frowned slightly, obviously knowing the seriousness of this matter.
The "spiritual turbulence" mentioned by the prince is actually a variant of the "spiritual rift". It is also something that ordinary people cannot detect. Only those with a certain level of insight can see it. This standard is generally for mid-sequence extraordinary people. .
But the difference between "spiritual turbulence" and "spiritual rift" is that it is uncontrollable.
Creatures in the spirit world generally do not appear in the real world. Even if they do come out, they will be noticed and suppressed by the shelter as soon as possible. Of course, this situation is rare because the creatures in the spirit world are intelligent and know that the world is dangerous for them. .
However, the "spiritual turbulence" will forcefully throw some spiritual world creatures into the living world, most of which are polluting creatures. These monsters have no intelligence and are powerful, and will cause terrible damage to the stability of the living world.
"I will implement my father's will and officially launch the second phase of the 'Spirit Realm Investigation Plan' here. The purpose is to investigate the truth about the turmoil in the spiritual world and eliminate the danger. The specific candidates are as follows..."
The prince spoke slowly and read out a series of names, all of which were members of the Imperial Tribunal, including Chen Lun.
A total of more than 80 people were divided into nine groups to perform at the same time, corresponding to the nine presiding judges, each leading a group.
"Compared to the members of the United Church of Seven Gods in the first phase, this time only the Imperial Trial Team went alone. I don’t need to explain the reason. You should also be able to imagine..."
Prince Dazlat shook his head.
"The Churches of the Seven Gods are not harmonious. Even if they don't expect to work together, they will still hold each other back. Many extraordinary people were killed in the first phase, but the harvest was very little."
He put his hands behind his back, but his young appearance showed the temperament of a king. He raised his head and said with a smile:
"I believe that only the Imperial Tribunal is capable of completing this task... Members involved in the first phase of the plan can apply to view the dossier, but this time I hope to hear definite clues and valuable information. "
"Yes, Your Majesty the Prince."
The members of the Imperial Tribunal stood up one after another, stroking their chests and saluting Dazlat.
[Trigger the main mission: The second phase of the spiritual world investigation operation! 】
Mission description: The empire discovered that the turmoil in the spiritual world was becoming more and more serious, so it planned to send extraordinary people to investigate. Prince Dazlat convened members of the imperial trial team to put his hope in this.
As a new member of the Imperial Inquisition, you are on the action list. (Note: Refusing the task will have serious consequences!)
Mission goal: Investigate the causes and truth of the turmoil in the spiritual world.
Mission reward: 450,000 experience points, 1,000 gold pounds, 15 attribute points, 5 special attribute points, 5 regional popularity points, an A-level meritorious service from the Imperial Tribunal, Dazlat’s favorability, and unknown rewards.
'main mission? So the actions I am participating in now are equivalent to the warm-up before version 2.0... After the version update is completed and players go online, things will become clear. At that time, all parties will gather players to enter the spiritual world and face it together. A wave of pollution pouring from the dark world. '
Chen Lun thought to himself.
'Accept the task. '
Without any hesitation, he accepted the task.
At the same time, Chen Lun thought of another thing.
'I remember that Mr. Byers and her lover Youlan participated in the first phase of the spirit world investigation, and Youlan also died unfortunately during that operation, which led to a series of subsequent tragedies... '
He sighed to himself.
At the same time, Chen Lun also saw the shadow of version 2.0 in his previous life from this action introduction... He still remembered that the name of that version was "Dark Resurrection", and the main plot was about the source of the turmoil in the spiritual world, the deep spiritual world. The dark world here has undergone unknown changes, causing polluting organisms to appear in a spurt, from the third layer to the second layer, and then from the shallow layer to the real world, ultimately seriously affecting the safety of the empire.
"The next specific action plan will be formulated by the nine chief judges. It is best to start within these few days. Don't delay it too long."
The prince ordered.
The nine presiding judges nodded to express their understanding.
At this time, one of the middle-aged men wearing military uniforms with medals hanging on his chest stood up and said to Chen Lun and several other members of the Imperial Tribunal present:
"You guys follow me."
Chen Lun had already known the identity of the middle-aged man in front of him through the introduction of the steward. He was his immediate superior in the Imperial Judgment Team, Judge McCallion.
A powerful old official in a high position.
"Yes, Chief McCallion."
Chen Lun lowered his head slightly, and followed McColin with seven other men and women into one of the secret rooms of the conference hall.
In addition to them, the rest of the presiding judges did the same. They summoned the members involved in the operation and each walked into a secret room to make plans and deployments.
In the secret room.
McCallion skillfully pressed the light switch on the wall, and the chandelier on the ceiling immediately lit up, illuminating the round table and a circle of chairs below.
"sit down."
She said softly as she sat on the main seat.
After everyone sat down, McColin took out a thick file, placed it on the table, and tapped it with his fingers.
"The last issue of the investigative action file is here, you don't need to bother to apply... In fact, there is not much valuable content, because at that time, the people of the Seven Gods Church only advanced to the third level of the spiritual world, and the conclusion they reached was Consistent, that is, the source of pollution is the deeper 'dark world'."
McColin's expression was very calm, and his majestic gaze swept over everyone.
"So your next mission goal is very clear, which is to pass through the spiritual world, reach the deepest 'dark world', and go there to find the truth about pollution."
She held out an index finger.
"I have only one request for you, and that is to try to come back alive. Can you do it?"
Judge McCallion showed a smile.
Everyone suddenly felt like they were being cared for and loved, and they couldn't help but feel warm in their hearts.
"We will work hard to complete the mission and come back alive, sir."
A female member nodded solemnly.
"Um."
MacLean nodded.
Then she said:
"This operation is divided into nine groups. We are the first group. As the presiding judge, I have other important matters to take care of, so I will not personally participate in the investigation process... You are all mid-sequence extraordinary beings. As elites, I believe you can do a good job."
McColin looked at Chen Lun.
"Jack will be the captain of this operation. You must obey his command throughout the entire process and cannot make any arbitrary decisions."
Chen Lun was a little surprised, but still nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Judge McCallion."
Upon hearing the appointment of the presiding judge, several of the members frowned slightly.
As a new member of the trial team, Jack immediately assumed the role of captain upon arrival, which made the old members a little dissatisfied.
"Sir, but..."
A male member spoke up.
McColin interrupted him directly, with a serious look on his face.
"This is an order, there is no room for negotiation... As elites selected by the empire, you should know very well that strength is the most important in the mysterious field. Jack's strength is extraordinary and comparable to that of Sequence Five. The dark world is full of dangers. He will lead the team. I am responsible for you.”
Several unconvinced members took a deep breath and finally agreed solemnly.
"We got it, sir."
They looked at the future captain Jack again, but found that he only responded with a polite smile.
"Okay, let's break up the meeting."
McCallion stood up.
"Today and tomorrow you go to the trial team's station to prepare. We will set off at ten o'clock the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, sir!"
