Mu Xuan and others followed Shangguan Haitang and soon entered a path between palace walls.
On the path, there was a man standing there waiting with a whisk in his hand, it was Cao Zhengchun.
Although Shangguan Haitang didn't like Cao Zhengchun, she still cupped her hands at him and said, "All the distinguished guests have been brought here, please help Eunuch Cao lead the way!"
Cao Zhengchun nodded arrogantly when he heard this and did not say anything. He just looked at Mu Xuan in the crowd. Seeing Mu Xuan nodded slightly, Cao Zhengchun felt relieved.
The emperor had to hold a banquet, and he could not go to rescue the queen mother in person. Fortunately, Mu Xuan had already arranged everything.
"Everyone, come with us! His Majesty has prepared a banquet in the Imperial Garden!"
Cao Zhengchun chuckled softly, then turned and walked away, followed closely by Mu Xuan and others.
The imperial palace was countless times more luxurious than Anjia and Dongchang. Whether it was on the city walls or in the remote alleys, there were many soldiers patrolling back and forth with spears and long bows on their shoulders.
Mu Xuan had nothing to do and made some calculations in his mind. If the emperor wanted to attack him, Mu Xuan might not be able to escape even if he was a powerful martial artist!
The human sea tactic is really unsolvable in this era.
However, if Mu Xuan successfully breaks through to the Grand Master realm, he might be able to easily break through the crowd and escape successfully.
Of course, thinking about it, Mu Xuan didn't want to feel being chased and intercepted by a large army.
The Royal Garden arrived soon.
Waves of aroma spread to everyone's noses, and Zhao Min and others behind them subconsciously held their breath, with the exception of Mu Xuan.
"It's just that we were too nervous!"
Zhao Min suddenly laughed and said, Mu Xuan's poison skills are now famous all over the world. If he dares to breathe the fragrance of flowers freely, there must be no problem.
Thinking of this, everyone withdrew their Turtle Breathing Technique.
The group of people continued walking forward and soon appeared in a courtyard.
As Cao Zhengchun said, the banquet has been set up in the garden. The dragon chair at the top and the table covered with yellow tablecloth are obviously exclusive to the emperor, while the tables and chairs below are prepared for Mu Xuan and others.
"Everyone, please take your seats!"
Cao Zhengchun smiled and then exited the garden.
Cao Zhengchun did not arrange seats for everyone. This was His Majesty's wish. He just wanted these envoys to compete for seats!
The seating arrangement of the banquet is different from the Eight Immortals Table used for ordinary meals. Instead, there is one table per person, and the tables and chairs are arranged in two rows. The closer to the top position, the more noble the status.
They all came to represent their own countries, and their words and deeds represented the face of their countries. They could sit near the front, but naturally they did not want to sit in the back.
Otherwise, if word spreads, their country will be embarrassed.
Zhao Min looked around and raised the corner of his mouth, "If you don't want to sit down, the little girl should sit down first!"
Needless to say, the strength of Meng Yuan is that among many countries, Meng Yuan is the only country that can compete with the Ming Dynasty. The territory of other countries is too small. If they fight alone, they will not be enough for the Ming Dynasty.
It is said that it is a competition, but Zhao Min is actually excluded. After all, Meng Yuan's power is here, and behind Zhao Min are Huo Gong Tutuo, who is half a step into the realm of land gods, and Hebi Weng, who is in the grand master realm. Who dares to Fight with Zhao Min?
Now that Zhao Min is sitting in the first position on the left hand, the next thing to compete for is the other positions.
Huo Gong Tou Tuo and He Bi Weng sat under Zhao Min's head and watched the battles among the kingdoms.
"Prince Duan is the future monarch of Dali. The first position on the right hand should be occupied by Prince Duan!"
Except for Huo Gong Tou Tuo under Zhao Min, Xiao Feng has the highest martial arts among the great masters present.
However, he and Duan Yu were sworn brothers, and Duan Zhengchun was his brother's father, so he was his elder!
Between emotion and reason, how could he compete with Duan Zhengchun for position?
Xiao Feng had spoken, and with Duan Yu by his side, no one could refute for a moment. Even Murong Fu did not dare to argue because of the martial arts of Duan Yu and Xiao Feng, which made Wanyan Honglie look extremely ugly.
However, while some people remained silent, others naturally stood up to object, and that was Prince Zongzan of Tubo. "He is the crown prince, and I, my dear king, am still the future king of Tubo!"
"The first position on the right hand should be where the young monk sits!"
Prince Zongzan had a complacent look on his face, and behind him, Jiumozhi took a step forward, with the same strong fighting spirit in his eyes.
He was not present at the battle at Shaoshi Mountain that day, which made Xiao Feng, Duan Yu and others famous. He really regretted it. Now in the imperial garden of the capital, he can never retreat again!
Ever since Jiumozhi lost half a move to Xiao Feng in the last battle at Xishan, Jiumozhi has been practicing diligently and has made a lot of progress. He also wants to learn Xiao Feng's brilliant moves again!
Xiao Feng and Duan Yu both had good friends with Mu Xuan, and he also had good friends with Mu Xuan. The two even sat together and talked about each other. Logically speaking, they shouldn't be tit for tat, but for Jiumozhi, martial arts is martial arts, and friends are friends. They can't Mix it up!
There was a smile in Mu Xuan's eyes, and he didn't say anything about Jiumozhi's dissatisfaction. Xiao Feng bypassed Jiumozhi and directly arranged the seats. It's strange that Jiumozhi would be convinced!
Xiao Feng also belatedly thought of this, "It's true that I neglected the Imperial Master. The Imperial Master is highly skilled in martial arts, so he can naturally take the first seat!"
As soon as Xiao Feng finished speaking, Murong Fu, a conspicuous person, stood up self-righteously, "Brother Xiao and Mr. Duan are sworn brothers. If the two of them go together, the Imperial Master will definitely not be able to resist him. Murong Fu is not talented, but he is willing to help the Imperial Master!" "
Wanyan Honglie's disgusted look made him helpless. His martial arts skills were on display here. Later, he neglected his martial arts training because he was busy reviving the country. Now he has only reached the half-step level of a grand master. He only has to get through any of them. This is the step of Du Ermai.
In a single fight, he is no match for Xiao Feng. As for Duan Yu... He had already fought Duan Yu last time in Shaolin. This kid was simply defeated. His internal strength was ridiculously high. Ren Du's second line had already been defeated. After getting through it, as long as Duan Yu is familiar with his own inner strength, then he will be a full-fledged Grandmaster!
Both humans and ghosts are showing off, only Murong Fu is being beaten!
Murong Fu was also helpless and could only take advantage of Jiumozhi's strength. The two sides would advance and retreat together. If they won, they could still get a good position.
It's just... Jiumozhi didn't think so, "Xiao Monk and Donor Xiao are good friends, when will it be your turn to talk too much here?"
Jiumozhi looked like a child interrupting an adult's conversation, and glanced at Murong Fu with disgust, "You are not qualified, let your father tell me!"
The more Jiumozhi thought about it, the more he understood that Murong Bo had been deceiving him from the beginning to the end!
The purpose of asking him to go to Shaolin to challenge was to provoke a dispute between him and the Central Plains martial arts community. To ask for the Six Meridians Divine Sword was also to provoke a dispute between him and Dali.
You must know that he is the Tubo National Preceptor, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he represents Tubo in every word and deed. If the other party really wants to pursue the case, then wouldn't he, Jiumozhi, be the culprit of the war between the two countries?
Maybe this old guy knew the dangers of practicing the seventy-two stunts, and specifically wanted to use Jiumozhi for this experiment.
Murong Bo has sinister intentions!
Murong Fu was a little confused. Why was the script not right?
Not long ago, his father said that Jiumozhi and he had an irreconcilable relationship, but Jiumozhi's current attitude could not be called an irreconcilable relationship at all.
Murong Fu was stunned and had no choice but to return to Wanyan Honglie's side.
Seeing that the displeasure on Wanyan Honglie's face became more and more obvious, Murong Fu's expression also became gloomy. He felt that he needed to remind Wanyan Honglie, "My martial arts are poor and I have disappointed the prince. It's a pity that my father is not here to persuade my ancestor to leave the mountain." This place, otherwise, we will definitely be able to compete for a place for the prince!"
Wanyan Honglie's expression softened slightly.
Murong Fu's martial arts was average, but behind him were Murong Bo who was in the Grand Master realm and Murong Longcheng who was in the Land Immortal realm!
If Murong Bo really convinced Murong Longcheng...
Wanyan Honglie's expression changed gradually, and he smiled and said to Murong Fu, "It's Xiao Wang who is too persistent. I hope Mr. Murong won't be blamed!"
A forced smile appeared on Murong Fu's face, he cupped his hands towards Wanyan Honglie, and then said nothing.
At this moment, everyone's attention on the field had already been focused on Jiumozhi and Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng admired Jiumozhi's words about friends discussing with each other and sternly rejecting Murong Fu, and immediately expressed his willingness to discuss with Jiumozhi.
"Master, after all, we are here to attend a banquet, so how about we decide the outcome with one move?"
Xiao Feng said with a smile.
Jiumozhi nodded slowly. The last time he fought against Xiao Feng, the outcome was determined by one move.
Seeing that Jiumozhi agreed, Xiao Feng cupped his hands and said to everyone around him, "Everyone, I'm going to have a fight with the master. I'm afraid that our inner strength will damage the tables and chairs in the imperial garden. Please protect me!"
Xiao Feng's respectful attitude received nods of approval from many experts in the field, and they all expressed their willingness to take action.
Without any worries, Xiao Feng and Jiumozhi stood in front of them, and both of them made moves together.
Jiumozhi no longer uses Shaolin martial arts to show off his erudition. He uses his own special martial arts, the flame knife!
Ever since Mu Xuan pointed out Jiumozhi's illness, Jiumozhi stopped practicing the seventy-two Shaolin stunts and focused all his attention on the flame knife.
Because of this, his flame knife is more powerful than ever!
Xiao Feng naturally used the Dragon Subduing Palm that he was best at!
He was not idle either. Hong Qigong's lineage practiced the simplified Dragon Subduing Palm, which only had eighteen moves.
Xiao Feng also felt that the Twenty-eight Dragon Subduing Palms were a bit redundant, so he tried every means to reduce the ten palms and incorporated the essence of these ten palms into the first eighteen palms!
Xiao Feng is not bragging, but the power of his Eighteen Chapters of Subduing the Dragon is even better than that of Hong Qigong!
In addition, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms complement his brave and indomitable character, making the power of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms even higher.
One of the two seemed to be surrounded by a giant dragon, with his teeth and claws bared, wanting to tear the person into pieces. The other person was surrounded by a blazing sword in his hand, with blazing flames in the sky, wanting to slay the dragon!
The fight between the two made all the masters look solemn, and some people who did not practice martial arts even widened their eyes. This was the first time they had seen such a powerful fight.
"Then Xiao Feng is extremely talented!"
Huo Gong Tutuo suddenly exclaimed that Xiao Feng had achieved such an achievement at just over thirty years old, and his future was absolutely limitless!
As for why we don’t praise Jiumozhi... Jiumozhi is over fifty years old, how can we praise him?
However, if Jiumozhi can understand his own body clearly, there may not be any possibility of further advancement in the future!
Everyone was sighing with emotion as the two men fought instantly.
The two palms were pressed together. In order not to damage the floor of the Imperial Garden, they deliberately dispersed their palm power and sword energy in the air. Just now, a group of masters had agreed to Xiao Feng to protect the furnishings in the Imperial Garden.
So the two of them started taking action without any worries at all.
Duan Yu was the first to take action. He jumped up and fired with both hands. A stream of sword energy shot out from his ring finger, scattering several palms.
The next person to take action was Huo Gong Tutuo, who exclaimed, "The Six Meridians Divine Sword really deserves its reputation!"
Huo Gong Tutuo was a Shaolin traitor, and he was also proficient in Shaolin's Lion Roaring Technique. Just now, he praised it and shattered a lot of flaming sword energy.
Before everyone could sigh, another burst of sword light flashed, and the exquisite sword skills dispersed a lot of palm power and sword energy.
Mu Xuan looked back, and the one who drew the sword was the swordsman in white that Mu Xuan had seen that day!
"As expected of Ye Gucheng, the lord of Baiyun City, his swordsmanship is superb!"
Some people admired that before Mu Xuan could be surprised by the name Ye Gucheng, another large piece of sword energy and palm power came straight towards him.
Everyone looked at Mu Xuan, wanting to see how Mu Xuan would respond.
Mu Xuan's reputation is too great. It's unbelievable to think about it when you think about it.
The deer stick guest in the underworld, Xiaoyaohou, Tiancan old man: This matter can't be dealt with, right?
Just when everyone thought Mu Xuan would draw his sword, to their surprise, Mu Xuan didn't move at all.
When the vast palm power and blazing sword energy reached Mu Xuan, sword energy appeared out of thin air in front of Mu Xuan, instantly crushing the palm power and sword energy!
Such power really shocked everyone's eyes!
What kind of move is this? !
This pure sword intent made Ye Gucheng look at Mu Xuan even more excited.
Like Ximen Chuixue, he wanted to learn swordsmanship from Mu Xuan!
Mu Xuan's sword energy dissipated, and Xiao Feng and Jiumozhi also stopped their attacks. Their expressions remained normal, and for a moment it was impossible to tell who was winning and who was losing.
Finally, everyone looked at Jiumozhi's right hand. His right hand was already congested and swollen, and the blood vessels were red, which was very scary.
Xiao Feng's hands were still as usual.
"The Imperial Master is amazing, I admire you!"
Xiao Feng was the first to speak in praise.
Jiumozhi also had the same expression on his face, "Donor Xiao, you are so humble. The young monk lost this competition!"
Although Jiumozhi felt frustrated in his heart, he was not too disappointed. The last time he fought against Xiao Feng, he was almost beaten away by Xiao Feng.
But this time when he fought with Xiao Feng, his palms were only red, and there was nothing else.
Even though Xiao Feng is also making progress, the gap between him and Xiao Feng is getting smaller and smaller.
What does this mean?
His progress during this period is faster than Xiao Feng!
Even if Xiao Feng is busy with his identity, he has surpassed Xiao Feng, which is a great comfort to Jiumozhi!
(End of chapter)
