In front of Huangji Palace, the largest square in the palace.
At this moment, two major camps gathered.
One side is headed by Prime Minister Situ Lingkong and the six ministers, important civil and military ministers of the imperial capital.
The other party is the protagonist of today's conference.
The most elite and powerful people from the top twenty martial arts academies in the empire gathered together. At this moment, they used their respective academies as a formation to form a large square formation of hundreds of people.
Although there are not many people, they are all amazingly powerful. Moon-level experts account for the majority, and there are also quite a few quasi-sun-level experts. Only those at the True Sun level are not among them.
It is said that early this morning, the presidents and vice-presidents of twenty colleges were summoned into the palace. Emperor Wu personally received and spoke with them, and they would not show up until later.
At this moment, people from both sides gathered in the square, waiting for the conference to begin.
Han Feng was among the officials and looked towards the strong men from the martial arts academy. He first saw the people from Tiannan Academy.
Then I scanned the lineups of major colleges and found many familiar faces.
In the Danyun Academy camp, Han Feng saw Zhao Weinan, who was also looking towards him. Seeing him looking over, Han Feng hurriedly waved excitedly.
In the Wangba Academy camp, Han Feng saw Xiao Qingluan. This woman was wearing a conspicuous fiery red dress, with a wide sword on her back, like a gorgeous fire phoenix, extremely eye-catching.
Xiao Qingluan didn't change much, except that the inherited fire cloud mark between her eyebrows disappeared and should have been completely absorbed by her.
The biggest change in the whole body may be that it "gets bigger" again.
It seemed that someone's gaze lingered for a moment longer where it shouldn't.
Xiao Qingluan glared at Han Feng from afar, but under that unkind gaze, he could not hide the hint of surprise in the corners of his eyes and brows.
In addition to these two close friends in Bailong County, Han Feng also saw Fang Yuan, Tianyuan College's thunder spirit prodigy who had been his "mobile power bank" for a period of time in Wujian Lake.
As well as "Zi Ning", the genius of Shenfeng Academy, and the leading disciples of each major academy who participated in the last Inland Sea Trial.
Nowadays, most of these people have reached the moon level and the God-gathering realm. They have changed into the mentor uniforms of their respective colleges and have become the backbone of each college.
When Han Feng was sizing up these people, he didn't know that the eyes of these young strong men from the martial arts academy were also locked on him in the crowd.
Since the Inner Sea Trial, Han Feng has undoubtedly become the number one young person in the Qianlan Empire and has become famous.
Now, just over two years have passed. Instead of being short-lived like many geniuses, Han Feng has risen like a comet, unstoppable.
Today, he has far left behind the powerful men of his generation and is on the same level as the powerful men of the older generation. Naturally, he has become a legend in the empire and the idol of many young warriors.
Of course, not all of the looks directed at Han Feng were admiration, but also mixed with a lot of "cold hatred" looks.
Most of these looks came from the National Religion, Shadow, Fengxi and Tiange colleges.
After all, these colleges were "bloodbathed" by Han Feng when they were tested in the inner sea.
Many talented disciples who had high hopes were destroyed by Han Feng. The academy suffered heavy losses. Naturally, their hatred for Han Feng could not be eliminated in a short time.
Han Feng didn't care about this. With his current strength and vision, it was impossible to compete with these people anymore. It was meaningless.
…
Everyone waited in the square for a quarter of an hour.
The gate of Huangji Palace finally opened, the imperial guards cleared the way, and the master of ceremonies led the way.
His Majesty, Emperor Wu, wearing a crown and a dragon robe with a majestic expression, walked out of the hall.
Behind him were more than twenty figures, each with an extraordinary aura.
More than a dozen of them have the aura of natural law and natural power, and they are all powerful men who have entered the "True Yang Realm" and "Yang Shen Realm".
There were several auras in it that even Han Feng could not detect clearly, which made him secretly shocked.
These people are the deans and deputy deans of the twenty martial arts academies.
Although they do not hold official positions, the Qianlan Empire has long stipulated that the leaders of the major martial arts academies directly obey orders from Emperor Wu.
Even high-ranking officials in the DPRK were mostly polite and did not dare to offend these academy leaders who had superior military strength.
After Emperor Wu walked out of the hall with the leaders of the academy, everyone paid homage and returned to their seats.
Emperor Wu stood in front of the altar, with the princes lined up behind him, including the prince, the eighth prince... all among them.
Immediately, Yu Zhangyuan presided over the ceremony, burned incense and worshiped, recited sacrificial texts, and completed the ceremony of worshiping heaven and ancestors.
After the ceremony ended, the atmosphere in the square suddenly became more lively.
Many of the powerful men from major martial arts academies had burning eyes.
When the Dao Discussion Conference begins, it's time for them to show off their magical powers.
Unlike the Inner Sea Trial, which was a battle between academy disciples, the Taoism Conference was a contest between the elites of the empire, witnessed by His Majesty and hundreds of civil and military officials.
Once you perform outstandingly, you will most likely be directly entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty.
Or maybe he was spotted by a certain court veteran or noble family, took him under his tutelage, trained him with all his strength, and skyrocketed to great heights from then on.
…
Finally, Emperor Wu announced the opening of the conference.
"Dong dong dong...!"
The dragon bell rings.
This grand gathering of many elites from the Imperial Martial Arts Academy finally kicked off.
In the square, Emperor Wu sat on the dragon chair in front of the Huangji Palace, flanked by the princes, as well as the concubines and princesses who came to watch after the sacrificial ceremony.
Further behind, are the civil and military officials, seated in the viewing seats on the east and west sides of the square.
In the center of the square, there are twenty martial arts academies arranged in different camps.
Led by the two top colleges, the National Education College and Ares College.
After that, there are nine first-rate colleges, and finally there are nine second-rate colleges such as Tiannan College.
Everything was ready, and two figures walked out from the camps of the National Education Academy and the God of War Academy.
What walked out of the National Education Academy was a thin old man with white beard and hair, dressed in white clothes, and quite a bit of an immortal.
The old man seemed to be thin and old, but when he stepped forward, his steps were as light as the wind, and every step he took seemed to contain a wonderful charm.
Walking out side by side with the old man was a "one-eyed old man" from Ares Academy who was wearing black robes, with gray temples, but a straight figure, and his right eye was covered by a ferocious scar.
This man's steps were steady, and every step he took seemed to be like a mountain falling down, which made people's hearts tremble. His aura was not inferior to that of the old man from the National Education Academy.
Looking at these two figures, Han Feng also had a solemn look on his face.
Han Feng couldn't see through the auras of these two people, but his intuition told him that these two people were very strong!
At this moment, Xiong Tiangang, who was sitting next to Han Feng, introduced him via voice transmission.
"The one in white clothes is "Mo Chengkong", the dean of the National Education Academy, and the other is "Guhuntian", the dean of the God of War Academy. Both of them are great masters in the late stage of the True Sun Realm. They have stayed in this realm for many years and have extremely powerful skills. deep!"
Hearing Xiong Tiangang's introduction, Han Feng was slightly shocked.
They are worthy of being able to take charge of the two top academies in the empire. Their strength is indeed terrifying.
At this moment, Mo Chengkong and Gu Huntian came to the steps of the main hall and bowed their hands to Emperor Wu.
"Your Majesty, all major colleges are ready. May I ask if we can start practicing martial arts?"
The hosts and referees of this Taoism Conference are the deans of these two top colleges.
After all, looking at the imperial capital, apart from the old God of War and Situ Xiangguo, there are only two people whose strength and qualifications are the most convincing.
Above, Emperor Wu nodded slightly to the two of them.
"Well, let's get started, please excuse me!"
