In a remote corner of Xuncheng, an old man in gray stood quietly on the courtyard wall, and his figure stood still.

A long time later, another old man rushed over. As soon as the old man arrived, he said respectfully to him: "Ji Shan has seen seniors. Seniors can come to Daxun. As the national teacher, Ji has never greeted him personally. I hope he will atone for his sins."

The old man in gray looked calm, looked at Ji Shan and said calmly: "Are you the national teacher Ji Shan of Xun Kingdom?"

"I am right," Ji Shan replied respectfully.

"Tell me, why come?" the old man in gray asked in a deep voice.

Ji Shan was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said, "I wonder if there is something important to tell my royal family about it when I came here this time. Ji Shan was frightened, so he came here."

"You're over-concerned," said the old man in gray robe in a deep voice.

Then he said coldly: "I changed the challenge rules today just to not want the boy named Chen to be eliminated."

Then he changed the subject: "But today's incident has never happened, you have never seen me, and no one should talk about it. I'm just passing by," as he said, before Ji Shan could reply, the old man in gray flashed outside the courtyard wall and there was no one.

Ji Shan remained respectful. After a long time, he slowly stood up, looked at the direction of the courtyard wall, and finally sighed in contemplation, then stood up and left.

Ji Shan knew that the old man was the top of the genius and did not dare to offend him at all. Therefore, when he saw that the old man in gray didn't want to say anything to him, he did not dare to follow him again.

The day in Xundu passed like this, and the night gradually came. After returning to the restaurant, Chen Ling and his friends returned to their guest rooms to rest. After experiencing the challenge of the day, everyone was deeply tired, so everyone wanted to rest early and prepare for tomorrow's qualifying match.

After entering the guest room, Chen Ling sat cross-legged on the bed and regulating his breathing. He found that after a day of challenge, some of his potential was also stimulated, and his entire strength was settled, which made him feel more profound.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was a knock on the door outside.

Chen Ling shouted on alert: "Who?" and slowly got up and walked out of the bed.

"A man from the royal family, Mr. Yun saw him," said a deep voice outside the door.

When Chen Ling heard the word "The Royal Family", he immediately let go, took off his alertness, and said, "Come in, the door is not locked."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door creaked, and then a middle-aged man came, wearing gray-purple clothes, but his face made Chen Ling feel very familiar.

Because this person is the middle-aged man who hosted the challenge during the day.

"It's you?" Chen Ling said surprised.

Then he said, "Is there anything I have to do with me?"

Seeing Chen Ling ask directly, the middle-aged man nodded: "Yes, it's me, the young master must be surprised, right?"

Before Chen Ling could return, he said again: "I am Qian Boxun of the royal family. Your Highness wants to see you, can you go with me?" The middle-aged man directly expressed his purpose.

When Chen Ling heard the words of Your Highness, his eyes became deeper, and then asked him: "Is it the only one who is the one?"

"No," Qian Boxun replied concisely.

"Who else?" Chen Ling still wanted to ask clearly.

"I don't know much about this, but I will know it when the young master goes," Qian Boxun said calmly. After pondering for a while, Chen Ling replied directly: "Let's go," In his opinion, since the royal family is also intending to help him today, and His Highness wants to summon him, he must give him this face. So after thinking about it carefully, he still agreed readily.

Qian Boxun nodded, and then the two of them went out directly. After leaving the restaurant, Chen Ling, led by Qian Boxun, entered the imperial city within a short while.

However, what surprised Chen Ling was that after entering the imperial city, Qian Boxun did not go to the deep palace, but took him directly to an open-air garden.

Chen Ling observed the garden all the way and found that the garden was very large and the scenery was quite spectacular. Although it was midnight, it seemed brightly lit.

When the two of them walked around a slope that looked like a hill, Chen Ling saw a square pavilion standing by the lake in front of them. Lights were hanging high in the corners and surroundings of the pavilion, reflecting the entire lakeside.

Chen Ling could feel laughter coming from the pavilion from time to time, and he guessed in his heart: "It should be this place."

After a while, Qian Boxun took Chen Ling to the pavilion. He saw that the pavilion was very spacious, with a round platform in the middle full of banquets, and there were several people sitting around the banquet.

Chen Ling glanced at it and probably guessed in his heart that the man in brocade robe sitting in the middle should be what Qian Boxun mentioned, because only this person in the crowd was dressed in luxury and showed a sense of nobleness.

Besides, before today's challenge, Chen Ling had heard Wang Yan introduce this person, so he could probably guess that the man in the brocade robe was His Highness Qu Zhengtian.

Among the other people, what surprised Chen Ling was that many of them were familiar. After a closer look, they were among the top ten people on the list today. Among them, some were ignored by Chen Ling, some were defeated by Chen Ling, and of course there were also Qing Linglong who had not had time to compete with him.

However, Zhao Liuxuan, who was newly promoted among the seven people, was also present. The other six people sat next to him, and the seats of these six people were ranked according to the top ten, and the ones in the front were closer to the center.

But what puzzled Chen Ling was that among these people, there was no Wang Yan. But when he saw a vacant space on both sides of Qu Zhengtian, he also guessed, "One of them must be left for himself. As for the position on the other side, was it for Wang Yan?"

After Qian Boxun led Chen Ling to the pavilion, he respectfully said to Qu Zhengtian: "Your Highness, Chen Ling has been brought here." Seeing Qu Zhengtian waved to him, he understood and stepped back, leaving only Chen Ling in the audience.

The person who saw Chen Ling was Chen Ling, who was talking and laughing just now, suddenly stopped. Several people at the scene looked at Chen Ling with the same look, and all of them were filled with a hint of jealousy.

All of these people were ignored by Chen Ling and slapped in the face, Hua Yirong, Chu Yingyue, Bai Shengfeng, Wu You and Leng Beiyue, and the eyes of several people looking at Chen Ling were full of coldness.

But among the seven people, the expression was quite calm. What surprised Chen Ling the most was that Duan Mo Youxue of the Blood Saint Sect looked at Chen Ling casually, and the expression of the Qingling Dragon was quite normal. As for Zhao Liuxuan, even though he was not interested in Chen Ling, he belonged to the same sect here, so he was considered calm.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was a little awkward, Qu Zhengtian slowly stood up, looked at Chen Ling, and took the lead in breaking the deadlock: "You are Chen Ling, right? I have heard of your name a long time ago. Come and take your seat."

Qu Zhengtian smiled and pointed to an empty seat beside him, indicating that Chen Ling would take his seat. Chen Ling nodded respectfully to Qu Zhengtian and took his seat readily.

But the scene was still silent, as if it was quieter than before. Except for Chen Ling and Qu Zhengtian, the faces of several people seemed to be even more ugly.

"It turns out that the place close to His Highness is actually for him Chen Ling."

"Everyone is waiting for this kid, Chen Ling is quite arrogant."

The few people at the scene were extremely dissatisfied and jealous.

Qu Zhengtian asked him to sit beside him. Such treatment was enough to prove the importance of His Highness to Chen Ling. It seemed like the appearance of Chen Ling, which greatly reduced the presence of them and made them feel extremely uncomfortable in their hearts.

Qu Zhengtian also felt this strangeness. In order to resolve the embarrassment, he said again: "Since everyone is here, let's start."

When everyone heard Qu Zhengtian say the words: "Let's start," everyone's faces were filled with a slight ignorance, because there was obviously an empty space beside him, so why did they say that everyone was here?

Qing Linglong hurriedly reminded: "Have you forgotten one person?" Before Qu Zhengtian could speak, he said again: "Wang Yan..."

Qu Zhengtian said, "Brother Wang Yan is inconvenient today, so he failed to come. Oh, I, Qu, I, I, are a little sorry, but I am a citizen of the supreme country, and I have opportunities in the future." After that, he slowly stood up and held the wine glass in his hand.

Seeing Qu Zhengtian get up, everyone here also got up and picked up wine glasses in their hands. Chen Ling is no exception. He naturally wants to give face to the royal family for the first time, let alone the status of the prince of Xun Kingdom.

Qu Zhengtian raised the wine glass to his chest and said to everyone: "First of all, Qu Zhengtian, congratulates you on your success in today's challenge."

After a pause, he said again: "You are all the best in my younger generation in Daxun Country. Today you can appreciate my Qu's face and come to meet. This is my Qu's blessing. I will do it first." As he said that, he drank the wine in the glass and then turned the mouth of the glass down to prove that he had a full drink.

Although this sentence is a compliment to some people, it also expresses His Highness’s sincere invitation to you, so everyone drank with a hint of respect.

Even the two beautiful women, Hua Yirong and Duan Mo Youxue, were drinking, and the boldness among the women showed the chivalrous style.

After drinking it all, Qu Zhengtian signaled everyone to sit down, and then he made a gesture. Then the two maids stepped forward, filled each wine glass on the stage one by one, and then stepped back.

At this time, Chen Ling was thinking about a question, that is, what Qu Zhengtian said just now, Wang Yan came, and thought to himself: "If Qu Zhengtian said, Wang Yan was invited to attend this banquet, but Wang Yan was inconvenient, and there would be any inconvenience. Could something happen tonight?" At this time, he felt a strange feeling.

At this time, Qu Zhengtian said to Chen Ling in an interest: "Brother Ling, I, Qu, will be in line with your brother in the future. Are you willing?"

This sentence from Brother Ling made Chen Ling slightly stunned, and he said in his heart: "Brothers are right, right? Could it be that the dignified eldest prince wants to become a sworn brother with him? Is it because he wants to win over me?"

Chen Ling's heart was fluctuating. He didn't know what attention Qu Zhengtian was trying to do, but one thing he could feel was that the scheming of His Highness was so deep that it was hard to see through.
Chapter completed!