Chapter 414

The Jiuyin Tower occupied a vast area and had nine main towers.

Li Yuan, under Jiang Xuan's guidance, had already arrived at the hall on the highest floor of the core 'Jueyin Tower'.

This hall occupied an area of nearly one kilometer in radius and was filled with all kinds of rare and precious decorations, but it wasn't a simple pile-up; it was carefully designed, resembling an immortal realm.

In the center of the hall, resembling a small lake, the mist was vast; in the center of the lake, many dancers were dancing gracefully; these dancers were all Sky-Flying level experts with graceful figures.

The most eye-catching was a purple-clad zither player, who was infusing source power into various musical instruments.

The combination of sounds from the various instruments caused the music to contain an extremely special infectious power.

It actually touched Li Yuan's heart.

Jiang Xuan, who was nearby, and the Sky-Flying level experts in the quiet rooms around the hall all showed a hint of obsession on their faces.

Clearly, this music had a great influence on them.

"Hmm? A demigod musician?" A hint of surprise flashed in Li Yuan's eyes.

Such a musician was absolutely a powerful expert skilled in soul attacks; why would they be willing to be a musician here?

"Brother Xu, the music here is not ordinary, is it?"

Jiang Xuan whispered: "Jueyin Tower is the place in the Jiuyin Tower where the music is most beautiful, capable of touching the soul of life; some weak individuals, if they hear it, might even burst into tears uncontrollably."

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile.

Touching the soul of life? This statement was too exaggerated.

But Li Yuan had to admit that the musicians of the Jiuyin Tower were indeed extraordinary.

"Brother Xu, please this way," Jiang Xuan had already led Xu Yuan to the entrance of the largest elegant room, where several demigods were guarding the door.

Their attire was not much different from Commander Mo's; clearly, they were all guard commanders of the Wushan Prince's Mansion.

"Your Highness, Young Master Xu Yuan," the several demigods bowed respectfully.

A silver-armored youth had already taken the initiative to greet them.

"Brother, Brother Xu has arrived," Jiang Xuan immediately stepped forward to introduce: "Brother Xu, this is my brother 'Jiang Shan'."

"Hahaha, Brother Xu Yuan, welcome," the silver-armored youth smiled: "I heard a few days ago that the Void God Shaxi had ordered you to become the tenth on the Godfire Palace's Sky-Flying Ranking, and I was curious who it was; today, when my sister returned, I learned that you two had known each other long ago."

The silver-armored youth was heroic and extraordinary, naturally possessing a noble air, just like a noble young master, and the smile on his face was enthusiastic, making people feel convinced involuntarily.

This was 'Jiang Shan', the number one genius of the current generation of the Yuan Nation's royal family.

"I have long heard of His Highness Jiang Shan's great name; seeing you today, it is well-deserved," Li Yuan said politely.

The other party's strength and status were extremely extraordinary; if he could truly make friends, it would be beneficial for his roaming on the Juexing Continent.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two more figures walked out of the elegant room; one wore a black robe, had a burly figure, and exuded a quite domineering aura.

The other wore a white robe, with long hair draped casually, possessing a quite free and easy air.

"Xu Yuan."

Jiang Shan smiled, pointing to the burly man in the black robe: "Let me introduce you; this is Baili Teng, a good friend of mine. His father is the Marquis of Xuanhe, but he does not rely on his father, instead relying on his own strength to rank in the top ten of our Yuan Nation's demigod ranking, and he is expected to become a Void God at any time. Three months from now, he will also head to the Ancient Juexing City, so I thought everyone should get to know each other in advance."

"Baili Teng?" Li Yuan thought to himself.

On the way here.

Li Yuan had communicated with Jiang Xuan all the way, knowing that the identities of the two people attending the banquet today were quite extraordinary.

And Li Yuan already knew that among the public demigods of the Yuan Nation, there were only two with Seven-Star Pulses, ranking first and second on the demigod ranking.

And being able to stand out from the hundreds of thousands of demigods in the Yuan Nation and rank in the top ten of the demigod ranking required extremely extraordinary strength.

At the very least, they were all Six-Star Pulse experts who had mastered Nine-Fold Body-Refining Star Techniques, and their law comprehension could generally reach the Void God level... In short, being able to rank in the top ten of the Yuan Nation's demigod ranking meant their strength, even if it hadn't reached the threshold of a Void God, was very close.

"Brother Xu Yuan, hello," Baili Teng's voice was steady.

"Brother Baili," Li Yuan smiled; since the other party was so polite, he had to be as well.

In terms of strength, he was still far from the other party.

"This one is also a good friend of mine, Yan Long," Jiang Shan smiled: "He is the offspring of my father's life-and-death friend, the 'Void God Yan Qing', and he also has peak demigod strength."

"Xu Yuan," Yan Long, in a white robe, nodded casually.

"Brother Yan Long," Li Yuan also nodded slightly; how sharp was his perception? This Demigod Yan Long seemed to have a hint of hostility, and even though it was well-hidden, it was still captured by him.

Hostility?

He shouldn't have offended the other party.

Soon, everyone took their seats, and then various rare delicacies were continuously served.

"Today's banquet is mainly to congratulate Brother Xu Yuan on becoming one of the top ten on the Sky-Flying Ranking, with a promising future," Jiang Shan smiled with emotion: "Secondly, it is also to thank Brother Xu Yuan for lending a helping hand to my little sister in the Yuan Demon Blood Cave."

"A small effort," Li Yuan smiled.

"Oh?" Baili Teng asked curiously: "Brother Xu Yuan, you also saved Jiang Xuan? I heard the Yuan Demon Blood Cave erupted with a blood disaster again; being able to survive the blood disaster, Master Xu Yuan's strength is extraordinary."

"There were quite a few demigod-level fierce beasts that died at Brother Xu's hands," Jiang Xuan, who was nearby, smiled.

"It was also luck," Li Yuan smiled.

This was what Jiang Xuan had told Li Yuan on the way here.

She hadn't exposed Li Yuan's true strength, not even to her brother Jiang Shan, only saying that Li Yuan had the strength to kill demigod-level fierce beasts.

For a Sky-Flying martial artist to be able to kill a demigod-level fierce beast, although rare, there were still some in the Yuan Nation who could do it.

After all, most demigod-level fierce beasts only had the strength of the demigod threshold.

"Xu Yuan, killing demigod-level fierce beasts is not bad," the white-clad Yan Long smiled casually: "But you were also lucky; the most dangerous thing in the Yuan Demon Blood Cave is the Blood Demon. If you had encountered the Blood Demon, I fear you, Xu Yuan, would be... haha, luck is also a kind of strength."

"Not encountering the Blood Demon was indeed my good luck," Li Yuan smiled.

"But I am a straightforward person, and I don't speak nicely," Yan Long shook his head: "I will just say it directly; if you only have this much strength, when you get to the Ancient Juexing City and face life-and-death trials, you must be careful. You won't have such good luck then, so don't die in the Ancient Juexing City."

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Everyone was not a fool; everyone could hear the implication in Yan Long's words.

"Hmm, I will be careful," Li Yuan smiled, not wanting to take the other party's bait.

Although he didn't know why this Yan Long was hostile to him, he was a newcomer, and verbal disputes were meaningless.

Li Yuan didn't mind Yan Long's words, but Jiang Xuan, who was nearby, frowned: "Yan Long, what is wrong with you today? If you don't know how to speak, then speak less."

She didn't care about Yan Long's thoughts.

"Haha, I am a straightforward person, Brother Xu Yuan won't mind, will you?" Yan Long chuckled.

"I mind," Jiang Xuan glared.

Yan Long was stunned.

"Alright," Jiang Shan spoke up: "Jiang Xuan, Yan Long is also your elder brother, don't be disrespectful... Xu Yuan, Brother Yan Long has a straightforward temperament; I apologize to you on his behalf, I hope you will forgive him."

"It is nothing, what Brother Yan Long said is also the truth; my strength is indeed not enough," Li Yuan smiled.

Li Yuan had roughly sorted out the relationships between everyone.

Jiang Shan belonged to the leading figure of the younger generation of the royal family.

Baili Teng had a powerful background and strong personal strength; he was likely the target Jiang Shan was trying to win over and make friends with.

And Yan Long was likely also a target Jiang Shan was trying to win over, but not because of his strength, but because of his father.

"Yan Long's father was very close to the Prince of Wushan in the past, but the Prince of Wushan is already dead," Li Yuan thought to himself: "Jiang Shan hopes to continue to receive the support of the Void God Yan Qing?"

"And me?"

"This Jiang Shan, thanking me should be true, but wanting to win me over is likely also true," many thoughts flashed through Li Yuan's mind.

Time passed.

Yan Long didn't say anything else, and everyone was chatting happily, as if there had been no unpleasantness just now.

"Hmph."

Yan Long was laughing happily on the surface, but he was very unhappy in his heart: "This Xu Yuan, I don't know what kind of dog luck he had to make the Void God Shaxi give an order to replace Leng Yan's position, and he actually has the qualifications to go to the Ancient Juexing City... could it be that Jiang Shan helped him? My father paid such a price and still couldn't help me get a spot."

Yan Long was very unhappy with Li Yuan.

In his view, although Li Yuan's strength was not bad, he might not necessarily be able to rank in the top ten of the Sky-Flying level.

Moreover, the fact that he could be replaced when the spots were already decided clearly meant someone had spoken up.

What about him, Yan Long?

He seemed to be glorious in the Royal Capital, but his cultivation talent was limited; with his father's help, he reached the peak of the demigod level and hit a ceiling, having no qualifications to go to the Ancient Juexing City.

"This little girl Jiang Xuan is the same, she seems to be obsessed with this Xu Yuan," Yan Long muttered secretly: "Hmph, so what if he got a trial spot for the Ancient Juexing City? For a Sky-Flying level expert to go to the Ancient Juexing City, looking at the entire continent, how many can truly join the Ancient Juexing City each time?"

"Jiang Shan couldn't even join the Ancient Juexing City at the Sky-Flying level back then; this Xu Yuan will probably die in the Ancient Juexing City," Yan Long thought secretly.

But he only dared to think these words in his heart.

After all, this was a banquet organized by Jiang Shan, and he didn't dare to truly make Jiang Shan angry.

The music and dance of the Jueyin Tower were moving.

Inside the elegant room, Li Yuan was constantly communicating with Jiang Shan and Baili Teng, and also understood some things he hadn't known before.

"For a Sky-Flying level expert, it is extremely difficult to join the Ancient Juexing City directly?" Li Yuan was quite surprised.

"Yes."

Baili Teng nodded: "The Ancient Juexing City recruits reserve members, generally recruiting demigods; the Sky-Flying level experts they recruit are extremely rare, and the requirements are extremely harsh. Both Jiang Shan and I went when we were at the Sky-Flying level, but we were both rejected."

"Even Brother Jiang Shan wasn't selected?" Li Yuan was surprised.

"Just by a little bit," Jiang Shan shook his head: "Under normal circumstances, our Yuan Nation might not have one Sky-Flying level expert join the Ancient Juexing City in fifty years... of course, Sky-Flying level experts going to accept the test will always have some opportunities."

"In short, you should persist a little longer when the time comes; the benefits will be greater," Jiang Shan said: "That way, after you become a demigod, the hope of wanting to join the Ancient Juexing City will be much greater."

"Hmm," Li Yuan couldn't help but nod.

It seemed that neither Jiang Shan nor Baili Teng believed he could join the Ancient Juexing City directly.

Suddenly.

Rumble~ At the entrance of this hall, there were suddenly more than a dozen figures exuding extraordinary auras, surrounding a black-robed youth as they walked into the hall.

"Where is Brother Xu Yuan? Leng Yan has come specifically to pay a visit," a gentle voice instantly resounded throughout the hall.

This voice seemed gentle, but it was extremely domineering as it directly overwhelmed the sound of the musical instruments, immediately attracting the attention of guests in every elegant room.

(End of chapter)