Chapter 321: The New Meteor Knight of Wushan Territory

The next day, the news that the King would hold a Martial Arts Tournament at Princess Blanche's birthday banquet swept through the entire Jinyu City like the wind.

In principle, this Martial Arts Tournament would only consider the children of nobles attending the banquet.

However, perhaps to demonstrate a down-to-earth side, Bruno specifically granted several spots to the Transcendental Knight Academies in both Jinyu City and Niujiao Bay, and at the same time, Professional Knights within the Knight Order who met the requirements were also specifically permitted to participate.

A Martial Arts Tournament is always an opportunity for knights to display their flair.

The higher the standard of the Martial Arts Tournament, the more potential opportunities it represents.

For knights of ordinary background but extraordinary strength, if they could gain the favor of some big figure at the Martial Arts Tournament, it could very well be a chance to change their destiny.

Therefore, many people were preparing for this Martial Arts Tournament.

Early in the morning, Cross Vila returned to their family's manor in Jinyu City early, full of resentment.

At this moment, Hamande had just finished breakfast and was tidying his attire to head to the Wangong, but he did not expect his nephew to be brought back supported by others.

"Oh my, Cross, what has happened to you?" he asked in shock, "How did you get injured even inside the Wangong?"

With injuries on his body and having not slept well last night, even as a Silver Knight, Cross's complexion did not look good.

The moment he opened his mouth, it was to ask for money: "Uncle Hamande, I need gold coins!"

Hamande's expression changed.

As the eldest grandson of a Duke, Cross did not lack gold coins; taking out several thousand or ten thousand gold coins casually was completely fine.

But since the other party was now asking him for them, it was clear that what was needed was not a small sum of money.

"What exactly happened?"

Next, Cross recounted the entire sequence of events.

Hamande frowned as he listened, and in the end, he couldn't help but curse: "That brat from Screaming Island is truly a coward. He only needed to hold his ground and refuse to admit it; would His Majesty the King really have thrown him in prison? Even if there were a public trial later, under the circumstances of you being so severely injured, not only could we have avoided paying a single gold coin, but we might even have had the chance to cause Luoning some trouble!"

Cross's expression was somewhat annoyed; having regained his composure, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, always feeling he had suffered a hidden loss.

However, things had reached this point, and since they had all pleaded guilty, it was unlikely they could overturn last night's decision.

He said indignantly: "It's only thirty thousand gold coins; just consider it buying medicine for Luoning."

After discussing it last night, these eighty thousand gold coins were to be paid by Cross and Fakunduo with thirty thousand each, and the Greg siblings and Sally with ten thousand each.

"Thirty thousand gold coins is a small matter."

Their four families were all old-fashioned noble houses established for many years; this amount of money was simply nothing in their eyes.

"It's just that if we want to spread negative news about Luoning again to influence this marriage between Bruno and the Wushan Family, the possibility of success will be smaller."

After such a commotion last night, news would certainly spread today, and it might even be favorable to Luoning.

The actual situation was indeed as Hamande had expected.

What was being spread most outside now was the matter of the Four Great Families sponsoring the Martial Arts Tournament.

Although the Four Great Families' paying for the purse was being called a sponsorship, the nobles who witnessed their conflict with Luoning yesterday all had vague suspicions.

After all, the Martial Arts Tournament was arranged on short notice, and the ones paying were the ones who caused the trouble; who wouldn't have some associations?

As for Luoning, once there were more things about him that people could discuss, people's focus would be dispersed.

Although some people were still talking about his negative information, many others began to praise his feat of taking on a group alone without being defeated.

Some people even vaguely speculated whether the champion of this Martial Arts Tournament would be Luoning.

Under these circumstances, it was clearly less useful for Hamande and the others to continue making an issue out of Luoning's past romantic affairs and the matter of forcing Selina to her death.

Like Cross, Fakunduo and the others also returned to their respective family manors in Jinyu City.

Hearing his son's report, Mailun snorted: "What a muddled thing; this is Bruno's little scheme, and you can't even see that?"

Fakunduo lowered his head and weakly defended himself: "I was afraid at the time that His Majesty would judge all the crimes and punishments upon my head, leading to greater trouble, so when I heard about the fine, I agreed."

"You certainly think a lot!"

Mailun smiled without smiling; thinking that the people from the other three families were as foolish as his son, his mood suddenly improved a little.

"Forget it, it's only thirty thousand gold coins; since it's paid, it's paid."

He was equally indifferent to this money; he cared more about this abnormal behavior of Bruno.

"It looks like our King is determined to support the Wushan Family this time. But can this family, which has been silent for thirty years, still be supported?"

He looked at the map of the Kingdom hanging on the wall.

Many of the numerous islands on the Screaming Sea now belonged to the Fleming Family.

As for the remaining small portion, even if they were under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom, his family also had a distribution of power on them.

Even on Jiliu Island, where prisoners were kept, they were now going to establish their own power there.

But there were only so many large islands in the Screaming Sea, and after they were occupied, one would eventually have to return to the more vast land.

However, the land pattern of the Kingdom was now basically fixed; without large-scale wars and the inability to establish sufficient merit, there was no other good way to obtain new land besides finding ways to encroach upon it.

Wushan Territory was vast and sparsely populated, its master was weak and incompetent, and although the family's younger generation had potential, they hadn't grown up yet; it was clearly a good choice.

Wushan Castle.

"My Lord, Baron Meilongnika has arrived," Moste said respectfully.

Lulansi put down the letter in his hand and straightened his posture: "Let him in."

A tall and burly figure walked quickly into the study: "My Lord, you summoned me."

Lulansi smiled and gestured for the other party to sit: "Congratulations, Meilongnika, after years of bitter cultivation, you have finally broken through!"

Hearing this, Meilongnika also smiled; being able to break through to become a Meteor Knight had always been his dream.

However, in front of Lulansi, he still maintained a humble attitude.

"I only reached this step when I was nearly fifty; compared to you, My Lord, I am truly far behind."

He was not deliberately exaggerating.

Thirty years ago, Lulansi, at forty-five, was already Along-renowned Meteor Knight and had even created his own secret technique.

Comparing them like this, the gap between the two was indeed quite large.

Lulansi then asked about the situation after the other party's breakthrough, only then slowly explaining the purpose of the summons.

"There are mainly two things for calling you over this time."

He took a thick, bound book from the drawer and handed it over: "The first thing is to give you a congratulatory gift."

Meilongnika was stunned; looking at the book, he had a guess in his heart, and his heart gave a sudden leap.

He took the book and opened the cover; the title page was inscribed with none other than Lulansi's self-created secret technique, "Fire Dance Thunder Strike Slash."

"This is for me?" Meilongnika was somewhat excited.

Lulansi nodded, "You have the same attributes as me, and you have also shown good talent in the study of Battle Techniques; you should be able to master this secret technique."

Meilongnika closed the secret technique and then bowed respectfully: "Thank you for your generous gift!"

He did not actually place much importance on the pursuit of titles.

On the contrary, he valued things that could enhance his strength.

Secret techniques were not something everyone could create themselves, and such resources were often monopolized by great nobles and major powers; wanting to learn them required paying quite a lot.

Even for a lord one had followed for Along time, it was impossible to bestow them casually.

He had been saved by Lulansi in his youth and had received many favors along the way, and his heart was filled with gratitude.

"The cultivation of a secret technique cannot be accomplished in a day; it requires testing your patience and perseverance, and you must grasp every single detail to succeed. When cultivating, you must also prevent your Battle Qi from running wild and injuring yourself."

"I understand!"

Meilongnika really wanted to go down and try it right now.

"The second thing is, I need you to make a trip to Jinyu City."

Perhaps it was because he had been away from the infighting for too long, or perhaps it was because Lulansi knew Luoning had a dragon, so he was not worried that the latter would encounter any danger on the sea.

But he did not expect that Luoning would be assassinated on the way to Jinyu City.

"Luoning was assassinated at sea; the Golden Grade assassin leading them was the same one who assassinated Blanche in the Colosseum."

Meilongnika was startled: "How is Luoning now?"

"He is fine now, in the Jinyu Palace. However, just in case, I need you to go and protect him."

"No problem!"

Meilongnika said without hesitation; he knew the weight Luoning held in this old man's heart.

"Mm!"

Lulansi nodded: "I have already had Weituolinuo's ship wait for you; you should set off early tomorrow morning."

"No need to wait until tomorrow."

Meilongnika smiled: "My Flame Colt can still move like the wind at night."

Lulansi nodded, "Whatever you decide is fine."

Meilongnika came quickly and left even faster.

Lulansi thought of Jinyu City; he had not set foot there for Along time, and even Wushan Castle's liaison station in Jinyu City had fallen into disrepair.

In fact, as great nobles of the Kingdom, they basically all had liaison stations in Jinyu City.

On one hand, they were responsible for maintaining contact with the royal family, and on the other hand, they needed to socialize with other ministers and nobles to build relationships and obtain information.

It was just that over these years, as Wushan Castle had fallen on hard times and Weijinsi did not care much about matters in Wangdu, plus the need to spend massive amounts of money every year to purchase Magic Potions for suppressing Soul Devouring, Lulansi had the heart but lacked the strength.

Now that Wushan Castle had a rising star, it was indeed possible to consider the matter of rebuilding the liaison station.

"Forget it, let's leave this matter to Luoning to do."

Lulansi sighed.

He probably wouldn't be able to use the liaison station in his lifetime, and his son Weijinsi needed it even less.

It would be better to let Luoning consider how to establish it and decide how to use it. (End of chapter)