Chapter 206: Confrontation

Except for the two main seats, the meeting hall only had two rows of thirty-six tables and chairs. The Guardian family brought forty or fifty people. Added to the eighteen pavilion masters and the officials of all levels of the Medicine Department, there were definitely not enough seats.

After Prince Shou led the white-haired old man into the meeting hall, he let him sit in the main guest seat on the right. After people were seated, he sat in the main seat on the left, and Department Head Gu sat in the side seat below Prince Shou.

After that, others sat down one by one, directly dividing into two camps.

The people from the Guardian family sat in the chairs on the right, and the people from the Medicine Department sat in the chairs on the left.

Although the number of chairs was not enough, there was no scene of snatching chairs. Everyone tacitly chose to sit or stand.

On the Medicine Department side, Chu Junhao did not sit down but chose to stand behind Prince Shou; Xie An, Mu Qingying, and Yuan Tianchou also did not choose to sit down but stood behind Department Head Gu.

Other pavilion masters very humbly gave up their seats to the officials. Finally, only the pavilion masters representing the four major different-surname prince mansions of the East, South, West, and North, as well as Huo Yunxiao representing the Tian Department, were seated.

As for those without seats, they could only stand behind the chairs.

On the Guardian family side, it was also the same. Many young cultivators chose to stand behind the middle-aged cultivators, and only a few young cultivators sat down.

After the two sides were seated, although nothing had been said yet, a confrontation unfolded between their eyes.

Among those seated on the Medicine Department side, Hua Changxi had spoken to Huo Yunxiao, who was sitting at the very end, so she stood directly behind him.

Hua Changxi looked at the two sides fighting silently, and looking at the main seats far away, Prince Shou and the white-haired old man were laughing and talking as if no one else was there, as if they had forgotten everyone else in the room, so she patted Huo Yunxiao on the back lightly.

Huo Yunxiao was competing with the male cultivator opposite him with his eyes. Hua Changxi's 'surprise attack' directly interrupted his brewing, so he turned his head somewhat angrily. When he saw it was Hua Changxi, thinking of her alchemy skills, he pulled out a smile: "What are you doing?"

Hua Changxi: "I should be the one asking you. What are you doing? Comparing whose eyes are bigger? Isn't it childish?" In her view, being direct and talking about things was more efficient than engaging in this kind of bending.

Huo Yunxiao was somewhat speechless: "What do you know? This is a silent confrontation." Knowing that Hua Changxi's background was not high and she didn't understand many things, seeing the impatience in her eyes, he explained in a low voice, "You should learn well. When two unfamiliar sides meet, they will first probe each other's bottom line."

Hua Changxi was thoughtful: "Like your silent confrontation?"

Huo Yunxiao: "Narrow road meets, the brave wins. Don't underestimate this silent confrontation. Yes, doing this can't see the other side's true strength, but one's mental strength can be seen a bit."

"If the mental strength is not strong enough, even if the strength is strong, it is just a paper tiger."

"The Prince and the white-haired senior deliberately left us out, just to give us a chance to probe each other, just to see who loses patience first."

As he said this, Huo Yunxiao looked at Hua Changxi: "Obviously, you are the most impatient and can't stand this silent confrontation."

Hua Changxi opened her mouth to refute, but paused and swallowed the words of refutation.

Huo Yunxiao knew she was unconvinced and laughed: "Don't be unconvinced. In a silent confrontation, whoever speaks first loses. Do you know why? The heart is not determined, and the fear is exposed."

Hua Changxi wanted to roll her eyes, but held back. She really knew very little about these bending things on the scene. Even if she disdained to use them, she should know and understand them.

Prince Shou and the white-haired old man in the main seats seemed to be talking and laughing in a self-forgetful way, but in fact, they were closely watching the people on each other's side.

Everyone was competing with their eyes, and only Hua Changxi and Huo Yunxiao were whispering, which undoubtedly attracted the attention of the white-haired old man and Prince Shou.

The white-haired old man smiled: "The people of the imperial court are indeed courageous."

Prince Shou smiled awkwardly: "Lost the etiquette, let the senior laugh."

The white-haired old man smiled and didn't look at Hua Changxi and Huo Yunxiao again: "The people I brought this time are all up-and-coming talents with quite a bit of alchemy talent. I believe that with their joining, the Dan Saint Hall can reappear in the world soon."

Hearing this, Prince Shou's smile almost couldn't be maintained, and Chu Junhao, who was standing behind him, changed his face directly.

Everyone else in the Medicine Department also heard it, and everyone changed their faces.

Hua Changxi whispered: "It really is here to snatch territory."

Hearing this, Huo Yunxiao's brows immediately furrowed.

People from the Guardian family came to the Medicine Department, and I don't know if Master received the news?

Prince Shou suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart. The Guardian family's foundation was unfathomable and could not be directly confronted by the imperial family, so he could only smile stiffly: "The Xia family where the senior is located is the guardian of the Central Continent. This Prince believes in the vision of the guardian."

The white-haired old man nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the group of young men and women he brought, and said to a male cultivator standing at the front: "Ziyang, you take everyone forward to pay respects to the Prince and all colleagues."

After the words fell, the group of young men and women stepped out one by one.

"Xia Ziyang pays respects to the Prince."

Xia Ziyang first bowed ninety degrees to Prince Shou, and then clasped his fists to the others on the Medicine Department side to perform a peer salute: "Greetings, everyone. Please give me more advice in the future."

Hua Changxi looked at this person and used the look-listen-ask-feel technique again. As long as she didn't look at the white-haired old man, she wouldn't be exposed.

Wood spirit body, late-stage Golden Core cultivation.

After Xia Ziyang, more than ten men and women came out.

"Bai Zhixin pays respects to the Prince, greetings to all fellow daoists."

"Wu Lingyue pays respects to the Prince, greetings to all fellow daoists."

"Zhu Jinglan pays respects to the Prince, greetings to all fellow daoists."

"Long Chenyi, Long Jin pay respects to the Prince, greetings to all fellow daoists."

"Dongfang Hao, Dongfang Xu pay respects to the Prince, greetings to all fellow daoists."

"Jiang Nianyi pays respects to the Prince, greetings to all fellow daoists."

These people all wore magic treasures to hide their cultivation. Hua Changxi saw through the look-listen-ask-feel technique that they were all wood spirit bodies, the lowest cultivation was late-stage Golden Core, and half of them were Nascent Soul cultivators.

The male cultivator named Dongfang Hao was also a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and his spirit body was a bit strange. She couldn't see through it.

"Meng Qingyao pays respects to the Prince, greetings to all fellow daoists."

This female cultivator was even more remarkable, fire-wood spirit body, mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Hua Changxi was shocked by the strength of these people.

Not only was she shocked, but others in the Medicine Department were also in shock. Although these people didn't report their family background, many people could guess the families behind them from their surnames.

Prince Shou and Department Head Gu looked at each other silently. Both of them understood in their hearts that they could not stop these people from entering the Medicine Department.

The white-haired old man smiled and opened his mouth again: "Prince, the Medicine Department is the benchmark for medical skills in the Great Jin. I heard that the eighteen Huang-Yellow Pavilions of the Medicine Department have all selected pavilion masters. I want to meet them."

Hearing the white-haired old man mention the Huang-Yellow Pavilion and wanting to see the pavilion masters, the expressions of Prince Shou and Department Head Gu became serious at the same time.

Hua Changxi noticed that some pavilion masters suddenly became somewhat restless. Seeing that Huo Yunxiao was also like this, her eyes flickered, and then she looked enlightened: "They are not here to snatch the control of the Medicine Department, they are here to compete for the Huang-Yellow Pavilion." ===== CHAPTER 207 =====