C11 The hidden king

The next day!

In the great hall of Yuan Mansion foothold, Yuan Hua, the Great Clan Elder, had long been drinking tea and waiting. Not long after, Yuan Xiaotian and the rest arrived. Other than Yuan Chiying, everyone else was present.

"Tell me about it!" Yuan Hua, who was seated on the main seat, was the first to speak.

Yuan Xiaotian and the rest looked at each other, and in the end, Yuan Dao stood out and explained:

"Patriarch, because Rong Chou took the initiative to provoke us, and even threatened to cripple both of Scarlet Shadow's hands, we were only able to return safely after being heavily injured by him and passed out."

This time, Chi Ying's attack is a little too heavy, this Rong family is as strong as our Yuan Mansion, but the problem is, there is a member of the Rong family's royal family named Rong Gui, although he does not dare to directly attack our Yuan family, but this time he did lose face, I am afraid that he will not let this matter rest! The Second Elder frowned.

"Second Elder, there is no need to worry. We will deal with them if they come at us!" At this time, Yuan Chiying slowly stepped into the hall from outside.

"You brat, you just got here for a day and you're already causing trouble for me!" Yuan Hua scolded.

"Dad, others have already bullied us, how can we allow others to bully us?" Yuan Chiying laughed.

"Don't worry, whoever dares to touch my Yuan Mansion will have to first ask me about my fist." Yuan Hua said solemnly.

"Heh heh, your father is indeed courageous." Yuan Chiying flattered.

"You stinking brat, just stop causing trouble for me in the future. All of you just prepare yourself and follow me into the Imperial Palace tonight," Yuan Hua said slowly.

"Yes, yes, your father taught you a lesson," Yuan Chiying said with an obsequious smile.

...

Tonight, the Imperial City was abnormally lively. The five great clans, as well as the ten great second-line family s, would all gather at the Imperial Palace. The Yuan Mansion foothold was only a kilometer away from the Imperial Palace. Yuan Hua only led the Great Clan Elder, Yuan Chiying and the rest to walk.

When he first entered the palace, it could be said to be quite impressive. The palace was dazzling in gold and jade, and all sorts of tables and chairs were made of gold. Even the floor was no exception, and the palace could fit tens of thousands of people.

"The Imperial Family is really generous!" Yuan Chiying lamented.

In the entire empire, perhaps only the Imperial Family could afford such an extravagant structure. Yuan Hua and the rest followed the servant and entered the hall, taking the throne as the leader, while the rest of the seats were split apart on both sides.

Yuan Mansion was, after all, only a second-line family. So naturally, not long after Yuan Hua and the rest had taken their seats, the rest of the second-line family s came one after another, including the Rong Family, there were only six people in the Rong Family that came, and Rong Chou was not among them.

"The old man in the lead is the current patriarch of the Rong Family, Old Monster Rong." Yuan Hua said to the rest of them.

The other party seemed to have sensed something, and his sinister gaze swept towards Yuan Hua's group. The first feeling Yuan Chiying had upon seeing this person, was that other than his ugly appearance, he also had a dense amount of Evil Qi on him, which was definitely the result of him cultivating in demonic techniques all year round.

Old Monster Rong's gaze did not stay on Yuan Chiying and the rest for long, the group of six sat on the other side under the guidance of the servants.

After a short while, the members of the Shen, Wan Family, and Zhou families arrived as well. Seeing the people from the five families coming, most of the patriarchs of the second-line family stood up to greet them. Of course, there were also exceptions, such as the Liu Family and his father, who sat there motionlessly.

Because the Liu family had won the title of champion, Liu Qingfeng, their status had skyrocketed. However, just with this, they could not ignore the people from the Five Great Families. Liu Qingfeng's strength had probably already reached the point that the Royal Family valued him, otherwise, how could he be so calm.

The reason why his father did not come forward to greet him was likely because he had a hostile relationship with the three heads of the clans. With his father's personality, he would be disdainful to come forward and curry favor with him.

"Wan Family's Patriarch, Wan Shen."

"Patriarch of the Shen family, Shen Mu!"

"Patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Wang!"

Yuan Hua explained from the side. In the arena, the three Clan Chiefs indifferently nodded their heads at the people who came to greet them. From their appearances, they evidently did not put the patriarchs of the second-line family in their hearts.

Following Shen, Wan, Zhou, and the three Clans, people from the three clans sat down. Another ruckus came from outside the door.

"Wah …" Look, the Chu Clan, the Qu Clan has arrived!

"Isn't that Chu Lv? What a noble lady, who was that beside her? the precious daughter of the Qu family, Qu Yan, right? "

"If I could be in a relationship with Fang Ze, I would have no regrets in my death!"

"Dream on!"

The younger cultivators' eyes were burning with passion as they discussed.

Let alone the young monk s, even the young talents of the thousands of s raised an eyebrow.

"Hehe, Tong'er is moved?" Wan Family Lord teased.

The young man's name was Wan Tong, and he was the son of Wan Shen and the second wife.

"With such a beauty, a noble will be able to get close," Wan Tong's eyes revealed a strange light.

"Haha, if you like it then go chase it, I will give you my full support," Wan Shen laughed.

As the Wan Family with the highest winning rate amongst the Five Great Clans, Wan Shen was naturally very confident, to the point where he felt that the Chu Clan was not even his match.

"Hehe, Wan Family Lord, although your family's Wan Tong is not bad, my Shen family did not give him such a gift for nothing." The head of the Shen family sat down, Shen Mu interjected and said.

Hearing that, Wan Shen turned to look at Shen Mu, his gaze sweeping towards the youth beside Shen Mu.

The person with the most outstanding strength in the Shen family, Shen Xing. However, this brat's gaze had never left Chu Lv, who had just entered through the door.

"Hehe, I wonder who he has his eyes on. Since that's the case, then it's fine if it's a normal competition." Shen Mu joked on the side.

Although the Shen family's strength was ranked second among the five great families, even the Royal family did not dare underestimate them. This was because in these few years, many cultivators in the Shen family had established a reputation in the Kalman Empire, and their family's potential was extremely good.

The two women who had entered first had attracted the attention of almost everyone in the hall.

Qu Yan held Chu Lv's arm and laughed non-stop, it was not hard to see that these two could be considered as friends that could be said to be able to talk about everything.

Yuan Chiying stood at Yuan Hua's side and nodded slightly towards Chu Lv. After all, they had already drank tea together, so it could be considered as knowing each other.

Chu Lv could feel Yuan Chiying's respectful gaze, and then she turned to Qu Yan and said: "Yan Yan, come, let me introduce you to a person."

Without waiting for Qu Yan's response, Chu Lv pulled Qu Yan's hand and slowly walked towards the area Yuan Chiying was at. Everyone followed Chu Lv's figure with curious eyes, because the direction that Chu Lv was heading towards, was exactly towards the direction of the second-line family.

"What is she doing?"

Everyone was confused. It had to be said that the people from the five families all had high standards, especially these two flowers, they had never heard of anyone from second-line family having any relationship with them.

Furthermore, looking down to see someone in front of such a large crowd had obviously aroused the curiosity of everyone. Even Qu Yan, who was beside them, had a face full of suspicion.

"It can't be coming for me, right?"

"In my dreams, I'll make you …"

Standing next to the Yuan clan were the Liu Clan's people. At this moment, the youths on the side were no longer calm. Their faces were filled with anticipation and nervousness. Even the Patriarch of the Liu Clan, Liu Cheng, was somewhat excited.

"Greetings, young miss of the Chu Family!" Liu Cheng greeted her in embarrassment.

Chu Lv only glanced at Liu Cheng, lightly nodded, and then passed by him.

Yuan Hua had long since noticed Chu Lv's actions, it was just that he was confused too. Logically speaking, he didn't have any connections with the people from the Five Great Clans, he shouldn't be! Yuan Hua sat in his seat the entire time.

"Hello, Uncle Yuan!" Chu Lv bowed.

"Chi Ying and I can be considered friends, hence we came to say hi!"

Chu Lv, ignoring the various gazes around him, directly stated her purpose for coming here.

Then, her eyes turned to Yuan Chiying and asked slyly: "You won't reject me, right?"

As Chu Lv's words fell, Yuan Chiying could clearly feel countless gazes filled with hostility land at him, and he felt slightly bitter in his heart. He did not know if this woman was doing it intentionally or not, but her actions were merely to draw his hatred, could it be that it was due to him rejecting her yesterday? If that was truly the case, then it was truly a situation where one wanted to cry, but had no tears. It was truly a needle in a woman's heart.

"Hello! "Miss Chu, I never thought that we would meet again so soon!" Yuan Chiying laughed bitterly.

"Yuan Gongzi, remembering this little girl is also my honor!"

"The reason why I'm here this time, is mainly to introduce my sister Qu Yan to you!"

Chu Lv pulled Qu Yan and said under everyone's eyes.

According to her understanding of Chu Lv, there had never been a man who could make her treat him with such seriousness. Someone as strong as Wan Tong or Shen Xing, they would usually interact a little with each other, but Chu Lv had never shown such warmth.

For the first time, Qu Yan's sharp eyes began to size up Yuan Chiying seriously.

His appearance could not be considered to be too outstanding and he was even a bit young. When his black hair was draped over his shoulders, the most special thing was his pair of bright eyes.

But since it was Chu Lv who introduced him, out of politeness, Qu Yan still extended his slender palm and said softly: "Hello! My name is Qu Yan. "

The two of them politely shook hands.

This scene was witnessed by Shen Xing who was watching from afar. A cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes and he could not help but ask: "Who is this kid?"

Not to mention Shen Xing, even the Wan Family beside him didn't know when such a competitive kid had appeared.

Shen Mu carefully sized up the people from the Yuan Family, and said with a low voice, "The one sitting in the main seat is the master of the Yuan Family, Yuan Hua. In the second-line family, his strength is not bad."

"Hmph. A mere second-rate power dares to target a woman that this young master has his eyes on! " Shen Xing said with a slightly cold tone.

"Xing'er, if you like her, then fight for her. It's best if you rely on your own abilities!" Shen Mu said sincerely and sincerely.

"I know my limits, Father!"

"Very well, don't be in such a hurry. If you really don't like that kid, I can fight for you when I have the chance later …"

"Thank you, Father!"

The Shen father and son duo had remembered Yuan Chiying just like that, and the patriarch of the Wan Family beside them was naturally happy to see such a scene. At the same time, he was also curious to see what kind of ability this Yuan Family kid had that caused Chu Lv to value him so highly.

After exchanging greetings, Chu Lv did not stay for long, and brought Qu Yan to her own seat.

"Chu Family Patriarch, Chu Batian has arrived!"

"Patriarch Qu, Qu Xiangyang has arrived!"

As soon as the voice was heard, two middle-aged men entered the room. Due to the relationship between Chu Lv and Qu Yan, the two families' Patriarchs naturally became closer, and the dozen or so people sat down together.

From start to finish, Yuan Chiying stood by Yuan Hua's side with a calm expression, and did not cause any waves because of the two girls' arrival. On the other hand, Yuan Lou, who was behind the Great Elder, was looking at Yuan Chiying with unfriendly eyes.

One could imagine, the young miss that Yuan Chiying went to see yesterday, was most likely this Chu Family's young miss. Or else, due to the fact that Yuan Chiying was in the Imperial City for the first time, he wouldn't have made any friends.

"She's quite a nice young lady. You can interact more with this young miss of the Chu Clan in the future." Yuan Hua said indifferently.

"I say, dad, you don't like to have contact with people from the five clans, right?"

"Hehe, maybe it was before, but the situation is different now. It's not a bad thing to get closer to the Chu and Qu Families!" Yuan Hua said with a profound gaze.

Just as Yuan Chiying and Yuan Hua were discussing incessantly,

A middle-aged man in a golden robe slowly walked into the hall. On his waist was a dragon belt, his facial features were deep, and his face was filled with dignity. Beside him were two old men, and the three of them slowly walked to the seat of honor in the middle of the hall.

Everyone stood up in succession when they saw this person walk over. They cupped their hands together slightly in salute.

The person who had come was the sole ruler of the royal family. He was also the king of the entire empire. People called him …

Hidden King Lu Guang!

The two elders beside the Hidden King were the two Imperial Advisors.

As the Hidden King Lu Guang took his seat, he waved his hand slightly. With a dignified tone, he said, "Everyone, take a seat!"

"Yes …"

Everyone sat down.

"Today, the main reason why everyone is gathered here is to discuss the matters of the family competition in one year. I believe that everyone is clear about the rules of the previous sessions, but this time, I plan to make some small changes. Relax the participation quota for the third line family, which is to say, no matter which family, as long as they have registered in the history of the empire, they can participate. In addition, next year's family competition, the imperial family will also participate, so the reward would naturally be the highest in the entire history of the Hidden King, Lu Guangxuan preached.

"Hua..."

Strictly speaking, the royal family didn't belong to a single family, it was merely a general term that represented the highest authority in the empire, and at the same time, it was an existence of checks and balances.

As everyone knew, the number of members in the royal family was scarce, their strength was always in the dark, and in these years, no disastrous war had broken out in the empire. The royal family had never participated in the battles between the families, so the true strength of the royal family, even if it was the members of the five great families, or even those who could enter the royal family, was not something that was impossible to know.

"Everyone, if you have any objections, you can bring it up." Lu Guang looked around at the crowd and said majestically.

The Five Great Patriarchs looked at each other in surprise. After all, the royal family did not participate in the family battles, and this was already an unwritten rule, the family competition was only for the selection of talents, and the prizes from past generations, shouldn't be considered as precious in the royal family. Could it be that this time, the royal family would be moved by the rewards? Only this kind of explanation could explain the hidden king's actions.

The five Patriarchs looked at the King of Concealment with tacit understanding and nodded slightly, "We have no objections."

The rest of the second-line family s naturally had no doubts about this matter and expressed their agreement.

"Since no one has any objections, let's start with the meal. It will also be good for my master to express his hospitality as the host." Lu Guang swept away the previous majesty as he said in a relatively calm tone.

"Hidden King, you're welcome!"

Everyone expressed their opinions.