There were more and more guests around. Li Rushan arrived much earlier than Li Ruhai and sat at the main seat with Ye Li.
All new guests would come here to greet him, and he would introduce them to Ye Li one by one.
Those who belonged to Li Rushan's side stood by the table for a while longer, exchanging a few words with Ye Li and getting to know their new colleague.
Ye Li actually had no interest in this dinner or meeting these people, but since Li Tianyuan wanted him to attend the dinner and gave him the position of Bronze National Scholar, he naturally had no choice but to come.
Ye Li was still excited thinking that after tonight he would be able to obtain the status of a Bronze National Scholar and then go to the library to look for information about Black Soul Gold.
He knew that there must be more than just information about the Black Soul Gold in the library. There might even be information about the Nine Soul Seals.
If he could find all this information, maybe he could leave the palace and not waste time here.
His goal now is very clear, that is to obtain the black soul gold and the nine soul seals, and it would be best if he could get the rest of the body parts of the Yin Fire God Puppet.
In the face of these things, everything else is just irrelevant.
After Ye Li and Li Rushan had been sitting in their seats for about half an hour, the guests around them were finally almost all there. At this time, a tall man with a heroic appearance walked in at the entrance of the martial arts arena.
Judging from their appearance, he and Li Rushan are about 60% similar, but they have different temperaments, and the man looks older than Li Rushan.
"Ye Li, my elder brother is here."
Li Rushan spoke softly to Ye Li, his eyes already fixed on his brother.
In fact, Ye Li had already guessed the identity of the man opposite him, and now it has been confirmed by Li Rushan.
He carefully observed Li Ruhai who walked in. If one judged by his appearance and temperament, Li Ruhai looked even more outstanding than Li Rushan.
However, if you observe longer, you will find that there is a hint of gloominess in Li Ruhai's eyes compared to Li Rushan's.
As Li Ruhai entered the room, the guests around him naturally stood up to greet them. After Li Ruhai returned the greetings one by one, he walked towards Li Rushan under the guidance of his servants.
Li Ruhai also noticed Li Rushan who arrived early, and looked at Ye Li next to Li Rushan.
But Ye Li's gaze was no longer on Li Ruhai, but on an old man behind Li Ruhai.
The old man's face was covered with scars, and he looked a little creepy, but Ye Li could sense a similar aura from him. It was obvious that this man must be the mid-stage Divine Appearance expert beside Li Ruhai.
"Second brother, you came very early today. The young man next to you must be Ye Li, right?"
Li Ruhai had already walked in front of Li Rushan and Ye Li. A warm look suddenly appeared on his face, and he spoke to Li Rushan and Ye Li.
Seeing the other party's expression, Ye Li was stunned. He was a little surprised that the other party did not show any signs of hostility.
However, although the other party pretended to be very friendly on the surface, the sensitive Ye Li could still see a hint of sinisterness in Li Ruhai's eyes.
It was obvious that the other party was only maintaining superficial harmony, and deep down in his heart he had already hated his brother.
"Brother, I have nothing to do, so I came here earlier and can also take Ye Li to familiarize himself with the environment and guests here.
After all, he is a newcomer. If he comes too late, he won’t have the chance to get to know other people.”
Hearing Li Rushan's words, Li Ruhai smiled slightly and said, "I heard that Ye Li next to you has already reached the Divine Phase. It's true that heroes emerge young."
Seeing that the other party had shifted the topic to him, Ye Li quickly clasped his fists and said, "Ye Li greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Your Highness is too kind. Ye Li really does not deserve the title of 'young man'."
If one adds the time Ye Li spent in the Zhou Shi Gourd into his actual age, he is not young at all. However, judging from his appearance now, Ye Li still looks very young, probably in his twenties or less than thirty years old.
Li Ruhai laughed when he heard Ye Li's words and said, "Brother Ye Li is really modest. I have heard about your performance in Jinzhou City, but I don't know if it is true that you killed two masters of the same level one by one?"
Ye Li didn't expect the other party to ask so directly. He was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "These things happened in public, so they can't be fake."
Li Ruhai sneered when he heard this and said, "Oh, really?!"
Before he could continue speaking, a guard's voice suddenly came from the door: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived. Long live the Emperor."
Hearing the call, Li Ruhai quickly swallowed back the words he had not yet said, then glanced at Ye Li, and walked to his side with the master behind him.
All the guests present stood up at this time and looked towards the entrance of the martial arts arena.
Meanwhile, Li Tianyuan had walked in surrounded by many guards. Behind him followed an old man, who was none other than the Tiankui Fu Sheng that Ye Li had met in the palace hall.
When the guests saw Li Tianyuan coming in, they all hurriedly saluted him and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty live long and long."
Ye Li knew that it was necessary to salute the emperor on formal occasions, so even though he was reluctant in his heart, he followed everyone else and saluted Li Tianyuan, then recited two slogans.
Li Tianyuan was smiling at this time. After hearing the calls of many guests, he waved his hand casually and said, "No need to be polite, everyone. Please sit down."
After hearing Li Tianyuan's words, everyone hurriedly bowed again and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Then, everyone sat back down.
Li Tianyuan came to the main seat surrounded by many guards, and the empty seat behind him was the seat of Tiankui Fu Sheng.
After the two of them sat down, Li Tianyuan looked around with a smile. After seeing Ye Li, he gave a meaningful smile.
“My dear ministers, I believe everyone knows the purpose of today’s banquet. It is to honor the meritorious officials who have made contributions to our dynasty recently.
The first person I want to commend is Su Wen, who was in charge of the diplomatic mission to Jinwu Kingdom. He relied on his eloquent speech to successfully persuade the King of Jinwu Kingdom to be loyal to our Tang Kingdom and become a vassal state of our Tang Kingdom.
From now on, there will be one more vassal state paying tribute to the Tang Empire every year!!!"