Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and when night fell one day, the annual Autumn Night Banquet of the Great Zhou Dynasty officially kicked off.
I don’t know if it was because of an unpleasant conversation one day, or maybe it was because the Autumn Night Banquet was approaching and he was busy, or maybe he was trying to avoid suspicion... In short, the Seventh Prince has never visited the Purple Robe Marquis’ Mansion since he talked with Chu Tianxiao that day. This made the spies from all parties in Tianjue City puzzled, but the most important thing now is the current Autumn Night Banquet.
Since the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty established the Great Autumn Examination to select talents from all over the world, the Autumn Night Banquet appeared only five years later. It has evolved to a large scale, from the gathering of young heroes in Kyoto to the current autumn nights in various places. No matter where you are, the Autumn Night Banquet in that place is the best stage for the chosen ones. Not to mention those geniuses who are determined to compete for the top ten of the Great Autumn Examination, they are sharpening their knives and waiting for battle.
The Autumn Night Banquets in different places are slightly different. They are divided into five first-class cities in the Great Five. The specifications of the first-class cities like Tianjue City are second only to the Autumn Night Banquet in Kyoto. Correspondingly, the opportunities and rewards are not comparable to those in lower-class cities. Therefore, the annual Tianjue Autumn Night Banquet is extremely lively, and the swarm of geniuses always bring surprises to the princes in charge. But on the other hand, with more geniuses, the competition becomes more and more fierce. If you don't have any skills, you can just sit there for a night and miss the good opportunity - do what you can and know yourself, which has always been one of the implicit teachings of the Autumn Night Banquet.
I don’t know if it’s because two royal families came at once, but tonight’s Tianjue Autumn Night Banquet is more grand than usual—tall buildings, red lanterns, clinking glasses at the banquet, dancing girls… Everything seems to be heralding the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The building was very spacious, with seats neatly arranged everywhere. Geniuses from all over the country would learn their "nameplate numbers" on the invitations, and then take seats accordingly. The seats were not divided into good and bad ones - they were all ordinary yellow sandalwood tables, with silver cups, fruit cups, exquisite snacks, and two white jade wine pots on the tables, which were very exquisite - but there were actually hidden differences. Generally speaking, the closer you are to the royal seat, the easier it is to get opportunities and rewards.
There are many unspoken rules in the Autumn Night Banquet, especially the literary competition. Although there will be good rewards for excellent martial arts, no genius has too many opportunities. What's more, if you can get an evaluation of "both civil and martial arts", it will be much better than "just a warrior", right
And if one could win first place in both the martial arts competition and the literary competition and become a 'double banquet master', the benefits... would be even more mouth-watering.
Therefore, as geniuses from all over the world filed in, if you looked carefully, you would easily find that many people were carefully looking at something under the table, and this 'something' was obviously the 'cheat sheet'.
"It's all a waste of effort." The seventh prince Lu Xianyuan, dressed in a golden prince's robe, has already arrived at the scene. Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but snorted.
Next to him was the little princess Lu Meir, who was known as the pearl of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Upon hearing this, her pretty eyebrows moved: "Brother, what do you mean?"
"Every year, the policy essay is personally selected by our father and sealed in the Tian Zhou treasure bag. Before the literary competition, even we, the princes, cannot know the topic in advance. Moreover, no one will be able to guess the topic this year!"
Lu Meir was stunned when she heard this: "Brother? Do you know the topic of the policy paper?"
"..." Lu Xianyuan did not answer directly, a trace of worry flashed across his eyes, "The only thing I can be sure of is that Chu He must have known the topic of the policy essay... This year's Kyoto Autumn Night Banquet is definitely a suspense, and tonight's literary competition... Although Chu He will definitely save the best for himself, if he knows the topic of the policy essay in advance, then the one for Qin Yun... will definitely not be bad. This time, Chu Tianxiao, the prodigal son, is in danger..."
Lu Meir was shocked when she heard this, and whispered, "Brother, what's going on? Didn't they say that no one except father can know the topic of the policy essay in advance? How come it seems that you and Chu He know everything this time?"
Lu Xianyuan shook his head: "Mei'er, you are wrong... My brother didn't know what the policy question was. He just guessed from Chu He's reaction that this question was extremely difficult to guess. Otherwise... I would have told that prodigal son at that time, why would I have bothered so much?"
"...Brother, why do you seem to care so much about that prodigal son..."
"... Hehe, isn't that what Xiao Meier has been asking me for?"
"Hate you, my brother. If you want to blame someone, blame it on the jewelry you brought back... For more jewelry, I have no choice but to repay your kindness!"
"... This word doesn't seem to be used like this... Never mind, let's focus on the upcoming fight first. There are quite a few talented young men coming this time, and it's not certain that you can find your ideal husband among them..."
"Royal brother!"
While the two siblings were talking privately, Chu Tianxiao had already brought Mu Liuling to the venue. The two sides looked at each other, and everything was said without words.
There was no grand appearance and no unexpected events. Chu Tianxiao sat down directly and signaled to the waiter to give Mu Liuling an extra seat so that he could sit next to him. Although the waiter felt that it was a bit against the rules, seeing that the man was dressed elegantly and that the prince had no objection, he followed him.
After a while, there were not many empty seats, but everyone who came in knew that it was right to show off their skills, so they didn't show off when they came in. Even when Qin Yun walked in, he just looked at Chu Tianxiao with hatred, restrained his breath, and sat down obediently. Of course, he followed the Qin family into the scene together, not the main characters. In layman's terms, he was similar to the group of noble ladies who came to watch the show, just a spectator, and had no right to leave the scene. Unless the main characters were defeated and provoked, then the followers would have the opportunity to take action. This was naturally very inappropriate for Chu Tianxiao at the time, but for Qin Yun, it was an opportunity...
The leader of the Qin family was in high spirits. Obviously, after the assassination was exposed that night, the position of the "acting head" of the Qin family had changed, and the "redemption" of the "original acting head" had not been negotiated yet. Of course, it was not ruled out that the new acting head deliberately did not want to reach an agreement...
What Qin Yong is thinking about now is probably how to become famous at the Autumn Night Banquet tonight. How could he care about Qin Jiaojiao's redemption
Gradually, a crowd of people came in. Just after many aristocratic families, sects, and grassroots geniuses had taken their seats, a figure slowly walked in...
At one glance, there were exclamations from the crowd.
"Chu Huang?"
"Why is he here?"
"Why don't you attend the Kyoto Autumn Night Banquet and come here?"
"Not good... If Chu Huang comes, won't I be unable to compete for the title of the first banquet host of this martial arts competition?"
A sturdy young man with dark skin walked in. He was shirtless and had a shallow scar on his face, which made his eyebrows look majestic. As soon as he walked in, he looked straight at Chu Tianxiao.
Chu Tianxiao was holding a wine glass and swaying it, his eyes wandering, but he also looked at Chu Huang...
After three breaths... He put down his wine glass and smiled slightly. A guess in his mind had been verified...
"The aura of a king... and the accompanying contamination, obviously he is the first younger brother of the Prince of Fortune!"
"Chu He... you are also a destined lover? Ha... very interesting. I wonder if this pitfall system will let me bully you after I arrive in Kyoto?"
He thought so in his heart, but his face remained unchanged. At this moment, the sturdy young man Chu Huang also walked towards Chu Tianxiao with steady steps. Every step he took was like stepping on a mountain. Although there was no loud sound, it gave people an extremely depressing feeling...
Everyone looked towards Chu Huang, and saw him walk up to Chu Tianxiao, with a sneer of contempt on his face, and he clasped his fists and said, "Second Young Master."
As he spoke, a bloody aura emanated from him. The people sitting near Chu Tianxiao felt their hearts skip a beat and were filled with fear. Thinking of Chu Huang's reputation of following Chu He to destroy the Blood Pearl Sect and killing 137 practitioners in one day, they became more and more afraid.
Chu Huang is Chu He's number one general. He is only eighteen years old this year, but his hands are already stained with blood. He is the most murderous among Chu He's men.
When this evil star approached Chu Tianxiao step by step and finally stood less than an inch in front of Chu Tianxiao, not only the person involved, but also the bystanders felt a sense of panic. The Seventh Prince frowned, and there was a slight light on the fingertips of his right hand...
The coldness on Chu Huang's lips grew stronger and stronger, and he looked at Chu Tianxiao as if he were an ant.
In his opinion, this prodigal son would never be able to resist his bloody aura, and would soon show strange and ugly behavior and become a laughing stock - of course, Chu Huang was not so cruel as to kill Chu Tianxiao on the spot, but using all his strength to scare him to the point of losing his courage was what he wanted to do.
"My son is destined to become a king. You are just a prodigal son. How dare you try to stop a chariot with your bare hands? Are you overestimating your own abilities? I came to greet you politely today. It was you who couldn't bear it. Even the Purple Marquis can't blame me for all the bad consequences! Who made you so unpromising?"
As Chu Huang thought so, he released the bloody murderous aura from his body even more unscrupulously. Many people in the field were already trembling. Some "geniuses" who came from other places only then understood what the so-called "do what you can" at the Qiu Ye Banquet meant, and they all lost their fighting spirit.
Seeing this, Mu Liuling frowned, drew her sword immediately and blocked in front of Chu Tianxiao, but she was signaled by Chu Tianxiao's eyes and nodded and retreated.
Chu Huang's mouth curled up coldly, thinking to himself, let's see how long this prodigal son of yours can last
But the next moment... he was stunned.
Chu Tianxiao said slowly, "You are so poor that you can't even afford a shirt. If you want a reward, just say so. There's no need to get so close to you. Look at how poor you are!"
"A reward for you!"
Chu Tianxiao spoke very quickly, one after another, and before Chu Huang could react, a crystal card was thrown at his face!
With a snap!
The sound of shaking is loud!
Chu Tianxiao casually grabbed a pile of crystal cards beside him and said leisurely, "Why? Not enough?"