Chapter 25, Provocation

After Lin Potian had a secret conversation with the Sand Bird for two hours, Lin Potian left, and then he ordered the Zhao family guards to release the imprisoned members of the Five Hundred Sand Bird Bandit Bandits.

Jinshan City, prosperous, busy, mixed with fish and dragons, from all over the world knights, traders, thieves and so on gathered here. The four gates of Jinshan City, southeast, northwest and northwest stand in all directions, welcoming the eight-faced guests. At the south gate, a man with a bit of bookish spirit walked into Jinshan City, and this man was none other than Lin Potian.

The three hundred guards accompanying Lin Potian were arranged by him to be in an extremely hidden place outside the city, ready to be on call at any time. Lin Potian's ultimate purpose in coming to the imperial capital was only two, the first was to kill Luo Zhaoyang, let the Gulan Empress issue a royal decree, and add glory to the 80,000 slaves who died, after all, they died for the country, and the second was to help the Zhao family in Pang Yucheng regain the trust of the high-level of the Gushan Empire, so that they could gain a foothold in the Gulan Empire with peace of mind.

But Lin Potian understands that it is by no means easy to do all this, because it is easy to kill people, but it is difficult to gain recognition, and he needs to plan well.

Lin Potian leisurely wandered around Jinshan City, and finally came to an ironsmith, in this blacksmith, there was an old blacksmith, although he was old, but he was old, he was old, wielding a hammer, and his every move was full of explosive power, like a sleeping lion.

"The ancient songs tell the twists and turns of fate, the unchanging promise stands in the wind and rain, looking back under the crescent moon, precipitating the last trace of tenderness!" Lin Potian said as he looked at the blacksmith who was wielding the hammer.

Hearing this, the old blacksmith held the hammer high in the air, stopped the movement in his hand, looked at the blue sky through the iron skylight, and after a long time he put down the hammer in his hand, turned his head to look at Lin Potian, and said with a sigh: "It's been a long time since anyone said this!"

Because of this sentence, Lin Potian took the old blacksmith to leave the blacksmith shop, they came to the park, it was very quiet, the old blacksmith looked at Lin Potian and continued: "How is he now?"

"Fortunately, being able to make a name for himself in this ancient mountain empire with his bare hands must have extraordinary abilities!" Lin Potian replied.

"I was sorry for their mother and son, I had no shame to see them, and I had tried to make amends to them all these years, but he had gone down such a path," said the old blacksmith, with a melancholy look on his old countenance.

"I came to see you this time, mainly to tell you some of his thoughts, he and Luo Chaoyang's Luo family legion are mortal enemies, I hope you don't serve the Chaoyang legion, you are a famous refiner in the Gushan Empire, even if you get rid of the Luo family legion, you can also be at ease!"

"You think too simply, now the imperial capital is surging, but everyone with a little status is choosing a team, I want to be alone, how difficult it is!" said the old blacksmith.

"You are an eighth-level refiner, and you are qualified to enter and leave the palace at will, I need you to bring me into the palace and meet Her Majesty the Empress!" Lin Potian said.

"Why should I help you?" said the old blacksmith as he looked at Lin Potian.

"Because I can help you, so you need to help me, and we can live in harmony with each other. Lin Potian continued.

"What do you want me to believe in you, what is your purpose, what do you want to do?" the old blacksmith continued.

At this time, Lin Potian took out a jade pendant from his arms, this jade pendant was carved with the image of a bird, which looked quite imposing, Lin Potian threw this jade pendant to the old blacksmith, and said: "I am now tied up with your son, and I am planning a big situation, if he succeeds, he will not only be able to get rid of his current identity, but also may be crowned an official and become a knight, if he fails, his fate may be very miserable!"

The old blacksmith looked at the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes were extremely serious, he knew that this was his son's personal jade pendant, and he never left his body, since this jade pendant appeared here, it meant that Lin Potian did have an intersection with his son, so he took a deep breath, looked at Lin Potian and said, "What do you want to do?"

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you yet, but you'll know sooner or later!" Lin Potian said indifferently, as if he wasn't worried that the old man would refuse his request.

"Three days later, Her Majesty the Empress will hold a banquet in the palace to receive the messenger of the starry sky, and at that time, all the people with status in Jinshan City will be invited to the palace, so you can go with me!" the old man said in a low voice.

The old blacksmith's name is Cao Xuanfeng, he is an eighth-level refiner, and he has a great reputation in the entire Gulan Empire, and he is also a person that some celebrities of the Gulan Empire are willing to make friends with, so his position is naturally indispensable in this palace feast.

When the grand event opened, Lin Potian and Cao Xuanfeng entered the palace, and the banquet was held in Ande Building, where there were many beautiful scenes, carved beams and paintings, Yu and Loulan, gold bricks and blue tiles, extraordinary momentum, Lin Potian stood in an exchange, looking around.

He saw a man who was surrounded by many people, like the stars and the moon, he had his own temperament, as if he could bring a sense of security to the world anywhere, making people feel at ease, making people feel quiet and peaceful, even if nearly ten years had passed, Lin Potian still recognized this man at a glance, he was Luo Chaoyang.

In addition, Lin Potian also saw a woman with a noble temperament, she was wearing elegant clothes, as if she had come out of a picture scroll, her body seemed to have a kind of light, no matter who it was, no matter what kind of mentality she was in, as long as she looked at him, she would feel at peace in her heart, and there would be no worries from now on, this woman was the emperor of the Gushan Empire.

In this banquet, there should be four people who are extremely dazzling, they are two men and two women, each of these four people gives people a powerful momentum, even Lin Potian, after seeing these four people, his heart is slightly uneasy, as if he feels a great challenge, these four people are the messengers from the starry sky.

Lin Potian saw that Luo Chaoyang was talking to the four people from the starry sky, as if it was almost the same, and the four people looked at Luo Chaoyang extremely pleasantly, it seemed that if there was no accident, Luo Chaoyang was about to be selected, and then entered the starry sky for further study, but unfortunately Lin Potian didn't want to see such an ending, so he held a wine glass and walked towards Luo Chaoyang.

"Hello, since you are a messenger from the starry sky, then you can see who is more qualified to enter the starry sky to cultivate compared to me and Luo Chaoyang?" Lin Potian said loudly, so that many people heard this, so they all looked here, and they all looked at him with strange expressions, because everyone understood that this was a provocation to Luo Chaoyang.

And in the entire Gushan Empire, there are almost no people who dare to provoke Luo Chaoyang so directly, even at this moment, there was a trace of surprise in Luo Chaoyang's eyes, and then with a scrutinizing gaze, he looked at Lin Potian, and his extremely sharp eyes seemed to see Lin Potian through.

The four starry sky envoys also stared at Lin Potian, but their eyes looked like idiots, because they didn't feel the powerful power fluctuations from Lin Potian's body, which showed that Lin Potian was just an ordinary cultivator, how did this kind of character get into the banquet.

"Who are you? You dare to trespass into the palace, don't you know that this is a great crime to exterminate the Nine Clans? Come on, take this bastard out" Luo Chaoyang scolded loudly.

"You are just a small courtier, now Her Majesty the Empress is in this banquet, she didn't say anything, what are you anxious about, do you want to rebel and give orders for Her Majesty the Empress?" Lin Potian retorted, not looking weak at all. This scene made the surrounding onlookers interested in him, because no one dared to talk to Luo Chaoyang like this for a long time.

"Hmph, since no one has done anything, then I will personally abolish you bastard!" Luo Chaoyang said, and then he waved his palm, and a terrifying momentum floated out from his body, attacking towards Lin Potian.

Feeling this terrifying attack power, Lin Potian was quite surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that Dao Luo Chaoyang's cultivation speed would be so fast, and now he had reached the level of the peak of an eighth-level martial artist, even if he wanted to kill Luo Chaoyang, he would have to spend some thought.

Looking at the palm of Luo Chaoyang's attack, Lin Potian also did not have the slightest cowardice, he waved his fist and smashed it, the two collided together, like a steel collision, Lin Potian was not injured at all, at this moment, even the empress who had been watching a play from the beginning, looked at Lin Potian with extreme surprise in her eyes at this moment, how could she never have imagined that Lin Potian would have such strength.

"Okay! I underestimate you, let me see what you are capable of!" Luo Chaoyang was speaking, a blood-red long sword appeared in his hand, this sword was terrifying, and it looked extremely weird.

Seeing Luo Chaoyang's movements, Lin Potian had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he slowly raised his right hand, and a long knife appeared in the palm of his hand, the knife light flickered, the cold air was pressing, and there was no weakness in the slightest, he looked at Luo Chaoyang and said: "Someone once said that he knows the sky better than me, so now I want to see why he understands the sky better than me!"

This is a naked provocation, a provocation without the slightest concealment, everyone felt that this was Lin Potian deliberately targeting Luo Chaoyang, although they were surprised, but they liked it very much, because finally someone dared to say "no" to Luo Chaoyang.

The battle between the two was about to break out, but at this time, an elegant figure appeared between Lin Potian and Luo Chaoyang, she exuded an aura of peace in her heart, and then said softly: "Now is the day when I set up a banquet to entertain the messenger of the starry sky, what do you mean by this, do you want to rebel?" At this moment, it was the Empress Gushan who spoke.

Seeing the empress speak, Luo Chaoyang and Lin Potian glanced at each other and put away the weapons in their hands, but the hostility between the two did not diminish in the slightest, but became a little worse.

The empress looked at Lin Potian, just glanced at him, and didn't say anything, and the situation that was supposed to be chaotic was suppressed by the empress.