Chapter 120: Banquet Competition!
"It's really a pity, how can you say that you give up and give up?"
"Yes, I don't think with his strength, it's no problem to win four or five more games in a hundred consecutive wins. â
"Yes, yes, I don't know what he thinks. â
"Maybe it's because after so many days of fighting, it's too expensive?"
"Well, maybe there are some hidden wounds left. â
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Many viewers were very sorry for Chu Ming's abstention, and there were many discussions about his willingness to abstain, but Chu Ming really didn't care about it at all.
For Chu Ming, if you want to do something, you have to do it seriously, but when you decide to give up or finish, you won't put useless energy on it, but focus on other aspects.
Since leaving the gambling arena, Chu Ming has been staying in the inn for the past few days, closing the door every day, either cultivating or digesting the insights brought to him by the continuous battles these days.
In the room, Chu Mingzhen was doing the Zhou Tian Great Cycle in his body according to the special Qi Qi Route Map.
Kneading the two medium-grade spirit stones into powder, Chu Ming let out a long breath of turbid air.
I felt that the true qi vortex in the dantian had grown in a circle again, as if a brilliant nebula was slowly rotating. Chu Ming nodded with satisfaction, "Seven days, from just breaking through the middle stage of the Heavenly Mind Realm to the peak of the middle stage of the Heavenly Mind Realm now, this kind of cultivation speed can be regarded as the top even if it is placed in the entire continent." â
It's time to go to the Five Princes, Chu Ming is still very interested in the Demon Barrier Mori Valley of the Five Princes, so he might as well go with him, of course, if the situation allows, Chu Ming doesn't mind helping the other party at a critical time.
The reason why Chu Ming stayed in the inn for a few days instead of directly visiting the Five Princes was because Chu Ming also wanted to see the efficiency and sincerity of the Five Princes. However, it was obvious that the other party did not disappoint him, and Chu Ming had indeed not been harassed again these days.
After checking out of the room at the counter, Chu Ming walked straight towards the inner city.
Wanbang City, like Tianfeng City, is the capital city of the country, and it is the economic and political center of a country, and the scale is naturally extremely large, and the population is also astronomical. In this way, the necessary management is indispensable.
Adopting the consistent style of the entire group, Wanbang City is also divided into an outer city, an inner city and the innermost imperial city or royal city.
As the name suggests, the outer city is the periphery of the entire city, which is the area where some aboriginal residents or ordinary people have traveled and practiced or the activities of the rivers and lakes, while the inner city is where some dignitaries or royal relatives live.
The imperial city is the residence of the emperor, and even the dignity of the five princes cannot be occupied, at least until the canonization of the prince is qualified.
The guards in the inner city are even stricter, and even the soldiers defending the city are all peak martial artists of the foundation building realm, all with cold eyes, holding guns, and fully armed. The pitch-black armor reflected the cold light in the sunlight!
And a warrior who looked like a squad leader stood at the gate of the city and patrolled back and forth, his eyes constantly scanning back and forth over the passing crowd. The fluctuation of true qi was obvious, and Chu Ming could see that the other party's cultivation was a triple master of spiritual aperture.
There is no fee to enter the inner city, but the screening is more stringent, requiring proof of identity, usually a family token or a letter.
For example, the one in front of Chu Ming was the housekeeper of the Li family in the inner city, this time he was ordered to go out on errands, and now he needed to go back to restore his life, so he showed a token with two big characters written on the front "Li Mansion"
Depending on the rank of the official, the color of the token is different. For example, the ninth ~ seventh grade is cyan, the sixth ~ fourth grade is silver, and the third ~ first grade is golden. And the darker the color, the higher the grade. Judging from the color of the token presented by the butler, the Li Mansion to which he belonged should be the fifth grade, and this official rank belongs to the general level in the country.
The guards glanced at the token and said to the butler, "Go in." â
"What about yours?" It was Chu Ming's turn, and the guards guarding the city glanced at Chu Ming and said, although Chu Ming's dress was not bad, and the materials were all of the highest quality. But in this capital where there are many high-ranking officials like dogs and rich people everywhere, they can be regarded as ordinary, so the other party's speech is not polite.
Chu Ming didn't care either, and handed over the token that the fifth prince had left for Chu Ming when he was leaving.
"Purple, purple!" I didn't expect that the token that Chu Ming took out was actually purple! This is something that only members of the royal family can have, which made the city guard shocked, thinking of his attitude just now, and couldn't help but panic.
This scene caught the attention of the captain of the guard, who walked over. He took the token from the guard's hand and looked at it carefully, making sure it wasn't a fake. The purple-gold token is painted with a dragon pattern, with a big "five" written in the middle, and the word "respectful" engraved on the back, which is exactly the font size of the five princes.
The captain of the guard naturally recognized the token of the Five Princes, but he also saw that Chu Ming was not the Five Princes themselves. But to be able to hold the personal token of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, he must not be a mortal, he doesn't think that this is what Chu Ming snatched from the Five Princes.
"I have just offended a lot, and I ask for your forgiveness. "No matter who comes here, it's not something you can offend.
"It's okay, can I go in now?" Chu Ming smiled faintly, without the slightest hint of blame. First of all, don't say that you don't have this right, and then say that the other party is just doing their duty, what's wrong?
"Your Excellency, please!" the captain of the guard quickly turned sideways.
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When I came to the inner city, in fact, the pattern here is similar to that of the outer city, that is, the streets are wider, and the mansions are dense, the courtyard walls are tall, and the style is extraordinary.
After a little inquiry, Chu Ming knew the residence of the fifth prince.
The residence of the five princes is located in the east of the inner city, covering an area of thousands of acres, the terrain is open, and there is a pair of stone lions that are two people high, vermilion big mÊn, shining copper nails, copper rings, and the guard shirt of the mÊn family is bright, full of energy, and the breath is deep, and they are obviously all martial artists of the Spirit Aperture Realm.
He handed the token to the guard guarding the gate, and when the man saw that it was his master's personal belongings, he knew the weight of the token in the lord's heart, and he did not dare to delay at all, and immediately went to the palace to report it. After a while, the five princes came out to greet each other in person.
"Brother Xian, you're finally here. I'm kind of put down this hanging new one. The fifth prince laughed.
"Your Highness is gracious. â
In the spacious and magnificent hall, Chu Ming, the Five Princes and some other warriors were holding a banquet, which was specially prepared for Chu Ming by the Five Princes, and Chu Ming was not easy to excuse and attended.
"This time, I have to rely on the virtuous brother more. This king will give you a cup first. The fifth prince raised the jade wine glass in front of him and smiled at Chu Ming.
"Your Highness is polite, in fact, I am just taking money to do things. Chu Ming raised his glass in response.
"Virtuous Brother ......"
"Your Highness just calls me Chu Ming," Chu Ming interrupted.
"Just Brother Yixian, oh no, Chu Ming. The fifth prince laughed, "You don't know, in fact, I am more than lucky to go this time." â
Chu Ming didn't speak, and waited for the following. Sure enough, the fifth prince drank another glass of wine and said, "The eldest brother is a sister-in-law, with the support of the queen's family, this time I heard that the Jiang family has sent elite masters to help." The second brother's uncle is a high-level military executive, and he will definitely secretly send a master to help, and the third brother's mother's family is also a big family, and this time he has bought a lot of masters in the rivers and lakes, all of them are ruthless people with a bad reputation, only I am compared to them, even if I am a concubine, there is no strong maternal backing, although my father usually loves me, but he can't interfere. On the contrary, it is precisely because of my father's favor that I am regarded as a thorn in their side. I'm afraid they'll band together to kill me this time!"
The five princes couldn't help but cry as they spoke.
Chu Ming frowned: "It stands to reason that His Highness should have a fourth brother, right, I don't know him?"
"Hey, the fourth brother and I have always had a good relationship, but I can't participate in this competition because of a serious illness. The fifth prince said helplessly.
Suffering from a serious illness, what kind of illness is considered a serious illness for a martial artist, or is it impossible to cure even the imperial physician of the palace? Chu Ming disdained it in his heart. "If Your Highness is really worried, then you might as well call it sick. â
"How can that be done? The father has a big birthday and the child should work hard to prepare a birthday gift for the father, not to mention a manly husband, how can he pretend to be sick and retreat?"
Hmph! Chu Ming couldn't help but sneer in his heart. I'm afraid that even if he really prepared a big gift, it would be his subordinates' efforts. Not to mention that the big husband can't back down! It's all! If it's true, what's still ink here?
Chu Ming was also quite disdainful of the performance of this fifth prince! he did one thing in his heart, and even the crying just now was just to win Chu Ming's favor, so that he could die for him. But it doesn't matter, anyway, the two of them just take what they need and use each other. There's no need to be so real.
It's just that the means are much more clever than the three princes who have never met!
Sure enough, everyone except what Chu Ming was doing showed their loyalty:
"I am willing to go to the soup for His Highness!"
"My subordinates will do their best to protect His Highness. â
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However, when someone saw that Chu Ming was still indifferent, they began to target him, and a burly middle-aged man pointed at Chu Ming and said, "Your Highness appreciates you so much, why don't you react?"
"Aren't you afraid? If you're really scared, leave and save your position. â
"That's it, I don't know how His Highness valued such a hairy boy, and made him one of the three candidates!"
"I'm not convinced!"
"I'm not convinced!"
Everyone echoed one after another, in fact, they were all trying to behave in front of the five princes, after all, seeing that Chu Ming was so young, his cultivation was only in the middle of the heavenly heart, no matter how strong his strength was, how strong could he be?
As soon as the fifth prince was about to speak, he was stopped by Chu Ming.
Chu Ming got up lightly and said, "It's not interesting to just talk about it, if anyone thinks that I, Chu Ming, don't have this qualification, then you might as well have a fight, if you win, the quota will naturally be yours!"
It's useless to deal with such people, even if the five princes can stop them for a while, they won't be convinced. The most direct way is naturally fists!
"I want to see if you can turn the other way around!" The middle-aged man who shouted the most before snorted coldly, slapped the table with one hand, and his body rose in the air and floated to the opposite side of Chu Ming.