On the first day of August in the 18th year of Zhengwu, the Thousand Islands of the East China Sea, the Shuo Kingdom of the Northern Regions, and the Jiuli Kingdom of Southern Xinjiang jointly sent envoys to congratulate the centennial celebration of Emperor Zhou's accession to the throne.

Emperor Zhou received the envoys in the Taiji Palace, and the national teacher arranged to stay in the state guesthouse.

For a time, the entire Jinling City had different opinions, and the dark tide was surging!

Li Xuzong was immersed in the Dinghai Great Realm at this time, and at this time, the aura in the Great Realm was dense, a gray giant python with a horn was entrenched in the middle, and an inner pill was washing back and forth with a blood-red treasure knife that exuded boundless fierce flames.

Dinghai Shenzhu is worthy of being the treasure of luck, since Li Xuzong woke up to the shape of luck, this gray python has manifested in the Dinghai realm, and the original Wu hook double knife has also been practiced by the python of luck, and the two are directly combined into one.

Looking at the aura emitted by the blood knife, it is at least at the level of the acquired spirit treasure, which just solves Li Xuzong's worries about weapons.

At this time, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Jinling City, Li Xuzong did not dare to use the Dinghai Divine Bead easily, in case it was recognized, it was difficult to guarantee that there was no great god killing people and grabbing treasures during the Tribulation Period.

Although the Five Elements Flying Sword and the Mixed Yuan Stick have been practiced by Li Xuzong many times, they are just first-class magic weapons, and they are okay against ordinary cultivators, but in the face of those wealthy Tianjiao, or cross-level opponents, it will be dwarfed.

Although this blood-colored long knife has not yet completely recovered its original appearance, it is also appropriate to use it against the enemy.

At this time, a message came from outside, and it turned out that Zhou Bin had something important to see.

Li Xuzong stopped his cultivation, got out of the formation, and put Zhou Bin into the courtyard.

"The master of the door, the Nine Emperor Princes sent an invitation, and on the evening of the fifth day of the eighth month, Concubine Liu Guifei came forward to invite the master of the door, and the sect master of the Xuantian Sword Sect, the master of Biling Xuanxuan, and the head of the Liu family participated in the banquet. ”

"Well, it looks like the time is almost up!"

Li Xuzong's divine sense swept it, but did not answer the post, and then said:

"Reply to them and say that I will attend on time, you can arrange it, and then you can participate with Qingzong, Shang Yu, and Gao Qian. ”

Gao Qian is the Elder of the Divine Consciousness Gate Sword Peak Jindan, a Soul Devouring Golden Sword has been killed and is known to all, and he is also one of the entourages this time.

Zhou Bin got a reply and retreated, Li Xuzong looked at the slanting sun outside the courtyard, and thought:

"Hmph, it seems that they can't bear it after all!"

Then he brushed his sleeves and returned to the pavilion to practice the treasure sword.

On the evening of the fifth day of the eighth lunar month, the lights were on, and the palace of the Nine Emperor Princes was already brightly lit, and the pavilion in the west courtyard was even more magnificently decorated.

Li Xuzong took Zhou Bin and the four of them to the pavilion under the guidance of the waiter, and the Nine Emperors were already waiting here, and when they saw Li Xuzong's arrival, they hurriedly greeted him.

"Li Zhenren, today's mother set up a banquet to thank the real person for supporting the prince, preparing some singing and dancing drinks, and hoping to enter the real person's eyes. ”

Li Xuzong smiled politely:

"The Nine Emperor Princes are polite, Concubine Liu is here, and the master of this sect should be present. ”

Everyone laughed and walked into the hall of the pavilion, the hall was well arranged, slightly higher in front, five of them were a few points long and a few points of gin shape, and the rest were placed on both sides of a lot of cases.

The Nine Emperor Princes welcomed Li Xuzong to the first place on the left, and at this time, except for the vacant seat in the middle, the hall was basically full, and everyone was chatting about tea.

Seeing Li Xuzong's arrival, everyone stood up, and the Nine Emperor Princes introduced the guest of honor to Li Xuzong one by one.

The first middle-aged cultivator in his right hand who was full of sword qi was none other than Sun Tao, the new sect master of the Xuantian Sword Sect.

The second middle-aged scholar on the left hand is dressed as a middle-aged scholar with a lofty apparatus, it is Liu Qingcheng, the head of the Liu family of this generation, who is the elder brother of Liu Guifei and the father of Liu Yanru.

The second beautiful woman with a smile on her face on her right hand was Fang Yunqing, the master of Bi Lingxuan, looking at her complexion like a girl, Li Xuzong couldn't help but sigh, Bi Lingxuan was really full of heavenly fragrance.

The people saluted each other, and then sat down.

After talking, Li Xuzong was quite embarrassed, it turned out that under his influence, all sects and families have recently changed the heads of the Yuan Infant Period, and the three people here are also newly ascended because of this.

Everyone exchanged their senses for a while, only to hear the waiter shouting: "The concubine has arrived!"

I saw that Zhou Ao, the ninth prince, led a noble lady in, as beautiful as a fairy, as beautiful as a peach and plum, and the nobility of her body was none other than Concubine Liu.

followed by a girl in a bright yellow shirt, naturally Zhou Wan.

Everyone stood up to greet them, and Liu Guifei also politely returned the salute one by one, and when she came to the main seat, Liu Guifei said a few words of thanks, and invited everyone to take a seat.

After the Nine Emperors and the others sat down in the following cases, the housekeeper shouted:

"Open your seat. ”

All kinds of delicacies and wines began to be arranged, and a group of dancing girls in long clothes also appeared and danced to the vocal music.

Liu Guifei raised her glass to everyone and drank it together.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Guifei ordered the song and dance to be withdrawn, and everyone knew that the main event was coming.

I saw Liu Guifei raise her glass again, and Shan Jing Li Xuzong said:

"Master Li, this time the emperor can be the leader of the Justice Alliance, and he will build a great reputation, all of which is carried by Li Zhenren.

Today, the palace toasts you on behalf of the emperor, and I hope to help the emperor continue to plan next!"

Li Xuzong said that the number of shares should be should, and the concubine was polite, and the result was full of this cup.

As soon as the concubine put down the wine glass, Sun Tao of the Xuantian Sword Sect raised his glass and saluted Li Xuzong again, thanking the Nine Emperor Princes and Jin Zhe for helping to plan this matter of the Justice Alliance.

Subsequently, the head of the Bilingxuan family and the head of the Liu family also raised their glasses to salute, and for a time Li Xuzong became the center of the entire banquet.

Li Xuzong was as calm as ever at this time, with a smile still on his face, and he did not refuse to come, and drank one by one.

Afterwards, it was also a toast in return, and for a while, the cups were staggered, and the guests and hosts were happy.

For cultivators, they will not get drunk after drinking this kind of wine for ten days and ten nights, and drinking alcohol is just a matter of face.

Seeing that everyone began to toast, the Nine Emperor Princes waved their hands to push the group of subordinates back, and there were less than twenty core personnel left in the attic.

Then a wave of light crossed, and the attic array was sacrificed, and the entire attic immediately became an independent confined space, and no sound could be heard.

Seeing that everything was ready, everyone quieted down, Liu Guifei looked at Li Xuzong and said softly:

"Li Zhenren, there are no outsiders today, the palace has something to say, and now the nine princes have returned to Beijing, His Majesty the Emperor obeyed the policy of the Taishi and summoned the nine princes to perform in the Mid-Autumn Festival, how do you think we should respond?"

Li Xuzong listened to what the concubine said, saw that the other three were waiting for him to speak with bated breath, knowing that they must have reached an agreement, he raised his glass and took a sip of wine, and then said:

"The Nine Emperors are supported by three of the ten major sects such as us, and although they are the youngest, they can be said to have the best hole cards. ”

"I think you've all thought about it in the past few days, why did the prince take the initiative to propose this, isn't this an opportunity for the Nine Emperor Princes to show their strength?"

"In my opinion, this move is mainly for the four evil sects and demon clans to see that when the Nine Emperor Princes ascend to the throne, the evil sects and demon clans will be suppressed. ”

"Therefore, I hope that these evil sects and demon clans will contain us, so that we will not be able to do our best in the future fight, although we have good cards, we will not be able to play. ”

After listening to this, Liu Guifei saw that it was consistent with her own guesses, and said indignantly:

"This group of old foxes, in order to be on top, even dared to borrow the power of the evil sect and the demon clan. ”

The head of the Liu family received:

"What is this, without the connivance of the people of the Central Plains, how can the demon clan and the evil sect have such might!"

Everyone complained, and in the end, it was Liu Guifei who asked:

"Does that let the emperor stay in the dark and avoid the limelight?"

Li Xuzong smiled and said:

"The rivers and lakes are all kinds of calamities, I will cut myself with a sword!"

"The biggest mistake they made this time was to underestimate the impact of the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, and although the Great Tribulation has not yet arrived today, it has actually begun to enter the Tribulation.

Before the catastrophe, we need everyone to be the first, step by step! Since they have given us an opportunity, we should seize it, thoroughly deter the Quartet, and gather the fortune of the world.

As long as the Nine Emperor Princes become the Sons of Luck, if all the factions want to survive the catastrophe smoothly, they all have to come to us and wait for cooperation!"

Although everyone thought about it a lot, they didn't expect that this matter was related to the catastrophe, but they expected that it would involve sect secrets, so no one asked much.

Xuantian Sword Sect Sect Master Sun Tao raised his glass and saluted:

"Li Zhenren is really a heroic person, there is a real person who said this, we will definitely overcome obstacles and move forward bravely!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

Sun Tao continued:

"It's just that there is one more thing to ask for, and this time the other sects are fine, but the Tiannan Sword Sect has always been at odds with our sect, so I'm afraid it will be entangled.

And Qingtian Sect has been the head of the righteous path for thousands of years, if our sect retains its strength to deal with the Tiannan Sword Sect, it must not be distracted to deal with Qingtian Gate, I wonder if the master of the Li Sect can deal with Qingtian Gate alone?"

Bi Lingxuan has never been good at fighting, so Sun Tao did not mention Bi Lingxuan, and Li Xuzong also knew that what Sun Tao said was extremely true.

At this point, naturally there is no need to be too polite, Li Xuzong said directly:

"Sun Zhenren rest assured, Qingtian Gate has its own door to deal with, Daoist friends can give it a go!"