On the eighth day of August, Zhou Ao sent a message:

On the night of August 15, Emperor Zhou will hold a banquet in Jinshui Garden to entertain the heads of the righteous path and envoys from various countries.

On August 16, a big ring was set up at the altar of heaven, and the monks under the command of the nine princes competed in martial arts, and the final winner was rewarded with five seals.

This big seal is a magic weapon used by Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty when he established the country, after Taizu abdicated, he stayed in the palace for the younger generations to use, and it is said that it is infinitely close to the acquired spiritual treasure.

Today, Emperor Zhou took it out as a reward this time, just to show that the Zhou Dynasty loved it.

Li Xuzong immediately summoned Zhou Ao and Zhou Bin and asked in detail, how are you moving around with various sects these days?

Zhou Ao replied respectfully:

"Returning to Li Zhenren, my mother and the head of the Liu family have communicated with the various factions many times, only Guiyun Island and Tianyin Temple have made it clear that they have no intention of obstructing us.

But he didn't clearly express his support, only saying that no matter who was in charge, as long as the interests of the human race in Tianxing Continent were safeguarded. ”

Li Xuzong nodded when he heard this, as expected, Guiyun Island and Ling Tian Palace were in the same East China Sea region, so they naturally didn't want to see Ling Tian Palace become bigger, and the rest of the sects naturally didn't want the Xuantian Sword Sect and the Divine Intention Sect to become bigger.

It's all about profit.

Li Xuzong thought for a while, and then asked:

"When you go back to the old mansion this time, what do you mean by the head of the family?"

Zhou Ao replied:

The head of the family made it clear that the seventh brother would not participate in the competition this time, no matter who became the prince or emperor, as long as the interests of the mainland human race and the interests of the Zhou family were safeguarded. ”

Li Xuzong smiled when he heard this:

"Well, your master can think about it. ”

Seeing that Li Xuzong was in a good mood, Zhou Ao hesitated and said:

"Li Zhenren, I heard that many people came to Shuo this time, and some of them threatened to seek revenge on you, but they were suppressed by the envoys of Shuo, so you should be careful. ”

"Who is the envoy of Shuo this time, and who are they accompanying him?"

"The envoy is Prince Shuo Guodong, who is the younger brother of the Emperor Shuo, accompanied by the new national teacher and Jinshan's envoy, and the specific personnel are also difficult to investigate, and it is not clear at present. ”

"Well, I think it will be revealed on August 16th!"

Li Xuzong thought about it, and then ordered:

"Remember, don't accept any demon clan and evil sect cultivators this time, and avoid giving tongues!"

Zhou Ao and Zhou Bin hurriedly agreed, and then Li Xuzong ordered the two to retreat.

August 15 was soon coming, and by the time of the day, Jinshuiyuan had already begun to be lively, and the heads of various factions and envoys from various countries had begun to enter the main hall with their retinues.

Li Xuzong also entered the main hall at the second moment of Shen Shi, and he was reluctant to show off his personality along the way, covering himself with a cloak, and did not take off his cloak until he entered the main hall.

Emperor Zhou arrived at three o'clock in the Shen hour, bringing the queen and several noble concubines, and the nine princes also followed behind.

Looking at Emperor Zhou's appearance, he has a middle-aged appearance, a white face without a beard, a square face full of majesty, and his cultivation is also in the early stage of the Yuan Infant.

Emperor Zhou first saluted the heads of the ten major sects in the main hall one by one, and then ascended to the throne under the guidance of the attendants.

Li Xuzong also talked with Emperor Zhou for a few words, and it was clear that on the surface, Emperor Zhou did not mean to be partial to who would be the prince, which made people have to think deeply about whose opinion was the most important in the end.

There is no need to let go of his divine sense, Li Xuzong also knows that many people are paying attention to him, but today's banquet is just a prelude, and he doesn't care about it.

As soon as the unitary time arrived, Emperor Zhou announced the start of the state banquet, and the wine and delicacies continued to come up, and the light songs and dances were also contending for beauty.

The top ten leaders in the banquet toasted each other, and many people Li Xuzong also met for the first time:

Zhen Lu, the palace master of Lingtian Palace, Nangong Qi, the head of the Tiannan Sword Sect, Li Jianghai, the owner of Guiyun Island, Zhang Ju, the head of Tianshi Dao, the new host of Tianyin Temple, Xuanyuan Feng, the head of the Xuanyuan family, and Zhou Xiao, the head of the Zhou family.

Among them, only the head of Qingtian Sect was originally a real person who was sealed by the royal family, but now Zixiao is already a baby, so he still serves as the head.

Now the ten major schools are gathered, and it is also a century-old scenic spot.

During the banquet, the envoys of the three kingdoms also continued to toast, among which the princess of Jiuli Kingdom was extremely curious about Li Xuzong, which made Li Xuzong baffled.

By the time it was time to get to the unitary, a wine banquet ended uneventfully, without a single spark.

On August 16, early in the morning, Zhou Ao came to invite Li Xuzong to meet in the main hall, and Sun Tao, Fang Yunqing, and Liu Qingcheng also arrived one after another.

Li Xuzong took the people of the Divine Consciousness Sect and set off together, and Guang Zhenzi still pretended to be an elder of the Yuan Infant Stage.

Meng Wan'er and the elders of the Meng family hid in the Nine Emperors' Mansion during this time, and they didn't dare to go out, so today they took advantage of the fact that each faction went to the Temple of Heaven to participate in the fighting, and secretly returned to the Meng family in Qingzhou.

The altar of heaven, in the south of Jinling City, covers an area of thousands of acres, the momentum is magnificent, it is the place of the Great Zhou Dynasty to pray for blessings.

Originally, according to the intention of the Taishi, the nine princes could perform in Jinshui Garden, but they did not know that the national teacher did not use this fighting method to relate to the national fortunes, so he changed it to the altar of heaven, and asked the Emperor Zhou to take out the five-party seal as a treasure for the winner.

At this time, on the original sacrificial square in the Temple of Heaven, a large arena had already been set up by the National Teacher's Mansion and the Taishi's Mansion, and the space formation was set up by the great array mage of the palace in the palace.

Three high platforms were built around it, each of which could accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The seats facing north and south are the seats of the royal people and Manchu officials, the seats facing west and east are the positions of righteous monks and loose monks in the world, and the seats facing east and west are the positions of envoys and followers of various countries.

Vacant in the south direction, you can just see the Zhou Dynasty fortune tripod standing on the altar, the phoenix and the dragon, magnificent and magnificent.

Li Xuzong followed Zhou Bin to his own seat, and at this time, the seats around the entire ring were already crowded and full.

There are no seats for many scattered cultivation in the foundation building period and the qi refining period, and they can only watch in the surrounding air with flying machines, and at this time, the entire Jinling City can be described as an empty alley.

When he arrived, Emperor Zhou was also seated, and he saw a figure flying up from the north stand, which was the national teacher Yunxiaozi.

I saw Yunxiaozi fly to the middle of the ring, clear his throat, and take out a treasure seal, exuding a multicolored light, which is infinitely close to the five square seals of the acquired spirit treasure.

The originally noisy square was silent for a while.

Yun Xiaozi glanced around, quite satisfied, and opened his mouth to say:

"Thanks to the mighty grace of His Majesty, my Great Zhou Dynasty has been in good weather for many years, and the country and the people are safe, which can be described as an unprecedented prosperity.

Set up a fight here today, teach the princes to show their skills, sacrifice to the sky, and pray for the blessings of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"Today's competition method has been announced a few days ago, and everyone under the princes can come to the stage, and casual cultivators can also take the stage.

There is no distinction between the realm above the ring, regardless of life and death, and I hope that you will do what you can, and whoever is finally recognized as staying on the stage is the winner, and the Taizu is given the five-party seal. ”

Then he flew back to the North Stand and shouted:

"The contest begins!"

Li Xuzong looked at the ring, there was no one responsible for deciding the winner, obviously Qingtianmen wanted to scare many monks with a battle of life and death.

However, there are many evil sects and demon clans here today, and these people are all outlaws, and it seems that it is difficult for them to succeed in their wishful thinking!

Since it is a flowing water war, the sooner it ends, the more it will suffer, and the whole audience is watching, seeing that no one is going down, the scene is a little frozen for a while!

Li Xuzong called Shang Yu and said:

"You go down first, challenge the disciples of Ling Tiangong Jindan, no matter whether you win or lose, only fight one game, and come back as soon as you finish the fight!"

Then he handed him a Taiyin Breaking Divine Bead and said:

"If anyone stops him, just use your divine sense to detonate this bead and smash him!"

Shang Yu took the Broken God Bead, flew to the center of the ring, and said loudly:

"Divine Consciousness Sect Shang Yu, challenge the disciples of Ling Tian Palace's Jindan!"

Everyone saw a red figure floating into the room, and when they looked closely, a girl with her hair combed in a bun and a red brocade robe with a beautiful face stood in the air, and a long sword in her hand exuded a cold chill.

Ling Tian Palace's palace master Zhen Lu also smiled slightly when he saw Shang Yu's challenge at this time, now the Nine Emperors have the best cards, and the Great Prince is the most famous, but the two are competing with each other in line with the will of heaven.

Then he said to a disciple beside him:

"Begbing, you go and meet her for a while! No matter whether you win or lose, don't fight hard!"

The white-clothed monk got up to receive the order, flew to the opposite side of Shang Yu in the ring, and saluted:

"Ling Tian Palace monk soldiers, leading Daoist friends to move!"

Shang Yu saw that he was also in the late stage of Jindan, so he didn't say much, raised the flying sword in his hand, opened out a golden mang, and slashed straight towards the soldiers.

The soldiers also used swords, but they were double swords, and the gold and blue flying swords entangled Shang Yu's golden sword, fighting in the air.

Shang Yu changed his sword technique again and again, and a golden mang turned back and forth in the air, spinning and flying around the soldiers, which was dizzying.

And the two flying swords of the soldiers formed a golden cyan sword net, always blocking the golden sword rays at the last moment, and occasionally striking at Shang Yu.

In the ring, the red and white figures flew back and forth in the air to dodge, and the three swords continued to chase each other.

Only the disciples of the Xuantian Sword Sect and the Tiannan Sword Sect made a sound of disdain, but they were drowned out in the vast cheers.