In a remote corner of Xuncheng that no one inhabited, an old man in gray stood quietly on the courtyard wall, his figure standing motionless.

After a long time, another old man rushed over, and as soon as the old man arrived, he said respectfully: "Ji Shan has seen his predecessors, and his predecessors can come to Daxun, Ji, as a national teacher, has not personally greeted him, and he hopes that his predecessors will atone for his sins." ”

The old man in gray, with a calm expression, looked at Ji Shan, and said calmly: "You are Ji Shan, the national teacher of the Xun Kingdom?"

"Contemptible people exactly," Ji Shan replied respectfully.

"Tell me, why are you here?" asked the old man in gray in a deep voice.

Ji Shan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "I don't know if the seniors came this time, whether they have something important to explain to my royal family, Ji Shan was terrified, so he came here." ”

"You're too worried," the gray-robed old man said in a deep voice.

Then he said coldly: "I changed the challenge rules today, just because I don't want that kid surnamed Shen to be out." ”

Then he changed his words: "But today's incident, just as if it hasn't happened, you haven't seen me, and no one should talk about it, I'm just passing by," he said, and before Ji Shan could reply, the figure of the old man in gray flashed outside the courtyard wall, and there was no one.

Ji Shan remained respectful, and after a long time, he slowly stood up, looked at the direction of the courtyard wall, and finally sighed deeply, and got up to leave.

Ji Shan knew that the old man was the strength of the giant above, and he didn't dare to offend in the slightest, so when he saw that the old man in gray didn't want to say anything more to him, he didn't dare to follow him anymore.

After Shen Ling and the others returned to the restaurant, they all went back to their guest rooms to rest, and after a day's challenges, everyone was also deeply tired, so everyone also wanted to rest early to prepare for tomorrow's qualifying match.

After entering the guest room, Shen Ling sat cross-legged on the bed and pranayama, he found that after a day of challenges, some of his potential was also stimulated, and his entire strength was precipitated, so that he also felt more vigorous.

I don't know how long later, but there was a knock on the door.

Shen Ling shouted vigilantly, "Who?" and slowly got up and got out of bed.

"People of the royal family, as soon as you see Gongzi," said in a deep voice outside the door.

As soon as he heard the word royal, Shen Ling suddenly relaxed, took off his guard, and said, "Come in, the door is unlocked." ”

As soon as the words fell, I only heard the door creak, and then, a middle-aged man walked in, the middle-aged man was dressed in gray and purple clothes, and that face made Shen Ling feel very familiar.

Because this person is the middle-aged man who presided over the challenge during the day.

"Is that you?" said Shen Ling in surprise.

Then he said, "Is there anything wrong with me?"

Seeing Shen Ling ask directly, the middle-aged man nodded: "Yes, it's me, Childe must be very surprised, right?"

Without waiting for Shen Ling to reply, he said again: "I am Qianboxun of the royal family, Your Highness wants to see you, can you go with me," the middle-aged man directly expressed his intention.

When Shen Ling heard His Highness's words, his eyes deepened, and then he asked him, "Is it just me?"

"No," replied succinctly.

"Then who else?" Shen Ling still wanted to ask a little more clearly.

"I don't know much about this, but Childe will know when he goes," Qianboxun said calmly. After pondering for a while, Shen Ling directly replied with two words: "Let's go," in his opinion, since the royal family is also interested in helping him today, and His Royal Highness wants to summon him, then this face must be given, so after thinking about it, he still readily agreed.

Qian Boxun nodded, and then the two went out directly, and after leaving the restaurant, Shen Ling, under the leadership of Qian Boxun, entered the imperial city after a while.

However, what surprised Shen Ling was that after entering the imperial city, Qian Boxun did not go to the deep palace, but took him directly to an open-air garden.

Shen Ling observed all the way and found that this garden was very large and the scenery was quite spectacular, although it was already midnight, it seemed to be brightly lit.

When the two of them rounded a slope that looked like a small hill, Shen Ling saw a square pavilion standing on the edge of the lake in front of them, and the four corners of the pavilion and its surroundings were hung with lights, reflecting the entire lakeside.

Shen Lingneng faintly felt that laughter came from the pavilion from time to time, and he guessed in his heart: "It should be this place." ”

After a while, Qian Boxun took Shen Ling to the pavilion, only to see that the pavilion was very spacious, and a circular platform in the middle was full of banquets, and there were several people sitting around the banquet.

Shen Ling glanced at it, and probably guessed in his heart that the brocade-robed man sitting in the middle should be the Great Highness that Qian Boxun said, because this person was the only one in the crowd who was dressed luxuriously and showed a trace of dignity.

Moreover, before today's challenge, Shen Ling had also heard Wang Yan introduce this person, so he could roughly guess that the man in the brocade robe was His Royal Highness Qu Zhengtian.

Among the other people, to Shen Ling's surprise, many of them were familiar people, but if you look closely, they are the top ten people on today's list, among them, some were ignored by Shen Ling, some were defeated by Shen Ling, and of course, there was Qinglinglong who didn't have time to compete with him.

However, Zhao Liuxuan, who was newly promoted among the seven people, was also present, and there were six other people sitting next to him, and the order of these six people was according to the top ten ranking numbers, and the top one was closer to the main seat in the middle.

It's just that Shen Ling is puzzled that among these people, there is only no Wang Yan, but when he saw that there was a vacant seat on each side of Qu Zhengtian, it also made him guess, "One of them must be reserved for himself, as for the position on the other side, could it be reserved for Wang Yan?"

After Qian Boxun led Shen Ling to the pavilion, he respectfully said to Qu Zhengtian: "Your Highness, Shen Ling has been brought," Seeing that Qu Zhengtian beckoned to him, he understood and retreated, leaving Shen Ling alone in the field.

It was Shen Ling who saw the scene, and the sound of talking and laughing just now stopped abruptly, and several people at the scene looked at Shen Ling with the same kind of eyes, and there was a trace of jealousy in that kind of eyes.

And these people were all Hua Yirong, Chu Yingyue, Bai Shengfeng, Wu You and Leng Beiyue who had been ignored and slapped in the face by Shen Ling, and the eyes of several people who looked at Shen Ling at this time were full of coldness.

But among the seven people, their expressions were also quite calm, and the most surprising thing for Shen Ling was that the Blood Saint Sect's Broken Mo Youxue looked at Shen Ling with an easy-going gaze, and the Qingling Dragon's expression was quite normal, as for Zhao Liuxuan, even if he was not interested in Shen Ling, he all belonged to the same sect here, so it was also calm.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was a little embarrassing, Qu Zhengtian slowly got up, looked at Shen Ling, and took the lead in breaking the deadlock: "You are Shen Ling, right, I have heard of your name a long time ago, come and take a seat." ”

Qu Zhengtian smiled, pointed to an empty seat beside him, and motioned for Shen Ling to take a seat. Shen Ling nodded respectfully at Qu Zhengtian and took his seat happily.

But the scene was still silent, as if it was more quiet than just now, except for Shen Ling and his Qu Zhengtian, the faces of several people at the scene seemed to be even more ugly.

"It turned out that the position next to His Highness was actually reserved for him Shen Ling. ”

"Actually, everyone is waiting for this kid, and Shen Ling's shelf is not small. ”

There was a trace of disbelief and jealousy in the hearts of several people at the scene.

And Qu Zhengtian let him sit on his side, this kind of treatment is enough to prove the importance that His Highness attaches to Shen Ling, as if Shen Ling's appearance greatly reduced the sense of existence of several of them, making them have an extremely uncomfortable taste in their hearts.

Qu Zhengtian also felt this weirdness, and in order to resolve this embarrassment, he said again: "Since everyone is here, let's start." ”

When they heard Qu Zhengtian say: "Let's start," everyone had a trace of uncertainty on their faces, because there was obviously an empty space on his side, how could it be said that everyone was there.

Qing Linglong hurriedly reminded: "Has Your Highness forgotten someone," and before Qu Zhengtian could speak, he said again: "Wang Yan... ，”

Qu Zhengtian intercepted: "Brother Wang Yan is inconvenient today, so he couldn't come, hey, speaking of which, I Qu still feels a little pity, but I am a citizen of Xunguo, and there will be opportunities in the future," After speaking, he slowly got up and held the wine glass in his hand.

Seeing Qu Zhengtian get up, everyone present also got up one after another, and also picked up the wine glass in their hands, Shen Ling was no exception, the first time he came into contact with the royal family, he naturally wanted to give face, not to mention the status of the prince of the Xun Kingdom.

Qu Zhengtian raised his wine glass to his chest and said to everyone: "First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your success in today's challenge. ”

After a pause, he said: "You are all the leaders of the younger generation of my Daxun country, today you can appreciate my Qu Mou's face, come to meet, this is my Qu Mou's blessing, I will do it first as a respect," he said, he drank the wine in the cup, and then the mouth of the cup turned downwards to prove that the drink was full.

Although this sentence is a compliment to some people, it also expresses His Highness's sincere invitation to you, so everyone also drank with a hint of respect.

Even Hua Yirong and Duan Mo Youxue, the two delicate women, are full of drinks, and the boldness between the women shows the chivalrous demeanor of a chivalrous woman.

After drinking it all, Qu Zhengtian motioned for everyone to sit down, and then made a gesture, and then the two maids stepped forward, filled the wine glasses on the stage one by one, and then retreated.

At this time, Shen Ling was thinking about a question, that is, Wang Yanlai that Qu Zhengtian said just now, thinking in his heart: "If according to what Qu Zhengtian said, then Wang Yan was invited to participate in this banquet, but Wang Yan is inconvenient, what inconvenience will there be, is there something going on tonight?"

At this time, Qu Zhengtian said to Shen Ling with interest: "Brother Ling, in the future, I Qu will be commensurate with your brother, are you willing?"

This sentence of Brother Ling made Shen Ling's body slightly stunned, and he secretly said in his heart: "Brothers are commensurate, right? Could it be that the dignified prince wants to marry him, is he trying to win me over?"

Shen Ling's heart fluctuated, he didn't know what attention Qu Zhengtian had received, but there was one thing he could feel, that is, the depth of this highness's scheming, so deep that people couldn't see through it.