Chapter 110 The Four Stars of Scarlet Moon City

Even with the powerful Green Beak Giant Falcons pulling them along at full speed, the distance between Bluenight City and the capital was still far too great.

As a result, this journey took them a full four days.

During these four days, Lu Tianzi spent most of his time cultivating in his own allocated room.

It was only during certain times of the day that he would spend some time taking his meal together with Nanlan Qianxue and Nanqing Haowen. The three of them formed an exclusive group, while Nanhuang Jiansheng and Nancheng Shu chose to settle their own meals.

Lu Tianzi would share with them some knowledge on herbalism while Nanqing Haowen would speak about the traits of various beasts.

These were topics that the both of them were passionate about, and they naturally took joy in sharing them with the others.

At the same time, they were able to learn more about the other party's expertise. So this could be considered an enjoyable yet constructive time spent.

As for Nanlan Qianxue, she would just sit there and listen, sometimes interjecting with a few questions to clarify on points that she was unclear about.

"Miss Nanlan, do you have something that you are interested in as well?" Lu Tianzi finally asked.

Nanqing Haowen turned to look at her with curious eyes as well. Even though he had known Nanlan Qianxue for quite a while, there was little that he knew about her.

"Eh? Me?" Nanlan Qianxue was taken by surprise due to the sudden question.

"Yeah," Lu Tianzi nodded innocuously.

"Hmm… I don't really have anything that I am interested in though?" Nanlan Qianxue answered after pondering for a while.

"Nothing at all?" Lu Tianzi probed again. "How about when you were a kid? Did you have something that you wanted to do in the future?"

"Well, if we are talking about when I was still a kid, then I used to dream of traveling around the world, tasting the snow at the peak of every mountain..." Nanlan Qianxue answered hesitantly.

"Hahaha! What was that?" Nanqing Haowen instantly burst out laughing. "All snow tastes the same!"

"I did say that it was when I was still a kid, did I not?" Nanlan Qianxue shot Nanqing Haowen a cold glare, causing him to straighten his face immediately.

"That is quite a simple and pure dream," Lu Tianzi smiled.

Nanqing Haowen turned to look at him in disbelief.

"You think so?" Nanlan Qianxue let out a bitter laugh.

"Of course," Lu Tianzi nodded. "With your talent, it won't be long before you break into the Origin Core realm. When that happens, no mountain will be able to stop you from ascending to the peak! By then, you would be able to do exactly as you wanted!"

Hearing his words, Nanlan Qianxue let out a deep sigh. Yet despite her sigh, a sweet smile continued to linger on her face.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk…" Nanqing Haowen clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction as his eyes shot back and forth between Nanlan Qianxue and Lu Tianzi. "Looks like I should probably leave first…"

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The capital shared the same name as the kingdom itself, and was officially known as Scarlet Moon City.

Because the coming event was going to be held there, it was also conveniently named as the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet.

The area taken up by Scarlet Moon City was similar to that of Bluenight City, but the former was far more prosperous than the latter.

This so-called prosperity was not just in terms of wealth.

Even more so than that, the level of martial arts within Scarlet Moon City was a level higher than Bluenight City as well.

The Nine Suns Sect was considered the top influence within Bluenight City, even stronger than the influence under the City Lord himself.

However, that would no longer be the case if it was placed within Scarlet Moon City instead.

While it would still be one of the top influences, there were quite a few others that were above the Nine Suns Sect in terms of both heritage and strength!

Before they left, the Elders of the sect had repeated warned them not to take this trip lightly, instilling in their minds that the capital was not as safe as they imagined.

After all, they were no longer in Bluenight City where they belonged to the strongest faction.

If they offended any powerful influence in Scarlet Moon City, even City Lord Nanlan might not be able to protect them!

As they were in City Lord Nanlan's personal transportation ship, the guards of the capital allowed them to fly in directly, bypassing the long lines of people who were queuing to enter through the gates.

The flying ship slowed down until it finally landed in a huge courtyard, allowing everyone to alight.

This courtyard was situated within City Lord Nanlan's personal residence in the capital.

Even though he was based in Bluenight City, City Lord Nanlan had still purchased this residence to stay in whenever he visited the capital. For a temporary residence that he barely even stayed in, it was actually unnecessarily huge.

But it was because of how huge it was that the residence was now able to easily accommodate the entire entourage from Bluenight City, saving them the need to acquire separate accommodations.

After being shown to their rooms, the members of the Nine Suns Sect gathered up together.

"Shall we go take a look around the capital?" Nanqing Haowen suggested.

"We have come all the way here, we naturally should take the chance to broaden our horizons," Nanhuang Jiansheng agreed.

"I knew senior apprentice brother would agree!" Nanqing Haowen grinned.

"Are you coming along, Nancheng Shu?" Nanhuang Jiansheng asked.

Nancheng Shu shot a meaningful look at Lu Tianzi before answering, "Count me out this time. I am a little tired and will be going to take a rest first."

"That is a pity," Nanhuang Jiansheng sighed. "Let us go then."

"Yeah, let's go!" Nanqing Haowen led the way out in excitement.

After settling them in, City Lord Nanlan had immediately left to report to the palace. With that, it was now free time for them.

In any case, the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet was still a few days away. There was no reason to stay cooped up within the residence during all this time.

The streets of the capital were bustling with activity.

Especially with the upcoming Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet, Bluenight City was certainly not the only city that had sent their young elites over to the capital.

With a sudden injection of young geniuses from all over the kingdom, this caused the level of martial artists in the capital to be raised by yet another notch!

Many of these young geniuses had strong backings, and naturally possessed quite a bit of wealth as well.

Thus, the vendors in the streets were even more enthusiastic these days, doing their best to attract the attention of these young visitors.

Even Nanqing Haowen could not resist their skilful persuasions.

He ended up buying more than a few toys, intending to bring back to give out to his fellow sect members. In a way, he could be considered as quite talented in terms of social skills, not neglecting getting gifts for his friends.

After a long walk, the group finally ended up in a small restaurant to settle their meals.

But despite it being small, its business was extremely good!

The group only barely managed to obtain the final available seats. Even the food took quite some time to arrive thanks to the sheer amount of customers that they had to serve!

"Wow!" Nanqing Haowen exclaimed in delight as he tucked into the food. "This food is awesome! No wonder their business is so good!"

"It is good indeed," Lu Tianzi could not help but to agree.

"I think so too," Nanlan Qianxue nodded.

"It would be better if we had some quality wine to go along with it!" Nanqing Haowen sneaked a peek at Nanhuang Jiansheng.

"Alcohol clouds your judgement. It will be best to abstain from it until we understand the capital a little better," Nanhuang Jiansheng spoke in his usual calm manner. "Do not forget the warnings from the Elders."

When they were ordering their dishes, it was none other than Nanhuang Jiansheng who had stopped Nanqing Haowen from ordering alcohol.

"Fine, fine," Nanqing Haowen forced a smile.

At this moment, a young man abruptly stood up from his seat in an unstable manner, causing his chair to fall over behind him. But seemingly oblivious to his fallen chair, the young man started pointing around the restaurant as he spoke in a loud voice.

"Look at all these country bumpkins who have come from all over the kingdom! If not for them, how would the restaurant be so busy, causing our orders to take so long? They think that they will be able to show off during the upcoming Heroes Meet? What a joke! All that they are good for is to be our cannon fodder, allowing us to show off our brilliance!"

Hearing those words, many people in the restaurant furrowed their brows, and Lu Tianzi's group was no exception.

From his slurred voice, everyone could tell that this young man was obviously drunk.

For a martial artist to get drunk, just how much did he drink?

And in his drunken state, his words had actually offended every single person who had come to the capital in order to attend the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet!

Furthermore, instead of being shocked by his actions, his three companions actually laughed heartily in response.

"Jiao, you have had too much to drink!" one of his companions stood up to pat him on the back. "For this kind of things, it is good enough that we know it in our hearts. There is not reason to say it out loud and embarrass others!"

"You are right, Bie. This is my mistake!" the young man named Jiao laughed.

But at this moment, a cold voice sounded out from another table.

"What a bunch of idiots who cannot even hold their liquor! So this is the level of martial artists in the capital? How disappointing!"

"Hmm?" the two young men Bie and Jiao immediately narrowed their eyes as they looked over.

It was another group of four youths. Among them, there were three males and a female. The young lady was especially calm, nonchalantly sipping on her tea.

Despite her calm demeanor, everyone knew that it was this young lady who had spoken just now.

"Say that again!" Jiao yelled out in an unbridled manner.

"It has barely been a few seconds and you already need me to repeat myself? As martial artists, it is not just your alcohol tolerance that is pathetic, but aren't your memories a little too poor as well?" the young lady was not intimidated by the slightest bit.

She possessed a cultivation level at the Peak Essence Condensation realm. Facing Jiao and Bie who were both at the Intermediate Essence Condensation realm, she was naturally full of confidence.

"A mere pretty face actually dares to be so arrogant? Do you even know who we are?" Jiao sneered in anger before turning to point at one of his seated companions. "Have you ever heard of our Flying Dragon Hall? Senior apprentice brother Peng here is the direct disciple of one of the Elders within the Flying Dragon Hall. Not just that, but he is also the cousin of Beiqian Ming!"

The young man whom Jiao was pointing to looked up from his wine cup, facing the young lady with a smug grin. Just like the young lady, this Peng was also at the Peak Essence Condensation realm.

"Beiqian Ming? One of the Four Stars?" the young lady finally lost her confidence and let out a frown.

"Hahaha! For a country bumpkin, your knowledge can be considered as passable!" Jiao laughed in satisfaction upon seeing the hesitation on her face. "You are right to be afraid! The Four Stars of Scarlet Moon City refers to the four undisputably strongest elites among the younger generation of the capital. They possess strength and prestige far beyond your imaginations! If you dare to offend us, hehe, don't even think of surviving until the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet!"

"Now, obediently apologise to us and we will consider letting this matter slide!" Bie added with a smirk.

"Apologise to you?" the young lady bit her lips in indignance, her momentum from before no longer anywhere to be seen.

Beside her, her three male companions were similarly unsure of what to do next.

Lu Tianzi's group silently watched from the side, but they were already feeling rage building up within them.

When this group of rowdy youths had dissed every visitor as country bumpkins, he was naturally including the group from Bluenight City as well!

Even though Lu Tianzi did not wish to be involved in any trouble, he had still been pleased when this young lady spoke up against the group.

Yet now, it seemed that the background of the other party had directly suppressed her to the point of speechlessness.

But the strange thing was that rather than the sect that the other party belonged to, it seemed to be the identity of this Beiqian Ming that had grabbed her attention instead.

Lu Tianzi could not help but wonder.

When this Jiao guy said that the Four Stars possessed strength and prestige far beyond their imaginations, just how far beyond their imaginations was it?