2759 The Winning Prince

Feng Wu Ji Guang could no longer fight. He could barely stand and had to lean against the pillar for support. When he turned to look at Duan Ling Tian, there was no resentment in his eyes. He was grateful that Duan Ling Tian had spared his life. "T-thank you for showing mercy."

When Duan Ling Tian's sword had slashed down at Feng Wu Ji Guang earlier, Feng Wu Ji Guang had felt the immense and suffocation force from the attack. At that time, a wave of despair rose in his heart. He had thought he was going to die. He did not expect his opponent to hold back and spare his life.

"En." Duan Ling Tian nodded indifferently. Then, he glanced at the remaining young powerhouses.

The young powerhouses regained their senses when they saw Duan Ling Tian looking at them. Their expression changed drastically since they could feel Duan Ling Tian's fighting spirit. All of them jumped down from the stone platform in unison.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sound of wind whistling in the air reverberated in the hall. In just a blink of an eye, all the remaining participants had left the stone platform at top speed as though there was some terrifying monster. Duan Ling Tian was a Great Overarching Golden Celestial who was younger than 100 years old after all. Someone like that was not someone they could afford to offend! Moreover, they were not blind. Even Feng Wu Ji Guang, a Violet Sun Golden Celestial, was sent flying with just one move! Duan Ling Tian did not even use his Celestial Weapon! The strongest among them was merely an Indigo Sun Golden Celestial. Even if all of them attacked at once, they still would not be able to defeat a Great Overarching Golden Celestial. It was better to admit defeat than humiliate themselves by doing something futile.

For a time, Duan Ling Tian was left alone on the stone platform in the middle of the Xu Rong Palace's main hall. He stood there, dressed in purple robes with his extraordinarily handsome face and astounding aura.

All the young women present kept looking at him furtively. A hint of admiration could be seen in their eyes as they snuck a look at him. Not only was he a Great Overarching Golden Celestial who was younger than 100 years old, but he was also incredibly handsome. It was only natural that the young women present were attracted to him.

"Who's he?"

"When did the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom gain someone like this?"

"A Great Overarching Golden Celestial who's younger than 100 years old? How well did he hide himself?"

"It seems like the thirteenth prince will be the winning prince for this selection."

"Who knew the thirteenth prince would end up being the winning prince?"

"I truly didn't expect this. The one who's feeling the most regretful now should be the Grand Prestige Mansion. They must have thought Feng Wu Ji Guang would win without fail and sent him to the seventh prince. Who knew there would be a Great Overarching Golden Celestial who's younger than 100 years old?"

"I think the seventh prince must be so angry now that he wants to vomit blood!"

As the crowd discussed among themselves, their eyes were, naturally, trained on Long Qing Yun.

Just as the crowd had speculated, Long Qing Yun was so furious that he felt as though he was going to vomit blood. He had thought he was definitely going to be the winning prince. Who knew his thirteenth brother was able to recruit a Great Overarching Golden Celestial who was younger than 100 years old?

'He already belongs to a powerful sect, but he still participated in the selection. It's likely that he's only doing it to help thirteenth brother. He probably won't join the Wasteland Grand Contest. Even if he joins the contest, he'll probably admit defeat.' Long Qing Yun was certain Duan Ling Tian had only participated in the selection to help Long Fei Yun become the winning prince and had no intention of joining the Wasteland Grand Contest.

"Father!" Long Qing Yun was afraid of Duan Ling Tian so he did not dare to outright offend him. Therefore, he sent a Voice Transmission to Long Dong Ping. "He probably has no intention of joining the Wasteland Grand Contest. If so, it wouldn't benefit us at all even if he's the strongest among all the participants today. Are you still going to give thirteenth brother the Duke Grade Celestial Weapon?"

Long Qing Yun's words rang true to Long Dong Ping since he had the same thought as well. His expression darkened as he looked at Duan Ling Tian. "Young man."

Everyone turned to look at Long Dong Ping immediately.

"Hm?" Duan Ling Tian also turned to look at Long Dong Ping.

"The objective of the selection is to find young powerhouses to represent the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom in the Wasteland Grand Contest… During the contest, those who are selected have to go all out and not hold back to obtain a higher rank in the contest," Long Dong Ping said as he looked at Duan Ling Tian. His gaze was pointed as he asked, "Can you do that?"

"Yes." Duan Ling Tian nodded indifferently.

Long Dong Ping did not expect Duan Ling Tian to agree to it so easily. He was stunned. When he regained his senses, he quickly said, "If you do well in the Wasteland Grand Contest, you have to join one of the three major Celestial Sects. Will you be able to do that?"

"Why? Your Majesty, are you suggesting that I only participated in the selection to help the thirteenth prince become the winning prince? Are you suggesting that I have no intention of participating in the Wasteland Grand Contest or joining the Three Major Celestial Sects of the Wasteland?" Duan Ling Tian asked as he met Long Dong Ping's eyes.

"That's right." Long Dong Ping did not expect Duan Ling Tian to be so blunt and voiced out the thoughts in his head. However, he was not afraid to admit it. He nodded. "After all, I heard that you have a remarkable background. It's likely that you already belong to a sect."

Upon hearing the conversation between Duan Ling Tian and Long Dong Ping, the crowd was taken aback.

"Judging from His Majesty's words, it seems like he's familiar with this young man?"

"His Majesty knows him?"

"W-what is happening? Why does His Majesty know him but we've never heard of him?"

Those from the Mansions under Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom learned about how Duan Ling Tian injured the fourth miss of the Zhou clan and killed an elder of the Zhou clan who was an earth-rank Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial. Long Xiang Yun, the fourth prince, even visited him but did not dare to offend him. Later on, in a shocking twist, even the third miss of the Zhou clan did not act against him when she found out about what had happened. She even asked her sister to apologize. Zhou Shu Qiu, the third miss of the Zhou clan, was someone even the emperor was respectful to. Although she was his niece, he treated her with the utmost respect. For these reasons, the people from the Mansion looked at Duan Ling Tian warily.

"Even the third miss of the Zhou clan didn't dare to offend him?"

"With the Thousand Spiders Celestial Sect's intelligence network, she must be privy to his background… This just means he has an extraordinary background. It's likely that he's from a powerful sect or clan."

"I agree."

"If that's the case, why would he participate in the Wasteland Grand Contest? After all, the biggest draw is the chance to join the three major Celestial Sects."

"That's not necessarily true… If he belongs to a powerful sect, then, he, naturally, wouldn't join one of the three major Celestial Sects. However, if he's from a strong clan, he can still join a sect."

"Yes. There is a difference between a clan and a sect."

The crowd in Xu Rong Palace began to fervently discuss Duan Ling Tian's affairs. Most of them concluded that Duan Ling Tian must be from a powerful clan that even the Thousand Spiders Celestial Sect could not simply offend. Otherwise, Zhou Shu Qiu, the third miss of the Zhou clan, would not have stayed passive.

Upon hearing the discussion in the surroundings, Zhou Shu Dong could not hold back and ask, "Sister… Is he truly from some powerful clan?"

"In a way." Zhou Shu Qiu nodded indifferently. At this point, what could she say? Could she say that she did not know as well? She only let Duan Ling Tian go because of the special relationship he had with her best friend, Murong Bing, who was from the Compassionate Celestial Traveler Sect.