Chapter 12: The Ceremony

Chapter 12: The Ceremony

The lively banquet in the City Lord’s mansion had nothing to do with low-level soldiers like Zhanyue and his companions. After standing guard for a day, they could finally have a good rest.Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)

The military garrison was not far from the City Lord’s mansion. Since there was still a guard mission tomorrow, the soldiers didn’t dare to drink.

“By the way, Captain Cheng, what realm are you in?” Zhanyue asked while holding a lamb leg and eating heartily. Today’s food was really good.

“I’m at the eighth stage of Soul Control, at the door of the Profound Realm,” Cheng Lu said, then patted Zhanyue’s shoulder. “Don’t rush. As long as you’re willing to work hard in cultivation, you still have a chance to enter the Profound Realm in this life.”

In the Myriad Spirits Realm, cultivation begins with the contract object, divided into Spirit Contract Realm, Spirit Communication Realm, and Soul Control Realm, which are the Three Mortal Realms. Each realm is further divided into nine stages, which is the realm where the vast majority of contractors are. Breaking through the Mortal Realms, there are Star Profound Realm, Moon Profound Realm, and Sun Profound Realm, which are the Three Profound Realms. People at these realms are also called Profound Beings and have a high status. Profound Beings have a big characteristic – they possess a contract space and can put their contract object into the contract space, but of course, it’s limited to storing the contract object, not other things.

Beyond the Profound Realms is the Spirit God Realm. People at this realm can be called deities and are extremely rare among the entire human race. The ability they possess is flight without relying on external objects.

“Then what realm is the Eldest Princess of our Eastern Kingdom?” Zhanyue still couldn’t forget that black-haired straight ponytail big sister princess riding a red dragon.

“The princess should be at the peak of the Sun Profound Realm, but because she is a powerful dragon contractor, coupled with her contract beast, she has strength comparable to the Spirit God Realm. Just a few days ago, we received news that the Blood Moon Demon Lord, ranked 11th among the 99 demons under the Night Lord, was killed by the princess. He was a powerful existence at the eighth stage of the Sun Profound Realm and was also very skilled in formations. A favored child of heaven like the princess naturally can’t be compared to us. By the way, what is your contract object and what ability do you have? I don’t know yet.” Cheng Lu looked at Zhanyue curiously.

Zhanyue didn’t hide it and showed Cheng Lu the ‘flame gem’ in the palm of his boxing glove. “Look, it’s this fire-attribute gem.” Then Zhanyue threw out a punch, which directly carried intense flames.

Cheng Lu’s eyes lit up and he praised, “You’re quite lucky. Although you’re just a miscellaneous contractor, you can also master a certain elemental power. Look at mine.” Cheng Lu was seen taking out a dagger from his waist. The dagger was all fiery red, forged from blazing steel. With a swing of the dagger, a trail of fire light was left in the air, also possessing the power of ‘fire’.

“Although we contractors are not proper spirit contractors, we have also mastered a small part of their abilities, which is already much more powerful than other contractors. It’s also because of this reason that I became the captain of the Fledgling Eagle Squad while still in the Soul Control Realm,” Cheng Lu explained. He looked at Zhanyue with increasing fondness, after all, the two of them could chat and had similar abilities.

Under everyone’s gaze, the golden-haired Holy Maiden, dressed in formal attire, slowly walked over. She stepped onto the red carpet alone and walked towards the statue along the direction of the red carpet. She closed her eyes, hands clasped together, praying. Today was the day she came of age, but her wish could only be told to the Goddess.

“Goddess, please bless that the toxin in my body can be resolved as soon as possible, so you won’t have to worry about me anymore. Also... I hope I can be free like a bird, even if only for three days... no... even one day is fine, just one day...”

The crowd watched this holy Holy Maiden, thinking she was praying for blessings for humanity, not knowing what was in her heart. The identity of the Holy Light Maiden had bound her since her awakening. If possible, she would rather be an ordinary person, go wherever she wanted to go, without a bunch of people surrounding her, a bunch of people guarding her, and without implicating others. But she was also afraid of her grandfather’s disappointed eyes, so she had been working hard in cultivation since she was a child, trying to meet her grandfather’s requirements.

Eagle King Zhan Yunfei and Golden Lion Kieran, two powerhouses at the ninth stage of True Profound Realm, half a step into Spirit God Realm, didn’t dare to be negligent at this moment. They vigilantly watched the surroundings from the viewing platform on the side to prevent any accidents.

However, at this time, a signal flare suddenly burst in the clear sky, in the direction of the illumination Tower.

“Someone is attacking the illumination Tower?” Zhan Yunfei frowned. Sun City’s troops were largely deployed near the Goddess Statue, and the illumination Tower was the most empty at the moment.

“Brother Zhan, you go and take a look. I’ll handle things here,” Kieran said.

The eagle circled in the sky and quickly brought back intelligence.

“It’s Blood Throat breaking into the illumination Tower. The tower holds a large amount of illumination Stones that can’t be taken by him. The guards protecting the tower are no match for him. I have to go.” Zhan Yunfei flashed and jumped onto the giant eagle’s back, flying straight towards the illumination Tower.

“Blood Throat, the 4th seat among the 99 demons under the Night Lord?” Golden Lion Kieran frowned. He didn’t expect the Night Lord’s people to cause trouble for Sun City at this time. He didn’t dare to be negligent and looked at the sacrificial ceremony below even more vigilantly.

“It’s... it’s snowing?” Suddenly, many white things fell from the sky. At first glance, they seemed like snow, but upon closer look, they were thumb-sized white paper people, scattering and covering the entire ceremony venue.