Chapter 974 Ball (4)

As soon as the music began, the light in the hall also dimmed as a spotlight appeared above the two of them.

It was a slow dance at first, but as the music picked up, the two of them moved faster and faster.

This was a dance for cultivators like them, not a normal ballroom dance for normal people.

So this involved many complicated movements that couldn't be done with a mortal body. It was only something that could be done for powerful cultivators like them.

However, since it was a noble dance, it was also very complicated and hard for normal cultivators. Nobles and royals were expected to be the strongest cultivators of their country, so the dance that they performed reflected that level.

It was a complicated dance that only powerful cultivators could do.

But the two of them made it seem easy.

They moved in sync with one another and moved with precision, giving a perfect performance of the dance. It was at a level where there wasn't a single person who could praise it just to flatter them, it was at a level where it only drew sincere praise.

By the time that they were finished, there was only silence that filled this hall.

Not a single person was able to react to the dance that they had just witnessed.

After that moment of silence though, there was sincere clapping that rang out through the hall as everyone started cheering and applauding for them.

Even the two from the allied Astral Empires were clapping along with the crowd.

However, they had a different look in their eyes.

Just like how Lin Fan was sizing them up earlier, they had also been sizing up Lin Fan.

The alliances between Astral Empires all depended on the relative power between Astral Empires. So they had been sent not only to show respect to the Lin Astral Empire, but also to size up Lin Fan who was the future of the Lin Astral Empire.

If they could find any weakness in Lin Fan, then it meant that in the future, they would start working against the Lin Astral Empire.

In the future, when Lin Fan took over for the Lin Astral Emperor, they would do what they could to destroy the Lin Astral Empire and split their territory amongst themselves.

However, if Lin Fan didn't show any weakness, then they would maintain their current alliance.

Which was what was happening now.

The perfect dancing showed just how powerful Lin Fan was.

That was the real reason behind the cultivator's noble dance.

It was a hard dance that could only be done by powerful cultivators, which meant that those that could perform it perfectly were very powerful.

So it was a show of might of the future generation against their possible allies and enemies.

This dance also made the same impression on the various Stellar Kingdom royals.

Their other goal in coming today was to judge the power of Lin Fan, the heir of the Lin Astral Family.

They were associated with the Lin Astral Empire and were controlled by them, so they were considered part of the Lin Astral Empire's territory. But if the Lin Astral Empire ever showed any weakness, they would immediately look for another Astral Empire to fall under.

If the Lin Astral Empire couldn't protect them, they wouldn't waste their time showing subservience to them and would find another Astral Empire's leg to grab.

This was also the main reason why Lin Fan didn't want to cancel this ball.

If they did, it would mean a period of internal trouble for the Lin Astral Empire.

Once they were finished, Lin Fan went over to where Zi Ling was and gave her his hand just like he had done with Angela.

She accepted it with a smile and the two of them once again made their way to the center.

The royals that had been prepared to go onto the dance floor suddenly stopped themselves. Then they all returned to their original positions and waited for Lin Fan and Zi Ling to finish their dance.

At the same time, quite a few people looked in the direction of the Zi Stellar Kingdom group. The way that they were looking at the Zi Stellar Kingdom group, it was easy to figure out what they were thinking.

The Zi Stellar King's eyes lit up when he saw this since he had thought that Zi Ling was just a concubine, but it seemed like Zi Ling's position in Lin Fan's heart was much greater than he thought.

That would also mean that…they would receive much more benefits than he thought.

So all of the Zi Stellar Kingdom group started thinking about how to get closer to Zi Ling, or rather closer to Lin Fan.

When they reached the center, the two of them danced the same dance as before and were able to do it perfectly just like Angela and Lin Fan had done before.

Doing it once perhaps meant that there was a bit of luck, but a second time…

Not to mention that he did it with two different partners that had different builds. That meant that he had to make fine adjustments each time he did this dance.

This meant that Lin Fan was at an even higher level than they thought he was at.

So the silence that came after this dance lasted longer than last time.

But there was still the same resounding applause that came after the dance.

Once they were done, the two from the allied Astral Empires came forward to talk to Lin Fan.

They had seen how powerful Lin Fan was, so they came forward to get closer to him.

As for the rest of the Stellar Kingdom royals, they took this chance to step onto the dance floor.

This was a gathering of Stellar Kingdoms, so it was also a way for them to compete with each other. They would do it with their dances just like Lin Fan had shown off with his.

The ones that came were all the promising youths of the various Stellar Kingdoms.

They were here to show off their power not just in front of the Lin Astral Empire, but also the other Stellar Kingdoms.

After all, if Stellar Kingdoms went to war, it was not something that the Lin Astral Empire cared about unless they took it too far. So this was the best way to make sure that no one started a war with them by showing off their power.

At the same time, it would allow them to see which Stellar Kingdoms had weak younger generations so they could attack them in the future.

This was all a war of information for these Stellar Kingdoms.

After he finished talking to the two from the Astral Empires, Lin Fan went into the back room as well.

This was where the Lin Astral Emperor had been the entire time.

Since Lin Fan was the guest of honour, he would just be taking away from Lin Fan by being there. So he tactfully removed himself from the party.

But at the same time, he removed himself so he could deal with the situation with the enemy.

This was an enemy that could disguise themselves to sneak into the banquet hall, this was one of the worst enemies to deal with.

It was also hard to imagine what kind of technique they were using that even the guards of the Lin Astral Family weren't able to see through them. These were some of the strongest experts that could be found in the Lin Astral Empire and they weren't able to see through this disguise.

If they weren't able to figure out what this was, the Lin Astral Empire would be in danger in the future if this was used on the battlefield.

So this wasn't just about saving this banquet, it was also about preventing a future danger.

But they just couldn't find a single thing.

When Lin Fan walked into the room, he could see the dark look on the Lin Astral Emperor's face. He didn't need to ask to know what was happening since he had been kept up to date with everything by his guard.

So he knew that they hadn't been able to find a single thing.

But the situation was getting less and less dire with each passing moment since with each passing moment, they came closer to the end of the debut ball.

Once it was over, it would be too late for the enemies to do anything even if they wanted to do something.

However, they knew that the enemy wouldn't let it end here.

So they were just waiting for the enemy to make their final move.

The more time passed, the more anxious they became.

Now that Lin Fan had left the hall, it was even harder to predict what they were going to do, but this meant that Lin Fan was safer.

After all, there was no safer place than by the side of the Lin Astral Emperor.

Everything was quiet until suddenly…

There was a report that came in.

"There's an enemy attacking on the west side of the hall. We are requesting back up, they have a Ruler Artifact."

"West side?" Both Lin Fan and the Lin Astral Emperor said in confused voices.

However, the Lin Astral Emperor stood up in the end and said, "I'll come personally and deal with them."

Then he turned to Lin Fan to say, "Stay in here and don't move. This is the safest place in the entire hall."

Without waiting for a response, he headed off.