Dragon Boat brought along the elites of Tongqing Sect and flew towards the east. In the distance to the east was the imperial city of Azure Mountain Country.
After leaving this trip, only then did Wang Jin feel how enormous the Azure Mountain Kingdom was. Even though the Azure Mountain Kingdom was only an unremarkable nation within the entire Mortal Continent, its area was far beyond Wang Jin's imagination. The dragon boat could travel ten thousand kilometers per day, and the dragon boat had to walk for two days before arriving at its destination. In other words, there was a distance of twenty thousand kilometers from the Tongqing Sect to the Imperial City.
It could be said that the country in Wang Jin's previous life could be considered a vast land among all the countries, but the distance between the north and the south was only 11,000 miles.
The Mortal Continent was very big and the human race was very small. Wang Jin couldn't help but have this kind of feeling.
The first feeling that the imperial city of the Azure Mountain Country gave Wang Jin was also extremely big, so much that it was equivalent to a normal province in Wang Jin's previous life with a population of over fifty million. The commoners of the imperial city naturally knew that today was the day of the opening of the Guluan City. Thus, everyone walked out of their homes in succession, attempting to gaze upon the countless elites of the young generation that had gathered in the imperial city from all over the Azure Mountain Country.
Wang Jin looked down from the dragon boat and thought he saw a black ocean. Perhaps, this was one of the reasons why Mortal Continent Warriors tried to kill weaklings before they died. This place was too big, and had too many people.
Beneath them was a huge square, which looked to be much larger than the training ground for Tongqing Sect. Countless soldiers dressed in diamond armor were arranged in a disciplined manner, like stone statues. They were responsible for maintaining order at the place. Every single soldier here were all around the fifth level of the elemental spirit Realm. This kind of strength was enough to make them ordinary inner disciples of a sect.
"Friends from Tongqing Sect, you're here too?" Someone shouted from below.
Wang Jin looked down and saw a bunch of warriors wearing golden clothes with silver lace on them. Among them, there was an extremely tall and sturdy man who stood out among the crowd. Wang Jin knew that he was Dan Ruide.
"It's from the Gold And Silver Church." Wang Jin thought.
Wei Xiangyang commanded the dragon boat to fly down, and when everyone from Tongqing Sect had alighted, Wei Xiangyang then smiled towards one of the middle-aged people with a bulging stomach: "So it's the Sect Leader of Gold And Silver Church, Du Xiusheng, I've heard a lot about you."
"Hahaha, you guys are late as well. The other sects and factions have already gathered in the inner city. Why don't you come with us?" Du Xiusheng stroked his beard.
Tongqing Sect is a distance away from the Imperial City, so we arrived late. Wei Xiangyang waved his hand, leading everyone to follow the Gold And Silver Church.
Along the way, Dan Ruide used his height that exceeded everyone's by a head to unrestrainedly look around, looking at the Tongqing Sect's direction carefully.
"Which one of them is Luo Jiancheng?" Dan Ruide quietly asked his comrade.
This disciple of the same sect usually likes to befriend others, which was why he had such a wide range of connections. He pointed at Luo Jiancheng and said: "It's him."
"I'll remember that." Seeing that, Dan Ruide squinted his eyes.
"Brother Luo, that big guy is looking at you." Zhuo Dian whispered to Luo Jiancheng.
When Luo Jiancheng heard this, he did not even look at her and said, "In this world, other than the things related to Junior Sister Mingxiu, there is nothing else that I should be concerned with. The others are looking at me, and I know they're looking at me. "
The imperial palace of the Azure Mountain Kingdom was surrounded by a tall, vermilion wall that was over thirty meters tall. All types of buildings were tall and dignified, causing one to unconsciously turn solemn upon entering it.
Under the guidance of the officials, everyone entered the imperial palace and headed towards the imperial hall to gather.
At this moment, the imperial palace was packed with people from all forces. There were sects and aristocratic families, and almost all of the forces with some prestige in the Azure Mountain Kingdom had talented disciples who came to visit. Wang Jin realized that he couldn't directly see the cultivation levels of everyone present. It seemed that his was the lowest among everyone present, and it could be imagined that everyone who entered the Guluan City were all at least at the eighth level of the elemental spirit Realm or above.
The emperor of the Azure Mountain Kingdom looked like a gentle, scholarly man, but he had an imposing manner. His eyes were thin and long, making it obvious that he was well-versed in scheming and hiding his skills.
"Greetings, your Imperial Majesty."
Tongqing Sect and Gold And Silver Church, everyone stood and bowed to the emperor, and that was all. In Mortal Continent where the strong were revered, the practitioners of powerful forces did not need to kneel to the emperor, they could only kneel to the world and not to humans.
The emperor yelled, excused himself, and then chatted with the experts for a while.
After a while, an eunuch came over and reported, "The Situ Family people are here!"
"It's actually Situ Family!" Hearing this, everyone stretched their necks and looked towards the entrance of the hall.
At this time, Wang Jin heard a few officials whispering to each other, "The people from the Situ Family are so arrogant. They were obviously not far from the imperial city, yet they insisted on being the last one to arrive. They really made a name for themselves."
Another official said worriedly, "Everyone knows that the Situ Family has been developing at a rapid pace for the past few hundred years, going straight for the imperial family. Even if the Situ Family is acting arrogantly in the imperial city, the imperial family still wouldn't dare to do anything to them."
"That's right, if Situ Family and the imperial family were to fight, it is not certain who will win. If I lost, I would just have to return to the east mountain and rise again. However, the imperial family cannot afford to lose, if I lose, I would have to lose the entire mountain and river. "
"Don't spout nonsense. Actually, it's just that the Emperor is worried that the Situ Family is too strong and threatens the Imperial family's position. Right now, they have no conflicts with one another, so you shouldn't push things further right?"
"Haha, how could an insignificant person like me possibly have the development of two big clans? I have only told you the truth."
At this time, a tall middle-aged man wearing a long silver robe majestically led the Situ Family members into the imperial court. Wang Jin's strength was just as deep and unfathomable as Luo Jiancheng's, and the strength of his elemental spirit was also one of the Spatial Essence s. He was ranked fifteenth in the elemental spirit List, and was ranked three places higher than Luo Jiancheng's Gravity Source Spirit, so it could not be underestimated.
Luo Jiancheng stretched out his neck, his eyes flickered as he looked at the people from the Situ Family. When he realized that there was no trace of Situ Mingxiu, his eyes revealed an undetectable look of disappointment.
"The current patriarch of the Situ Family, Situ Kongming, has brought thirty young talents of the Situ Family to the Imperial City to report to the Emperor!" The middle-aged man gripped his fists together and put them down, as did the other members of the Situ Family.
Thirty clansmen! The Situ Family actually obtained thirty spots to enter the Guluan City, which was only five less than the royal family that occupied the most opportune time. As for the other five sects, they only had twenty spots. Everyone was silently sighing at the strength of his Situ Family.
The emperor's face turned slightly red as he forced out a smile and said, "Congratulations to little brother Situ Kongming for obtaining the position of Patriarch of the Situ Family two months ago."
Hearing this, Situ Kongming arrogantly raised his head, "Of course. I'm wholeheartedly looking out for the Situ Family. I'm not like the former clan leader who sought personal gains for himself. Hahaha."
"Since everyone is here, follow me to the Guluan City Teleportation Formation." The emperor obviously wasn't willing to converse with the people from the Situ Family, so he announced this.
Everyone had come here in order to wait for this exciting moment, so they all flocked out of the imperial court.
Under the lead of the officials, the elites of the major powers of the Azure Mountain Kingdom passed by the imperial plaza, then the courtyard, and finally, they arrived at the back garden.
The sound of a hundred flowers blooming could be heard from the back of the garden. As far as the eye could see, there were beautiful flowers of various colors. Everyone's pupils were constantly filled with the reflection of red and green. The fragrance of the flowers was very alluring, and its beauty was even more alluring. In the back garden, countless palace maids wearing thin silk carried all kinds of fresh fruits as they passed through the flowers for everyone to taste.
The geniuses of the major powers were usually all arrogant and unbridled people, acting so wantonly. This scene was witnessed by the Emperor, but he did not say anything. This was the world where the strong were respected. In the eyes of the Emperor, every elite disciple here held an extremely high status.
"Open the altar." The emperor said to the officials.
"Rise!" A eunuch then announced loudly on behalf of the emperor.
He saw more than ten thousand soldiers neatly entering the garden at the back of the palace. Together, they carried a tall, white altar. Not only was the altar tall, but it was also extremely heavy. It needed tens of thousands of people to lift it.
Under the command of the eunuchs, the soldiers placed such a large altar in a rather wide area in the back garden and lined up around the altar. Although they were all exhausted, they gritted their teeth and persevered on.
The imperial family was in its prime. Wang Jin thought. First of all, the palace was not a rotten place, it was very solemn, and all the soldiers he had seen along the way, all of them were highly trained, all of them extremely disciplined. Now there was something fun to do, in Azure Mountain Country, there were two clans that were in a state of complete victory, and they were also evenly matched. One was the Situ Family, and the other was the imperial family.
Looking from afar, the altar was engraved with a complicated forbidden formation. It was astonishingly complicated, with countless lines, as well as countless beast cores and gems. The beast cores had to be divided into different levels, attributes, and inlaid according to the location. In addition, the lines were large and small, both short and long. Although they appeared to be arranged in a disorderly fashion, there was actually a great law hidden deep within them. What was even more shocking was that the array had lines that were difficult to see with the naked eye. If an ordinary person were to stick close to the altar, they would be able to see them clearly.
Wang Jin was unable to see through the array!
"Incense!" Each of them held a huge incense burner as tall as a person, and they respectfully placed it on the ground around the altar. Soon, the entire palace's backyard was filled with green smoke, making it look even more ancient and dignified.