On August 18, Xuantian City at the foot of Yangui Mountain, Fire Dragon Bounty Territory …
Since yesterday, more airships had been arriving at Xuantian City. This morning, with the arrival of those airboats, the entire Xuantian City had become boisterous. The sky outside Xuantian City was densely covered with airboats and airships. It was as boisterous as a market.
As for commoners in Xuantian City, it was already very difficult for them to see an airboat; however, today, they had seen 4-5 airboats. It was said that one of the airboats belonged to the provincial governor of Youzhou Province. Previously, it was definitely a major event in Xuantian City when the provincial governor of Youzhou Province arrived at Xuantian City. However, today, the major event in Xuantian City was the opening ceremony of Fire Dragon Hermit, the owner of Fire Dragon Bounty Territory.
Xuantian City had never been so boisterous and illustrious in the history. It was the first time for the residents of Xuantian City to feel the pride of being residents of Fire Dragon Bounty Territory. As a result, the entire city became spirited.
All the major clans in Youzhou Province, Tongzhou Province and Yanzhou Province within Northeast Military Region who were qualified to receive Iron-Dragon Golden Invitation Cards had gathered in Xuantian City.
As Fire Dragon Bounty Territory was bordered by the three provinces, according to the etiquette of Taixia Country, all the major clans in the three provinces had received Zhang Tie's golden invitation cards.
Of course, if Zhang Tie was a shadow knight, he would be qualified to distribute his golden invitation cards across Northeast Military Region. If he promoted to a heavenly knight, the establishment of a heavenly knight's sect would shock the entire Taixia Country. By contrast, the golden invitation cards of heavenly knights could be spread across Taixia Country.
Zhang Tie's Iron-Dragon Golden Invitation Card was definitely a symbol of status. Those clans who could receive Zhang Tie's golden invitation cards were at least knights' clans in the three provinces. Ordinary clans were not qualified to receive Zhang Tie's golden invitation cards if they didn't have clan knights.
How could an ordinary person receive the golden invitation of an earth knight to establish a sect? Zhang Tie's golden invitation card was almost as important as the invitation card of a provincial governor of a province. It was very popular wherever it was.
Many clans who didn't receive Zhang Tie's golden invitation cards had arrived at Xuantian City these days. After hearing the news about the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect, the major figures of these clans had already arrived at Xuantian City with their disciples and waited for a chance to inquire about the news patiently.
Fire Dragon Hermit was going to establish a sect. Of course, he would recruit apprentices. The news that an earth knight was going to recruit apprentices was very attractive for these clans which had not produced any knights. Additionally, almost everyone knew that Fire Dragon Hermit had a great battle strength as he cultivated the precious marquis-level classic "Fire Dragon Sutra". With his great battle strength, it was said that Cui Li Hermit had killed more than one demon knight and Three-eye Association knight in the Earth-elements Realm. Because of his meritorious deeds, Fire Dragon Hermit won the battle in the Earth-elements Realm and was awarded Fire Dragon Bounty Territory.
As for those clans which had no knights, they would like to pay any price if they could have such a backer so that their disciples could have a chance to touch a marquis-level cultivation classic.
Yesterday, a new horizontal board had been hung outside the gate of the manor which occupied a large area in Xuantian City. The new horizontal board was made of steel and the words were written in gold, which looked pretty domineering. The horizontal board was 4 cm in length and 2 cm in width. There were some big words on it — — Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect.
Since this horizontal board was hung, it indicated that Iron-Dragon Sect had officially rooted in Fire Dragon Bounty Territory. Before the mountain gate of Iron-Dragon Sect was officially built, this place would also be the official window and encampment of Iron-Dragon Sect.
On the early morning of August 18th, the streets outside Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect had been crowded with people across Xuantian City. As for commoners in Xuantian City, even though they could not enter Xuantian Courtyard, it was also a rare grand event for them to join in the fun and see which big figures were coming here and those airboats which they might not take for the rest of their lives.
Especially for those who had kids, they had to join in the fun. If Fire Dragon Hermit recruited disciples on the day of the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect, as long as they were close to him, they would be able to grab a good position and gain a way to reach the heavens for their kids. Wasn't there such a plot in stories — — a powerhouse passed by a place and suddenly caught sight of a brat with a good physique; therefore, he cherished talents and wanted to enroll him as his disciple. Therefore, he moved his kid closer to Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect. If Fire Dragon Hermit really passed by and took a fancy to his kid, he would really make a fortune. Who dared say that ordinary families couldn't have a dragon?
Even those who had kids were like this, not to mention those youths at their 20s. All the youths who were ambitious in fighting in the 10 cities of Fire Dragon Bounty Territory had arrived at Xuantian City a few days ago. They were all waiting for the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect and looking for a chance to join Iron-Dragon Sect.
As too many people were gathering outside Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect, those landlords and gentries who were running for local officials in Xuantian City had already dispatched their subordinates to maintain the order outside Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect.
At this moment, the boisterous scene in Xuantian City could only be matched by that when major clans scrambled for the position of provincial governor of Youzhou Province 4 years ago.
All the major clans and knight clans who were invited to attend the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect came here by airboat or airship. Those airboats and airships directly landed in the airship port of Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect. Some people outside the courtyard identified the background of the airship or airboat as they exclaimed loudly, arousing the exclamations of the onlookers …
At a bit over 8 am, another crimson airboat longer than 200 m slowly landed above Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect from afar. At the sight of this airboat and the special clan mark on it, some people outside the courtyard immediately exclaimed the background of this airboat.
"Ahh, this is the airboat of Zhu Clan, the provincial governor of Yanzhou Province. Zhu Clan also dispatched people to attend the opening ceremony in Xuantian City …"
Someone exclaimed, arousing numerous exclamations.
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After the airboat landed in the courtyard, the door of the airboat was opened as an old man in delicate ceremonial robe walked out of the airboat with over 10 disciples of Zhu Clan behind him in high spirits.
"Zhu Xudong, the elder of Zhu Clan of Jinghong Palace in Yanzhou Province and the disciples of Zhu Clan … are here …" The receptionist of Wang Clan of Yushun Palace in Yushun Palace roared loudly. Almost all the people in the courtyard knew that people from the provincial governor of Yanzhou Province had arrived.
When the people of Zhu Clan arrived, some disciples of Wang Clan who were responsible for receiving them moved forward and led them to the main venue of the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect politely.
Wang Clan of Yushun Palace in Ningan City, Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had been looking forward to having the disciples of Wang Clan meet and get acquainted with figures from major clans across the province at this critical moment. After receiving this task, Wang Clan had treated it as the most important thing in the entire clan these days. Many elites of Wang Clan had been recalled. Besides servants, maids, stewards and stewards, many young disciples of Wang Clan were also present in the courtyard today. All of them had been carefully selected. Each detail had been checked by specialists so as to satisfy Fire Dragon Hermit and win face for Wang Clan. Therefore, this reception had been regarded as a clan honor by Wang Clan.
The main venue of the opening ceremony was an open land in Xuantian Courtyard. Previously, this open land was a drill ground of Xuantian Courtyard. After careful decoration, this place had become the place where Iron-Dragon Sect could display its brand.
Under the guidance of Wang Clan members, those who arrived here would sit down in their own seats.
The positions of the invited clans were carefully arranged according to their strength and reputation. The positions of the rich and powerful clans were arranged meticulously.
As the team of Zhu Clan walked towards the seats of Zhu Clan, they greeted those people who constantly stood up from their seats.
Those who came here today were basically led by elders or knights of each clan out of courtesy. However, all the elders and knights here didn't look as relaxed as before. Even if they did, they pretended to be relaxed. Most of them looked a bit worried. As they greeted those around them, they were whispering about the affairs in Zhongzhou Province and exchanging their intelligence.
As the official opening ceremony had not started yet, Fire Dragon Hermit had not come out yet. Therefore, the atmosphere in the opening ceremony was a bit casual.
For those who came here, the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect was more like a meeting between major clans in Youzhou Province, Tongzhou Province and Yanzhou Province in Northeast Military Region in a special period.
Over the past few days, what happened in Zhongzhou Province had long been spread across Taixia Country. Perhaps for those commoners outside the courtyard, what happened in Zhongzhou Province was still far away from them. Even though they had heard some details, they didn't feel it too deeply. Many commoners treated what happened in Zhongzhou Province as a rebellion made by bandits and rebels. However, what happened in Zhongzhou Province was a matter of life and death for these clans which had a deeper root in Taixia Country. It was a magnitude 10 earthquake which aroused the nerves of numerous major clans.
Zhu Clan was close to Huaiyuan Palace. So was Qian Clan, the provincial governor of Tongzhou Province. As clans of provincial governors who had earth knights and ruled over a province, of course, these clans were all close to the front of the opening ceremony.
It was Elder Muyu of Huaiyuan Palace who came here on behalf of Huaiyuan Palace; it was Elder Qian Haichao of Qian Clan who came here on behalf of Huaiyuan Palace. When Zhu Clan's elder came here, the two elders were whispering to each other while a circle had been formed around the two elders, which were knights and elders of other clans.
Everyone in this circle looked a bit solemn …
In the span of a few days, the chaos in the entire Central State had become more and more intense …
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