According to the previous schedule, the City Lord's birthday banquet would be held for seven days.
Only the first two days would the important figures from the various factions attend. These two days were extremely important to the younger generation as it was a stage for them to showcase themselves.
The elites from the various large factions were all proud and arrogant. How could they not showcase their strength when gathered together?
Under normal circumstances, the birthday banquet's showings would stop at a certain point. Furthermore, they might not really fight in the arena. They would just showcase their skills in a particular area. It could be considered a performance to liven up the banquet.
Originally, many of the juniors had already prepared the contents of their performances, such as sparring, sword dances, and so on. They were rubbing their palms together, thinking that they would be able to shine in the banquet and win some rewards. But they never expected that those great figures would enter the conference hall on the first day. Now, six hours had already passed, yet they still hadn't come out.
What was going on?
Many of the younger generation were dumbfounded. They had waited for so long, but there was still no sign of them.
Only in the evening did the side hall's door open.
Only then did the important figures from the various large factions come out from the side hall.
The one leading them was the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord. He was dressed in a green robe and he looked calm. He had a faint smile on his face.
However, some of the more perceptive people realized that something was amiss. Between these important figures, there seemed to be a tit-for-tat atmosphere.
The legendary figures from the various factions took their seats according to their status. The air seemed to freeze.
The middle-aged scholar stood up and raised his wine cup, "For everyone to attend this Yang's birthday banquet, this Yang is extremely honored. Due to the sudden turn of events, I have neglected all of you. Please forgive me for my poor hospitality. Seeing the sun set, everyone eat and drink as they please. Tomorrow's birthday banquet will be suspended. It will be held seven days later. This Splendid House is a little too cramped. The venue in seven days shall be changed to the arena! It will be more spacious there! "
The Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord's light opening speech was like a polite greeting. However, the young elites from the various factions were dumbfounded hearing this.
The birthday banquet would be held seven days later? This birthday banquet could be delayed?
Also. What cramped Splendid House … This Splendid House was hundreds of feet wide. A thousand people could sit comfortably in it, so how could it be cramped? And when the middle-aged scholar said that it would be changed to the arena, it made the juniors present feel a sharpness.
The legendary figures from the various factions did not say a word. Clearly, they agreed to this. The atmosphere of the birthday banquet was very heavy. The juniors present all felt the heavy atmosphere.
A young prodigy from a small force had meticulously prepared a sword dance performance. After everyone had been eating in silence for 15 minutes, he finally couldn't take it anymore. He jumped out to liven things up for the birthday banquet.
In the end, the legendary figures of the major forces were not interested. They looked at their elders with tense faces. The juniors were no longer in the mood to cheer, nor did they jump out to spar with the youth.
But in the end, the youth's sword dance. Because the atmosphere was too awkward, she couldn't dance anymore.
He could no longer dance. After that, there were no juniors who went up to him.
The first day of the birthday banquet ended in such a depressing atmosphere.
After the birthday banquet ended, the Tai Ah Divine City held a meeting of Elders.
Jian Ge, Cang Yan, Grandmaster Yuehua and the other Divine City Elders looked at the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord.
"How's the situation?"
The other elders did not follow them into the side hall to discuss the matter, so they did not know what the outcome of the discussion was. However, looking at the grave atmosphere of the birthday banquet, they could guess that the outcome was not optimistic.
"Unable to reach an agreement, the main issue is the command authority …"
The middle-aged scholar shook his head gently. With so many countries in an alliance, there was indeed a need for a unified commander. If not, they would be in a state of disunity. If they fought for themselves, the battle situation would probably be very tragic. After all, the beast horde was under the unified command of the Shepherd Boy. Furthermore, the beast horde did not fear death.
It was easy to imagine the outcome of a fearful and disunited army going up against a monolithic beast tide.
On the battlefield, there were times when it was inevitable to encounter battles where only a slim chance of survival, or even a slim chance of survival. At such times, whoever had the authority to command would be able to preserve their strength to a certain extent.
No one wanted to be cannon fodder.
"The Seven Star Pagoda Owner wanted to be the Alliance Leader but was rejected by me. The Ten Southern Countries also want more benefits. Naturally, they won't agree. The Seven Star Pagoda Owner gave the final condition, which is to form the Elders Guild during the war. They will fight for the commanding authority in the form of seats. As for how many seats each faction gets, it will be decided by the strength of each country. "
"Strength?" Jian Ge's eyebrows pricked up. In a warrior's world, strength was everything. The one with the biggest fist had the right to speak. This was understandable, but how could strength be compared?
"Our strength is about the same as the Yun Long Divine Kingdom's!" Cang Yan said.
"Yes, in terms of national strength, we are indeed about the same. Besides, national strength cannot be compared at all. We cannot gather the sages and peak-human lords of the various countries together to fight with all our might. So, they are competing on the strength of the younger generation. Their Yun Long 72 Pagodas is about the same as our Tai Ah Divine City. Similarly, they have gathered the most outstanding juniors of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom. "
"If the Yun Long 72 Pagodas were to compete with our Tai Ah Divine City, we can indeed see the difference in the strength of the juniors. The younger generation is the future of the Divine Kingdom. Such a competition is not without reason."
"The Yun Long 72 Pagodas are competing with the Tai Ah Divine City? City Lord agreed? "
"Yes!" The middle-aged scholar nodded.
"This …" Cang Yan turned anxious, "The situation of the Tai Ah Divine City's geniuses is different every year. The batch that just left the Tai Ah Divine City was filled with experts. Qin Haotian, Li Xiao, the Qiao brothers, any one of them would be able to fight against ten. But now that they have left, there will be a gap in the younger generation. Who can we find to replace them?"
This rule was clearly disadvantageous to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. Cang Yan knew that the Yun Long Divine Kingdom had come prepared. This batch of the Yun Long 72 Pagodas was probably much stronger than the previous years.
With the Tai Ah Divine City's weak period, to clash with the Yun Long 72 Pagodas's strong period, the outcome was obvious.
The middle-aged scholar said, "You are right. The Seven Star Pagoda Owner knew this, so he made this request. He is clearly very confident in this generation of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom."
"As for the ten countries in the South, they have also agreed. There is an additional condition. They want three additional Elder seats. They seem to be very confident in their own country's younger generation."
The middle-aged scholar's words cast a dark cloud over the Elders' hearts.
They knew that for the middle-aged scholar to agree to this condition, he had no choice but to make a concession.
As the Shepherd Boy had appeared at the borders of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, the ten countries in the South and the Yun Long Divine Kingdom were still far away. If a beast horde really broke out, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would be the first to suffer.
They could only watch from the sidelines, watching the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom fight the beast horde first.
Although it was said that the teeth would be interdependent without the lips, the ten countries in the South and the Yun Long Divine Kingdom would only be "cold", while the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would be "dead". The difference was huge.
"What are the specific rules? We won't end up with nothing, right? "A purple-shirted Elder said worriedly.
"That won't happen. If the younger participants perform well, they can also win seats. It's just that there will be fewer of them."
"And to be as fair as possible, if there is an age gap, then the older person's cultivation level will be slightly suppressed. But even so, the older person will still have the advantage. This is because the cultivation level will be suppressed to a very limited extent. Besides, things like nomological insight or Aspect Totems will not be suppressed. "
"The final number of seats will be determined based on the overall performance. Just the person in first place will be able to obtain ten seats in one go."
The middle-aged scholar gave a simple introduction of the rules. Cang Yan was extremely unhappy hearing this. These rules were beneficial to the Yun Long Divine Kingdom.
Now, the Tai Ah Divine City's weakness was the lack of strong young cultivators.
They did not lack strong young warriors.
But under these rules, it was impossible for 13-14 year old youths to beat 17-18 year old youths.
Therefore, the biggest reward in the end had to be given to someone else.
"Jian Ge, you have been in charge of the Tai Ah Divine City for the past few days. Make a list of participants." The middle-aged scholar instructed, "You should know who is more suitable to participate."
The list of participants not only had to consider the Earth roll's ranking, it also had to consider age. Sixth year cultivators, even if they were ranked in the top 30 of the Earth roll, had no chance of participating. They were too weak.
As for rookies like Wen Yu and Lu Jie, although they were ranked in the 3000-4000 of the Earth roll, they could still participate.
Jian Ge said, "Yi Yun, Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu are all top experts. With them around, we should have an advantage in the fourteen-year-old age bracket. However, among the fifth and sixth year cultivators, there is a lack of people. There is only a girl named Luo Huo 'er. Her origins are mysterious, and she has never participated in the Earth or Heaven rolls of honor. I wonder how strong she is?"
The strength of Luo Huo 'er, who was ranked first on the Man roll, had always been a mystery. At this moment, Jian Ge could only hope that Luo Huo' er would surprise them.
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