The Divine Nine-Dragon Cauldron

2317 Chapter 2,208, losing face (first watch)

Zheng Yuan and Yang Hua each took out a spatial storage item and took out nine jade bottles.

The bottles contained a type of transparent spirit liquid, but it couldn’t be seen visually.

Xuan Hua said indifferently, “Before we came, we prepared a gift for you. I hope you will accept it.”

She pushed the jade bottle over.

Young Master Yao Yue was filled with suspicion. Zheng Yuan’s undisguised mockery gave him a bad feeling.

Was this bottle of spirit liquid very special?

However, since things had come to this, he could only brace himself and open a jade bottle.

The astonishing spirit energy that he had imagined did not come. Instead, the special fragrance that the spirit liquid should have had appeared.

“A bottle of water?”A few members of the never-night Illumination Palace opened it and were stunned. They could not understand what the emissary of light was trying to say.

Was he trying to humiliate them on purpose?

Yao Yue felt indignant in his heart. He knew that the emissary of light had come to look down on the never-night illumination palace, but wasn’t giving them a bottle of water too humiliating?

He might as well not give them anything at all!

Just as he was about to fly into a rage, he suddenly sensed a weak aura and could not help but tremble. “This is… absolute beginning qi?”

Although it was extremely weak, almost equivalent to nothing, it was still detected.

He immediately picked up the jade bottle and sniffed it carefully. An uncontrollable ecstasy appeared on his face.

This was the absolute beginning Qi that was priceless!

One could only obtain this item by chance. It was definitely not something that could be bought with money.

Young master Yao Yue’s aristocratic family was quite large and extremely wealthy. However, he had never had the chance to obtain the absolute beginning Qi for hundreds of years.

This was the first time he had obtained it since he began his cultivation.

It was rumored that the absolute beginning Qi had an unimaginable effect on the improvement of one’s domain. He had been longing for it for a long time.

Hence, he could not help but reveal traces of wild joy on his face.

However, his mental fortitude was still alright. He immediately restrained his strange expression.

However, the other members of the never-night illumination palace did not have such mental fortitude. All of them were overjoyed. There were even a few who could not help but laugh out loud.

Young Master Yao Yue’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately understood the meaning behind Zheng Yuan’s mocking expression.

The gifts that they had thought they had prepared meticulously were not even left with dregs in the face of absolute beginning Qi.

Just the weight of the gifts they had given out was already a notch lower than the never-night illumination palace.

Looking at the behavior of the never-night Illumination Palace members when they received the gifts, it was as if a country bumpkin had entered the city and was given a steamed bun by the deputy young master of the landlord’s family!

Even young master Yao Yue himself felt ashamed of the performance of the members of the never-night illumination palace and wished that he could find a hole in the ground to hide in.

“Many thanks to the envoy of light for bringing the gifts!”Young Master Yao Yue hurriedly spoke out, faintly carrying a shocking power that caused the few members of the never-night illumination palace who were immersed in ecstasy to wake up.

Only then did they realize that they had revealed their ugliness. One after another, they awkwardly put away their jade bottles and became serious.

However, the spectating figures of the royal capital all felt that they had lost all face.

“The future of our eternal nightless empire actually depends on these trash?”

“Sigh! Let’s go, we don’t have the face to continue watching!”

“It’s better to suggest to his majesty as soon as possible that we cancel the so-called eternal illumination hall. Other than making a fool of ourselves, we don’t have any other specialties!”

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As citizens of the Eternal Nightless Empire, they all felt extremely ashamed.

The performance of the members of the nightless illumination palace was really too embarrassing!

Princess Qianyue was also extremely furious. Seriously, they usually looked down on each other with their noses up in the air. In the end, when they brought out something good, they were like country bumpkins!

She also felt embarrassed.

Xuan hua said calmly, “No need to thank me. It’s just a small token of appreciation.”

This was really a small token of appreciation.

Recently, a batch of extremely dense absolute beginning Qi had come out of nowhere from the Palace of light.

The entire Palace of light had fallen into a frenzy of fighting.

Several emissaries of light had paid together and joined in the fierce fight. Finally, they had bought a hundred drops of absolute beginning Qi with hundreds of millions of dao coins.

According to their own money, the absolute beginning qi and spiritual liquid were all distributed.

However, there was still one drop left. They diluted it nine times and divided it into nine parts to give to the members of the never-night Bright Hall.

Looking at their ugly expressions, Xuan Hua could not help but waver.

They really wanted to cooperate with such people?

She was really unwilling!

However, the important thing was still their strength. Let’s see how strong they were first.

After a round of exchanges, everyone gradually shifted the topic to sparring.

Finally, it was Zheng Yuan. He put down his teacup and said, “The last time our radiant palace sparred with the never-night illumination palace was decades ago. Since we are fortunate enough to cooperate today, why don’t we spar and improve our relationship?”

A fighting spirit rose in young master Yao Yue’s heart.

In that battle back then, the never-night illumination palace could be said to have suffered a crushing defeat!

As the number one person of the never-night Illumination Palace, he was defeated in less than three moves by the radiant envoy called Kong Qu.

All these years, he had been training hard all the time, striving to raise his cultivation to a higher level.

All for the sake that one day, he would be able to wash away the humiliation of those years.

“That’s what we want!”Yao Yue Gongzi’s fighting spirit shot up.

Xuan Hua nodded. “Alright, let’s have a spar then. Friendship first, competition second.”

No one would believe her words.

When two forces of the same generation fought, how could they not value the competition?

Under the arrangement of both sides, the square was soon empty for sparring.

“I’ll take the first round.”Zheng Yuan smiled contemptuously and volunteered to go on stage.

Zheng Yuan was ranked eighth in the light, and could be considered to be at the bottom.

Yao Yue Gongzi glanced coldly at this person. If one were to say that the person who was most ridiculed and ridiculed was Zheng Yuan.

“Qin Feng, you go!”Yao Yue Gongzi said.

Qin Feng was ranked seventh in the never-night illumination palace. Although he had just broken through to Dao Master, his foundation was stable. He had condensed his domain and Dao artifact, and his strength was quite good.

“Give this person a slap to shut his filthy mouth,”Yao Yue Gongzi transmitted his voice.

Qin Feng nodded without batting an eyelid. He looked at Zheng Yuan with an unfriendly gaze.

Yao Yue Gongzi was not the only one who wanted to slap Zheng Yuan’s mouth.

“Oh? I still suggest that you send someone with a higher ranking. Otherwise, the outcome will be very ugly.”Zheng Yuan placed his hands behind his back and had a half-smile on his face.

Qin Feng was not afraid. “It’s more than enough to deal with you!”

Splash —

A long sound of flowing water lingered around Qin Feng. It was the activation of his domain.

Zheng Yuan chuckled. “The domain is already formed. It’s not bad.”

As he spoke, the image of ten thousand mountains appeared beside Zheng Yuan.

“Be careful, Brother Qin Feng.”Zheng Yuan sneered and suddenly activated his domain.

The domain of a hundred thousand mountains pressed down at the same time.

Qin Feng wasn’t willing to be outdone and controlled his domain to attack head-on.

The two images interweaved, and the long river image was crushed inch by inch.

Without even the slightest bit of resistance, it was completely crushed.

Puff —

Qin Feng spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot and fainted on the spot.

Just a single exchange, Qin Feng was as fragile as a piece of paper and was directly knocked unconscious on the spot!

Many of the surrounding people covered their faces and shook their heads, feeling extremely embarrassed.

There was a huge difference in strength between the light emissary and the members of the nightless Luminous Palace!

The faces of the members of the nightless luminous palace were extremely unsightly.

They had never thought that Qin Feng would definitely win, but wasn’t this defeat too miserable?

What made them feel even more ashamed was that the light emissary’s side did not have the slightest bit of cheering and joy for victory. On the contrary, they were very calm.

That calmness meant that they felt that victory was a matter of course.

If Zheng Yuan were to lose, they would be surprised instead.

Was the gap between them really so Big?

The members of the never-night Illumination Palace were extremely unwilling.

“Aiya, I’ve already said that it’s best to send someone ranked higher. Otherwise, it would be very miserable. It’s a pity that you guys didn’t listen!”Zheng Yuan folded his hands in his sleeves and said with a regretful expression.

Yao Yue Gongzi’s gaze suddenly turned cold. “Do you still want to continue the challenge?”

“Of course!”Zheng Yuan’s expression was fearless.

“Alright! Zhan lie, you come!”

Zhan lie was the fifth ranked member of the never-night Illumination Palace. He had already become a dao master for a few years, and his overall strength far surpassed Qin Feng in all aspects.

“Yes!”

Zhan lie walked forward. His two bell-like eyes stared at Zheng Yuan and said, “Do you dare to fight with me?”

“Hehe, I’m afraid that you will lose too miserably,”Zheng Yuan said calmly.

“Then, let’s begin!”Zhan lie took out an extremely heavy battle axe from his back and stabbed it into the ground. The entire square trembled.

Zheng Yuan pursed his lips. “Dao artifact? That’s fine. Let’s compete with Dao artifacts.”

He took out a mace. Layers of lightning were flowing on the mace, flickering endlessly.

“Ha!”Zhan lie roared as he stepped forward and slashed down with his battle axe.

Zheng Yuan said contemptuously, “It’s not a competition of who can shout louder and who can win!”

Bang —

He raised his mace and counterattacked.

Zheng Yuan, who looked much weaker, actually managed to block the battle axe.

Then, the two of them exchanged blows with each other using their DAO weapons. The battle lasted no less than a hundred rounds.

In the end, when both sides were somewhat exhausted, Zheng Yuan withdrew and said with a smile, “I admit defeat! The experts of the never-night illumination palace are as numerous as the clouds, and I, Zheng Yuan, am far inferior!”

How was that admitting defeat wholeheartedly? It was clearly a taunt!

The people of the never-night illumination palace did not feel any sense of victory either.

The fifth-ranked prodigy of the never-night illumination palace had not been able to defeat the eighth-ranked last person in more than a hundred rounds. What kind of victory was this?

The battle column clenched his fists and retreated with shame in his eyes. He bowed his head to young master Yao Yue and said, “It’s my fault.”

Even though they had won, they had still lost!

Young master Yao Yue suppressed the anger in his heart and said, “Who will you send out next?”

Shua —

A figure walked out from the crowd. It was Yang Hua, who was ranked seventh.

“Of course it’s me.”Yang Hua crossed his arms and smiled, his eyes filled with coldness.

Young Master Yao Yue felt a wave of shame in his heart. The person ranked eighth had fallen, but the person ranked seventh had to fight?

If their people lost again, then they would really lose face!

“Alright, Fang Juan, you go on stage.”

Fang Juan was ranked third in the never-night illumination palace, and she had recently broken through to the level of the family head.

Although she did not have the time to comprehend it, it was more than enough to deal with Yang Hua, who was only at the level of an Ordinary Dao master.

Fang Juan’s face was cold as she walked forward and said, “I don’t want to bully the weak with the strong. You can choose to withdraw.”

Was there any suspense in a fight between a family head and an Ordinary Dao Master?

Yang Hua was calm and composed. “There’s no need for that. Recently, I feel that I have made some progress in my cultivation. I would like to try challenging a family head level dao master. It just so happens that I would like to invite Miss Fang Juan to spar with me.”

To be so arrogant as to spar with a master-level dao master, this was really going too far!