Jade Dragon Sword
The Dinner Banquet

The evening banquet was attended by ministers and royal courtiers. Many of them want the marriage of the princess of the kingdom of Dayu with their children. Hoping to have a bright future if you manage to get the king's daughter.

The invited guests and those who came of their own accord, all came from among the nobility and equals. Looking at the graceful and beautiful princess of the king, all the men looked towards her.

The night that almost everyone was waiting for was present at the banquet to choose a future husband for you Qiaofeng. There was a race on a happy night for the king.

"Haha! Good night everyone! Tonight is a very happy night for me. Because tonight is the day that I will choose a future husband for you my daughter Qiaofeng."

Yong Zhengzhou watched the people who were already at the banquet table. In a hall outside the room that was bright due to the flame of the torch. The tables were filled with food and drinks.

"To start tonight's event, let's have a toast with wine this spring. We'll be a family, whoever his son is married to my daughter. To that end, we've chosen four young men to participate in this event."

"wait. You can't drink this wine. Drink this tea, Yin Long," said Yan Sheng stopping Yin Long who was about to drink wine. The man did not want the girl to be drunk for now.

In order to avoid things that are not desirable, wine is immediately replaced with tea that has been provided by the waiter. Because Yan Sheng did not want to happen any unwanted things. After the next day, they also had intended to continue their journey to the East Sea Palace.

"To that end, tonight's event is an opening for the selection of a future husband for my daughter, Yong Qiaofeng. Well ... we can't stay long because we'll still be preoccupied with the race tomorrow morning. And now we open the show by introducing all of our contestants."

Yong Zhengzhou gave the order of eunuch Shi to announce anyone who would enter the race for the princess. Of course everything was already written down in a thick paper that the eunuch Shi was holding.

Eunuch Shi stood beside Yong Zhengzhou. He read out the names of the participants who will have the opportunity to participate in the race that will be held tomorrow.

"I will announce four gallant young men who will take part in this race. Let's start with Anran Ming, son of King Ming now. The second one was Bei Long Hai, the prince of the Sun kingdom. The third was Shao Lin Pang, the prince of the Cloud Kingdom. And for the fourth was the person who was instrumental in saving Qiaofeng's daughter, Yan Sheng. He was a great swordsman who managed to defeat a thousand of his enemies with his sword."

Hearing his name being called, Yan Sheng glared and shook his head. He had no intention of taking part in a race he did not expect. So also with Yin Long who did not accept and wanted to protest. Yan Sheng stopped him.

"Yin Long .. You do not interfere in this matter. You eat a lot. I won't win this fight either. Because after all, we have no interest in staying here for long. We'll leave the palace tomorrow, no matter what."

"really? But your name is called by eunuch Shi. Are you really not going to follow?" yin Long asked curiously. He also felt uncomfortable in the palace.

"Maybe it's their plan to include me in this race. In the end, I'll still give in to them." Yan Sheng convinced Yin Long to be more patient. Even though he was very worried in his heart.

Looking around there were also some strong people who could not possibly be defeated by Yan Sheng. Among them were the old man and each of the bodyguards who had greater strength than the youths who took part in the selection of the king's son-in-law.

"For the names I mentioned his name, please stand in front. To His Majesty the King and Princess Qiaofeng." Eunuch Shi retreated to the back beside Yong Zhengzhou.

The three young men mentioned also came forward, in front of the king of Dayu kingdom. Yan Sheng was also present and paid his respects to the king. Despite having rejected Qiaofeng's request earlier, he was still included.

"Our respect, Your Highness," the three young men said first to Yong Zhengzhou. They glanced at Yan Sheng who felt he was not worthy to participate in the race.

Of course among them was only Yan Sheng who was not from the nobility. Don't even know where he came from. If Yan Sheng took part in the race that was between them were well-respected people, they were extremely annoyed and did not accept.

"Hey, why are you following along. And you are the one who snatched my Sky Sapphire Sword! Quick, hand me the sword you took!" hardik Shao Lin Pang with high emotions.

Instantly a terrifying aura threatened Yan Sheng. The aura kept pressing down on his body so that he bowed before the king. The main culprit was one of the Shao Lin Pang family.

"Stop! Stop it, Mr. Shao. Perhaps this is just a misunderstanding between this young man," Yong Zhengzhou said. He already knew who had suppressed Yan Sheng with his threatening and terrifying aura.

"I'm sorry King Yong Zhengzhou. I do not accept my nephew being insulted by such a lowly people. Our Shao family is the greatest family ever. No one dared to threaten or take the inheritance from our family. No one can snatch that sword easily."

Yan Sheng smiled widely and stood up freely after the suppressive aura was released. He stood up and stepped towards the person who had threatened him.

"Do you dare to fight me, young man? You're just an ant that even my niece would easily defeat you. How could you possibly fight me? You're looking for death?"

"If I can't defeat this young man, how can I possibly snatch his sword? What sword do you mean, I don't know what a sword looks like. I'm just an ordinary person who doesn't have this kind of senior science. So please don't provoke a commotion here."

"Bad! You dare to fight me, huh? What are you talking about? You can't beat my niece. How could you snatch that sword from him?" said the upset Mr. Shao. But he could only digest his words. He also checked Yan Sheng's cultivation. It turned out that his cultivation was no higher than that of his nephew.

"Mr Shao, you're making things up. How could a lowly cultivating person seem to be able to snatch the Sky Sapphire Sword from your nephew? Wasn't that sword a great heavenly heirloom? There is no way a lowly person can control that sword" Yong Zhengzhou said.

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