Sovereign The
Chapter 12: The Annual Clan Meeting Begins

'This year's Clan Assembly, Grandfather Huang Qide even invited Li Mu, the Old Patriarch of the Li Family, he really spent a lot of effort and thought.' Huang Xiaolong thought to himself.

He believed the reason his Grandfather had invited the Old Patriarch of the Li Family to watch the meeting was not that simple.

Along the way to the East Courtyard, the hall and corridor were decorated with colored lanterns and banners. When the busy guards and servants saw Huang Xiaolong pass by, they immediately stopped to salute: "Young Master Xiaolong!"

Huang Xiaolong nodded as he walked past him.

However, along the way, he could feel strange gazes from the guards and servants behind him, it seemed like Huang Wei's statement about immobilizing Huang Xiaolong's arm had reached the ears of these guards and servants.

Huang Xiaolong ignored them and reached the Eastern Courtyard.

Inside the main hall, both Huang Peng and Su Yan were present.

"Mommy's father." Huang Xiaolong called out as he entered the main hall.

"Xiaolong, you're here." Su Yan pulled Huang Xiaolong to sit next to him and asked: "Tomorrow is a Clan Meeting, how is your training going?"

Huang Peng, who was sitting across also looked at Huang Xiaolong.

Chuckling softly, Huang Xiaolong said: “Dad, iBu, don't worry. I will definitely not let you down tomorrow.”

Unexpectedly, as his sentence ended, Su Yan said loudly in surprise: "Xiaolong, have you broken through the middle of the First Order?" Su Yan thought his son's trust came from him who had broken through the middle of the First Order.

Huang Peng laughed out loud at this moment: "Good, son, you really didn't disappoint Father."

When Huang Xiaolong heard his parents words, he held back his smile; could it be that, advancing to the middle of the First Order before the annual Clan Meeting was the highest hope his parents had for him?

"Dad, I heard from the guards at this year's annual Clan Meeting, the Old Patriarch of the Li Family, Li Mu is coming?" Huang Xiaolong asked, changing the topic.

Huang Peng nodded: "This time, other than the Old Patriarch of the Li Family himself, he also brought his grandson, Li Lu, here."

"His granddaughter, Li Lu?" Huang Xiaolong was a little confused then jokingly said: "Old Patriarch Li can't bring his granddaughter to an arranged marriage, right?"

But Huang Peng replied seriously: “That was the goal of Grandfather and Old Patriarch Li after the Clan Assembly was completed. Huang Wei and Li Lu will be engaged and in the future, our Li Family and Huang Clan will be in-laws.”

Huang Xiaolong became empty.

"I heard people say, Li Lu's talent is quite good, his is a ninth grade martial spirit, the Divine Dark Sword." Su Yan added.

Top among the ninth grade martial spirits, the Divine Dark Sword!

Huang Xiaolong was startled for a moment, as it was unexpected that Li Mu's granddaughter, Li Lu, possessed the Divine Dark Sword martial spirit.

In the Martial Spirit World there are various forms of martial spirits – ferocious beasts, equipment, plants, and there are even people with nature affinity martial spirits such as lightning, wind, water, and fire.

And the Dark God Sword was one of the many martial spirit weapons of this type of device.

Of course, the majority of the martial spirits in the Martial Spirit World existed in the form of beasts, for example, the Three-Eyed Black Tiger Huang Wei, the Six Huang Qide Winged Golden Ape, and the two-headed snake variant Huang Xiaolong.

A short while later Huang Xiaolong returned to his small courtyard and continued to practice Asura Tactics.

Slowly, night down.

Huang Xiaolong was standing on a hilltop in the back mountain, not moving an inch but he was not practicing, instead, he looked into the vast sea in front of him. Actually, with regards to Huang Wei, Huang Xiaolong really did not care.

Releasing the two-headed snake martial spirit that floated behind him, Huang Xiaolong could clearly feel how powerful his martial spirit was after advancing to the Third Order and he was the only person who could sense it.

Looks like I need to travel to the library to see if I can find out about my martial spirit. Huang Xiaolong muttered to himself.

However, the Huang Clan Manor's library only allowed those who had reached the Fourth Order to enter, which was why he had to breakthrough to the Fourth Order as quickly as possible.

The moonlight extended Huang Xiaolong's small shadow on the ground.

The darkness gradually faded as the morning light illuminated the sky, Huang Xiaolong's figure darting, returning to the Huang Clan Manor.

The Annual Meeting of the Klan is about to begin.

Returning to the Huang Clan Manor, he directly went to the Eastern Courtyard. When his parents, Huang Peng and Su Yan saw him coming, they did not say much, and the three of them then walked into the Great Hall.

The Great Hall was easily twice the size of the Martial Temple, and could accommodate a thousand people comfortably. In front of the Great Hall, a martial stage was set up with chairs lined up around the surrounding martial stage, prepared for the Elders and servants of the Huang Clan Manor Clan whereas the disciples could only stand in the back area of the open space.

When Huang Peng and Su Yan entered with Huang Xiaolong behind them, many Elders and servants were already there.

"Second Manor."

"Second Manor."

A group of Elders, servants, and disciples immediately greeted Huang Peng.

Huang Peng nodded. Su Yan and Huang Xiaolong followed behind him to the table that had been arranged and sat down. As he sat down, Huang Xiaolong felt a cold gaze directed at him; his eyes went around looking for the source and he looked at Huang Wei who was sitting across.

At this moment, their eyes met in the air – Huang Wei's gaze was arrogant, condescending, provoking, and complacent.

Sitting beside Huang Wei was Huang Ming, forever with an expressionless flat face. Huang Peng sat down and did not bother greeting Huang Ming. The two have not spoken to each other since the North Courtyard incident, going from brothers to foreigners traveling the same street.

Not long after the three of them arrived, from outside the Great Hall, a warm laugh sounded. Hearing the sound of laughter, everyone within the hall quickly stood up. Looking towards the entrance, Huang Xiaolong looked at his Grandfather Huang Qide, who was, walking into the hall with a face full of laughter and next to his grandfather was a high-spirited old man with a head full of silvery-white hair of the same age. . Soon, Huang Xiaolong knew this was Old Patriarch Li, Li Mu mentioned. Following behind Li Mu was a beautiful little girl with her hair tied into two braids, bright round eyes swirling with curiosity.

"Sir Manor."

"Patriarch Old Li."

Everyone present quickly greeted, and followed Huang Ming, Huang Peng, and Su Yan up: "Dad, Old Patriarch Li."

“Grandfather, Old Patriarch Li.” Huang Wei and Huang Xiaolong called out respectfully after their elders.

Huang Qide chuckled and nodded small. He turned to Li Mu, one finger pointing towards Huang Wei: "This is my grandson, Huang Wei." But he only introduced Huang Wei without mentioning Huang Xiaolong.

Li Mu looked at Huang Wei from top to bottom with appreciation and said, “Good, good, good. Brother Qide, I heard that your grandson trained for less than two months and he has broken through to the First Order warriors. During Me, to break through to the First Order, I used more than five months, ah.”

Huang Qide laughed out loud when he heard this praise: "Brother Li Mu, please give advice and take care of him in the future."

"In the future, that's of course." Li Mu laughed.

A few moments later, everyone returned to their seats.

Then, Servant Chief Chen Ying stood up and said a few nice welcome words to the Annual Clan Meeting; afterwards, he glanced at Huang Qide. Seeing Huang Qide nod his head, Chen Ying declared in a loud voice: "The Annual Clan Assembly begins!"

Chen Ying's declaration met with a silent hall.

Following the rules set down over the years, the first ones to take to the stage were usually those who had just awakened their martial spirit that year.

Everyone could not resist seeing Huang Wei, they all knew why the old Manor Lord attended the clan meeting this year. Huang Wei was destined to be the main center of attention.

"Huang Wei, go and show me the results of your five months of hard work, let everyone see your achievements." Huang Qide said to his grandson, Huang Wei, with excited eyes.

"Yes, Grandpa." Huang Wei stood up and said loudly. He then jumped into the middle of the martial stage.

Landing on the martial stage, Huang Wei began his battle qi, completely unleashing his battle qi strength, and his martial spirit, the Three-Eyed Black Tiger came out, hovering behind him, emitting a powerful aura.

“First Order peak end!”

Sensing the battle qi aura released by Huang Wei, the Huang Clan Manor Elders, the servants, and disciples were greatly shocked, causing a commotion in the Great Hall. In just five months of practicing battle qi, Huang Wei had reached the peak of the First Order!

Note:

From brother to stranger travelling on the same road – from close relationship/intimate to stranger traveling on the same road where you do not talk to each other unless necessary.