Time flies fast. In the blink of an eye, the day of excitement in Lihuo City has arrived.
On this day, the huge city is very lively. The city lord marries a wife, and she is the legal wife. It is definitely a top-notch event. Looking around, there are lights and decorations everywhere, and gongs and drums are playing.
"The final selection of the Yanhuang Academy will be held in the city lord's mansion today. After the city lord pays homage, he can watch with the guests and let the young people perform to cheer for this happy event."
"It is said that the city lord will officially confer the title of the prince on Master Li Zifeng after he obtains the Yanhuang Order and announce it to the whole city."
"For our Lihuo City, this is a double happiness."
In the early morning, Li Tianming pushed Wei Jing into the yard and let her enjoy the warm sunshine in the morning.
Mother knew that today was a special day.
"Mom, I should go." After getting the Yanhuang Order, he will take her away from this sad place.
"Go." Wei Jing squinted in the sun. Her long hair was already gray, and only in the sun could it still have some luster.
"Don't you want to say something touching? Give me some chicken blood or something?" Li Tianming asked with a smile.
"What chicken blood? Where can I get chicken blood?" The little yellow chicken rolled down from Li Tianming's head and asked fiercely.
Its nervous look successfully made the mother and son laugh.
In the laughter, there was no tension of the upcoming battle.
"Go, I'll take a nap and you'll be back." Wei Jing said gently.
This battle is very important, but she didn't put a lot of pressure on Li Tianming. She might be the person in the world that Li Tianming has the most confidence in.
"Okay." Li Tianming helped her comb her white hair, and his movements were very skillful.
After combing it, he gently patted Wei Jing's shoulder, and then he didn't look back and set off on the journey.
Under the sun, Wei Jing squinted a tear in her eyes, and the corner of her mouth curled up a smile.
It seems that this tear does not represent sadness and worry, but a new life.
Everyone knows how much dignity she has lost in this Lihuo City, and even her youth and dreams are buried in this place.
But today, she also longed for her beloved child to take back everything that belonged to them!
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Today, the City Lord's Mansion in Lihuo City was like a beautiful woman with heavy makeup. From a distance, it was brightly lit and full of people.
It is said that today, not only the well-known figures in Lihuo City, but also many guests from other cities, and even masters from the capital of Suzaku Country, 'Yandu'.
In this regard, Li Yanfeng, as one of the top masters in the southern border of Suzaku Country, has a very high prestige and face, especially in recent years, and has a momentum to climb up.
It is rumored that after getting in touch with the relationship with Lei Zun Mansion, Li Yanfeng's future is not only in Lihuo City, he has a greater room for climbing.
In the southern border of Suzaku Country, Li Yanfeng is definitely the most popular person.
Li Tianming didn't want to see him get married, and he was estimated to wait until the ceremony was over and the final selection of Yanhuang Academy was about to begin before he was ready to enter the City Lord's Mansion.
"Li Tianming, you can't go in." When Li Tianming stepped into the gate of the City Lord's Mansion again, the deputy general of the city guards, Ma Chaoyuan, blocked his way with a cold face.
"Why?"
"You don't have an invitation, and you are not from the City Lord's Mansion. If you go in and embarrass me, my head will fall to the ground." Ma Chaoyuan said in a deep voice. He was not a bad person, but he had to do things impartially.
"Let him in." Just as Li Tianming was about to break in, a female voice came from inside. It turned out that Li Xuejiao happened to pass by.
With her words, Ma Chaoyuan did not stop him. Anyway, it was not his responsibility.
"Don't make trouble when you go in. It's different now. Don't go in vertically and come out horizontally." Ma Chaoyuan reminded him and glared at Li Tianming.
"I'll give you a good word." Li Tianming walked past him and walked straight into the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
"You really dare to come. I thought you had already escaped from Lihuo City like a stray dog." Li Xuejiao crossed her arms and looked at him coldly.
"Is it at the Listening Wind Pavilion?" Li Tianming didn't bother with her, keeping his gaze straight ahead and getting right to the point.
"Yes."
He knew exactly why Li Xuejiao wanted to bring him here—nothing more than to see him humiliated and make him pay for beating her up last time.
Together, Li Tianming and Li Xuejiao arrived at the Listening Wind Pavilion, the grand venue for today's major event.
The pavilion was massive, with a vast plaza in front called the Listening Wind Terrace. Li Tianming had spent sixteen years training and growing stronger right on that terrace.
Now, the area in front of the pavilion was packed with people. Many young cultivators had already been waiting for a long time, filled with excitement and anticipation.
Just moments ago, the city lord had held a wedding ceremony under the witness of many high-ranking figures. That meant the highly anticipated Yanhuang Academy Final Selection—a major attraction of the celebration—was about to begin!
Li Tianming chose to come at this moment not because he cared who Li Yanfeng was marrying. He had already been kicked out of the city lord's manor; none of this had anything to do with him anymore.
"This new mistress of Lihuo City is beautiful and charming. She is definitely a beauty that brings disaster. No wonder my father is so obsessed with her." Li Xuejiao said, looking in the direction of Tingfeng Banquet. She had just seen Li Yanfeng's bride.
However, Li Tianming didn't care about any beauty at all. He only had one goal today, that was Li Zifeng, also known as Yanhuang Ling.
To put it more complicatedly, it was to let the people of Lihuo City see that he, Li Tianming, was back, and then he would leave here openly!
He had already seen Li Zifeng, and he was already waiting in front of Tingfeng Tower. As the focus of everyone's attention, Li Zifeng dressed very solemnly and appropriately today, but this could not cover up his carefree temperament.
Now a group of friends gathered together, and the topic of discussion was nothing more than the figure of a female beastmaster and the skills of the top card of the Jade Building.
There were many talented boys and girls from all sides in the final selection of Yanhuang Academy, many of whom were outstanding in appearance, but even so, Li Zifeng was considered a dazzling existence among them.
No wonder the outside world has been rumored that Li Yanfeng was very satisfied with his growth and performance over the years.
"It is said that Dad has already contacted the teacher of Yanhuang Academy for my second brother, and he will be the one to protect him. You have never been treated like this before, right?" Li Xuejiao sneered.
She stood next to Li Tianming just to see Li Tianming's humiliation from a close distance.
Just as she finished speaking, a group of people appeared on the Tingfeng Tower. They sat on the high platform, where they could easily see the entire Tingfeng Tower.
As the protagonist of today, Li Yanfeng naturally sat in the most central position.
This man had a straight figure and slightly gray hair on his temples. After sitting down, he pressed the armrests of the chair with both hands. These hands were vigorous and powerful, and it was obvious that he had infinite power.
Just by sitting here, he had a kind of awe-inspiring majesty, which made the originally noisy Tingfengtai fall into dead silence. Young people did not dare to raise their heads in his aura.
As a person of humble origin, Li Yanfeng was a genius in his youth. He started from scratch and fought his way out. Now he sits on the high position of the Lord of Lihuo City. There are still many legendary stories about him among the people.
At the side of Li Yanfeng, a woman in red sat down. Although this woman did not have the momentum of Li Yanfeng, she was also the focus of the moment.
Li Xuejiao said that this woman was a beauty, and today it was indeed true.
She was wearing a red silk dress with a low neckline. Her charming figure was definitely not comparable to that of a teenage girl. Under the sun, her face was like lotus, her eyebrows were like willows, her skin was like snow, and her eyes were more charming than peach blossoms, which were very attractive. Her black hair was tied into a high beauty bun, and her head was full of pearls shining brightly in the sun. Her bright red lips were slightly raised, as if the entire City Lord's Mansion was under her control.
She was Li Yanfeng's newlywed wife, the woman from Lei Zun Mansion, "Liu Qing".
Even though there were many masters of the same level as Li Yanfeng among the guests, and Li Yanfeng's three wives and four concubines and the other six were present, they were not as outstanding as these two people in today's event.
Especially the peerless beauty, which made the young boy dry his mouth and dare not look at it too much.
Li Tianming took a look at her. He did admit that this woman was very charming and her gentleness was enough to make people lose their minds, but she was from Lei Zun Mansion. With such an identity, Li Tianming only felt disgusted.
They have already shown up to watch the game, which means that the final selection of Yanhuang Academy is about to begin.
"Brother Feng, I can see that Zifeng really has no rivals in Lihuo City." Liu Qing's voice was soft and sweet on the top of Tingfeng Tower.
"It's good that Zifeng can grow to this level in Lihuo City." Li Yanfeng said.
"I heard that you have another son who has also been to Yanhuang Academy and offended our 'little monster' in Leizun Mansion?" Liu Qing asked.
"It's useless now, no need to mention it again." Li Yanfeng said with a deep look.
"Oh, I see." Liu Qing smiled with narrowed eyes, her face was as red as peach blossoms.
In the spotlight, Li Yanfeng waved his hand, and someone immediately came out and announced to the public: "The final selection of Yanhuang Academy has officially begun."
At this moment, the Tingfeng Tower was boiling!
"I, will fight!" As expected, with Li Zifeng's ostentatious and arrogant personality, he had no patience at all.
Just when the final selection began, he was the first to step onto the Tingfeng Tower, and then summoned his companion beast 'Purple-eyed Chongming Bird' from the companion space.
The purple-eyed double-headed bird burning with purple fire and the heroic Li Zifeng stood side by side, a burning and fierce aura swept out, the purple-eyed double-headed bird with double pupils was full of murderous aura, and many people couldn't help but tremble in their hearts after a glance.
"Who dares to come up and fight? I'm not afraid of a round-robin battle!" Li Zifeng glanced around, and the young people were full of blood and vigor, and they were indeed very passionate and motivated.
On the Tingfeng Tower, Li Yanfeng heard a lot of praise.
"City Lord Li, your son is really a hero, full of courage, and dared to go on stage to accept the challenge first."
"It can be seen that his purple-eyed double-headed bird must have received the true teachings of the city lord."
Li Yanfeng smiled slightly and said, "Zifeng has made a lot of progress recently. In Lihuo City, he is a little better than his peers, so he is naturally fearless."
"Yes, he is much better than the previous one." An old man sighed.
"Li Tianming? What a pity." Another person sighed.
Li Yanfeng actually didn't like to hear them discussing Li Tianming. After all, there were still many people from the Thunder Palace present, but there were always one or two people who didn't have much brains.
"Don't mention those who are not here." Li Yanfeng said in a low voice.
Those who understood quickly shut up. After all, they all heard that before getting married, Li Yanfeng had divorced his wife and abandoned his children, and drove the mother and son out of Lihuo City completely. From then on, there would be no more jokes in Lihuo City.
While they were talking, someone had already come on stage to challenge Li Zifeng.
The beastmaster and his companion beast, and the other beastmaster and companion beast combination duel!
The challenger was named 'Du Yong', and his companion beast was 'Blue Wind Wolf'. When this big wolf with blue hair appeared in front of the purple-eyed double-mining bird, people knew without looking that it was definitely cannon fodder. Sure enough
, before Li Zifeng made a move, his companion beast directly chased down the opponent and the wolf, burning them to a char.
"Too weak, are they all trash? Keep going!" Li Zifeng was very arrogant and his moves were also particularly rough.
He was too lazy to fight more. Under the rules of the battle, he severely injured his opponent to scare the others, so that he could get the Yanhuang Order quickly!
Another one came up, but Li Zifeng still didn't do anything. His fifth-level companion beast took care of it himself!
The fifth-level companion beast has a very high growth limit in the future! Anyone who has a fifth-level companion beast will basically be a genius of the Suzaku Kingdom in the future.
"Anyone else?" Li Zifeng killed everyone in the crowd, eliminating more than ten people in a row, and basically defeated them fiercely. The audience under the Tingfeng Stage was in mourning.
The challenger who came up later was a little threatening, but he was not his opponent.
"Li Zifeng, has he broken through to the seventh level of the Beast Vein Realm?"
"He's so strong, so he should be. When Li Tianming got the Yanhuang Order four years ago, he was only at the sixth level of the Beast Vein Realm."
"I didn't expect that Li Zifeng is even more talented. No wonder the city lord likes this second son more."
"The seventh level of the Beast Vein Realm, he will definitely enter the Yanhuang Academy."
"See, the city lord is already smiling."
After all, seeing Li Zifeng so strong, defeating more than 30 people in a row, and not even one opponent who could barely fight, it was really shining, which made Li Yanfeng very proud.
About half an hour later, Li Zifeng had killed everyone, and no one dared to go on the field to perform.
"He is a natural talent, a peerless genius! Our Lihuo City's prince should be this kind of young man!" Many people exclaimed.
"Li Zifeng, although his temper is a bit arrogant, it is undeniable that he really has the true teachings of the city lord!"
For a while, praise was everywhere.
When they praised him, they naturally thought of the man who defeated the heroes here four years ago. Although they felt sorry, considering Li Yanfeng's attitude and the scandal three years ago, they still had to sigh: There must be something hateful about pitiful people.
The new future of Lihuo City lies in Li Zifeng, there is no doubt about that.
"Dad, no one challenged me, I won." Li Zifeng was very satisfied. He raised his head and looked at Tingfeng Tower with excitement. When he saw Li Yanfeng's smile, he knew that everything was settled.
On the top of Tingfeng Tower, Li Yanfeng suddenly stood up and landed in front of Li Zifeng with a tip of his toes. He seemed light, but the pressure he brought to the young man was like a giant beast landing. Even the purple-eyed Chongming bird was crawling on the ground under his majesty.
Perhaps, he already had the Yanhuang Order from Yanhuang in his hand!