– Your Highness the First Prince, I would like to congratulate you on your engagement. I have often heard that your brilliance and strength are second to none, and after today’s events, I would have to agree. My respect for you has only increased!
– Haha… Does Your Highness the First Prince still remember the old man? I held you in my arms when you were a child and taught you. It’s been so long since we last saw each other, we should exchange stories over a glass sometime…
– Your Highness the first prince, when I first saw the second princess, I just knew you were perfect for each other. And apparently, I was right. Hahaha!
– Your Highness the first prince, I have an amazing daughter. She’s standing right over there where I’m pointing now. She would be delighted to serve you. If Your Highness wishes, I will have her delivered to your residence!
As soon as Xia Yang sat down in his seat, several officials suddenly jumped on him. With a toast and a smile, they tried to win his favor by using the depths of their connections, playing a sentimental act, and trying to 'sell” their daughters, hoping that one of them would become his concubine.
He forced a smile out of himself because he expected a change in their behavior. These officials were ruled by a herd mentality. Like most people in the imperial palace, they flocked to whoever they thought could provide them the most benefit and the most protection. At the moment, as the prince with the highest potential and the highest chance of inheriting the throne, he was that person.
But while he became the sweetie pie in their eyes, they cast his brothers aside. Not a single official has yet attempted to speak to them. Even the officials who had once decided to support them now wanted to say hello to him. But since they didn’t think it wise to trample his brothers in the dirt while in the main hall, they decided to visit him as soon as the banquet was over.
“How long will this bunch of snobby old men keep showing off their shameful looks?”
– Hahaha, looks like nobody needs us now!
– Isn’t this bitter experience similar to that of big brother? Are we now aware of his past level of suffering?
– Hey, look! The gaze of all the beautiful women is now completely focused on Big Brother’s body.
– Okay, Eighth Brother, calm down. Your anger is pointless. If you possessed his skill, you could act as willfully as he did, and if you shared his abilities, you could defeat him. But since you can’t and you don’t have those powers, they will never look at you or us the way they look at him again!
Until today, the twelve imperial princes stood as equals. None of them could rise a foot above the others and monopolize all ministers and officials. But the moment Xia Yang showed his irresistible power, the officials decided not to hesitate to leave them behind. The twelve imperial princes were unwilling to tolerate such a situation. But there was nothing they could do but watch and realize the true pain of indifference and neglect.
– Well, at least we were lucky that the elder brother took the city of North Hollow as his reward. Several city lords would have died in that place if Master Bai had not been there to quell the previous rebellion… if the elder brother went there, I’m not sure he could ever come back alive.
– That’s true. As long as he wants and is asking for trouble, we can sit back and enjoy the fruits. Although it would be better if he got into trouble before he married the second princess.
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– The city of the Northern Wasteland… it seems our elder brother has been hiding behind the walls of the imperial palace for too long. He has already forgotten the vastness of heaven and earth. Anyone who can survive in that place is a vicious man. It is also rumored that several cultivators are half a step away from the Celestial Kingdom. Once they breakthrough, I fear that not even Master Bai will be able to suppress them!
– But isn’t that good news? Under the Celestial Kingdom, all humans are ants. Elder Brother can only blame himself if one of them accidentally kills him!
Thoughts of the Northern Wasteland City and the possible demise of Xia Yan quickly lifted the spirits of the twelve princes.
The most dangerous place in the Xia Kingdom was not the Mountain Range of Spiritual Beasts, but the city of the Northern Wasteland. Experts of the Core Kingdom, the Little Extremes, and the Great Extremes could be seen there at every turn So what did it matter if Xia Yang was better than the second prince? To the people of the Northern Wasteland city, Xia Yang was no more terrifying than a lamb being led to slaughter. The vicious people of this place would not care about his status as the city lord or the emperor’s eldest son. Many of them have already committed numerous crimes. Do you think they will not commit another?
Once their eldest brother dies, they will lose their most powerful pretender to the throne. They didn’t even have to plan for his death. They only had to wait peacefully for the “good news” to return to the palace.
Soon the feast was over, and the nine fiery Phoenixes prepared to carry off the second Tang princess.
According to the relevant laws and customs, Xia Yang and the second princess would not meet again until the wedding day, when Xia Yang would accompany her back from the Tang kingdom.
After Tang Dyer left behind these four simple words, she climbed the nine-foot Phoenix. The huge beast flapped its wings and slowly rose into the air. Xia Yang watched in silence as her figure disappeared into the distance, and beyond that, over the horizon.
The next day, each official appointed a servant to carry the generous gifts they had prepared for Xia Yan. Today they planned to visit his residence, congratulate the new prince, and flatter him while they could.
– What? Has he already left?
The officials had been standing in front of Xia Yan’s residence for quite some time when they were suddenly informed that the prince had already departed.
While they exchanged blank stares at the unexpected news, Xia Yan spurred his azure beast and galloped off in the direction of the Northern Wasteland City. If he had a flying horse (a.k.a. Pegasus), like a nine-foot Phoenix, he could easily cover that distance in two or three hours. But now it would take at least two weeks with his animal, all because he had left his retinue behind. Moreover, his azure beast was the symbol of the imperial family. No sane brigand would dare stop him, and no local city Lord would dare accept him with open arms.
However, he had no time to waste on pointless pleasantries. The 99-day time limit flooded him with a sense of urgency. So he moved without stopping until the tenth day when he finally arrived at the most dangerous city of the Xia Kingdom, the city of the Northern Wasteland!
– It seems that the stories I have heard are true… For miles around there is nothing but yellow sand and wilderness. I hardly see any green,” he remarked, feeling as if he’d arrived in the area beyond the Great Wall.
At this moment, Xia Yan raised his head and saw a shadow flying in the sky and quickly approaching him.
– The First Prince, Your Highness!
As the figure approached, Xia Yan was finally able to make out some details. It was a gray-haired old man dressed in black.
– Master Bai,” he greeted, bowing his head respectfully before this man, who was one of the two strongest men in all of Xia!