Chapter 950 – No One Knows of This Youth (1/2)
Chapter 950 – No One Knows of This Youth
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The young man in the bamboo hat asked, ”Does the Heavenly Selection require one to give their identity?”
His voice was very flat, like water, a calm and rippleless pool of water. However, if someone of truly powerful cultivation were present, they might be able to hear that this was not water, but ice—an ice that had been frozen for ten thousand years.
The distant crowd was in an uproar, no one having expected this person's response to be so cold and unswerving.
The Heavenly Selection seemed to refer to the heavens making a choice, but from its rules, one could see that it was really about one's strength. Whether one won through the protection of the ancestral spirits or through one's own strength, one's identity or background were not required. All Heavenly Selection ceremonies since time immemorial had never required such a thing.
The member of the Council of Elders found himself momentarily at a loss for words. He angrily looked at the young man and said, ”Then I hope that you can keep on this bamboo hat until the end.”
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The sun gradually brightened. Even in the deep winter, it still had some warmth.
The red sun over the distant mountains rose higher and higher. The moist fog that had shrouded the two shores of the Red River was completely swept away, leaving a clear and bright scene of breathtaking beauty.
The matches on the fighting platforms in White Emperor City were also in full swing. The fights were incomparably splendid, with dangerous moments constantly taking place.
In the streets, on the stone walls, by the meadows, and in front of the Imperial City, the demi-human commoners loudly and constantly cheered, occasionally punctuated by a burst of gasps.
Many famous young demi-human experts defeated their opponents, but there were also many dark horses.
A few of the people nominated by the tribes that lived deep in the mountains displayed a surprising level of strength.
The several fighting platforms closest to the Imperial Palace and Heavensguard Pavilion were naturally the center of everyone's attention. Though somewhat quieter, the gazes were even more focused.
As the Heavenly Selection ceremony proceeded, the vast majority of gazes fell on three fighting platforms.
Three people stood on their respective platforms.
Xiaode, the Great Western Continent's Second Prince, and a young man in a bamboo hat.
As the strongest of the Demi-human race's middle generation and the Empress's nephew, Xiaode and the Great Western Continent's Second Prince should have been the focus of the crowd. However, at this moment, even more gazes, especially the gazes of the important personages standing on the Imperial City's observation platform, were aimed at that young man in the bamboo hat.
This young man was far too mysterious.
Up until now, other than his registered name of doubtful veracity, no one knew a single thing about his background. The young man seemed to have some sort of magical power. Before any of his opponents had a chance to attack, right when they stepped onto the fighting platform, they would bizarrely collapse into unconsciousness.
The young man had won four matches by this point, and neither the Carp tribe enforcer in charge of judging victory nor the member of the Council of Elders supervising the matches had been able to see what sort of technique he had used. Not even the great general of the Demi-human Court, Chong Xinghe, had been able to detect anything when he came especially to watch the third match.
Just who was he? What tribe did he come from?
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When the vast majority of gazes were watching the Imperial City and Heavensguard Pavilion, when an extremely small number of important personages who knew the truth were looking with mixed expressions at the young man in the bamboo hat, a few events also took place on a remote fighting platform. It was just that they did not attract anybody's attention at the time.