Chapter 65 (2/2)

“Greetings, Da Yuan King!” Ling Han raised his clasped hands as a salutation.

“Rise!” The Da Yuan King raised his hand, and said with a smile, “Youngsters nowadays are really impressive. Not only managing to reach the fourth layer of Element Gathering Tier at such a young age, you even have three Black Grade alchemists revolving around you. Even I have not had such an honor.” [2]

The Da Yuan King had obviously already found out about the previous night’s event.

Ling Han laughed mischievously and said, “I only have some slight academic attainments in alchemy, which allowed me to share a common language with Grandmaster Zhu and the others.” [ED/N: academic as in theory.]

The Da Yuan King naturally would not believe Ling Han’s words, yet he did not attempt to point it out bluntly. He only kept his extreme curiosity to himself–curiosity how such a genius had appeared within the area under his jurisdiction… and a genius that had three alchemists willingly revolving around him at that.

“Then what about that girl of the Liu Clan?” He asked with a smile. The issue about Liu Yu Tong couldn’t be hidden from him either.

“Hehe, if one is born handsome, he’d be popular everywhere,” Ling Han said exaggeratedly.

“Haha, you!” the Da Yuan King pointed a bit at Ling Han, as if reprimanding him for being too slick in his speech. He changed the topic swiftly and asked, “Whom do you think out of my two sons is more suitable to inherit my position?”

Was it appropriate to ask him this question?

Ling Han smiled, and said, “The two Princes each have their individual merits. Who exactly is more suitable, I believe that Da Yuan King, Your Majesty, you have your own thoughts. Then what need is there for me to speak more on the subject?”

The Da Yuan King once again broke out into loud laughter as he thought silently, ‘this slippery kid, his argument is watertight’. He once again changed the topic, and said, “I have one more daughter who has yet to marry. Are you willing to become my son-in-law?”

d.a.m.n, were all the people from the Royal House of the Da Yuan King so direct? Previously, when he went to register himself for the tournament, the Chief Butler had also attempted some matchmaking on the spot. And now, this man, the actual father of the girl, was the same, as if he was in a hurry to marry off his daughter.

Ling Han hurriedly waved his hands, and said, “My heart is fully focused on martial arts, and within the next few years, I will not consider marriage.”

The Da Yuan King could not help feeling that it was quite a pity. Even Zhu He Xin, Zhang Wei Shan and Duanmu Chang Feng treated Ling Han with utmost respect, so obviously this young man had terrifying ability in the field of alchemy. If the latter could become his son-in-law, then he would become an unimaginable aid to their family branch.

But since Ling Han had already tactfully declined the offer, as a King, he could not be so shameless as to insist. Moreover, his daughter was beautiful, so it was not like there was no one willing to marry her.

“If you encounter any troubles in future, you may come and ask me for help!” The Da Yuan King gave Ling Han a very heavy promise. Even if he could not manage to become Ling Han’s father-in-law, he was still determined to maintain an affable relations.h.i.+p with this young man.

“Many thanks for your generosity!” Ling Han accepted this favor with grace. After all, the current him was still too weak, so he still needed this kind of support and a.s.sistance.

When he returned to Heaven’s Medicine Pavilion, he discovered that the Fourth Prince had come to pay him a visit, and had been waiting for a very long time for his return.

The Fourth Prince conversed with him for a very long time, but did not really say anything substantial. He was simply trying to maintain a good relations.h.i.+p with Ling Han. Obviously, the Fourth Prince knew that he was too weak to actually persuade Ling Han to join his ranks. As a result, it was only a relations.h.i.+p between two contemporaries, and the Fourth Prince didn’t even hint that he intended to have Ling Han join him as an underling.

On Ling Han’s side, he did not mind having another friend, and so, the two of them naturally had a very delightful conversation.

After resting one more day, the actual day of the Da Yuan Tournament had finally arrived.

The first thing on the agenda was to draw lots.

After confirming the fifty seeded partic.i.p.ants, the other partic.i.p.ants would be divided into groups based on the lots they drew. They would be separated into fifty small groups, which would respectively ascend to their own tournament stage. Then the battle would begin, and the last person standing on the tournament stage would be one of the top fifty partic.i.p.ants of this Da Yuan Tournament, successfully obtaining a place of enrollment into Hu Yang Academy. [3]

Ling Han had also obtained the place of a seeded partic.i.p.ant, and this guaranteed that in the first round of battle, he would not encounter any opponents that were too powerful–of course, no matter how strong his opponent was, he would still hold no fear.

“Big Brother Ling!” Li Hao and the others were standing nearby, waving at him.

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