C23 (1/2)

The carriage slowly drove through the wide streets of Tianhuang City. Canfeng, who was driving, waved his whip and lightly hit the body of a snow-white horse.

Hong Ling sat in the carriage as he flipped through the golden invitation card in his hand in boredom. Looking at the vigorous words written on it, a trace of doubt flashed past his eyes. He truly could not understand why the Young City Lord of the Tianhuang City would invite such a small character like himself to participate in the City Lord's Mansion banquet.

He had only stayed in Tianhuang City for less than half a month, and had almost never interacted with City Lord's Mansion before.

”Young master, City Lord's Mansion is up ahead, do you think we should stop here?” Canfeng stopped the carriage and asked respectfully.

Hong Ling pulled open the curtain of the carriage, looked at the few attendants who were welcoming him, and nodded: ”Stop here, pass the carriage to them to park, and follow me to the mansion to greet the young city lord!”

He and his master followed the people from the City Lord's Mansion who were guiding them. They walked forward, passed through many pavilions, and also passed through a huge garden. Only then did they see the pavilion under the artificial lake in City Lord's Mansion.

A group of youngsters surrounded a green-clothed youngster who was talking with a face full of smiles. When the green-clothed youngster saw Hong Ling and Canfeng who was behind him, he nodded at the two of them from afar.

”Sir Hong Ling and Mr. Canfeng have arrived with great respect, I hope that both of you will forgive me for being disrespectful!”

Lian Chengyu was the real name of the Young City Lord of the Tianhuang City. His surname, Lian Cheng.

Seeing that he was being courteous, Hong Ling did not dare be rash, and returned the greeting: ”I have troubled Young City Lord and everyone else for a long time. Hong Ling has arrived late, please do not take offense!”

Hong Ling knew that this was a trap that Lian Chengyu had set up, and wanted to see what kind of methods he and his master had up their sleeves.

”Canfeng, send me over, and meet up with the Young City Lord and the others!” He turned and said to Canfeng.

Canfeng nodded his head, he walked to the lakeside and placed his hand on the lake, the pure Authentic Qi gurgled and rushed into the lake.

Canfeng raised his palm, and a handful of water shot towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake. An enormous current of water rose into the sky from the lake at his side, and fell toward the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

A trace of cold energy flashed across his hand, and his eyes were filled with a black light. The cold energy rampaged out from his body, continuously eroding the stream of water.

Crack! Crack! Crack! The water flowed through the ice pillars and instantly froze. Under the dumbfounded gazes of the crowd, a wide, crystalline ice bridge quickly took shape. It extended from the shore to the pavilion at the center of the lake.

”Young master, the bridge is ready. Please move to the Heart Pavilion and gather with the young city lord and the others.” Canfeng bowed and said respectfully to his young master.

Hong Ling nodded his head. He elegantly stepped onto the ice bridge and slowly walked to the center of the lake. Lian Chengyu and a group of youths looked at his figure with eyes filled with praise. This youth, who was only at the early stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi, actually had an early stage Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivator who had awakened his bloodline following behind him.

In Tianhuang City, other than the City Lord Lian Cheng Lie, who was a cultivator who had refined the Spirit, only the cultivators of the Qi Refinement into Spirit were the strongest.

A Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivator with an awakened bloodline, who came from an assassin's background, was so powerful that even an aristocratic family with Tianhuang City wouldn't easily offend him.

After all, many of the young generation members of the clan were only at the Essence Refinement into Qi level. Once the early stage Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivator got angered, no one could guarantee that this Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivator wouldn't attack the young generation of the clan.

Hong Ling stepped onto the pavilion at the center of the lake, his eyes brimming with smiles. He did not know beforehand that Lian Chengyu would be able to invite him.

As the Young City Lord of the Tianhuang City, Lian Chengyu was only slightly over twenty years old, and with his cultivation, he had already stepped into the early stages of Qi Refinement into Spirit.

Initially, he had no intentions of inviting Hong Ling to the young elites of the Tianhuang City. However, after hearing that this person had mastered the Imperial Sword Technique and that he also had a servant of the Qi Refinement into Spirit who had his bloodline awakened, he wrote the young man's name on the invitation card.

He was born in a noble family and had already comprehended the sword intent. Adding on the fact that his cultivation was at the very peak of existence among the Tianhuang City's young generation, he would hold banquets from time to time, with the intention of drawing in people's hearts for his use.

However, although his plans were good, it was a pity that the geniuses of the young generation were not willing to stay below others. As a result, most of the banquets were to interact with others, and there were very few who genuinely attached themselves to Lian Chengyu.

Lian Chengyu had always had his eyes set on the top, his powerful cultivation gave him the qualifications to look down on his peers. Adding to the fact that his own father was the master of Tianhuang City, there would naturally be many people flattering him.

Unfortunately, even though this was the case, it was still difficult to find a strong follower. Even though he had already broken through to Qi Refinement into Spirit's cultivation level long ago, there still wasn't a single follower who was able to reach Qi Refinement into Spirit's.

At this time, looking at Canfeng who was respectfully standing on the lakeside, Lian Chengyu's eyes were filled with fanaticism. If he could take this Qi Refinement into Spirit's expert as his subordinate, then it would undoubtedly be a powerful aid to his future development.