Chapter 307: Enough, Do You Understand Guest Senior or Do I?
The airship broke through the sky, sailing through the clouds!
The destination of this journey was the Central Continent!
Zhou Tong looked around him, counting five or six hundred people in total; regardless of age or gender, everyone from the family was brought along.
“Grandpa, we’ve mobilized all troops. What if someone robs our home?”
Upon hearing this, Li Xin Rou couldn’t help but laugh.
“All the valuable things at home have been moved; even if a rat gets in, it’ll have to leave two taels of meat, haha…”
Zhou Tong, however, couldn’t smile. One could imagine how poor they had been over the years.
“Let me and Zhong Ningxue participate in this assessment!”
Zhou Tong whispered to Li Mu; the rule of the assessment was that each power could only send two participants, and the two of them were the strongest lineup.
“No way, I must participate myself!”
The Old Man firmly said, “Having been underestimated for so many years, I have to prove myself. Although you all are strong, you are new faces; I’m afraid it will be difficult for you to win the crowd.”
Zhou Tong sized up Li Mu. The other party was a strong warrior at the half-sage third level, which was indeed impressive, but the Old Man was just spouting nonsense.
He just wanted to show off!
“Since that’s the case, you can participate with Xiao Xue. It will be good for her to gain some experience.”
Zhou Tong said with a helpless smile; the Old Man was quite stubborn, so he might as well go along with it. After all, in this assessment without a Sage’s participation, Zhong Ningxue’s strength should be sufficient to cover the base.
“I have a question.”
Just then, Zhong Ningxue suddenly spoke up.
“Fighting is fighting, gambling is gambling, so why add the term assessment? What exactly is being assessed?”
“You little girl know little…”
Li Mu smiled while stroking his beard, “The participants in the assessment are the five major professional families of the Central Continent, namely the Tool Creation Li Family, Alchemy Lin Family, Array Creation Bai Family, Gu Refining Zhong Family, and Talisman Creation You Family!”
“Though the strength of these five families is not strong, due to their professions, they receive great attention from various strong warriors.”
“If someone can stand out in the assessment, it can prove their family’s value, thus winning more protection and more investment from powerful warriors!”
“I understand.”
Zhou Tong snapped his fingers, “So the so-called assessment is actually us being assessed by various strong warriors!”
“Exactly!”
Hearing this, Zhou Tong went into a brief contemplation. The Celestial Master Clan’s You Family would also participate in the assessment; he wondered if the Little Demoness would come as well?
His eyes filled with longing but then he shook his head.
To ensure the highest probability of success in the betting, various factions would send out half-sage level warriors; the Little Demoness probably hadn’t reached that level yet.
“Gu Refining Zhong Family…”
Zhong Ningxue froze at this title.
Could it be a branch of the Heavenly Gu Clan? If it really was, that would be wonderful. There were still some clansmen in the human world, which could finally give her a bit of solace.
“By the way, there’s something very important!”
Li Xin Rou also joined the conversation and said, “It is said that the Soaring Empire is among the factions participating in the investment, and the Empress will personally attend!”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Tong felt an explosion in his head as a graceful figure appeared in his mind.
“It’s over!”
Others might not recognize him, but how could Qian Miaoyu not recognize him?
At this thought, he couldn’t help but touch his wrist.
When they parted, this Empress had bitten down the hardest, as if she wanted to eat him alive.
If they ran into each other, who knows what might happen?
“May heavens bless, I hope I won’t have to show up, and this assessment will end smoothly.”
For the first time, Zhou Tong prayed to the heavens.
However, before he could finish his wish, Li Xin Rou patted his shoulder.
“Feeling nervous about facing that Guest Senior who looks a lot like you? It’s normal to feel inferior!”
“How do you know he will come?”
Zhou Tong countered with a smile.
“Do we even need to ask? The Guest Senior is supposed to be with the Empress forever; isn’t that only natural?”
Li Xin Rou said with certainty.
“That’s not necessarily true. A man aims for the wild, and the Empress may not be able to keep him.”
“Enough, do you understand Guest Senior or do I?”
Miss Li said disdainfully, already lost in her fantasy, “If we can get the Empress’s investment, doesn’t that mean we can see the Guest Senior often in the future? Just thinking about it makes me happy!”
As she spoke, the Guard Leader beside them looked at her with a sympathetic expression.
“Poor Young Lady, you know nothing about disguise!”
…
Unconsciously, the airship sped for a day and a night. By noon the next day, from a distance, everyone could see a majestic city.
“Look, it’s Jianxiong City; that’s our destination!”
Li Xin Rou said excitedly.
Zhou Tong’s eyes flickered; although they were still over a hundred miles away, he could already see the bottom clearly.
This city almost had no permanent residents, only a massive Training Grounds capable of holding a hundred thousand spectators.
However, what drew his attention was that the entire city was adorned with the flags of the Soaring Empire, all fluttering in the wind, exuding a magnificent presence!
It was easy to see that in this betting assessment, the Soaring Empire played a crucial role and was likely the largest investor!
“That woman…”
Zhou Tong murmured. It seemed Qian Miaoyu really intended to not only be the Empress of the Empire but also the Empress of the world!
As long as she could become the largest financier of the five major professional families, she could immediately command a high status in the Central Continent. As for capital… she lacked nothing in that regard!
In half a stick of incense, the airship crossed the hundred-mile distance and stopped at the city gate.
When Li Mu led the crowd out, they immediately attracted the attention of the people around.
“Which family is this, bringing so many clan members? They shouldn’t be here as spectators!”
“I recognize them, they are from the Mu Family, hahaha…”
Mocking voices arose, instantly darkening the faces of Li Mu and the others.
The Li in their name is a pun on Mu, which was a curse of having no children. It was a name they would never want to mention.
“We are the Li Family!”
The Old Man gritted his teeth and emphasized.
“What Li Family! Don’t flatter yourselves; you’re the Mu Family! Mu Family! Hahaha…”
The speaker was a thin, mean individual who said, “Didn’t everyone know? They are the calamity of the Li Family, cast out because they gave birth to a Calamity Star!”
“I advise everyone, if you don’t want to have bad luck, stay away from them; they are all calamity stars! Over a hundred people have died in the last decade!”
Hearing this, the surrounding people scattered, their eyes filled with disdain.
“Loyal dogs of the Lin Family!”
Li Xin Rou cursed but couldn’t act out here; otherwise, they would be disqualified from the assessment.
“Is it the Alchemy Lin Family participating in the assessment? Why are they acting like this?”
Zhou Tong asked coldly.
“The matriarch of the Central Continent’s Li Family is named Lin Ruoxii!”
“Now I understand, so they are relatives!”
Zhou Tong couldn’t help but laugh, glancing at that person, his pupils flickering momentarily!
This time, it would no longer be just a touch and go!
