"In that case, I shall let them fight, let them vie for supremacy."
"Let the most capable one erge through battle, ascend the Dragon Throne by their own strength, and beco the new Emperor!"
"At that ti, the power I leave behind will naturally be at their disposal, and they will naturally have enough ability to quell all internal strife, to forge a new era as the Sacred Emperor."
Hearing the resolute words of the man atop the Dragon Throne, Ji Mingyue looked at him with so disbelief.
"Father, this will lead to fratricidal conflict among my brothers, mutual slaughter!!"
"I know!" The man on the Dragon Throne nodded calmly and continued, "They are born into the Imperial Family; this is their destiny, their mission, and their final path."
"At any point in the past eight hundred years, they might have been harmonious and friendly!"
"But in this era, they have no choice, I have no choice, no one has a choice!"
Listening to these words, Ji Mingyue looked at the man on the Dragon Throne, his expression greatly shaken, as if eting him for the first ti today.
"Shiqi, you must find a path for yourself! I cannot protect you forever!" The man added.
"Father, soone will protect !" Ji Mingyue replied.
At this mont, the man’s face on the Dragon Throne suddenly showed a hint of anger.
Listening to Ji Mingyue’s serious words, he felt as if the pearl of his palm had been stolen away at that mont.
"Is it the Jiang Ning you’ve ntioned before?"
"It is him!" Ji Mingyue nodded.
"Very well, I want to see what abilities he has to protect you!" The man on the Dragon Throne held back his anger without erupting.
Having said this, he then dismissed Ji Mingyue.
A mont later.
"Begin!"
The voice of the man on the Dragon Throne transmitted through a special starlight-shrouded silk.
Upon hearing this, the presiding examiner of this Martial Arts Examination imdiately issued the herald.
Dong—dong dong—dong dong dong—
The war drums on the training ground, at this mont, beca urgent from being steady.
The drum sounds grew louder, like spring thunder exploding continuously over the Royal Capital.
On the other side.
The rest area for martial students.
"It’s started!" Yan Youjiao stood beside Jiang Ning, looking at a corner of the training ground, clenching his fist with excitent on his face.
"All martial students, please enter the field!"
At this mont, a burly man in shining armor walked over.
Jiang Ning glanced at his armor and imdiately knew his identity.
Capital Commandant.
Of the sa rank as Yan Youjiao’s father.
But their status is completely different.
Yan Duwei is in Dongling County, he is the highest military authority, able to command the troops of a county, his power is truly imnse.
However, this Capital Commandant before him is in the Royal Capital, where top three-grade officials are everywhere.
In such a place, casually throwing a brick might hit soone with a higher position than the commandant.
At this mont, hearing the commandant’s words.
The martial students imdiately stood up, presenting the identity tokens that were just distributed.
Under the commandant’s individual verification, everyone exited the semi-enclosed resting area.
As they stepped out of the resting area.
Jiang Ning’s eyes slightly narrowed.
The dazzling sunlight fell on the pale ground of the training field, reflecting blinding white light.
The surroundings of the training ground were tumultuous.
His gaze swept across the scene; he saw the four sides of the training ground were all equipped with stands.
At this mont, the stands were fully occupied, heads bobbing, dense as an ant swarm.
Then, his gaze fell upon the elevated stand at the north of the training ground.
Because on the elevated stand at the north of the training ground, there were familiar figures.
He saw the Eighth Prince Ji Minghao, the Fifth Prince Ji Mingyuan, and the Third Prince, who hosted the Linyuan Small Gathering.
Among the royal daughters, he also saw Ji Mingyue.
At this mont, Ji Mingyue saw Jiang Ning, blinked at him across the distance, and the heaviness in her heart dissipated the mont she saw Jiang Ning.
anwhile.
The man on the Dragon Throne’s gaze also swept across the martial students’ area.
He imdiately locked onto Jiang Ning.
Making such a big stir, the portrait of Jiang Ning had long been delivered to his study, presented before him.
Accompanied by that majestic gaze, Jiang Ning instinctively looked towards the man on the Dragon Throne.
Under the special star-shrouded veil, the features of the man on the Dragon Throne appeared extrely vague.
He imdiately knew that the man on the Dragon Throne was the highest ruler of the current Great Xia imperial family.
At this mont, the drum sound gradually ceased.
Then, his attention was drawn to the examiner.
"Chen Cheng, from Changning County, Martial Examination Chieftain, age twenty-seven!"
The examiner loudly announced, then received the docunt and corresponding portrait from his subordinate for further verification.
"Chen Cheng, is the information correct?" The examiner shouted again.
"Correct!" A straight-standing talented individual slightly nodded.
"Xu Zhicheng... age twenty-nine"
"Correct!"
"Pan Chang’an... age twenty-eight"
"Correct!"
"..."
At this mont, the training field was unusually quiet, only the dialogue between the examiner and the martial students, accompanied by occasional exclamations.
"Mingxin, from Jing’an County, Martial Examination Chieftain, age twenty-five."
When the examiner reported Mingxin’s information, the surroundings of the training field imdiately erupted into discussions.
"Master Mingxin truly deserves to be called Buddha incarnate; at the young age of twenty-five, he’s already ranked second on the Heavenly List."
"Of course, Master Mingxin is the Buddha’s son of our ti!"
"Will Master Mingxin reach the Second Grade Great Grandmaster Realm in a few more years?"
"Is there any need to ask? It’s inevitable! Master Mingxin is fully nurtured by the Vajra Temple, and the Vajra Temple’s foundation is imnsely profound."
"..."
Amidst the clamorous discussion, Mingxin pressed his palms together.
"Correct."
Then, the examiner continued to verify identities.
From the thirty-six prefectures of the Nine States, all those with top ratings in the provincial exam, bearing the title of martial examination chieftain, were now gathered on the training ground in considerable numbers.
A mont later.
"Wan Jianyi, from Bashu County, Martial Examination Chieftain, age twenty-eight!"
Hearing this information, Wan Jianyi’s face moved slightly.
At the age of twenty-eight, compared to Mingxin, his age was imdiately eclipsed.
He understood what a significant advancent those extra three years brought to prodigies like him.
He knew very well what his own strength was three years prior.
Against his current self, his previous skills would be powerless.
He knew that if Buddha’s son Mingxin matured for another three years, he would likely enter the Second Grade Great Grandmaster Realm.
With such strength at that ti, facing him, he would remain powerless.
At this mont, the discussion surrounding Wan Jianyi’s information was far less compared to Mingxin.
"Correct!" Seeing the gaze from the examiner, he uttered these two words calmly.
A mont later.
"Jiang Ning, from Dongling County, Martial Examination Chieftain, age nineteen!"
This statent caused a temporary silence on the entire training ground.
Then the crowd’s discussions instantly coalesced into a roaring clamor.
"Nineteen? Did I hear that right?"
"Friend, you must be quite ignorant! This Lord Jiang is truly a martial genius of recent years. In less than two years, he has beco the leader of the younger generation."
"What kind of talent is this? It’s incredibly terrifying!"
"Just like the saying, a giant roc rises with the wind one day, soaring nine thousand miles, that’s the depiction of this Dongling County Patrol Envoy!"
"The "scholars" present are all geniuses, but now it seems being a genius is rely his threshold!"
"Do you think, if we wait ten years, when he is thirty years old and participating in the Martial Arts Examination, what kind of prowess would he possess?"
"At least he’d be a Marquis, wouldn’t he?!"
"..."
At this mont, the discussion was overly loud.
Wan Jianyi also looked solemnly towards Jiang Ning.
Even though he already received information about Jiang Ning through other channels, this confirmation from the examiner still filled him with shock.
At nineteen, not yet co of age, reaching the level to compete on the sa stage.
Such talent is truly shocking.
Even he couldn’t imagine it for a mont.
This is ten tis his talent, yet what kind of Heavenly Person is he?
The current top of the Heavenly List could be called the first person of the younger generation!
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