Chapter 444: Birth of a Genius |
The man from the Purple Pill Sect and the silver-winged woman
were both leaders of the younger generation from huge factions. This was especially true for the man from the Purple Pill Sect. His alchemy skills were not inferior to many of the elders in the sect.
As someone took the lead to question him, the atmosphere changed drastically.
Li Wenfeng had saved the face of the city ruler’s faction by demeaning himself, but the situation was getting out of hand.
When the silver-winged woman revealed his defeat at her hands, the young geniuses present had already lowered Li Wenfeng’s level in their hearts and even kicked him out of their ranks.
After the banquet ended, if news of Li Wenfeng’s defeat spread to the outside world, they would all think that he had fallen from the level of the geniuses of the younger generation and was the type who lacked the ability to continue on the path of cultivation.
Just as the banquet was about to be forced to end, the inner door opened, and a middle-aged man with a head of white hair strode into the banquet hall.
As soon as he appeared, it was as if a galaxy had materialized behind him. All the starlight became embellishments for him. When one looked at him, one could even see the life and death of a living planet in his eyes.
The person who had arrived was Li Zhentian, the city ruler.
“Hello, City Ruler!”
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Unlike when they were facing Li Wenfeng, the group of young geniuses greeted Li Zhentian respectfully.
This was the respect that a lower-level person should have for a higher-up. Unless this group of young people at the scene one day grew to the level of the city ruler, they would have to bow down even if they were at a disadvantage.
The reason was that from the silver-winged woman’s tone, Li Wenfeng’s defeat was not a defeat after a tough fight. Instead, he had suffered a decisive defeat. Therefore, Li Wenfeng did not even refute her.
However, in front of the city ruler, Li Zhentian, the difference of two major realms between him and all the geniuses present caused them to be unable to deal with him.
“Father, everyone is here,” Li Wenfeng walked forward and said.
Li Zhentian nodded.
“One, two, three, four…”
Then, the voice of the city ruler resounded throughout the banquet hall.
Everyone stayed quietly where they were. Even the man from the Purple Pill Sect, who had been impatient earlier, remained silent. No one stood out in front of the city ruler.
In reality, the young geniuses representing the various large factions did not even dare to go to the source ore shops to hold them accountable.
Instead, it was the city ruler’s faction that took the initiative to release the news. This group of young geniuses had gathered here to wait for an explanation. Regardless of the outcome, it was fine as long as they reported it to the factions they represented.
“Alright, let’s cut to the chase. I naturally invited all the young geniuses to this banquet for a special reason.”
“My son has recently had an epiphany and wants to verify it with all of you. Therefore, he asked me to put down my pride and build a suitable stage for him.”
Li Zhentian did not mention the explanation for the incidents involving the three source ore shops.
Were they being used as stepping stones?
So the news that was deliberately released was just a lie?
Even though before they came, the young geniuses already had a feeling that the outcome might not be good.
However, they did not expect the city ruler to not even bother to give a perfunctory explanation.
Now that they had entered the city ruler’s residence, no one could do anything about it without Li Zhentian around. The situation was completely different now. No one present dared to say no.
This was not because they had lost the arrogance that a genius should have, but because there was a difference of two major realms between them. Even the strongest among them could not overcome this difference.
Furthermore, since something had happened in the source ore shops and the city ruler just pretended that nothing had happened, the young geniuses present did not dare to speak up as though they were more important than the source ore shops.
Li Zhentian swept his gaze across the crowd and took in everyone’s expressions. He smiled and said, “Feng’er, go and call Fei’er over. Don’t let these brothers and sisters wait too long.”
“Understood.”
Li Wenfeng agreed and turned to leave via the inner door.
Not long after, the sound of footsteps gradually approached the banquet hall.
“Bang!”
The inner door was suddenly pushed open, and cracks appeared.