Chapter 42: Use family to compete with sect (please read, collect and invest)

Hou Mingyu walked in slowly, and everyone stood up and bowed their hands.

Although the power of the Dongtian Palace is not as powerful as that of the Lingwu Sect, the young prince who comes here is the young prince of the Dongtian Palace, and he is more important than the silver-robed elder of the Lingwu Sect!

Seeing Hou Mingyu stealing his limelight, Ba Li's face didn't look so good, but he could only endure his anger and swallow it.

I, the silver-robed elder of Lingwu Sect, am really not as good as the young prince of Dongtian Palace.

After all, there are still hundreds of silver-robed elders in Lingwu Sect, but there are only a few young princes in Dongtian Palace.

As for the teenagers behind Bali, they looked at Hou Mingyu with jealousy in their eyes.

'What's the air? If you weren't born in Dongtian Palace, you'd be nothing! '

"The young prince's visit is truly a blessing to our Huaqing Mansion!"

It was Xia Yi who stood up and spoke.

Dongtian Palace is a prince personally conferred by the Dahuang royal family, and can be regarded as an official person in Dahuang.

The head of Huaqing Mansion also belongs to the royal family, so he naturally has to treat the young prince with utmost respect.

The master of the palace stood up and spoke, and other families naturally stood up immediately to welcome him.

Hou Mingyu just waved his hand very casually.

"I just came here to enjoy the mountains and rivers. I happened to know that the family grand gathering in Huaqing Mansion has begun, so I came to see you. Do you want to welcome me?"

"Of course you're welcome!"

"The visit of the young prince to our Huaqing Mansion is a blessing for our Huaqing!"

"Little prince, please take a seat!"

"Come on, prepare a desk for the young prince!"

Cui Yongzhou also lost his temper and immediately said to please.

Hou Mingyu just glanced at the field a few times, and then saw Lin Xuan and his party, but he only took a glance and looked away.

"Haha, I just want to sit here and sit for a while."

That's what he said, but Hou Mingyu went straight to the high position and sat in the seat assigned to him by Cui Yongzhou, while Da Biao stood next to Hou Mingyu.

Strong people in the Tongxing Realm serve as guards, this is the foundation of the Dongtian Palace!

Countless families looked at Hou Mingyu with admiration, while the young ladies from many families looked at her with awe in their eyes, pretending to be coy, hoping to attract Hou Mingyu's attention.

But Hou Mingyu had seen many beauties in Dongzhou, so naturally he had no interest in these rouge fans.

"Hahaha, today, our Huaqing Mansion has Elder Ba from the Lingwu Sect, and even the young prince from the Dongtian Palace here. I am really lucky for the Huaqing Mansion!"

The family gathering officially began, but it was not Cui Yongzhou who stood up to speak, but the palace master Xia Yi.

Because the family event is related to Huaqing Mansion.

After Xia Yi warmly welcomed Ba Li and Hou Mingyu, he changed his expression to a slightly heavier one.

"As you all know, our Huaqing Mansion has been in a bad state over the past few decades."

"We have been ranked at the bottom in the competition between the Eighteen Houses for twenty-five consecutive years!"

This sentence made all the families present fall silent, and many families even started to sigh.

"Father, what does this mean? What is the Eighteen Houses Competition, and why is it the end of twenty-five consecutive years?"

Lin Fan, who was sitting next to Lin Xuan, seemed a little confused.

The other three generations are also extremely curious.

Because they were all participating in this family event for the first time, they knew nothing about previous family events. They didn't even know what this family event was for.

"Haha, our current family gathering is actually mainly for Huaqing Mansion to select families that can participate in the Eighteen Houses Competition."

Lin Wen smiled and explained while stroking his beard.

"What is the Eighteen Houses Competition?" Lin Changan asked curiously.

"We have eighteen palaces in Dongzhou. Every five years, the Lord of Dongzhou and Dongtian Palace will hold a competition between the eighteen palaces. This is not only to determine the allocation of resources for each palace, but also to select talents for the royal family. , and our Huaqing Mansion, in the previous five years, we were ranked at the bottom, either sixteenth or seventeenth, and we even came in last once."

Lin Yang explained to everyone with a slight helplessness.

A kind of boy and girl took a breath. They thought Huaqing Mansion was already very big, but they didn't expect that Huaqing Mansion would be so bad when taken out!

"I see." Lin Fan nodded slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Haha, there is still more than half a year before the Eighteen Houses Competition. If you work hard now, you might be able to shine in the Eighteen Houses Competition."

Lin Xuan smiled calmly.

The Eighteen Houses Competition is not a simple competition, but a big move taken by the Dahuang royal family.

Lin Xuan learned at Jixia Academy that the Great Wilderness royal family had been on a decline since the old emperor of the Zhenwu God realm died of illness a hundred years ago.

Coupled with the strong rise of a divine sect in Kyoto, it now has an unstoppable trend, and even has a faint elegance that overwhelms the royal family!

The Divine Sect is a very mysterious sect. It is not only the leader of the five major sects in the Great Wilderness, but also the main sect of many sects. In the thirteen states of the Great Wilderness, many sects follow the Divine Sect!

In order to compete with the divine religion, the Dahuang royal family specially ordered the state lords of each major state to hold government examinations to cultivate talents for the Dahuang royal family and select powerful families to compete with the sect!

This is the royal family's plan, to use the family to compete with the sect!

The royal family has declined and is no longer able to control the divine religion. It can only rely on cultivating an equally powerful force to fight against the divine religion.

As for the remaining four major sects, the Leiyin Temple in Xizhou is said to be uncontaminated by the secular world, the Ice and Snow Sect in Beizhou does not leave Beizhou, and the only ones are Feiyun Palace in Nanzhou and Lingwu Sect in Dongzhou.

But Feiyun Palace is wavering now. As for Lingwu Sect, it is actually getting a little closer to the divine sect!

This caused the royal family to have no idea of ​​​​cultivating a sect, and simply did the opposite and directly chose to integrate the power of the family.

Lin Xuan knows this, but Lin Xuan only knows that there are some things that just need to be known, there is no need to spread them out.

Lin Xuan's words made Lin Ao and Lin Changan a little excited. If they could really go to Dongzhou to show their skills, it would be a great thing.

Lin Xuan also smiled slightly when he looked at Lin Changan and others who were gearing up.

These little guys, if they compete with their current strength, they are just looking for abuse!

In the competition between the Eighteen Prefectures of Dongzhou, there are even some super geniuses who will appear on the list of dragons and phoenixes!

But fortunately, this competition is divided into several categories.

There are competitions between young people and old people.

Young people mainly compete with those under the age of twenty-two. As for the older generation, there is no age limit and they win based entirely on their strength!

The final ranking is based on the overall score.

Moreover, the elders also accounted for half of the points. Lin Xuan remembered that the guys who went to Huaqing Mansion last time were tortured to death, including Cui Yongzhou and Bai Lao...