My space becomes the world

Chu Xinghe followed everyone's gaze and looked outside the hall, only to see an old man in a green dragon robe walking into the hall with a powerful stride. The old man had a majestic figure and a resolute face. He looked like an emperor, followed by civil and military officials. Not surprisingly, this should be the emperor of Qinglong Kingdom. Zhao Jia, who had not been seen for many days, was also in the team. He followed everyone and sat down. They sat on the right side of the hall, opposite the major families.

As soon as Zhao Jia sat down, he looked at the family carefully. He was looking for Chu Xinghe. Chu Xinghe left without saying goodbye that day. According to Zhao Jia's guess, Chu Xinghe most likely came to the imperial city. He knew that the Longevity Festival was approaching and would come back this time. After debriefing, he was not in a hurry to go back, he was just waiting to watch the Imperial City Talent Competition and find out the whereabouts of Chu Xinghe.

Zhao Jia was entirely focused on finding someone and didn't care about the process of the banquet.

Chu Xinghe had discovered Zhao Jia a long time ago. Because he had an illusion, he was not nervous and looked at Zhao Jia openly.

Apart from sumptuous food, there were no cumbersome procedures at the banquet. After a burst of congratulations, we entered the main topic of today.

The emperor raised his glass, and everyone below knew that he had something to say, so they all fell silent. A smile appeared on the emperor's calm and self-respecting face, and he said to everyone: "I don't like luxury, but the Ministry of Etiquette pressed me hard, so I had to go extravagant once." After saying that, he turned his eyes to the major families, "You are my Qinglong The power of the country and the strength of the Qinglong Kingdom are closely related to you. I understand that the main purpose of your coming here today is for the rewards of the Imperial City Talent Competition." After speaking, the emperor paused.

"Your Majesty is serious. We are mainly here to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday." Some leaders of relatively weak families said hurriedly.

The emperor waved his hands: "No problem, everyone, I won't say much more. Let me see how the geniuses of Qinglong shine." After saying that, he glanced at the old eunuch next to him. The old eunuch understood. He walked forward and sang loudly: "The Imperial City Talent Competition begins now."

As the old eunuch finished speaking, young people from all the major forces were gearing up and eager to give it a try. They have been waiting for this opportunity for too long. Not everyone has the opportunity to participate in the Imperial City Talent Competition. This is not only a matter of strength, but also of age. Twenty-five years old is a quite young age for cultivators. Let alone ordinary people, many The children of big families cannot achieve very high achievements at the age of twenty-five, and their strength is only at the second level. To participate rashly is to risk death. The probability of casualties in the Imperial City Prodigy Competition is not low.

Only those true geniuses can enter the third realm, which is Chu Xinghe's current Dragon Subduing Realm, or Blood Tempering Realm, and can truly choose to participate and fight with all their strength. Those so-called late bloomers have no chance to compete. And because of the age difference between geniuses, the level of realm will be more obvious.

For example, a fifteen-year-old at the eighth level of Blood Tempering faces a twenty-five-year-old at the seventh level of Dragon Subduing. Although there is an advantage in terms of realm, the gap in mentality and experience cannot be made up, so many factors will lead to changes in the game. Some people are very talented, young, but have not accumulated much strength. For example, when they reach the age of twenty-one, the problem they will face is that if they do not participate in this competition, they will be overage in five years. No matter how strong he is, he still won't be able to shine in the Tianjiao Competition.

It must be said that birth is a technical job.

This also greatly reduces the monopoly of powerful families on the championship, giving all families the opportunity to receive tax reduction rewards.

The major forces appear to be harmonious on the surface, but privately they are scheming and suppressing each other. They can ignore other rewards from the Imperial City Prodigy Competition, but the tax exemption can make a family make rapid progress within five years. This is what those ambitious families need. As for the Imperial City Talent Competition, there is only a battle for the championship, and there are no rewards for second or third place. Anyone who loses is a loser. Only those who stand at the end are qualified to enjoy wealth and honor.

This situation is a conspiracy of the royal family. The last thing the royal family wants to see is for the major families to collude and threaten the imperial power. Use the five-year tax exemption as a bait to make the major forces consume each other and generate hatred, which greatly reduces the possibility of forming an alliance with each other. You can choose not to participate without causing internal friction. But what about those who attend? After receiving the five-year discount, there is no guarantee that it will not suddenly become a force that rivals the big family.

In this situation of ebb and flow, no one can choose to retreat. He could only stay out of the matter and watch other families develop.

I can only lament the royal family's control over people's hearts.

I saw two middle-aged men dressed as civil servants walking to the center of the hall. They first saluted the emperor and then faced everyone.

One of the men with five long beards said loudly: "I am Zhou Li, the Minister of Rites, and next to me is Qin Jian, the Minister of Household Affairs. As the referee of the competition, this competition is the same as in previous years. Except for the age limit, there are no other restrictions. , the one who has no challenger until the end of the battle is the winner. I believe no one will hide their age, and no one is willing to try the feeling of being targeted by everyone."

Zhou Jian, the Minister of Household Affairs, threw out eight small flags of different colors. The flags were flying in the air. As Zhou Jian's spells entered one after another, the eight flags disappeared into all directions of Wanshou Hall according to different directions. The scene changed in Chu Xinghe's eyes, and he found that he had followed the crowd to a place that looked like a Roman arena. The circular central square was very wide, and the square was surrounded by rising steps. They sat around at the top of the steps and were divided into eleven camps. The emperor led the ministers and sat in front of the arena. Zhou Li and Qin Jian stood in the middle of the arena.

Qin Jian hit the magic formula one after another and entered the sky, causing ripples in the air. People appeared one after another from the sky and landed on the steps. Chu Xinghe knew that these people were not representatives of major forces. They are some powerful non-common cultivators. They come to participate in the Tianjiao Competition in order to stand out. If such non-common cultivators win the championship, they will be recruited by the royal family, and other families cannot compete. There was even a year when the champion was recruited by the royal family as a consort, and now this matter is still talked about by individual contestants.

The forces of those big families are not so lucky. No young man in their family will become a prince-in-law, and the royal family will not be too close to them. The Qinglong Kingdom is now in a prosperous age, and they will only take precautions against the big families and try to win over them. , many people are willing to embrace the royal family. This position was used by the royal family to win over ministers. Whoever has the cake will eat it. Competition requires rules, and the distribution of interests requires rules. Everyone in the major families is tacitly aware of this.

The young people looked around, including Su Ho beside Chu Xinghe. She was full of joy. Looking at Chu Xinghe next to him, he expressed doubts.