The Prince Can Do Divination-Chapter 185 - 152: Securing the Position of Protector, Fairy Ci Hang, The Taoist Sect’s Trial
In the great hall.
The four most formidable Cultivators sat at the very front, in the second seats to the left and right.
All four of them had concealed their true faces in their own ways, suggesting they possessed special identities and did not want outsiders to know they had come to the Liu Family Manor.
Their bodies were shrouded in Protective Spiritual Energy, and he could not see through their Cultivation. They were clearly experts above the Ninth Realm.
Besides these four experts, there were over a dozen Eighth Realm Cultivators seated below. Each had their own chair, neatly arranged on the left and right sides of the great hall. They were all Cultivators from various regions.
They all appeared calm and composed, yet they exuded an exceptionally domineering aura. The Blood Qi within their bodies surged, their spirits were high, and with every breath, the air seemed to roar like a hurricane.
Anyone who could reach the Middle Fifth Grade in the Great Yan was, without exception, a prominent figure in their respective state.
Within a state and county of several million people, they were surely without rival.
For Luo Ying to gather so many Cultivators loyal to her in just a few short days showed that she had been deliberately feigning weakness before, deceiving everyone.
Her strategy of showing weakness to the enemy had caused countless people, including Lu Mingyuan and Lu Guangjing, to underestimate her.
She would never reveal her trump cards until the critical moment.
She had the power to contend with Lu Guangjing.
However, the two had very different personalities. Lu Guangjing possessed greater charisma; he was confident, proud, intelligent, and decisive, and had thus gathered a large number of experts to his side. He dealt with any enemy by crushing them with overwhelming momentum.
The Shadow Scout, however, was more adept at hiding her talents and biding her time, cultivating her forces in secret.
Lu Mingyuan felt she was quite similar to him.
As Lu Mingyuan stepped through the main gate, he felt one hostile gaze after another. Not wanting to stand out, he walked to the left, chose the sixteenth chair, and prepared to sit down.
The Shadow Scout sat in the highest seat in the hall. Her black robe draped over a tall, slender figure. She wore tall boots and sat with an erect posture, one hand on her sword. A high, black ponytail cascaded down, her eyes were cold, and her facial features were as exquisite and defined as if carved from crystal.
She naturally saw Lu Mingyuan enter the hall. A faint smile immediately appeared on her cold, beautiful face as she said, "Great Protector, why are you sitting by the door? Your seat is here."
The Shadow Scout extended a long, slender, jade-like finger, pointing to a seat beside her.
The seat she indicated was extremely close to her own—even above the four Ninth Realm Evil Cultivators.
As soon as the Shadow Scout finished speaking, several cold snorts echoed through the great hall, and the atmosphere became strangely tense.
Lu Mingyuan, who was halfway into his seat, paused for a moment upon hearing the Shadow Scout’s words. His gaze swept across the hall, and he felt several more unfriendly eyes land on him.
"I am far too inexperienced. How could I dare to sit above my seniors? This chair is just fine, I think."
After speaking, Lu Mingyuan sat right down, even giving a nod and a smile to the cloaked woman beside him, who wore black eye makeup and dark, blood-red lipstick.
"At least you have some self-awareness. Don’t think that just because Lord Shadow Scout named you Great Protector, you’re actually qualified to sit in the Great Protector’s seat," said a silver-haired old man in the third chair on the right, his voice chilling.
Lu Mingyuan stared at the silver-haired old man for a moment, then closed his eyes, not bothering to acknowledge him further.
Right now, Lu Mingyuan just wanted the meeting to end quickly so he could discuss the matter of his closed-door cultivation with the Shadow Scout. With the three Princes on the brink of war, he had to increase his own strength as much as possible.
He didn’t want to waste too much time in Prince Jin’s Mansion.
The year was ending.
’I should be with my wife and mother, celebrating a proper New Year.’
His main body was already a Sea-Viewing Martial Artist with eight thousand major acupoints. Even a Ninth Realm Martial Artist was no match for him in a single blow. With Yang Su in hand, he could fight a Tenth Realm expert, though the outcome would be uncertain.
His clone was a tier weaker, and fighting would undoubtedly expose some of his trump cards. There was no need to make a move.
Lu Mingyuan didn’t want to cause trouble, but the Evil Dao experts present had no intention of letting him off so easily.
From the seventh chair on the left, an Evil Monk with crimson skin all over his body abruptly stood up and roared, "You dare to openly defy Lord Shadow Scout’s command? Believe it or not, I, Burning Sea, will tear you to shreds right now!"
WHOOSH.
In the great hall, more than half of the thirty Evil Cultivators seated on either side stood up.
A monstrous Evil Qi erupted from each of them, its spearhead aimed directly at Lu Mingyuan.
These were all ruthless characters who had killed many people.
Only the Shadow Scout, the four Ninth Realm Tributors, and Lu Mingyuan himself remained calm and composed. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
The Shadow Scout did not speak up to stop them. Perhaps she was displeased that Lu Mingyuan had considered betraying her not long ago and wanted to teach him a lesson.
Or perhaps, she actually wanted to use this opportunity to test Lu Mingyuan, to see if he had what it took to be the Great Protector and could suppress the various Evil Cultivators present.
The cloaked woman with heavy makeup sitting beside him shot Lu Mingyuan a pitying glance, seemingly able to predict that he would not have an easy time today.
In her eyes, and in the eyes of the other Evil Cultivators, Lu Mingyuan was too young and had only been with Luo Ying for a short time. In terms of age or seniority, what right did he have to step over all of them and become the Great Protector?
They didn’t believe this mere Royal Tutor from the Prince’s Mansion had any right to lord it over them.
At most, he could only show off his martial prowess in front of newcomers.
Besides, they had all heard that this Protector’s strength was nothing special. As an ordinary Sea-Viewing Realm Martial Artist, he could at best contend with a common B-Grade Tributor.
