At their table, Xiaomei and qing'er were unfazed by their confrontation.
Did these noble dandies think Zhan Shenwei was a pushover. Even in the Zhan clan only Qi cultivators of the innate realm and beyond could face this " mortal " young master.
On the stage Zhan Shenwei faced Chen Feng calmly as he brought out his spear from his ring.
The long great spear stood above 2 meters by his side, it's broad sharp blade glistening with cold light.
A eunuch officiated from the side.
Immediately the fight began , With his meridian opening cultivation Chen Feng began imbued his spirit Sword with his qi .
Compared to the Innate realm where one's qi sea was opened and the flow of qi could be circulated round the body easily.
The qi of a meridian opening cultivation was limited depending on the amount of meridians opened but nevertheless still fatal
Zhan Shenwei watched, obviously not interested in disturbing the process.
According to the levels of classification, the meridian opening realm had the human , earth and heaven corresponding to the opening of the 12 main meridians, 8 extraordinary meridians and the heaven meridian consecutively.
Chen Feng had opened his 12 main meridians and 5 of his 8 extraordinary meridians.
The rest could not understand, why he watched on as Chen Feng kept imbuing his sword with qi.
Chen Feng also had a look of mockery on his face, he had expected Zhan Shenwei to disrupt his Qi accumulation process, even preparing to dodge, but clearly Zhan Shenwei was complacent.
Actually he wasn't, he just didn't think Chen feng much of a threat.
After a while the long sword in his hands took a white hue , the spirit qi wrapped around it and it started to buzz .
Zhan Shenwei watched on.
When he felt like the later had accumulated his qi to the peak .
He raised his spear and slashed downwards slowly.
It felt slow, yet it rushed towards him ferociously, in response, Chen Feng raised his sword to parry the strike.
Immediately the sword came in contact with the spear , Chen Feng felt a terrifying force weigh down on him .
His face froze in shock and he grit his teeth as he pushed his qi to the maximum to defend, yet as the spear came down he came down with it .
His right hand felt so numb he had to use both hands to hold the sword yet the descent of the spear never stopped.
That simple spear strike contained a terrifying might that pushed him to the ground on his knees .
Looking at the kneeling Chen Feng , everyone in the hall gasped for breadth .
"What kind of terrifying strength was that!".
Although they weren't on the stage, based on force impact and cracked floor that extended from Chen Feng knees to the edge of the stage.
Everyone felt if Zhan Shenwei had allowed his spear to continue, Chen feng would have been cleaved into two.
On the stage, Chen Feng had a look of shock and fear on his face.
"That was just a simple strike?".
Looking at the ashen kneeling youth , Zhan Wei retracted his spear and walked to his seat.
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On a cloud above the Stargazing Pavilion , the Emperor and an old man were playing a game of go.
Although their focus was on the game , their spirit sense was still monitoring everything going on in the banquet.
Yet the eyes never left the board .... Until .
The Emperor looked down from the cloud .
" What sort of physical strength is that !".
The old man beside him also surprised remarked, " Your Majesty, this kid is interesting, he has high innate Divine Strength and he also has good control of his strength ".
"It's a pity, his meridians are crippled ".
The Emperor looking up from the banquet, and faced the old man.
" Ye Mo , you have followed me before the time of the Great war , we have come across some many things yet when have we ever seen or heard a new born baby trigger an heavenly tribulation".
Immediately Ye Mo became shocked at the Emperor's question.
Compared to others who taught the Eastern region was big , he had fought along side the Emperor during the Great war centuries ago, and even before then they had explored the world together, what had they not seen.
Demons , Great experts who could move mountains , Powerful immortal sects, Ancient cultivation clans, all sorts of dangerous places and geniuses.
Yet he had never heard of something similar to what the Emperor mentioned.
" I'm afraid the Imperial consort , I casually chose is not that simple ".
When the Emperor choose Zhan Shenwei as the Imperial consort, it was simply due to few reasons, Zhan Shenwei was the most ordinary option among all the noble scions but after the recent rebellions and civil unrest, this " ordinary option " was the safest.
Although the Emperor didn't continue, he still had deep considerations in his mind , he didn't voice out.
Cultivation was an act that went against the heavens so heavenly tribulations descend on cultivations as they ascended certain higher realm.
Yet for someone or something to attract heavenly tribulation from birth, it meant it's very existence went against the heavenly Dao.
If it was a extreme genius that was a born , what would follow would be a heavenly phenomenon.
For example when , Xia Yunzi was born , purple clouds surrounded the imperial capital to herald her birth, all her meridians were all ready opened and she had already entered the innate realm.
This phenomenon since ancient times till now was simply among the unprecendents signifying an extreme genius and heavenly chosen!
According to what he knew , the heavenly tribulation that descending on Zhan Shenwei had clearly wanted to take his life.
How he survived was an anomaly.
He didn't put much thought to Zhan Wei at first, but since he was to be the Imperial consort he had him investigated, that was when he found out. As the Emperor, he was privy to much more than most in the entire Xia empire, having access to wide information.
Recalling the terrifying tribulation that descended in the barren wastelands years ago.
Was that the tribulation of a baby , he had actually thought it was either a powerful cultivator or wild beast undergoing lightning tribulation or the birth of a treasure.
Yet what baffled him was , the only strange thing about Zhan Wei was his appetite and divine strength.
He had swept his spirit sense at him so many times and could not find anything unusual..
Ye Mo watched the Emperor who was clearly deep in thought, he felt there was more than the Emperor was letting out.
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The rest of the banquet proceeded normally
Xia Yunzi kept taking glances at Zhan Shenwei , he just kept eating and drinking, watching like a spectator, he was so calm like he hadn't just almost destroyed Chen Feng.
After a while she drew her gaze and looked at Chen Feng who was seated at one corner.
His arms was bandaged as he talked to a lean handsome youth , this youth had a charming face and carried an aura of authority.
At the table Chen Feng could be seen telling the youth " Young Master, I'm sorry I couldn't fulfill your request".
Seeing the youth Chen Feng was talking to , she furrowed her brows " Chen Hong ".
As if feeling her gaze, the youth turned towards her and smiled.
Chen Hong was the young master of the Chen Clan and one of the most prominent member of the younger generation in the capital.
But why was he against Zhan Shenwei.
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