After everyone was seated, a burst of high and solemn music sounded, and the chamberlain sang loudly in his unique voice: "Your Majesty, the Queen is here!"
"I, my ministers, respectfully welcome your Majesty and Empress. Long live my Emperor, and may I live a thousand lives, your Majesty." The emperor and empress each appeared in bright yellow attire, followed by two rows of beautiful maids in palace attire.
In the eyes of everyone, the two looked at ease and smiled.
Wang Rui and the other three also stood up and saluted, but they didn't have to be as humble as the surrounding ministers and royal family, they just greeted them briefly.
As the emperor and empress took their seats in the most distinguished position, it was announced that tonight's banquet had officially begun.
Carefully choreographed dances of beauties, melodious singing voices, delicacies everywhere, celebrities drinking and drinking... All the prosperity and worldly scenes in front of them made Wang Rui and the others feel as if they were not in the human world.
When the wine was in the middle of the day and the moon was at its zenith, the emperor and empress began to come down all the way to toast. The civil and military ministers stood up one after another, and the royal relatives looked forward to it with eager anticipation.
The long cases of Wang Rui and three others were spliced together in the most noble hall. The supporters of the emperor and empress sat face to face with clear distinctions. Opposite them were several monks from the Ghost Mother Sect.
The man at the head had half his head bare, but the other side had long hair in braids. His appearance looked a bit cold and neutral, and his lips were painted a bit black.
Intuition told Wang Rui that the man in front of him should be the assassin who attacked him some time ago, even though the man deliberately changed his aura.
There are seven people sitting next to this person's left hand. They do not wear uniform clothes like Wang Rui's, but have various styles and colors. Some are chivalrous clothes, some are scribes' robes, some are Taoist robes, and some are monk's robes. There are really different professions.
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When the emperor and the empress came to Wang Rui's table to toast, Wang Rui clearly noticed that the eight people opposite them were secretly sizing them up.
"Master Wang and Master Chen, I would like to thank the three Yongshu who traveled thousands of miles to protect me. I am deeply grateful." The emperor said politely.
The queen on the side also raised her wine glass and said: "Yongshu grew up hard and was always depressed. Plus, she was cursed, which made me pity her even more. I wonder how many real people can find a way to remove the curse, so that I can feel at ease."
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The emperor's face was a little gloomy, the atmosphere in the hall became more solemn, and even the music was much quieter. Although others were still drinking and having fun, it was obviously as if they were performing.
Chen Fuzhi and Chen Qi stayed in the palace for very little time and were not good at talking, so they both looked towards Wang Rui.
Wang Rui raised his wine glass and said: "It is a blessing for the princess to pity the princess. The curse is nonsense. The emperors in the past generations have never said anything about the strange power and chaos. How can we explain it? The queen cannot listen to some heresy.
Human nonsense."
These words made the queen look extremely ugly, but made the emperor look happy and drank the wine on his own initiative. Wang Rui also drank it immediately. The queen could only touch her lips with cold eyes as if she was drinking poisoned wine.
"I don't agree with what my fellow Taoist said. Cursing is a kind of dharma. Why is it such nonsense? Could it be that the professors and disciples of the Xutian Sect are all so irresponsible?" Leave the Yin and Yang behind.
The man with the head stood up, took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and walked forward.
His words immediately made the queen's embarrassment disappear a lot, but made the emperor very unhappy.
"Oh, is it possible that everyone in the Ghost Mother Sect likes to preach falsely, regardless of the secular rules of the immortal sect, or pay attention to their own etiquette?" Wang Rui asked sarcastically, causing the man's face to turn red immediately.
His seven companions immediately stood up and scolded him.
"It's not your turn to judge the Ghost Mother Sect."
"You are so impudent, how dare you insult my sect?"
"Xutian Sect is nothing. Do you really think you are a top sect?"
As the conflict broke out, the emperor couldn't bear it anymore and finally said: "Don't these immortal masters care about the face of the immortal sect?"
"Hahaha... You are no more than a mere mortal. I hope that your majesty will keep to himself and not interfere in the affairs of the Immortal Sect." The man with a yin and yang head said disdainfully, making all the civil and military ministers present feel angry. No matter how well-mannered the emperor is, he is still very angry at this time.
Not lightly, his body was shaking a little, and he was obviously extremely angry.
The queen felt comfortable at this time, and she pretended to persuade from the side: "Your Majesty, don't get so angry. The grievances between the immortal sects have nothing to do with our mortal world. Let them solve it by themselves."
"The queen really understands the general situation, I admire you." After saying that, he ignored her, threw the wine glass directly, turned around and left indifferently, and walked out of the hall.
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The queen's eyes were full of murderous intent, but she did not dare to launch a brazen mutiny. Accompanied by several confidants, she also left the hall. The most important thing tonight was the contest between the monks of the Ghost Mother Sect and the Xutian Sect. Who would win?
Then one battle can determine the outcome.
Some of the royal ministers had already shown murderous looks in their eyes, waiting for the emperor's order. Although they knew that it was almost impossible for mortals to challenge these qi-refining warriors, the warriors could be killed and not humiliated. However, the monks of the Ghost Mother Sect had no regard for these royal ministers at all.
Regardless, even though these people are very skilled and a few of them are close to Qi Practitioners, they are still regarded as ants by them.
The other guests hurriedly evacuated the hall. They did not expect that today's banquet would encounter such an incredible thing.
At this time, the royal family evacuated in an orderly manner under the leadership of the chamberlain. Princess Qinglan couldn't help but look towards where Wang Rui was, and was finally pulled away and disappeared into the crowd.
"Brother, Qimei, it seems that the other party is a bit crazy." Wang Rui's whole body was filled with spiritual energy, and arcs of electricity kept jumping over the skin on the surface of his body, including his neck, hands and feet.
A man with a yin and yang head, a man with white hair and a knight's uniform fought with a monk who looked like Wang Rui.
The other five people kept a close eye on the two brothers Chen Fuzhi and Chen Qi, but when Wang Rui and the others did not separate, but formed a simple formation, they were all stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
"Do these three idiots think that the formation of three people can make up for the difference in numbers?" The Taoist priest in Taoist robes shook his head and sighed. He had a whisk stuck behind his back and cast a protective spell on himself.
The scribe man also laughed and said: "It seems that the Xutian Sect really doesn't live up to its name. This kind of thing dares to go down the mountain to practice."
"Then kill them all and leave no one behind." The man with the yin and yang head sneered, and the others nodded.
The Taoist raised his hand and made a gesture, standing it in front of him. A wave of thought came out and he chanted a mantra towards Wang Rui and the others.
Boom! Boom!
Two thunderbolts fell instantly. The first one directly shattered the Taoist's protective technique. The next second, the next thunderbolt penetrated his throat, killing him on the spot, and his soul quickly disappeared.
"You're only at the sixth level of Qi training, yet you dare to talk so shamelessly and seek death." Wang Rui said in an understatement, which made the monks of the Ghost Mother Sect change their expressions and they didn't dare to look down upon him anymore.