Under Ji Qingyue's lead, Li Tianming chatted with several princes, getting to know them.
So far, Ji Qingyue and her siblings all seemed well disposed toward Li Tianming. Whether that had anything to do with him taking the assessment spot originally meant for Ji Yinyan was hard to say.
In a sense, Li Tianming had indeed spared Heavenly Emperor Ganfeng's branch a calamity.
And now, with Ji Qingyue as a link between them, they had every chance to "turn trouble into no trouble, then into an advantage"—in other words, to befriend Li Tianming, this prodigy from the Outer Territory.
If Li Tianming failed the Martial Immortal Group's assessment, the Ganfeng Imperial Family would still be able to bring him into its fold. If he passed, they would have forged an even more valuable bond.
As they talked, Li Tianming quietly sensed the Entropy Source's aura.
Little Nine needed Divine Treasury Stones to hatch, and after hatching, it still needed them to grow stronger—more than ever... Li Tianming pondered, then made another guess. Since Little Ten needs this Entropy Source to hatch, it'll probably have to absorb this kind of power often in the future.
"But we only managed to get in this once thanks to the little princess's birthday banquet. Forget bringing Little Ten near the Entropy Source often—we haven't even gotten it close once," Sui Shen Yao said by Li Tianming's ear.
"And the Imperial City is full of Dao Formations and restrictions. Without special authorization, we can barely take a step, let alone break through the tens of thousands of Dao Formations sealing off the Entropy Source itself," Aurora added gravely.
Li Tianming understood the difficulties. Nor could he conveniently arrange another marriage like the one with Li Chaoxi; the circumstances were different.
Li Chaoxi had needed Li