"Today should be the day they arrive. Come on, Sister Xiaotao, let's go meet them." At the Lakeside Pavilion, Lu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back and spoke softly.
"Alright, Young Master Brother!" Ma Xiaotao nodded.
"Let's go, then. They'll be here shortly." As Lu Yuan spoke, he shifted his feet lightly. A phantom Golden Dragon appeared beneath them, and a dragon's roar rang out as he soared into the air.
Ma Xiaotao hurriedly followed behind him, her figure turning into a streak of red light.
One golden and one red streak of light swiftly shot out of Spirit Hall.
Spirit Hall's reception area was specifically meant to receive the participating academy teams. Generally speaking, accommodations for every academy were arranged here.
Naturally, some accommodations were better than others. Well-known academies and those with good relations with Spirit Hall would naturally be assigned better lodgings, while academies with merely average relations with Spirit Hall and mediocre team strength could only stay in poorer accommodations.
Of course, they could find their own place to stay, provided they had the money.
With money, everything was easy. Without it, one could barely take a step. That was more or less the same everywhere.
Lu Yuan and Ma Xiaotao stood not far from the reception area, waiting for everyone's arrival.
At around nine in the morning, the teams from the various participating academies finally began arriving one after another. With a glance, Lu Yuan took in every figure in the distance.
"They're the participating teams from the Heaven Dou Empire, all right." Seeing the familiar banners emblazoned with swans in the distance, Lu Yuan recognized their identities.
The Heaven Dou Empire's participating teams had all set out together. The crown prince, "Xue Qinghe," had accompanied them as well. Although the current Xue