Cloud Pavilion.
Talents gathered like clouds, banquets went on without end, rare delicacies and jade-brewed wine flowed freely as cups were raised and exchanged.
Huang Tu stood amid the crowd, high-spirited and full of vigor.
Xu Tongchen stood at his side with a wine cup in hand, his mind unsettled.
He was still pondering that strange sensation from that day.
Sun True Fire was his greatest fortunate encounter, as well as the thing he relied upon.
With the Sun True Fire, he could originally have entered the top ten of the Eastern Lands Pride Ranking. Yet, in order to hide his abilities and avoid overshadowing Huang Tu, he had placed behind Huang Tu.
Sun True Fire was incomparably powerful and especially sensitive toward treasures related to the sun.
Yet when he saw that person, he felt that person... was like a blazing grand sun.
The Sun True Fire within his body kept leaping, as though... it had seen its father.
"True Person Huang Tu's Dao arts have grown ever more profound. In this Eastern Land Pride Battle, he has hope of entering the top fifteen, perhaps even the top ten." At the banquet, someone flattered Huang Tu.
Huang Tu accepted the flattery with an arrogant expression.
At that moment, someone else said, "What a pity. If Xu Tongchen's Sun True Fire had been comprehended by True Person Huang Tu, True Person Huang Tu would likely rank among the top three of the Eastern Lands Pride Ranking!"
Xu Tongchen's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
The speaker was ranked seven hundredth on the Eastern Lands Pride Ranking, a man named Zheng Fangxing.
That man's sect had always held grudges against the Seven Words Sect.
Yet now he spoke this way, openly sowing discord.
Even so, the haughty Huang Tu could not