"Prince An has arrived!"
Accompanied by an eunuch's shout, everyone in the Dao Discussion Arena turned to look.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A gigantic elephant strode over at a measured pace, every step making the ground tremble. Its body was tremendously massive.
Upon the gray elephant's back sat a white-haired old man, cross-legged with his eyes closed, calm and composed. He did not allow the commotion outside to distract him in the slightest.
Prince An was the fifth prince of the Great Yu Imperial Family. His fief lay in Jingtian Commandery and Yeshou Commandery in the southeast. Though neither commandery was particularly prosperous, their territories were vast, and many foreign races lived within them.
"An Elephant-Camel Tribesman from Yeshou Commandery—a powerful foreign race. Is this Prince An's candidate for the tournament? Letting a foreign race participate in a palace tournament, isn't that..."
"Great-Grand Imperial Grandfather never said that foreigners were forbidden from participating in this palace tournament. Great-Uncle Prince An's actions are reasonable and in accordance with the rules."
The speakers were two exceptionally young members of the imperial family. Their cultivation was the weakest among those participating in the matches, only at the early Spirit Transformation stage.
Yet no one dared underestimate them, for they were both Imperial Grandsons of the Crown Prince and greatly favored by the imperial court. The Great Yu Imperial Lord had once declared that both possessed the bearing to become princes, and their hopes of advancing into the Body Integration Realm in the future were not small.
Even their future fiefs had already been selected—one commandery each, neighboring one another, both located in the heartland of Great Yu Kingdom, exceptionally prosperous and wealthy.
After the giant elephant reached the edge of the arena, it shrank of its own accord. It stretched its long trunk behind