Many martial artists inside the Ascension Celestial Palace were waiting to watch the Chu Kingdom's martial artists make fools of themselves. Even the Chu Emperor, seated upright on the dragon throne, looked somewhat displeased.
The Chu Emperor had intended to use this opportunity to showcase the strength of the Chu Kingdom's younger generation of prodigies. Who would have thought that, right after the hunt began, Chen Yule would fail to make a triumphant opening, and the teams that followed would suffer defeat after defeat as well?
This left the Chu Emperor thoroughly embarrassed!
His Highness Prince Chen, the Third Prince, and the many other imperial martial artists also seemed not to have expected matters to develop this way.
The Chu Emperor sat on the dragon throne with a dark expression. The displeasure on his face grew increasingly pronounced. He held a wine cup, yet did not say a word.
Lin Bai frowned slightly, sensing that something was strange.
Chen Yule and the other disciples of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects of the Chu Kingdom had repeatedly stumbled in the Southern Sky Hunting Garden because they had encountered Ferocious Beasts from the First Tier. It was perfectly normal for them to suffer losses.
But after they failed, many sects and lineages inside the Ascension Celestial Palace immediately began mocking them sarcastically. This was clearly unusual.
This place was in the Chu Kingdom. Even if they looked down on the Chu Kingdom's martial artists, they should not have shown it before the Chu Emperor.
Unless they harbored a deep grudge against the Chu Kingdom.
Yet everyone who had spoken was a martial artist from the Southern or Western Region. They were unimaginably far from the Chu Kingdom and could not possibly have any grudge against it.
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