Ye Nantian looked very young, barely over twenty, but he was actually already past thirty. To enter the Earth Venerable Realm at such an age was indeed astonishing, though still within the bounds of acceptance.
Shi Jin Gan laughed. "Brother Ning, you'd better be careful. If Ye Nantian finds out he's been made to wear a green hat, he'll probably go mad with rage. When a Martial Venerable is enraged, a million corpses lie strewn across the land!"
Ning Xiaochuan smiled faintly and did not take the matter to heart. "Ye Nantian's cultivation is formidable, and the Demon Sect Saintess's cultivation is equally formidable. I don't think she is any weaker than Ye Nantian. Both the Demon Sect and the sects have sent pillars of their younger generation. It probably won't be easy for the imperial court to defeat them and continue signing the contract with the dragon clan."
Yu Qing appeared quite relaxed and said with a smile, "With Worldly Son Jin Du of the Great Golden Roc King Residence here, we have enough strength to stand toe-to-toe with them. If I'm not mistaken, the imperial court should also send other pillar figures."
"Is there anyone in the imperial court stronger than Worldly Son Jin Du?" Ning Xiaochuan asked.
"Cloud Marquis and Spirit Void Venerable. If either one comes, they will be enough to suppress the entire gathering and make all the world's talents bow their heads," Yu Qing said with a smile.
The Dragon King had stipulated, "Any martial artist under forty may come to offer birthday congratulations."
Martial artists lived twice as long as ordinary people. A forty-year-old martial artist was still quite young, with highly malleable martial bodies. They belonged to the rising force of the Martial Dao World and were also its future.
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