Beyond the Jun Family's mountain gate, in Imperial Province.
Countless flying birds and beasts swept in like a canopy covering the sky, pulling splendid carriages of every kind.
Massive tower ships crossed the void.
At this moment, the Jun Family's mountain gate stood wide open, welcoming guests from all directions.
As for whether anyone might cause trouble?
The formations flickering faintly within the void radiated an aura that even Saints feared, enough to deter those with impure intentions.
No person or faction dared cause trouble at the Jun Family's banquet.
"Heavenly Dao Sect has arrived, presenting nine volumes of the Nine Dao Books as a congratulatory gift for the Divine Child!"
"It's the Heavenly Dao Sect. That old Daoist from the Heavenly Dao Sect is quite well-known," people from several factions discussed.
"Dayan Sacred Land has arrived, presenting one bottle of Spirit-Gathering Jade Marrow and one hundred pieces of supreme-grade Divine Source as congratulatory gifts for the Divine Child!"
"Heavens, the Dayan Sacred Land actually brought out Spirit-Gathering Jade Marrow! It is a rare treasure capable of nourishing the True Spirit within one's Divine Palace Realm!" Many people's eyes reddened with envy upon hearing it.
Every one of these gifts would have made people flock to it like ducks, yet now they were all being freely offered to the Jun Family Divine Child as congratulatory gifts.
It could not help but make people jealous and envious.
"The Great Shang Dynasty has arrived, presenting a supreme treasure, one River-Mountains Diagram!"
As the announcement fell, a bright and captivating woman arrived carrying a landscape painting scroll. Her smile was charming, her beautiful eyes radiant.
"It's the Great Shang Dynasty's princess. What a beauty."
"Alas, we can only admire such a beauty from afar, while she wants to throw herself at the Jun Family Divine Child. Comparing people truly can make one furious to death." The male prodigies of many factions sighed inwardly.
They were not qualified to pursue the Great Shang princess, yet this princess only wished to catch the eye of that Divine Child.
After that, numerous factions arrived in an endless stream, presenting congratulatory gifts.
There was the Snowwind Empire from the Far Northern Lands, and the End of Heaven Dao Academy from the far south.
It could be said that as long as a faction had received a Sword-Riding Message, not one dared fail to attend.
All these factions were first-rate or above and were qualified to enter the Jun Family's mountain gate.
Those second-rate factions that did not even measure up to first-rate could only present their gifts before remaining at the banquet outside the mountain gate.
These factions were not dissatisfied either. After all, they truly did not possess the qualifications.
"The Ancient Desolate Jiang Clan has arrived, presenting one ancient Saint weapon, three Undying Medicines, one hundred top-grade Saint pills, one thousand pieces of supreme-grade Divine Source..."
The Jun Family disciple continued reading aloud.
Such extravagance also stunned the many factions present.
"Isn't this gift a little too lavish?"
"Have you forgotten? The Jiang Clan and the Jun Family have intermarried for generations. The Jun Family Divine Child's mother is from the Jiang Clan. Since his maternal clan has come, how could their congratulatory gift be lacking?"
The Jiang Clan was considered one of the immortal factions closest to the Jun Family.
The two families had intermarried for generations, practically to the point of wearing the same pair of trousers.
Two incomparably beautiful figures stepped directly through the Jun Family's mountain gate.
The gazes of the guests present turned toward them, and their expressions could not help but freeze as they became somewhat entranced.
One was a mature beauty, the other a younger one.
The elder wore flawless snow-white robes, with a graceful immortal bearing and exquisitely beautiful features, like a fairy descending into the mortal world.
The younger one was Linglong, dainty and delicate, her eyes lively and sparkling with every glance. Her temperament was naturally refined, like an incomparably beautiful spirit.
The two women possessed different charms, yet both were peerless beauties, making even heaven and earth pale in comparison.
"What a pair of beauties. That elder beauty must be Jiang Shengyi, the Jiang Clan's goddess who possesses an Innate Dao Embryo."
"The younger one should be the Jiang Clan's treasured pearl, Jiang Luoli, who possesses the Primordial Spirit Dao Body."
Looking at the two beauties, one older and one younger, the men present found themselves unable to look away.
Almost at the same moment, another announcement rang out.
"The ancient aristocratic Ye Family has arrived, presenting ten top-grade Saint herbs, one hundred Divine Sources, and three Marquis weapons."
Upon hearing this, many people murmured to themselves.
The Desolate Ancient Ye Family was also quite renowned, but the gifts they offered were utterly ordinary. Not to mention comparing them to the Jiang Clan's gifts just now, they seemed somewhat shabby even compared to those of a first-rate faction.
However, the relationship between the Ye Family and the Jun Family was merely so-so, neither close nor distant. It was only natural for them to offer so little.
"Haha, Miss Luoli, please wait."
Two figures entered the Jun Family's mountain gate. One was an old servant with a goatee, while the blue-robed youth at the forefront was none other than Ye Xingyun.
"It's Ye Xingyun, the Ye Family's top prodigy who possesses the Stellar King Physique!"
"You are?" Jiang Luoli turned around and glanced at Ye Xingyun, feeling puzzled.
The smile on Ye Xingyun's face stiffened slightly. Somewhat embarrassed, he said, "Miss Luoli, have you forgotten? Back in the Falling Moon Secret Realm..."
Only then did Jiang Luoli barely recall him. Her little face remained indifferent as she said, "Oh, you are that... that who?"
"I am Ye Xingyun of the Desolate Ancient Ye Family." Ye Xingyun felt increasingly embarrassed.
Could it be that Jiang Luoli had no impression of him at all?
"Oh, it's you. Sorry, Luoli usually cannot remember people with average looks." Jiang Luoli curled her little lips.
As soon as these words came out, the entire venue fell somewhat silent.
Ye Xingyun was humiliated to the extreme.
To be honest, Ye Xingyun was not bad-looking either. With sword-like brows and starry eyes, he was very handsome. Most women would find him pleasant and appealing to look at.
Yet in Jiang Luoli's mouth, he had become merely average-looking.
Still, Ye Xingyun's skin was rather thick. He forced a smile and said, "Miss Luoli, it has been a long time. Might we sit at the same table later?"
Hearing this, some of the people present understood.
So Ye Xingyun's true aim was not the wine.
He had not come primarily for the banquet, but to flirt with a girl.
At the side, Jiang Shengyi's delicate brows furrowed slightly.
Jiang Rou had always wanted to bring Jiang Luoli and Jun Xiaoyao together.
Was Ye Xingyun trying to steal her man?
"Luoli, let's go find Cousin Jiang Rou." Jiang Shengyi took Jiang Luoli's little hand.
"Alright." Jiang Luoli nodded slightly and no longer paid attention to Ye Xingyun.
Ye Xingyun took a deep breath, his face still wearing a composed smile.
"It's fine. I still have a chance," Ye Xingyun comforted himself inwardly.
Meanwhile, the doors of a resplendent golden hall within the Jun Family opened.
Only the most honored guests and those from top Dao lineages were qualified to enter.
The remaining first-rate factions were all seated on other divine islands.
People from the Jiang Clan, the Ye Family, and other ancient aristocratic families, supreme clans, and top dynasties also took their seats within.
All kinds of fine wines and delicacies, jade-platter treasures, were brought to the tables. The dishes were magnificent and abundant, all rare treasures.
"Have some of the Jun Family's great figures not arrived yet? Where is the Divine Child?" An elder from a top Dao lineage looked around.
At this moment, a man and a woman, two figures with powerful auras, appeared.
One of them was a black-robed young man with a bearing as sharp as a sword.
He was none other than the Jun Family's Tenth Sequence, Jun Zhangjian.
He had specially emerged from seclusion to attend Jun Xiaoyao's Tenth Birthday Banquet.
The woman beside him wore a pale-blue tasseled gown, and cold energy seemed to surge around her.
Her pupils were ice-blue. Her long black hair was held by an ice-blue phoenix hairpin, and her skin was like ice and snow. She looked like a beauty sculpted from ice.
"That is the Jun Family's Seventh Sequence, Jun Xuehuang. She possesses the Ice Spirit Physique. Rumor has it that with a single thought, she can freeze ten thousand miles of land and make snow drift across heaven and earth."
Figures from many factions examined Jun Xuehuang.
The Jun Family's ten Sequences were all extraordinary.
Naturally, there were no lack of outstanding women among them, and Jun Xuehuang was one such figure.
"I didn't expect you to emerge from seclusion specially as well, just to attend Cousin Xiaoyao's Tenth Birthday Banquet." Jun Zhangjian smiled faintly.
The Jun Family's ten Sequences were either in seclusion or traveling the world outside, venturing into various secret realms.
There were not many who had specially come to attend Jun Xiaoyao's Tenth Birthday Banquet.
Jun Xuehuang pursed her lips and said calmly, "I simply wanted to see how powerful the Divine Child who defeated you at the age of three has become."
Upon hearing this, Jun Zhangjian's expression immediately became unnatural.
This was truly picking up the pot that would not boil.
Just then, another figure walked into the hall.
"It's him?"
When they saw this figure, both Jun Zhangjian and Jun Xuehuang's hearts tightened, their expressions turning grave.
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