The selection of the Celestial Masters didn't cause much of a stir among the common people, especially outside of the Heavenly Capital. To be honest, the sorcerer families outside of Cloud Capital didn't value this matter much either.
How many years has it been since the Warlock Dynasty collapsed?
The previous dynasty fell over a thousand years ago. In those thousand years, many families have changed dynasties. Who still remembers the former glory of the Celestial Master Mansion?
The younger generation who come to the new city with their elders today mostly do not approve of it. The reason they come is partly due to the insistence of the elders, led by Chen Baifeng, and partly due to their curiosity about the once top warlock family.
But to say how much attachment they have to the position of Celestial Master, frankly speaking, at least among the younger generation who participated, especially the younger generation in the South Sea, there is almost none.
However, when the Celestial Masters gave their speeches on the second day of the Celestial Master Assembly, many of the younger generation from the Central Plains did not think that way.
On the second day of the grand opening ceremony, everyone participated. Chen Baifeng and others naturally brought a group of younger generations to the palace. The major sorcerer families had only been in the South Sea for a year. However, in this short year, in order to gain an advantage more quickly, the Chen Household did not hold back any of the resources of the South Sea Dragon Palace. As a result, in just one year, the younger generation of the entire South Sea family had incubated nearly a hundred Dragon Transformation sorcerers.
The dozens of participants in this competition are all top performers with similar results. Even those with the worst bloodlines possess the bloodline of a dragon of the South Sea General level, while the best are almost all True Dragon Breed of the South Sea.
Moreover, most of those who came this time were already quite proficient in physical strength, making them a generation brimming with confidence.
Even Chen Baifeng himself had great confidence in this group of young talents.
As a result, most of these Central Plains sorcerers looked down on Cloud Capital's so-called Celestial Master election.
But after entering the palace, she no longer thought that way.
Many people have only heard of the Cloud Capital Imperial Palace in their family histories. Major families have always tried to avoid Cloud Capital's influence. Not to mention many of the younger generation, even a great sorcerer like Chen Baifeng, who has lived for two hundred years, has never personally visited the Cloud Capital Imperial Palace. This is his first time entering the palace.
In his memory, the massive magical array structure of the capital's palace was the pinnacle of the combined efforts of various magical families. But once inside the palace, he realized that the capital's palace, which their families had originally designed, was nothing at all.
The group entered the palace through the Vermilion Bird Gate, and as soon as they entered, they all noticed something: the palace was incredibly spacious!
Outside the palace lies a city, and inside the palace, it is perhaps larger than the entire Cloud Capital.
If someone had ever told them that a palace could be larger than a capital city, some would have said they were crazy.
But that is indeed the truth!
The grand hall was built on an exaggerated scale, and the city walls stretched as far as the eye could see. The metal palace was so large that it could rival the South Sea Dragon Palace.
This scene was so shocking that not only the scions of the various families, but also Chen Baifeng and his group were quite taken aback.
Even Chen Qing was so shocked this time that he was speechless.
Yesterday, he took a shortcut from the backyard of the Zhang Family to the Treasured Artifact Hall. Because of the special surroundings, he didn't wander around and never expected that the main hall of the imperial palace would be so magnificent.
"This magic array," Chen Baifeng looked at Chen Qing, "Is probably on the scale of the one in Jiangnan, isn't it?"
Chen Qing remained silent. This was a spatial array, a combination of multiple spatial arrays, that could shrink a capital city larger than Liuzhou into the palace. It was a magic array with a universe within it, something that should not exist in the second version.
Is this truly a technology possessed by the Warlock Dynasty?
In fact, he had suspected before that the Celestial Master Mansion possessed spatial array techniques that were ahead of their time, but he never expected them to have mastered them to this extent.
The question is, if this technology was fully mastered, why did the Warlock Dynasty collapse?
This power is more than enough to deal with both early-stage demons and the schemes of ancient forces.
Why hide it?
Amidst these doubts, the group, guided by the guards, arrived at the Hall of Rectitude and Harmony in the very center of the palace.
The journey was quite long, and the guards led them into several mirror-like places. Once they passed through those mirrors, everyone could feel that they had entered another space.
That mirror had the ability to allow mortals to travel through space. This ability alone made the younger generation of the major families no longer dare to be arrogant in the slightest, and they all looked at their surroundings with awe.
The Hall of Rectitude and Harmony was very large, and judging from its size, it could accommodate at least 10,000 people to listen to proclamations and speeches. At this moment, with the addition of the various ceremonial ministers and guards, the entire hall had a capacity of about a thousand people.
Here, Chen Qing and the others finally witnessed the true power protecting the Cloud Capital Imperial Palace!
They were a group of clearly inhuman guards, made of unknown materials, and their movements were somewhat stiff. However, each sorcerer could sense a considerable amount of energy emanating from them. Chen Qing could even sense that, in terms of energy alone, these guards were no weaker than the Yaksha of the Dragon Palace.
The sheer size and power of this force is quite alarming.
If Chen Qing possessed this number of Yaksha troops now, he would have already swept across the world.
Then, the old master's next words completely shocked everyone!
"Everyone, do not be afraid. These are the Four Saints Armored Guard. They have been perfected over the years and are only fully usable in the last two years. They are the crystallization of magic left behind by the ancient Warlock Dynasty. There are ten thousand of these guards in total, each with one of the Four Saints attributes. They are all loyal protectors of the Celestial Master and only recognize the Celestial Master!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned. No one knew that the Warlock Dynasty possessed such power, but even less did anyone expect the Celestial Master's last words!
"What does the Celestial Master mean?" Chen Qing didn't shy away from the question, looking at the Old Celestial Master Zhang above the Hall of Rectitude and Harmony, and asked what everyone was thinking, "Do these so-called Four Saints Guardian Guard only recognize the Celestial Master? I want to know, do they only recognize you, Celestial Master, or just the title of Celestial Master?"
As soon as this question was raised, everyone stared intently at the old Daoist master.
No one knows how Cloud Capital acquired such powerful guards. These guards were actually created by sorcerers and are absolutely loyal. How come Cloud Capital, possessing such power, hasn't dominated the Central Plains?
Regardless, this power is terrifying. If Cloud Capital possesses this power, every other force will have to think twice before acting against it.
And if... this power could be used for one's own benefit, although it sounds unlikely, but...
Celestial Master Zhang looked at Chen Qing Chen Qing, his eyes still showing displeasure, but his words made everyone's hearts pound!
"As I just said, these Four Saints Guard only recognize the Celestial Master. I am now the Celestial Master, so they only recognize me. When a new Celestial Master appears, they will naturally only recognize the new Celestial Master!"
"Hiss"
Upon hearing this, even those who had just thought it was impossible now had tears in their eyes!
"Master Celestial Master, is this really true?"
Strangely, the first person to ask this question was neither Chen Qing nor Chen Baifeng or anyone else.
On the contrary, they were from a family of sorcerers in Cloud Capital.
Chen Qing, Chen Baifeng, and the others looked over and could see clearly that it was the He Family of Cloud Capital. Before entering the palace, they had dealt with Chen Baifeng and the others. It was said to be a great family in Cloud Capital with a thousand-year history, which had always monopolized the porcelain business in Cloud Capital and the capital.
In other words, even the Cloud Capital family was completely unaware that the Celestial Master Mansion intended to hand over the Four Saints Guard.
Chen Qing came to his senses and realized that it made sense. The Celestial Master Mansion had lived for a thousand years and had been a totem figure like the National Preceptor since the previous dynasty. The Celestial Master Mansion had only started the Celestial Master election this time. Perhaps everyone had already forgotten what one could gain by becoming the Celestial Master.
But is this really realistic?
Chen Qing looked at the guards; all of them had cold, blank eyes and exuded terrifying energy.
Why would the Zhang Family give away such a game-changing army, instead of using it to fight for supremacy, to the new Celestial Master?
What exactly are they planning?