The Art of Chaotic Divinity

Chapter 648: Marriage

"What? Miss Yue?"

Ling Feng's pupils slightly contracted. He turned to stare at Feng Mo and said in a deep voice, "Yue Yunlan? Miss Yue?"

"Who else could it be?" Feng Mo replied with irritation.

"Feng Mo, explain yourself clearly," Ling Feng instinctively grabbed Feng Mo's wrist and asked urgently.

"Brother Feng, let go first! You're crushing my bones!" Feng Mo wailed in pain.

"Sorry, sorry." Ling Feng quickly released his grip and asked again, "What happened to Miss Yue?"

"She..." Feng Mo let out a long sigh. "She's about to be taken by the eleventh prince of the Tianyang Empire!"

"What?" Ling Feng's pupils contracted even more. "What do you mean by that?"

"It's the eleventh prince of Tianyang proposing a marriage!" Gu Tengfeng, standing on the sword-fighting platform, jumped down and spoke calmly. "I heard my father talk about it yesterday. Apparently, early yesterday morning, the eleventh prince himself entered the palace to see the emperor, proposing a marriage alliance between the two nations.

"I initially thought this was an issue concerning one of the princesses. However, I never expected the emperor to decide that Miss Yue would be the one to marry."

Gu Tengfeng paused and then said solemnly, "Do you remember, six years ago, when Miss Yue entered the palace to meet the emperor? She was adopted as his goddaughter and given the title of Princess Zhao De. It turns out the emperor had long planned this! The mind of a ruler is indeed unfathomable!"

"Yes, yes, but nothing is finalized yet..." Feng Mo quickly added.

As Feng Mo explained further, Ling Feng finally understood the situation.

It turns out that yesterday, the eleventh prince of the Tianyang Empire had presented an entire city as a dowry, proposing to marry a princess from the Tianbai Empire. Additionally, he demanded three cities on the northwest border of the Tianbai Empire as part of the marriage settlement.

These three cities are critical border fortresses, difficult to conquer and easy to defend. If the Tianbai Empire were to hand over these cities, it would leave the Tianbai Empire vulnerable. In the future, if the Tianyang Empire launched an invasion, there would be three fewer defensive barriers, allowing the enemy to directly penetrate deep into Tianbai's territory.

To abandon these fortresses would be like giving up half of the kingdom, and the princess being married off would likely end up as a hostage.

The Tianyang Empire's scheme was undeniably malicious.

Such an obvious ploy could not escape the attention of the Tianbai emperor. Giving up the border fortresses would be akin to disarming himself, something the emperor couldn't agree to.

Therefore, the eleventh prince took a step back, proposing that if any young talent under the Spiritual Element Realm from Tianbai could defeat the youths from Tianyang's envoy delegation, the Tianyang Empire would relinquish the three cities and the marriage proposal would be dropped.

Conversely, if the youths from the Tianbai Empire were defeated, the marriage proposal and the surrender of the three fortresses would proceed as initially outlined.

After much deliberation, the Tianbai Emperor recognized that the Tianyang royal family had clearly planned this for some time, making it difficult to refuse. In the end, the emperor reluctantly agreed, and the princess chosen for the marriage was none other than Princess Zhao De, Yue Yunlan, adopted as his daughter years earlier.

When the ruler commands, the subjects have no choice but to obey.

As the sect leader of the Divine Guardian Sect of the nation, Yue Zhonglian, despite knowing the emperor's intentions, could not refuse, nor would he.

Now, the only hope rested on the youth of the Tianbai Empire and that someone would step forward and defeat the young talents of the Tianyang Empire.

As for Yue Yunlan, under the weight of both imperial authority and her father's orders, how could she possibly resist?

"A great nation like ours, and they are asking for a woman to sacrifice herself!?"

After listening to Feng Mo's explanation, Ling Feng clenched his fists tightly, an inexplicable anger rising in his chest.

"That's what I'm saying, Brother Feng! You have to stand up and turn the tide this time!" Feng Mo shoved Ling Feng repeatedly, speaking anxiously. "Why should the most beautiful woman in the Tianbai Empire marry into the Tianyang Empire? Moreover, the Tianyang Empire is in the desert regions of the western lands. How can you bear to let Miss Yue suffer there?"

Ling Feng tightened his fists and said in a deep voice, "You're right. After all, Miss Yue is our friend, isn't she?"

"Exactly!" Feng Mo grabbed Ling Feng. "Let's hurry! If we're late, Miss Yue might already be in her wedding chamber!"

"He wouldn't dare!" Ling Feng's eyebrows shot up. He grabbed Feng Mo in return and shouted, "Where is it? Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"At the central training ground of the Imperial City."

Before Feng Mo even finished speaking, Ling Feng had already erupted with full force, shooting out like a bolt of lightning. Feng Mo only saw a blur before his mind went blank.

What a freak! What kind of speed is that!?

The other guys quickly followed, not wanting to be left behind.

At the training ground, Gu Tengfeng looked at the remaining team members, smiled, and shook his head. "Let's go too. I'd also like to see how strong the geniuses of the Tianyang Empire really are."

"Mhmm, let's go!" Jiang Xiaofan immediately stood up, agreeing.

Yu Sixian rubbed his hands together and chuckled. "See? I told you, Brother Feng has feelings for Miss Yue, even though he doesn't say it. The moment he heard she was about to get married, his eyes practically turned green with jealousy!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the ears of Mu Qianxue and Tuoba Yan perked up noticeably. In the next instant, the two women sprinted toward the central training ground of the Imperial City at full speed.

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With Ling Feng moving at full speed, it didn't take long for him to reach the Imperial City's training ground.

By now, the ground was packed with people. Ling Feng and Feng Mo struggled to the front of the crowd with great difficulty.

The Tianyang Empire's challenge to the youth of the Tianbai Empire was a major event. Not a single aristocratic family in the Imperial Capital was absent from the scene.

At the center of the field, a temporary high platform had been erected. Seated on the throne was a middle-aged man, none other than the emperor of the Tianbai Empire.

Ling Feng took one look and felt as though the man's entire body was shrouded in a faint mist, revealing only a vague outline. He could not get a clear sense of the emperor's appearance.

"So powerful!"

Ling Feng squinted. This Tianbai Emperor's strength might not be inferior to that of Yan Cangtian, who had ascended to the rank of human emperor.

The other day, when the despicable donkey controlled a demonic beast condensed from demonic qi over the Imperial City, as many as seven or eight emperor-level experts took action. It was clear that the empire concealed many powerful figures. The Tianbai imperial family's ability to rule the kingdom was backed by deep-rooted strength.

Feng Mo, seeing the middle-aged man on the high platform, seemed nervous and instinctively hid behind Ling Feng.

Although Feng Mo, as a prince of the Tianyang Empire, disliked involving himself in national affairs, upon hearing about this critical competition, he rushed to notify Ling Feng immediately.

In his view, at that moment, only Ling Feng had the potential to turn the tide.

To the emperor's right, there was another high platform, where the eleventh prince and Xiahou Lie were seated. Next to the eleventh prince stood a woman in purple. Her charming face maintained a slight, ever-present smile.

The eleventh prince, who had mastered the Mystical Yellow Flame, was unquestionably one of the most outstanding young talents.

Moreover, the condition requiring contestants to be below the Spiritual Element Realm automatically disqualified Yan Jinghong, the so-called Empire’s Legend of the Tianbai Empire, from participating.

With Yan Jinghong out of the competition, there was no one among the younger generation of the Tianbai Empire who could match the eleventh prince!