116: High hopes

Cloud Peak!

Cloud Palace Great Hall.

Dragon Peak Peak Lord Ao Jingtain nominated Long Aotian as the Deputy Peak Lord of Dragon Peak, and Cloud Palace Lord Yue Yunzhan was also somewhat surprised. This youth, approximately twelve or thirteen years old, was actually a Grand Cultivator at the Second Revolution Stage of the Mahayana Realm?

A Prodigy even more formidable in Martial Arts Talent than Ao Jingtain?

Immediately, Yue Yunzhan felt a surge of joy. The more Prodigies in the Cloud Palace, the stronger it proved the Cloud Palace to be. As the Cloud Palace Lord, he naturally hoped to see the Cloud Palace grow increasingly powerful.

Promoting a Deputy Peak Lord was not simple; it wasn't something he could decide with a single word. All core high-ranking members of the Cloud Palace would attend and bear witness. This included the three Grand Elders, ten Elders, ten Protectors, the Peak Lords and Deputy Peak Lords of various peaks, and the Core Elders—all had to participate.

Each peak generally had multiple Deputy Peak Lords, but the maximum could not exceed ten. Mahayana Realm powerhouses who could not become Deputy Peak Lords would become Core Elders, a status one level lower than Deputy Peak Lords.

After Ao Jingtain nominated Long Aotian as the Deputy Peak Lord of Dragon Peak to Yue Yunzhan, Yue Yunzhan confirmed Long Aotian's Mahayana Realm cultivation and immediately initiated the Promotion Ceremony procedure for him.

This would require waiting for half a year.

Cloud Peak would immediately issue notices to all high-ranking personnel to attend the Promotion Ceremony. Even if they were over three hundred million li away from the Cloud Palace, all could be notified within ten days.

The reason for waiting half a year was, first, to allow all high-ranking attendees sufficient time to make adjustments and reasonably arrange their schedules.

A solemn and grand Promotion Ceremony was a sign of respect and importance for every promotee!

Second, it also allowed the promotee ample time to prepare, because before the Promotion Ceremony, the promotee needed to accept challenges from powerful individuals, including Core Elders and Deputy Peak Lords.

These individuals might harbor some envy, jealousy, or even hatred that others could be promoted while they could not. A small vent during the promotee's Promotion Ceremony might be unavoidable, so the promotee needed to be prepared.

Long Aotian didn't take this to heart much. With his current combat power, he could even contend with an Early Stage Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouse, let alone a Mahayana Realm powerhouse?

Even if a Ninth Revolution Peak Stage Mahayana Realm powerhouse came, without significant ability to fight above their level, they would still not be his opponent.

However, at the thought of combat, Long Aotian had to consider that he seemed to have not learned any Martial Skills. If he were to enter seclusion next, he would probably need to find a few Martial Skills to learn... After leaving Cloud Peak, Long Aotian decided to return to his Family to bring The Long family to Dragon Peak. Ao Jingtain also wanted to follow him.

As expected, Long Aotian once again became a mode of transport. Ao Jingtain skillfully lay on his back.

Thunder Dragon Royal City is three hundred million li away from the Cloud Palace. At Long Aotian's speed of a hundred thousand li per step, and as fast as lightning, taking a step in 0.1 seconds or even 0.01 seconds, three hundred million li is only three hundred steps. Calculated at 0.1 seconds per step, that's thirty seconds, less than ten breaths. Calculated at 0.01 seconds per step, that's three seconds, roughly one breath.

After leaving Cloud Peak, Long Aotian and Ao Jingtain's figures quickly appeared in Thunder Dragon Royal City... Long Aotian did not know that their departure had shocked Cloud Palace Lord Yue Yunzhan.

"A speed of a hundred thousand li per step, my heavens, how did he do it? Is there such a divine movement Martial Skill in the world? It's simply incredible! This Prodigy is probably ten, a hundred, or even ten million times more terrifying than that little girl Ao Jingtain!

The Disciples taken in by Lord Long are truly more frightening than the last!

This little girl Ao Jingtain is so clingy to him. Alas, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. This Promotion Ceremony will probably be very lively, won't it? I hope this kid can handle it... Oh, right, the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts is coming up again soon. There should be giant Cultivation powers from the Eastern State coming to recruit Prodigy Disciples, right? Perhaps these two little ones might give the Cloud Palace and the Eastern State a big surprise then..."

Neither the departing Ao Jingtain nor Long Aotian knew that the Old Palace Lord held such high hopes for them.

Long Aotian also knew about the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts after browsing Ao Zhan's tens of thousands of years of unarchived memories.

This was a Sky Ruins Martial Arts grand event jointly organized by the six continent-level giant Cultivation powers—Central Continent Immortal Mansion, Tianxu Immortal Mansion, Demon Alliance, Pill Pavilion, Honghuang Shop, and Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion—and co-participated by the state-level and deputy state-level Cultivation giant powers of the five states.

The Tianxu Millennial Martial Arts Tournament gives birth to the heaven ruins millennium grand list of prodigies, a continent-level list, the strongest martial power list in the Sky Ruins Continent. Only Mahayana Realm powerhouses are eligible to participate in the ranking. The maximum number of people on the list is ten thousand. Every Prodigy on the list is at least a rare talent, appearing once in a hundred thousand years, exceptionally brilliant.

Below the heaven ruins millennium grand list of prodigies, each state has its own state-level Millennial Prodigy Gold List to select its Prodigies for contention on the heaven ruins millennium grand list of prodigies.

Furthermore, each state has also established a Millennial Prodigy Silver List for the Spirit Division Realm and a Millennial Prodigy Bronze List for the Out-of-Body Realm.

Long Aotian and Ao Jingtain breaking through to the Mahayana Realm before the age of twenty was absolutely an unprecedented feat for Prodigies. If they were in the Eastern State, or if the Yunmeng Marsh hadn't isolated the Eastern Barrens, they would certainly have topped the Out-of-Body Realm Bronze List, Spirit Division Realm Silver List, and Mahayana Realm Gold List.

However, their names have not yet appeared on these lists.

If Long Aotian and Ao Jingtain can shine brightly in this Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts, it might attract the attention of the continent's giant Cultivation powers to the Eastern Barrens, thereby strengthening connections and allowing Cultivators from the Eastern Barrens who wish to leave to do so.

The people of the Eastern Barrens are so eager to venture out into the world... Returning to Long Aotian and Ao Jingtain, even before they descended upon Thunder Dragon Royal City, Long Aotian's Divine Sense had already detected that Feng Keqiang and Wu Xin were also present.

When he saw his father-in-law, with Ao Jingtain on his back, Long Aotian inexplicably felt a little guilty.

When he saw Wu Xin, he felt inexplicably annoyed. What exactly did this Wu Xin want by coming to their Long Family?

Long Aotian's speed was very fast. Before Feng Keqiang discovered him and Ao Jingtain, he had already descended upon The Long family, and Ao Jingtain had already dismounted from his back.

Perhaps the only person who saw him return with Ao Jingtain on his back was the powerful Cultivator Wu Xin...

"Young Lord is back?!"

"Young Lord is back!"

"..."

Long Aotian returned silently. When a Disciple of The Long family saw him, he couldn't help but exclaim, which then drew the attention of other Disciples, who also couldn't help but exclaim.

For a time, the Disciples of The Long family all gathered. The high-ranking members of The Long family were also alarmed and gathered. The fastest to arrive was Hua Buwan, who, without a word, came over and tightly embraced Long Aotian.

"Tian'er, I've finally seen you, my son!"