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Chapter 921: Chapter 921: Compete in the Game of Go with Me?
When Yang Xiaotian heard that Young Master Jiusheng, Zhang Xian, Zeng Shuyin, and others were also coming, he was surprised.
Dongfang Ao laughed and said, "Young Master Jiusheng has already been defeated by the Young Mansion Master twice. At today’s banquet, he surely won’t challenge the Young Mansion Master again, right?"
Everyone laughed.
"Young Master Jiusheng probably won’t, but Zhang Xian might," said Huang Yan.
Yang Xiaotian nodded.
During his last visit to the Kaitian Academy, he had beaten Young Master Jiusheng and Zeng Shuyin, but when it was time to compare skills in the Game of Go with Zhang Xian, the Kaitian Dominator did not allow them to continue.
Thus, he had never compared skills with Zhang Xian.
Later at the banquet, it was also possible that Zhang Xian would propose to compete in the Game of Go with him.
Huang Yan said to Yang Xiaotian, "Since junior brother visited the Kaitian Academy last time, the disciples of the academy have been frantically practicing and studying the arts of music, Go, calligraphy, and painting."
"They say Zhang Xian’s Desolate Land chessboard has made some breakthroughs."
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaotian smiled and said, "Good, I know."
As they walked and talked, they soon arrived at the banquet hall.
When Yang Xiaotian entered the hall, Huang Wanlin rose to greet him.
Learning that Yang Xiaotian had arrived, all the sect masters and family heads in the hall quickly rose to greet him.
In the hall, seeing everyone, including Great Emperor Huang Wanlin, rise to greet Yang Xiaotian, Young Master Jiusheng had a complicated expression. Although he was a disciple of the Kaitian Dominator and the Junior Academy Head of the Kaitian Academy, Huang Wanlin and the others had not shown such enthusiasm just a moment ago.
However, he also knew that Huang Wanlin’s enthusiasm was not only because Yang Xiaotian was the Young Master of the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion, but also because of Yang Xiaotian’s talent and his Chaos King Divine Constitution.
In any place, it was the strong who were respected.
After Yang Xiaotian entered the hall, Young Master Jiusheng also stood up and said with a fist, "Young Mansion Master."
Yang Xiaotian responded with a fist, "I didn’t expect the Junior Academy Head to come today as well."
Zhang Xian, Zeng Shuyin, and others felt somewhat awkward facing Yang Xiaotian.
Yang Xiaotian’s trip to the Kaitian Academy, where he won against the Kaitian Academy, had spread wildly across the Desolate Continent. Now wherever Young Master Jiusheng and others went, they felt people’s peculiar gazes.
After a brief exchange, everyone took their seats.
The Eternal Divine Kingdom’s Great Emperor Huang Wanlin stood up, raised his glass, and gave a stirring speech, essentially stating how honored he and the Eternal Divine Kingdom were by the presence of Yang Xiaotian, Young Master Jiusheng, and other experts.
After three rounds of drinks, amid general merriment, Zhang Xian suddenly stood up and said to Yang Xiaotian, "When Young Mansion Master last visited the Kaitian Academy, Zhang Xian was unable to compare skills in the Game of Go with Young Mansion Master, which is a regret in my heart." 𝚗o𝚟pub.𝚌𝚘𝚖
"Zhang Xian had thought of visiting the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion in the coming days to request a match in the Game of Go, but I did not expect to meet today."
"Rather than picking another day, it is better to seize the day. May I ask if the Young Mansion Master could enlighten me?"
Everyone fell silent.
Huang Wanlin and others couldn’t help but look towards Yang Xiaotian.
Just as Huang Wanlin was about to speak, suddenly a Divine General of the Eternal Divine Kingdom rushed in, "Your Majesty, people from the Food God Clan have arrived!"
Everyone was startled.
"The Food God Clan!" Huang Wanlin rose, his expression darkening.
Recently, the Food God Clan had been causing trouble everywhere in the Eternal Divine Kingdom. Today, while the Imperial Palace of the Eternal Divine Kingdom was holding a banquet, the Food God Clan even dared to come!
"How many people have they brought?" Huang Wanlin asked sternly.
"Over a hundred of them have come," hurriedly reported the Divine General, "led by Shi Tianhong who claims to be the Young Clan Leader of the Food God Clan. Besides the masters of the Food God Clan, there are also masters from the Heavenly Emperor Palace, led by Li Feng who claims to be the Young Emperor from the Heavenly Emperor Palace!"
When the crowd heard that the masters from the Heavenly Emperor Palace and the Food God Clan were together, they looked at each other.
Yang Xiaotian frowned.
"They say they want to visit His Majesty and the Young Mansion Master. Your Majesty, shall we let them in?" asked the Divine General.
Hearing that the masters from the Food God Clan also wanted to visit him, Yang Xiaotian’s expression turned cold.
"Let them in!" Huang Wanlin’s face was cold.
"No need, we’re already inside!" Just then, a brash, arrogant voice sounded, and with a surge of light in the great hall, the space split open, and a large group of people walked out.
Leading them was none other than Shi Tianhong, the Young Clan Leader of the Food God Clan.
By Shi Tianhong’s side was Li Feng.
Behind the two were a group of masters from both the Food God Clan and the Heavenly Emperor Palace.
Seeing Shi Tianhong and others entering using the Shadow Escape Talisman without considering the masters of the Eternal Divine Kingdom as a challenge, just as if they were entering an uninhabited land, Huang Wanlin’s face looked ugly.
"Greetings to the Great Emperor," said Shi Tianhong upon entering as he gave Huang Wanlin a fist salute, which, though polite, carried no sign of respect, his face showing a hint of arrogance.
Seeing the arrogant look on Shi Tianhong’s face, Huang Wanlin’s eyes were like daggers, his body radiating murderous intent, "Young man, your Food God Clan has caused chaos everywhere in my Eternal Divine Kingdom, and yet you still dare to come to the Imperial Palace of the Eternal Divine Kingdom. Do you really think I won’t kill you?"
"Do you really think we can’t kill you?"
"Do you really think that you can freely come and go from the Imperial Palace of the Eternal Divine Kingdom just with a few Shadow Escape Talismans?"
Shi Tianhong, feeling the intense murderous intent from Huang Wanlin, didn’t take it to heart and laughed, "Great Emperor, please don’t be angry. Aren’t guests to be welcomed? We have come from far away— isn’t this the proper way to treat guests under your reign?"
Then he said, "However, we are not here for the Great Emperor today, but for the Young Mansion Master." With that, his gaze swept across the crowd and settled on Yang Xiaotian.
Everyone was stunned.
At that moment, it became clear to everyone that Shi Tianhong and his group’s real target was Yang Xiaotian.
Standing next to Shi Tianhong, the Young Emperor of the Heavenly Emperor Palace, Li Feng, looked at Yang Xiaotian with a challenging gaze, "Young man, are you Yang Xiaotian?" He then spoke, "I am Li Feng, the Young Emperor of the Heavenly Emperor Palace. I have heard that you excel in the Sword Dao, the Zither Dao, and the Literary Dao!"
"But I wonder how you fare in the Game of Go?"
"Dare you compare your skills in the Game of Go with me?"
As Li Feng spoke, everyone wore a strange expression.
Zhang Xian from Kaitian Academy had just asked Yang Xiaotian to teach him the Game of Go; now, Li Feng also wanted to challenge Yang Xiaotian in the Game of Go.
Zhang Xian cleared his throat, trying to mask the awkwardness on his face.
All eyes fell on Yang Xiaotian.
"Compete with me in the Game of Go?" Yang Xiaotian looked at Li Feng, the Young Emperor of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.
"Indeed," Li Feng, staring at Yang Xiaotian, radiated extreme confidence, clearly having immense faith in his own skills at the Game of Go.
"How shall we compete?" Yang Xiaotian’s face remained calm.
"I will set up a Go game. If you can solve it within an hour, I lose," said Li Feng. "If you can’t solve it within an hour, you lose."
At that moment, Shi Tianhong said to Yang Xiaotian, "The four from the Valley of Heavenly Secrets—Shi Tianhai and the others—were killed by you, weren’t they? They were direct descendants of four senior figures of our Food God Clan. If you lose the game later, I want your life!"
Yang Xiaotian’s expression unchanged, "Yes, I killed them! Alright, if I lose the game later, I will give you my life. However, if I win the game later," he said, sweeping his gaze over Shi Tianhong and the many Food God Clan masters in the great hall, "I will take the lives of seventy-nine members of your Food God Clan!"
Li Feng was the one challenging in the Game of Go, but Yang Xiaotian was asking for the lives of Shi Tianhong and all the Food God Clan members in the great hall!
