Chapter 15 Return
As the banquet was going on, a dozen beautiful dancers were dancing in the center of the banquet hall. Beautiful music echoed in the hall. Some people were toasting each other and chatting happily, while others were admiring the dance of the beautiful dancers.

Di Hong's mind was not on this, because he found that one person was missing. Two of the emperor's three sons came to the banquet, but the second prince Xue Yu did not come. Logically speaking, he should not have not come to such a banquet.

Has the fight for succession reached this point?
Just then, he noticed a pair of eyes looking at him.

When he looked up, he found Ning Fengzhi opposite him looking at him with a smile. When he looked up, Ning Fengzhi raised the wine glass in his hand and nodded with a smile.

Di Hong also smiled and nodded in response, and the two of them never communicated again after that. Although he knew that Ning Fengzhi was familiar with him, that was in his previous life. This was the first time he saw him after traveling through time, so they were not familiar with each other, so there was no need for too much communication.

The banquet went very smoothly and nothing else happened, except that Di Hong felt a little accustomed because Ning Fengzhi kept looking at him. Not only Ning Fengzhi but many people looked at him from time to time.

He was speechless. Was it that serious? He was just more handsome, more talented, had a higher level of soul power, and was younger.

But among these people, he does stand out a bit.

The banquet didn't end until late at night.

On the way back in the carriage, I watched people coming and going on the road.

"It seems that the Second Prince did not come to the banquet tonight."

"He is practicing, so he didn't come. After all, his talent is pretty good." Di Ming's tone was very vague. He drank a lot of wine at today's banquet and was very drunk, as if he would fall asleep in the next second.

Di Hong wanted to ask something else, but Di Ming was already lying there, so he could only suppress his doubts.

In fact, he wanted to ask why Di Ming knew so much. You have to know that they have only been in the capital of Tiandou Empire for one day, and it seems that there is nothing that Di Ming doesn't know in just one day. Even if he is a prince and knows a lot of things, he shouldn't know the situation in Tiandou City clearly.

Could it be that the kingdom has spies in Tiandou City?

It was unlikely. As far as he knew, the kingdom did not have a special foreign intelligence organization. If there was one, he would not be unaware of it.

After returning to the Earl's Mansion, he arranged for someone to send Di Ming back to his room to rest, while he went to the study.

The study was empty and there were few books on the shelves.

Spreading out the map, he looked at the location of the Sunset Forest on the map. The Sunset Forest was not far from Tiandou City. It was located a hundred miles east of Tiandou City. They also passed through the Sunset Forest when they came, but they did not go deep into the forest.

After all, Sunset Forest is a famous gathering place for wild soul beasts, and ordinary soul masters dare not go deep into it.

But next, he was going there. Although he didn't know the exact location of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, he would be able to find it as long as he looked for it patiently. Besides, he only needed a rough range.

The next day, Di Ming and Di Hong, who had regained consciousness, went to the imperial city to pay homage. Although the old emperor was old and in poor health, he would still force himself to attend such occasions.

When he met the emperor, he also met the second prince Xue Yu.

Xue Yu does not have Xue Ye's easy-going temperament. He exudes the aura of a superior and he is also a soul king-level soul master. His talent is considered to be above average on the mainland. When they met the emperor, although the two brothers did not have a tense atmosphere, it was not difficult to see that they were fighting all the time, yet they had to maintain superficial peace.

Especially in front of them.

It is obvious that although they have each won the support of the subordinate kingdoms, they do not really trust the subordinate kingdoms in their hearts and are just using them. Of course, the subordinate kingdoms are also using the princes to gain greater benefits for their own countries.

As for whether the prince he supports can succeed, that is not important.

Even if they fail, it will not have much impact on them, as the Empire will not take action against these kingdoms.

Even though the four kingdoms usually have no intersections and even some conflicts, if there is a strong external enemy, they will definitely unite to fight together, especially a strong enemy like the Tiandou Empire. The emperor of the Tiandou Empire will not risk the huge risk of civil strife in the empire to go to war with the subordinate kingdoms, which will only give the Xingluo Empire an opportunity, and the Spirit Hall does not want to see that either.

During this tribute, their Kingdom of Silvester could be said to have given Xue Ye enough face. Among all the tributes, theirs was the best because they were the only country that offered soul bones.

The preciousness of soul bones is self-evident. Even the soul bones of thousand-year-old soul beasts are extremely precious.

The old emperor was very satisfied with the Kingdom of Silvester. He even wanted Di Hong to stay, but was politely declined by Di Ming. Xue Ye also came forward to help them and said something to make the emperor give up the idea.

Di Hong knew that the old emperor really wanted him to stay. A genius like him from the royal family was most assured to be under the old emperor's watchful eyes.

The emperor did not insist, and Di Ming was relieved. What a joke! You want to deprive the most talented person in our family? He looks old and dying, but you have a nice idea.

After staying in Tiandou City for a few days, the envoys who came to pay tribute returned one after another. This year's tribute was not as lively as in the past. The old emperor's health was getting worse and worse, so naturally he didn't have the leisure to do these things.

Finally they were able to leave, and Di Ming hurriedly took Di Hong away.

"Fourth brother, let's go quickly, so that the old emperor won't always miss you."

The tribute delegation from the Kingdom of Silves was the last to leave.

Only after leaving Tiandou City did Di Ming feel relieved.

"This Tiandou City is really extremely dangerous."

"Is it so dangerous?" Di Hong asked puzzledly.

Di Ming snorted and laughed: "Fourth brother, you didn't see it, but I did."

When the delegation was fifty miles away from Tiandou City, Di Hong noticed something was wrong.

"Someone is following us. It's a soul master."

"The second prince's men?" Di Ming asked.

Di Hong shook his head: "I'm not sure."

"Can you determine the other party's soul power level?" Di Ming's own soul power level was not high, so he didn't notice that someone was following him, and the soul masters who were accompanying him didn't notice it either.

Di Hong frowned slightly. The Second Prince couldn't help it after being only fifty miles out of the city. He thought that he was too impatient. But he was also right. When he met the Second Prince during the tribute ceremony before, he found that he was not a patient person.

Perhaps all soul masters have this characteristic.

All he relied on was the emperor's support and his own martial arts talent. Otherwise, he might not be Xue Ye's opponent.

When it comes to winning people over, Xue Ye is much better than him.

"Let's separate at the front. Their target should be me. I will lead them away and then kill them."

Through perception, he discovered that the soul power levels of the soul masters in the dark were not high. There was only one Soul King, two Soul Masters, and no Soul Emperor-level strongmen. He was fully able to deal with them.

(End of this chapter)