Blue Phoenix Chapter 49 - Setting Out

Arriving at the castle grounds, Hui Yue saw that everywhere he looked experts were waiting in small groups. Some groups had Emperors as their strongest participating member while others had Kings. Looking around, he saw no Saints; however, he remembered the conversation he had overheard while being at the mansion. All the Saints of the Taiyang Kingdom had been roused for the sake of raiding this Grave of the Unknown.

It was not only the Taiyang Kingdom who had Saints but also experts from the Yueliang Province as well as families in both kingdoms who possessed Saint ranked experts. These families were few, but when all of them gathered together, they really didn’t seem like just a few.

The families who possessed Saint ranked experts were the last to arrive at the castle’s grounds, and as they did everyone who stood in their path wisely parted. They opened up space for them to walk, so they didn’t have to maneuver through the crowds as everyone else had done.

Finally, the Royal Family of the Taiyang Kingdom appeared and by their side were seventeen Saint ranked experts. All of these experts were the cream of the crop. They had been Saints for thousands of years, and they knew just how important they were to the kingdom. It was possible for the Saints to veto a decision made by the King; therefore, they were also very important when it came to deciding the heir.

Behind the Taiyang Kingdom’s cultivators appeared another group of people. These were people Hui Yue had never seen before. They moved with the same kind of grace and attitude that the Royal Family possessed, and he quickly guessed that they were the delegation sent by the Yueliang Province.

The entire castle grounds had become silent as the two groups of Saints appeared. Even the families who had a Saint in their midst turned quiet. They knew that their family’s strength was nothing compared to the strength these two kingdoms possessed.

The king took a few steps forward, and his eyes glistened with excitement. “Everyone!” he called out as his voice strengthe

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