Chapter 584: Imperial Ruler, Investigating Xiao Fan

After all, Xiao Fan was the only one who left after winning first place.

In recent days, there has been an endless stream of people coming to the Imperial Capital, with the City Lords of various major cities personally bringing people along.

And by their sides, there would always be a young Genius Prodigy.

City Lord Ming Long entered the Imperial Palace, while City Lord Du Ling and Chu Feng waited outside the palace gates; City Lord Ming Long went in alone.

Within the Imperial Capital, the rules were strict. Apart from not being able to fly, one was not even allowed to use Divine Sense to probe the surroundings.

City Lord Ming Long entered a magnificent palace hall, where the surroundings were inlaid with various priceless gems, and the interior exuded a rich spiritual energy, which was even more effective than Spirit Stones.

In the center, sitting on the Dragon throne, was a middle-aged man wearing a yellow Python Dragon robe. His aura was powerful and imposing, commanding respect without anger.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." City Lord Ming Long bowed respectfully.

"Rise," the middle-aged man said in a powerful voice. "Tell me from the beginning about this youth you mentioned who triggered the Heavenly Tribulation."

He was Liu Tianyun, the nominal ruler of Yihuang Province, possessing the Imperial Bloodline and a direct descendant of the Yihuang Imperial Ancestor. His Realm was the Yuding Realm Great Perfection.

"Your Majesty, judging by his bone age, this young man is just over twenty years old, yet his talent is extremely monstrous. At the Xuandan Realm Great Perfection, he could already erupt with the aura of a Yuanhun Realm expert… capable of challenging those one major Realm above him."

"Later, when he was in the Arena, he had a Breakthrough to the Yuanhun Realm. At that time, the sky was filled with rolling black clouds. Even when I had my Breakthrough to the Pi Hai Realm, it seemed to pale in comparison to his Heavenly Tribulation!" City Lord Ming Long honestly recounted what had happened that day.

"A Breakthrough from the Xuandan Realm to the Yuanhun Realm, yet it triggered a Heavenly Tribulation even more powerful than that of the Pi Hai Realm?!" Liu Tianyun's expression became grave.

Such a Prodigy was only recorded in legends and was rarely seen in a hundred thousand years!

The arrival of the Heavenly Tribulation showed just how much of a Prodigy Xiao Fan was; it proved that the Heavens wanted to destroy him!

It was evident that the existence of this child even threatened the Heavens.

"Where is this child now?" Liu Tianyun asked, looking at City Lord Ming Long.

"I… I do not know!" City Lord Ming Long said. "After winning, he left, and he had an expert guarding him whose cultivation was at least at the Yuding Realm!"

"To have a Yuding Realm expert guarding him while he was only at the Xuandan Realm; it seems this child is extraordinary," Liu Tianyun said in a powerful voice. He did not make things difficult for City Lord Ming Long, as it was meaningless.

With a Yuding Realm expert guarding the other party, what use would City Lord Ming Long, a Pi Hai Realm Great Perfection, be?

"Send people to investigate the whereabouts and background of this Xiao Fan," Liu Tianyun said indifferently.

"Yes!" A voice responded from the void.

"Interesting, a Prodigy who can make the Heavenly Dao fear him…" A curve appeared at the corner of Liu Tianyun's mouth.

City Lord Ming Long withdrew and took City Lord Du Ling and Chu Feng to find accommodations.

Previously, in his transmission, he had already reported that Xiao Fan's origins were unknown.

Since City Lord Ming Long and City Lord Du Ling both held official positions, they should have been provided with specialized Immortal Caves upon entering the Imperial Palace.

However…

This time, City Lord Ming Long and the others were disappointed. They had arrived relatively late, and all the Immortal Cave residences in the Imperial Palace were already fully occupied.

Recently, the City Lords of every major city in Yihuang Province had brought the young Prodigies within their own factions into the Imperial Palace.

In one go, nearly ten thousand Immortal Caves had been allocated…

Never before had so many people arrived in the Imperial Palace all at once.

Therefore, many of the City Lords who arrived later were arranged to stay within the city.

The environment was not much worse anyway. City Lord Ming Long led City Lord Du Ling and Chu Feng, and the three of them found a restaurant in the Imperial Capital.

"This Quanling Restaurant is quite good; it has been open for hundreds of years."

City Lord Ming Long introduced it, forcing a smile for fear of losing Face.

Although helpless, he knew there was no other way.

After all, there were indeed many people in the Imperial Capital recently.

Inside the Imperial Palace, Liu Tianyun sent out many experts to inquire about information regarding Xiao Fan everywhere, wanting to know who he was and to investigate his whereabouts.

Yihuang Province had specialized intelligence channels belonging to the Imperial family; it could be said that the entire Yihuang Province was under the control of the Imperial family!

Just like that, time passed…

The day of the Lianhua Pavilion auction arrived.

Xiao Fan reluctantly followed Zhangsun Ning as they left.

The most painful part was that every time Zhangsun Ning looked at him and asked if Xiao Fan was unwilling?

Xiao Fan still had to bite the bullet and say: "I am willing!"

Just like that, Zhangsun Ning took the invitation given by the manager of Lianhua Pavilion and brought Xiao Fan into the auction venue.

She even saved on the entrance fee.

This auction venue was very large. Xiao Fan estimated that it could easily accommodate tens of millions of people at the same time, and there were actually 108 gates to enter this auction venue!

It was nearly ten times larger than the auction venue of the Treasure Pavilion.

By now, Xiao Fan was accustomed to it; everywhere in Yihuang Province was more prosperous than Wuhuang Province.

Zhangsun Ning was a Yuding Realm expert, and she was also a presence worthy of awe at this auction, so she was arranged to sit in the very front section.

Xiao Fan benefited from her status and sat beside Zhangsun Ning.

It had to be said that this position was very good; it was very close to the auction stage in front, only a few hundred meters away.

For Xiao Fan, this distance was no different from observing it up close.

After all, he now had the strength of the Yuanhun Realm!

One must know, if Xiao Fan were in Wuhuang Province now!

He could easily beat up Sect Master Wu Xinjue and the group of inner sect Elders!

It was estimated that Warrior Feng, Beiming, and other Elders combined would not be enough for Xiao Fan to beat up by himself!

More and more people attended the auction, and in a short while, the spacious venue was filled with people.

However, it was still far from being completely full; looking at it now, there were probably less than a million people.

"Don't be surprised; this kind of auction is held once a month in this place," Zhangsun Ning explained.