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"He's been friends for more than ten years. Looks like Han Xiao is also a member of the Devil Shadow Sect. However, why has I never heard of a young genius like Han Xiao in the Devil Shadow Sect?" Emperor Nanshan was stunned for a moment before he asked with a smile.

"It's the crown prince of the Yun Ming Empire, not someone from the Devil Shadow Sect." Wang Yang said with a faint smile.

"The Yun Ming Empire?" In his memory, this dynasty did not exist, and because of this, there was a slight change in Han Xiao's attitude towards him.

As for the others, when they heard that Wang Yang was the Crown Prince of the Yun Ming Dynasty, their eyes were filled with disdain. To them, they had never even heard of Han Xiao's name before, so there was no point for them to care about him.

"Your majesty, Young Master Wang Yang has already taken his place." A palace maid came to the side of the Nanshan Emperor and respectfully said.

"Yes, Wang Yang, you should sit down as well. We'll begin the banquet later." The Emperor of Nanshan nodded his head and said.

"Yes, but does junior want Xiao to sit at the same table as me?" Wang Yang bowed and said.

Hearing Wang Yang's words, the emperor was stunned. Han Xiao and Xi Yun were already sitting at the same table, and now Wang Yang wanted to make Han Xiao sit with him. Wasn't this clearly a provocation from Xi Yun?

When Xi Yun heard Wang Yang's words, his eyes turned cold, but he still smiled and said: "Sorry Young Master Wang, Han Xiao is already sitting here, it would be inconvenient for me to go to your place."

"Really? I feel that Xiao Yu has the right to choose." Wang Yang said with a faint smile, his eyes brimming with confidence.

Seeing the smile in Wang Yang's eyes, Xi Yun frowned. However, his shrewdness did not flare up as he turned to look at Han Xiao and asked, "Han Xiao, what do you say?"

Suddenly, three black lines appeared on Han Xiao's face. Why does he feel that the current atmosphere is very strange? He coughed lightly and was about to reject Wang Yang when Nan Chang Er's voice rang out.

"I think this is it. Let Han Xiao sit at the same table as me." Nan Chang'er smiled and said.

Just as Nan Chang'Er finished speaking, Han Xiao felt a cold gaze land on him. Following the direction of the gaze, he saw Qi Cheng staring at him with a cold expression, as if he wanted to bore a hole in his body with that cold gaze.

All of a sudden, it had turned into three people fighting against Han Xiao. Many people could not help but look at Han Xiao with a playful expression, especially Wu Huan and Cheng Mingyang, who seemed to be watching a good show from the side.

"I think it's better if I go with Xi Yun." Han Xiao said.

Hearing Han Xiao's words, Wang Yang frowned, while Xi Yun's eyes relaxed, as for Nan Chang'er, she gave Han Xiao a meaningful look before turning around and returning to her own seat.

As for Wang Yang, he lightly smiled as he followed the servant to his seat.

"Since everyone is here, send the order to start the meal." Emperor Nanshan waved his hand and said.

"Yes." Although it was very busy, every single palace servant was doing things in an orderly manner. And at this time, the doors of the palace slowly opened, and many palace servants brought out delicate fruits and clouds out, quickly placing the plates of dishes on the tables. After placing the fruits down, the palace maids stayed outside to distribute the dishes from the imperial chef to the hundred thousand tables.

Although there were quite a few palace maids and the imperial chef cooked very quickly, they were still unable to keep up with the ten thousand tables. Although they constantly increased their speed, there were still quite a few tables that were empty and had yet to serve dishes.

"At the banquet." A high-pitched voice could be heard as a palace maid walked up the stairs with a tray of delicacies. After placing them on the table, she began to set them up and leave in an orderly fashion.

Roughly half an hour later, all the dishes had been served. Although there were only six dishes on each table, every dish was extremely exquisite, causing one's appetite to rise at a single glance.

Lowering his head and saying to the servant beside him, that servant turned around and shouted: "Let's begin!"

As the voice of the palace maid called out "start of the banquet" one after another from the top floor of the palace door to below, as if passing on a solemn matter, listening to the "start of the banquet" caused Han Xiao's heart to tremble, and an indescribable excitement lingered in his heart.

"A goblet of wine. Everyone, welcome to our Southern Kingdom for a drink." Emperor Nanshan picked up a cup of wine and drank it all.

The others all raised their cups and drank as well.

After the first cup of wine was drunk, the emperor once again stood up, walked to the entrance of the palace and said in a clear voice, "Second cup of wine to all the citizens of the Southern Ancient Kingdom, drink it." After saying that, the emperor once again raised his head and finished the wine in his cup.

"Drink." With each shout, many people could be seen raising their cups and talking to each other. The deafening sound caused the people on the floor to tremble, and a feeling of power that could pierce through mountains and rivers lingered in everyone's heart.

Satisfied, the Emperor turned around once again to face the crowd and spoke in a clear voice, "Three cups of wine to the benevolent spirits of heaven and earth, and to the kind souls of men. Drink."

"To the benevolence of the heavens and the earth!" Shouts came from afar, but Han Xiao frowned when he heard the words "the benevolent nature of the world". Where did the benevolent nature of the world come from? Moreover, he didn't feel that there was a need to respect the heavens and earth.

"Han Xiao." He saw Han Xiao raise his cup without drinking Xi Yun's shout.

Hearing Xi Yun's voice, Han Xiao raised his head and saw that the rest of the people were all drinking by themselves, making their glasses stand out a little. He also lowered his head and drank his wine.

After three cups of wine, the emperor returned to his seat and looked at the crowd with a faint smile. He said, "After three cups of wine, everyone, please serve us your chopsticks." After he finished speaking, he directly picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

When they saw that the emperor had begun to eat, the others also began to eat and taste the delicacies in front of them.

"Han Xiao, you should now explain to me why you left without saying goodbye." Just as Han Xiao was about to put down the piece of meat in his mouth, he heard Xi Yun's voice. When he looked up and saw Xi Yun's resentful look, he felt a chill run down his spine.

"If I tell you, can you guarantee that you won't all run off with me again?" Han Xiao helplessly asked.

"I can't guarantee." Xi Yun then continued, "But this is not the reason for you leaving without saying anything."

"I didn't say what kind of reason that was. When we were in the academy, Wang Yang had been with us all day. I was afraid that he would find out, so I just left without saying anything." Han Xiao shrugged his shoulders and said.

"In the end, you left the academy to avoid Wang Yang." Xi Yun sighed and said.

When Han Xiao left, he had thought of it. Although Han Xiao looked like he was very close to Wang Yang every day, but after knowing what Wang Yang had done to him, they knew that Han Xiao did not care about him at all, but on the surface, that kind of deep hatred was not something that could be forgotten just by saying that. Furthermore, Wang Yang would often mention Han Xiao's experience in prison.

Hearing his words, Han Xiao lightly smiled and said: "I'm not trying to avoid Wang Yang, but I don't want Wang Yang to disturb me while I'm cultivating, so I don't want him to know my goal. The things that happened at that time are already over, so you don't need to worry about me."

"It would be best if you let go of her. This time you leaving without saying anything would make Ke Er extremely angry. You'd better go back and properly apologize to her." Xi Yun said.

"I know. Ke Er's temper, sigh." Thinking about Xiao Ke Er's temper, Han Xiao couldn't help but feel a headache.

While Han Xiao and Xi Yun were speaking, Qi Cheng stood up and said in a clear voice, "Southern Emperor, this junior would like to offer you a toast. Thank you for treating me this time." With that, Qi Cheng drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp.

"Haha, alright, I'll drink this cup of wine." The Southern Kingdom's Emperor laughed out loud. He raised his head and drained the wine in his cup.

Seeing Qi Cheng stand up and toast him, Xi Yun stood up slowly and said with a faint smile, "Southern Kingdom Emperor, this junior would also like to offer a toast to you." After saying that, Xi Yun cupped his hands together and drank the entire cup of wine towards the emperor.

"I must drink the wine that Prince Xi Yun offers, hahaha." When he saw Xi Yun clasping his hands towards him, a sliver of satisfaction flashed across the emperor's eyes as he laughed and finished the wine.

Because Qi Cheng and Xi Yun had taken the lead, Wang Yang and the others started to pay their respects to the emperor. Although their cultivation levels were not as high as the emperor, they were still representatives of the major powers, so the emperor also drank their wine. After a round of wine, the emperor actually felt a hint of drunkenness.

After the toasts, Xi Yun and the rest started toasting each other, even Wang Yang and the rest toasted, while Han Xiao was ignored for a long time, so it was no wonder that Han Xiao was only the crown prince of a small empire, in their eyes, he had no value in fawning on him.

After a few more rounds of wine, everyone had pretty much finished. The emperor's face was also slightly flushed from the drunkenness.

Seeing that it was about time, Qi Cheng stood up again and said, "Southern Ancient Emperor, before I came this time, I obtained a medium grade immortal equipment Cloud Piercing Spear. I've heard that you are adept in spear arts, so I have come to offer it." After speaking, Qi Cheng took out a completely black spear from his storage ring. A powerful killing intent exuded from the spear, immediately attracting everyone's gazes to the Piercing Cloud spear.