Zhao Zhen's "good time and beautiful scenery team" made Shen Yuanchen jump with joy.

Everyone walked into Shuiyue Palace chatting about plum blossoms and laughing.

Shuiyue Palace is huge in scale and basically occupies the entire island. The palace is built spirally upward along the topography of the island. The main palace is at the highest point of the island. It looks quite majestic when you look up.

"Over there." Shen Yuanchen pointed not far away.

Only then did everyone realize that there was a small island to the west, connected to the main island by a wooden bridge.

The island is full of flowers and plants, and among the flowers and plants, there is a large open space.

At this moment, hundreds of people gathered in the open space, forming a lively circle. There was a high platform in the middle, and a woman was pulling a cute little girl in costume, walking slowly on the wooden stairs.

Go up.

"It's time to start." Shen Yuanchen pulled Fang Jingxiao and squeezed into the crowd. Nangong protected Zhao Zhen and followed. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked behind, observing the people around them.

Zhao Zhen was quite curious and asked Zhan Zhao and the others, "Who is the master of Shuiyue Palace?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also came back to participate in this kind of celebration for the first time. It felt like a gang was choosing a leader, except for the arena. Where would the host sit?

"It's over there! The viewing platform to the east." Shen Yuanchen pointed the direction to the people who were looking for it.

Looking in the direction of his finger, you can see four higher viewing platforms above. There are seats on these platforms, one on each side of the southeast and northwest.

The auditorium on the east side is the largest, with a chaise longue in the middle, and a beauty in a black gauze skirt leaning on the chair, yawning.

According to her actual age, Shen Lingyue should be several years older than Hong Jiuniang, but looking at her condition, she is youthful and beautiful, which shows that she has deep inner strength.

"Is that Shen Lingyue?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

The Fifth Master nodded. He had met Shen Lingyue at a Jianghu celebration a few years ago. She had not changed much after all these years.

There are rumors in the world that Shen Lingyue has a weird personality, but judging from her sitting posture and demeanor at this time, she should be the informal type.

Zhan Zhao asked in a low voice, "Which one do you think is better, her or Jiuniang?"

The Fifth Master isn't sure, but he doesn't seem to be easy to mess with.

Zhao Zhen had long been accustomed to experts not being able to tell their age, so he waved his fan and watched the fun.

Nangong has a headache. The master of Shuiyue Palace is not low in martial arts. He probably can't defeat him. What should he do if the emperor gets into trouble later?

On the other three viewing platforms on the other three sides, there were two men and one woman sitting. They were all old men and women, and they looked like they had some status.

Zhan Zhao reached out and poked Fang Jingxiao in front of him - who are these people?

Fang Jingxiao gave them a brief introduction, "The old lady to the west is Shen Yun, and the two old men to the south and north, one is Shen Kong and the other is Shen Bin, are both elders of Shuiyue Palace and elders of the Spiritual Tribe. They are around them

Those young people are all disciples of Shuiyue Palace. Shen Yun and Shen Kong are the same generation as Shen Lingyue, and Shen Bin is one generation older than them and is the largest elder of the clan."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned slightly - it sounds like the relationship between Shuiyue Palace is quite complicated.

The two of them were thinking about it when suddenly, they saw Shen Lingyue glance in their direction.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang clearly felt Shen Lingyue's gaze... The two of them had just studied whether Shen Lingyue or Hong Jiuniang had higher internal strength, but now they knew that they were masters of similar levels.

The Fifth Master motioned to Zhan Zhao and Zhao Zhen in front of him - what if a fight breaks out later?

Zhan Zhaowangtian - Then we can only move grandpa out at that time! I hope it will be useful.

Seeing Shen Lingyue looking over, Shen Yuanchen jumped up and waved.

Shen Lingyue held her chin and waved to her grandson, while looking at Fang Jingxiao again.

Fang Jingxiao bowed slightly and gave her a greeting. Shen Lingyue narrowed her eyes, looking like she was planning something...

The three elders on the other three sides of the viewing platform also noticed Fang Jingxiao's arrival and looked over.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt a subtle hostility in the eyes of these three people.

Zhao Zhen shook his fan and said softly "Oh?"

Fang Jingxiao looked at him and then at the overly nervous Nangong Ji. She reached out helplessly and patted Nangong's shoulder, signaling him to relax.

Zhao Zhen also looked at Nangong with a smile - look at you! You look like you have never seen the world! Follow my example and calm down!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Nangong's back and felt that this man was really amazing. After so many years, he could bear not to beat Zhao Zhen...

Shen Lingyue leaned on the armrest of the imperial concubine chair and looked here intently. Her eyes swept from Zhan Zhao Bai Yu Tang to Zhao Zhen Nangong Ji, looking back and forth at the few people, not knowing what they were thinking.

At this time, the sound of a drum drew Shen Lingyue's eyes back to the high platform.

At this time, the little girl was already standing in the middle of the high platform, holding the corners of her clothes with both hands. She looked quite nervous, and looked back at the woman who had stepped aside.

The woman was probably the little girl's mother. She nodded gently to her and told her not to be nervous.

After a few drum beats, someone shouted loudly, "Let the butterflies fly."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't understand what kind of butterfly they were releasing, so Zhao Zhen also leaned forward to look forward.

I saw several attendants holding cartons lining up to the high platform, standing at the four corners of the platform, opening the cartons... and hundreds of butterflies flew out of the boxes.

These butterflies come in all shapes and sizes and fly gracefully into the air.

The little girl raised her face, looked at the butterflies, and stretched out her hand.

The originally lively crowd also fell silent, and everyone watched with bated breath, eyes full of anticipation.

However... after waiting for a while, the butterflies flew away.

The little girl took back her hand, and the woman walked over, took her daughter's hand, and slowly walked down the steps.

The attendants who released the butterfly also collected the boxes and stepped down.

There were sighs from the crowd, and most of them felt disappointed.

Shen Lingyue didn't say anything. She waved her hand to the people beside her, which seemed to mean - let's all disperse.

The attendant who had just played the drum loudly announced the end of the ceremony.

"Palace Master."

Before the crowd dispersed, Shen Kong on the viewing platform suddenly spoke, "No baby girl has been born recently. In other words, it will take at least three years to wait for the next ceremony. Even if the next ceremony can be as legendary, the body will appear." The son with spiritual power will have to wait at least another twenty years for the child to grow up and inherit the position of palace master."

"And it is still unknown whether there will be so-called children with spiritual powers in three years. After all, it has been twenty years, and there have been more than a dozen children, but not one with spiritual powers!" Shen Yun also agreed, "If this continues, Shuiyue Palace will definitely have no successor. There are so many young talents in the palace now. It is better to use other methods to choose the next palace master than to wait in vain."

The onlookers in the palace also started discussing. After Zhan Zhao and the others listened to the conversations of the people around them, most of them felt that the rumors may not be credible. Many people simply did not believe that the spiritual palace had spiritual power.

Shen Lingyue replied nonchalantly, "This is what our ancestors taught us. The position of the spiritual palace must be passed on to children with spiritual power. I did not set the rules."

"Is it really the ancestral teaching, or does the palace master want to wait until Yuan Chen grows up to inherit the Shuiyue Palace?" Shen Bin, the most senior elder, also spoke, "Is there really spiritual power in the world? Control the internal power of insects, birds and beasts. There are quite a few, but they are just deceptions. Instead of believing in these heretics, it is better to follow the normal sect rules and compete in martial arts and abilities to select a reliable next palace master, just like the old palace master. Even if it is passed to Yuan Chen can do it too, so let’s train him well now and don’t let him hang out all day long instead of doing his job.”

Everyone in the palace agreed with this statement, after all, this way everyone can compete for the position of palace lord.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that the atmosphere was not good - as expected, anyone from a Jianghu sect would compete for a seat.

"and……"

Shen Bin suddenly lowered his head, stared in the direction of Zhan Zhao and the others, and asked, "Today is the celebration in my Shuiyue Palace, why are there outsiders here?"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were a little embarrassed. Looking at the front, the instigator Zhao Zhen was still looking at ease while waving his fan. Nangong Ji beside him was a little uneasy and tried his best to block Zhao Zhen behind him.

But Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang discovered that Shen Bin's "outsiders" didn't seem to refer to them, because most people at this time were looking at Fang Jingxiao, who was standing with Shen Yuanchen.

"Yuanchen." Shen Yun asked Shen Yuanchen with dissatisfaction, "You are not young anymore. Why did you bring outsiders in without asking first..."

"My brother is not an outsider..." Shen Yuanchen wanted to say something back, but as soon as the words came out, Fang Jingxiao gently pressed his shoulder.

Shen Yuanchen pouted, turned around and pulled Fang Jingxiao away, "The celebration is over anyway, let's go find Jin'er for dinner!"

"Speaking of spiritual power..."

But Shen Yun didn't seem to have any intention of letting him go, "It's better to meet by chance than to invite him. I think I've lived to this age and only heard legends but never seen the truth. Why not open my eyes today." "

There are many young disciples in Shuiyue Palace who are close to Fang Jingxiao in age. They all look unconvinced and express their desire to see the unique spiritual power of the legendary descendant of Ling Palace.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang secretly glanced at Shen Lingyue on the high platform to see what her attitude was.

Shen Lingyue's expression hasn't changed since just now. She doesn't seem to take it seriously, whether it's the provocations from her elders or the disputes among the disciples in the palace.

Hearing the commotion at the door, Shen Lingyue smiled slightly and asked, "Is this good? If it is really used, the next palace master may be him."

After Shen Lingyue said a word, the crowd immediately started to make a fuss, and the disciples of Shuiyue Palace looked at Fang Jingxiao dissatisfied.

Zhao Zhen felt that he had come to the right place today, it was so lively!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at Shen Lingyue. This person... had a bad personality.

"You might as well give it a try."

"Let's see."

"Is it spiritual power or the ability to tame animals?"

"Of course it's amazing to be able to tame animals..."

The group of young disciples from Shuiyue Palace started provoking Fang Jingxiao.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang finally understood why Fang Jingxiao didn't come to Shuiyue Palace.

Nangong was very sorry when he saw that Fang Jingxiao was innocently being besieged, so he had to look at Zhao Zhen - Your Majesty, please reflect on yourself once in a while!

Zhao Zhen turned his face confidently - there is no word "reflection" in my dictionary.
To be continued...