Within a world of clouds, Ye Chen's figure condensed.
All around them was a sea of white clouds. Apart from the clouds, there was nothing else.
Ye Chen's figure stood in the middle of these clouds.
Whoosh!
Accompanied by a gust of wind, a tall and straight man in black armor suddenly appeared in front of Ye Chen.
"If you defeat me, you will pass the second level of the Talent Banquet."
Without any superfluous words, the black-armored man unsheathed the battle blade hanging from his waist and slashed at Ye Chen.
"Blood Aperture Palm."
Ye Chen let out a soft roar. Blood Qi spread out from his body as he clashed with the black-armored man.
With the experience of the first level of the Talent Banquet, Ye Chen was not in a hurry to defeat his opponent this time. Instead, he performed several Blood Aperture Palms in succession and then smashed the black-armored man into pieces with one palm strike.
His opponent was only an illusion. Even if he was smashed into pieces, he could use the power of the Yin Yang Jade to reform himself.
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On the tenth level of the First Pavilion, which was the second level of the Talent Banquet, Ye Chen opened his eyes.
Yang Lan, who was standing beside Ye Chen, saw Ye Chen's appearance and said with a smile, "It seems that Brother Ye has passed the second level of the Talent Banquet. Next is the third level.
In fact, the Talent Banquet held by the First Pavilion can only be considered a true Talent Banquet on the third level. "
"A true Talent Banquet?" Ye Chen looked at Yang Lan curiously.
Yang Lan pretended to be mysterious and said, "You will know when you go up."
As they spoke, the two had already stepped into the third level of the Talent Banquet.
As soon as he entered the third level, Ye Chen found something strange.
The second level that Ye Chen had entered was not much different from the first level. It was still a circle of secret rooms with a hall in the middle. In the middle of the hall, there were two Yin Yang Jade.
However, as soon as they entered the third floor, Ye Chen immediately saw beautiful maidservants walking in and out of the third floor, constantly bringing up all kinds of precious fruits and delicacies.
Inside the third level, there were many seats. Most of them were empty, but there were some seats that were already occupied.
Compared to the crowds on the first and second levels, there were fewer people on the third level of the banquet. There were only a dozen or so people here.
"Brother Ye, I saw it. Since this Talent Banquet has the word 'banquet' in it, it naturally means that a banquet is being held here. However, the two levels below don't seem to have any banquets."
Yang Lan smiled and said, "Only when you reach the third floor can you enjoy the many benefits provided by the first floor and truly participate in this so-called talent banquet."
Ye Chen nodded.
Ye Chen had already felt what Yang Lan said.
Although the first two levels of the talent banquet were large in scale and there were many people, it was not considered a talent banquet. Although one still needed to participate in the first level of the talent banquet, they still needed to take the test of the first floor.
However, this test was very simple. As a result, almost the majority of Divine Dao martial artists were able to enter the first level of the talent banquet.
On the second level, the number of people participating had greatly decreased, but the number of people was still extremely large.
Only on the third level, the number of people who could come here was really reduced.
Those who were qualified to come here were obviously the real young elites, and were the focus of the first floor's reception.
"Hey, Brother Yang Lan, why are you not in the academy? Why are you free to come to the first floor today?"
Yang Lan and Ye Chen had just stepped into the third level of the talent banquet when they immediately heard a laugh.
At the same time, a slightly chubby middle-aged martial artist who looked very kind walked over from the side.
"Brother Shiyuan." Seeing this chubby martial artist, Yang Lan's eyes lit up and he greeted with a smile.
Obviously, Yang Lan and this martial artist named Shiyuan were old acquaintances.
Ye Chen stood to the side, watching Yang Lan and this chubby martial artist walk together and chat casually. He could not help but sigh in his heart.
These martial artists who came from the Central Region Imperial City were obviously not strangers to each other. Many of them were even good friends with each other.
Although now, they could only be regarded as young elites, and were not considered much in the Central Region Imperial City.
But when they grew up, they would definitely become a pivotal force in the Wu Huang dynasty.
"Who is this young master?
Why haven't I seen him before? "Shiyuan and Yang Lan chatted for a while, and then immediately looked curiously at Ye Chen.
Yang Lan smiled and explained, "This young master Ye Chen is the personal disciple of Taishō, who has recently returned to the Central Region Imperial City."
At the same time, Yang Lan pointed to Shiyuan and said to Ye Chen, "Brother Ye, his name is Shiyuan. He is the young master of the Four Chess Trading Company in the Central Region Imperial City. Brother Ye, if you don't mind, we can get to know each other."
"Yes." Ye Chen nodded to Shiyuan.
Trading companies also existed in the Hidden Dragon World.
Moreover, many trading companies in the Wu Huang dynasty were large, even larger than ordinary small sects.
At this moment, although Ye Chen had never heard of the Four Chess Trading Company mentioned by Yang Lan, judging from Yang Lan's attitude, this Four Chess Trading Company should be considered a big force in the Central Region Imperial City.
Immediately, Ye Chen, Yang Lan, and Shi Yuan found a place to sit down on the third floor of the Talent Banquet.
The maids around quickly served many precious fruits and delicious food.
The third level of the talent banquet did indeed look like a banquet.
"Brother Ye, as the disciple of the Great Sage Heavenly King, this trip is too low-key. If it weren't for Yang Lan accompanying Brother Ye, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to recognize you as the direct disciple of the Great Sage Heavenly King." Shi Yuan sighed in a low voice as he drank the wine.
"Yes, Brother Ye is very low-key."
Yang Lan's face revealed a somewhat strange smile, "I heard that the personal disciple recently recruited by Heavenly King Black Roc has also come to the Central Region Imperial City, and is entertaining many young talents of the Central Region Imperial City at the talent banquet of the First Pavilion. Why haven't I seen him yet?"
"He is not as low-key as Brother Ye."
Shi Yuan curled his lips and said, "He was here just now. It's just that cultivators like us who can only reach the third level of the Talent Banquet are not worthy of his attention at all. The people he truly values are the cultivators at the higher levels of the Talent Banquet."
Ye Chen sat to the side and listened to the conversation between Yang Lan and Shiyuan. Only then did he gradually understand some of the content.
It turned out that another extraordinary young talent had come to the talent banquet today. This young talent was the same as Ye Chen, a personal disciple of a Heavenly King.
However, the difference between him and Ye Chen was that the other personal disciple of the Heavenly King was clearly quite arrogant and thought highly of himself. Warriors who were not strong enough were not in his eyes at all.
Although Shiyuan was considered a genius in the Central Region Imperial City, he could only be considered above average in this talent banquet. So far, Shiyuan had only been able to reach the third level of the talent banquet.
Unfortunately, the personal disciple of the Heavenly King Black Roc was quite disdainful of the martial artists below the third level of the talent banquet.
Before Ye Chen and Yang Lan arrived here, the personal disciple of the Heavenly King Black Roc had just come here and did not hide his contempt for Shiyuan and the others.