Chapter 433: Emperor’s Banquet, a small success in opening a mansion! (2-in-1)
The two sides fought until the sky and the earth were darkened, and the sun and the moon lost their light, but there was still no winner.
Hu Donghuo is indeed the most promising successor of the Hu royal family. Although he has just broken through to become a grandmaster, his combat prowess is not much inferior to that of the Tiantian Master.
Even with his superb swordsmanship, it seems even more difficult to fight.
If Song Changming didn't use his five seals at the same time, it would be really difficult to defeat this commander-in-chief.
This was not a life-or-death duel. In the end, the two of them could not tell the difference and ended in a draw.
"Well-deserved!"
Hu Donghuo stopped in the air, looked at Song Changming and took a few breaths before deeply recognizing Song Changming's strength.
Sometimes this is the case, no matter how much you hear, it is better to experience it yourself.
Otherwise, there will always be some doubts about the rumors in my heart.
"Concession." Song Changming cupped his hands. He actually had similar feelings.
If it weren't for this duel, he wouldn't have paid much attention to the commander-in-chief of the army who was praised to the heavens in the past.
He only believed that Hu Zhong, the military commander, was the only one who could compete with him in terms of strength.
At the commander level, he should be ahead of the curve in terms of strength!
It wasn't until today's battle that he realized that as his strength soared in the past, his ideas became a little arrogant.
The appearance of Hu Donghuo was another wake-up call for him. Don't let this hard-won martial arts achievement obscure your heart and eyes, otherwise there is no guarantee that one day he will not get lost and sink because of it.
Or become the next Tang Leshan, only full of paranoia.
The alarm bell needs to ring for a long time.
In addition, although he did not try his best in this battle, it can be seen that Hu Donghuo also had methods that he did not use.
It's a real life-and-death fight, and the outcome is still uncertain.
Hu Donghuo calmed down the fluctuating energy and blood in his body, gathered his master's energy, approached Song Changming, and then spoke.
"The imperial banquet held every twenty-five years is about to be held. Last time, the king took me there, but this time, the king plans to choose one of you and me to take him."
"Emperor's Banquet" After hearing Hu Donghuo's words, Song Changming probably understood that this so-called Emperor's Banquet was the main reason why the other party wanted to compete with him this time.
And he also heard about this imperial banquet from Hu Zhong.
At that time, the huge Yunzhou was divided into thirty-six lanes by Emperor Yun, and thirty-six kings were promoted to govern various parts of Yunzhou.
Later, Emperor Yun also set a rule that every twenty-five years, the kings from all over Yunzhou would return to the imperial capital to meet with Emperor Yun, report on the results of various governance, and negotiate on a series of important matters such as resource allocation. .
Because Emperor Yun would hold a banquet to welcome the returning thirty-six kings, it was called the Emperor's Banquet.
According to everyone's default rules, each king will only bring one person as his accompanying bodyguard that day.
Because we can attend this high-end game together, and this is a precious opportunity to meet the current Emperor Yun, this quota of accompanying personal guards seems a bit special, and it is worthy of Hu Donghuo's attention.
"I originally thought that the candidate could only be me, but now I understand why you can compete with me."
He didn't feel resentful because Song Changming was so powerful that he competed with him for this precious spot. He just told the matter calmly.
"You are indeed qualified to go to the imperial capital. If the king chooses you in the end, I only hope that you will not let the king and the green cypress road where we are located lose face."
"What do you mean?" Song Changming asked confused.
Isn't the focus of this imperial banquet lies in the interaction between Emperor Yun and the thirty-six kings? Even if he goes, he will only be a small guard next to King Cui, what does it have to do with him?
"You will know when the time comes." Hu Donghuo did not want to elaborate too much and left with his generals.
Later, after the First Army took over the garrison task, Song Changming took his entire 19th Army and prepared to return to the main city of Cuibai.
It is worth mentioning that when Song Changming led the military officers and generals through the city, many people spontaneously cheered him off.
During this period, while Song Changming's 19th Army was stationed at the mine, they were also guarding Leicheng.
The previous water demon extermination in the mine river was just one of them. All subsequent ferocious monsters that appeared in the area around Leicheng were basically eliminated by the 19th Army as soon as possible, and many people were saved as a result.
Therefore, both urban and rural people believe that the 19th Army under Song Changming is an upright and righteous army, worthy of respect and trust.
If possible, they did not want this army to leave them.
But it doesn't matter what they said.
The generals following Song Changming were more or less relieved when they saw this scene.
After all, it's good to be welcomed and embraced.
This is also the best time for the army to build its reputation and for its soldiers to develop a sense of belonging.
Therefore, Song Changming was also happy to see this scene happen.
In the distance, on the city wall, Hu Donghuo watched Song Changming leave the city, wondering what he was thinking.
In the past, he had always been the most powerful commander among everyone, and his status was the highest among all commanders. Even Meng Kunlun and his like could not touch his status.
But today, he suddenly discovered that no one can always be the winner.
Perhaps in the near future, all the reputation he has will be replaced.
The signs of this have already appeared, that person is Song Changming!
[Fufu opening method: small success (0/400), basic success rate of the method: 30%]
The main city of Cuibai was approaching, and Song Changming completed the improvement of the realm of opening the mansion on the way.
As he expected, when the level of mastery reached Xiaocheng, the success rate of this method of opening a house still only increased by 10%.
If we continue to follow this increase ratio, when the liver is full of experience and reaches the state of perfection, the success rate of this method of opening a house will only be 50% at most.
Even if he had the assistance of treasures such as Earth Core Fire Milk, theoretically it would be impossible for him to be promoted to Grandmaster with 100% certainty.
"It seems that even with the blessing of the panel, not all problems can be solved." Song Changming looked at the information and data displayed on the panel and frowned.
He never liked betting on luck.
But if you want to set foot in the Grandmaster realm, it seems that you have the right time, right place, right people, and a little bit of ethereal luck.
It is different from any breakthrough in cultivation realm in the past.
Many of the martial arts masters of the human race failed to break through once, twice, or three times before finally succeeding after all the hardships.
And every time you fail, you need to endure the pain of failure, spend a lot of time recovering from injuries, repair the foundation of martial arts, and then attack the master realm again until you succeed.
Rao is his military marshal, Hu Zhong said that he also failed once when he broke through to the realm of grandmaster.
But after he failed in the attack, the damage caused to him was not too serious. He only lost a little Gangqi and closed a Tianwu vein.
Only seven years later, he made another breakthrough, and then he truly succeeded in opening up the Zi Mansion. In addition, even if he is as strong as King Cui, it is said that he has failed once before and it is not all smooth sailing.
On the contrary, Hu Donghuo, the former commander of the First Army, did it in one go and completed the opening of Zifu.
"It shouldn't be." Song Changming always felt that this shouldn't be just a matter of luck.
In other words, the proportion of luck should not be so large.
Based on his analysis of panel data over the years, the key to whether he can enter the master realm lies in the method and his personal qualifications and potential.
Techniques are necessities, and most of them are good or bad. Just like the grade of martial art, it determines the most basic breakthrough success rate.
In addition, personal qualifications, that is, the level of the dual attributes of spiritual roots, may also greatly affect whether one can eventually open up the Purple Mansion and enter the Grandmaster realm.
Even the higher the value of these two attributes, the smaller the damage caused by failure, and the corresponding fault tolerance rate will be higher.
If you don't fail once, you will have to bear an irreparable price. This can be seen from the situation of King Cui and Hu Zhong.
Both of them were considered to be talented people back then. It was precisely because of their high talents and deep and solid martial arts foundations that even if they unfortunately failed once, they could continue to try again and again until they succeeded.
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For Song Changming, it was a pity that he could only see his own personal attribute panel, but could not see other people's potential values for reference.
Therefore, he is not sure whether his over 100 spiritual root dual attribute qualifications are higher or lower than those of geniuses like Hu Zhong and Cui Wang?
If his qualifications and potential are high enough, as he thinks, he can put down some of his psychological burden and boldly try to make breakthroughs.
Even if he failed, he would have the confidence to try again.
"Even if I am not as good as martial arts geniuses like King Cui Hu Zhong, my potential should not be low," Song Changming thought to himself.
It didn't take long for them to arrive at the station. When the soldiers and horses entered the station, they felt as if they were returning home. There was an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
This Nineteenth Army garrison outside the city is the place they are most familiar with.
Song Changming returned to the main city and returned to Hu Zhong with documents. After discussing the details of the mission in detail, he was given a period of rest for his troops.
"Changming, you must have seen that boy from Donghuo." After talking about business, Hu Zhong put down the paperwork and asked.
Song Changming nodded.
This is more than just seeing each other, both sides have already finished a round of fighting.
After listening to what Song Changming said, Hu Zhong showed a look of helplessness.
"Donghuo has been like this since he was a child. He likes to play nonsense and refuses to obey discipline. If it weren't for his martial arts qualifications that are rare in a century, his legs would have been broken by the elders of the family."
The implication of Hu Zhong's words was to tell Song Changming that what Hu Donghuo did was purely a personal act and had nothing to do with him or the Hu family.
He was afraid that Song Changming would think too much and make a mistake.
"But one thing, he is right. King Cui really wants to take you with him to attend the imperial banquet." Hu Zhong did not forget to add at the end.
"Is this finalized?" Song Changming asked in surprise.
"Well, just yesterday, it was decided by King Cui that the time will be one month later. At that time, you and King Cui will go together. In fact, the reason why you ended the garrison mission of the 19th Army is because of this important event. Consider going to the imperial capital," Hu Zhong continued.
After walking out of Hu Zhong, Song Changming felt inexplicable.
He didn't have many surprises about going to the imperial capital, he just thought it was to see the world.
After all, in the many years since he came to Gu Yuan Kingdom, he could count on two hands the number of times he had gone out to the Green Cypress Road, which was not many.
It's not that he's too lazy to travel, but that Yunzhou is too big. Even if it is divided into thirty-six realms, each realm is as huge as a small country.
This is not only the case for Song Changming, but also for ordinary people, their walking distance is even more limited. It is very likely that they have never been out of the Cuibai Road in their entire lives. This is the most common phenomenon.
As for the imperial capital, Song Changming had never been there. If he had any expectations, it was to see the human Yun Emperor.
The entire human race occupies the land of three states and is divided and autonomous. There are three supreme emperors in the world, and Emperor Yun is one of them!
It is a great blessing to be able to meet and admire such a great man. It is enough to show off for a long time, and Song Changming cannot help but be curious.
A few steps from Hu Zhong, we soon arrived at his mansion in the Second City District.
More than eight years have passed, and the Song Dynasty's house is no longer unknown.
On the one hand, because of his great reputation in the army, it is said that this is the residence of Song Dynasty, and it is also the residence of the general in the city!
On the other hand, the industry and power that Song Ping'an has developed so far are already quite large. Although they are still not as good as those top aristocratic families in Cuibai Road, their influence is still there.
If Song Ping'an wasn't working as a housekeeper here, he would be someone who would be respected as a master if he lived in another place.
"Master."
"Master."
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In the mansion, there were hundreds of servants. When they saw Song Changming returning, they all stopped to salute.
Ah Da and Ah Er also strode over.
"Master."
Their names for Song Changming were also different from those of later domestic servants.
Only those close enough to him can call him son.
Ah Da and Ah Er no longer boil water for cooking. Song Pingan is the general manager of the Song residence. They are Song Pingan's right-hand men and can be regarded as junior managers.
"What happened when I wasn't here?" Song Changming asked.
"It's no big deal." Ada thought for a moment and shook his head.
Song Changming's absence for so long was not completely without incident.
It's just that these are trivial matters in daily life. You can just tell the chief manager Song Ping'an to handle them. There is no need to take up your precious son's time.
Song Changming didn't bother much and went straight back to the main courtyard of his family.
Dahuang and Dabai rushed out of the courtyard and looked at Song Changming happily.
These two nursing dogs have obviously grown in size over the past eight years. They are lying on all fours, and ordinary people cannot reach their backs with their hands.
Those big claws like cattail leaf fans are almost as long as half of a person's body. If a slap hits hard, it will be enough to smash the person's body into pieces.
It is precisely because of these two loyal dogs that no one dares to cause trouble in the main courtyard of his family.
"Okay, okay."
Just like in the past, Song Changming selected two large pieces of water demon flesh and blood from the Qiankun Ring and gave them to the two big dogs as gifts when they returned.
The flesh and blood of the water demon was ice-cold, which was perfect for the intense heat of June. The two dogs felt like they had found a treasure, and they felt very comfortable holding the meat in their mouths.
(End of chapter)