Chapter 0774: The First Debate Contest

Huang Long turned around abruptly, surprised. “The Thunder Roc and Sky Phoenix clans are getting married?!”
“Yes, Divine King Felix and Divine King Bruch have personally announced it!” Lus said with a serious expression.
Originally, the Thunder Roc and Sky Phoenix clans were already powerful enough. If they joined forces through marriage, middle-sized clans like the Nais family would have even less room to survive.
However, seeing Huang Long, Lus felt much more at ease.
Huang Long also frowned upon hearing this.
“Also, master, the Thunder Roc and Sky Phoenix clans have sent out wedding invitations. Look, should we go when the time comes?” Lus continued, handing the invitations to Huang Long.
Huang Long took them and saw that they were written in the ancient script of the Hongmeng Realm. At the end were the seals of Felix and Bruch, exuding joy and supreme authority.
Closing them, Huang Long mused, “In a month? Let’s wait until after that competition on the Sky Platform!”
Normally, given the status of the Nais family, it would be impossible for them to receive invitations from these two clans. Now that they had invited the Nais family, their intentions were easy to guess.
“Yes, master,” Lus replied respectfully.
Meanwhile, Deqi, the eldest elder of the Heavenly Dragon clan, returned to the Heavenly Dragon Palace after leaving the Nais residence.
Durali, the leader of the Heavenly Dragon clan, had a stern face with thick, long eyebrows that curved toward his temples. He was sitting in the main hall of the palace, listening to Deqi report on his mission to the Nais residence.
When he heard that Lus had dared to mock Deqi by claiming the Hongmeng spiritual treasure was just something he found, Durali’s thick eyebrows twitched slightly, and his copper-colored eyes flashed with cold light.
Yet, Durali didn’t interrupt Deqi’s report but listened quietly until he finished.
After Deqi finished, he stood there, not daring to breathe, head bowed. He had inevitably exaggerated some details in his report.
“Interesting,” Durali said with a smile, his voice as deep and loud as ever, as Deqi grew anxious.
Relieved, Deqi thought the Divine King didn’t seem to blame him for failing to complete his task.
“Did Lus really tell you that he found that Hongmeng spiritual treasure by luck in the depths of chaos?” Durali asked, his expression unchanged.
“Yes, Divine King,” Deqi replied quickly.
“Hmm, I’m aware of this now. You may go,” Durali said.
Deqi was stunned. He glanced at Durali carefully and asked, “Divine King, what about the Nais family?”
“Enough. I have my own plans for this matter,” Durali waved his hand.

Deqi bowed respectfully and then left the grand hall. After Deqi left, Durali grew pensive and muttered to himself, “A mere Nais family—how dare such a powerful being from the Supreme Gods ignore the might of our Tianlong clan and mock Deqi?” “What does Lus rely on?!” “Is it related to that Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure and its attacking artifacts?!” Durali’s eyes flickered uncertainly. If Lus dared to act like this, Durali wouldn’t believe it without some backing. “But with the Sky Platform competition approaching, I’ll let you go for now. After that, I’ll deal with you!” A cold glint appeared in Durali’s eyes. He stood up and began pacing back and forth in the grand hall. “The marriage alliance between the Leipeng clan and the Tianfeng clan—that’s truly a headache!” Durali’s deep voice echoed throughout the hall. After Deqi from the Tianlong clan visited the Nais family, various clans, large and small, also sent elders or clan leaders to visit the Nais family. Their purpose, just like Deqi’s, was to find out from Lus how the Nais family obtained the Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure. Of course, they got the same result as Deqi. When these clan leaders and elders left the Nais family, their expressions were naturally grim. Though they were as angry as Deqi, wanting to tear Lus to pieces and destroy the entire Nais family, they still didn’t dare violate the rules of Hongmeng City and could only leave in frustration without taking action. As these clan leaders and elders left, news spread in Hongmeng City that shocked all the gods. “I heard that the Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure was found by Lus, the ancestor of the Nais family!” “No way?! How is that possible?!” “I didn’t believe it at first either, but several clan elders said the same thing. If so many elders say it, it must be true. And it seems Lus found more than one Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure—two!” … “I heard Lus found three Hongmeng Spiritual Treasures!” … “It’s said to be four!” Truth often gets more exaggerated as it spreads. In Hongmeng City, it started as rumors that Lus had one, but eventually it became three, four, even five! In the Nais family’s residence, Lus listened to these utterly absurd rumors and could only remain silent in frustration. Yet he knew that such widespread and exaggerated rumors must have been fueled by someone aiming to harm the Nais family! Think about it—after all the major forces believed the Nais family still had several Hongmeng Spiritual Treasures, what would they do to them?!

Lus reported the matter to Huang Long, who said, “Don’t worry about it. The Sky Platform competition is approaching; focus on preparing for it!”
Lus agreed and settled down to prepare for the competition.
In fact, he didn’t really need to prepare much for it.
After all, it was Huang Long, Huang Liang, Huang Yi, Thunder Beast, and Pili Dragon Zerom who were actually representing the Naisi family in the competition.
These five had taken on the forms of the Naisi family’s five elders who had come to compete.
While the gods of Hongmeng City discussed matters related to the Naisi family, rumors about a marriage alliance between the Leipeng clan and the Tianfeng clan were also circulating widely.
Of course, such a powerful alliance between two clans made many families in the Hongmeng Realm dream big.
As time passed and the day of the Sky Platform competition drew near, discussions about the Naisi family and the marriage alliance between the Leipeng and Tianfeng clans gradually ceased, and the gods turned their attention to the competition itself.
“I think the Leipeng clan will win first place again this time!”
“That’s not certain. I think the Golden Ape clan might win!”
“I believe the Heavenly Dragon clan has the best chances.”
There was endless debate among the various families over who would win first in this competition.
Of course, the gods’ discussions centered around the major powers such as the Leipeng, Golden Ape, Heavenly Dragon, Tianfeng, and Silver Fox clans. A few godly strongmen also thought the Shadow Clan or Black Bear Clan might win first place, but these were the exceptions.
Apart from these super-large families, no one else believed another clan could win first place—though, based on past trends, that would have been the case.