Chapter Fifty-Three: Seizing the Token

  "We are willing to share Miss Qianwu's worries." The young masters said in unison.

  "With the help of several viscounts, Qianwu believes that this time they can defeat the Feng family and take the position of defending the East Gate. Hua Qianwu's eyes scanned everyone's face: "I believe everyone knows that I am competing with Feng Xian and four others for the position of city master. The Earl will gradually transfer the power in his hands to us, but whether we can get this power depends on our means and strength. In the previous competition for the West Gate defense, the Feng family has already won a round, so if we lose again in this East Gate defense competition, both east and west routes will fall into the hands of the Feng family, which will have a very unfavorable impact on our future actions. Therefore, we cannot afford to lose this time."

  "Miss Senbu, is this East Gate City defense competition the same as the last West Gate City defense competition, a flag capture battle?" asked a viscount who had participated in the previous West Gate City defense competition.

  "Not bad, it's still a battle for the flag, we can send out ten people to fight, and at that time the east city gate will be guarded by the Earl's Knights. The side that can rush up to the city tower and grab the big flag first will get the position of defending the east gate." Hua Qianwu smiled slightly: "But unlike last time, I've already made a decision, whoever among you can help me grab the big flag this time, that person can become the defender of the east gate."

  "Is Miss Senbu's words true?" All the viscounts were shocked.

  Originally, even if these door guests were to seize the position of city defense, the person selected for city defense would still be a trusted member sent by the Hua family. Unexpectedly, this time Hua Qianwu directly told them that whoever seizes the great flag can directly become the city defender.

  The position of city guard in Fenghuacheng still has some power, because the undead often rush out of the hurricane abyss to attack Fenghuacheng, so the defensive strength of Fenghuacheng is always good. The garrison troops at each of the four gates of east, south, west and north are composed of 500 barons and no less than five viscounts. Getting the position of city guard is equivalent to having a strong army.

  "I wonder which of us viscounts Miss Qianwu will choose to go into battle?" All the viscounts were rubbing their fists and palms, hoping that Hua Qianwu would select them.

  "The matter of seizing the flag is crucial, and naturally it will be taken by those who are capable. I have already placed ten command tokens on the top of Xī Huā Lóu in another courtyard, you can set off now. Whoever obtains the token will represent my Huā family to participate in the battle for defending Dōng Mén city." As soon as Huā Qiān Wǔ's voice fell, several viscounts had already rushed out of the great hall.

  The remaining viscounts also bowed to Hana no Mai and then rushed out of the hall.

  "Is Viscount Mask not going to participate in the defense of the city?" Han Qianwu saw that someone was still sitting at the table drinking, and upon closer inspection, it was Viscount Mask, so she asked with some surprise.

  "It's not too late to go after finishing this pot of wine." Bai Cangdong poured himself a drink and replied casually.

  "Your Excellency may have mastered the 'Eight Steps of Heaven', but being on top of the building doesn't mean you should underestimate the other viscounts." Hua Qianwu was somewhat dissatisfied with Bai Cangdong's arrogance.

  "I have never underestimated those viscounts." Bai Cangdong said calmly.

  This sentence made Hua Qianwu's bad feeling towards him slightly alleviated, but Bai Cangdong's next sentence made Hua Qianwu's mouth twitch and his head full of black lines.

  "I never put any viscount in my heart." Bai Cangdong drank the wine in his cup, threw away the empty bottle, and left the hall with big strides.

  Bai Cang's arrogance is mainly to attract Hua Qianwu's attention and also related to his next plan.

  The Xinghua Building has six floors, nearly thirty meters high, and is an octagonal building. When Bai Cangdong arrived in front of the tower, many viscounts had already climbed to the top floor. Ten viscounts had obtained the command token, while those who did not obtain it jumped down from the building with their heads hung low in despair.

  "I told you, don't underestimate other viscounts." Hana said as she arrived beside Shirakami.

  Bai Cangdong didn't answer, and with a sudden leap from the ground, he jumped to the rooftop in just two or three bounds, reaching out to grab the token held by a viscount.

  "What are you doing?" The viscount was startled and hastily covered the command token with his hand.

  Brilliance burst forth from two palms colliding together, one gold and one cyan, distinct as clear water.

  Crack!

  The viscount's palm was directly shattered, and he retreated with a howl. Bai Cangdong had already grabbed the command token and leaped down from the building to appear in front of Hua Qianwu.

  "This is the token." Bai Cangdong casually tossed the token to Hua Qianwu and turned around to leave.

  All the nobles were intimidated by Bai Cao Dong's majestic aura, and even Hua Qian Wu inside didn't have anyone to stop him.

  "The golden divine light of Benming, it turns out that the person who achieved it is actually Huang Jin's life plate!" Someone said with a strange face after Bai Cangdong left.

  Most of these viscounts are accomplished bronze life plates, and only a few have silver life plates. There is not a single viscount with a gold life plate.

  It was just the Golden Life God Light that came out, and those viscounts no longer had the mind to compete with Bai Cangdong. This is also why the token of that viscount was snatched away, but nobody stood up for him.

  "The strength of Viscount Mask is indeed astonishing, but this personality is a bit too arrogant and violent." Hana looked at the token with a slight frown.

  "Miss Senbu, does Viscount Kamen's actions count as a violation of the rules?" A viscount asked, approaching Hanachiru.

  "Although the method was not quite right, it's true that he obtained the token by his own strength. This time's East Gate City defense is a matter of great importance, and strength is still the most important thing." Hana Chidori didn't particularly like Bai Cangdong's way of doing things, but for the sake of the East Gate City defense position, she would definitely let Bai Cangdong participate in the flag capture: "Find a doctor to take good care of Ishiyama Viscount."

  Bai Cangdong returned to his own room, looking at his hands in some surprise. Just now he had intended to hurt someone and establish his authority, but he hadn't expected it would be so easy to shatter the hand bones of a viscount.

  He has just been promoted to Viscount, and the grid on his life plate has only lit up one grid, representing that he has a grid of innate divine light. To increase the amount of innate divine light, he must cultivate the Longevity Technique.

  There are a total of 360 grids on the fate plate, which means that the amount of Benming Shenguang can be cultivated to a maximum of 360 grids.

  In fact, not all fate plates are 360 grids. The golden fate plate is 360 grids, the silver fate plate has only 180 grids, and the bronze fate plate with the least has only 90 grids.

  Having many grids does not necessarily mean being a master, the Benming Shenguang is extremely difficult to cultivate, and those who can cultivate up to 90 grids are already in the minority. Those who can cultivate up to 180 grids are even more rare, and those who achieve the 360-grid Great Perfection are almost unheard of.

  Even if it was Fenghuacheng's master who had already been promoted to earl, he had only cultivated his divine light to 240 grids back then.

  The white light of the Eastern Revolving Scripture revolved, the golden life plate slowly rotated, a stream of golden light flowed through his body along the meridians for a week before finally returning to the life plate.

  After rotating for several weeks in this way, the golden primordial spirit light gradually turned into a milky white color, flowing tirelessly between the body and the life plate like mucus.

  Bronze, silver and gold are just the foundation of Benming Shenguang. If you cultivate some special longevity techniques, you can change the properties and colors of your Benming Shenguang, such as Bai Cangdong's "Bei Ye Jing".

  Of course, most of the viscounts who cultivate ordinary longevity techniques do not have such a transaction, and Bai Cangdong still does not understand what level of longevity technique the "Bei Ye Jing" is.

  One night passed in the rotation of Beiye Jing, after Bai Cangdong stopped the operation of Beiye Jing, the white Benming Shenguang restored to its golden color again, and the second grid was already lit up for more than half, with only a small part still being dark.

  "If I continue to cultivate at this speed, won't it take only a little over a year for me to fully cultivate all 360 grids?" Bai Cangdong thought to himself with a smile, but in fact, he also knew that his innate divine light was not so easy to cultivate to perfection.

  "Viscount, Miss Qianwu invites you to have tea in the Hundred Flowers Garden." The maid came knocking on Bai Cangdong's door early in the morning.

  Bai Cangdong followed the maid into the garden, where he saw Hua Qianwu wearing a white dress, kneeling in front of a tea table, intently brewing tea.

  Those tea sets were all unfamiliar to Bai Cangdong, and he didn't know what the point of those complicated movements and techniques was, but that sense of beauty could be felt.

  Without making a sound to disturb Hua Qianwu, Bai Cang walked to the tea table and sat down cross-legged, seriously watching Hua Qianwu make tea.

  Drinking tea is a very profound study, Bai Cangdong doesn't understand how to make tea or drink tea. When Hua Qianwu presented him with a small cup of tea that had gone through more than ten complex procedures, Bai Cangdong drank it all in one gulp and didn't feel anything special about it.

  Hua Qianwu couldn't help but slightly furrow her brow, but it immediately disappeared as she smiled and said: "It seems that Viscount Mask is a straightforward person, drinking tea is an elegant way, but it's not suitable for him."

  "Yes, I'm just a rough man, so if there's anything, please let Miss Qianwu make it clear." said Bai Cangdong.

  "I wonder if I have the honor of knowing your true name?" Hanachidori asked suddenly.

  In fact, in the world of light, true names are not important, and only close friends will call each other's true names to show closeness.

  "My true name has been unused for a long time, Miss Senbu can just call me Kamen." said Shirakabe.

  "Alright, Mask, why did you enter my Flower House?" Hua Qianwu's eyes were fixed intently on Bai Cangdong as she asked.

  "I don't necessarily have to enter the Huahouse, for me, whether it's the Huahouse or the Fenghouse, or any other house, as long as I can get the opportunity to fight with other viscounts, that's enough." Bai Cangdong said lightly.

  "I don't understand what you mean." Huajianwu said unclearly.

  "My goal is to become an Earl, and everything else outside of that is unimportant to me. I came here because I heard that the five successors of Feng Hua City are competing for the position of city master, which provides many opportunities for me to fight against other Viscounts and hone my martial skills."

  This time, Huajianwu understood, but he didn't quite believe it. Who in this world doesn't want to advance? However, humans are emotional and desirous creatures after all. As for someone who can truly abandon everything just to fight for advancement, Huajianwu had yet to see such a person.