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  Wangdu Square.

  The largest square in the central city area, also one of the largest squares in the entire capital, is located in front of the palace.

  The entire square, beautifully decorated, every floor is paved with smooth and flat large marble slabs. Various exquisite carvings made of precious white jade are dotted everywhere in the square. The trees and flower clusters that have been carefully maintained by gardeners are diverse in shape and full of artistic color. But the most striking one is on one side of Wangdu Square, a huge open-air platform like a harbor.

  At this moment, on one side of the platform, there were already quite a few middle-aged men dressed in noble attire waiting there. Below, there was even a team of elite swordsmen standing around the platform, maintaining order on the platform. From the dress of these swordsmen, it was not difficult to see that these people were actually the royal guards of the imperial palace.

  This Imperial Guard has less than a thousand people, but these thousand people, each and every one of them, have at least the strength of a formal swordsman. Every squad leader and battalion commander is a high-ranking swordsman or even a great swordsman. The Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Commander are all masters of swordsmanship.

  They are the strongest guard of the royal family, equivalent to the royal guard, representing the face of the royal family. The presence of these royal guards here means that there is a member of the royal family on the platform.

  Carefully observing the platform above, a man who looks to be twenty-seven or eight years old is surrounded by various nobles and stars, highlighting his main identity. It's not hard to guess that this person is probably the target of protection for these royal guards.

  "Hasn't Duke Shen Mingxin arrived yet?"

  A man with a majestic appearance and extraordinary demeanor asked in his mouth, his eyes occasionally measuring the sky.

  "Hehe, Your Highness the Prince doesn't need to worry, according to the information we've obtained, the Wind God's Great Ship of the Divine Selection Swordsmen Academy has already entered our Taixuan Kingdom's range and will soon appear in the capital, it won't be long now."

  The speaker was a middle-aged man in his forties.

  If some people who are extremely familiar with the forces of Wangdui were here, they would be able to recognize this person. He is none other than Shen Mingxin, the patriarch of the illustrious Shen family and the head of the Shen clan, a prominent family in the kingdom.

  Among the top swordsmen of the Xuanji clan, Shen Zhongyang, who had a very high reputation, was a direct member of the Shen family.

  The man known as Prince nodded and gazed vaguely in another direction of the square not far away...

  There, it also attracted the attention and interest of many young martial artists and swordsmen.

  "Your Highness, if you feel that those people are affecting our reception of the Divine Sword Academy's assessment personnel, I can have someone order them to move to a different location."

  "It's not necessary, the Lie Huo Chamber of Commerce is one of the top large-scale chambers of commerce in our Taixuan Kingdom, and it has a great influence throughout the entire Eastern Alliance. As the young master of the Lie Huo Chamber of Commerce, Lie Dongyang wants to compete with others in occupying the square, this bit of face we still have to give."

  Shen Mingxin chuckled and said: "Your Highness is as vast as the ocean, with a broad mind, we admire you."

  He just meant to say that the influence of the Luminous Day Chamber of Commerce in the Tai Xuan Kingdom is too deep, and unless His Majesty the King personally issues an order, a mere marquis like him would not dare to take action against the Luminous Day Chamber of Commerce.

  "Lie Dongyang is the number one swordsman of our Tai Xuan, and he's going to have a sword fight with a newly promoted genius swordsman from our Tai Xuan Kingdom. This scene will allow the examiners from the Divine Swordsmanship Academy to take a look, and understand that the swordsmanship of our Tai Xuan Kingdom is flourishing. In the future, when recruiting talented swordsmen from our kingdom, they can be a bit more lenient."

  "What Your Highness says is absolutely right."

  Shen Mingxin responded.

  There were some minor frictions between Shen's family and Lie Ri Shanghui, but they didn't dare to make a big deal out of it in front of the kingdom.

  ……

  At this moment, on the other side of the square, the dueling platform that Lie Dongyang needed had been set up in less than an hour under the auspices of the Lie Ri Merchant Association. As one of the main characters of today's duel, Lie Dongyang had already taken his place on the dueling stage, quietly waiting for Wang Ting to arrive.

  On one side of the dueling platform, all young swordsmen, nobles and masters of swordsmanship who were full of interest in this battle gathered under the platform.

  These people have different identities, some are just ordinary swordsmen who yearn for the realm of swordsmanship, others are knights who have already established their merits on the battlefield, and there are also those who are master-level strongmen who have achieved nobility through swordsmanship. In addition, there are also some young members of noble families with deep backgrounds.

  Among them, many were Wang Du Yinghao, and some were talented swordsmen who came from all over the kingdom to participate in the Divine Selection Sword Academy competition. Some of these people could be recognized even if they were in the royal court.

  Beigong Deputy Director, Dong Qi Deputy Director, Shen Jia young master Shen Chongyang and his follower Fang Zhan, Hai family guard commander Hai Ming, current head of the Hai family Hai Nuo, Hai Nuo's daughter Hai Lin'er, Shangming Institute Dean's fourth brother Ye Congyun, fifth brother Jing Feng, Wang Guo Baron Tang Zheng, one of the Three Small Named Swords Chang Dingfeng, Imperial Sword Master Fang Qianhua, Fang Qianhua's disciple Zhou Tianchi, and Lin Qi who was hiding in the crowd and not with Fang Qianhua...

  As the fiancée of Lie Dongyang, Hailin's attendance was only natural. As for Earl Haino attending in person, aside from showing his support and attitude towards Lie Dongyang, he also hoped to take the opportunity to get close to the examiners from the Divine Selection Swordsmen Academy.

  As for Bei Ge and others, they were naturally the talented swordsmen selected from the top-ranking Swordsmanship Academy, intending to be recommended to the Divine Selection Swordsmanship Academy. However, they didn't have the qualifications to meet the legendary swordsmen of the Divine Selection Swordsmanship Academy, so they could only wait at the edge of the square, watching the duel that was said to be the competition for the title of the number one swordsman in Tai Xuan.

  In short, on this day, the duel between Lie Dongyang and Wang Ting had not yet officially begun, and the Wind God's Great Ship of the Divine Selection Swordsmen Academy had not yet arrived. The entire Royal Plaza was already thoroughly bustling with excitement, as various great gods who were rarely seen in person appeared one after another, all eagerly anticipating these two grand events that would shake the entire Tai Xuan Kingdom's swordsmanship world.

  ……

  "Hasn't that Wang Ting shown up yet?"

  In a distant square, an old man inquired from within a carriage that occupied a prime location.

  "Master, the Wang Ting is still in the courtyard of the Mingri Hotel and has not appeared yet. According to our information, it seems that Wang Ting was practicing a certain sword technique and went mad, there has been no movement for two days now... I think he's already dead..."

  On the carriage, a man slightly older than Lie Dongyang responded with respect.

  "An opponent who can make his junior brother so cautious would hardly perish easily."

  The old man spoke faintly, and his words and deeds revealed a sense of dignity that commanded respect without being angry.

  This old man was none other than the number one swordsman of the Tai Xuan Kingdom, the greatest swordsman, and also the number one expert in the entire Tai Xuan Kingdom. He was known as the closest to a Sword Saint, the swordsmanship master - Zhou Yan.

  "What Master said is right, but that Wang Ting, after all, is not yet eighteen years old, too young..."

  "Dongyang has told me about this person before, young? For such geniuses, the day of enlightenment is far beyond our imagination, and age is not a problem for them at all."

  The old man said, with a hint of divine light in his eyes: "Go and investigate again, see what kind of swordsmanship this genius swordsman has cultivated. This battle has attracted too many people's attention, no mistakes can be made."

  "Yes, Master."

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