Because there is still a week left, it is actually not too stressful, and Chen Fan is not in a special hurry.
But even if he didn't deliberately rush, he reached the imperial capital in two days.
Prince's Mansion.
"You guys, you really want to play dangerous games with me every critical moment!"
When the prince saw Chen Fan again, his expression was helpless, "Where were you at such a critical time?"
Chen Fan smiled coquettishly: "I am in seclusion and am a little selfless. I apologize to His Highness the Crown Prince."
The prince shook his head: "You don't have to apologize to me. Winning the gift of Yuan Shou is more useful than any apology!"
Chen Fan also nodded sharply.
The prince nodded: "Time is pressing, so I will tell you about the most important part of the Yuan Shou ceremony, which is also the 'deer competition' that you will participate in. The specific process."
Chen Fan was startled: "Chasing the deer..."
In Chen Fan's previous life, this word had a special meaning, but obviously here, this sentence did not mean what he understood.
The so-called deer competition literally means that each prince sends his geniuses to compete for a special spiritual deer!
"The specific rules of each 'deer competition' are different, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they are conducted in the virtual environment created by the Wanxiang Pot..."
Chen Fan couldn't help but be stunned.
The Wanxiang Pot is a magical Taoist artifact.
It is naturally very simple to create a virtual battlefield.
Moreover, the Vientiane Pot can also project real-time scenes inside it, making it easier for people outside to watch the game!
The prince continued: "This also means that all the geniuses participating will not be really injured... and the harmony will not be hurt."
The geniuses recruited by various princes and princesses can already be regarded as the highest-level geniuses in Daqian, but they are younger.
Every death or injury of such a person is a huge loss to Daqian.
"However, Chen Fan, please don't be too scrupulous because of this. With your current strength, you should be unmatched in one-on-one, but you should not be too high-profile..."
The prince changed the subject:
"Because you are the most famous and powerful among all the contestants, everyone will focus on you and may even join forces to attack you. If you are besieged by others, it will be very troublesome no matter how powerful you are."
Chen Fan naturally nodded heavily when he heard this, but he still didn't care much in his heart. He smiled and looked at the prince: "Your Highness, do you know who the other geniuses His Highness is recruiting?"
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be idle in a hundred battles.
Of course, Chen Fan also asked casually.
With Chen Fan's current strength, it doesn't matter whether he knows who the other party is...
Not to mention those under forty years old, even if they were limited to under one hundred years old, there probably wouldn't be many people in Da Gan who were more powerful than Chen Fan.
The prince nodded and took out a stack of paper from the Sumeru Ring:
"I have obtained the list of people participating in the 'Chasing' reported by my royal family. There are 321 people in total, and you only need to pay attention to 17 of them!"
"These seventeen people are all seventeen who have been confirmed to have reached the eighth level of martial arts. Two of them are confirmed to have reached the ninth level of martial arts... Here is the detailed information of those seventeen people, for you."
Chen Fan couldn't help but be startled after receiving the information from the prince.
There are a total of 321 people participating, doesn’t it mean that the number of princes and princesses who signed up also reaches 321.
In fact, in the world of martial arts, no one lives a long life, so it is normal to have more heirs.
But the problem is that the current emperor is not yet a hundred years old, and he had not broken through the tenth level before he became emperor!
Chen Fan thought of the late emperor's nineteenth prince, who was only thirty or forty years old and younger than the prince Liu Lun. This also meant that the late emperor's heirs were not many in number...
There were so many people participating in the first Yuan Shou Ceremony.
Chen Fan could no longer imagine how many people would participate in the Yuan Shou Ceremony if it happened one hundred or two hundred years later...
The prince seemed to notice Chen Fan's subtle expression and said:
"Don't get me wrong. In addition to my younger brothers and sisters, there are also many of my uncles and cousins' descendants. The direct descendants of my generation named Liu are all eligible to participate in this Yuanshou ceremony!"
"It's just that these people's status is just a make-up. The key is the competition between our brothers and sisters..."
Chen Fan was also stunned.
After that, he also began to look through the detailed information about the seventeen people provided by the prince.
As expected, these seventeen people are basically all geniuses at recruiting princes and princesses.
Three or four of them were all on the original Tianji Tower Heroes list, but the one with the highest ranking was also in their twenties. Although the average age was over thirty, there were not many who had broken through to the ninth level.
Of course, no one knows whether they have hidden strength or not.
Among the seventeen people, there were only two ninth-level masters. One was under the fifth princess, named Hutuba, and the other was under the third prince, named Yuan Siwei.
The two of them also happen to be thirty-nine years old, and they are also the only two warriors at the ninth level of martial arts to participate in this "competition" openly!
In fact, no one knows whether there are other Nine Levels behind it...
"These two people are not listed on the list of heroes. They are just dead warriors trained by the three brothers and five sisters. They sacrificed their longevity to break through to the ninth level. Even if they master some secret techniques, they will not be your opponent, Chen Fan! There is no need for that.
Special attention!"
The Third Prince and the Fifth Princess cannot be called the Crown Prince's rivals at all. They are much worse than the Seventh Prince and the Thirteenth Prince.
"It's Wu Tianjiao, this guy deserves your attention the most! Although this guy is young, he has a body of fire spirit, and his fighting ability is not weaker than the ninth level. This time, he went to Lingshen Taoist Sect for further training through the channel of Yichan Palace.
In two years, I estimate that my strength has improved a lot!"
For a genius of Wu Tianjiao's level, cultivation is important, but personal means are the key to victory!
Even if his strength does not break through the ninth level, Wu Tianjiao is much more powerful than the average ninth level.
Not to mention, he also controls heaven-level spiritual fire. Any master who has not broken through the spiritual consciousness may not be his opponent!
However, the talented warriors sent by the Thirteenth Prince, who was also the crown prince's powerful rival, were not impressive.
He is just an average eighth-level martial arts genius with a good reputation, but he is not that powerful, far inferior to Wu Tianjiao.
"Haha, the list is just a list. These brothers and sisters of mine have hidden a lot of information. It is estimated that other masters of the ninth level of martial arts may also appear..."
"Especially my thirteenth brother, I have a hunch that he must have prepared a special surprise for me!"
…
In the blink of an eye, the day of the Motosari ceremony has arrived.
The entire imperial capital was very lively, and the core members of the seven major families poured into the imperial capital from all over the country.
Since the death of the late emperor, Daqian has experienced a lot in just a few years. At a time when all kinds of wastes are being revived, this Yuan Shou ceremony also has a very special significance!
In the imperial capital, the palace is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations.
Three heads of the seven major families came and held a worship ceremony with Emperor Daqian.
Chen Fan stood behind the prince, his eyes not squinting and his expression indifferent.
Beside the prince, there were princes standing shoulder to shoulder. At this moment, behind the seventh prince, Wu Tianjiao's sharp gaze was always focused on Chen Fan not far away.
The seventh prince smiled and walked to the prince's side, and glanced at Chen Fan behind him, with a subtle expression on his face:
"His Royal Highness, you are really unpredictable..."