Phantom Eyes

"Hey, Xiongmeng, we have not seen each other in a while. Why are you so agitated? Who are these people? Let me join in the fun!"

A tall handsome young man wearing a green elegant robe came over and spoke with a sneer. Behind him are two of his protectors with their faces covered with a mask.

"That is the famous Jian Rong from the Jianshen Sect. He is the prime disciple of their sect and is believed to have strength close to Long Xiongmeng. As their respective fathers, the sect masters of their sects, has a close relationship with the Sovereign, both Long Xiongmeng and Jian Rong grew up together and knew each other very well since they were little." Two young juniors from a small sect murmured behind Qi Meng's group.

"Shut your mouth Rong! I am not in a good mood to talk rubbish with you!" Long Xiongmeng gave Jian Rong a piercing glare.

"Fierce!" Jian Rong said with a smirk and backed off to their sect's designated table.

Qi Meng glared silently at Long Xiongmeng and his servant. After a while, he placed the snow sword and ice saber on top of their table.

"Take it if you dare! Death is the consequence!" Qi Meng calmly and casually said.

All of a sudden, a chilling and suffocating aura suddenly enveloped the entire banquet hall.

Everyone in the banquet hall felt a chill coming from the air and experienced an abrupt difficulty in breathing.

As for the two people in front of Qi Meng, massive sweats covered their entire body piece by piece. Their body were too stiff to even move and is shaking terribly.

Right now, the both of them are seeing an apparition of a phantom's eyes. These pair of eyes were so sharp that it almost penetrated their souls and is bloodshot red. Qi Meng unleashed a bit of his Soul Suppression art and let his soul form to manifest it's blood-thirsty eyes only visible to the arrogant young master and his ignorant servant. These pair of bloodshot eyes were rarely seen in this world.

The last time someone saw these pair of blood-thirsty eyes is when Qi Meng, as a top-tier Godking, massacred an entire platoon of a devil army back then when he is on his mission to save one of his closest friends being held captive by the Devil clan.

In the end, Qi Meng slain the commander of the devil army, a top-tier Devil King and is able to save one of his closest friends at that time. Since then, that pair of terrifying eyes has become a source of fear among the devils.

Both Long Xiongmeng and his servant had their knees terribly shaking. They stepped back several meters away as they are extremely petrified and unable to even say a word after being suppressed heavily by the pair of bloodshot eyes apparition.

"Cowards!" Qi Meng said lightly.

Everyone near their table heard what Qi Meng had just said and they were flabbergasted at the sudden turn of events. They have not thought that this newcomer sect is so terrifying to this degree. Even an early stage Dao Monarch was scared away with just a single phrase from this sect's youngest junior.

"Yuexia, Chu Qing, take the snow sword and ice saber respectively and keep it. Those treasure weapons are originally for the both of you. Take good care of each of those weapons. Those will help you improve your combat prowess."

Qi Meng said and casually advised the two young beautiful girls.

"En! Thank you!" The both of them are so happy and excited. They knew that their newly acquired weapons are not simple and were previously owned by the Twin Immortals.

The people nearby around them were astounded. A five year old young master just casually gifted a top-tier Earthly Treasure. They are salivating in jealousy and wished that they can serve this generous and wealthy young master.

After a while, the commotion caused by the Jinlong Sect's prime disciple and servant duo had died down upon the entrance of the Sovereign and his daughter into the banquet hall.

Sovereign Qin Tian is remarkably handsome in his silk platinum armor which makes his image more gallant.

Noticeably, his daughter, Qin Mei, is outstandingly beautiful in her exquisitely ornamented slim fit sparkling red long gown which accentuated her perfect curvaceous body shape. Her shiny hair as black as night is rolled impeccably upwards the tip of her head and a few strands of shiny black hair flowing down in front of her gorgeous face. She is stunningly beautiful and graceful compared to the rest of the ladies present.

The Sovereign sat down at the foremost front delicately arranged elegant table together with his gorgeous daughter sitting beside him. Along with them are the elders of their clan and some of their closest relatives.

"Everyone, thank you for attending and joining us in our humble celebration. Please enjoy and help yourselves." The Sovereign said aloud with a smile. His voice was heard at each and every corner of the entire banquet hall without even shouting as it was aided by his cultivation energy while he speak.

"Before we start with the banquet, I would like to announce officially that the Middle Continent Junior Elite Ranking Tournament shall commence on the 15th day of October next month. Those who wished to join the tournament can just come on the first day and your body shall be checked thru by a series of array formations of which we are going to set-up on the day itself.

Those who are not qualified to join the tournament would be expelled from the array formations but still can watch outside of the Sovereign Battle Arena with the aid of a live array projection."

The Sovereign briefly stated.

"Alright. Let us begin the banquet. Thank you for coming and to celebrate with us my daughter Qin Mei's birthday party. Cheers!"

Sovereign Qin Tian held a cup of wine with his right hand raised in the air. After his cue, he drunk it in one gulp. All the guests, including the young juniors who held a cup of spirit fruit juice in the air, followed the Sovereign's lead and drunk their drinks in a gulp.

After having finish their sumptuous meal, the Sovereign whispered to his daughter and asked.

"How is it, is there anyone here who caught your attention?"

"No father, apart from those whom I already knew, nobody seems to have surpassed my expectations."

Qin Mei looked at her father disappointed as she spoke softly with her sweet sounding voice.

Beside Qin Mei is a lovely and charming young lady. She whispered to Qin Mei and said.

"What do you think about the young master of the Twin Dragon Sect over there? Does he not stir your curiousness and keen spirit sense?"

"Uhm, auntie, do you know him? He looks rather ordinary with nothing special about him in terms of physical qualities and cultivation strength. And he is too young to be my match!" Qi Mei softly replied with a doubt. Her auntie does not casually pay attention to just anybody unless that individual has caught her interest.

"Well, if you must say, then so be it." The lovable charming young lady smiled sweetly back at her as she naughtily replied. Her name is Qin Cheng, the Sovereign's only sibling.

Qin Mei glanced at Qi Meng once again and still has not gotten any clue of how did this little young boy caught her young auntie Qin Cheng's interest.

If Qi Meng had not gone to her treasure shop earlier yesterday at the City Treasure Pavilion, she would be oblivious of Qi Meng's special existence as well. Yesterday during the incident, she was so shocked and was not sure that Qi Meng is the reason for the Jinlong Sect servant's collapse. However, her own instinct is telling her that it has to do something with Qi Meng.

Qin Mei paid Qi Meng no mind anymore since she has no way of figuring him out or rather she doubted that there is something special about him. She had heard of the commotion earlier which was related to their group but since she is not interested, she does not want to know about it in detail.

The lavish banquet lasted for a few hours and ended joyfully and peacefully at eleven o'clock later that evening.

All of the guests had greeted once again the celebrant and then left.

For Qi Meng's group, they had returned to the inn from which they had stayed earlier and spent the night there. The next morning after breakfast, they marched back to their Twin Dragon Sect's territory.

Inside the Twin Dragon Sect's palace hall, everyone were back and is sitted along the long table.

"Vice Sect Master Chu Hao, how was your trip to the Fang Clan?" The mysterious sect master of whom is Qi Meng's soul form asked.

"Reporting to the sect master, the Fang Clan is happy to hear about our proposal to recruit their clan into our sect. However, they had informed us that all of their ancestor level experts need to arrive to a consensus before giving us their response. They shall come back to us within three days whether or not they will join our Twin Dragon Sect."

Chu Hao politely responded.

"Alright, it will be good for our newly born sect to have strong members at the initial stage of our expansion. Either wise, the results shall be the same. Our meeting shall end here. Dismiss! Prepare our juniors for the upcoming tournament in a few days."

Qi Meng's soul form said it straight forwardly without any worry regardless of what will be the outcome. He can find other means to boost the sect's initial expansion in case the Fang Clan declined their offer.

"Yes sir!" Everyone responded synchronously.

Currently, all the five juniors's cultivation realm already reached the peak stage of the Dao King realm while Qi Meng's level is at the initial stage of the Dao Saint realm. They should be ready and in good condition for the upcoming tournament.

However, this past few days, Qi Meng is not feeling really well. He felt a numbing sensation within the innermost part of his soul. In order to suppress this uncomfortable sensation, Qi Meng had to stay in his courtyard for several days most of the time sleeping.

Three days later, a large group of unknown experts clad in silk armor with masks covering their faces marched towards the Twin Dragon Sect's Territory. It was the Fang Clan. Obviously, they had accepted the sect master's offer to join their Twin Dragon Sect.

The bystanders nearby were astounded as they gossiped around. Just recently numerous experts in the peak Dao Monarch realm had marched into this new sect and now there are more of them entering this territory.

A few more days later, the most awaited event of the year within the Sovereign Capital has finally arrived.

The Middle Continent Junior Elite Ranking Tournament is about to begin in a short while.