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The arrival of Old Man Yunqi caused quite a stir.

After all, Old Man Yunqi was not only incredibly powerful, having reached the Perfected Innate Realm long ago, but almost everyone present had to respectfully call him "Senior"—Old Man Yunqi's seniority was so high that his lifespan was nearing its end, and no one knew how much longer he could hold on before passing away peacefully.

Even the emperor, sitting on the golden dragon throne in front of the Flying Cloud Hall, rose at this moment and bowed to Old Man Yunqi from afar.

Old Man Yunqi laughed heartily, his weak voice instantly traveling through the air to the emperor: "Wen Mantuo, boy, I still remember vividly the scene of your first birthday celebration shortly after you ascended the throne; I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, this would be your last birthday celebration."

Wen Mantuo was the emperor's real name.

The emperor also replied via voice transmission: "Senior Yunqi, please take your seat first. If you need anything, just ask!"

On either side of Wen Mantuo were a general clad in golden armor and a hunched figure hidden in black robes.

This extraordinary general was the commander of the Flying Cloud Army, in charge of all forces belonging to the Flying Cloud Army, including the Yunqi Guards and the Border Garrison Army! The other hunched figure in black was an even more formidable character, one that even the commander was quite wary of.

Both of these men were veteran Late Stage Innate experts, who might have a sudden epiphany and break through to the Perfected Innate Realm at any time; however, they were absolutely loyal to Wen Mantuo and the Flying Cloud Kingdom's royal family.

"Has His Majesty not decided yet?" a voice faintly emerged from under the black robes.

"It's difficult…" Wen Mantuo sighed softly.

The hunched figure in black continued to say in a voice that only the three of them could hear: "In terms of talent, methods, connections, decisiveness, and so on, this boy Wen Man is definitely far superior, and he has the aura of an emperor!"

The hunched figure in black gave a very objective evaluation.

The commander said: "But Elder Du has already broken through to the Perfected Innate Realm, becoming one of the top three experts in the entire Flying Cloud Kingdom; he firmly supports Wen Shuai!"

The full support of a Perfected Innate Realm expert was not to be underestimated.

"Wen Shuai is also not bad…" Wen Mantuo said, "However… as you know, my decision on the new emperor is actually conveying an attitude to the Savage Desolation Sect, telling them whether I will stand on Sect Leader Gu's side or Liang's side!"

Choosing Wen Man to ascend to the throne as the new emperor would represent standing on Liang's side; choosing anyone else would mean standing on Gu's side.

Wen Mantuo's choice would represent the Flying Cloud Kingdom's royal family's stance in the Savage Desolation Sect's factional struggle. At this time, the abilities and influence of Wen Man and Wen Shuai were secondary; the most important thing was the stance that Wen Mantuo conveyed to the Savage Desolation Sect.

The birthday celebration began with music and singing.

The first part was naturally for the various forces to offer their congratulations and present their gifts to the emperor.

The major forces stepped forward in an orderly manner.

First were the various families.

"The Huang family of the Flying Cloud Kingdom presents a thousand-year-old ginseng, wishing His Majesty an early breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm!"

"The Zhu family presents a piece of North Sea Cold Jade…"

…

Xu Ming silently estimated the value of these treasures, and couldn't help but think: "Damn, it's so easy to make money being the emperor! Just holding a birthday celebration, I don't know how many treasures he can receive!"

Thousand-year-old ginseng, North Sea Cold Jade, these can all be exchanged for a lot of Level 2 Cheat Points!

The gifts presented by the dozen or so major families, added together, were almost as valuable as Xu Ming's loot from the Lin family's treasury.

"It's true that comparing people is infuriating! This emperor is sitting up there today, motionless, receiving gifts, and his harvest is probably many times greater than my hard work in looting the Lin family's treasury!"

If the Lin family knew what Xu Ming was thinking at this moment, they really wouldn't know what to think—you, you, you, you're really going too far, emptying our family's treasury, and you still think it's not enough!?

Unfortunately, the Lin family still doesn't know who stole the treasury, and they haven't even associated it with Xu Ming. Therefore, it's destined that the theft of the Lin family's treasury will never be found out, and the Lin family will remain the laughingstock of Yunqi City for a long time.

At this time…

"The Lin family presents a White Jade Pearl!"

White Jade Pearl?

The birthday celebration was filled with boos.

Although the White Jade Pearl also had the effect of calming the mind and gathering the spirit, it was far inferior to the North Sea Cold Jade; similarly, its value was ten times less than the North Sea Cold Jade!

"The dignified Lin family, for His Majesty's birthday celebration, they only offer a White Jade Pearl?" The value of the White Jade Pearl was probably only five or six low-grade Xuan Stones.

It's just that, "otherwise" what could he do? He couldn't find out at all…

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Then, the various forces continued to present their gifts in an orderly manner.

The Savage Desolation Martial Academy also presented a gift, of course.

Gu Hanmo specially took out a Black Jade Pearl…

The Black Jade Pearl and the White Jade Pearl looked similar, but their value differed by dozens of times, which was simply a blatant slap in the face to the Lin family.

But precisely, the Lin family was now poor and short-sighted, and they had no temper to be slapped in the face.

…

"The First Prince presents a Great Creation Pill!"

When it was the princes' turn to present gifts, the First Prince naturally took the lead, and his gift was extraordinary!

The Great Creation Pill had a significant benefit for Perfected Innate Realm warriors breaking through to the Core Formation Realm. Such a treasure was impossible to find in the Flying Cloud Kingdom, so obviously, the First Prince had spent a lot of money for this birthday celebration!

Suddenly, all forces turned their attention to the Third Prince Wen Shuai—the First Prince had taken out the Great Creation Pill, so what about you, Third Prince?

As for the other princes, they were automatically ignored by everyone, and no one cared what they would offer.

After the Second Prince, it was Wen Shuai's turn.

Wen Shuai confidently stepped forward.

"The Third Prince presents… um? Five strange stones that can greatly enhance mental power?" Even the announcer was stunned, what was this thing, never seen it before, never even heard of it…

Everyone else was stunned as well.

Enhance mental power?

And greatly enhance it?

Are you kidding me?

Everyone looked at Wen Shuai with eyes that were not questioning, but blatantly saying—you liar!

"Hahaha…" Envoy Zhao laughed out loud without regard for the occasion, "Strange stones that greatly enhance mental power? I've never heard of such a strange object in the Savage Desolation Sect—Third Prince, have you been deceived? Or are you really unable to come up with a decent birthday gift, so you just took out a few broken stones, trying to pass them off as something valuable?"

After some consideration, I modified the number of strange stones.