Fantasy: The Clan Chief Lies Down, His House Is Full of Emperors

The appearance of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion was not particularly sensational or shocking; it simply appeared suddenly in Broken Mountain City.

During every major conflict, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion would appear in different major cities, and this time it just so happened to choose Broken Mountain City, located in the center of the Eastern Region.

When this news spread, geniuses from all over Cangzhou set off one after another to Duanshan City.

The Xu family's prodigies who were in the Great Xia Dynasty returned one after another, and Xu Luo also returned not long after.

Just before the list of prodigies was released, a piece of news suddenly spread rapidly throughout the city.

People were talking about it everywhere, in the streets and alleys, in taverns and restaurants.

"Hey, have you heard? It turns out that the Xu family has three prodigies who have all become disciples of the Lord of the Divine Palace. They will definitely appear on the Prodigy Ranking this time."

"Impossible, right? Doesn't the requirements for the Lord of Shenque Mansion to accept disciples have very high standards? They must have talent no less than that of the Holy Son or the Divine Son, and also have an ordinary family background."

"I've only heard that the Xu family's daughter has become a disciple of the manor lord, Yin Xianhong, and that she even appeared at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion before."

"You may not know this, but the Xu family has another prodigy named Xu Muge. He is very famous in the Great Xia Dynasty and has been taken as a disciple by the Lord of the Manor, Shen Hongyi. I heard that he is also very close to the little princess of Great Xia."

"There's another one, Xu Luo, who's even more powerful. He's apprenticed to the most mysterious and powerful Lord Wang."

"Hiss! I heard that the disciple of the Palace Master is very likely to inherit the position of Palace Master in the future. Does that mean that the Divine Palace will belong to the Xu family?"

"If that's the case, those three will definitely have a place on the list of prodigies, but it's uncertain where they'll be ranked."

The list of prodigies only has fifty spots, but looking across Cangzhou, there are countless prodigies.

Even with the extraordinary strength of ancient families in holy dynasties, at most only one or two can make it onto the list of geniuses; three is already very rare.

Ironically, a little-known family has three members who have become disciples of the Lord of the Divine Palace and are about to be listed on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

How could this not be shocking?

For a time, people came to visit the Xu family in an endless stream, and the Third Elder, who was in charge of this work, was extremely busy.

Even the four major families of Duanshan City came, and some forces that were second only to them, such as the Fengyun Society, had their presidents personally present.

These forces are intertwined and have various entanglements, so it's not feasible to receive them all, nor is it feasible to refuse them all; it's very troublesome.

In Xu Qingzhou's courtyard, the chosen ones gathered.

"Who exactly leaked this information? Isn't this putting our Xu family in a precarious position?" Xu Chen said speechlessly.

Xu Luo chuckled.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the Primordial Saint Son, Gu Mingkong."

Xu Chen was taken aback. "It's him?!"

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense.

The people of Duanshan City basically knew about Xu Ying becoming Yin Xianhong's apprentice, and many people in Daxia also knew about Xu Muge becoming Shen Hongyi's apprentice.

Few people knew about Xu Luo's apprenticeship under Elder Wang; the only outsider was Gu Mingkong, the Primordial Saint Son, with whom he had previously interacted.

Xu Muge frowned and asked, "What is his purpose in doing this?"

Xu Luo thought for a moment.

"His target is probably still Xiao Chen. Once the Prodigy Ranking is released, we will be busy dealing with challenges from all sides and will not have the time to care about other things. This will give him the opportunity to make a move against Xiao Chen."

Besides his family, only Gu Mingkong knew a little about Xu Chen's secret, and he wanted to find out more.

Xu Muge said, "With the emergence of the Prodigy Ranking, it's only a matter of time before our identities are exposed. However, it's best if I don't run into this Primordial Saint Son."

Qu Wubing stood aside, his expression blank, listening silently. He also remembered Gu Mingkong, who had been so aloof that day.

Xu Ying sat cross-legged next to Xu Qingzhou, her head resting on his shoulder, holding a spirit fruit in her hand and eating it intently.

Xu Yundao, who has already begun cultivation, is already at the Purple Mansion Realm at less than twenty years old, but his cultivation time is too short, so he has no chance to make it onto the Prodigy Ranking this time.

Little Grey stood obediently on Xu Ying's other side, using its head as a support for Xu Ying's hand.

The only benefit of this incident being exposed is that it has made ordinary forces completely afraid to provoke the Xu family.

After all, the Xu family is backed by three Saint King level experts and the Divine Palace!

When the news reached Wu Kingdom, Xu Chen's father-in-law, You Chengwu, was even happier. He didn't even care that Xu Qingzhou had kept it from him, since such things did need to be kept low-key.

"Boom!"

Just then, a huge roar suddenly came from above Broken Mountain City.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

A huge sky curtain appeared above Broken Mountain City, with a width of a hundred feet and a length of more than ten miles.

At the very top of the canopy, three characters were displayed.

"Tianji Pavilion!"

Xu Luo said in a deep voice, "The Prodigy Ranking has appeared!"

"I've never understood what the requirements are for making it onto the Heavenly Pride Ranking?" Xu Chen asked curiously.

He knew that his physique was much worse than that of the others present. If the Prodigy Ranking only considered talent, then he would have no chance at all.

Xu Luo said, "Those under one hundred years old whose talents have been recognized by the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion."

Nearly five hundred people had previously joined the Divine Palace.

But there are still many outstanding talents in Cangzhou who haven't gone there.

Therefore, there are countless geniuses in the entire Cangzhou, and selecting fifty from them would be extremely competitive.

"There are words!" Xu Chen exclaimed, and they looked up.

At the very bottom of the sky, lines of text appeared.

"Fiftieth, You Jingyi, from the You family, one of the four great families of Duanshan City, a second-level Heavenly Palace cultivator with the Gengjin Sword Body, who once single-handedly killed five third-level Heavenly Palace cultivators..."

When Xu Qingzhou and his group first came to Duanshan City, after buying the blessed land, they went to participate in the Jubaolou auction and competed with him to win the Wine Saint's Wine Formula.

He had noticed Xu Qingzhou and his group at the time, but later, after learning that the young lady of the Xu family had become the master of the Divine Palace, he gave up his plan to deal with them.

Unexpectedly, he has quite strong talent. His Gengjin Sword Body is the same as Su Xinyan's Yimu Dharma Body and Xu Chen's Wanlei Dharma Body, both being top-level spiritual bodies.

At this moment, everyone in Duanshan City saw the words on the list of geniuses, which immediately caused an uproar and exclamations of surprise.

"He's here! It's Young Master You!!"

"My goodness! I never imagined that Young Master You, such a powerful prodigy, would only be ranked fiftieth. How powerful must the people ranked above him be!"

"Yes! No wonder everyone says that this is a great era of struggle, with many outstanding talents emerging."

"A top-tier spiritual body is ranked fiftieth. Does that mean all the bodies ahead of it are holy bodies?"

"The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is indeed powerful; they know everything about Young Master You's battles."