355: Chapter 354: Celebration Banquet 355: Chapter 354: Celebration Banquet Lin Bai followed a warrior into the large square where the celebration banquet was held.
Once inside, Lin Bai silently put on his hat from behind, concealing his face.
Entering the square, Lin Bai silently stood in the crowd, silent.
Looking at the square, dressed up by the warriors of the eight great families like it was the New Year celebrations, a strong air of joy pervaded, with musicians playing lovely notes on both sides.
Looking around, in this square, nearly half a million warriors had arrived.
Almost all the large and small forces from the entire East Sea, all the well-known figures were all in attendance.
“They’ve arrived.”
“Our heroes have arrived.”
“Heroes of the sea.”
At this time, the crowd exploded.
The whole city chanted.
“Heroes!
Heroes!”
“Heroes!
Heroes!”
In the sky-ripping chants, more than fifty warriors marched into the venue.
Looking sideways, among these more than fifty warriors included Hua Qinghai, Sha Lang, Long Feihai, Hua Wanqing, Sun Jiacheng, Qiu Biao, and other leaders of the eight great clans.
And all the experts of the Heaven Martial Realm ninth layer within the eight great families were almost all present at this moment.
“Very well, everyone is here.”
Lin Bai saw this group of people and sneered from the corner of his mouth.
The faces of each and every one of them were deeply branded in Lin Bai’s mind, none were forgotten.
Because once they had stood before Lin Bai, and together they wielded a power capable of blasting away the Divine Elixir Realm, trying to kill Lin Bai.
These people, all with glowing faces, were as cheerful as if they were about to get married today.
The warriors of the eight great clans walked to the center of the venue.
Hua Qinghai stepped forward from among the eight great clans, raised his hand slightly to press down, signaling the whole venue to quiet down.
When Hua Qinghai made his move, the entire venue immediately fell silent.
Hua Qinghai, beaming with joy, said: “I am Hua Qinghai, the patriarch of the Flower Clan from Peach Blossom Island.
Thank you all for traveling from all over the East Sea to participate in this celebration banquet.”
“On behalf of the eight great clans, I thank you all for your efforts.”
Together with the warriors of the eight great clans, Hua Qinghai bowed in unison.
This act further increased the goodwill of the warriors of the East Sea towards the eight great clans.
“The patriarch of the Flower Clan is being too polite.”
“The Great Demon has appeared, and we should contribute money and effort.”
“Indeed, to protect our East Sea from destruction is the common interest of us Eastern Sea warriors.
Patriarch Flower need not be so.”
Seeing the courtesy of the eight great clans, many warriors felt it was too humbling and responded in kind.
Hua Qinghai smiled: “I believe you all understand the ins and outs of this matter.
Not long ago, the warriors of the eight great clans detected the existence of the Great Demon in the East Sea and confirmed this legendary demon.”
“With the joint exploration of the eight great clans, we found that the seal of the Great Demon has been loosened.”
“Once the Great Demon appears, it will undoubtedly be a great chaos Under Heaven, and our East Sea will be reduced to ruins in an instant.”
“And we, the eight great clans, being the strongest force in the East Sea, and the peak of the martial arts in the East Sea, have the responsibility and the obligation to protect our East Sea.”
“To protect our homeland, to protect the place that raised us.”
“The land of the East Sea will never tolerate any invasion, not even by a god!”
Hua Qinghai’s voice grew more and more impassioned, making the blood of every warrior in the venue boil.
“Never tolerate!”
“Never tolerate!”
“We will not tolerate this!”
All the martial artists present followed Hua Qinghai in a rally call, for a moment, one person shouted, thousands echoed.
The roar was thunderous, it writhed and rose to the sky, reaching outside the nine heavens, as though it could make the celestial gods tremble.
Hua Qinghai continued, “But alas, although our Eight Great Clans are full of experts, we lack spiritual stones, therefore, reluctantly, we must seek help from all the martial artists in the Eastern Sea.”
“Fortunately, Heaven blesses our Eastern Sea, every martial artist here loves their home and homeland and when they heard of our troubles, anyone who had money contributed, and those with power gave their effort.”
“Under the lead of our Eight Great Clans, we first raised the 56 billion spiritual stones needed to purchase the seal.”
“Then, we selected the strongest martial artists from the entire Eastern Sea to collaborate in sealing the Great Demon.”
“To reassure all the martial artists of the Eastern Sea, we deliberately selected five individuals outside the Eight Great Clans.”
“The number one poison cultivator of the Eastern Sea, the Poison Dragon Island Master!”
Upon hearing Hua Qinghai mention the Poison Dragon Island Master, a trace of murderous intent flashed in Lin Bai’s eyes, “You dare to utter his name, aren’t you afraid his spirit would crawl out of Nine Netherworld Hell to settle the score with you?”
Hua Qinghai continued, “The number one blade cultivator of the Eastern Sea, Jin Qiu.”
“The number one fist cultivator of the Eastern Sea, Xiang Tian.”
“The number one sword cultivator of the Eastern Sea, Xue Jianke.”
“For this, our Eight Great Clans even went so far as to spend lavishly, inviting the unsurpassed genius Lin Bai who once overpowered a sea of experts in the Chaoyang Palace -all the way from the Spirit Sword Sect of the Shenwu Kingdom.”
Lin Bai scoffed in disgrace, “Did you invite me?”
Hua Qinghai said solemnly, “We gathered the strongest martial artists from the entire Eastern Sea, together with the Eight Great Clans we headed to the Land of Sealing, we fought fierce battles in succession, but in the end, we succeeded.”
“The Great Demon was sealed!”
Hua Qinghai clenched his fist, his voice resonating to the nine heavens, assertively.
“Heroes!”
“Heroes!”
“Heroes!”
The whole place echoed in applause.
Lin Bai scoffed, “Hypocrite.”
Hua Qinghai then lowered his head, sighed lightly, “But it’s a pity.”
“A pity that, what we never would have imagined was, right at the final step of sealing the Great Demon, Xue Jianke, Poison Dragon Island Master, and Xiang Tian, joined hands to turn on us!”
“It turns out, these three were the mysterious experts who wished to break the seal and release the Great Demon!”
“If not for Lin Bai risking his life to resist, even at the expense of his own life to buy us time, I’m afraid we would not have been able to seal the Great Demon.”
“But at the critical moment, Lin Bai, alongside Hua Wanqing and Jin Qiu, managed to slay Xue Jianke, Poison Dragon Island Master, and Xiang Tian.”
“However, Lin Bai paid the ultimate price with his life, even my son, Hua Qinghai, paid a bloody price, his wounds are still yet to heal.”
Hua Qinghai said.
“The damn Poison Dragon Island Master, I’ve always known he’s nothing good.”
“That’s right, and Xue Jianke too, seemed an upright man, what’s with the name Xue Jianke, sounds like bad news right from the start.”
“And Xiang Tian too, do you all remember his brutality?
So many people fell into his hands.”
“What a show by young master Hua Wanqing, he actually managed to kill all three of them.”
“Yeah.”
“Poison Dragon Island Master, Xue Jianke, Xiang Tian, they deserved to die, it’s only a shame that they didn’t fall into my hands, otherwise I’d cut them to pieces, quarter them.”
“I’ll dig up the bones of their ancestors and flog their corpses!”
“After flogging the corpses, I’ll grind their ancestors’ bones to dust and throw them into a pit of feces.”
“Even so, it’s not enough to quell our hatred.”
One by one, the martial artists began to curse angrily.
Lin Bai clenched his fists, one hand in his storage bag, menacing intent flaring in his eyes.