Asura Emperor Venerable

Yes.

Shi Hao immediately nodded in his heart. Would a truly prestigious beauty want to appear on such a beauty ranking?

No, they wouldn't.

Although this makes one well-known, to be honest, isn't this ranking just to satisfy men's liking?

So, prestigious beauties wouldn't care about such rankings. To them, how is this different from selecting an Oiran?

In fact, Zhu Feiyu also didn't want to be on the list, but this wasn't something she could control.

The truth proved that Zhu Feiyu's backing wasn't strong enough. Like this Ninth Princess in front of him, she had the "strength" to be on the list but wasn't, what does that indicate?

The person who made the list didn't dare provoke the Royal Family of Mirror Lake Country, so as long as this Ninth Princess didn't want to be listed, the list maker wouldn't dare put her on it.

The Ninth Princess nodded, glanced at Shi Hao, and showed a hint of amazement.

Men are amazed by beautiful women, and women are naturally amazed by handsome men. Everyone loves beautiful things.

"What's going on?" she asked.

The guards explained the situation without embellishment, as it was simply their duty.

"The Primordial Stone Master invited by my fourth brother?" The Ninth Princess nodded, "Alright, I will confirm with my fourth brother now."

She took out a conch-like object and started talking into it.

Mother-Child Conches.

This thing is good for distant communication. The child conch can communicate with the mother conch and can use the mother conch to communicate with all child conches. However, the drawback is obvious: when communicating with the mother conch, it can block other child conches, but communication between child conches cannot be kept secret from other child conches.

So, this thing can only be used to send messages, not to discuss any confidential matters.

After a short while, Jia Kangshi responded, his voice so soft that even Shi Hao couldn't hear it.

This is another feature of the Mother-Child Conches, as long as one doesn't want others to hear, others definitely can't hear.

Not long after, Jia Kangshi arrived.

His face was extremely sullen, looking like he was about to devour someone.

"Why did you run out without permission?" he said grimly.

He was naturally angry. First, Shi Hao forcibly ran out, and second, he disturbed the Ninth Princess, and she informed others using the Mother-Child Conches. Now, the entire Royal Family would know that he had invited a Primordial Stone Master.

Why invite a Primordial Stone Master at this time?

Anyone with a bit of sense would think about it and know.

So, what if someone intentionally messes up his plan to present a birthday gift?

It was all Shi Hao's fault. How dare you disobey!

Shi Hao was surprised, shrugged, and said, "I seem to have been invited by you, right? When did I become a prisoner? Fourth Highness, aren't you being too domineering?"

Jia Kangshi became even angrier, you dare to rebuke me in front of everyone?

Truly deserving of death!

He forcibly endured but had decided in his heart that as soon as the birthday ceremony was over, he would secretly execute Shi Hao.

Dare to defy him!

"Fourth brother, aren't you going a bit too far?" the Ninth Princess interjected.

Jia Kangshi couldn't help being even more infuriated, even his own sister was siding with Shi Hao?

"Ninth sister, I'm disciplining my own subordinates, don't interfere!" he said to the Ninth Princess.

Shi Hao laughed, "When did I become your subordinate?"

Damn it, here we go again!

Jia Kangshi looked at Shi Hao grimly, "Do you want to die?"

Do you really think I dare not kill someone?

He did need Shi Hao to do things, but that didn't mean he would bow to Shi Hao.

What a joke, as a prince, how could he possibly bow to anyone?

"Old Fourth, with Father Emperor's grand birthday approaching, you want to kill someone, is that courting his wrath?" another voice sounded, and a middle-aged man appearing about thirty walked over.

"Second Highness!" Suddenly, the guards saluted again.

The newcomer was Second Prince Jia Jianan, who was nearly a thousand years older than Fourth Prince and had long advanced to Silver Spirit Immortal.

"Second brother." Jia Kangshi and the Ninth Princess also greeted him.

However, Jia Kangshi immediately said, "Second brother, I'm just disciplining my disobedient subordinate, no need for you to intervene, and it won't disrupt Father Emperor's grand birthday either!"

Jia Jianan smiled slightly, ignoring Jia Kangshi, and just said to Shi Hao, "This prince eagerly seeks talents, and if you're willing, my doors are wide open to welcome all talents!"

This was openly poaching, which was also the usual practice among the princes of Mirror Lake Country.

The current emperor is the Jade Immortal, only fifty thousand years old, in the prime of his life, with at least another one hundred fifty thousand years before the end of his lifespan.

Therefore, unless one became a Jade Immortal, it was impossible to wait until this emperor's passing to ascend the throne.

However, this emperor had already stated he would only remain emperor for ten thousand more years before stepping down to focus on martial arts.

Because this emperor's martial arts talent is astonishing, with great ambitions, not satisfied with just being a Jade Immortal, he aims to continue striving for Immortal King!

Thus, he does not care for the throne, having initially seized it just to use nationwide resources for his cultivation.

Now, it's the same. To strive for Immortal King, he inevitably needs a massive amount of resources.

So he slaughtered other Royal Family lines, leaving only his own, to concentrate the resources more.

Ruthless and ambitious!

Because of this, his sons were eager to win this emperor's favor to ascend the throne in ten thousand years!

—Inadequate martial arts cultivation is no issue, as long as the current emperor is alive, who dares to defy orders?

Especially in the past thousand years, after this emperor showed signs of stepping down, the competition among princes has been fierce, with everything except harming each other on the table.

Openly poaching? That's not even noteworthy.

Shi Hao smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, I have a contract with Fourth Highness, unable to serve Second Highness for the time being."

The so-called contract, he just wanted to rip off Jia Kangshi's superior raw stone.

Hearing this, Jia Kangshi finally showed a proud expression and gave Shi Hao a look.

Good, you finally have some insight.

Then, this prince will let you live until the end of the birthday celebration.

Jia Jianan hit a snag, slightly surprised, Jia Kangshi wanted to kill you, yet you still refused me?

You are truly ungrateful.

He revealed a hint of murderous intent. How dare you openly refuse him? This was seeking death.

"Since that's the case, I won't say more to my second brother. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Jia Kangshi felt like he won a battle, greatly relieved, beckoning to Shi Hao before swaggering back to the palace.

Jia Jianan watched, squinting slightly as if seeing Shi Hao as a corpse.