From Douluo Dalu to Queen

Chapter 242: Giant Sword City at the Foot of Giant Sword Mountain

Giant Sword City is the border between the two empires of Tiandou and Xingluo, and is also the largest trading city between the two countries. Its scale is as large as that of Tiandou City and Xingluo City.

Here, countless merchants come and go, and any kind of goods can be found here. As an ancient relic, it also contains many ancient objects. However, finding these things requires extremely high eyesight, which is a great test for both buyers and sellers.

This place was not far from the border of the two empires, so after resting for a night at the imperial border, they arrived at Giant Sword City after only one morning of travel.

The group got off the car at the post station outside Giant Sword City. Next, they will enter the city by horseback and on foot. The Governor of Giant Sword City, Lin Yun, had already cleared the main road during the day and arranged guards to separate the two sides of the road. The teams of the two empires will enter the city from the east and west of the city respectively, and follow the main road to the super-large square in the center of the city, where the opening ceremony of the promotion match will be held.

This process is very rigorous. People from both empires must move forward at the same pace and speed in order to achieve true fairness and justice. If one party arrives one second earlier or one second later, it will cause strong dissatisfaction from the other party.

However, these diplomatic affairs are the responsibility of the Royal Knights and the Titled Douluo, and have nothing to do with them, the contestants. All they have to do is follow behind on horseback.

As for the other people who were not contestants, Flanders directly asked the master to lead them into the city first.

Before setting off, Xue Te specially gathered everyone together and gave a speech: "Everyone, please maintain a good attitude on the next journey and do not lose the face of the empire and His Majesty the Emperor."

"Yes, Lord Xuete!" Of course, no one dared to let down their guard at this time. Everyone was in high spirits and looked excited. There were nearly one million residents in Giant Sword City, and it was definitely a great honor to show up in front of so many people.

The staff of Tiandou Post Station had already prepared hundreds of white horses. Following Xue Te's words, a group of people quickly mounted their horses, formed a formation, and headed towards the city.

Leng Xiyao originally didn't want to be in the spotlight, but if she wanted to participate in the competition, she had to go through this process, so Leng Xiyao followed anyway.

The road after entering the city was far more exaggerated than Leng Xiyao had imagined. Such a grand event probably attracted more than 100,000 spectators. Both sides of the road were densely packed with people. Some of these people were waving the national flag of the Tiandou Empire, and some were waving the flag of the Giant Sword City. As for the people from the Xingluo Empire, they of course went to the west gate to greet them.

Leng Xiyao hated the feeling of being the center of attention. Although the audience might not be looking at her, she still felt that she was being watched, which made her very uncomfortable. So she said to Tang San who was walking in the middle of the Shrek team: "Xiao San, let's switch positions. Let me hide for a while."

"Okay." Tang San looked at Leng Xiyao who had an uncomfortable expression, said nothing, and very naturally changed seats with Leng Xiyao.

Leng Xiyao breathed a sigh of relief now, because she was the shortest among the little monsters, not to mention the tall Zhu Zhuqing, who was one or two centimeters shorter than Ning Rongrong. This made her feel relieved all of a sudden.

Little did they know that the person in the middle was the legendary C position. Anyone who could walk in the middle of the team was undoubtedly a captain-level figure and was more likely to attract the attention of others, not to mention the Shrek Academy which had performed brilliantly in the preliminaries.

Soon, the spectators on both sides of the road noticed this scene and couldn't help discussing Leng Xiyao's background. Fortunately, the main road was relatively wide and she didn't hear the whispers. She thought she hadn't been noticed by hiding and she breathed a sigh of relief.

The team was not moving very fast and the main road in the city was very long. It took more than an hour to finally reach the square in the center of the city.

In the center of the square, a man in a tuxedo was already waiting there, with no one following him. On the other side of the main road was the team sent by the Star Luo Empire.

Leng Xiyao couldn't help but feel a little strange. This man looked to be only about thirty years old. Could such a young man be responsible for the contact between the representatives of the two countries?

"Everyone, line up according to your respective colleges. You will be entering the venue soon." After giving this instruction, Xue Te dismounted from his horse, straightened his clothes, and then strode forward.

The leader of the Xing Luo group on the opposite side also got off his horse and walked into the square almost at the same time as him. The two of them came to the man in a suit in the middle.

"Yun Mo Douluo, You Ming Douluo, long time no see." The man in a formal suit couldn't help but say with a smile when he saw the two approaching.

"It's been more than ten years since we last met. I hope you are doing well, Governor Lin." Xue Te looked very happy to see his good friend whom he hadn't seen for many years.

The man in the tuxedo was none other than Lin Yun, the governor of Giant Sword City. He was the only one qualified to preside over the opening ceremony of the promotion tournament.

Seeing the two of them getting along like old friends, Nether Douluo, dressed in black, looked very unhappy and frowned, saying, "Governor Lin, this is not the time for you to reminisce about the past. I suggest you start announcing the business as soon as possible."

"Well, since Brother Zhu has said so, let's get started." Lin Yun shrugged, then put on a serious expression and said:
"Please ask the two lords to exchange the friendship tokens of the two empires at this conference."

Although the relationship between the two empires was not good and there were constant frictions in secret, this meeting ceremony could be said to be a show, done for the people of the world to see, telling them that a world war would not break out for a long time. This was also the theme of the competition - peace and common prosperity.

No matter whether it was because of the country's weak national strength or for some other reason, Xue Te was extremely yearning for peace, so he smiled and handed over the token prepared by Emperor Xue Ye - a swan made of colored glass, which looked brilliant under the sunlight and was obviously carefully prepared.

This colored glaze is not glass, but a very rare crystal, which is the top material for handicrafts. A small colored glaze cup can be sold at a high price of 100,000 gold soul coins. Such a large piece of colored glaze may be worth nearly one million gold soul coins.

Nether Douluo seemed somewhat reluctant. Apparently, he was a pro-war faction in the Star Luo Empire. However, with so many people watching him, he did not dare to do anything that would damage the reputation of the empire. So, he forced a smile and handed over the token of the Star Luo Empire.

Compared to the culturally prosperous Tiandou Empire, the token of the Xingluo Empire seemed extremely sloppy. It was merely a statue of an evil-eyed white tiger made of meteorite gold. In terms of craftsmanship value, a sculpture of this level would definitely be laughed at by Tiandou's top sculptors.

(End of this chapter)