While everyone was drinking and talking amongst themselves, the royals from the other clans were standing on the side.

Lexi walked up to them with her mother one after another to get to know the guests.

"Congratulations on your coronation, Queen Lexi," The Crown Princess of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan congratulated Lexi as she walked up to him.

"Thank you. I'll wait for your coronation so that I can congratulate you as well. I hope that our clans will be able to get along together as they have always been," Lexi said.

"Same here," The girl replied.

Lexi walked up to the First Princess of the White Tiger Clan.

"Thank you for coming," Lexi told her.

"It's fine. We're not arrogant like the Azure Dragon Clan. Of Course, our clan had to come to congratulate the new Queen of the Ice Phoenix Clan," The First Princess replied.

"I appreciate it. Enjoy the drink," Lexi said smilingly as she walked ahead.

She walked up to the Second Young Master of the Black Tortoise Clan.

Although he was the Second Young Master, he was older than most of the people present here. The Black Tortoise Clan was known for their great defense and long life. The Clan Master was still in his prime despite being older than the other clan masters.

"The Second Prince from the Black Tortoise Clan. Thank you for coming here. I hope our clans can get together," Lexi said to the Second Prince.

"Our Black Tortoise Clan is a neutral clan that never involves ourselves in the others' affairs. That's why we will always maintain our good relations.h.i.+ps with every clan. You can rest a.s.sured Queen Lexi. The Ice Phoenix Clan or the Phoenix Clan, they are both equal to us, even though you two are against each other," The Second Prince of the Black Tortoise Clan replied.

"I appreciate it. Enjoy the drink," Lexi said as she continued going to the other Clan's and greeted them.

Another hour pa.s.sed before the other clan departed. Only the members of the Ice Phoenix clan remained inside the Royal Palace. They left soon after as well.

"Geez, that was tiring," Lexi said as she walked back to her room with her mother.

"I understand how you must be feeling. I was just as tired when it was my coronation all those years ago, but it is necessary to introduce the world to the new Queen. Also, you got to meet the young talents of the other clans," Her mother said smilingly.

"Don't even talk about that. Except for the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, none of them sent their next in line heir. I feel like they don't respect us!" Lexi said in annoyance.

"Well, We're not the strongest G.o.d Beast Clan, but we aren't the weakest either. So that's not the reason. I feel the reason is that they were concerned about the safety of their heir, just like I was concerned about you and restricted you from going out. They don't let their Crown Prince or the Crown Princess leave their Clan publicly or someone might try to a.s.sa.s.sinate them," Her mother responded.

" The Nine-Tailed Fox Clan is the closest to us location wise and friendly relations.h.i.+p-wise, so they sent their Crown Princess, but the others didn't find that it was worth the risk as our relations.h.i.+p has never been that close with the others. The Qilin Clan is the farthest from us, and their king only has one daughter, so they didn't send anyone either. It's better to not send anyone than sending any random person that's not from their Royal Clan," She further said. 

"What about the Azure Dragon Clan? They have so many heirs. Why didn't they send anyone then?" Lexi inquired suspiciously.

"Well, they? They truly look down on others, so they didn't send anyone," Her mother replied as she chuckled.

"Sigh, they didn't learn from the destruction their clan suffered all those years ago," Lexi said.

"That was just a one-time thing. The one that caused that destruction is already dead. I don't think there can be anyone in this world who will be able to become strong enough to force the Azure Dragon Clan in that condition again," Her mother replied.

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*Achoo*

Xu Ming was sitting on his bed when he abruptly sneezed.

"I need to find a location to learn and practice the skills of my father. I can't let anyone discover that I have these martial skills unless absolutely necessary," Xu Ming muttered as he fell in deep thought.

He was still thinking when he heard a knock on the door.

He stood up and walked up to the door and opened it.

"Brother Tian," Xu Ming called out as he saw Wu Tian standing in front of him.

"Hmm? Elder Wu was right. You did become older," Wu Tian said, smilingly.

"Anyways, congratulations on breaking through to the Spirit Establishment Realm. Breaking through to the 1st stage of the Spirit Establishment Realm so fast, you're really talented," He further said.

"Thank you," Xu Ming thanked him.

"Oh right, you must be wondering why I'm here. I just came here to inform you about the Inner Sect Selection Exam. Everyone from the Outer Sect that has broken through to the 2nd stage of the Spirit Establishment Realm before she of 20 can take part in it. It will be held in 15 days,"

"As you had broken through to the 1st Stage of Spirit Establishment Realm, I thought that I should inform you so that you could try your best and breakthrough to the 2nd stage. If you manage to do it in time, you will be able to take part in it. We can both partic.i.p.ate together and maybe we'll both be selected," Wu Tian said.

"I thought the Inner Sect only selected the ones that have the cultivation of the 5th stage of Spirit Establishment Realm or higher?" Xu Ming inquired.

"That was the case last time, but I guess this time they have changed that rule. I don't know what the test will be about, but they have most probably adjusted that accordingly as well," Wu Tian said.

"Oh, thanks for the information. I'll try my best to achieve a breakthrough," Xu Ming said.

Although he was already at the 5th stage of Spirit Establishment Realm, he didn't feel like disclosing the information to anyone. Fortunately, no one was able to see his cultivation either.

"Alright. I hope you can succeed," Wu Tian said before he left.

Xu Ming closed the door and walked back to his room.

"The Inner Sect, the next step towards my goal of getting mother and that necklace back," Xu Ming muttered.

"I'm strong, but I need to get even stronger. I'll comprehend the skill inside the house and practice near the lake when no one is there. Fortunately, I can use spiritual sense now to see if someone is near me," Xu Ming let out as he spread his spiritual sense to test it.

His Spiritual Sense was able to cover up to 100 meters with him at the center.

He did know that it was unusual as a Spiritual Establishment Realm cultivator's spiritual sense can only cover up to 5 meters, but he was able to cover 20 times more. He attributed that to his bloodline of the heavenly realm. He didn't know that it was because of his Unique Martial Spirit.

"Heavenly Vajra Finger, Sword Art of Destruction and Thunder Storm. These are the skills I can learn. Thunder Storm is out of the question at the moment as I can't practice it in the sect without attracting attention. As for the Sword Art of Destruction, I can learn that later as I already have a Sword Skill at the moment, the 3 Strikes of Heaven,"

"I should learn Heavenly Vajra Finger first. I don't need any weapon to use it, also it doesn't cause a strange phenomenon like the Thunder Storm. It will increase my strength multiple folds," He muttered as he brought out the skill book of the Heavenly Vajra Finger.

"Heavenly Vajra Finger, a finger to destroy all sins," Xu Ming started reading.

Although the book was small and only had 4 pages, it took Xu Ming 4 days to finish reading it as he contemplated every word for a long time.

The Concept was complicated, and he didn't feel like he understood anything, but it all changed as soon as he finished reading the skill.

It was as if the skill had suddenly become a lot easier to understand. The complicated concepts never looked as easy as they did now. He was confused as to what actually happened? Did he have a moment of epiphany? 

The truth was that it was his Martial Soul at play here. As soon as Xu Ming finished reading the skill, the skill was imprinted into his mind and his martial soul helped him in understanding the concept.

As Xu Ming understood the skill, he left the house to practice it.