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After learning that Di She, who ranked second among the four great Dou Zong powerhouses of the Sky Serpent Imperial Family—Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang—possessed a cultivation of Five-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Lin naturally had some guesses regarding the strength of the remaining three.
"Looking at it this way, Xuan She and Huang She are most likely low-level Dou Zong, while Tian She is probably a high-level Dou Zong powerhouse. I just wonder exactly how many stars he has!"
On the way to the depths of the Imperial Palace while following Di She, Xiao Lin speculated in his heart. It could be said that currently, within the Sky Serpent Imperial Family, only Tian She was capable of making Xiao Lin pay a bit of attention.
Soon, Xiao Lin and Di She, each with their own thoughts, entered the main hall of the Imperial Palace while chatting. By the way, along this path, Xiao Lin discovered a unique phenomenon within the Sky Serpent Empire.
That is, in this empire, the image of the "serpent" had almost completely permeated the hearts of the people. Why say that? Just like the name "Sky Serpent Empire" implies, serpents were truly everywhere in this country.
From the living to the dead, no matter where one glanced around, one would surely see things related to "serpents." As for the living, it naturally referred to those serpent-type magic beasts.
From Rank 1 to Rank 6, Xiao Lin had seen them all along the way. Even on the bodies of some children, there were often a few ordinary serpents hanging off them that appeared quite spiritual.
The most miraculous part was that serpents, as animals, are clearly cold-blooded.
Yet for some reason, within the Sky Serpent Empire, they were able to get along very well with the people here; some people had even signed contracts with serpent-type magic beasts since childhood.
This kind of thing was almost an impossibility in other countries!
However, in the Sky Serpent Empire, such things were something everyone was practically accustomed to. It could be said that whether it was the Sky Serpent Imperial Family or the Sky Serpent Mansion, various serpent-type magic beasts existed within them.
As for the "dead" ones, it naturally didn't mean that they had actually killed living serpent-type magic beasts. Rather, it referred to various buildings and statues that bore the shadow of the "serpent."
For example, the eaves of some houses were in the shape of serpents, some food would be made into the likeness of serpents, and some people would have serpent patterns tattooed on their bodies.
The strangest thing was that the two stone statues placed at the entrances of many clans were not lions, but serpent-type magic beasts!
Case in point, after Xiao Lin entered the Imperial Palace of the Sky Serpent Empire, he had already seen countless serpent statues along the way. One must know that even on the national flag of the Sky Serpent Empire, there was a pattern of a powerful serpent-type magic beast!
It was no exaggeration to say that the "serpent" had become the totem of the Sky Serpent Empire.
This also made Xiao Lin marvel inwardly.
However, since this was their cultural heritage, he naturally wouldn't say much about it.
In this manner, Xiao Lin observed the Imperial Palace of the Sky Serpent Empire while chatting with Di She, finally stepping into the main hall of the palace and meeting the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire.
At this moment, what Xiao Lin was stepping on was a red carpet extending from the entrance of the main hall to the front of the throne, which was also embroidered with the pattern of a serpent.
When Xiao Lin looked toward the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire, the other party was not wearing the traditional dragon robe that Xiao Lin was familiar with, but a black Sky Serpent Robe.
That's right, embroidered upon that black robe was the legendary Ancient Heaven Serpent!
This was also the symbol of the Sky Serpent Empire's Emperor.
At this time, within this Imperial Palace hall, aside from the newly arrived Xiao Lin and Di She, only the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire was present.
Upon the high throne, the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire also cast his gaze over.
"Your Majesty, Elder Lin, the envoy from Jia Nan Academy, has been brought here."
At this moment, Di She respectfully performed a salute toward the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire seated above.
"Jia Nan Academy envoy Lin Xiao, greets His Majesty the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire!"
Xiao Lin also cupped his hands toward the Sky Serpent Empire's Emperor at this time, then gave a slight nod as a respectful greeting. As the one representing Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Lin naturally did not need to be as subservient to the Sky Serpent Empire's Emperor as Di She was.
He only needed to perform the most basic etiquette.
"Elder Lin need not be so formal. Jia Nan Academy's willingness to participate in our Sky Serpent Empire's Founding Ceremony this time is truly a joyous occasion! Hahaha, wouldn't you say so, Second Brother?"
The Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire first expressed a warm welcome to Xiao Lin's arrival on behalf of Jia Nan Academy, then turned to ask Di She, who was standing bowed to the side.
As for why the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire would address Di She as "Second Brother"?
The reason was very simple: because the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire was the strongest member of the Imperial Family, which meant he was the Sky Serpent Ancestor!
That's right, the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire was the Sky Serpent Ancestor!
After all, besides the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire, which other Imperial Family member would dare to style themselves as the Sky Serpent Ancestor?
This was different from Jia Xingtian of the Jia Ma Empire; although he was the protector and strongest member of the Imperial Family, he was not the Emperor of the Jia Ma Empire.
However, within the Imperial Family, Jia Xingtian's status was higher than that of the Jia Ma Empire's Emperor.
But the situation in the Sky Serpent Empire was different.
In the Sky Serpent Empire, only the strongest person in the Imperial Family could become the Emperor of the country and automatically inherit the title of Sky Serpent Ancestor!
In addition, Di She was actually not the biological younger brother of the Sky Serpent Empire's Emperor, the Sky Serpent Ancestor. Within the Sky Serpent Imperial Family, the phrase "strength is respected" was truly reflected to the extreme.
Therefore, the strongest in the Imperial Family becomes the Emperor and inherits the title of Sky Serpent Ancestor, then Di She would naturally be the second strongest existence in the Imperial Family!
By the same logic, Xuan She was the third person of the Sky Serpent Imperial Family, and Huang She was the fourth. In other words, the four strongest individuals of the Sky Serpent Imperial Family would automatically inherit the titles of Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang.
Following this, they would also address each other as brothers.
This was the situation within the Sky Serpent Imperial Family!
"Your Majesty is absolutely right, I feel the same way."
In a setting like this with an outsider present, Di She naturally addressed Tian She as "Your Majesty."
In private, he would call Tian She "Big Brother."
The same applied to Xuan She and Huang She.
"Your Majesty Tian She overpraises us. Our Jia Nan Academy also feels honored to be able to participate in your country's Founding Ceremony! Before I departed, the Grand Elder repeatedly instructed me to congratulate the Sky Serpent Empire on behalf of the entire Jia Nan Academy."
Occasions like this were for mutual compliments.
Anyway, no matter how many nice things were said, he and Jia Nan Academy wouldn't lose anything, right?
At the same time, Xiao Lin took the opportunity to observe the true Dou Qi cultivation of this Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire.
It was actually Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong!
He was likely just one step away from becoming a Dou Zun powerhouse. However, what truly puzzled Xiao Lin was that the other party had actually intentionally suppressed his cultivation to the level of Peak Eight-Star Dou Zong.
If the person the other party was facing wasn't Xiao Lin, who possessed a Heaven Realm Soul, it was estimated that even if some low-star Dou Zun came, they would probably treat him as an Eight-Star Dou Zong before he unleashed his full strength.
Clearly, this Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire—the Sky Serpent Ancestor—had used some kind of method to deliberately conceal his true Dou Qi cultivation.
As for why he was doing this?
Xiao Lin didn't know for the time being.
But what was certain was that the other party was definitely plotting something!
Thinking of this Founding Ceremony, Xiao Lin speculated that the other party's plot would likely be launched during this ceremony.
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