Chapter 1702: Doesnt Taste Bad
When Zhen Linshuang's overbearing words resonated through the palace, the numerous experts of the Dragon Race erupted with roars. Li Hongyou, who had taken her seat, looked at Li Luo with a trace of worry. Although she had a high status in the Dragon Race, it was not high enough to shake the decision of the Chieftain.
"Chieftain Zhen, when the Divine Continent Federation gave us the slots, they never mentioned that we would only be allowed to enter the first layer of the blood rites. How will you explain yourself to the Divine Continent Federation?" Lin Miao gloomily asked.
Zhen Linshuang completely ignored Lin Miao's question. Instead, she stared fiercely at Li Luo, awaiting his response. From the start till the finish, her attention had been fully focused on him. She knew that Li Luo was a seedling who Ancestor Zhen Fu thought of fondly. They had exchanged messages, and Zhen Fu hoped that Li Luo could enter the third layer of the blood rites and attempt to obtain the Dragon Ancestor's Physique. Zhen Fu was the reason the Divine Continent Federation had been allocated three slots.
That decision left Zhen Linshuang dissatisfied and furious in her heart. The way she saw it, Li Luo was just an outsider. Even though he possessed the Heavenly Dragon bloodline, he was just an impure vagrant. How could someone like him deign to enter the third layer of the blood rites and compete against her for the Dragon Ancestor's Physique? She didn't understand why Zhen Fu would look down on her, the Chieftain, in favor of some outsider!
The Dragon Ancestor's Physique was the greatest opportunity one could possibly come across. Obtaining it would guarantee that Zhen Linshuang would become a Heavenly Emperor, so she would not relent. Thus, she wanted to block Li Luo before the blood rites even started, as that was the safest way to go about this. The Dragons Pour Wine ceremony was the best method to accomplish that goal.
As the Chieftain, it was only natural that she would prepare the highest form of greeting the Dragon Race could offer, right? If Li Luo was unable to handle the Dragons Pour Wine ceremony, then all that could be said was that he was simply impotent. An individual with the contaminated bloodline of the Heavenly Dragon would never receive the approval of the Dragon Race. Whether this would incur the dissatisfaction of Zhen Fu didn't matter to Zhen Linshuang. After all, they weren't that closely connected by blood, and the one who supported her was the other Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Dragon Tribe, one that was even more senior than Zhen Fu.
As Zhen Linshuang pondered over all this, Li Luo calmly stepped forward, making his way towards the stone platform in the middle of the palace. He was planning to accept the challenge of the most revered ceremony of the Dragon Race.
When Lin Miao saw this, he was inwardly surprised. Although he didn't doubt that Li Luo was strong, passing the Dragons Pour Wine ceremony required more than just strength. After all, even a Triple Crowned King like Li Tianji was now cowering in a corner after being suppressed by the draconic might, unable to move at all. If Li Luo suffered a backlash as well, then they would fully lose their opportunities to participate in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Ancestral Blood Rites despite the agreement.
Although Lin Miao was worried, he also knew that Li Luo was firm with his choice as he watched him stride forward. The numerous experts of the Dragon Race were closely scrutinizing Li Luo as well. For thousands of years, no one had been able to elicit the phenomena of the dragon pouring wine.
Zhen Linshuang stood on the side with her arms crossed, coldly watching Li Luo.