And a month passed, with his second birthday arriving. Today, there were only six guests present. Along with the Emperor, Chanlong Yue, Heifeng Xingmei, her mother, even Ganwu Aina and Elder Shenhai were present as well.
Without any meaningless posturing, the young prince simply thanked all of them and presented their gifts. All of them were low-grade Spiritual Weapons fitted with Grade 1 Beastcores. Even so, their value was even higher than top-grade Mortal weapons. The most powerful weapons were the paired swords given to his mother and the Emperor. With Heifeng Jiansui’s mastery of Auxiliary arts, these weapons were countless times more elegant and mightier than the paired blades he had presented in the past.
After that, came the weapons presented to others.
Elder Shenhai and Ganwu Aina were gifted a sword formation with the foundation arts of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect as base. They both looked at his work with admiration. While the sword formation was useless to Elder Shenhai, he could pass it on to Aina. As for Aina, she couldn’t help but marvel at Heifeng Jiansui’s skill, increasing her innate desire to obtain him.
Like before, Heifeng Xingmei were given spears as gifts. While their weapons were clearly inferior to everyone else, they were still Spiritual Weapons and thus, appropriate face was given. Only Heifeng Xingmei could perceive the aura within her gift, an aura that seemed to penetrate into her blood and quell the rebellion wracking her from inside. The moment she poured her qi into it, the rebellion was completely suppressed. She had a grateful smile to Heifeng Jiansui. Even though he didn’t glance at her, she heard his voice surreptitiously enter her ear.
“Please don’t ‘repay’ me for now, I am still a child. Please keep the fact that we are blood siblings in mind. Please remember the battle that shall occur 5 years later. Also, please be conscious of your bust; it fails to move me!”
Hearing the voice transmission, she nearly spat blood. ‘Is my bust truly so pitiable?’, Heifeng Xingmei couldn’t help but pat her chest in disbelief.
When all the gifts were given, Heifeng Jiansui decided to meet the two figures who were fellow sect disciples. Elder Shenhai greeted him with a pat on his back. “Boy, while your auxiliary techniques are good, your sword technique must have surpassed them, right? Innate swordlight on all the swords of the formation, this would grant you 1,00,000 merit points with ease! Before this, I got you the complete Tri-Essence Swallowing Sword, so I was planning to cheap out… but your gift put me in a conundrum!”
Meanwhile, Ganwu Aina simply bowed to him in thanks instead of attempting to converse with him. Reasoning that Elder Shenhai’s appraisal of his displayed sword technique must have discouraged her, Heifeng Jiansui did not attempt to initiate conversation either.
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As for Heifeng Xingmei, she wouldn’t attempt to make lascivious moves in the presence of these many people. She and her mother simply stood off to the side, but her mother gave an acknowledging nod to him before looking away; she must have realized the effects of the spear on her daughter.
And after this came the time for receiving gifts. Ganwu Aina passed him a Spiritual Cultivation Art called ‘Sword and Book Heart Refinement’. “This book is meant for cultivators training in the final stage of Body Transformation boundary, Daoheart! It is a peerless mind-spirit training art, so use it well!”
Meanwhile, Elder Shenhai granted him a book as well. “This technique is called 999 Phoenix Nirvanic Dominion! You might find it useful later on…” After saying this, he took Ganwu Aina and left. After all, they had attended their sect talent’s birthday and granted him a gift. Their purpose was fulfilled.
After this came the mother-daughter pair. Heifeng Xingmei and her mother presented a jade box. “This contains a Phoenix Essence Talisman. It is impossible for my daughter to utilize, but you should find a way. I wouldn’t have given you something this precious if you hadn’t done such a gigantic favor for Xingmei.” Saying this, they both bowed before leaving.
And finally, his parents came before him. Since his mother had granted him gifts earlier in private, she only made small talk with him. Finally, the Emperor began speaking. “This is the bestowment of a dominion. Usually, this occurs only after the Crown Prince is selected, but I decided to grant you this earlier. Use this jade slip and select your own rule.”
Hearing the Emperor’s words, Heifeng Jiansui remembered Elder Shenhai’s words before parting. He immediately pierced his divine sense and began reading the dominions available.
After looking through jade slip, he finalized his decision. “Please grant me the Ninebless Phoenix Island!” It was a solitary island shaped like a phoenix claw and covered exactly 999 sq. km. However, it was located away from civilization and sects, so Heifeng Jiansui would need to have supplies sent to him and a maid to take care of his needs.
“Good decision! You can choose a maid to follow you. The island does not have a teleportation formation, so you will be granted Dao Talismans for return. You can cultivate there in seclusion!” The Emperor praised him for his decision before returning. His mother followed, signifying the end of Heifeng Jiansui’s second birthday.