Heaven-defying Summoning System

Xu Tianchong stood up and welcomed Lin Xiao into the room. After closing the door, he looked at Lin Xiao and said mysteriously, "Do you know why I called you here?"    

"It should have something to do with the tribute tomorrow!"    

Lin Xiao was a little speechless in his heart, but he still said respectfully on the surface. After all, besides offering the tribute, Lin Xiao could not think of anything else that Xu Tianchong wanted from him.    

Nodding his head lightly, Xu Tianchong said with a smile, "That's right. It has something to do with the tribute incident tomorrow."    

"What happened?" Lin Xiao looked at Xu Tianchong with confusion.    

Logically speaking, the tribute tomorrow had nothing to do with him. Xu Tianchong was looking for him at this time. Could it be that something had gone wrong with the tribute?    

"Don't worry. Nothing happened. I just want to ask you if you want to come with me?"    

Smiling lightly, Xu Tianchong looked at Lin Xiao and said meaningfully, "Don't worry. Nothing has happened. I just want to ask you if you want to come with me." Tomorrow might be a very important time. It might be better if you are there."    

"This, is that okay?"    

In Lin Xiao's heart, of course he wanted to go. But the problem was that this was not something he could go as he wished.    

The 'tribute' was a tribute from the four great families to the ten great sects. It had nothing to do with the Great Spring Dynasty. Even though he was the master of Bing State, he still didn't have the qualifications to go there.    

"Of course you can!"    

Looking at Lin Xiao, Xu Tianchong smiled again. Then, he said, "I am the Sect Master of the Azure Sect, one of the Ten Sects. I should be the only Sect Master of the ten major sects this time. It's not a problem for me to bring a few people with me. When the time comes, you'll just follow behind me. It's just a simple disguise. As for the rest... For now, there's no need to consider too much. "    

This...    

What Xu Tianchong said made sense. As long as he didn't go with Lin Xiao's sensitive identity, there shouldn't be any problem. After all, it was just a tribute ceremony.    

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao smiled and said respectfully, "Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Xu."    

Since Xu Tianchong had arranged everything, he had no reason to refuse.    

Xu Tianchong also nodded and said with a smile, "Then it's a deal. Tomorrow morning, come here and find me. I'll bring you along."    

"Alright."    

He nodded. Lin Xiao said, "Nothing much. I'll go down first. I want to accompany Qingruo. She can't go out during this time. She must be very bored."    

"It's rare that you have the heart. Go!"    

Xu Tianchong looked at Lin Xiao with satisfaction. He had to admit that Lin Xiao was quite attentive to Xu Qingruo. Although Lin Xiao was the master of Great Spring Dynasty and already had a few concubines, all men with real ability had three wives and four concubines. Even him. Xu Qingruo's mother was not the only woman.    

After getting Xu Tianchong's approval, Lin Xiao went to Xu Qingruo's room. Xu Qingruo was still very happy about Lin Xiao's appearance. At the same time, she felt ashamed of her current appearance and didn't want Lin Xiao to see it.    

Lin Xiao comforted Xu Qingruo for a while before reluctantly leaving.    

The next morning, Lin Xiao went out early. He avoided the people who were watching him and entered Xu Tianchong's courtyard.    

Today was the day of the tribute ceremony. Of course, Lin Xiao had to come earlier. He also wanted to see who the other sects had sent.    

After all, these people were very likely to be his opponents in the future to compete for the Water of Life!    

As for Xu Tianchong's disguise, it was out of Lin Xiao's expectation. Xu Tianchong had given him a fruit that could change a person's appearance and physical characteristics. After eating this fruit, Lin Xiao's appearance would change within a day. After a day, the effect of the fruit would disappear, and Lin Xiao would become his original appearance.    

"Not bad!"    

Lin Xiao praised this fruit from the bottom of his heart.    

As expected of the Sect Master of Azure Sect. There were indeed a lot of treasures here. After packing up, they headed to the place where the 'tribute' was located.    

The location of the 'tribute' wasn't in the Youzhou City, but on a desolate mountain outside the Youzhou City.    

The reason why he chose this place was simple. It was quiet here. No matter what happened, no one would notice it. It could be said that it was the best place to pay tribute.    

After all, the four major families were the overlords of Youzhou. If the people of Youzhou knew that the overlord was paying tribute to another major power, it would undoubtedly damage the reputation of the four major families.    

Therefore, when it was decided at the beginning, the four major families had already said that they could offer tribute, but it could only be done in a place where no one else was present.    

What the ten great sects cared about was something else. As for other things, they didn't really care about it. Besides, in their hearts, they didn't want the news of the Spring of Life and Water of Life to spread.    

On this matter, they didn't raise any objections. Instead, they listened to the arrangements of the four great families and placed the 'tribute' on a desolate mountain outside the Youzhou City.    

Lin Xiao and Xu Tianchong's speed was still very fast. When they arrived at the location of the 'tribute', there were only a few people. As time passed, the troops of the ten great sects slowly appeared.    

Although the scale of the ten major sects' visit this time was much larger than before, not every sect had sent their experts. More than half of the sects had only sent one representative.    

For example, the Sea Sect of Jiao Prefecture.    

They were too far away from Youzhou. If they wanted to come to Youzhou to snatch the Spring of Life, the price they would have to pay would be too great.    

More importantly, with their strength, they didn't think that they could obtain the initiative or the advantage by sending experts. Instead of making unnecessary sacrifices, they might as well watch from the side and see how the other powers would fight for the Spring of Life.    

Apart from the Sea Sect, the other powers also had the same thought. Therefore, the true forces that came to fight for the Spring of Life were the ones who came to fight for it. There weren't many major powers, mainly the Azure Sect, the Treasure Pavilion, the Medicine Sect, and the Kong Sect.    

Therefore, there seemed to be a huge disparity between the number of people from the ten major sects. The sects that weren't interested in the Spring of Life only sent a few people to accept the Spring of Life. The Azure Sect, Treasure Pavilion, Medicine Sect, and Void Sect had all sent their heavyweights. The Treasure Pavilion had sent their first lady, and the Azure Sect's Sect Master had come personally!    

However, Lin Xiao did not care about these things. What he cared about was that Zhuge Yun did not appear with the first lady of the Treasure Pavilion. Where did he go?    

After the people who accepted the 'tribute' arrived, they waited for a long time before they arrived at the Four Great Clans. However, what surprised everyone was that the people of the Four Great Clans had come empty-handed!    

Seeing this scene, the people of the Ten Great Clans looked at each other in dismay. The Elder of the Void Gate narrowed its eyes and asked impolitely, "Where's the Water of Life?"