If other qualified nations also want to host the Hundred Nations Banquet, then it will depend on whose conditions and strength are more powerful. That country will earn the right to host the banquet.
Once the host country is decided, powers from various nations can bring rare items from their own lands to the banquet for trade.
There are three main trading methods: auction, direct purchase, or barter.
Because the Hundred Nations Banquet gathers many forces from across the continent, a wide variety of rare treasures, hard-to-find valuables, information, and even tradable Divine Vein Blessings might appear.
However, once a trade is completed, both parties must pay a proportionate tax to the host country.
Simply put, hosting the Hundred Nations Banquet not only greatly boosts the host nation's prestige and reputation, but also allows them to gain rare information from other countries, collect considerable taxes from various trades, and earn the favor of powerful second-tier or higher forces. The benefits are far too many to describe in just a few sentences. That's why every qualified country fights for the chance to host it.
As a form of return for the other participating nations, the host country must also prepare at least one item or piece of information related to the Divine Vein Blessing. This will serve as the leading prize of the banquet.
This is one of the hard conditions that a host nation must meet.
Still, although third-tier nations' banquets always involve some form of Divine Vein Blessing, as Mr. Yu once told Elara, there are many different kinds of Divine Vein Blessings.
Some are useless or have minimal effect. In most third-tier nations' banquets, the leading prizes are usually only valuable to third-tier nations.
That's why there are rarely any second-tier or higher powers that attend.
Yet, the Hundred Nations Banquet is not always ignored by second-tier or higher powers. Occasionally, there will be some special item or message related to Divine Vein Blessings that even those powers find interesting. For example, this time the Geranium Kingdom's prize has attracted many second-tier and above forces.
But as for what exact kind of Divine Vein Blessing the Geranium Kingdom has prepared this time and what makes it special, none of the foreign delegates who approached Elara and Mr. Yu could explain clearly. That's exactly the information they're trying to uncover.
While they were chatting with representatives from other countries, time passed without notice until it was already afternoon.
The capital city of the Geranium Kingdom finally appeared at the edge of their view.
Although they were still some distance from the city gate, the sight before them already caused many of the visiting nations to pause and marvel.
Because so many nations had arrived, the capital's main city could not accommodate them all. The Geranium Kingdom, having anticipated this long ago, had already prepared temporary encampments for foreign caravans in the east, west, south, and north outside the main city.
At this moment, Elara and the others were still about two kilometers away from the city gates. From where they stood all the way to the entrance of the royal city, the area was already packed with dense formations of military and merchant groups from different countries.
The scene was so lively and bustling that the entire two-kilometer stretch outside the city had turned into a festive market.
"Here, here! There's still space over here. Hurry and bring your merchant group to camp here. Then take no more than ten personal guards with you to the royal gate for entry check!"
One of the foreign delegates who had been chatting with Elara and Mr. Yu along the way called out to them warmly.
Mr. Yu had attended the banquet before, so he naturally knew the process. He lightly pulled on the reins and turned to Elara.
"The process is always like this. Before the national strength contest officially begins, all the teams stay outside the city for now. Let's go find a spot to settle our group before heading into the city."
Elara nodded, glancing around at the bustling teams from all nations, then nudged her horse forward and followed Mr. Yu.
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