Volume 1 Chapter 26 The Peony Banquet

Seeing Shi Zhao remain silent, the Lady of Marquis Wen’an smiled helplessly and comforted him, “The Peony Banquet hosted by Princess Shunyi is held every year, but you have never attended. Now that you are sixteen, it is time for you to gain some experience.”

However, none of this was what Zou Hong truly cared about. What really troubled the young heir of the Zou family was the fact that the Dong brothers had been granted the title of military marquises. The descendants of those two northern barbarians had risen to such high ranks, which deeply stirred Zou Hong’s envy.

This time, Kuang Biao did not get angry. He spoke earnestly, “Brother, don’t provoke him anymore, understand? He is someone we cannot afford to offend.”

“Let alone thirty billion, even if there were thirty more yuan now, he wouldn’t be able to produce it.”

At that moment, Qin Hai raised his right hand, and silver light flashed between his fingers. A cluster of fine silver needles, as thin as cow hair, shot toward Chen Xin’s face with the force of thunder.

Suddenly, from the throat of the beast-headed, human-bodied figure came a fierce roar. Then, with a buzzing sound, a spectral image resembling a dharma form was unleashed from his body.

Upon hearing Chu Xuan mention this, Su Jun finally recalled that earlier, while walking, he had unconsciously retraced his steps and had yet to visit Su Zhongqing’s mother.

Back then, the Immortal Mystery Master summoned them all, clearly intending to arrange the destiny of the Xuanxuan body… and among the many sects, he was the one most determined to claim that particular piece.

Regarding the matter of Mulan, many had tacitly understood without openly discussing it.

The bodily enhancement serum contained a small amount of biological life essence, but also required various refined medicinal ingredients and advanced nano-materials.

“Then the boss refused to let Hashimoto work unless the customers were satisfied, and even withheld her salary for the month. Nana Min simply quit, pulling me along to leave… The boss threatened that if we left, we wouldn’t be able to survive on this street…” The future was bitterly grim.

“You were hit by a mech designed to collect living waste…” the head wolf Gu Jing said calmly and methodically.

“Many Xuan practitioners from Beihai have fled to our Dongyue side?” Chang Ning, recalling some strange intelligence she had seen these days, asked Hai Wuya.

Xiong Qi sensed something amiss. Why was that brat suddenly smiling foolishly at him? There was definitely a conspiracy! Absolutely a conspiracy. But… he was certain he would lose that money.

Then, using a secret transmission technique, he whispered something to Yuan Mengyao. Yuan Mengyao was startled at first, then her bright eyes sparkled, revealing a look of joy.

“Would you like to give it a try as well?” The flawless character spoke. Chang Ning extended a finger, lowering her head and asking in a low voice.

“Ailun! Yezi!” Charlotte first nodded in greeting to Totori, who had noticed her, then called out from the doorway.

P.S.: I’m too lazy to say much more—if you have flowers, monthly tickets, reviews, or bookmarks, just throw them all to this humble lord. After all, I have to get on the monthly ticket leaderboard, don’t I?

Just as the tense safety department meeting ended, not far from their office in the Guard Legion Headquarters, Norton happened to be gathering generals to discuss the reorganization of the palace’s security duties in the near future.

The sound of the dark flame brought a moment of clarity to Chang Ning’s otherwise confused heart. She came back to herself and thought, indeed, it was terrifying. Though she thought this, her face showed no trace of it—she simply stared blankly at Yun Lan, her gaze filled with infinite tenderness and affection.

As far as we know, the direct outcome of this secret meeting was that Arthur and the remaining Knights of the Round Table, who had been prepared to charge headlong into the encirclement, were forced to halt. They abandoned their plan to return secretly to Wales, thus miraculously escaping the fate of being wiped out when the rebellion was quelled.