Chapter 460 - 212: An Accidental Encounter with Red Peony at the Jin Family’s, and Successfully Attending the Spirit Medicine Banquet
Chapter 460: Chapter 212: An Accidental Encounter with Red Peony at the Jin Family’s, and Successfully Attending the Spirit Medicine Banquet
’I wonder if the disciples get to keep these Magic Robes afterward.’
If so, getting a free Magic Robe just for standing guard would be a pretty good deal for them.
Speaking of which, Xiao Chen had never enjoyed many of his sect’s benefits.
For one, the Li Huo Sect was quite poor, so a small place like that had few perks.
For another, he had cultivated so quickly that he’d missed out on similar events. For example, the grandest three-sect joint tournament in Li State was limited to Qi Refining cultivators.
’I wonder if the Eastern Domain has similar events.’
After being led to his seat by an attendant, Xiao Chen let his mind wander as he waited for the auspicious hour.
Logically, the Eastern Domain must have its own share of grand sect tournaments and Magical Combat competitions, drawing in prodigies from all over to vie for supremacy.
Usually, the rewards are excellent, and the champion cultivator can win both fame and fortune.
But until his current identity issue was resolved, he probably couldn’t participate in competitions like that.
’How annoying!’
Thankfully, he had been cautious enough to use the alias Chen Xiao back then. Otherwise, who knew what his situation would be right now.
After spending some time in Hundred Herbs City, he had come to understand the supreme status the Profound Celestial Immortal Palace held in the Eastern Domain.
The title of Inheritor of the Immortal Palace was enough to make even Nascent Soul True Monarchs covetous.
’Perhaps this was one of the prices for receiving the inheritance.’
DONG—!
At 7:45 PM, the evening drum sounded, and the banquet officially commenced.
To facilitate mingling, the banquet was held in the spacious rear garden of the City Lord’s Mansion.
A massive pond, originally a thousand zhang long and a hundred zhang wide, occupied the space.
In the very center of the pond stood a small pavilion, perfect for enjoying the view.
Now, however, a ring of square tables had been temporarily set up on the pond’s surface, arranged in a crescent moon shape.
They were complete with seats and incense burners to accommodate the banquet guests.
Inside the pavilion, five seats were set apart, adorned with every conceivable luxury—pearl curtains, canopies, fans, pendants, and more—reserved for the Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
Xiao Chen glanced around. Over one hundred and ninety cultivators were in attendance.
Every last one of them was a Golden Core True Man; there wasn’t a single Foundation Establishment cultivator in sight.
He was particularly surprised to see Wen Ruoxi four tables to his left.
She looked completely different from how she had in the Immortal Palace.
She wore a grand, bright red formal dress, wrapped in a woven-gold Cloud Mist stole and tied with a red silk gauze sash. On her head was a Nine-Phoenix Crown, adorned with two pearl flowers, five Bright Pearls, eleven pearl-and-jadeite cloud ornaments, and nine delicate, jeweled blossoms.
Her entire appearance was one of graceful elegance and magnificent splendor.
He hadn’t expected her to have already broken through to the Golden Core realm. From the looks of it, her status was quite high.
After all, the Bright Pearls on her Nine-Phoenix Crown were all Tier Three Ice Spirit Pearls.
The blue Spiritual Light they naturally radiated was so intense it overpowered the glow of the red lanterns overhead, casting a blue sheen on her seat. They looked priceless.
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Furthermore, another person was also dressed in grand attire: Gao Changgeng of the Star-Picking Sword Pavilion.
He sat at the table to Wen Ruoxi’s left, his robes swirling with five-colored Cloud Mist, a jade belt at his waist gleaming like a white rainbow.
He too wore a formal cap, with a piece of perfectly clear, precious jade embedded at his brow.
He even carried a folding fan, a tassel dangling from its end.
To Xiao Chen’s discerning eye, these were likely not just ornaments, but Spiritual Artifacts, each with a different function.
’Tsk. He’s supposed to be a Sword Cultivator, yet he’s decked out in all this other stuff. So impure.’
In contrast, Ling Tianyi, seated to his right, looked far more normal.
Aside from the brightly shimmering Spirit Beast Bag at his waist, nothing else on him glowed. Even his sword was unremarkable.
Xiao Chen glanced at the Spirit Beast Bag, guessing that the Ink Flood Dragon was probably inside.
Speaking of which, these bags were a specialty of the Eastern Domain; they didn’t exist in the Southern Domain at all.
They were said to be able to carry living Spirit Beasts and sustain them for up to several months at a time—a truly wondrous item.
Before long, True Monarch Mo Mei arrived.
There was no shimmer of Spiritual Light about him. With a clean, swift wave of his hand, nearly three hundred Demon Pills materialized in mid-air.
"I’ll dispense with the pleasantries. There are four rows of Demon Pills here. The ones on top are expensive, the ones on the bottom are cheap."
"Take whichever one you want. Just bring the Spirit Stones up yourself when you’re done."
With that, he turned and took a seat in the pavilion.
The Demon Pills in the air flew in neat rows to about two feet in front of the tables, then began to drift slowly by, allowing everyone to inspect their quality.
Someone immediately tried it, making a beckoning gesture with his hand, and a Demon Pill instantly flew into his palm. It was remarkably convenient.
Just then, another True Monarch, a handsome man with a face like polished jade, arrived. He walked into the pavilion and began to chat idly with True Monarch Mo Mei.
As the guests outside began taking the Demon Pills one by one, True Monarch Mo Mei seemed completely unconcerned, not at all worried that someone might steal one.
Xiao Chen looked up and examined them closely.
The bottom row consisted of ordinary Demon Pills, which were also the cheapest.
The three rows above it were all Mutated Demon Pills.
The third row from the bottom contained Water Element Demon Pills, and it was also the most numerous row.
The second row held the other four elemental types besides water. Even with all four combined, their number was less than half that of the row below.
The very top row had Demon Pills of special attributes like ice, lightning, and wind. This was the scarcest row, with only eight pills in total.
The moment they were displayed, Wen Ruoxi claimed all four of the ice-attribute Demon Pills for herself.
However, she showed no interest in taking any of the others.
Gao Changgeng, however, leisurely glanced up, then casually claimed the remaining four special-attribute Demon Pills. He passed the two Wind Element Demon Pills to a pair of junior martial sisters standing behind him.