"Why does Lord Li Ai have time to come here?"
Though he was unwilling, since Li Ai had come looking for him, Romanyac could only receive him. He led him into the office and poured him a cup of plain boiled water. "This is a poor rural place. We don't have any fine tea, so I hope you won't mind."
Li Ai's mouth twitched as he looked at the steaming water, but he did not drink. Getting straight to the point, he said, "city lord Romanyac..."
"Hey, don't call me city lord. I've already been dismissed, and even my property now belongs to Lord Li Ai. You're the city lord of Nuoding City!"
Romanyac spoke with blatant sarcasm.
Li Ai was embarrassed and angered, but he did not dare make a move. He merely said, "Do you know that the Red Assembly is facing a great calamity?"
"What calamity?"
Romanyac wanted to see what medicine Li Ai was trying to sell.
A great calamity?
Hah!
His daughter had made something of herself, and Zhou Qing, whom he had already marked as his future son-in-law, possessed unfathomable strength!
The Red Assembly had grown to its current size. Though it rarely involved itself in Soul Master World affairs, its overall strength was not to be underestimated. How could it possibly face some great calamity?
"Heh heh."
Li Ai sneered twice, picked up the teacup, and took a sip. The scalding water made him grimace. Seeing the mockery on Romanyac's face, he hurriedly set it down and said angrily, "Nuoding Academy refused to pay respects to His Majesty of Heaven Dou after the competition!
Twice!
Where does that leave His Majesty's dignity?
What will the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall think of the Heaven Dou Royal Family?
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