Next came the awards ceremony, but I had no intention of staying to take part. I boarded the jade ship and left the competition realm with my wife and the others.
I received all the leaders of the Nine Heavens in the main hall. Naturally, we had to summarize this exchange conference. It had certainly been a success, so I put aside my usual reserve and hosted a grand feast for all the immortals.
Afterward, aside from the Nine Sons, who had to stay behind and wait for Purple Sword's condition to stabilize, several major family leaders had to discuss territorial expansion with the Grand Secretary Immortal of Heavenly City. The matter of the Outlands was also put on the agenda.
Of course, Heavenly City had more important matters to handle—the defense of the Heavenly Dao space. All of these things would be implemented and refined step by step through meetings of various sizes.
Once the broad issues had been dealt with, I became a hands-off shopkeeper. I quickly returned to my private realm with Hu Qingya, but as soon as I entered the study, I heard that Han Shanshan had come to visit in person.
It seemed that during this period, she had also wanted to break the ice in our relationship. Or perhaps she had come to apologize for secretly opening a passage before and nearly plunging the Nine Heavens into danger. But no matter which it was, I should have held the absolute initiative. I refused to believe I couldn't deal with this little tyrant!
Xinyuan Ying soon brought Han Shanshan floating into my study.
Han Shanshan was wearing a peach-colored dress, its hem decorated with many peach blossoms. She was dressed to the nines. In particular, the expanse of creamy white before her chest, set off