Fu Man Restaurant was one of the top restaurants in Purple Phoenix City. Its most famous offering was the five-hundred-year-old Purple Phoenix Brew. Not only was it sweet and delicious, it also nourished yin, strengthened yang, consolidated one's foundation, and cultivated one's origin. It was deeply favored by passing martial artists.
Now that the Joyous Union Sect had gained influence in Purple Phoenix City, Fu Man Restaurant dared not offend it. Upon hearing that the Joyous Union Sect was hosting a banquet for its envoys, the restaurant hurriedly prepared a luxurious private room and ordered the kitchen to carefully prepare hundreds of exquisite dishes.
As the lanterns first came alight, countless martial artists streamed through Purple Phoenix City, and the streets of the night market were buzzing with life.
Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu wound through the streets and alleys, eventually arriving before a luxurious nine-story ancient tower. Looking up, they saw that the restaurant was built with lavish grandeur. The three characters "Fu Man Restaurant" on the signboard were said to have been written personally by a great Confucian sage. Even after more than a thousand years, traces of righteous Confucian energy still lingered upon them.
When they entered the hall, a waiter greeted them with a beaming smile.
After Lin Bai explained their purpose, the waiter led Jiang Xuansu and Lin Bai up to the ninth floor, the highest level.
Four people were already seated in the private room.
They were the Branch Altar Master of the Joyous Union Sect's Purple Phoenix City branch altar, a middle-aged man with a sinister, cold smile on his face;
and a thin, gaunt elder dressed in purple. He was the senior branch-alt ar figure from the Joyous Union Sect who had led Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu into the sect earlier