Banquet

Banquet

While Mo Hua was secretly sizing up Shangguan Ce, Shangguan Ce did not spare Mo Hua so much as a glance.

This was the Gu Family's banquet, with many descendants present and no shortage of children.

Given Shangguan Ce's lofty status and great authority, he naturally would not inquire into each and every one.

He was speaking in low tones with the Gu Family Head beside him.

The Gu Family Head was named Gu Shouyan. He looked somewhat elderly, with thick brows and sharp eyes, his expression exceedingly resolute and stubborn.

He had once served as Chief Administrator of the Dao Court Office in Ganxue Prefecture, wielding immense power and formidable prestige.

The two family heads, Shangguan Ce and Gu Shouyan, both wore grave expressions as they spoke of something unknown.

Because soundproofing methods had been used, Mo Hua could not hear them.

Not only was the raised platform where the two family heads sat protected, but even the banquet where he was seated was surrounded by at least Third-Grade Sound Isolation Arrays.

These Sound Isolation Arrays separated the Gu Family's direct line, elders, and honored guests from the ordinary disciples outside.

Mo Hua could not hear the clamor outside.

Nor could the disciples outside hear what these elders were discussing.

They shared merriment with the clan, yet did not disturb one another.

Mo Hua surveyed the others again and discovered that aside from Gu Family cultivators, there were quite a few unfamiliar faces.

These cultivators all looked arrogant and pampered, and their cultivation was far from ordinary.

They were likely the Gu Family's "honored guests," and more than half of them were probably elders of the Shangguan Family.

They were seated according to status and cultivation.

Mo Hua looked over the seating arrangements from top to bottom again,