New Year's Eve, Year Three of the Gongzhi Era

That day was New Year's Eve in the third year of the Gongzhi Era. Heavy snow had sealed off the mountains, leaving everything blanketed in white.

The people who had stayed in the Flowing Cloud Sect's mountains to celebrate the New Year, Jiang Liu and the others, were gathered in the pavilion in Jiang Liu's courtyard, dipping food into a hotpot.

The table was piled high with all kinds of prepared Exotic Beast Meat, along with vegetables made from various Natural Treasures.

Of all the people present, Jiang Liu was the only man. Everyone else was female.

Seated around a specially made enormous table were Jiang Liu, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Tang Wanyu, Qiao Jiao, Yue Yue, and all twelve of Jiang Liu's senior sisters. Not one was absent.

Since they were all in the Grandmaster Realm, they were impervious to cold and heat and had no reason to fear the vast snowstorm outside the pavilion.

Moreover, they were all wearing single-layer clothes. Each woman's graceful figure seemed to vie with the others for beauty.

At that moment, everyone was gathered around the table, merrily raising their cups and exchanging toasts while chatting over drinks. The scene was lively and boisterous.

Tang Wanyu lifted her eyes and glanced at Murong Yin and Feng Yue, who were sitting beside Jiang Liu. Her eyes shifted, and mischief immediately bubbled up in her heart.

She stood and said, "Junior Brother, can you tell us which of your two wives you think is prettier?"

Jiang Liu turned to glance at Murong Yin and Feng Yue sitting beside him. He smiled faintly and said, "In my eyes, they're both the same."

"Is that so? Then what about Sect Leader Gongsun?" Tang Wanyu continued.

As soon as Tang Wanyu said this, the table,