Not long after the guests had gradually arrived,
Jun Zi Shuo slowly emerged from behind the hall. The music and dancing had stopped by then, and the dancers cleared the central round platform before taking their places on either side to welcome Jun Zi Shuo onto the stage.
"Young Master Shuo," a glamorous woman seated near the round platform asked eagerly, "why have you invited us to this banquet?"
The woman appeared to be twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Dressed in purple, she wore a thoroughly ingratiating smile.
As the woman spoke, Xia Yiyun quietly introduced her beside Lu Feng's ear. "Xue Zier of Purple Cloud Mountain. She has always been a seductive, fawning sort, fond of attaching herself to the powerful. She has long sought chances to approach people like Young Master Shuo and the Luo Family's Young Master."
Because Xia Yiyun was from Azure Cloud Stream, she had followed Ru Jijie in dealing with many forces from other sects over the years and had a fair understanding of various figures in the Sect Force Realm.
Lu Feng had also heard a little about Purple Cloud Mountain. This force was roughly on par with Beast Taming Manor and the like. Had they not spent these past years fawningly offering up female disciples to seize the chance to attach themselves to the Limitless Sect, their Sect Token would likely have been taken long ago.
Because of the Limitless Sect, Lu Feng instinctively felt a measure of annoyance and contempt toward such forces.
At the same time, he grew even more curious. Why had Jun Zi Shuo invited even such a force that stood half in righteousness and half in evil? What matter could involve so many different factions—artifact forging, spirit cuisine cooking, pill refining, healing, and more?
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