A Small Test!

A hundred li outside the city, amid a forest of red-blossomed osmanthus trees, an exquisite manor lay hidden among dense woods and drifting fragrance.

This manor had originally belonged to an elderly prince, but some days ago, this old prince—an uncle of Ying Zheng's generation—had carelessly become embroiled in a major treason case. His entire family, young and old alike, had been dragged outside the city and beheaded. The manor had thus been left vacant, then swiftly auctioned off by the authorities. A wealthy merchant from Sea City bought it at an extraordinarily low price. This five-hundred-mu manor outside Twin Sun Red Dragon City had cost him less than ten thousand taels of gold.

But at this moment, the manor had become the residence of Lady Dark Lotus, the current Divine Lord of the Guardian God Palace of the Miro Divine Cult.

Lin Qi held Elysian Heaven in his arms as the two rode a unicorn pegasus, proceeding slowly along a woodland path. Behind them followed an enormous black-lacquered, domed carriage. The driver was none other than Lin Nue, wearing a thick bearskin coat beneath the blazing autumn sun and looking for all the world like a black bear.

The carriage windows stood open, and its door had simply been removed. In stark contrast to Lin Nue, Lin Po wore only a thin silk garment, his chest bare as he gripped a wine jar and gulped down liquor. Great streams of wine ran from the corners of his mouth, soaking his clothes, while the carriage reeked of strong alcohol.

Beside Lin Po sat two enormous chests of pure gold. No one knew what they contained, but the wheel tracks had sunk deeply into the hard-packed woodland path. Had the several armored blue bulls pulling the carriage not possessed sufficient brute