Making the Most of Everything

Moonlight Pavilion was a renowned academy of etiquette and music within Heaven Dou City, famous for its elegant, tranquil environment and Pavilion Master Tang Yuehua's superb accomplishments.

At this hour, the area before its gates would usually be sparsely populated, with only the gentle strains of a zither drifting out.

But today, that tranquility had been shattered.

Xiao Yin stood before Moonlight Pavilion's gates with Ying Yue, as well as Tang Xun and Tang Lie, who had been tossed onto the ground at Ying Yue's feet like cargo and remained unconscious.

The group was simply too strange.

A young nobleman of extraordinary bearing yet an indifferent expression, a woman in black silent as a shadow, and two elderly men bound tightly and breathing weakly—no matter how one looked at them, they did not seem to be here to study etiquette or enjoy music.

The two guards at the entrance, dressed in Moonlight Pavilion's standard uniforms, froze and exchanged glances.

They instinctively sensed that these visitors meant trouble. Especially the two old men tossed on the ground—even unconscious, the faint residual aura emanating from them showed that they were far from ordinary.

As for the young man standing at the front, he looked casual enough, but when his gaze swept over them, the two guards felt their hearts tighten, as though they had been targeted by some dangerous soul beast. The words meant to drive him away lodged in their throats, and neither dared to speak.

Just as the guards found themselves caught between advancing and retreating, sweat beading on their foreheads, Moonlight Pavilion's heavy wooden doors were abruptly pulled open from within.

A figure they found even more unexpected hurried out.

It was none other than Moonlight Pavilion's pavilion master, Tang Yuehua.

She still wore that elegant, plain palace gown,