Meeting!

"Miss."

A maid dressed in a light blue palace gown hurried into the courtyard.

"Young Master Jiang Yao is a guest at the Marquis's residence, and Young Master Jinle is accompanying him," the maid in green whispered. "Young Master Jiang Yao wishes to visit Miss, what do you think..."

"I won't see them." The girl in white turned to look at the flower bed to the side. "Just say I'm enjoying the flowers with my senior and junior sisters and it's inconvenient to receive guests."

"This..." The maid in green hesitated slightly, but still advised, "Miss, it's just a meeting. Even if we don't meet now, we'll have to meet again at the banquet held at the Marquis's residence tonight."

"It's my sister and brother-in-law who's hosting the banquet tonight, not me. Am I not allowed to go?" The girl in white frowned. "Qingyun, from now on, mind your own business."

"Please don't be angry, Miss. I was just being nosy," the maid in green said.

"Um?"

The girl in white was about to speak again when she suddenly froze, stood up abruptly from the stone seat on the veranda by the flower bed, and her face flushed with a mixture of panic and embarrassment.

"Miss?" the maid in blue asked, puzzled.

"Qingyun, go to the entrance of the Marquis's residence and meet my senior brother. Bring him here." The girl in white fidgeted with the hem of her skirt, her voice urgent. "Oh, and please invite Senior Sister Jade Cicada and Junior Sister Xia'er here first. Remember to be quick."

"Is this the young master Zhou Hao we met in the East Sea?" the maid in green asked.

"Yes." The girl in white nodded, and seeing that the maid in green hadn't moved, she urged, "Hurry up and go. Never mind, you just need to bring my senior brother here."

After speaking, the girl in white took flight, drifting gracefully like a white cloud across the flower pond and flying towards the distant waterside pavilion.

Seeing this, the maid in green dared not delay and hurriedly left the courtyard, heading towards the main gate of the Marquis's residence.

Outside the Marquis of Guangling's Estate.

A man in blue robes stood on the street ten feet away from the main gate, remaining calm and composed despite the grim and vigilant gazes of the rows of soldiers in front of the Marquis's mansion.

This is the center of Guangling City. Pedestrians walk along the wide streets from time to time, and most of them will curiously glance at the man in blue.

After all, this is the main gate of the Marquis's residence; who would dare linger here without a reason?

"Junior Brother Liu Yu's sister, that Second Young Lady lady, married a member of the Ji Clan. Seventy years have passed, and she has become the Marquis of Guangling. She is truly remarkable." Zhou Hao looked at the majestic main gate of the Marquis's mansion in front of him and sighed inwardly.

For a woman born into a small clan on the Great Wild Plains, even if she were a reincarnated immortal, becoming the principal wife of the Marquis of Guangling would be no easy feat.

It should be known that being granted the title of Marquis in a region makes one a local emperor of that region, and becoming the wife of a Marquis is the dream of countless young ladies from top clans.

Of course, for Zhou Hao, who became the Marquis and who became the Lady was of little concern to him.

However, it was only because that Second Young Lady had some connection with Xiangcao, as she also came from the Great Wild Plains and was the older sister of Junior Brother Liu Yu, that she had this feeling.

Otherwise, even the Celestial Ancestor of the Ji Clan of the Marquis of Guangling's Estate would be someone he could interact with on equal footing, let alone the current Marquis of Guangling.

"After meeting my junior brothers and sisters, I'll head back to Xiangcao Valley first," Zhou Hao thought to himself.

Last time, Liu Yu was in a hurry to return home, and he also had to go to his post, so he did not return to Xiangcao Valley.

Today is the anniversary of Lady Nuwa creating humans from clay; I should go back and visit Xiangcao.

At this moment, a woman in palace attire walked out of the Marquis's residence. Upon seeing Zhou Hao, she bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, Young Master Zhou Hao."

"You are... Qingyun." Zhou Hao recognized the woman in front of him. After a moment's thought, he realized that she was one of the four maids who had escorted Liu Yu to the Quiescence Sea of the East Sea.

At the time, seeing that even the four maids possessed the Myriad Phenomena True Person realm, Zhou Hao was impressed by the profound foundation of the Marquis of Guangling's Estate's mansion.

"Young master has a good memory. It is indeed I, Qingyun." Qingyun nodded. "Please follow me."

As he spoke, he walked into the Marquis's residence.

Zhou Hao followed Qingyun, and the soldiers only glanced at him before not stopping him.

"Where's Junior Brother Liu Yu?" Zhou Hao asked as they walked. "And Junior Sisters Jade Cicada and Xia'er too."

They had always lived together in the sect, so there was no need for formalities between them. However, it was still a bit strange that he received his Signal Talisman without replying and only sent a maid to pick him up.

"They are waiting inside the manor; you will see them soon, young master." Qingyun walked ahead, a smile involuntarily appearing on his lips.

The two walked along and passed through a side door before arriving at a corridor.

A puppet chariot, without any human control, arrived directly in front of Zhou Hao.

"The Marquis's residence is spacious; please aboard the carriage, Young Master Zhou," Qingyun said with a smile.

Zhou Hao nodded slightly.

His own Changsheng Estate covered an area of ten li in circumference, which was equivalent to the size of a county town in his previous life.

The Marquis of Guangling's Estate is about the same size as the Antan Marquis Manor, spanning Baili in length and width. Even a cultivator would have to walk for quite a while to reach it.

The carriage was only covered by a blue canopy at the top. Although there were no carriages around it, a faint blue light hung down. Even at high speed, it was not affected by the wind at all, and it made it easier for passengers to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Marquis's mansion.

Soon, as the carriage entered the Marquis's residence and passed several rows of pavilions and towers, Zhou Hao saw three pretty young girls standing in a flower-filled corridor in the distance.

Two of them were Yun Yuchan and Lin Xia'er, who had been picked up by Liu Yu in advance.

"Where is Junior Brother Liu Yu? Is that girl in white a young lady from the Ji Clan?" Zhou Hao wondered to himself.

However, with his two junior sisters around, Zhou Hao didn't mind.

Just as the carriage was about to approach the flower-lined walkway, Qingyun, who was sitting in the front row, changed his expression slightly and gently patted the carriage to stop temporarily to the side.

Then a group of people riding in a row of carriages drove by in the distance.

Leading them were a handsome young man in elegant attire and a tall, fair-skinned, dashing man.

"That's Young Master Jinle, the young marquis, and the other man is Jiang Yao of the Jiang Clan family of Guangling Prefecture," Qingyun explained in a low voice. "Today is the birthday of the Lady Nuwa. Every year, the marquis hosts a banquet at his mansion to entertain the most powerful figures in the county. Some of his close relatives and friends arrive early to play around the mansion."

Zhou Hao suddenly realized.

Junior Brother Liu Yu has probably gone to help entertain the guests.

Before arriving in Guangling City via the teleportation array, he obtained a simplified intelligence report about Guangling Prefecture from the Yinglong Guard.

The Jiang Clan is an ancient clan almost as old as the Guangling Ji Clan. The original ancestors of the Ji Clan and the Jiang Clan clan were so close that they were like brothers, and they fought alongside the Xia Emperor to conquer the world.

In the end, the patriarch of the Jiang Clan perished in the ancient war between gods and demons; otherwise, he would very likely have been granted a fiefdom.

However, later, the Jiang Clan followed the Ji Clan to establish Guangling Prefecture, and over the long years, another Celestial Ancestor was born, whose foundation far surpassed that of ordinary clans.

Moreover, according to the intelligence Zhou Hao obtained, there have been continuous rumors of the Ji Clan's ancestors falling in recent decades, while the Jiang Clan has become increasingly prosperous, with its influence almost equal to that of the Marquis of Guangling Ji Clan.

The carriage soon resumed its journey and arrived at the flower-lined covered walkway.

"Changsheng Brother Changsheng!" Lin Xia'er greeted him excitedly, with Yun Yuchan following behind.

Only the girl in white, presumably upon suddenly seeing the strange man, turned around and faced the flower bed.

"Junior Sister Xia'er, Junior Sister Jade Cicada, judging from your happy faces, I know you're having a very comfortable time with Junior Brother Liu Yu," Zhou Hao said with a smile. "When is Junior Brother Liu Yu coming over?"

Pfft~~~

Lin Xia'er quickly covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled indistinctly, "Isn't it right here?"

"Here?" Zhou Hao was taken aback and quickly looked around.

Apart from the three of them, the maid Qingyun, and the girl in white, there was no one else in the entire covered walkway and courtyard.

etc.

Girl in white...

Zhou Hao stared in astonishment.

At this moment, the girl turned around, her face flushed with embarrassment, and softly called out, "Changsheng Brother Changsheng."

"You, you're Junior Brother Liu Yu?" Zhou Hao was dumbfounded.

The girl before him was dressed in white, her long black hair simply tied with a gold belt, which only accentuated her snow-white skin and stunning beauty, making her almost too beautiful to look at directly.

Zhou Hao felt a dazzling light and quickly turned his head away, not daring to look closely any further.

Even when his gaze was elsewhere, the image of that girl's incomparably beautiful face remained in his mind.

Upon closer reflection, his eyebrows and facial features do indeed bear some resemblance to those of Junior Brother Liu Yu in my memory.

"Changsheng Brother Changsheng, from now on there will be no Junior Brother Liu Yu, only Junior Sister Ru Yu."

Seeing her usually invincible Changsheng brother Changsheng like this, Lin Xia'er couldn't help but laugh.

Yun Yuchan couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes full of laughter.

The three of them had discussed this scene countless times and had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Zhou Hao, after all, possessed a powerful spirit and a strong Dao heart, and in a short while, he had regained his composure and calmness.

My loss of composure just now was due to the suddenness of the situation and my lack of preparation.

After all, it had only been a few days since they last met. How could her junior brother have become her junior sister, and how could she have managed to deceive her divine sense?

"What exactly happened?" Zhou Hao asked, looking at Liu Yu.

Even with his current spiritual realm and prior preparation, he couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in his heart.

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