Lu Hua Meets the Demon Master and an Elder Monk, Join Forces to Slay Second Mister? Su Jing?

In a private room of Silken Lane Spring House, only Lu Hua remained.

She leaned by the window, propping up her cheek as she looked down at the Gathering of Beauties Banquet below.

The Gathering of Beauties Banquet had been set up atop the great bridge spanning the Zhi River. Commoners from both banks had stopped to watch, and the scene was extraordinarily lively.

Moonlight flowed like water, spilling across the shimmering Zhi River. Men aboard the flower boats beat drums to heighten the revelry, while singing girls warbled their songs, driving the festive atmosphere to its peak.

Cheers rose and fell from both banks, making the scene ever more boisterous.

By now, ten courtesan queens had already taken the stage to perform, yet Lu Hua seemed listless and uninterested.

She gave a light yawn. Only when her gaze passed over the bustling Gathering of Beauties Banquet and she noticed that three of the opening poems had been written by Xie Guan did a trace of interest appear in her eyes.

Xie Guan is really something. Showing off so much today—this hardly seems like his usual nature.

Forget it. I'll be leaving Bianjing after today anyway.

I wonder whether I'll see Xie Guan again before I leave.

I should see him. Otherwise, he might later say that the dignified Heavenly Master of the Three Truths Sect left without a word, bringing shame upon herself.

Her feelings toward this illegitimate son of the Xie Clan were complicated. She was both astonished by his extraordinary talent for cultivation and regretful that he was not a disciple of the Three Truths One Sect.

Her gaze turned toward the buildings of Bianjing City beneath the moonlight.

The myriad household lights reflected in the Zhi River rippled through her eyes, making the city seem, in