The welcome banquet Xu Jiujiu had prepared for Bai Luo and the others was held at the Star Luo Grand Hotel.
The Star Luo Grand Hotel was the largest and most luxurious hotel in the Star Luo Empire.
The Star Luo Imperial Family stood behind it.
Booking the entire Star Luo Grand Hotel in Star Luo City took more than money alone.
Only a princess like Xu Jiujiu, with her ties to the Star Luo Imperial Family, could manage it.
The hotel had been cleared out completely.
Not a single unrelated guest could be seen in the hall.
Maids filed in carrying trays of food.
Several people stood inside the hotel.
At their head was a handsome man.
His features bore some resemblance to Xu Jiujiu's, though he carried the authority of someone long accustomed to power.
When he saw Bai Luo and the others arrive with Xu Jiujiu, his eyes lit up.
He stepped forward with a smile and offered Bai Luo his hand.
"Divine Doctor Bai, I've heard so much about you!"
"Now that we've met, I see you're every bit as impressive as they say. You make the rest of us look ordinary!"
Bai Luo needed no introduction from Xu Jiujiu to guess who the man was.
He smiled and shook the offered hand.
"You flatter me, Your Majesty."
The man before him was none other than
Xu Jiawei, ruler of the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiujiu's elder brother, and the Star Luo Emperor!
The people behind him were all senior figures in the Star Luo Empire.
Any one of them could make the empire tremble with a stamp of his foot.
Pick any one of them, and he could put those so-called hotshots of the Star Luo Empire in their place.
Yet right now, they did