Everyone noticed the Queen Mother's offhand gesture. After last night's embarrassment and today's speechlessness, the foremost female immortal sat off to one side, keeping her distance, her face frosty. This really was awkward.
Yet that small gesture inadvertently sent two signals.
First, she really was embarrassed.
Second, well, that was worth pondering. She might have flown into a rage out of humiliation. Everyone had their own judgment as to which it was. Why? If it were the former, embarrassment would have made her blush, yet there was no sign of that on the Queen Mother's face.
That made the latter much more likely. The Jade Emperor thought so, and so did Ziwei. Many others were speculating as well.
But everyone present was an old hand. They understood perfectly well that what their eyes saw was not necessarily the truth, so they remained impassive and waited to see what would happen! These days, anyone dealing with Qin Fen really had to keep their wits about them.
Their silence, however, left Qin Fen feeling awkward. He was the one who had requested arbitration, after all. He had been waiting forever. Couldn't they at least say something?
Qin Fen did not lose his nerve. He had already decided to go all out anyway. Whether it worked could wait. He would put it forward first and see.
He cleared his throat, his eyes shifting as he organized his thoughts. "I plan to promote a magical artifact based on the Mysterious Light Technique throughout the Celestial Realm. This artifact is called a mobile phone!"
Qin Fen did not limit himself to the Heavenly Court, because his goal was integration. Since that was the case, why not think bigger and state his objective outright?
"A mobile phone?" Emperor Ziwei repeated, seeming to recall something. "Does Dongwang