Cultivators stood guard outside the [Northern Deep] estate.
When they saw flowers drifting in the distance and faintly heard the clamor of strings and flutes, they instantly perked up. "Someone important is here!"
"Quick, chests out, smile, lift your hips."
"Shout with me-greetings, senior!"
As Wang Quan arrived, the cultivators bowed in greeting in unison.
Wang Quan smiled, reclining lazily on his cushioned couch. "Rewards! Rewards for everyone!"
Whoosh!
The flower-scattering maids beamed as they scattered flowers over them.
This left the cultivators so dazed that they even forgot what Wang Quan looked like.
Only when they came to their senses did they discover piles of Green Fly Coins cradled in their hands, while the guest had vanished.
"Oh no, we didn't even get a chance to ask the guest's name!"
"How are we supposed to register him?" The greeters scratched their heads and ears.
A short while later, one clever fellow laughed. "Everyone, countless cultivators have come here for the banquet these past few days. We've filled several registers already."
"The names are packed so tightly that a single glance gives you a headache."
"It won't matter if we leave one out."
The other cultivators saw the light and nodded in agreement. "Put the money away and pretend nothing happened."
"Ah!"
Inside the estate:
Wang Quan put away the Paper People and moved among the banquet tables.
At one table, he helped people by awakening wine cups into palm-sized beauties. Many New-Method Cultivators had never seen such a feat and were instantly awestruck, as though beholding a celestial being.
They carefully cradled the beauty-shaped wine cups and took a hearty drink. The taste was... sweet.
By the time they recovered and wanted Wang Quan to awaken more wine cups, or even wine jars, he had already moved on