That evening, after the alliance deliberations ended, Dongdeng Prefecture laid out a lavish banquet for its visiting guests.
As the man who had single-handedly brought the Nine Li Haoran Sect into being, Little Bad King naturally had to play the social butterfly, working his way among the Sixth Grade elders in the Dao Palace's Rear Hall, flattering them and saying every nice thing he could.
But this sort of thing hardly put him under any pressure. After all... he had licked his way to that rising Empire, one boot at a time. In this regard, he had truly fulfilled his potential, crushing countless Heavenly Prides of his generation.
After three rounds of drinks, when the banquet's atmosphere reached its peak, the Sixth Grades began discussing the scriptures and the Dao, chatting about ancient and modern times under the influence of alcohol, and occasionally displaying all manner of wondrous Divine Methods to liven things up.
Ren Ye saw that they had drunk enough and were no longer feeling particularly unfamiliar with one another. He could slip away now.
Before leaving, he leaned close to the ear of Elder Ruan Yin, the New Year's Watchers' Ministry of War Minister, and whispered, "Uh... Master Ruan, S-Second Master told me before that some of the white-robed grandpas who wield the ruler in our Academy have little hobbies involving the opposite sex. Every so often, they get together in Secret Realms to enjoy themselves... uh, honestly, I personally admire that disposition immensely. But today is the grand occasion of the nineteen provinces of Nine Li forming an alliance and establishing the Vast Righteousness Sect...!"
Master Ruan was the New Year's Watchers' Ministry of War Minister, responsible for warfare and killing. He was hot-tempered, upright, and incorruptible, completely at odds with his name. Even Vice Minister