Roosting Phoenix Mountain, at the Alliance Trade Fair.
At the Myriad Treasures House booth, a group of unwelcome visitors arrived just as business began.
Chen Xu, the steward of Exquisite Pavilion, and its Chief Alchemist, Huang Wei, came with a band of guards.
They drew the surrounding crowd over to watch the spectacle.
"Steward Chen, Alchemist Huang, instead of overseeing the Exquisite Pavilion booth, how have you found the time to visit our Myriad Treasures House display?"
Faced with these unwelcome visitors, Liu Fuyan remained calm and composed.
Opposite her stood a fat, middle-aged man dressed in brocade.
Beside him was Alchemist Huang, his temples graying, wearing a long blue robe.
The two men gazed at Liu Fuyan's full, voluptuous yet slender and well-proportioned figure.
And when they looked at her lovely face, expressionless yet still brimming with allure,
a glimmer of greed and burning desire rose in both men's eyes at once.
The fat, middle-aged man grinned.
"Heh heh... Steward Liu, we're all fellow merchants in the Imperial Capital.
Alchemist Huang and I came over to say hello. Surely that isn't presumptuous?"
Alchemist Huang, beside him, stared at Liu Fuyan's waist.
Stroking the little green snake coiled around his wrist, he grinned, revealing two rows of large yellow teeth.
"Heh heh... Steward Liu, I trust you've been well.
Today, I came especially to greet my former employer and reminisce."
Sensing the old man's gaze, a trace of disgust flashed in Liu Fuyan's eyes.
"Alchemist Huang, now that you've joined Exquisite Pavilion, you have no further connection to Myriad Treasures House, and there's nothing to reminisce about.
Please leave, both of you. Don't interfere with our normal business."
"Now, now... Steward Liu, anyone who comes is a guest. Why are you in such a hurry to drive us away?"
Alchemist