Pill King Gu He

After handing the Spirit Tea in his hands

to Hai Bodong and the other two,

the Tea Master respectfully withdrew.

Once the three had finished their tea,

Ya Fei entered from outside the courtyard.

"Ya Fei pays her respects to the Supreme Elder!"

"Greetings, Great Elder!"

After paying her respects to Hai Bodong and Tengshan respectively,

Ya Fei looked at Xiao Yi Xian beside them with some confusion.

"This is Xiao Yi Xian, a new member personally recommended by the Supreme Elder! Ya Fei, you must treat her well from now on. Do not show her the slightest disrespect!"

Seeing this, Tengshan hurriedly introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Ya Fei.

Upon hearing this, a trace of envy flashed through Ya Fei's eyes.

She then walked over to Xiao Yi Xian and said with a smile, "Hehe! What an adorable little sister!"

"You don't mind if I take advantage of you, do you?"

"From now on, call me Sister Ya Fei!"

"By the way, I still don't know your name, little sister."

Before this, apart from interacting with the mercenaries of Qingshan Town and Hai Bodong,

Xiao Yi Xian had never dealt with a mature, seductive woman like Ya Fei. She herself was only fifteen or sixteen.

Thus, Xiao Yi Xian replied somewhat shyly, "Hello, Sister Ya Fei! My name is Xiao Yi Xian."

Seeing that Xiao Yi Xian had already begun talking with Ya Fei,

Hai Bodong, who understood the situation somewhat, believed

that with Ya Fei's social skills, the little girl would certainly not make Xiao Yi Xian feel neglected.

Tengshan really knows how to handle people. He actually brought Ya Fei over specifically to keep Xiao Yi Xian company.

Hai Bodong could not help thinking to himself.

Afterward, Hai Bodong briefly explained Xiao Yi Xian's situation to Miter Tengshan,

then returned to his room alone to cultivate his Dou Qi.

After all, his Dou Qi cultivation had only recently broken through to the eight-star Dou Huang realm, and he still needed to consolidate it properly!

As news of Hai Bodong's high-profile return rapidly spread under the manipulation of certain people with ulterior motives,

the situation across the Jia Ma Imperial Capital

began to grow increasingly turbulent and unpredictable.

However, with Miter Tengshan, the Great Elder, handling the daily reception work,

Hai Bodong, the idle Supreme Elder, was not greatly affected by the many disturbances from outside.

Thus, time swiftly passed as Hai Bodong cultivated in seclusion.

However, these leisurely days

lasted only a little over two months before they were interrupted by Miter Tengshan outside the courtyard.

Hai Bodong knew that unless something urgent had happened, Tengshan would not easily disturb him.

Therefore, although his cultivation had been interrupted, Hai Bodong was not angered. He merely opened the door and asked,

"Tengshan, tell me. What matter requires this Supreme Elder to personally make an appearance?"

"Reporting to Elder Hai, Pill King Gu He of the Misty Cloud Sect has invited you to attend a banquet at the Nalan Family tonight before seven."

"The reason is that the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Leader Yun Yun, along with several veteran Dou Wang experts of the Jia Ma Empire, will also be attending with you."

"This matter involves too much. I truly had no other choice but to disturb you, Elder Hai," Miter Tengshan said cautiously from outside the door.

"Mm, I already know about this matter."

"Go reply to Gu He's people now. Tell them that I will certainly arrive on time tonight."

Hai Bodong paused before speaking again.

"Yes, Elder Hai! I'll make the arrangements right away!"

Seeing this, Miter Tengshan outside did not say anything further. He merely responded respectfully.

Then, he turned and went to reply to the Misty Cloud Sect members sent by Pill King Gu He.

Seeing that Miter Tengshan had left,

Hai Bodong suddenly seemed to recall

that it had been a long time

since he had seen Xiao Yi Xian.

So Hai Bodong decided

to immediately head for

a small courtyard not far from here.

Since Hai Bodong saw that Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei were both women and got along rather well,

he had specifically arranged for them to live together.

Of course, because Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Calamity Poison Body,

a special physique,

under normal circumstances, if Xiao Yi Xian needed to consume potent poisons that were difficult to control to aid her cultivation,

Hai Bodong would make a special trip and personally assist her in taking the poison within a specially constructed sealed space.

However, to be safe,

over the past two months, Hai Bodong had only allowed Xiao Yi Xian

to use potent poison for cultivation once, when she encountered the bottleneck to breaking through to Dou Master.

Even so,

the terrifying speed of the Calamity Poison Body's cultivation

still left Hai Bodong,

a Dou Huang expert who had always cultivated normally and quietly, utterly shocked!

He had never expected

that only half a month after he had helped Xiao Yi Xian

break through to the one-star Dou Master realm,

she had already reached the three-star Dou Master realm by the time they met again.

If Hai Bodong had not

given Ya Fei a Poison Evasion Pearl beforehand, one capable of rendering poison potent enough to kill a Dou Wang ineffective,

then with Ya Fei's barely Dou Zhe-level Dou Qi cultivation, Hai Bodong truly feared that Xiao Yi Xian might accidentally

poison Ya Fei to death one day.

Since he was somewhat tired after cultivating for so long,

Hai Bodong agreed to Xiao Yi Xian's request this time

and took her and Ya Fei shopping for the entire afternoon.

After all, Hai Bodong suddenly realized today

that despite having returned for so long, he truly had not properly looked around the Jia Ma Imperial Capital he had been away from for so many years!

Soon, night arrived.

Hai Bodong could not be bothered

to make another trip back to the Miter Auction House,

so he decided to bring Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei

along with him to the Nalan Family residence.

After all, if he brought two more people,

he could speak a little less.

Under normal circumstances,

attending such a formal dinner

required one to specially wear formal attire.

But who was Ice Emperor Hai Bodong?

With his consistently carefree nature, he naturally could not be bothered to follow such tedious rules.

Therefore, on this trip to the Nalan Family,

not only did he himself not wear any so-called formal attire,

but Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei, who were accompanying him,

had not known beforehand that Hai Bodong, the Supreme Elder of the Mite'er Family, would bring them to such a high-level banquet tonight.

Thus, they had not made any

special preparations either.

Like Hai Bodong,

they wore their usual casual clothes

to the Nalan Family residence.

Since the Nalan Family residence

was located in the center of the Jia Ma Imperial Capital,

a short while later,

Hai Bodong and his group

arrived there ahead of time.

When Hai Bodong and his group arrived,

there was clearly still quite some time before the banquet began.

Yet because the Nalan Family

had possessed immense influence within the Jia Ma Imperial Capital over the years,

quite a few guests had already gathered

within the Nalan Family residence.

Having just arrived at the gates, Hai Bodong swept his eyes over the area

and discovered that the Dou Wang experts of the Imperial Capital's three great families, along with some of their outstanding younger members, had already arrived.

In addition, Hai Bodong was surprised to discover

several experts rarely seen in ordinary times.

For instance, there were the six-star Dou Wang experts

Lion King Yan Shi and Wind Walker Feng Li.

Also present was Leina, another of the Top Ten Experts of the Jia Ma Empire,

who possessed five-star Dou Wang cultivation.

As for Yun Yun, the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Leader whom Miter Tengshan had mentioned earlier, she had not deliberately revealed herself.

However, with Hai Bodong's current powerful eight-star Dou Huang strength, along with the assistance of Old Yao, a Soul Body at the peak of the Spirit Realm,

Hai Bodong quickly sensed

the presence of Yun Yun, the current Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect.