In the palace of the Qingyun Royal Capital.
The sudden cancellation of the Tournament to Find a Spouse had dissatisfied many forces. Ordinary forces could be appeased with a little compensation.
Some Saintly Dao Traditions, however, were not so easily fobbed off.
Thus, the Qingyun Ruler hosted a grand banquet to entertain the Heavenly Prides of these traditions.
Inside a magnificent palace.
A host of Heavenly Prides had gathered, but none had any intention of enjoying the fine wine and delicacies before them. They all had a nameless fire bottled up inside.
They had traveled all this way for the Tournament to Find a Spouse, only for it to be canceled without warning. It would have been strange if they had not minded.
Everyone was waiting for the Qingyun Ruler to give them an explanation.
At the banquet, however, some noticed a somewhat unfamiliar Heavenly Pride. Yet his seat was extremely far forward, even closer to the seat of honor than those of top Heavenly Prides such as Fang Tian and Yuan Hong.
"Who is that?"
Someone wondered.
Just then, two figures entered the palace. Chu Kuangren had arrived with Lan Yu.
The sight of him stirred some discussion among the crowd.
"Chu Kuangren? What is he doing here? Didn't he say he wasn't interested in the Tournament to Find a Spouse?"
"Exactly. Everyone here came to demand an explanation about the Tournament to Find a Spouse. If he isn't interested, what is he doing here?"
Facing everyone's puzzled gazes, Chu Kuangren remained composed as a palace maid led him to his seat.
He sat very near the front, in the same row as Gu Changge.
Damn it, why am I sitting with this guy? Gu Changge cursed inwardly, feeling rather uncomfortable.
Chu Kuangren did not mind at all. He