"Senior Guli, please stop!" Seeing Guli's furious expression, the guard hurriedly blocked her. By then, Han Shuo and Stills had already entered the room, and the door had closed behind them.
"Call that brat out here! I have to settle this with him. He has no respect for his elders. I'll teach him a proper lesson!" Guli was notorious among the Alchemists of Phantom City for her foul temper, but because of her superb alchemical skills, the leaders of its many families had always tolerated her and indulged her temper. This was the first time anyone had shown her such merciless contempt.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Brian is speaking with our master right now. If you have any issues, please wait until he comes out." The divine guard explained with a smile, neither servile nor overbearing.
"Fine, I'll wait right here. He has to come out sometime!" Guli's stubbornness flared. Ignoring the gathering in the banquet hall, she planted herself before the door and waited silently, her face furious.
Seeing that she had stopped making trouble, the divine guard paid her little further attention. He stood facing Guli, watching her with a smile without saying a word.
When the other Alchemists in the banquet hall saw Guli suffer this humiliation, some secretly felt pleased, while others were deeply annoyed by Han Shuo's attitude, believing he had no respect whatsoever for his elders. They stopped discussing pharmaceutical knowledge and instead began talking about Han Shuo in hushed voices.
This reception room measured thirty square meters, much smaller than the banquet hall outside, but its decorations were even more splendid. Glass vessels held many rare medicines, displaying its owner's identity as an Alchemist.
After bringing Han Shuo inside, the little gnome Stills personally poured him a cup of fine wine, then chatted