Hey!
A bumper harvest!
Xiao Yan swung the money pouch and hefted it in his hand.
There were about twenty gold coins in it!
Under the resentful gazes of a crowd of passersby, Lan He led Xiao Yan through the door.
"Good grief, as expected of Grandpa Yan! That many gold coins, and you caught them as easily as reaching out your hand," Lan He said admiringly, watching Xiao Yan put the money pouch into his spatial bracelet.
He was jealous as hell!
Xiao Yan glanced at him. "I won't make you call me grandpa for nothing. This is for you!"
Six gold coins flew out with a jingle.
They landed in Lan He's hand.
Lan He grinned. "You really are my own dear grandpa."
"Get back outside and receive guests. I'll look around on my own." Xiao Yan waved a hand, dismissing Lan He casually.
"Sure thing! Head up to the second floor yourself, then!"
Spirit Hall was extremely spacious, with very high floors.
Aside from the reception hall on the first floor, the second floor housed a gathering hall for major occasions.
This gathering was being held on the second floor.
The first floor was solemn and austere.
Depictions of Spirit Hall's history and portraits of its revered figures could be seen everywhere.
The second floor, however, was dazzling.
Every corner of the hall spoke of Spirit Hall's exalted status.
Gold and jade gleamed, treasures filled the eye, and everything was magnificent.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
Even though Xiao Yan had been the third young master of the Xiao Clan in Wutan City in his previous life, the sight was a little dazzling.
An attendant walked past with a tray, snorting at Xiao Yan with a cold look.
"Where did this little country bumpkin come from? Is the second floor a place for you!?"
Xiao Yan shook his head. He really had seen too many such snobs lately.
For a moment, he couldn't help feeling sorry for the Grandmaster.
"Open your dog eyes wide and take a good look at this invitation!"
Xiao Yan flung the white invitation into the guard's face.
The guard froze, then his eyes widened and he dropped to his knees, trembling.
"Forgive me, sir! Forgive me!"
"Please forgive me, sir. My dog eyes failed to recognize Mount Tai, and I didn't realize you were a young master of the Xiao Clan!"
The guard nearly wished he were dead.
He had thought the boy had wandered in by mistake.
But this kid actually had an invitation!
A child who could receive an invitation.
That status...
Heavens!
The guard kowtowed repeatedly, his forehead turning red and streaked with blood.
When he looked up again, Xiao Yan was nowhere to be seen.
"Thank you for sparing my life, young master!" The guard nearly burst into tears.
By then, Xiao Yan had already entered the hall.
Having lived two lives, Xiao Yan rarely bothered to take issue with people like that anymore.
After all...
He wasn't someone like Tang San!
To prevent any misunderstandings, Xiao Yan held the white invitation in his hand.
"This way, young master. Even white-tier honored guests are important guests of our vice hall master!"
A maid's eyes lit up, and she led Xiao Yan onward.
The girl, sixteen or seventeen years old, walked ahead of him.
Lotuses bloomed beneath her every step, and her figure swayed gracefully.
It had to be said that Spirit Hall's maids had excellent figures and looks!
The maid looked back with a somewhat seductive smile. "Although the white area is at the very back of the guest seats, it's only the back in relative terms. You can still take in the entire hall at a glance."
"It doesn't matter to me. I'm just here to join the fun."
The maid faltered slightly, then a flicker of delight passed through her eyes.
This was the dignified vice hall master's banquet!
Yet this child said he was only here to join the fun!
Didn't that mean the child's background was so impressive that he didn't even take the vice hall master seriously!?
That's right. Of all these guests, he's the only child who received an invitation. I imagine the adults are sitting at the very front.
Could he be a descendant of the city lord!?
The maid felt her spring was about to arrive.
If I can hook up with this young master from some family, I won't have to worry for the rest of my life! the maid thought to herself.
Her heart blossoming with joy, the maid began to toss her head and strike poses.
Which young master nowadays doesn't start courting and flirting in his early teens? Even if I have to be a concubine, I'll accept it!
Only yesterday, she had heard the old man at the front desk say that an eight-year-old boy already had kidney deficiency!
At that thought, the maid showed herself off even more.
Behind her, however, Xiao Yan frowned deeply and suddenly stopped.
The maid paused. "Young master, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yan said with a perfectly serious expression, "Could you stop wiggling your butt?"
"I can't see the path ahead."
"All right."
The maid's heavily rouged face turned bright red in an instant.
Is he hinting at something!
At that moment, Xiao Yan saw what the woman was thinking.
He was immediately speechless.
"I'm still a damn child!"
Using Soul Power, Xiao Yan took several bounding steps and left the maid behind.
The white area was situated at the back.
Xiao Yan paid a little attention and found it easily.
"There are quite a few people here. Looks like the vice hall master has a pretty wide circle of friends."
Those with black and red invitations were either rich or noble!
They were people who had to be invited.
Those with white and yellow invitations, on the other hand, had been personally invited by Yu Tianming.
He had some connection with each of these people, to a greater or lesser degree.
"Hmm?"
Xiao Yan caught sight of a familiar figure.
A lonely yet aloof middle-aged man sat by himself off to one side.
The Grandmaster!
Yao Lao's consciousness spoke to him. "Whatever others may say about him, we don't know the specific steps of a Soul Master's cultivation anyway. Why not go make a friend?"
Xiao Yan nodded. He had been thinking the same thing.
Before Xiao Yan could approach the Grandmaster, the man fixed his gaze on him.
"At the dignified vice hall master of Spirit Hall's banquet, you actually sent a child to humiliate me!?"
Xiao Yan was bewildered. "Humiliate you?"
The Grandmaster snorted coldly, stood up, and scolded him. "Making a child sit with me-if that isn't humiliation, what is?"
"My presence is an insult to you?" Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes.
This Grandmaster seemed...
Sick in the head!
"Hmph!"
The Grandmaster sneered. "Who's the adult in your family? You're not worthy of speaking to me!"
Xiao Yan frowned but still explained earnestly, "I mean no harm. I do have questions about a Soul Master's cultivation that I need to ask you about, Grandmaster!"
"Ask me!? Hehehe... Would people like you actually ask a Soul Grandmaster in his twenties for advice!?"
The Grandmaster didn't believe him at all and went so far as to block Xiao Yan's path.
He was unwilling to share a table with a child!
"Grandmaster, aren't you being a little too insecure?" Xiao Yan's eyes turned cold as well.
"Not everyone in this world has to stand against you!"
"Before today, I didn't even know who you were!"
"The world doesn't revolve around you!"
"You think far too highly of yourself!"
Xiao Yan spoke with ringing force.
The Grandmaster was taken aback. He hadn't expected a child to be so...
Sharp-tongued!
"This is where we part. Forgive me for not keeping you company!" Xiao Yan's voice turned cold as he prepared to leave.
The Grandmaster before him made him feel sick.
He acted as if the whole world had wronged him.
Fucking disgusting!
Just like...
That petty man who was always saying someone had a way to death...
Tang San!
"Hurry up and get lost. A little brat like you isn't worthy of appearing in my sight!" The Grandmaster sneered, not caring in the least.
He was just a child, of no use to him.
So there was no need to get to know him!
Even if he approved of his theories, it was the same!
Do you think you're my brilliant disciple Tang San, with his Twin Martial Souls!?
The Grandmaster sneered and sat back down, coldly watching Xiao Yan's retreating figure.
"Wait!"
A large, aged but powerful hand stopped Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was slightly startled. "Brother Yu!?"
The old man smiled faintly.
He looked at the Grandmaster and narrowed his eyes. "You're the one who should get lost!"
"I don't believe I invited you!?"
"Yu Xiaogang!"
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