The County Administration Revenue Office Chief: Conflict at the Banquet

The Bi Household brought a total of seven people to celebrate the Kong Household's housewarming.

The main person in charge of the Household Department was Bi Yanshu, Golden Core True Person Bi Yanshu. Other departments, such as the County Government Office, the Department of Rites, the Department of Justice, the Department of Military Affairs, the Department of Works, and the Department of Personnel, each sent only one assistant official to attend the banquet.

Although the officials from the prefectural government and the other five branches were all assistant officials, they were all members of the Bi Household and all had the cultivation level of the Purple Mansion Stage.

In terms of both cultivation level and status, he was superior to the Kong Household, the Ya Household, the He Household, and others.

So, after the eldest uncle Kong Yushuo and the fourth sister Kong Wenjun announced the arrival of the Bi Household, everyone came.

Not only Kong Wenxuan and his companion, and the entire He Household they were welcoming, but also the Ya Household, Fu Household, and Jiao Household families at the banquet in the backyard, including their aunt Kong Yuyin and others who were in charge of entertaining them, all came out to greet them.

Let's welcome the Bi Household together.

In an instant, the main characters of this banquet, and even the "owners" of this manor, were replaced by the Bi Household.

The crowd fawned over the Bi Household members like stars around the moon, and the Bi Household members in turn surrounded and fawned over the head of the household, the Golden Core True Person Bi Yanshu.

At this moment, the other party was the absolute center of the "Kong Household Manor," the object of everyone's admiration.

Fortunately, the head of the household affairs department, Golden Core True Person, knew that the main guests of today's banquet and the owners of this manor were the Kong Household, so he personally presented congratulatory gifts and offered his congratulations to Kong Wenxuan and the others.

Kong Wenxuan and the others naturally expressed their gratitude with joy, and then led everyone to the banquet in the backyard to take their seats.

At this point, all the guests invited by the Kong Household had arrived. The eldest uncle Kong Yushuo, and the fourth sister, Kong Wenjun, no longer needed to stay in the front yard to greet the guests, and they also came to the back yard to take their seats.

During the banquet, the head seat was naturally occupied by Bi Yanshu, the head of the household affairs department and Golden Core True Person Bi Yanshu, while the important seats on either side were also occupied by members of the Bi Household.

The Kong Household members, along with the Ya Household, Jiao Household, Fu Household, and He Household, all took their seats according to their status as hosts and guests.

Kong Wenxuan instructed his Lineage members to serve the dishes. Various spirit wines, spirit dishes, spirit fruits, pastries, and other prepared items were served one after another.

Most of these spirit wines, spirit dishes, and spirit fruits are not something the Kong Household can produce now. They are all custom-made and delivered from the spirit food restaurant run by the Bi Household family in the "Pill Flame Ward" of the county city. The main focus is on Third Tier spirit dishes, with a few Fourth Tier spirit dishes and spirit brews as supplements.

Perhaps because the Bi Household was seated at the head of the table, the cultivators from other families didn't say much at the banquet. They mostly toasted each other and exchanged pleasantries.

Or it could be to congratulate the Kong Household on their successful development and establishment of "Peacock County," or to congratulate them on Kong Household relocation.

Or they congratulated each other on the great harvests in each county in recent years, and the good profits for each family.

Of course, it was even worse than the flattery and fawning towards the Bi Household.

No one found fault or said anything unpleasant at the banquet, and of course, no one discussed anything important. It was basically impossible for the Kong Household to gain any useful information or data from the banquet.

However, one thing happened during the banquet that was quite interesting.

Those were the Qi Refinement disciples brought by the two members of the He Household. Since they were not qualified to sit at the main table, the Kong Household originally planned to arrange a separate table for them, with several Qi Refinement cultivators from the Kong Household accompanying them.

However, the He Household cultivators rejected the proposal. Instead, the He Household Qi Refinement cultivators took over many of the tasks from the Kong Household Qi Refinement disciples at the Bi Household, serving the Bi Household members by pouring wine, serving them food, and tidying their clothes.

The Kong Household members were dumbfounded, but the others from the Ya Household, Jiao Household, and Fu Household, as well as several Bi Household cultivators who were served by the He Household cultivators, seemed unfazed, as if this was not the first time they had seen this situation and they were already used to it.

Ya Tianyu, a cultivator from the Purple Mansion of the Ya Household, smiled and gestured towards Kong Wenxuan, seemingly telling Kong Wenxuan and the others that there was no need to be surprised, as such scenes would be common in the future.

He suddenly remembered what the Ya Household and Jiao Household had mentioned before: that the He Household was Bi Household Lineage of the Bi family. Now it seemed that they were indeed still "servile".

Kong Wenxuan suddenly understood why the He Household had brought these Qi Refinement disciples to the banquet, and why they were all young, handsome men and beautiful women. In fact, their numbers were exactly one more than the Bi Household's, and that extra person was serving alongside the head of the household affairs department, Bi Yanshu, Golden Core True Person Bi Yanshu.

Clearly, they had been preparing for this for some time.

After a brief moment of surprise, the members of the Kong Household suppressed their astonishment and continued their banquet and drinking without paying any further attention.

When the banquet was in full swing, several Qi Refinement cultivators brought by the He Household even performed a "Crane Dance" in the courtyard of the Kong Household Manor, winning cheers from the audience.

At this moment, He Minghua, the Foundation Establishment cultivator leading the He Household, turned his eyes to the Kong Household members and said, "I've always heard that the Kong Household's ' Peacock Dance ' is very beautiful. Why don't we have the Kong Household members perform it to celebrate? And also have it compare with our He Household's 'Crane Dance'."

Upon hearing this, Kong Wenxuan and the others' expressions darkened slightly. At such a banquet, the He Household Lineage could have their members dance to entertain others, but the Kong Household could not.

At that moment, Kong Wenxuan laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist He seems to be drunk and has misremembered. Our Kong Household's specialty is not the ' Peacock Dance,' but the 'Sword Dance'!"

"Unfortunately, this 'sword dance' requires coordination to truly appreciate its brilliance."

"How about we trouble the He Household members to perform a sword dance in cooperation with our Kong Household members?"

As Kong Wenxuan spoke, he looked at the other person, his eyes faintly reflecting the "Five Elements Divine Swords," with all sorts of sword light and sword intent shooting towards the other person with his gaze.

He Minghua suddenly felt a chilling sensation, as if she saw ten thousand swords shooting towards her, piercing through her body and soul, and for a moment she was lost in it, unable to wake up.

Cough!

At this moment, Bi Yanshu, the head of the household affairs office and Golden Core True Person Bi Yanshu, coughed lightly, instantly interrupting the sword light and sword intent bursting from Kong Wenxuan's eyes, and waking He Minghua from his reverie.

Kong Wenxuan felt that the Law Power in his Dantian, the Spiritual Consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness, and even the "Five Elements Divine Swords" he had refined all vibrated slightly in an instant.

Fortunately, the "Five-Colored Divine Light" that appeared in his Sea of Consciousness sent down a wisp of "divine light" that immediately suppressed his trembling Sea of Consciousness, sea of qi, and Five Elements Divine Swords, restoring them to normal.

Bi Yanshu, the head of the household affairs office and Golden Core True Person Bi Yanshu, seemed to sense something, glanced at him in surprise, then looked at He Minghua and said softly, "Minghua, I also think you're a bit drunk."

He Minghua woke up with a start, cold sweat beading on his temples. He quickly bowed to Bi Yanshu and apologized, "Yes, I was drunk."

Bi Yanshu retorted, "Your drunken ramblings weren't directed at me, so you don't need to apologize."

"Yes! Yes!" He Minghua nodded repeatedly, then raised his wine glass to toast Kong Wenxuan and apologized, "Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Kong, I was drunk and talking nonsense."

Kong Wenxuan naturally couldn't say anything more at this point, so he simply picked up his wine cup, drank it down, and laughed it off.

The banquet soon ended, and Bi Yanshu, the head of the household affairs office and Golden Core True Person Bi Yanshu, told Kong Wenxuan before leaving that the Kong Household should go to the household affairs office the next day to complete the delivery of the taxes they were escorting.

Kong Wenxuan immediately thanked them and saw them off.