A sleepless night!
Fortunately, Chen Xuan now could be considered unmatched in combat ability, taking on four opponents with ease.
Looking at the few won asleep, a sense of pride surged in his heart.
This is what it ans to be a man!
...
Today is the Youlan Association.
In the evening, the City Lord’s Mansion was bustling with carriages.
At this mont, a carriage from the Divine Capture Bureau ca to a stop, and Chen Xuan alighted with Su Yun.
Upon reaching the gate, they first presented the invitation, and after the guards inspected it, they handed over the gift.
Only then did the two of them, led by a beautiful maid, enter the City Lord’s Mansion.
This was Chen Xuan’s first ti visiting the City Lord’s Mansion.
One must admit, the City Lord’s Mansion is indeed grand; compared to it, the Chen Mansion is flattering even to be called a kennel.
Along the way,
The small bridges, flowing water, and varied pavilions made him dizzy with admiration.
Especially the trickling brook, with fallen petals floating on it, looked like a little river of petals under the setting sun, truly beautiful.
The entire City Lord’s Mansion was filled with a faint floral fragrance.
At this mont, Su Yun was also stunned, clutching his arm and softly asking, "Brother Xuan, does Sister live here? Won’t she get lost at night?"
With all the twists and turns, they had already passed through more than a dozen gates.
"You can ask her when you see her!"
"That’s so silly, I won’t do that."
The little girl rolled her eyes at him, did he really think she was a fool?
About half an hour later, led by the beautiful maid, they stopped at the entrance of a garden.
"Brocade Yard"
On the plaque, the words Brocade Yard were crooked, as if written by soone just learning to write.
Seeing his puzzled expression, the maid explained, "Sir, these words were written by my lady when she was a child."
"Oh... I see!"
"Please, sir, enter. Today’s Youlan Association is held in this Brocade Yard!"
The beautiful maid extended a hand, slightly bending at the waist with utmost respect.
"Thank you."
Chen Xuan thanked her and entered the Brocade Yard with Su Yun.
...
By this ti, many people had already arrived.
"Still late! Looks like people are really taking this Youlan Association seriously."
Su Yun had been thinking about this Youlan Association all day, and also her dear sister, asking him every now and then, ’When are we going?’, from morning till afternoon, until Chen Xuan got a bit annoyed.
So he decided to co early.
Unexpectedly, so many people had already arrived by now.
Now he was thankful that the little girl kept urging him, otherwise, given his temperant, it would have ended poorly.
"Huh?"
Chen Xuan imdiately recognized an acquaintance, the only one he knew here.
It was Zhuge Potian.
Currently seated on the left, fourth from the top, with the three spots above him empty.
"Fourth Grade, about eighty percent of blood replacent done! Not far from Third Grade!"
Being at the Third Grade realm himself, a minor sensing revealed Zhuge Potian’s strength.
"Lord Chen Xuan!"
At this mont, a maid in a pink dress approached, "Your seat is next to Lord Zhuge!"
"Okay!" Chen Xuan nodded and was about to lead Su Yun over there.
However, the maid spoke again, "Miss Su Yun, please wait, my lady invites you to join her."
"Is it Sister?"
"Yes, Miss Su Yun!"
The little girl imdiately looked at Chen Xuan.
"Go ahead!"
Chen Xuan nodded, it seed that this daughter of the Youlan Mansion’s master indeed had no friends.
Watching Su Yun walk off with the maid,
"Chen Xuan!"
Zhuge Potian’s voice ca, causing so of the attendees to look his way.
However, their gazes were not particularly friendly.
"Hmm?"
Chen Xuan felt puzzled, why did these people seem sowhat hostile towards him?
But... he didn’t care.
So he slowly walked towards Zhuge Potian.
"Lord Zhuge."
He greeted respectfully.
"You kid, why did you bring a lady companion this ti?" Zhuge Potian was quite confused. He had warned Chen Xuan that this Youlan Association was different, as the City Lord intends to choose a son-in-law.
Bringing a woman along, what’s the aning of this!
"Misunderstanding, Lord, it wasn’t who brought her, she ca by invitation."
Hearing his explanation, Zhuge Potian was quite surprised, invited?
A friend of the mansion master’s daughter?
"By the way, Lord, why do those people seem a bit... hostile towards ?"
Facing his inquiry, Zhuge Potian first gave him a glare, then said irritably, "Isn’t it because of your previous sweep of the four great blocks, not only you, even I am being ignored!"
Do you have no idea what you’re doing?
Uh...
Chen Xuan felt awkward, it turned out everything was because of this, and it dragged Zhuge Potian down too, turning him into the ignored one.
But...
"How about this, if not, tomorrow I’ll sweep them up again, just to annoy these people and let you vent a little!"
"Get lost! You may not want to live a peaceful life, but I do!"
Zhuge Potian really was at his wit’s end with him. You might have nothing to lose, but these people will annoy the heck out of him.
It’s hard enough for him to get so peace later on, and now you actually want to stir things up again?
How can you live like this!
"Hehe, just joking!" Chen Xuan chuckled, he was just teasing Zhuge Potian.
Sweep?
Sweep your nonsense! He found it too troubleso.
"By the way, sir, who are those people above?" Chen Xuan pointed at the top three positions.
The Director of the Divine Capture Bureau, Zhuge Potian, could only sit in the fourth position.
He was very curious, who were those people above?
"One of them is Chief Steward Feng, the other two, I’m not sure."
In previous years, he was always in the second position, below Feng Zheng. This year, so big shots were coming, so his position was lower, but specifically who, he didn’t know.
"Oh."
Then the two of them started chatting leisurely.
About half an hour later, a number of maids began bustling around the garden, carrying exquisite jade trays, and placing them on the peach-colored long tables in front of everyone.
And what caught Chen Xuan’s attention most was a small white jade plate with 8 dates on it.
"Is this the Immortal Spirit Date?"
He picked one up and placed it in the palm of his hand, it had a bluish-green jade hue, delicate and transparent, with four deep brown thin lines from top to bottom. Upon closer inspection, the pattern was actually composed of specks of light.
Quite mystical.
Putting down the Immortal Spirit Date, he glanced at Zhuge Potian’s table beside him, the jade plate there had ten Immortal Spirit Dates.
He looked at other tables, so had six, others had three, the further down the position, the fewer the Immortal Spirit Dates, but even the least had one.
It seed the number of dates was allocated according to status.
"Good stuff, but after eating too many, they don’t seem to have much effect anymore."
At this mont, Zhuge Potian looked a little regretful as he stared at the Immortal Spirit Dates in front of him.
"Why? I heard these Immortal Spirit Dates are greatly beneficial for cultivation," Chen Xuan asked, puzzled.
He rembered Qin Gang once said that a single Immortal Spirit Date helped him break through to fifth grade.
Just as Zhuge Potian was about to speak, a burst of chaotic footsteps was heard.
A group of people walked in.
Instantly, everyone stood up, and Chen Xuan hurriedly followed suit.
"Lord Mansion Master!"
Everyone respectfully shouted.
Today, Ye Yilan was in high spirits, as was evident from his bright red embroidered robe. He extended his hands and said with a smile, "I appreciate everyone taking ti out from your busy schedules to attend this Youlan Association, it’s also my daughter Ye Jincen’s eighteenth birthday. Please, sit, today there’s no Mansion Master, only Ye Yilan!"
"Thank you, Mansion Master."
Everyone respectfully thanked him.
Just as Chen Xuan was about to sit down, he suddenly noticed among the crowd, Su Yun was surprisingly present, and beside her was the lady he encountered at Blue Moon Lake that day.
Not only that, the middle-aged man from that day was also standing at the back.
At this mont, the little girl playfully winked at him.
"Hehe..."
Chen Xuan chuckled, the face of this little girl was indeed bigger than his, even as a Deputy Director of the Divine Capture Bureau, she was with the Mansion Master.
After Ye Yilan took his seat, everyone else sat down one after another.
To the left was Xuan Er in white, followed by a middle-aged man in a brown luxurious robe, and the third position was the middle-aged man Chen Xuan saw that day, the chief steward of Youlan Mansion, Feng Zheng.
While Su Yun sat with Ye Jincen on the first position to the right.
Everyone was curious at this mont, they had seen Ye Jincen before, but Su Yun? Wasn’t she supposed to be with Chen Xuan of the Divine Capture Bureau?
Could there be so relationship between Chen Xuan and Ye Yilan?
These people began to speculate in their minds.
With Ye Yilan’s announcent, the Youlan Association officially began.
A group of won dressed in colorful gauze entered the center, and as the silk and bamboo music began, they started to dance.
This group of won were top-tier both in looks and figure.
"What a Youlan Association!"
He couldn’t help but exclaim in his heart, one or two beauties were understandable, but an entire group of top-tier beauties?
"Tsk tsk..."
"Chen Xuan, isn’t it great?" at this mont, Zhuge Potian beside him asked.
Recalling the first ti he saw this group of beauties, he almost froze on the spot.
"My lord, it’s not just great! Any one of them here is a man’s dream."
Being n, there’s no need to be so hypocritical.
"Hahaha... you kid... try this Immortal Spirit Date, if it’s not enough, I’ll give you a few more." Zhuge Potian loved his straightforwardness, saying whatever was on his mind, though sotis annoying, at least he wasn’t cunning.
"I’ll give it a try." He then picked up an Immortal Spirit Date, brought it to his mouth, and gently bit into it.
First a bit sour, then a rush of sweetness, these two opposing flavors instantly filled his mouth. What’s even more amazing is that the sourness and sweetness were just right, not too much or too little, a flavor he had never tasted before.
Plus the crispness of the Immortal Spirit Date.
It’s absolutely amazing.
With the Immortal Spirit Date swallowed, a magical feeling appeared again, a warm stream flooded his body, making him feel cozy all over, and even his spirits were lifted, it was extrely comfortable.
However...
Perhaps he was already at the third grade, so after eating this Immortal Spirit Date, there wasn’t any significant change.
But for those at the fifth grade, or even the fourth grade, it would still be sowhat beneficial.
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