Chapter Fifty-Seven: Delight

  The Tianqi Building had just opened for business, only five days ago. According to the custom of the Tianqi Pavilion, all affiliated industries, whether they were manors or taverns, would offer free hospitality for ten days before their opening. However, each day's free treatment was limited to a different group of people. For example, on the first day, it was only free for the Guardians of Light, on the second day, it was only free for teachers from the Academy, and on the third day, it was only free for the Honorable Ones. Today, however, it was only free for apprentices.

  Although it's not meal time now, the three-story high restaurant is still crowded with people, and many others are waiting in line outside, making it a hard-to-get seat.

  In the grand hall on the second floor, twenty-three tables were filled with people. Among them, a table by the window was particularly eye-catching. Of course, it wasn't the table that attracted everyone's attention, but the people sitting there - Yuexiang Fei, Xueying Huan and Murong Hao from the first echelon of this trial, as well as Ding Zixuan, Ye Qing and Bai Jian, the three dark horses from the second echelon.

  Her white clothes were as clean as snow, and her beauty was unmatched. She seemed like a goddess who had descended into the mortal world. However, Xue Xiang looked at the delicious food on the table with no appetite. Her mood had been terrible lately. First, she suffered a severe blow from the carefree son, which hurt her confidence. Then, there was the strange and eerie Chen Luo's soul, which left her confused and unable to think clearly. Originally, she didn't like to join in the commotion, but many of her junior brothers and sisters from Azure Academy had invited her, so she could only accompany them.

  It was nice to chat with my junior brothers and sisters, but unfortunately, after coming here, due to the lack of seats, everyone gathered together, and unexpectedly, she ended up sitting with Xiao Luo Tian's four apprentices. As for these four people, it's not that she dislikes them, nor does she particularly like them. If it were usual times, maybe they could still chat, but now she really didn't have the mood.

  "The four little Buddhas of the spiritual realm walked in a line, observing the heavenly stele and opening up their innate nature. They also received the nourishment of cloud spirit rain, strengthening their souls. It's truly enviable!" Yu Hua fluttered her feather fan lightly, her expression calm and serene, with a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Although she said she was envious, her demeanor seemed to lack any trace of envy, not even a hint.

  "Hmph, it's just good luck. Mu Hao, who looked rather sharp and had an air of arrogance in his words, said: "This time we went to the Small Buddha Spirit Realm, I really didn't expect to receive the nourishment of Yun Ling Yu. After all, it's still good luck, far inferior to your ascension to immortality."

  "Hah!" Mu Hu's face turned red with anger, and he shook his head slightly, saying helplessly: "Mu Huang, why do you always target me?"

  "I wasn't targeting you." Mu Huang sneaked a glance at Xue Qianyun and found her expression slightly worried, so he asked with concern: "Miss Qianyun, do you have something on your mind?"

  Xue Yaoyao is the goddess in many people's hearts, including Mu Hao. Others may be deterred by the gap and dare not pursue her, but that doesn't mean Mu Hao dares not to, he has the ability and is not afraid of Xue Yaoyao.

  Xue Xiangyun smiled and shook her head.

  Mu Huang wanted to help her get some dishes, but Xue Yaoyao refused: "Thank you, no need, I'm not hungry."

  Seeing this scene, the nearby Yu Hua Fei just shook his head and smiled, as if laughing at Mu Huang's lack of tact. He could see that Xue Lin had worries on her mind, and he also knew that she never ate dishes picked by others. If it were otherwise, it would probably not be Mu Huang's turn.

  "Hey, Yu Gongzi, did you also receive an invitation to the exhibition at Tianqi Pavilion tomorrow?"

  The question was asked by Ye Qing, who didn't like sitting with Xue Yaoyao and even more disliked everyone surrounding Xue Yaoyao. In her opinion, today's focus should have been on herself, and she absolutely wouldn't allow anyone to steal it, not even Xue Yaoyao.

  Huahua nodded and said, "I did receive an invitation."

  "Heh heh, I heard that Tian Qi Ge has only sent out invitations to us this time." Ye Qing said with a pleased expression.

  "What about us?" Yu Hua Fei didn't understand.

  "It's us, you four big stars, we three new stars, and Zheng Kai Ze...". The four big stars naturally refer to Yu Hua Fei, Xue Yi Wen, Mu Hao, and Zhan Fei, while the three new stars refer to Ye Qing, Bai Jian, and Ding Zi Xuan. Ye Qing enjoys the honor brought by this title, but she likes it, which doesn't mean others like it, at least Yu Hua Fei shakes her head with a seemingly speechless expression.

  "I heard that this time Tianqi Pavilion will exhibit the spiritual treasures refined by Xuan Gu and Mu masters back then, it's really something to look forward to."

  If Xue Yaoyao is the goddess in men's hearts, then Yu Hua Fei is the male god in women's hearts. Ye Qing has always admired Yu Hua Fei, even now that she and Ding Zixuan have reached the level of calling each other "Shixiong" and "Jiejie", she still hasn't concealed her admiration for him.

  "It's indeed something to look forward to, especially the Xuan Gu Master. The spiritual treasures he refines are all treasures of the soul. If one can obtain just one piece, it will be extremely beneficial for their soul."

  "Hua Fei Gongzi, do you know the inside information? Do you know which of Xuan Gu's soul treasures will be exhibited at Tian Qi Pavilion?" Ye Qing asked, but Hua Fei shook his head to indicate that he didn't know. At this moment, a very discordant voice suddenly rang out.

  "Ye Qing, you and Ding Zixuan are openly in a relationship, how can you not consider other people's feelings? Stop chatting with your idol and look at Ding Zixuan's face, isn't it green with anger?"

  The one who said this was Bai Jian, who had been eating with his head down. No one expected him to suddenly say something like that. The words made Yu Hua Fei, Ding Zi Xuan and Ye Qing extremely embarrassed, especially Ding Zi Xuan, whose eyes seemed to have the intention of killing Bai Jian.

  "Bai Jian, eat your food and don't talk, no one will think you're mute." Ye Qing sneaked a glance at Ding Zixuan and found that his face was very gloomy, then lowered her head to explain: "Shixiong, don't misunderstand..."

  " Misunderstanding? What's there to misunderstand?" Ding Zixuan forced a smile, but everyone could see through it, and they all pretended not to notice. Just then, a servant-like figure walked over and asked Ding Zixuan, "Young Master Ding, how is the food? Is it to your taste?"

  "It's delicious!" Ding Zixuan nodded and said: "Boss Lin, you come sit down and have a drink too?"

  "I don't need to, I'm busy." Lin Zhanggui said to the crowd: "Everyone eats and drinks well, eat openly, want to eat what, just speak up, even if it's not free later, as long as you mention Master Ding's name, I will also give everyone a lot of discounts."

  Oh?

  Listening to Lin's words, it seems that he is quite respectful of Ding Zixuan. Ye Qing asked in confusion: "Why can we get a discount just by mentioning my brother's name?"

  "Hehe, little girl, you probably don't know that our Tianqi Tavern is actually managed by Young Master Ding's family. Hehe, in the future, just follow Young Master Ding and come here to eat."

  After Lin Zhang left, Ye Qing showed a look of admiration: "Brother, is what the shopkeeper said true?"

  "It's not that exaggerated, our Ding family just joined the Tianqi Pavilion, among the three major managers of the Tianqi Wine House in the domain, our Ding family is only one of them." Ding Zixuan responded very humbly.

  "How could you not tell me something so big? It's really annoying." Ye Qing pretended to be angry, but then asked: "But your family is powerful, our Ye family has tried to join the Tianqi Pavilion several times, but were rejected. However... Brother Shifu, is your father now an elder of the Tianqi Pavilion?"

  This question made Ding Zixuan quite embarrassed, so much that he didn't know how to respond, but someone else spoke up for him.

  "Do you think the elders of Tianqi Pavilion are selling cabbage? Anyone can be an elder? Your senior's family may have some assets in Changxin City, but wanting to become an elder is not something that can be achieved even if they sold your senior's family ten times over, it's still a hundred million miles away."

  Bai Jian is a vicious guy, his words are unbearable. If it weren't for the crowd here, Ding Zixuan would have slapped him long ago. But with the goddess by his side, Ding Zixuan could only hold back his anger and forced a smile, saying: "Our Ding family has just joined Tianqi Pavilion, we haven't even applied to be an elder."

  The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and even Yuexiang didn't know how to respond, because Baijian's words were too aggressive. However, Ding Zixuan could tolerate it, which made Yuexiang quite admire him.

  Suddenly, a noisy sound came from downstairs. Just as several people were wondering what was happening, someone rushed upstairs and shouted, "Come quickly! The people of Xiaojin Gou and Zhulu Academy are fighting!"

  Xiao Jinkou? Zhuolu Academy?

  The atmosphere was already somewhat awkward, and several people took the opportunity to dissolve it, standing up and walking downstairs.

  "I heard that Wan Xiang and Zhang Feng from Julu Academy beat up several disciples from Xiao Jingu because of a seating arrangement, now Xiao Jingu's Niufei has arrived."

  "Niú zhēi? I know him, he hasn't even opened up Linghai yet, what can he possibly do here?"

  "Niu Wen may know that he can't win this fight, but isn't he looking for them to reason with, and let Wan Xiang and Zhang Feng go apologize to the apprentices of Xiao Jinqiao?"

  "Apologize? I'm afraid Wan Xiang and his people won't."

  In the first floor hall, Niu Feng stood there with his fists clenched and shouted solemnly: "Wan Xiang, Zhang Feng, today you must apologize to our apprentices from Xiao Jinguo, otherwise this matter is not over."

  Wan Xiang sat on the chair, with his legs crossed, eating peanuts, without even giving him a glance. Indeed, as a member of the third squad in this trial, how could he possibly put Niu Wen in his eyes? But beside him, Zhang Feng put down his chopsticks, twisted his neck and said unpleasantly: "You're really annoying, not finished yet?" Turning around, with a raised corner of his mouth, he shouted proudly: "Today we won't apologize, what can you do to me?"

  Zhang Feng, a senior apprentice of the Zhū Lù Academy, is one of the fourth batch of trial participants. His cultivation has reached the first turn of spiritual power, and he relies on the "Hàn Bīng Zhǐ" (Frostbite Finger) technique, a lower-grade Xuan-class spirit skill in its final stage, to fight with considerable ferocity.

  "Apologies must be made today!" said Niu Wen, his eyes blazing with anger.

  "Get out of my sight!" Zhang Feng was too lazy to bother, raised his hand and pointed, a cold light flashed between his fingers, pointing at Niuwen's chest. Niuwen let out a muffled hum, retreated, his body froze into frost, and then fell to the ground, causing a burst of laughter.

  "Don't fight here, you'll break things. Can you afford to pay for them?" Lin Zhang stepped out to stop them, but Ding Zixuan, standing on the stairs, laughed and said: "Lin Zhang, they're just playing around, go ahead with your business first."

  Ding Zixuan resented Chen Luo, so naturally he didn't like Xiao Jinguo. Now that they were competing in the Academy and bullying Xiao Jinguo, it was absolutely delightful for him to hear. Ye Qing beside him also smiled and said: "Zhang Feng, my senior brother is the boss of Tianqi Wine House, today I'll give you a chance, just hit freely, if you break anything, don't worry about paying compensation."

  Since that's the case, Zhang Feng naturally wanted to teach Niu Ying a lesson. However, just as he was about to make his move, a cold and detached voice rang out: "What do you think you're doing?" The owner of the voice was Xue Qingwan.

  Women always have privileges, especially Xue Yuxuan, the goddess in everyone's heart. With one sentence from Zhang Feng, he immediately stopped and smiled apologetically: "Miss Yuxuan, I was just scaring him, how could I be on equal terms with him?" After that, he shouted at Niu Meng: "Today, I'll let you off this once for Miss Yuxuan's sake. Get out!"

  "No! You must apologize to our young master of Xiaojin Gou!" Niufei stood up, ignoring the pain in his chest, and shouted again.

  "Uh..." Zhang Feng looked at Xue Yuxuan with embarrassment.

  "Zhang Feng, you hit him first, so it's only right that you apologize." Added Fei Hua, who was standing beside them.

  First it was Xue Yiwen, and now it's Yu Hua Fei. The two most authoritative disciples in the Jin Shui Domain have spoken up. Today, Zhang Feng has no choice but to apologize, even if he didn't want to. He smiled awkwardly before apologizing.

  "Alright... sorry, I was wrong to hit you, I apologize to you all, is that okay?"

  "This apology is insincere, and naturally Cowherd won't accept it. He said: 'The people you need to apologize to are not me, but the several apprentices of our Xiaojingou, and you must also provide for their medical expenses.'"

  "Niu Zhen, today I'm apologizing to you because of the face of Yu Hua Gongzi and Chang Wan Xiaojie. Don't be shameless, or else get out, or I'll beat you up along with him."

  It seemed like Zhang Feng was angry, but as his voice fell, a low and furious voice suddenly came from somewhere.

  "Try moving it a bit."

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