At the center of one of the groups at the entrance was a group of women dressed in pink robes with different alluring patterns drawn on them. Amongst them was a woman who had a veil on. She carried a fan and had a shape that was extremely alluring.
She seemed to possess a charm that was innate and seemed to mesmerise the world. She was Xiang Mohua, the Palace Master of the Serene Heavenly Charm Pavilion, an organization that was the best in assassinating and charming men. It was the fourth strongest force in the realm and had only female members.
She strided towards the table with the other group leaders following behind. She seemed confident, and her charm seemed heroic in this moment.
"So you've started cultivating, Wuji?" she said, and the way she said his name sounded rather intimate.
She and the other leaders greeted Feng Lang, and then she walked towards the table and signalled one of the men sitting down near Feng Wuji. He quickly stood up, bowed, and left the chair. Then she sat down with her legs crossed.
"Yes, Aunt Xiang Mohua," Feng Wuji looked a little happy, while the others around the table had stiff expressions.
"Well, that's good. Your mother would be proud," she said.
"Thank you aunty "
"So how is it wuji is it stressful ??"
"Not really I actually enjoy it really "
"Wow it's good you have that attitude since in the cul.....
"That's enough," Feng lang suddenly said as he looked at Xiang Mohua with a fierce light in his eyes. He seemed to have some enmity with her and looked at her coldly.
She looked at him back coldly for a whille "Fine, fine, whatever," she said, and then she added, "I brought this Myriad Dao Nirvanic Water to congratulate my nephew on the start of his cultivation."
"Thank you, Aunty."
Murmurs erupted in the background because of the weight of that treasure.
Xiang mohua felt a gaze on her it had been there since she arrived,she looked at the direction it was coming from and she saw Su yao staring at her longingly
"Oh, Patriarch Su, you're here?" she said with a bored face,and then she saw Su yin and said "You have such a beautiful daughter."
"Xiang Mohua, I see you're pretty as always," Su Yao said. And he thought "wow such a beauty it's a pity she decided to not have any relations if not she would be mine ,he looked at her with a gaze full of lust".
"Thank you, Aunty," said Su Yin as she responded politely.
Xiang mohua felt uncomfortable with Su yao's gaze but soon ignored it as she had become familiar with this kind of gaze,that horny men have and it sicken her "pathetic" she thought.
The other group leaders who came with her took their respective seats at the table and they all chatted lightly with each other. Then, one of them who had a huge physique and bulging muscles suddenly said, "Sect Master Feng, we came here to congratulate Feng Wuji and also talk about some important business."
The man, whose name was Xiang Wuyin, said. He had the same surname as Xiang Mohua, even though they were from completely unrelated forces.
"Indeed, Sect Master Feng, we've all assembled to ask you about when the Verdant Crystal Realm will be opened," said Long Pingwen, who wore a silver robe and seemed to have a kind of arrogant face.
Su Yao looked confused. Why did all these people come together, and why were they asking about the Verdant Crystal Realm?
The Verdant Crystal Realm?? The Verdant Crystal Realm???
Feng Kang looked coldly at him and said, "What business do you have with the Verdant Crystal Realm, Long Pingwen?"
Long Pingwen looked at him and smirked. "We want in on it."
Silence.
Feng Wuji seemed puzzled, while Murong Tian had a knowing look on his face. He had expected that they would come today, and he had planned a scheme to harm Feng Wuji in it.
He had sent his informant to release the information that the Celestial Lotus Sect were going to open the Verdant Crystal Realm for their disciples to train.
He knew they wouldn't be able to resist the idea of using such a treasure to train their talents.
The Verdant Crystal Realm was a secret realm that was created by the Empyrean King Ling Wan, who ruled the Dao of Crystal and Reflection in their realm. He was one of the most ancient and powerful beings that has ever existed.
It was said that his inheritance was in the realm, and anyone who gained this inheritance would have a straight path to the Immortal Realm and might even gain his sacred treasure.
The secret realm could only open once every three thousand years, and it would soon open. Everyone wished to send their young geniuses in it to get treasure and train. The Verdant Crystal Realm had gone missing 39,000 years ago, and now it must have an abundance of materials which were rare in the outside world in it.
The sect leaders and pavilion leaders had come together to pressure the Celestial Lotus Sect to allow their talents to enter the realm and explore it.
Feng Lang looked at all of them fiercely, realizing that they came to pressure him to allow their talents to enter the realm.
"What is this?" he looked at Xiang Mohua.
Xiang Mohua said, "We know that the Verdant Crystal Realm will be opening in three years, and we wish you would allow our talents to enter it and explore." Truth be told, Xiang Mohua didn't want to do this, but she had to because she was afraid of being at war with the others and she needed something from the realm.
"And if I don't allow it?" Feng Lang said.
"You have no choice," said Xiang Wuyin, who was the muscular man who sat down after Xiang Mohua earlier.
The air felt tense, and everyone looked at Feng Lang, who seemed to be thinking about something coldly.
"I'm not opening it for outsiders," Feng Lang said.
"Are you willing to go to war for it, Feng Lang?" said an old man wearing a daoist robe and holding some melon seeds in his hands. He looked at Feng Lang calmly, waiting for his reaction.
War. It is a concept that has existed since the beginning of time and was very brutal and dangerous, especially in the cultivation realm.
"War? You'd fight me over a mere Verdant Crystal Realm?" Feng Lang seemed surprised they'd go to war for such a small treasure in the grand scheme of things.
"Yes, we will," Long Pingwen said arrogantly and seemed to like that Feng Lang was put in a dangerous position.
"Oh, you wanna go for a round now?" Feng Lang said as he looked at Long Pingwen provocatively, as if saying let's fight now.
Long Pingwen, stunned, shrank back. He couldn't fight Feng Lang, he thought internally; the bastard is stronger than me. The last time we had a spar, he trashed my ass.
"Oh, you have nothing to say now, huh? Then keep quiet," said Feng Lang.
The crowd observed this interaction, and the leaders had a slight smirk on their faces seeing Long Pingwen being ridiculed.
"Why don't we each pay a price for entering the realm?" the old man who talked earlier said again.
Feng Lang looked at him and stared at him for a long time, and then nodded.
"Sure, but you'll all have to pay with worthy treasure. And you, Long Pingwen, will have to pay with the Sunlight Qi," he said as he slowly turned to Long Pingwen with a slight smile on his usually indifferent face.
Long Pingwen's face darkened. Feng Lang had agreed to let everyone enter, so there couldn't be a war, and he had forced him to deliver Sunlight Qi to be qualified to enter. Sunlight Qi was very precious, and even Long Pingwen only had a little. But he had to make sure his geniuses entered the realm and secured that "item" for him with it. With it, he'll have the power to fight against this bastard son of a bitch, Feng Lang.
"Alright," he said as he gritted his teeth. "We have a deal." Then he stood up and marched away from the table. As he walked, everyone avoided eye contact with him in order to not get in trouble with the petty Long Pingwen. His fellow sect members who had come with him stepped out, and they all left the venue.
Su Yao seemed pleased as he watched this entire scene without saying a word, taking pleasure in the tense atmosphere. He especially seemed pleased that Long Pingwen was disgraced, since he and Long Pingwen were not on good terms.
The other guests didn't leave straight away; they all gave Feng Wuji a present. The old man gave Feng Wuji a leaf, claiming that it'll be helpful in his future.
At the table, Murong Tian had a smile on his face after the commotion earlier, feeling satisfied that phase one of his plans had come to pass. Now it was time to start phase two.
They all drank, and after the banquet, they left.
Feng Wuji retired to his room, wondering why there was so much fuss about a secret realm, but he soon drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile, in the patriarch's chambers, the patriarch sat down with the elderly man who was among the group of leaders sitting on his table earlier and asked him, "Elder Dong Yuan, why were they all interested in the Verdant Crystal Realm?"
Elder Dong Yuan sat down on a mat in the room and looked at the stars through the window, and he sighed. "Well....."