Chapter 299 - Hongmen Banquet
Xiaoning blinked and could tell that there was something wrong between the two of them. Thus, she held Ji Yaoxue’s hand and smiled. “Sister Yaoxue, why have you only just returned? I’ve missed you.”
Ji Yaoxue rubbed Xiaoning’s forehead and asked tenderly, “How are you doing in Azure Frost Elixir Workshop? Did anyone bully you?”
Su Xiaoning froze momentarily and averted her gaze while smiling. “No, all the seniors are taking good care of me.”
“Hmm?”
Ji Yaoxue hummed softly.
While Xiaoning had hidden herself well, Ji Yaoxue still found some contradictions.
She turned to look at Su Zimo and asked with a frown, “Zimo, what happened?”
“Nothing much, Sister Yaoxue! Stop asking,” Su Xiaoning added hurriedly.
“I’m coming along as well,” Even though Ji Yaoxue’s tone was calm, it was unquestionable.
Bald Vulture frowned darkly and said in a low voice, “Third princess, please don’t make things difficult for me. I’m only following orders.”
“Oh?”
Ji Yaoxue asked indifferently, “You have objections towards me making things difficult for you?”
Instantly, Bald Vulture’s heart skipped a beat as he replied hurriedly, “I wouldn’t dare.”
Turning around, Ji Yaoxue’s gaze was sharp and intimidating as she questioned, “Your orders are to bring Mr. Mo with you. How am I conflicting with your orders by following along?”
“I…” Bald Vulture was speechless.
Within the palace of Great Zhou, Ji Yaoxue seemed to have transformed into a different person as she revealed her prowess and displayed a unique sense of dominance and royal dignity!
Ji Yaoxue asked again, “I’ve just returned from Azure Frost Sect and haven’t had dinner with father for a long time. Now that he’s hosting a banquet today and I want to join him for a meal, you’re trying to stop me?”
“I wouldn’t dare.”
Bald Vulture found himself breaking out in cold sweat against Ji Yaoxue’s three consecutive questions.
Ji Yaoxue waved her hands. “Lead the way.”
“Yes.”
After a moment of hesitation, Bald Vulture glared at Su Zimo gloomily before nodding his head reluctantly.
Everyone headed towards the Rain Admiration Pavilion.
Before long, they arrived at the entrance of the Rain Admiration Pavilion.
On the small path in the middle of the pool, cold-looking Imperial Army soldiers guarded both sides. They wielded long sabers and axes while exuding a faint scent of bloodlust!
These were truly Imperial Army soldiers who had experienced battle and undergone a baptism of blood!
The cultivation of these Imperial Army soldiers were at perfected Foundation Establishment – they were above Su Zimo.
As for how many meridians they had unlocked, the Spirit Peering Art could not reveal that.
The remaining Scarlet Vulture guards remained outside while Su Zimo, Ji Yaoxue, Bald Vulture and Bai Yuhan passed the emperor’s Imperial Army and entered the Rain Admiration Pavilion.
The moment they entered, Su Zimo felt a murderous aura!
A ring of cultivators surrounded the Rain Admiration Pavilion, all of them at Golden Core realm. They glared at Su Zimo with cold, expressionless eyes.
Within the Rain Admiration Pavilion, a table was set in the middle with exquisite dishes that were still emitting steam displayed.
A noble middle-aged man dressed in the emperor’s robes sat in the seat opposite the entrance. His forehead was wide and he had a gaze deep as water where his emotions were impossible to read.
The Emperor of Great Zhou!
The emperor’s gaze was fixed on Su Zimo’s face, lingering for the longest time as though he was scrutinizing to determine carefully just who this green-robed scholar was.
Coupled with the fact that he had ascended the throne for a long time, the emperor’s razor-sharp gaze naturally carried an authority that looked down on the masses such that even cultivators would not dare to meet it head on.
However, Su Zimo’s expression was calm and he met the emperor’s gaze without any intention of avoiding it at all!
Perhaps Su Zimo might have felt a little guilty if this was in the past.
However, he had ascended to fame and gathered influence in the past three years under the name of Mo Ling.
In addition, Su Zimo was someone with an innate sharpness to begin with – even the emperor’s authority was not enough to suppress someone like him!
[1] This refers to an event in history and typically represents an ambush or trap.