Chapter Thirty-Six: Blind to the World

The reckless creature, Bai Qi, was respectfully invited into the government office by Liu Xiu and the others. Gazing upon the table laden with delicacies from mountains and seas, Bai Qi was utterly stunned. Such food was nothing short of extravagant waste—the centerpiece was the head of a third-tier spirit beast, surrounded by rare herbs, each of no less than the second tier. The vintage wine brewed to perfection filled the air; a mere whiff invigorated the mind and even seemed to urge his cultivation higher, pulsing with energy. In the dishes, each crystal-clear seed was a rare gem—the crystallized seeds of the Ice Spirit Sunflower, treasures scarcely found in the world. To display them all at once, no matter how indifferent a person might pretend to be, who could believe their hearts remained unmoved?

Truthfully, these precious and rare culinary wonders had cost Nanyang Xiu dearly. He ordered Liu Xiu to bring them to Yuzhong, specially to welcome Bai Qi and his master, to cleanse them of the dust of travel. Yet, to call it a welcoming feast was perhaps misleading; the real intention was to make them feel indebted, to soften their stance and bind their hands. Indeed, the host’s motives were not truly in the wine.

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