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Many days had passed since the battle at Cangpo Ridge. During this time, Wu Chen had been holed up in the manor. As for that mysterious old man, he had yet to appear again.
With the thousand-year-old blood essence in his hand, Wu Chen absorbed the Yuan Qi within to strengthen himself. The Thousand-Year Blood Essence was indeed a top-grade cultivation item. It had been more than half a month since he had used the Thousand-Year Blood Essence to assist in his cultivation. However, after Wu Chen's continuous extraction, the volume of the thousand-year-old blood essence was only a little smaller than before.
It had only been two short months since Wu Chen had absorbed the water python's Yuan Qi. However, in these two months, Wu Chen had completed the path that a cultivator would take two years to complete. It could be said that if Wu Chen gave up on the method of self-transformation, with his current accumulation, he could break through to the Marrow Transformation stage at any time.
As he felt his own strength growing stronger day by day, even though he was the beneficiary, Wu Chen still felt like he was in a dream. If the Weapon Refinement stage was a second-rate expert in the secular world, then the Marrow Transformation stage martial artists were definitely first-rate existences. As for the martial artists of higher levels, they were no longer considered ordinary people.
"The Scarlet Bone Wine has already been brewed for thirty-three days. There are sixteen more days before the jar can be opened. With the help of the Scarlet Bone Wine, my strength will definitely rise to another level in the shortest amount of time possible. Unfortunately, I still haven't found the final two forms of the Flying Cloud Crane Dance Diagram.”
Today's cultivation had finally come to an end. After putting the thousand-year-old blood essence back into the wooden box, Wu Chen picked up an invitation that had been placed on the coffee table for a long time.
According to the butler, this letter was an invitation from the Hundred Flower Pavilion, one of the three major powers in Upper Beam City. It was said that the banquet was held to celebrate the 430th birthday of the empire. The Hundred Flowers Pavilion had invited most of the princes and children of Shangliang City to attend. Although Wu Chen did not have any power, he was still a member of the royal family of the Chen-Xing Empire. It was because of this that Wu Chen received this invitation.
Wu Chen didn't want to participate in this gathering, but Dong Qinglian had asked him to attend the banquet. Although he didn't tell Wu Chen the reason, Wu Chen, who had some understanding of the situation in Upper Beam City, decided to attend the banquet on time.
He stuffed the invitation card into his sleeve, got up, and tidied up his clothes. Then, he put on a blue brocade robe with nine red dragons carved on the bottom. He matched it with a nine-foot long sword and tidied the edges before leaving the room.
Although Wu Chen felt that Dong Qinglian's clothes were too luxurious, he still wore them when he thought about the class of tonight's banquet. Otherwise, he would be too embarrassed to walk into Hundred Flowers Pavilion with his own clothes.
Seeing Wu Chen walk out of the manor with the invitation card, two warriors who had been waiting at the side immediately came up to him. They pulled up the curtain of the carriage and respectfully escorted Wu Chen into the carriage.
Even though he felt uncomfortable with Dong Qinglian's arrangement, Wu Chen still accepted it because he believed that even others might not have thought of it so thoroughly.
"Hundred Flowers Pavilion" was located in the southeast corner of the outer city of Shangliang. The Hundred Flowers Pavilion actually took up several dozen acres of land, which was even larger than the manor Wu Chen was currently living in. A vermilion wooden fence separated the Hundred Flowers Pavilion from the street. A stream surrounded the entire Hundred Flowers Pavilion. Servants in bright gowns stood on the wooden bridge.
When Wu Chen arrived, the Hundred Flowers Pavilion was already filled with luxurious carriages and sedan chairs with red roofs. Servants dressed in gorgeous gowns wandered around, guiding the carriage and sedan chair as they passed through the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. The entire scene was grand but not lacking in elegance.
Faced with such a scale and momentum, it was enough to make ordinary rich people shrink back. Indeed, the lowest spending per night in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion was a hundred taels of silver. This was a typical place to spend money. After all, the Hundred Flowers Pavilion was a place that gathered all kinds of entertainment in Shangliang City.
"Although the White Flower House is a brothel, there are not only honest officials who sell their skills but also slaves who are specially made to please them. Moreover, I heard that the business scope of the White Flower House is all-encompassing.”
Although Wu Chen had never been to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, he had heard many prisoners mention it in prison. After all, many of these people used to wander around there and enjoyed the various pleasures brought about by money and material things. Therefore, Wu Chen was more or less resistant to such a romantic place.
Seeing Wu Chen's carriage coming over, the two servants came up as quickly as they could. When they saw the Dong family crest on the carriage, the smiles on their faces became even wider.
"You two bird less things, back off. How can a lowly person like you welcome His Highness? Quickly call Qingguan over to welcome him.”Dong Qinglian had sent the two servants to protect Wu Chen, so he naturally wouldn't allow them to welcome Wu Chen. He whipped the servants away.
"There's no need for that, brothers. They're also people with bitter lives. Take this silver! Just lead the way properly! Don't panic!" Seeing that the two martial artists were about to chase away the servants of Hundred Flowers Pavilion, Wu Chen stopped them and took out two pieces of silver from his sleeve, handing them to the servant who had almost been beaten up.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness. I will lead the way now! Lead the way!" After receiving the silver pieces from Wu Chen, even though everyone had been whipped at least once, their faces were filled with smiles as if the whipping had never happened.
"Your Highness, these servants are not good people. How would they dare to take your silver?”Seeing the two servants take Wu Chen's silver taels, the cultivator standing in front of the carriage immediately felt dissatisfied.
"Brother, I know you're doing this for my own good, but they're also doing this to make a living. It's not easy! You have to abide by the rules wherever you go. As for the silver, it's what you should do. You don't have to take it to heart!”Wu Chen patted the martial artist's shoulder lightly before returning to the carriage and sitting down.
Although Wu Chen had received 100 taels of gold and 10,000 taels of silver when he was released from prison, he had spent more than half of the silver to concoct the Red Bone Wine. It would be a lie to say that he did not feel any heartache for the six taels of silver that he had just been rewarded. After all, Wu Chen did not have any assets now, so the silver taels he spent were getting lesser and lesser. However, he was well aware of the rules of this brothel. This was not a matter of face. He still had to reward where he should.
Due to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion's invitation, Wu Chen did not get off the carriage along the way. He followed the carriage through the long waterway and arrived at the venue where the banquet was held, the Wind and Moon Hall.
As the venue for the Hundred Flowers Pavilion's banquet, the Wind and Moon Hall could be said to be the best hall in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. The entire hall occupied several acres, and all kinds of flowers were planted outside the hall, completely blocking the aura of late autumn from the Wind and Moon Hall.
After alighting from the carriage, the two attendants handed Wu Chen a bag of silver and left the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. As for Wu Chen, he was led by his servant through the winding corridor and entered the Fengyue Hall.
At this moment, there were already many young people gathered in the Fengyue Hall. They were either enjoying flowers and tea, chatting with their friends, or playing with the jade in their hands. However, there was one thing in common. Every young person would always have one or two green officials accompanying them.
The banquet had yet to begin. Faced with the decadent style of the Wind Moon Hall, Wu Chen had nothing to do for a moment. At this moment, a young master in white came to Wu Chen with a folding fan in his hand.
"It was Jing Yi's negligence that day. It is a regret in life to miss out on His Highness. I wonder if Jing Yi would be able to guide His Highness before the banquet today.”Who was this young man in white? Wasn't he Li Jingyi, the one who had revealed the information about the Thousand-Year Blood Essence to Wu Chen in a fit of anger?
"Brother Jing Yi, you are being too serious. Wu Chen is just a commoner. How can he be called His Highness? In the Empire, only Crown Prince Feng is qualified to be called His Highness.”Wu Chen was very interested in this Li Jingyi, who was known as the first genius of the Liang Family.
"It is Jing Yi's fortune to be a guide for His Highness. We're not standing at the door. Where are we going to sit?”Li Jingyi, who had been through a lot, saw this legitimate prince today. Not only was he not defeated by his childhood experiences, but he was also not complacent. More importantly, Li Jingyi did not feel any death aura from Wu Chen. Anyone who had been imprisoned would more or less give off an uneasy feeling. Li Jingyi was happy about what he had done just now.
Under Li Jingyi's guidance, Wu Chen walked towards the private room on the east side of Fengyue Pavilion. Perhaps it was because of Li Jingyi's guidance, and Wu Chen was a new face, that he had attracted the attention of many nobles.
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