Mortal Mage

The next morning, Zhang Mingxuan went to the palace to attend court.

Many eunuchs and maids from the Attendant Bureau were waiting in Taihe Square.

"This is?"

Zhang Mingxuan pulled a little eunuch and asked.

"Sir, I am just following orders, I don't know."

The young eunuch shook Zhang Mingxuan off.

"I guess there's some big event today? But the Ministry of Rites doesn't seem to have announced it."

He didn't care. Things that didn't inform him had little to do with him.

He arrived at the Ministry of War and had just put down the brush he was using to count when a senior eunuch hurried over and said, "The emperor has given an order! All officials must go to Taihe Square to welcome the immortal from the upper realm immediately. There must be no delay."

"Everyone, please go to the square quickly, the immortal will be here soon!" urged the eunuch.

A group of officials from the Ministry of War hurriedly formed a queue for the grand court meeting and walked quickly towards Taihe Square, with Zhang Mingxuan following closely behind.

"My lord, today I can finally broaden my horizons."

There are not many powerful people from outside the domain who can afford to buy spiritual veins.

The Meridian Gate of the Taihe Palace was wide open, and a carriage was pulled by tall and fine horses of seven colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The carriage occupied the entire gate of the Taihe Palace. The carriage was wrapped in white gauze and filled with fine wine and delicious food. A dozen half-covered, beautiful women were surrounding a pale-faced young man.

"So this is the person?"

The day before the palace examination, this man was parading in East Street like this, and people at the time were saying that he was a foreign businessman.

Looking at it now, this is not some foreign businessman at all. It is most likely that the Lingyu Guards fabricated the news to control public opinion. It is impossible for the immortals from the upper realm to come down to earth to buy spiritual veins to be leaked to the public.

He was filled with doubts; since the palace said that this was an immortal from the upper realm, he should be able to fly. Why didn't this immortal just fly here, but instead came in a fancy carriage?

A long carriage entered the square.

"kneel!"

the eunuch sang in a shrill voice.

All the civil and military officials knelt down towards the carriage, and Zhang Mingxuan naturally knelt down with the crowd.

"Little Li Si, have you decided to sell your spiritual vein?"

A clear and melodious voice echoed in the square. Emperor Li Si changed his usual domineering and majestic demeanor, knelt respectfully in front of the carriage, and responded loudly; "Immortal, we have decided to sell the only lower-grade spiritual vein in the Taicang Empire to you."

"Then this Immortal Venerable wishes you to unify the Canglang Continent as soon as possible."

In the carriage, a gorgeous man slowly stood up and lifted his white gauze dress onto his bare shoulders.

He raised his smooth ankle and stepped on the jade shoulder of a beautiful woman who was kneeling beside him. Then he relaxed his ankle and pressed the woman down on the cushion of the carriage. With a light push, he lifted up her flowing gauze skirt, revealing her slender thighs and smooth jade back.

He gently rubbed the woman's jade face with his feet, and lifted her cherry lips with his toes. He smiled and said, "This is 100,000 middle-grade spirit stones."

Then, the immortal raised his right hand slightly, and a green mist diffused on the empty index finger of his right hand. When the mist dissipated, a ring inlaid with a white gem appeared on the index finger out of thin air.

The ring emitted a spatial ripple, which then gradually expanded, creating a fist-sized, invisible black hole. From the black hole, misty blue crystals flew out at high speed and landed on the open space of Taihe Square.

The speed at which the spirit stones floated out gradually increased. In just three to five minutes, all 100,000 medium-level spirit stones floated out. At the same time, the handsome immortal man made the ring in his hand disappear without a trace.

A pile of spirit stones the size of a house was piled up in the square.

"One hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones."

The immortal glanced at the pile of spiritual stones, curled his lips, and threw a yellow crystal stone out of thin air. He threw it in front of the kneeling Emperor Li Si like a beggar. "This is a top-grade spiritual stone. I promised to give it to you, hehe."

Then he narrowed his eyes, lifted the jade feet that were pressing on the beautiful woman's cherry lips, and lay down on the carriage couch. The beautiful woman stood up and lingered around the immortal, massaging his shoulders and legs. The huge colorful carriage slowly turned around and left the Taihe Palace.

"Farewell to the Immortal!"

The eunuch started to chant. Then all the civil and military officials in the court chanted together: "Farewell to the Immortal!"

When the gate of the Taihe Palace slowly closed, the leader dressed in the official uniform of the Feather Guards shouted, "Feather Guards, two great masters, escort the spiritual stones into the treasury! No mistakes!"

"Huluala" nearly a thousand Feather Guards quickly moved, using hundreds of horse-drawn carriages to pull large steel boxes from the west gate, and began to carefully load the spirit stones into the boxes one by one.

The chief steward of the attendant bureau took out a golden imperial edict embroidered with a flying dragon and sang;

"Today, an immortal descended to the earth. This is a secret of the country. All officials participating in this event must not disclose this secret. The Feather Guard and the Attendant Bureau will be responsible for maintaining stability in Taihe City. It will be sealed for a hundred years. Once an official who leaks the secret is discovered, all ten clans will be executed! This is my decree!"

"Dismiss the dynasty!"

Immortals from the upper realm, with magical powers and spells.

"The magic weapon used by this immortal must be the storage ring!"

After the court session, Zhang Mingxuan walked on the road, thinking.

"Master Zhang!"

A girl's voice was heard behind me. I looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was the maid Jin'er whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

"Master Zhang, my young lady said she wants to eat the ice melon and frost peach you brought. When you step back, remember to bring them to my young lady~"

Jin'er was holding a bamboo basket in her hand.

Zhang Mingxuan knew that the frost peaches in the ice melons of the Ministry of Rites were twice as big as those sold in the market, and more than ten times sweeter.

Ever since he knew that Wang Mingde was already a 180-year-old old devil, he had developed a fear of the Wang Mansion and gradually became hesitant to establish any relationship with Wang Mingde.

"Jin'er."

"I have been transferred to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War does not have the fruits supplied by the Ministry of Rites. Moreover, I will go to the northwestern border to serve as a military supervisor soon. I am afraid that I will not be able to find some fruits from the Ministry of Rites for your young lady in the future." Zhang Mingxuan replied embarrassedly.

"you!"

Jin'er's eyebrows showed displeasure. "How did you become a princeling? Humph! My young lady said that Mr. Zhang is talented and upright, and is a friend worth making!" She scolded Zhang Mingxuan a few words, and Zhang Mingxuan was about to explain. But Jin'er threw her sleeves and left.

Zhang Mingxuan was about to explain when he saw Jin'er leaving and gave a bitter smile. "Jin'er looked timid, but I didn't expect her to be so fierce when she got angry."

The people in the palace are indeed not easy to mess with. A maid in the palace dares to mention the prince's gang in the street.