Chapter 3806 — A Dead Silence
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
And with Shangguan Lan'er's formidable background, wherever she went she was an object of awe. To join such a gathering she did not even need to announce herself; her very appearance would make any host feel his humble abode had been graced with glory, and never would he dare take the slightest offense.
This young lady had in the past rarely attended the gatherings of the second generation. That she should deign to show her face even once was capital they would boast of and show off for days to come within their circle.
Yet although Shangguan Lan'er rarely attended, if one wanted to find Xu Lingchong, such gatherings were the surest place to do it.
Any second-generation cultivator who could enter this circle was of illustrious birth. Never mind how many elite prodigies these scions themselves might produce—their family backgrounds alone made them well worth befriending and drawing in. And for Xu Lingchong, who was single-mindedly grooming himself to one day shoulder the great beam of the Xu family, such golden opportunities laid right before his eyes were certainly not to be let slip.
On the day after receiving Wei Zhao's reply, Shangguan Lan'er appeared at Huayang Residence with the little Curly Bear cub in tow.
This was a luxury establishment that Chongtian Pavilion operated exclusively for its own people—a high-class venue where even a casual meal cost a hundred spirit jades. Its opulence rivaled any merchant guild's restaurant in the outside world, and it was the unchallenged first choice for the customary gatherings of the cultivator second generation.
Of course, cultivators generally had no need to eat, but the fare here was of considerable benefit to them all the same. The vegetarian dishes were cooked with precious spirit herbs as their vegetables, and the meat dishes came from livestock raised especially to absorb the spiritual essence of heaven and earth.
Not only did it taste exquisite—once taken into the body, it was greatly beneficial for enhancing and consolidating one's cultivation.
That said, this was hardly a place ordinary loose cultivators or disciples without backing could afford! But there was no comparing with them—these people could boost their cultivation just by eating a meal!
And exactly as Shangguan Lan'er had anticipated, Young Master Xu Lingchong was indeed present.
At the sight of Shangguan Lan'er's figure, every scion in the hall was struck dumb on the spot. A moment passed before they came to their senses and hurriedly crowded around to greet her.
For all that these second-generation scions swaggered about, mouths pursed in disdain, as though they alone held sway over heaven and earth, before a young lady like Shangguan Lan'er they were less than nothing. Who could help it, when her grandfather was the incomparably mighty Shangguan Tianxia?
Even the elders and patrons of their own houses could only bow and scrape before her grandfather; faced with Miss Shangguan herself, they naturally had no choice but to lower their heads a notch.
And among them all, the one most assiduous in currying favor with Shangguan Lan'er was none other than Xu Lingchong. After all, this fellow was bent on rising in the world by becoming Shangguan Tianxia's grandson-in-law—if at a time like this he still failed to seize the chance to ply her with attentions, he would truly be a fool beyond redemption.
Watching so many young masters of the second generation flock around Shangguan Lan'er like lapdogs, one young woman at the feast was instantly displeased. In a sour, insinuating tone she sneered, "Some women really have no sense of propriety—just because their family has a little backing, they drag a mangy spirit pet around everywhere. This is Huayang Residence! Everyone who comes and goes here is rich or noble. Is this any place for a mangy spirit pet like that?"