Banquet

Throughout  Zhan Wei didn't leave the carriage till they got to the residence prepared for them.

Their residence was in the western part of the palace and was used by the imperial palace to receive guests.

It was simple yet had elaborate designs and majestic stone carvings and there were maids assigned to serve them.

Although he had his own maid , it was palace procedure.

After telling them to prepare for a banquet that night, the eunuch  left.

Zhan Wei slept until qing'er came to wake him that it was time to prepare for the banquet.

After freshening up , he put on a black silk robe and followed the eunuch to the banquet.

He was accompanied by Xiaomei and qing'er.

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The banquet was set in the Stargazing Pavilion, it had a transparent high ceiling that allowed one to see the stars at night.

After the eunuch announced their presence, they entered.

He could feel the stares of the people in the hall on them.

A maid guided them to their seats , the rest were given a table and Zhan Wei was brought to the main seat.

The banquet was exquisite and luxurious, all sorts of lavish foods and silverware , even Zhan Wei who was used to seeing food was still astonished, the tables was filled with all sorts of spirit beast meat of high quality.

Zhan Wei felt his blood stir , from afar he could feel the massive vital essence contained in the food.

He didn't see the Emperor or any court officials, only the young generation were present.

As he approached the main table , he saw a girl seated with an empty seat beside her.

This was his first time , he was seeing his so called "fiancee".

She had beautiful purple eyes , red lips and long black hair that reached her waist.

She wore purple imperial robes and her jewelry was simple but exquisite.

Zhan Wei felt like she was the prettiest thing he had seen.

She looked like a purple lotus, untainted and pure.

Yet that didn't mean he was fascinated with her , after his eyes carried a hint of appreciation, they returned back to deep black pools.

As he watched her , She also watched him.

That wild very handsome face and tall physique, but what attracted her was his eyes.

She felt like she could see his emotions in those eyes , his gaze as he looked at her .

" Your Highness " ,Zhan Wei bowed as he reached her and sat at the empty seat.

The banquet started with dancers and scholars reading grandiose poems and all sorts of entertainment.

Zhan Wei ate as he watched , he felt the gazes of the people in the room as he steadily devoured the food in front of him.

As he ate , he could feel his five organs crazily absorb the vital essence of the five elements.

He used his consciousness to look at his body and found that his five organs all had a hint of colored glow , although it was faint it was still there .

Zhan Wei was surprised , he could feel his bottleneck loosen a bit , " I'm approaching grand completion".

The guest in the room were astonished, What sort of barbarian was this , compared to the noble youth of the capital that just chatted and hardly touched their food.

Zhan Wei was like bottomless pit , although he ate slowly, his huge appetite still shocked them.

Xia Yunzi beside him was also surprised, she already knew he had a huge appetite yet this was massive.

After a while he stopped, although he could eat a lot he couldn't be extreme, if he ate without limit , people would guess he had a secret.

After stopping he played his focus back on the stage where some of the younger generation had started sparing.

He couldn't guage their levels but he felt the qi they emanated.

After a while , a young slender boy walked to the stage , he wore a green robe and had a long sword on his waist.

" Chen feng greets his Highness " , after bowing he cupped his fist at Zhan Wei, " I heard Young Master Wei was born with divine strength, could lift a thousand jin at young and posseses unrivalled physical strength".

He continued " I wonder if you could grace us with a spar ".

The whole hall was quiet, everybody had their attention on him , wondering how he would reply.

" I'm not interested " Zhan Wei replied.

The youth obviously not taking no for answer said, "Young Master Wei has just come to the capital, most of the younger generation of the capital are here this night, it won't be pleasant if word got out that the "Imperial consort " refused a friendly spar".

Looking at the youth in front of him Zhan Wei chuckled , this Chen feng was clearly antagonizing him.

He answered , " What a joke , you want to fight , I don't want to , tell me why should I fight you ".

Xia Yunzi beside Zhan Wei also felt what he said made sense , " Why did he have to fight because you asked him to , although Zhan Wei had divine strength, this was the imperial capital, which one of these youth hadn't been cultivating from young".

Chen feng cupsed his fist once more , " I apologize for the inconvenience , I wonder if a wager is enough ".

He shook his head , " I won't say it again, why should I spar with you , what stupid wager! , you have to make it worth my while .

Looking at the reaction of the people in the hall , Zhan Wei knew if he didn't fight, Chen feng wouldn't stop.

Everyone including Chen feng was shocked by his reply.

Zhan Wei practically wanted him to pay to fight him.

Chen Feng didn't know what to say, then he heard someone communicate something with him using his spirit sense.

He took out a bottle with a little white pill in it from his storage ring, " This high grade Cleansing pill has enough spirit qi to cleanse the body and push a mortal to the peak of the body cleansing realm.

Most of the youths in the banquet were at meridian opening stage of the foundation stage.

Only a few were at the innate realm

The foundation stage had many levels: Body Cleansing, meridian opening and Innate realm and Qi refinement.

The body Cleansing realm involved using spirit Qi to cleanse the body of impurities and make it more suitable for cultivation.

Most people would would spend years cleansing their body of impurities.

A pill that could push someone to the peak of the body cleansing, although it wasn't worth a lot to these nobles , it still had value.

Zhan Wei stood up and walked to the stage .

He nodded his and said " it's ok ".

Chen feng threw the bottle at him and unsheathed his sword.

After putting away the bottle , Zhan Wei looked at him , obviously for Chen feng to have challenged him , he had confidence in his skills.

He didn't know what level he had reach but the qi emanating from him wasn't frightening to him at all.

Compared to a few youths in the hall and the girl beside him, it was negglible.