Tea Party

Chapter 13: Tea Party

Meanwhile, at Ren Zheng's residence, a delightful and joyous tea party was underway.

The environment was very peaceful. The aroma of freshly brewed tea filled the air, mingling with the scent of blooming flowers arranged meticulously in the corners of the room.

The elders, dressed in their finest robes, sat on plush cushions around a low wooden table, each savoring their tea with a sense of ritualistic enjoyment.

Conversations flowed with ease, punctuated by laughter and the occasional sharp remark, as they shared stories and debated matters of the clan.

But this peace might be broken at any point.

"Haha... the elder's stories are always so captivating!"

"I told you, these aren't just stories but my life experiences. Anyway, let me share another fascinating tale of mine. This one is from when I was only seven years old, and a Rank 2 Hundred Beast King attacked me. But I remained calm...", the elder replied with a frown.

"Ugh, not again! This bragging fool. How much more can that old and innocent mouth boast? Unbelievable..."

While everyone was busy conversing and bragging an elder was just sitting alone peacefully and enjoying his tea. He was slowly sipping his tea, savoring every essence.

His name was Ren Lotus. He was somewhat different from the other elders present, as he was the youngest. He looked like a grandson among a group of grandfathers.

An elder slowly headed to the place where he had been sitting.

"Hey.. Elder, why sit alone, let's share some of our life experience with each other, I can understand that you might not have any experiences to tell, but I have so many that..."

"Elder, is this right?"

The elder felt confused, "What is right?, what is wrong?..."

"Our fellow clan members are dead, and we are here enjoying tea and sharing our pleasures," Lotus said while gently placing the teacup on the table.

A deep frown appeared on the face of the elder beside him after hearing his words.

"Oh, fellow elder, the dead guards are not our clan members; they are merely of mortal origin. If they are dead, so what?"

"But still, they served us with their full hearts. Don't you feel any remorse? They have also been very kind to me..."

"Huh... served us with their full hearts? So what? They should be happy to have died serving us. And please don't refer to them as our clan members.

Referring to those petty mundanes as our clan members is a great disrespect to our brothers and our revered ancestors," the elder's expression turned from calm to anger within seconds.

"Yeah... fellow elder is right. But it can't be said to everyone, right? just look at Elder Kael, he is also from a mortal origin but he is so amazing, admirable, astonishing, outstanding, marvelous, superb, fantastic, sensational, delightful, and remarkable.... Fellow leader doesn't think that mean Elder Kael is also petty mundane trash, does he?"

"Didn't you listen to my words properly? All gu masters from those trash mortal origins are just small fishes in a dirty river. As for Kael, he is just a slightly larger fish, but his size is merely due to his luck, nothing more..."

Listening to his hypocritical words, Ren Lotus could no longer contain his emotions, "Huh... do you dare to say that in front of Elder Kael?!"

"Huh... don't tell me that you're a fanboy of his. Hahah..."

"You... come, let's have a duel right now and see who is who..."

"This is the problem with your generation. You don't know anything about the world, yet you think you are superior and know everything. Sigh, these young men..."

"Yeah, I am superior and stronger than you, you dead piece of trash. Come, let me send you to your resting place!"

Ren Lotus stood up and began to activate his gu, but just then, an elder, moving with the speed of light, Ren Zheng, appeared between them.

"Please, Elder Lotus and Elder Sanger, calm down... just give him some face. This is a peaceful tea party, not a battlefield or a tournament for dueling."

....

"Why hasn't the great master returned yet? I am dying of boredom. Why am I wasting my time here? I should complete the tasks assigned to me by the great master."

Void placed his hands on the floor, slightly past shoulder-width apart, and lowered himself towards the ground, keeping his elbows pointed back. Just before touching the ground, he pushed up.

"701... 702... 703... 704... 705... 750... ahh..."

Void was all drenched by swet and mud, he didn't looked like a young master or a son of a rich kid but more so a mundane beggar who is ready to start his daily business. 

"My body is feeling extreme pain and I feel like my veins are being tore violently", his body was screaming with pain, but his expression was that of joy and satisfaction.

"I feel like I am growing stronger, Its so damn effective... Is this the secret to the great clan leader's power? Haha, it hasn't even been a day since I became the lord's disciple, and he has already given me this divine training method, he is so magnanimous as expected. "

Void was engrossed in his training when his stomach could no longer bear it.

Growl growl

"Ah... Fuck!, I hadn't eaten a shit since the morning, It had been almost eleven hours. I don't wanna quit my training, but sigh...this mundane body of mine."

...

Inside the underground secret room, Zaner was also feeling the same problem as Void.

Growl growl

"Ahh... I'm so hungry I feel like I could finish an entire boar by myself! I wonder what boar's meat tastes like," Zaner hadn't eaten or even touched the meat of boar or pig in his previous world. Its not that he found it disgusting, but his religion didn't let him to eat it.

Zaner looked at the precious gu recipes and refinement experiences in front of him. "Sigh... I don't want to leave, but..."

He took a look of those precious treasures the last time and left.