Blue Phoenix Chapter 70 – The Birthday

Wang Ju Long quickly caught up to Hui Yue and a big smile was apparent on her face. She completely ignored the snake-woman they had just left behind and immediately started conversing with Hui Yue about their everyday life at the Royal Academy.

Chatting together, Hui Yue looked at the mansion’s landscape. Every garden and courtyard had been adorned with lamps and illuminating stones, giving off a soft and celestial glow to light up the entire City Lord’s mansion.

Servants walked back and forth to the kitchen, as the people gathered in groups outside were gossiping with each other. The closer to the main hall Hui Yue and Wang Ju Long came, the more groups of people that could be seen and the higher their rank was within Riluo City’s hierarchy.

The stairs were bustling with hundreds of men. Some were moving inside the main hall to greet the birthday pair, while others were departing from the main hall intending to socialize with certain nobles with whom they usually would not see in their own social circles.

Wang Ju Long led Hui Yue and together they managed to push their way through the stair crowds and enter the main hall which throughout had been decorated. The main decoration was red lanterns which mostly had the phrases “Congratulations” or “Best Wishes” written on them.

Each guest was invited to write a greeting on these round lanterns with golden ink, before releasing them to float above and illuminate the beautiful room and the guests.

These lanterns were not the only attraction. In different corners beautiful young women played the same piece of music, completely in sync, establishing a very calming background music that was extremely pleasant to listen to.

Big fans were also used to decorate the walls. Some of these fans were painted with images of Rong Xing and Rong Ming fighting deadly battles against magical beasts, or they were painted with pictures of the two twins cultivating. Some fans even showed images of the beasts that had been slain or captured by the two twins.

There was one area where the fans on the walls were much more numerous than the rest of the room. It was right next to the stage where three women were dancing. All three women were using two beautiful white fans; swirling them around, tossing them into the air, and catching them without any mistakes. The dance was mesmerizing, and a large crowd had gathered in front of these dancing women.

Seeing Hui Yue’s dreamy expression after looking at these dancing women, a pout appeared on Wang Ju Long’s face as she grabbed his hand and dragged him off to the complete opposite side of the room.

This section of the room was more crowded than the former area. Hui Yue quickly understood why that was. In front of them were multiple tables formed into a beautiful snake. Even the tablecloth had been designed to make the table look snake-like and on top of this giant snake was any kind of food one could imagine.

Gazing on all this food, Hui Yue could not help but lick his lips greedily. He quickly made his way towards some of the dishes which he had become especially fond of after his reincarnation.

One of these dishes was a spring roll, which was made with a kind of rice paper wrapped around vegetables with some ground meat in the middle. Hui Yue did not know what kind of meat was in it. These spring rolls were the dish which Hui Yue always ate whenever he was dining with the Rong twins at the City Lord’s mansion.

Another dish which he loved was a cake-like creation. It was so sweet that Hui Yue always thought he had a sugar rush each time he ate one. The intense feeling of delight which was exclaimed from Lan Feng’s soul always made Hui Yue feel good. He eventually came to enjoy those small sugar bombs as well.

Having picked up some small snacks and starting to nibble on them, Hui Yue noticed that at the end of the snake, at the tail, were yet other tables. These tables had been shaped like the different elemental affinities and their colors.

One was a yellow mountain, symbolizing the earthen affinity; another was a silver gemstone symbolizing the metal affinity, while yet another was a tree which obviously symbolized wood. The others were made into a red flame and a blue wave to symbolize the fire and water affinities, respectively.

These affinity tables were filled with all the beverages and drinks. So much more than Hui Yue had ever seen in this world. There were alcohol-free juices next to strong spirits. There were simple beers and expensive wines. Hui Yue’s eyes were shining as he looked at all the goodies. But before he had the chance of going to fetch himself a drink, Wang Ju Long pulled him towards the middle of the room.

Looking at the middle of the room a smile appeared on Hui Yue’s face, as he saw the Rong twins standing tall, greeting their guests, and accepting their presents with patient faces and polite smiles.

Walking towards the two siblings proved to be even harder than it had been to ascend the stairs. Hui Yue had to use his elbows finally to worm his way through the crowd.

“Hui Yue!” Rong Xing called, a genuine smile replaced the previous polite one. An excitement shone from her eyes as she looked at the young man who had just forced his way into their inner circle.

Hearing the beautiful young lady call for a man with such a kind and enthusiastic voice, many of the young masters within Riluo City looked at Hui Yue with disdain at first. However, after seeing Wang Ju Long by his side, those expressions of disdain changed to complex expressions instead.

The majority of these young nobles had gone to the academy when they were younger. Although they were now graduated, they had been studying back when Hui Yue had fought Li Shing. The mercilessness which he had displayed had clearly left a lasting trauma in most of these young masters’ minds.

Although his name had long since been forgotten by Riluo City, which was currently dropping geniuses left and right, to these young masters his actions would never be forgotten, as it was the first time most had seen a killing with their own eyes.

Hui Yue completely ignored the many people who were staring at him. Instead, he moved towards the twins, two presents in his hands one for each of them.

Accepting the presents Hui Yue saw how they both struggled. Neither of the twins wished for Hui Yue to have brought a gift for them as he had already gifted them an immense amount of treasures, yet here he was again gifting them presents which they did not feel as though they deserved.

Hui Yue was perfectly well aware of this, yet he still brought presents for the two. He knew that there was no chance that the two could decline the gifts when they were in front of this many people.

Although Hui Yue had gifted these two a lot, they were the ones who had done what they could for him when he was younger. Even now, Hui Yue felt completely assured that they would always have his back, should he need it.

As soon as the cases were opened, everyone present breathed in a deep waft of air as the scent of medicinal pills floated out. To have such an amazing aroma these pills had to be at least at the Qi Congregating level. Anyone who was below Master rank would benefit hugely from such medicinal pills.

Greed surfaced on the faces of many of the guests. Neither Rong Ming nor Rong Xing showed any expression of surprise; instead, a gratified expression was evident on their faces.

Throughout the year, Hui Yue had regularly produced medicinal pills for the entire group. Even if he had managed to purchase most of the pills, he was not able to buy all these Qi Congregating Pills at once, as he wished to. They were used to pay the teachers at the Royal Academy thus the Medicinal Pill Outlet had a limited stock.

For the two of them to be gifted such incredible quantities of these pills obviously meant that Hui Yue had gathered them for quite a long time. This thought warmed the Rong twins’ hearts as they smiled happily at the young boy who had gifted them these pills. With these pills, it was now possible to attempt a forceful breakthrough into the Master rank.

Although Hui Yue wished to stay behind and chat with the two twins, now it was time for him to step back as more nobles were standing in the queue waiting for their turn to deliver presents. Wang Ju Long had left the cumbersome task of all the procedures to the elders of the Wang family who were also present at the celebration.

Upon leaving the middle of the main hall, Hui Yue was gazing around looking for Deng Wu. No matter how much he searched, it was impossible for him to find the young master, who was currently known as Riluo City’s number one genius.

Although Deng Wu had finally stopped masking his cultivation base, this did not make him arrogant as was to be expected. Nothing like that had happened at all, and in fact, Deng Wu was exactly the same as before.

Breaking into the Master’s rank had required Deng Wu to utilize quite a few Qi Refining Pills and in that way allow his qi to become pure. Yet every time qi was refined the total amount would shrink. Although he was currently a Master, he was still working hard on regaining the volume of qi he had lost while refining it to a higher purity.

Hui Yue had finally convinced the perverted phoenix to assist him in helping Deng Wu. However, because the phoenix was very stubborn, he required Deng Wu to give him something in return. It could be anything from information to items, yet the information was what Lan Feng liked the most.

Hui Yue sighed as he considered this, but in the end, he had had no other choice than to accept the phoenix’s demands.

After walking through the entire mansion twice, Hui Yue finally saw a familiar face flirting with one of the servants, and a wry smirk appeared on his face. For someone who professed to give all his love to Rong Xing, he sure was quite free with his flirtations whenever the queen of his heart was not around.

“Deng Wu,” Hui Yue called silently. Instantly the older boy stopped flirting with the girl, turning around he saw the white-haired young man together with Wang Ju Long. The goofy expression on his face turned to that of a smile, and he quickly paced towards them.

“So you made it in one piece,” Deng Wu said jokingly, as he looked for injuries on Hui Yue. He relaxed when he saw that no injuries had been caused by meeting with yet another pack of assassins.

“I have something for you,” Hui Yue said straight up. The words instantly caught Deng Wu’s attention. “But Lan Feng will not part with it for nothing. If you have any interesting information, now is the time you should use it.”

Hui Yue had said this in a joking matter, yet as soon as the words had slipped past his lips, he noticed how both Wang Ju Long and Deng Wu jolted slightly, almost suspiciously, before glancing at each other.

“Well, as a matter of fact,” Deng Wu started, beads of sweat beginning to appear on his forehead. “There was this one little thing. But, perhaps...” he continued, constantly glancing at Wang Ju Long who, in turn, ever so slightly shook her head, trying very hard not to gain any attention from Hui Yue.