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

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