Chapter 7 - An Unexpected Guest

Zun Tai had also fallen on his back, disbelief and worry occupied his mind.

His clothes were full of blood and flesh from the two patriarchs.

He quickly got up and shouted, “What is the meaning of this?”.

“How can you accuse me of stealing poison and accuse Huang Ping and Li Yuanjun of attempting to kill you with it.”. “How can you explain killing them without proof and proper trial?”, he yelled in anger.

Lu Ran got closer, “Then why don’t you give this alcohol a try?”, he said while pointing to the bottle with poisoned alcohol.

Zun Tai cleverly replied, “Don’t tell me to drink poisonous alcohol. If you claim it is poisoned then you should prove that it is poison by drinking that bottle yourself.”.

“Haha, I might be old but I am not senile. I won’t give a scumbag like you the satisfaction of seeing my death just yet. On another note I do have an interesting person here. This is the culprit that stole the pouch in question. So if he doesn’t have anything to do with you or your clan, you probably won’t mind me testing that alcohol on him. ”.

A person was pushed forwards by Lu Chenyang.

His clothes were full of holes and his body was full of bruises.

The crowd started murmuring, “Is that who I think it is?”, “Yeah, that is Zun Tai’s son, Zun He.”.

People could feel the pressure increasing as things developed more and more.

Zun Tai coughed a bit and said, “Fine by me, I don’t know anyone like that in our clan.”.

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw a sword strike at Zun He.

Lu Ran didn’t let his guard down and was able to block the strike in time.

As he frowned, “Are you trying to kill my guinea pig?”.

“Humph, I merely wanted to take it upon myself to relieve this world of such a criminal.”, Zun Tai spoke angrily.

His patience had run out as he spoke ”I still have things to do and a clan to manage. I will be going now. I hope to see the public hanging of this criminal in the future then.”

“Of course, you are free to go. We will also provide you with a gift since our lovely evening was ruined.”, Lu Ran spoke with an amicable voice.

Zun Tai accepted the gift and gave it to a clansman for safekeeping.

After that the Zun Clan and the other two clans quickly took their leave.

When they left the party quickly resumed and loud laughter could be heard throughout the evening. Everyone enjoyed the lavious amount of food and drinks. Many people struck friendship with the Lu Clan and especially Lu Ran.

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Just before the evening ended, 50 strong cultivators escorted a luxurious carriage.

The carriage had a golden dragon design and used many precious materials.

As soon as the carriage was recognised by everyone they kneeled down and clasped their hands. Lu Ran was the only exception as he was now a Core Formation expert.

The carriage came to a stop and four dashing young children exited it. They were dressed in expensive white and golden robes with golden dragon designs. There were 3 young men and a young woman.

They are the royal princes and princesses. The young man in front was the crown prince, Xi Yuan. The woman next to him was the fourth princess, Xi Yuwei.

Behind them were the second and third princess, Xi Zhan and Xi Hao.

Besides the crown prince who had become 14 years old, all of them were under 10 years old. Especially the princess who was only 7 years old. The second prince was 10 years old and the third prince was 9 years old.

Xi Yuan spoke, “Congratulations uncle Ran, You have made progress in your cultivation.”.

“We have come here to present a gift from our royal father.”, Xi Zhan said with a smile.

Lu Ran smiled and said, “Many thanks to my nephews and my niece, I will gladly accept this gift then.”. “Please, come take a seat and enjoy our banquet, I will have the chef prepare his best food.”, as Lu Ran signaled to one of his subordinates.

“Thank you uncle, we will graciously accept this request.”, Xi Yuan said.

Xi Yuan loved food a lot, so this request pleased him a lot. as such he naturally wouldn’t refuse it.

As they took their seats, the evening proceeded even longer as no one dared to leave yet.

Most people wanted to strike up a friendship with the royal princes and the princess.

These royal children also didn’t mind since they were in need of allies. Since they would need them in the future.

Most importantly was the Lu Clan, since their strength would be imperative in the struggle that would ensue in the future. It was basically a sure thing to become emperor if you have a Core Formation expert at your side.

However, Lu Ran was smart enough to keep himself neutral. Also, he simply didn’t want to take sides. He would only take the side of his best friend.

Yes, his best friend is the current emperor of the Purple Sky Kingdom, Xi Chaohan.

Xi Chaohan was from the same generation as Lu Ran and they even fought together during their youth. They had experienced good and bad moments together.

Back then Lu Ran was a lot stronger than Xi Chaohan and had a better comprehension than him too.

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