55 Towards the Banque (1/2)
It took them another hour to get the clothes fitted, and then they bought a small cloth made from Primordial Beast silk.
This cloth was then used to create a purse where they together added a hundred gold coins.
This was quite a lot of gold, and it hurt all three of them to put that much money into it, but they still understood that the Crown Prince needed a great gift and thus they accepted the losses.
”Well, we have gotten some amazing clothes that can be used both in battle and for banquets.” Xue Wei smiled. ”We also got our wood jade carving for free. Although we spent a lot of gold, all the gold we have spent is gold we have gotten from beast cores. We have not even taken any of the money we were given by our families out yet.”
Hearing this, both Luo Zhirou and Shen Mu felt better. It was indeed true that they had not spent any of their money yet. The money they had spent were what they had gotten from the beast cores.
”We should thank Li Jian for bringing such wealth to us,” Shen Mu joked, and Luo Zhirou laughed while Xue Wei just smiled.
He was still uncomfortable about the female Primordial Beast he had seen twice now. Both times she had been wearing a large bamboo hat with a veil to hide her face and a large cloak to hide her body.
”Oh well, I should be safe for now,” he muttered to himself. ”I am in the middle of the capital. Even if a beast horde appeared, I would be safe. If the Primordial Beasts could wipe out the Heping Kingdom's capital, they would have done so a long time ago.”
”And the recruitment camp is placed right next to the capital, so the next year I should be safe.” Xue Wei decided.
Still, inside his mind was a tiny part of him that could not be convinced. There was a constant feeling telling him that he was in danger.
Shaking his head, his reason pushed this feeling of danger to the side, and he smiled with his friends once more.
Together, the three made their way through the inner city. The palace was located in the midst of everything, and it was also here that the banquet was being held.
Although the Crown Prince had estates outside of the palace in the city itself, he held all of the major gatherings at his chambers in the palace, and today was indeed a major gathering.
”To think that His Highness the Crown Prince is holding such a grand banquet is truly an honor,” Shen Mu said, a little bit astonished.
”This banquet has been in the works for a long time in advance most likely,” Xue Wei said. ”The Crown Prince has most likely made a banquet to wish all the geniuses of the noble families good luck in their endeavor when it comes to military service. We are likely to encounter a large group of experts today, and many of them will be young masters of the capital.”
Shen Mu thought about it for a bit, and then he nodded his head a bit, looking embarrassed. ”That makes sense,” he laughed. ”Thinking that he would make a banquet just for our arrival would be quite a stretch. I wonder if we can mingle successfully amongst them.”
”I am sure that some of them will be reasonable,” Xue Wei smiled, but he thought that at the same time it was likely that many of them were arrogant. They had been brought up in the capital, and the majority of them were supposed to be Earth Warriors. They would never acknowledge the three of them as they were still Ordinary Warriors.
The fact that they had been given an invite was already very shocking, but it could be argued for since he had a special physique and his uncle was Xiao Lei, but Luo Zhirou and Shen Mu had no such backing. All they could rely on was their relationship with Xue Wei.
”Oh well it will be fine,” Xue Wei muttered to himself, ”the main target will be me. I already insulted one of the nobles from the capital, and at the same time, I have a special physique. Having a special physique will make many of them jealous.”
”Jealousy is ugly, but hopefully no one is overly hostile.” Xue Wei's eyes turned dark, and a sinister smile appeared on his lips, ”if they do, then I do not mind teaching them a lesson.”
Xue Wei was rather certain in his own strength. Although it was impossible for him to kill these noble-born youngsters, he could still teach them a lesson as long as they were at the first layer of the Earth Warrior rank.
All of them were in deep thought as they made their way towards the palace that was towering in the distance when suddenly they heard the sounds of horse hooves galloping behind them.
”Out of the way!” someone yelled hostilely, followed by the sound of a whip flashing. Xue Wei stopped in his tracks and turned around to see what was happening behind him, and his eyes turned serious.
A young man was riding a horse that was galloping through the busy streets. He was swinging a whip in his hand, and it landed on the face of a commoner, rupturing the skin and causing him to forever be disfigured.
Xue Wei did not see himself as a hero of mankind, but he was not so arrogant that he would treat others like ants. He knew how it was to be looked down upon, which as a result never made him underestimate or undervalue human life.
”You three, out of the way!” the young man called as he looked at Xue Wei, Luo Zhirou, and Shen Mu, who were all standing in the middle of the street.
Xue Wei looked at Shen Mu and Luo Zhirou and saw undisguised disgust in their expressions. Both of them loathed arrogant masters to the extreme, and the sight in front of them had filled them both with the utmost dislike towards this young master that seemed to be the same age as themselves.