Chapter 216 : The Hallmaster Wants to Get Married Off 32 (2/2)

Her gaze then landed on the man next to Shi Sheng, her pupils shrinking as she did so. ‘It’s him! The man who has the Medicine King’s Furnace!’

……

On the appointed day, everyone arrived early and took their spots.

The ones who stood out the most were Qin Langyue, because she was fully covered in a black robe, and a man wearing a mask.

That man had a powerful aura and a sharp gaze. Because of this, no one dared to get close to him, so his immediate surroundings were clear of people.

Inside Four-Square City was a square surrounded by buildings where all the invited people gathered. As a crowd filled the square, Shi Sheng appeared on the second floor carrying a box with her. With a contented expression on her face, she gave the crowd below a greeting, “Hi! Long time no see!”

A strange silence befell the gathered crowd.

The one to break it was a tall, whiskered man. “Shen Yaoguang, what’re you playing at?”

His rough and bold voice seeminglycaused the building to shake a bit.

Shi Sheng leaned against the banister on the second floor, her gaze calm as she looked at Whiskers Man. “Come on, I’m a City Lord. What do you mean by just calling me ‘Shen Yaoguang this’, ‘Shen Yaoguang that’?”

“I’m already giving you face by calling you Shen Yaoguang! You know what those people out there call you?” Whiskers Man flew into a rage.

A thin man beside him immediately pulled him back. With cunning pretty much written all over his face, ‘Monkey spirit’ was probably the best way to describe him.

He first calmed down Whiskers Man before saluting Shi Sheng and nodding his head. “City Lord Shen, don’t take his words to heart. We were invited here by you, so you’re the host and we, your guests. Do be more forgiving.”

“You mean to say I can’t retort if he insults me, can’t retaliate if he hits me? ” Shi Sheng asked with a raised brow.

‘So what if I’m the host? Did I force them to come?’

Monkey-Spirit Man was stumped for words. ‘I clearly didn’t mean it like that…’

“City Lord Shen, let’s just cut to the chase. We’re all here for the Rainbow Lotus. Tell us what it’ll take for you to give it to us—an auction or what?” Someone got impatient and spoke.

Shi Sheng set the box on the banister, drawing all eyes to it. The atmosphere turned tense with undercurrents.

The box was opened, anda powerful surge of spirit energy escaped. Everyone suddenly felt comfort settle in both their mind and body.

The greed and lust in their gazes became even more obvious; so fierce were their hunger that their eyes seemed as if they could light the very air ablaze with need.

Naturally, there were some who were beginning to lose their reason to temptation.

“The reason I called you guys here…” Shi Sheng’s words were drawn out as she began lifting the Rainbow Lotus out of the box, causing the colours of its petals to dim slightly.

“Don’t take it out!” Someone immediately shouted. “It’ll lose its effects!”

The Rainbow Lotus was still half in the box, the other half exposed to the air. Shi Sheng glanced at the man, before carrying on leisurely , “I called you guys here so that you could witness the destruction of the Rainbow Lotus. That way, you guys will stop bothering me about this.”

‘What?!’

Everyone’s eyes widened. ‘What…did she just say? Why can’t we understand it? Was she not speaking human?

…Watch how the Rainbow Lotus is destroyed?!’

And then, Shi Sheng fully took the Rainbow Lotus outof the box, exposing it to the air under everyone’s stupefied gaze.

“Shen Yaoguang!” A wretched, enraged shriek from Qin Langyue pulled everyone back to their senses. Using their spirit energy to jump into the air, everyone attempted to snatch the Rainbow Lotus.

But Shi Sheng wasn’t afraid at all. She remained standing there,composed, with her lips curved in a mocking smile.

Just as they reached the second floor, they suddenly plummeted to the ground like rocks.

Like dominoes, many soon fell to the ground . Even those that managed to remain standing didn’t have much strength, so they didn’t dare to move.

“Don’t waste your breath. Ever since you lot first stepped in here, you’ve been poisoned.” Upon hearing this, they immediately thought of forcing the poison out using spirit energy, but—

“A friendly reminder: Using spirit energy will hasten your death.”