Chapter 189: Chapter 184: The Banquet Begins, Li Xian Astonishes the Crowd!
The sixth floor is the position of the noble, with four seats, and the dishes are slightly lesser. The fifth floor is the position of the minister, with six seats, and the dishes are even lesser... decreasing accordingly, until the first floor, where there are twenty-one seats, and the dishes are the worst. But even the worst cannot be eaten by ordinary people.
From top to bottom, a total of seventy-five seats.
Although it’s a banquet, it’s actually a covert ranking, urging people to compete. Those with lower positions can seize seats, and the way to compete is simple, either through "verbal martial arts debate" or "hand-to-hand martial arts combat".
The Heavenly People Tower is set in Pond Lake.
Pond Lake is vast, but the lake surface is calm. Every year’s first snow, it is windless and ripple-less. Therefore, when the tower hosts a martial arts debate, the sound carries across the lake, and passing commoners, various family clans, and sect leaders can all hear it.
Around the lake rise taverns, and the guests inside have even better positions, able to directly see the feast happening inside.
It is indeed a grand event in the Prefecture City!
This morning.
The lakeside was already surrounded by people. Tall buildings stood around Pond Lake, and wealthy merchants and noble family descendants in the private rooms had already taken their seats early.
How bustling it was.
Gu Nianjun had no interest in this event, but Zhou Shijie, the top of the Hero List, was a fellow student of the academy, and had gained good fortune. He was to enter the tower feast and had extended an invitation days ago. Gu Nianjun bluntly refused, but as he persisted and Gu Nianjun happened to be free today, he came as arranged.
The ’Dragon Gate Tower’ beside Pond Lake.
Zhou Shijie, young and handsome, tall in stature, wearing luxurious brocade, said, "Nianjun, I have reserved a parlour for you in the Dragon Gate Tower. I am really happy you could come."
Gu Nianjun got off the carriage, nodded slightly. Just as he was about to climb the Dragon Gate Tower, he suddenly glimpsed a figure, and his originally disinterested expression turned serious in an instant.
Zhou Shijie looked on, instantly taken aback. On the carriageway, a white horse-drawn black carriage had stopped, and a woman in white got off. Her demeanor was indescribable, her expression gentle. She looked a moment at Gu Nianjun, then walked towards the Dragon Gate Tower with an air impossible to define.
Gu Nianjun said gravely, "Why has she come too?"
"Nianjun, do you know her? Who is she?" asked Zhou Shijie.
"Let’s go upstairs!" Gu Nianjun now had interest, not answering Zhou Shijie, only muttering, "If she arrives, hopefully this floor feast won’t turn into a bloody mess."
"Nianjun, Nianjun!" Zhou Shijie hurried after him, secretly using Lightweight Skill, but regardless of his pursuit, he was always half a step behind.
...
Many onlookers successively took their seats.
Lin Aoshan, being the "Grandmother of the Lin Family
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