Chapter 142: So angry!

In the lord's palace of Leitingcheng, a banquet was being held to welcome the Great Witch, and it was also a celebration banquet for driving away the Exotic Beast tide.

The nobles and officials of the City Lord inside the city sat on both sides of the great hall, before them lay the City Lord's private chef's specially cooked whole roasted Exotic Beast and various fruits and vegetables, even sweet rare honey water, the food giving off an aroma that no one could resist.

But now, although these mouth-watering dishes were placed all around, hardly any Beastfolk ate them; the male beasts on both sides of the palace widened their eyes, staring unblinking at the center of the hall, occasionally swallowing their saliva.

Dong! Na! Na!

With rhythmic drumbeats, a female clad in sheer white gauze was dancing seductively in the great hall, her black hair loosely tied up, her twisting waist as soft as that of a mythic female water serpent.

Her wrists and waist bore pure gold bells, which, as she danced, emitted a clear, enchanting chime.

The female dancing in the hall was Lin Ling, with black hair and snow-white skin, her eyes lined in black, lips stained with red flower juice, every move gorgeous and alluring.

She had volunteered to perform; Lin Ling had been loitering in the lord's palace for days, each day carrying Concentrated Spirit Dew, yet wherever she went, she heard everyone talking about how the War General Jue Diao had fully awakened.

Not a single Beastfolk noticed her, let alone the nearly odorless Concentrated Spirit Dew on her.

Lin Ling had wanted to go find Cangqiong to tell him she had Concentrated Spirit Dew, but she never imagined she was overthinking; given her current status as a witch attendant and the fact that in Leitingcheng, where Cangqiong is the supreme lord, there was simply no chance for her to meet him up close.

I'm furious!

These days, smashing things couldn't dispel Lin Ling's inner resentment—how could Fang Yue Dan so easily catch Cangqiong's attention, while here she gets no notice at all?!

Lin Ling was unwilling to accept it, her heart filled with hatred; upon hearing that the attendant female informed them the lord was preparing a banquet to receive the Shamaness, she immediately decided to perform at the feast.

Speaking of which, this dance was originally performed by Fang Yue Dan in her past life; on the day she became the Great Witch, the six lords led their troops, and amidst the gaze of ten thousand people, she personally stood at the hall's center, relying on this never-before-seen dance to become the dream female of all Beastfolk males.

Now, Lin Ling naturally took it for her own use.

This dance made her hate so much in her past life that she wanted to kill; in this life she secretly formed a team to practice it.

She had originally planned to save it for the day she became the Great Witch, but now, feeling slighted in Leitingcheng, she impulsively decided on the spot to use this dance to slap everyone in the face.

To the drumbeat were added the bell sounds, accompanied by the skilled drumming of her personal guards; Lin Ling spun in the hall, her posture swaying like a lovely, radiant flower.

The Beastfolk males had never seen a female dance; their eyes blazed with fervor, some even dropped the knives they held for cutting food without realizing, mixed with countless hissing sounds of inhaling saliva.

Sitting on high, Cangqiong lowered his gaze to a certain point, gently swaying the silver cup holding water in his hand—interesting.

In the hall's center, Lin Ling, as she turned and spun, caught with the corner of her eye the gaze of the Beastfolk males watching her; as a female, she certainly knew their fiery looks—that of wanting to kneel at her feet begging for favor.

But the most powerful Beastfolk present, the very one she truly wanted to attract, did not even glance at her with his golden eyes.

Sitting beside the Great Witch in the highest place, he seemed to have had his attention drawn by something else.

When the music ended, the bell at Lin Ling's waist chimed softly, her arms naturally retracted, she twisted her waist to a stop, lightly panting as she lifted her lovely eyes to look up at Cangqiong above.

Cangqiong set down his silver cup, raised his hand and waved, saying, "Bring that box of rubies to this female."

Immediately, an attendant female received the order and withdrew.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ling incredulously lifted her gaze, her unwillingness swelling without limit, she longed to rush forward and tell Cangqiong she possessed Concentrated Spirit Dew!

Ahhh—

Cangqiong, you're truly not a Beastfolk, daring to ignore me!!

Lin Ling's eyes burned with anger; upon receiving the box of rewarded rubies, she flicked her long sleeve and stormed out of the hall in a huff.

The Great Witch sitting above saw this and chuckled, looking at the young lord beside him: "Hehe, it seems you've made the pretty female cry with anger; her performance just now was very beautiful, don't you like it?"

The Great Witch sat a few meters away from him; the hall was filled with Beastfolk voices, while Cangqiong pondered in his heart, having not heard clearly, he asked, "What?"

The Great Witch did not want to speak.

This clueless lot of Beastfolk males.

The hall inexplicably grew somewhat quiet; all the Beastfolk males wore a lovestruck look, staring blankly at the doorway, as if their souls had flown out with Lin Ling as she left the hall.

Thus concluded, Cangqiong's patience ended; he rose from his seat, said something to the Great Witch, then led the way out of here.

Behind him, the captain of the guard squad, Diao Yuan, stepped closer: "My lord, the matter you entrusted has been clarified—the elixir appears in Kuangsha City."

Cangqiong had always been interested in that elixir, thinking about it throughout the banquet; he looked up at the sky: "Oh? It's in Kuangsha City."

Diao Yuan understood the chief's interest in the elixir; he immediately said tactfully, "Let me take a team on a trip—I will surely bring back news of the elixir's chief medicinal plant."

Cangqiong: "No need for you to go."

He turned the gem ring on his thumb: "This time I will go myself."

……

Shasha—

Lin Manzhi held a laughing feather, writing on pink-tinged thin paper, feeling a gaze upon her that was hard to ignore.

She lifted her eyes to look over.

Mo Lie sat opposite at the table, cheek resting on one hand, his icy-blue eyes meeting the gaze of the little female looking over; he couldn't help but curl the corner of his mouth, revealing a smile.

"Hmm?" his voice soft as a lover's whisper beside the ear: "Zhizhi… what are you writing?"

Lin Manzhi stopped her pen, turning the thin paper over to show him: "I haven't written anything; I'm calculating the revenue-to-expense ratio for the Fierce Sand Escort Bureau this period."

It's no illusion—Mo Lie has become even more clingy; since that day, wherever she goes he follows, spending more time with her than he did in the Rousanya tribe.

For example, before when she stayed indoors not going out, while she calculated accounts in the study, Mo Lie would usually go outside to handle military affairs, after all, he commands over twenty thousand soldiers and the entire Xicheng Qu.

She paused, then asked: "Are you not busy?"

Mo Lie lowered the hand propping his face, gathering the scattered sheets of thin paper Lin Manzhi had looked at on the desk into a stack: "Not at all—I'm helping organize on the side; I can be your assistant, Zhizhi."

Lin Manzhi blinked, wishing she could urge him to go out and get busy; whenever he stays in the study, she always ends up distracted watching him, making her work far slower than before.