Chapter 461: A Banquet Without Good Intentions

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived!" A tall carriage pulled to a stop in front of a luxurious building with a large plaque hanging above it that read "Lingyun Ge," and the coachman spoke to the people inside.

People around the building cast curious gazes toward the carriage. This place was the most famous and luxurious restaurant in the Norton Imperial City; it was said that its ancestors had a certain connection with the Lingyun Mercenary Group, and the power behind it could not be underestimated. Since this restaurant was established here, no one had ever caused trouble, because those who did were all thrown out. Among those thrown out were not a few Sanctuary Powerhouses, and those who came to stir up trouble were all beaten to the ground. After experiencing such things a few times, people realized that this place was not to be trifled with, and from then on, no one dared to cause trouble here.

Today, the First Prince had booked the entire place, saying it was to host guests, so those who came were basically people invited by the First Prince. Those who could be invited by the First Prince were clearly not ordinary people, and their carriages usually bore emblems representing themselves or the forces behind them. However, this carriage had no emblems at all, and it looked more like it had been rented on a whim.

"Are we there?" A male voice came from inside the carriage.

The carriage door was opened, and three women stepped down. When the people around saw these three women, their breathing could not help but hitch. As for Lingyun, who came out behind them, he was magnificently ignored by everyone present.

Although they had only changed their clothes, it fully displayed the beauty of the three. Of course, these three outfits were not ordinary clothes, but Magic Treasures that Lingyun had refined using his own Source Power and materials from the Magic Beast Forest. When needed, these gorgeous garments could instantly transform into Saint Domain-level battle armor, erupting with immense power.

"Is this the place?" Lingyun gazed at the Lingyun Ge in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking of.

"I say, Lingyun, this Lingyun Ge, could it be that it has some connection to you?" Chen Jing's voice rang in Lingyun's ear.

"A connection? Perhaps a little!" Lingyun sighed softly, then handed his invitation to the attendant at the door.

After the attendant took the invitation, he bowed to Lingyun and then guided their party into Lingyun Ge.

"Lingyun, I don't like it here!" After stepping into the banquet venue, Aiweier leaned close to Lingyun and whispered to him.

With the keen perception unique to the Elf Race, the moment she stepped into the banquet venue, she felt countless gazes that made her loathe them. Among these gazes, there was appraisal, calculation, and suspicion, but more than anything, there was greed. These gazes made her feel as if she were on pins and needles, and she felt uncomfortable all over. In the shadows, there were even several strands of Mental Power spreading over unscrupulously, as if they wanted to scan her body from top to bottom.

"Do you remember the method of using Mental Power I taught you in the carriage earlier?" A strange light flashed in Lingyun's eyes.

"That move?" A rainbow-like light suddenly erupted in Aiweier's eyes, and under her urging, the invisible Mental Power transformed into invisible blades, hacking heavily at the Mental Power that was probing over.

A small whirlwind suddenly whipped up in the banquet venue. Through his Divine Sense, Lingyun detected muffled groans coming from the shadows; those were the sounds made by the people who wanted to use Mental Power to spy on Aiweier after their Mental Power suffered damage.

At the same time, invisible Divine Sense turned into blades and swords, shredding all the malicious Mental Power probing toward the four of them above the banquet. On this Continent, Mental Power was an extremely fragile thing; once damaged, the best case was having no hope of further improvement in strength, and the worst case was becoming a cripple or even dying. As for what kind of fate those whose Mental Power was damaged would meet, that was not something Lingyun needed to care about; after all, some things, once done, always require a price to be paid, don't they?

Of course, this was also a form of invisible deterrence. Under the clever application of Lingyun's Divine Sense, no one could detect who exactly had caused the severe damage to their Mental Power. They might even think it was the result of multiple people attacking at once. This also made those in the shadows even more vigilant, not daring to attack Lingyun's party easily. Although Lingyun would not be afraid even if they did attack, the fewer such things, the better, right?

Not to mention how those with damaged Mental Power hiding in the shadows licked their wounds, after Lingyun's party entered the venue, the First Prince Moke came up to greet them.

"It truly makes this Prince's humble abode shine to have Mr. Lingyun and the ladies grace this Prince's banquet!"

"This person's smile is so hypocritical!" Because others had no idea that the skill of Voice Transmission existed in the world, Chen Jing used this method to speak directly to Lingyun.

Regarding the First Prince's overtures, Lingyun only smiled, chatting with the First Prince in a desultory manner. The First Prince would occasionally probe from the sides, wanting to extract some useful intelligence from Lingyun, while Lingyun was also quietly probing for information about the First Prince.

After a round of conversation, cold sweat could not help but break out on the First Prince's forehead. After all, when it came to the art of "playing Tai Chi" in language, how could the First Prince be Lingyun's opponent? Not only did he fail to get any information he wanted from Lingyun, but he was almost stripped of his own bottom line by Lingyun instead.

"Tsk, just by relying on this little fellow, he wants to fight with me? He's thinking a bit too simply!" Lingyun hooked the corner of his mouth into a cold sneer.

"But didn't the other strategy of the opponent succeed?" Su Wanyue said. "Look at those people around us; quite a few have developed hostility toward us. If someone else stirs things up, who knows how many people will come to find trouble for us!"

"So what if they find trouble? We are currently lacking an opportunity to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys. Now that half the chicken has been killed, it just depends on when the other half jumps out," Lingyun said with a relaxed face.

"There's another half?" Chen Jing muttered.

"Of course, but it doesn't matter if we can't find it; after all, we'll be leaving in a few days anyway," Lingyun shrugged and said.

"Mr. Lingyun, I just heard you say that you are leaving the Imperial City in a few days?" A sweet-looking girl leaned close to Lingyun and whispered.

"Is this a beauty trap?" Lingyun's eye twitched; was this a new strategy of Moke's after seeing several beauties by his side?

"That's right, after all, we seem to be out for training; it's impossible to stay in one place forever!" Lingyun said with a calm face.

"Then will we be able to meet again?" the girl asked.

"As for that, if fate allows, we shall meet again!" Lingyun said slowly.

Watching Lingyun chatting happily with the young girl on the side, Aiweier could not help but ask curiously, "Are you not worried about that woman at all?"

"Worried? You think too highly of that woman! It's not just anyone who has the qualifications to stand by Lingyun's side!" Su Wanyue said leisurely.

"For that kind of vase-like character, if we treat her as an opponent, it's not only looking down on ourselves, it's also looking down on Lingyun!" Chen Jing also added from the side.

"Tsk, I always feel there is an indescribable tacit understanding between the three of you!" Aiweier said.

"That is natural; the connection between us and Lingyun is eternal!" There was a faint pride in Chen Jing's tone.