Chapter 94: The Ceremony

"Young Mansion Master, this is Nine-Herb Bear Gall Soup, brewed from nine types of lingzhi and supplemented with the gall of the exotic beast Red Spirit Bear; it is the best for nourishing the weak."

"And this steamed rice with spirit fruit, made with the juices of various spirit fruits. The rice is three-month spirit rice; after ripening, it must be sun-dried for three months in a place with abundant energy to be considered finished."

"And this..."

In the manor's dining hall, Li Luo, Jiang Qing, Cai Wei, and Yan Lingqing were all seated, and then he was stunned to see Niu Biaobiao serve a table full of food, every dish exuding an enticing aroma.

"This, this is too nourishing, isn't it?" Li Luo said, between laughter and tears. He had thought Niu Biaobiao was joking, but he hadn't expected him to really prepare a table of highly nourishing dishes.

"The Young Mansion Master is at the age where he is growing; eating more nourishing food is always the right thing to do," Niu Biaobiao said with a chuckle.

"Many thanks, Uncle Biao. Let's eat."

Jiang Qing was not surprised at all; after saying a word to Niu Biaobiao, she was the first to start.

Seeing this, Li Luo followed suit, eating heartily of the delicacies that were hard to enjoy in Southwind City. While feeling satisfied, he also gave Niu Biaobiao a thumbs-up to indicate the taste was excellent.

Only, after the highly nourishing food entered his stomach, he kept feeling a surge of heat rising within his body, causing Li Luo's body temperature to rise somewhat.

And Niu Biaobiao's culinary skills were indeed top-tier, so even Jiang Qing and Cai Wei, who wanted to maintain some decorum, quickened their pace of eating.

Niu Biaobiao stood to the side, watching the group devour the food with a smile, feeling very satisfied.

Once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, he beckoned for the attendants to come over, clear the table, and served each person a cup of fragrant tea.

"This is Hundred-Flower Spirit Tea. After eating such nourishing things, one should drink something mild and moistening to calm the restless heat."

Li Luo drank the Hundred-Flower Spirit Tea in one gulp, and then he felt the restless heat rising in his body gradually subside, and the resonant power condensing within his Resonant Palace seemed to have faintly increased at this moment.

"Uncle Biao truly has great skills," Li Luo praised.

Niu Biaobiao laughed heartily and said, "The Young Mansion Master is too kind. I will prepare it for you every day from now on to help you nourish yourself properly."

Having said that, he packed up the things and left.

Li Luo looked at Niu Biaobiao's sturdy back, his heart stirring slightly. This Uncle Biao always said he was a bit weak and needed nourishment...

Was this a joke?

Or was it... that he knew something?

Two months ago, after he refined his acquired resonance, his own essence and blood were indeed depleted, and even his lifespan had begun to have a limit... but he hadn't even told Jiang Qing about these things, lest she worry.

And this Uncle Biao... could he have noticed? That's impossible.

Li Luo turned his head to look at Jiang Qing, who was elegantly sipping her fragrant tea, and pondered, "How is Uncle Biao's strength?"

Jiang Qing raised her eyes to look at him and said, "I have occasionally seen him use resonant power before; it is only around the Resonant Master stage."

Li Luo was a bit puzzled. Such ordinary strength...

Jiang Qing seemed to know what he was thinking and said indifferently, "No need to think too much. In any case, we only need to know that Uncle Biao is trustworthy, and that is enough."

Li Luo thought about it and nodded as well. Indeed, there was no need to probe too deeply. Regardless of whether this Uncle Biao had strength or not, since he had no intention of speaking, they had no reason to force others. After all, the fact that his parents could entrust the catering and such matters of the Luolan Mansion headquarters to him was enough to show their trust in him.

Jiang Qing finished her fragrant tea unhurriedly, then stood up and said, "Let's go, the time is about right."

Hearing this, Li Luo also stood up, then took a deep breath, because this meeting was a kind of declaration—a declaration to everyone in Luolan Mansion that he, the Young Mansion Master who had almost no presence in Southwind City in the past, was truly returning to Luolan Mansion.

In the future, he would become one of the controllers here.

This was a seemingly simple, but actually very important ceremony.

Li Luo calmed his mood, then followed Jiang Qing out of the living room, walked through the corridor, and finally pushed open the doors of a conference hall and walked in.

Inside the conference hall, the lights were bright and dazzling, making Li Luo squint his eyes slightly.

When he opened them again, he saw figures sitting quietly behind the long tables on both sides of the hall. At this moment, all of their gazes were lingering on him with complex emotions.

The atmosphere in the conference hall was somewhat strangely stagnant for a moment.

Until Jiang Qing's voice rang out: "Will you not greet the Young Mansion Master?"

Inside the conference hall, one figure after another stood up one after another, cupped their hands, and said respectfully, "Greetings, Young Mansion Master."

Li Luo also nodded with a smile to acknowledge them: "Li Luo greets you all."

One gaze after another rested on Li Luo's face. On this exceptionally handsome face, they saw the shadows of Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan, only the youth before them did not have the heart-palpitating momentum and pressure of those two; what he had was only the greenness of a youth.

As for Li Luo, this Young Mansion Master of Luolan Mansion, in fact, many of Luolan Mansion's high-level officials had gradually forgotten him since the news of his empty resonance spread. After all, although Li Luo was the most legitimate Young Mansion Master in terms of succession qualifications, the empty resonance almost sentenced him to death.

There were probably not many people in Luolan Mansion who would be willing to let a Young Mansion Master with no potential take charge.

So over these years, they had intentionally or unintentionally forgotten that Young Mansion Master in Southwind City. However, today, this Young Mansion Master, who was regarded as a mascot of Luolan Mansion, had come before them.

It was just that, now he was no longer the so-called empty resonance; he had become the first place in the Tianshu Prefecture grand examination and had also obtained the qualification to study at the Saint Profound Star Academy.

Although there was still a large gap compared to Jiang Qing, he was, after all, no longer a useless person without any potential. If Li Luo and Jiang Qing really married in the future, with their combined efforts, Luolan Mansion should still have hope.

The people present had complex thoughts and once again cupped their hands and bowed to Li Luo.

"This is the Pavilion Master of the Nine Pavilions, Lei Zhang. You should have seen him before. He is the only Pavilion Master who stayed behind at the Luolan Mansion headquarters and is also responsible for the security of the headquarters." Jiang Qing pointed her jade finger at the seat at the very front on the left, where a middle-aged man sat. When that Pei Hao came to the old residence to negotiate earlier, Li Luo had also seen this Pavilion Master Lei Zhang.

"This is the Workshop Master of the Resonance Tool Workshop, Yuan Jin."

Li Luo looked over; that was a scholarly-looking middle-aged man. It was unexpected that he would be a master of resonance tools.

"And the Workshop Master of the Pill Workshop, An Hongyan."

An Hongyan was a beautiful woman wearing a white dress, with an elegant temperament.

"Greetings, Young Mansion Master."

The three people named by Jiang Qing were considered very high-level persons in charge at the Luolan Mansion headquarters, and they all bowed to Li Luo.

Li Luo nodded to acknowledge them, not overly showing approachability, but not appearing too cold either.

And after Jiang Qing introduced the three, Li Luo noticed something wrong, because he discovered that there was no person in charge of the Xiyang House headquarters.

He turned his gaze to Jiang Qing, whose beautiful face was also reflecting a bit of coldness under the lights, and then a cold voice rang out.

"Where is President Han Zhi of Xiyang House?"