107: Chapter 107 The Nanda Sect Master Sends Warm Fragrance, the Wine Immortal Drunkenly Appreciates the Gift from the Crown Prince

At this very moment,

on the quiet and deep tree-lined avenue of the Imperial Academy,

the culprit who had caused this earth-shattering tremor, Ye Xiu,

was yawning with extreme boredom, idly tossing a purplish-red wine gourd in his hand.

Beside him, the Cowherd Boy Qin Mu was staring fixedly at Ye Xiu's profile with an intensely fanatical, worshipful gaze, as if looking at a Heavenly God.

'Brother Ye... that move of yours, 'Sword, Come!' just now was simply too cool!

Teach me! Please teach me! If I use a butcher's knife, can I also shout something like that?'

Qin Mu was flushed with excitement, looking exactly like a fervent fan who had just met their idol.

'Shouting 'Blade, Come!' with a butcher's knife? Then you'd probably summon all the bone-chopping cleavers from the capital's markets.'

Ye Xiu casually patted Qin Mu on the back of his head and laughed heartily:

'Want to learn? Sure. When you've laid a solid foundation in the *Great Nurturing Heavenly Demon Scripture*, I'll personally give you some extra lessons.'

'Speaking of which, the scenery here at the Imperial Academy isn't bad, but compared to the spring-filled splendor of my Princess Mansion, it's still missing a certain flavor...'

Ye Xiu stretched with immense contentment, a flash of utterly rakish mischief passing through his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes.

'Come on, Qin Mu. Follow me for a stroll to the Imperial Academy's inner treasury. We'll take all the top-grade Heaven And Earth Treasures that catch our eye.

Bring them back to nourish Right Protector and Saintess—your sisters-in-law.

Last night, those two were thoroughly worn out by me...'

Accompanied by Ye Xiu's utterly shameless yet supremely self-righteous bragging,

the two of them swaggered, one behind the other, towards the Imperial Academy's most secure treasure vault.

The Yankang Imperial Academy, as the foremost Holy Land for the nation's reforms,

should have had an absolutely impenetrable defensive Formation around its core inner treasury, a forbidden zone so strict not even a fly could enter.

But today, when Ye Xiu and Qin Mu sauntered up to the inner treasury's main gate, they witnessed an utterly bizarre scene.

Before the two heavy bronze doors of the inner treasury,

the Imperial Academy's death warriors and Formation Grandmasters originally stationed there had all retreated a hundred paces away, standing with extreme deference.

And right in the center of the gateway, a luxurious palanquin, pulled by four pure white spirit deer, had come to a stop.

Around the palanquin hung light pink gauze curtains.

As a breeze passed, an extraordinarily high-grade, intensely alluring, and peculiar scent of rouge and powder began to permeate this heavily guarded area of the Imperial Academy.

In front of the palanquin stood an extremely conspicuous middle-aged monk.

Although this monk had a shaved head and bore the scars of ordination burns,

he was not wearing a coarse cloth kasaya, but an exceedingly opulent purple-gold kasaya embroidered with intricate scriptures in gold thread!

Not only was he plump and rosy-cheeked, but he also held, in a jarringly incongruous manner, two strings of prayer beads carved from the finest mutton-fat jade.

His entire being exuded an overwhelming aura of worldly power and luxury.

This was none other than the most capable chief lobbyist under the current Crown Prince of Yankang, the Sect Master of the Nanda Sect!

'Amitabha.'

Seeing Ye Xiu and Qin Mu approach, this Sect Master Nanda, who wielded considerable influence even within the capital,

did not put on the slightest airs of a high monk. Instead, he greeted them with extreme obsequiousness and enthusiasm.

His corpulent body bent with surprising agility as he performed a deep, respectful bow to Ye Xiu:

'This humble monk, Nanda, pays his respects to the Grand Guest Elder!

Just now, before the memorial archway, the Grand Guest Elder's single cry of 'Sword, Come!' repelled those petty Daoist scoundrels.

Such Immortal King-like bearing left this humble monk prostrate in admiration and stirred with emotion!'

Sect Master Nanda began with an avalanche of extremely sycophantic flattery, his plump face beaming with a seemingly sincere smile.

'Oh?'

Ye Xiu stopped walking, casually pulled the stopper from his wine gourd, and took a swig of strong Western liquor.

His heterochromatic gold and silver eyes swept over Sect Master Nanda's purple-gold kasaya with lazy indifference, yet they seemed capable of piercing through all pretense.

'A man who has left the household, not striking the wooden fish in his temple, but coming to block my path at the Imperial Academy's inner treasury gate?

What is it? Are you here to beg for alms, or to act as someone's lobbyist?'

Ye Xiu's words were brutally direct, leaving no room for courtesy.

The smile on Sect Master Nanda's face stiffened slightly, but he quickly recovered his supremely slick obsequiousness.

He knew that the man before him was a peerless madman impervious to both soft and hard tactics.

Prince Zhenbei had tried force, only to have his pants stripped off and flee the capital overnight.

Therefore, the current Crown Prince was exceedingly clever, absolutely refusing to confront Ye Xiu with force, opting instead to bombard him with sugar-coated shells!

'The Grand Guest Elder's Wisdom Eye sees all. This humble monk's meager skills are like showing off one's axe before Lu Ban's door in your esteemed presence.'

Sect Master Nanda bowed his head with extreme humility, pulling out an exquisitely crafted crimson-gold gift list from his wide kasaya sleeve and presenting it with both hands:

'This humble monk has come bearing an oral decree from His Highness the Crown Prince.

His Highness greatly admires the Grand Guest Elder's peerless grace. Hearing that the Grand Guest Elder was at the Princess Mansion last night...

Ahem, laboring through the night, it must have been quite taxing.'

'His Highness often says, a fine sword is gifted to a hero, rouge and powder to a beauty. His Highness knows the Grand Guest Elder is a man of true sentiment who understands pleasure.

Therefore, he specifically ordered this humble monk to deliver a most humble 'meeting gift,' expressing the Eastern Palace's admiration for the Grand Guest Elder.'

At this point, Sect Master Nanda, with great understanding, turned and gently clapped his hands towards the luxurious spirit deer palanquin.

Whoosh—

The pink gauze curtains around the palanquin were lifted with extreme gentleness.

Along with a chorus of crisp, delightful, and melodious giggles, like orioles emerging from a valley,

four stunningly beautiful young women, dressed in exceedingly scanty attire and possessing sinfully curvaceous figures,

slithered out of the palanquin with the elegant grace of four boneless water snakes.

Hiss...

The Cowherd Boy Qin Mu, standing behind Ye Xiu, gasped sharply the moment he saw these four girls.

His face flushed crimson all the way to his neck.

These four girls had faces that looked exactly alike!

They were an exceedingly rare set of quadruplets!

They wore form-fitting, semi-transparent pink gauze so thin the texture of their snow-white skin beneath was almost visible.

Each had only a few plum blossoms embroidered with precious ice-silk thread over their most critical areas.

This perfectly outlined their incredibly proud, youthful, and fiery figures.

Even more Fatal, these quadruplets were not only breathtakingly beautiful,

but in every smile and glance, they naturally exuded an extraordinarily profound, soul-stealing art of seduction!

A single watery glance from their large eyes could make an ordinary man's bones instantly turn to jelly!

'We, the four sisters Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, pay our respects to the Grand Guest Elder~'

The four stunning girls obediently walked up to Ye Xiu and performed a perfectly synchronized curtsy.

Their extremely coquettish, drawn-out voices, combined with the breathtaking rise and fall of their chests as they bowed,

were enough to steal a man's soul away!

A masterstroke!

An exceedingly cunning honey trap!

'Grand Guest Elder, these four beauties were raised from childhood by His Highness the Crown Prince at great expense, nourished with precious Spirit Medicine and trained in seductive arts.

Not only are their minds exceedingly sharp, but also...'

Sect Master Nanda leaned close to Ye Xiu's ear and whispered in an extremely suggestive, hushed tone:

'Moreover, they have Cultivated an exceedingly special joint-attack Formation. If they were to serve the Grand Guest Elder simultaneously on the soft couch...

The utterly intoxicating pleasure would surely make the Grand Guest Elder reluctant to leave...'

'His Highness said this is merely a private gift, hoping only to befriend the Grand Guest Elder.'