Chapter 32

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Chapter 32: Family Banquet

The family banquet would take place in five days; throughout those days, the family’s servants were extremely busy.

Zhou Luo, besides his daily cultivation and pill refining, now had one more thing to do: playing with the children.

Although they were still small, Zhou Luo often couldn’t resist teasing the little ones whenever he saw them.

Now he could understand why Lin Qing Han had become much gentler after having children.

Children truly were angels who saved the world.

Of course, this was only limited to this stage.

When they entered the naughty phase, they would really be disliked by everyone and ignored even by dogs.

So he had to enjoy this opportunity properly while it lasted.

The five days passed quickly.

As it was an evening banquet, Zhou Luo didn’t set off with Lin Qing Han until the afternoon.

First, they paid a visit to Lin De’s residence.

This father-in-law, who had once scorned him, was now beaming with joy and praising Zhou Luo endlessly.

"Dear son-in-law, how has living in the new home been?" Lin De asked as he strolled with Zhou Luo in the courtyard.

"It’s been fine," Zhou Luo nodded.

"Mm, I truly did not misjudge you back then," Lin De laughed.

Zhou Luo was silent for a moment.

Of course you hadn’t misjudged me, Sir, because you had never paid real attention to me.

Lin De went on chatting by himself.

At any rate, everything he said treated Zhou Luo completely as family now, and he mentioned that he must one day stay at the Zhou Garden for a few days to experience the spiritual energy there.

Zhou Luo did not refuse.

Seeing that the time was almost right, the four of them finally decided to depart.

This banquet was held in the family’s core area; after passing through a corridor, the four entered the core area at last and headed toward the main hall following the directions.

Along the way, they happened to meet other distant relatives.

Lin De struck up conversations with them one by one, appearing very excited.

After all, if not for his son-in-law, he probably wouldn’t have had the privilege of coming here in his lifetime.

Lin Qing Han and her mother were quite curious about this place too; the two women were happily chatting.

As for Zhou Luo, he seemed relatively calm.

They walked all the way to the main hall.

The area was already brightly lit, with faces of people coming and going filled with smiles, making it bustling and incredibly lively.

They entered the main hall.

Inside the spacious hall, rows of tables were set out, covered with all manner of spiritual food.

The curtains drooped, celestial music echoed, and the singing girls in the venue danced with graceful bodies, pleasing everyone’s eyes.

The crowd exchanged cups enthusiastically, brimming with warmth.

As soon as Zhou Luo walked in, someone holding spirit wine approached: "This must be Zhou Luo, Brother Lin De, you have an excellent son-in-law, we’ll rely on you in the future."

Lin De laughed: "Haha, these words weigh too heavily."

Despite saying that, the proud expression on his face was nearly impossible to conceal.

"Hmph, a wife-taker, and just a novice Pill Master at that, who knows what qualification he has to come here."

Just as the atmosphere was harmonious, a middle-aged man pushed past several guests, sneering mockingly.

Lin De’s expression stiffened; after recognizing the man’s identity, he could only grit his teeth and not dare to refute.

"He is from the main family." Lin Qing Han whispered beside Zhou Luo.

Zhou Luo nodded.

Were the people of the main family all so arrogant and cold? First Lin Xin, now another one popped up.

But when he first met the family head, he didn’t feel this way.

Afterward, besides those who congratulated and admired him, Zhou Luo also encountered some sarcastic individuals, all unmistakably from the main family’s lineage.

It seemed that apart from the family head, other people in the main family didn’t like him much.

Could it be because I gained the family’s favor and received a lot of cultivation resources?

People from the main family probably weren’t this petty.

This left him feeling somewhat baffled.

"Zhou Luo, don’t pay attention, this is normal." Lin De gently patted his shoulder.

"Why are they like this?" Zhou Luo asked, perplexed.

Lin De didn’t explain.

But gazing at this father-in-law’s expression, Zhou Luo guessed there might be other reasons behind it.

Since the main family didn’t like him, he might as well stay away.

So he simply found a corner alone and sat down.

Anyway, socializing—Lin Qing Han and her family trio seemed to handle it quite well; he figured it was best to keep a low profile.

"Do you also like being alone?" Right then, a curious voice suddenly came from behind.

Zhou Luo turned to look.

There was an extremely beautiful woman, with hair as black as ink naturally cascading over her slender shoulders, and a jadeite hairpin tucked into it. Beneath her exquisite willow-leaf eyebrows were a pair of lively, clear eyes, sparkling and mesmerizing.

A light blue dress, simple and elegant, perfectly outlined her curves and radiated a graceful temperament.

The woman sat there, lively large eyes sizing him up.

Zhou Luo was momentarily dazed but quickly snapped out of it, smiled, and said: "Yes."

After that, he politely introduced himself: "My name is Zhou Luo."

"You are Zhou Luo?" The woman blinked in surprise, then gave a light laugh: "Lately, I’ve been hearing that name over and over."

Zhou Luo’s eyes brightened.

So this was his admirer.

Such a good-looking admirer—he wondered if she possessed spiritual roots.

"Lin Xi." At that moment, the young woman before him voluntarily spoke her name.

Yet this name caused Zhou Luo’s heart to stir slightly. Uncertain, he asked, "Are you from the main family?"

In the Lin Family, typically only those from the main lineage bore two-character names, considered a symbol of status.

"Yes," Lin Xi did not deny it.

"You… don’t resent me?" Zhou Luo was puzzled.

"Why should I resent you?" Lin Xi looked equally perplexed.

Zhou Luo then recounted the events he had just encountered.

After listening, Lin Xi gave a light laugh. "So that’s what happened. I dislike involving myself in such struggles, so there’s no need for me to resent you."

"Struggles?" Zhou Luo latched onto the key word.

But Lin Xi didn’t elaborate further. Instead, she steered the topic towards the Spiritual Pill Conference. She was very interested in this conference and hoped Zhou Luo could recount everything that had transpired.

Though this young lady from the main family disliked crowds, she was immensely curious about the outside world. She listened with rapt interest until he had finished speaking.

"Why didn’t the Lu Family participate in the second day’s competition?" she asked, puzzled.

"Not sure. Something probably came up. Didn’t they say they’d given up fighting for the spiritual mine this time?" Zhou Luo replied.

"It seems related to the evil cultivators as well," Lin Xi murmured thoughtfully, almost to herself.

"What?" Zhou Luo thought he heard the words ‘evil cultivators’.

However, Lin Xi quickly covered her delicate lips and shook her head. "It’s nothing." As she spoke, she suddenly glanced towards a spot and stood up immediately. "Grandfather is here. Goodbye."

Following the direction of her gaze, Zhou Luo saw that Lin Tian Xiong, the head of the Lin Family, had arrived in the hall.

Everyone in the assembly stood up, gazing solemnly towards the front.

Zhou Luo hurriedly rose and moved near to where Lin De and the others were positioned.