At least last time, Li Yunjing and Lv Ruoxi were surrounded here.

It was the middle-aged scholar who intervened to extricate himself and Lv Ruoxi.

Otherwise, although Li Yunjing and Lv Ruoxi wouldn’t be in mortal danger, they would definitely suffer a beating!

Thus, upon meeting again, Li Yunjing wore a friendly smile on his face.

He somewhat showed friendliness towards the middle-aged scholar.

"You’re too kind! Brother Li brings so many distinguished guests here, supporting our ’East Splendor Tower’s business, how could there be any trouble?"

The middle-aged scholar smiled and added, "Let’s still arrange it in the ’Moonlight Hall’, everyone, please!"

"Much obliged!"

Li Yunjing responded politely and followed the middle-aged scholar inside.

The large group of people all entered the ’East Splendor Tower’, making many sect disciples look on in shock and discuss animatedly.

To cultivators of the Shenxiao Dao Sect, the first impression of ’East Splendor Tower’ is one word, "expensive!"

With such a big group entering to consume, how much spirit stone would this cost?

Everyone was discussing who could afford such extravagance.

Soon, the names Li Yunjing, Fu Chao, Yu Yunyi, and Lv Ruoxi were mentioned by those who recognized them, and everyone realized that Li Yunjing had returned!

The discussion outside grew even more intense...

Li Yunjing didn’t deliberately listen to people’s discussions, but entered the ’Moonlight Hall’ again. It was still the beautiful garden scenery, brimming with vitality, green trees, red flowers, and a kaleidoscope of colors.

This was the second time Li Yunjing had booked the ’Moonlight Hall’. Many of those participating in this banquet had experienced it before; everyone sat down separately and chatted happily with their close friends.

Fu Chao arranged the banquet, naturally of high standard.

In this year’s Inner Sect competition, Fu Chao had set up bets again, with the help of true disciples like Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, Yu Zongzhe, and Yang Wenzheng, so Fu Chao naturally took a substantial share.

However, the Inner Sect competition involved high stakes, with a large flow of spirit stones.

People like Fu Chao, with background, couldn’t possibly take it all.

In this year’s betting, Fu Chao only got part of the benefits, but this part was already bigger than the profits from three or four Outer Sect small competitions.

Having money, Fu Chao dared to spend. This time, the banquet he arranged was of higher standard than the one Li Yunjing hosted last time, featuring many Tier Two ingredients, extremely prestigious.

Many ’East Splendor Tower’ staff intermingled in the ’Moonlight Hall’, bringing exquisite dishes to the tables for the guests to enjoy.

As the protagonist, Li Yunjing, accompanied by Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, Fu Chao, and Yu Zongzhe, held a glass of top-grade spirit wine and toasted table by table.

Li Yunjing wasn’t a fan of alcohol; he could drink some but had no addiction.

Being imprisoned for three years this time, however, awakened his interest in drinking. The spirit wine entered his mouth, its fragrance slid down his throat, and the strong alcohol began to burn inside him.

Li Yunjing looked at Fu Chao and smiled, "This is really good wine!"

Fu Chao smiled proudly and said, "Three years ago, ’Immortal Drunk’ was popular. Now, ’Agarwood Brew’ is in vogue here! It’s worth three thousand low grade spirit stones per pot!"

Indeed, hearing Fu Chao’s words, Li Yunjing showed a surprised expression.

He really didn’t expect that in just three years, ’East Splendor Tower’ would come out with a new wine.

"Let me pour you a cup!"

Seeing Li Yunjing’s high spirits, Yu Yunyi chuckled, lifted the wine pot, and poured another cup into Li Yunjing’s glass.

"Thank you!"

Smiling at Yu Yunyi, Li Yunjing raised his head and drank the cup of ’Agarwood Brew’, then moved on to the next table.

These were all friends, and Li Yunjing naturally had to thank each one.

"Hey! Li Yunjing, your life seems quite good now! Just released, you can spend so much to host a banquet. Just curious why you didn’t invite me for a drink?"

He Bao, who had past grievances with Li Yunjing and Fu Chao, appeared.

No one expected He Bao to appear here at this time, and his intention seemed to be to cause trouble.

"Don’t mess around!"

Seeing Li Yunjing frowning and wanting to go over, Lv Ruoxi quickly pulled him back, whispering.

After all, Li Yunjing had been imprisoned for three years; he needed to temper his temper. Getting caught back into the Divine Prison upon release wouldn’t be wise.

"He Bao! What do you mean by this!"

Li Yunjing didn’t step forward; Fu Chao jumped out first.

He Bao was Fu Chao’s enemy, owing to a spirit stone dispute. Fu Chao didn’t want Li Yunjing to take the blame, so he naturally faced He Bao first.

"Hehe! What do I mean by this?"

He Bao sneered repeatedly, sweeping his gaze over everyone present, a flash of seriousness in his eyes.

Today, he came to cause trouble under someone’s instruction, otherwise He Bao wouldn’t risk offending a group of difficult people.

"I merely heard Li Yunjing was released and came to see if he became stupid after his imprisonment."

He Bao unceremoniously said coldly.

"You’re seeking death!"

Seeing He Bao so arrogant, Fu Chao angrily rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush up to hit him.

"Old Fu, stay calm!"

Li Yunjing stopped Fu Chao from hitting anyone with a single sentence. He looked coldly at He Bao, "He Bao, I don’t care who sent you to provoke trouble. If you want to find trouble with me, stand up and see who’s superior!"

"As for you?"

"You’re just a loser! I don’t want to deal with you. If you’re unhappy and seek your own death, I can go to the ’Enmity Platform’ with you for a duel, till death!"