Peerless Divine Doctor

Chapter 2701: Chapter 2702: Blending into the Crowd

The son of the King of Huainan looked rather ordinary in appearance, but with all kinds of Magic Artifacts hanging on him, his aura was boosted to the point that people did not dare look him in the eye!

Moreover, his cultivation was not bad; he should be close to the Martial King Realm. Of course, in Ye Luo’s eyes, such a realm wasn’t worth mentioning—he could pinch him to death with a flick of his hand.

However, behind him followed two old men. The cultivation of these two was unfathomable; they were definitely experts above the Martial King Realm. If Ye Luo were entangled by these two experts, it would be somewhat difficult for him to get away.

In addition, Ye Luo also discovered that this young lord’s body was shrouded in Yin Qi, his realm was hollow and unstable. It was obvious that his realm had certainly not been gained through proper Cultivation; most likely he had used a Forbidden Technique to harvest the True Yuan of female cultivators to obtain it.

Originally, this kind of Cultivation Technique was despised by everyone, but he was the son of the King of Huainan—who could possibly interfere with him?

In that case, one could not know how many women he had at his side. And once a female Cultivator had her True Yuan harvested, in light cases her cultivation would be greatly reduced; in severe cases her realm would collapse and she would become a Mortal, and might even lose her life.

Thinking of this, Ye Luo’s expression immediately darkened. This man clearly intended to harm Qiong Yao. In that case, even if it cost him his life, he still had to get Qiong Yao out of here.

It was just that Ye Luo had only taken a hurried glance. After all, he was currently within a patrol squad and fundamentally could not move about as he pleased; otherwise, he would expose himself.

Although he was anxious, he still had to grasp his measure.

There were over a hundred Guards altogether, with one Guard squad consisting of ten people. And this palace complex was actually not large; after one round of patrol, they could temporarily rest for a period of time. These Guards did know how to enjoy themselves; after the patrol, the ten of them came to a side hall to rest.

Previously, all these Guards were wearing armor, so their faces were basically not visible, and naturally it was hard to notice anything off about Ye Luo. However, once they took off this armor, he would definitely be recognized.

Even if these soldiers were not very familiar with each other, the captain of this small squad would certainly recognize him!

Therefore, after entering the side hall, Ye Luo did not rush to take off his armor. He merely stood near the doorway, looking at the lively crowd in the distance.

”Xiao Liuzi, why are you still wearing your armor? Is your Mana that abundant? Tonight’s situation is special—we’re likely going to be patrolling all night!” The small-squad captain shouted at Ye Luo.

Ye Luo had already used Soul-Searching to comb through this soldier’s memories and knew that he was called Xiao Liuzi, a soldier who had only recently joined the royal bodyguard.

”Captain, we’ll have to put it back on later anyway. It’s troublesome. I don’t think we’ll rest for long, so I’ll just keep it on!”

Hearing Ye Luo’s words, the captain ignored him and directly sat in a corner to rest. This armor needed Mana to sustain it at every moment. Of course, for Ye Luo this naturally was nothing, but for the other soldiers it would be an enormous burden.

However, this armor had quite a few merits as well; at the very least, its defensive power could be greatly increased.

It was just that the other soldiers looked at Ye Luo with eyes full of ridicule and mockery. Clearly, they thought that keeping his armor on was utterly foolish.

Ye Luo naturally turned a blind eye to this. Taking advantage of the moment when these few Guards were not paying attention, a streak of flowing light quietly flashed out from his body!

He left his Demon Body behind, while his physical body had silently merged into the crowd.

The atmosphere on site was simply too heated, and in addition no one would have thought that someone would dare intrude into this palace complex. Even those two experts were actually not on guard at all, and so no one noticed Ye Luo’s arrival.

At this moment, the ceremony for forming a Dao Companion had already begun.

As for the so-called ceremony, the most important segment was still the collection of wedding gifts. On this point, Ye Luo had guessed correctly: this young lord was using it to rake in wealth!

Generally speaking, the Forbidden Technique he cultivated required a vast amount of resources to sustain. Adding to that the fact that this young lord kept so many servants, the resources needed would be an astronomical figure! No wonder he went everywhere extorting wealth.

Ye Luo even suspected that he was using the name of the King of Huainan to roam about everywhere. Once he reached a region, he would look for a suitable female Cultivator to form a Dao Companion with. In this way, he would get the female Cultivator, and also get the money; it was completely a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

Only, this had nothing to do with Ye Luo. His goal was only to take Qiong Yao away.

If this son of the King of Huainan didn’t know what was good for him, then he could not blame Ye Luo.

With that thought, Ye Luo’s gaze turned cold. Because the guests here were very mixed, even though Ye Luo’s clothing was a bit strange, it did not attract anyone’s attention. After all, there were quite a few Cultivators dressed even more oddly than he was.

At this time, that young lord and the two old men were seated on chairs placed on the Crown Prince’s platform; clearly, they were waiting for all the guests to arrive.

”Young Lord, it’s about time.”

Suddenly, a middle-aged man came to stand before this young lord and said respectfully.

This man was actually the Cultivator presiding over this ceremony. He could be considered a strong figure himself, with cultivation close to the Martial King Realm, roughly on par with the young lord’s strength.

”I’ll trouble you then, sir,” the young lord said indifferently.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly, then walked forward a few steps with a smile and came to the front of the platform.

”My thanks to all of you for coming today to witness the ceremony of my young lord forming a Dao Companion...”

The middle-aged man spoke at length, eloquent and unceasing, and only at the end did he get to the main point, which naturally was the collection of wedding gifts.

It seemed that this was clearly not his first time presiding over such an event; he looked very experienced.

In the crowd below, several middle-aged men appeared. These middle-aged men stopped briefly in front of each guest they came to, and these guests would present their gifts.

Of course, these wedding gifts could not be opened on the spot, but it was obvious that each was marked with Mana imprints, recording the basic information of the gift-giver, which would make it easier for this young lord to look them up later.

Ye Luo’s Divine Sense quietly entered the Qiankun Ring and marked a small box. After that, the small box appeared in his hand.

When one of the middle-aged men came before him, he presented the small box.

This was naturally an empty box, but by the time that young lord realized it, Ye Luo should have already vanished without a trace.

This gift collection truly took quite some time, as there were indeed many guests. The plaza in front of the wedding platform was basically filled.

”Everyone, as the saying goes, ’a single spring night is worth a thousand gold.’ Next, this old man will drink and make merry with you all. The young lord will not be convenient to entertain everyone further!”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, a ”you-know-what-I-mean” smile floated onto his face. The young lord, who seemed long since impatient, stepped down directly from the platform, and Qiong Yao, supported by several people, also walked down.