63 Deji: Master Of The Spring Autumn

Silence.

The noisy floor fell into silence like a cemetery, after a second or two people begun to cough the wine they had just swallowed out.

The guard stood rooted on the spot like an idiot, no one was making jokes of this, not even the youngsters fatty offended.

The Grand General identity was a very sensitive topic to touch, though the entire capital knew his name and deeds, the people who had seen him were only the court officials and a handfull of commoners.

All they knew it's that he was young and had silver hair, they all glanced at Gu Shang again before swallowing hard.

There might be a possibility that this guy was just bragging, silver hair wasn't a rare thing after all. Some cultivators had peculiar hair colours mostly as a result of their cultivation techniques.

But they had a feeling that this young man wasn't bragging, they were cultivators and they certainly were not idiots to make fun of Gu Shang now, infact they were almost certain he wasn't bragging.

Another reason for their silence was because of fear, on the day of the Grand General arrival, many families perished because they simply refused to bow, imagine what would happen to them if they make fun of him?

There was no one in the empire, who would have the balls to do this, even if their guts were inflated a million times. Who would dare to impersonate the grand general when the domain was now under his control, that's not courting death but suicidal.

"Your Excellency, can you please show me prove of this" the guard tone and behavior changed, he was now being cautious.

Unlike the rest of the people, he still had his doubts. The Grand General was a powerful man, he was arguably the strongest cultivator in the empire, this kind of people always had an authoritative and tyrannical aura around them no matter how hard they tried to hide it.

Gu Shang was just too regular, there was nothing special about his aura, infact if not for his looks, nothing stood out. He was basically trash. The more he thought about it, the more he believed his hypothesis.

As he was still trying to figure things out, Su Wen gave him harsh slap which caused him to stumble and fall, the fatty might not be a high level cultivator, but his slap carried a lot of weight.

The guard felt he had been hit by the force of a mountain, the moment he got up, two of his front teeth feel off.

"Are you blind or what? What do you mean he should prove his identity? Do you expect him to hang the supreme command totem around his neck or what!? The fatty said with a mocking smile as he hid behind Gu Shang.

The guard coughed out blood after seeing this, he was seething in anger, on the other hand the nobles on the floor were totally confident that the young man was Gu Shang.

The regular people may not know of this, but Fatty Su and Gu Shang were actually very good friends, this was the reason why, they didn't want to mess with him now.

The guard was about to attack Fatty Su in his rage, but came to a stop when he saw all the guest on the floor go down on their knees, "Greetings to the Prince Of The North!" They all greeted loudly.

The guard froze on the spot.

All this while Gu Shang had been silently standing there with his hands behind his back,without even talking, it was as if the situation now wasn't even about him.

Just then a beautiful woman in red robes with a white veil covering her face entered the second floor, she had long silky black hair.

Though Gu Shang couldn't see her face, her eyes were entrancing, her figure too was shapely and graceful, she seemed to have been blessed by the heavens with everything in abundance.

If Gu Shang could describe her in a word, it would definitely be alluring.

When the woman got closer, she did a graceful bow, "The Spring Autumn welcomes the Prince Of The North!"

"I'm Deji, master of the Spring Autumn, it's my honour to receive you here.

Gu Shang slightly frowned, this woman voice was seductive, too seductive. She was using a technique which was directed towards him, any man would go insane in lust if targeted by this technique.

"I'm not here to be tested, and trust me you don't want to be testing me tonight" Gu Shang said nonchalantly.

"Apologies, it's said that the Grand General is the strongest man in the empire, I only did this to test whether you are truly him or an imposter, My deepest apologies" She said as she bowed.

Though she was fully covered, those mountain peaks were very eye catching.

Fatty Su, immediately came foward and helped her up, "Please get up, we totally understand"

Gu Shang rolled his eyes, this fatty didn't even understand what just happened, "are you now convinced?"

"Yes, please follow me" she offered.

When they got to the kneeling guard who was awaiting his doom, she slightly narrowed her eyes, "Take him away!"

Two guards grabbed him and begun to drag him out, he didn't even resist or pleade.

"You should go easy on him, he was just doing his job" Gu Shang suddenly turned around and spoke.

The alluring woman immediately nodded, she followed Gu Shang into the third floor.

The third floor was really another dimension, it was filled with all sort of luxurious items but yet it seemed simple and elegant. All the chairs and table were made up of pure quality silver wood.

The third floor was currently empty, Deji smiled, "I've cleared the floor to make you feel comfortable"

"Wouldn't you be offending powerful clans?" Gu Shang asked curiously.

"You are worth more than all those clans combined" Deji responded with a seductive smile.

Gu Shang and Su Wen took their seats, "Bring me the finest delicacies the Spring Autumn has to offer" Fatty Su said loudly. He's never been to the third floor, this was his first.

Deji nodded and left.

Soon, a variety of dishes were placed before the two, Gu Shang couldn't help but salivate after smelling the aroma.

Gu Shang immediately took a bite of one of the dishes which seemed to be the flesh of a ranked beast.

The moment he put it in his mouth, the meat melted in his mouth as he was assaulted by various flavors, spiritual energy begun gashing through his body, it was the best meat he'd ever tasted.

....

After a few breathes, the table was wiped clean of all the dishes, by the duo.

As they were still sipping on the fine wine, Gu Shang couldn't help but ask, "Why are most of the young ladies in the capital covering their faces with those veils? Is it a new trend?"

"Are you that curious to find out how beautiful she is, don't you already have three beauties for wives, just leave some for us would you?" Fatty Su said with a knowing smile, Gu Shang rolled his eyes. Fatty Su was truly unsavable

a young man barged into the third floor and headed for Gu Shang table.

The guards try to stop him, but Gu Shang raised his hand to allow him in.

The moment fatty Su saw this, he immediately sobered up.

Tonight was going to be a long night.