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Chapter 1069: The Turtles Spoils
The night went by peacefully Soon daas approaching, and Heavenly Marquis Liu re and even unblinking Although he was exhausted, he also couldn’t suppress his exuberance
When the sky was bright, Bai Xiaochun swaggered out of his blessed land, causing Heavenly Marquis Liu to stir in excite strange about Bai Xiaochun
“Huh?” he h spirits coe of the lotus leaf like he had in the past, but instead, hummed a little tune as he headed toward the i!” Heavenly Marquis Liu thought as he began to follow stealthily Bai Xiaochun strolled happily to the ih not every government official went to a banquet every day, the banquets were still lively and exciting
Like usual, snide and derisive conored the heartily, he sat down to enjoy the delicious alcohol and wonderful ile banquet But through his archaean powers, he would always ensure that lotus seeds were distributed
Bai Xiaochun was in a wonderful mood Heavenly Marquis Liu shadowed hi on However, he couldn’t pin dohat exactly it was, and eventually, had to settle down again outside of Bai Xiaochun’s blessed land to keep watch overnight
“It was an act!” he thought “He’s doing all of this just to get the people used to seeing hi happened every ti the end of the period of lotus banquets, and Bai Xiaochun was enjoying hio to the iet soh the seeds were all fairly small, they were numerous… In the few short days which had passed, Bai Xiaochun had already gotten his hands on over a thousand of thehed hoeak they were, and pushed Bai Xiaochun’s cultivation base all the way into the great circle of the Deod Realh suppressed Now, he was one step closer to being a celestial In fact, he was sure that it would likely only take a few years to forh
Bai Xiaochun are that the little turtle had benefited even h he wasn’t sure by how lowed, and his shell looked s how treacherous the little turtle was, Bai Xiaochun could only speculate that, if he had handed over a thousand seeds, he had ht about that fact, the ot Not that he felt bad for the Saint-E activities ht be discovered…
“Be careful down there, and don’t eat so reed to comply with such repeated exhortations
Bai Xiaochun didn’t feel any better about the situation, but… it was too late to go back now The worst came when, a few days before the lotus banquets were to end, the little turtle didn’t return
Bai Xiaochun was instantly on guard
“Don’t tellwhat Bai Xiaochun knew about the little turtle, he didn’t have any confidence that he could keep a secret Surprisingly, though, the Saint-E A few days later, the banquets came to an end, and the turtle still was not back Bai Xiaochun was extremely nervous at this point
Ironically, there was one person as even more nervous than Bai Xiaochun, and that was Heavenly Marquis Liu, as still on watch outside of his blessed land
“Da on here? Why has Bai Xiaochun been so cal! He definitely has a secret master plan!!”
As the two of them sat there anxiously, the last for out fro all of the officials for a finalin the palace hall It would be the last distribution of lotus seeds by the Saint-Emperor, and would also involve a cereathered, Bai Xiaochun was much quieter than everyone around him He was in quite a perturbed state ofaround at the expressions of the people around hiely
Eventually, the Saint-Emperor strode out and took his place in front of everyone After looking around briefly, he smiled warmly
“My dear subjects, I have already distributed 800 lotus seeds Noill give all cultivators under the heavens a chance to acquire one of the final 200, by distributing them to the open market
“It is my wish that our Saint-Erow into mature, beautiful lotuses that exist for all eternity!”
In response, the gathered officials all clasped hands formally and joined their voices to respond