Chapter 735: Chapter 730: Zorath Muji
Green City Manor, banquet hall.
This was a high-class banquet, attended by socialites among the Green Race, along with some humans from other races, likely allies friendly with the Silver Wind Clan.
Powerful figures held court, forming a circle, sitting together, chatting and laughing.
The younger generation formed another circle. Their power and status were not enough to join the circle of big shots.
Bai Pu finally met Zorath Muji.
This Green Race genius, tall and handsome, with a gentle demeanor, exuded a certain enchanting charm.
Moreover, Zorath Muji wasn’t among the young people’s circle but was invited to the table with the big shots. This proved that Zorath was highly regarded even in their eyes.
No wonder Miss Salacia, a senior member of the beauty association, liked Zorath. Such charisma, coupled with the strong capabilities of a young talent, was indeed easy to win the heart of a young girl.
"Xiao Bai~"
Miss Salacia raised her hand to greet, inviting Bai Pu to sit beside her.
"Let me introduce you, these are all my friends..."
Miss Salacia introduced Bai Pu warmly.
The young people at this table were mostly the young masters of various powerful families. In terms of strength, some were Top-level Awakened, and some were just stepping into the Evolver stage.
They could naturally see that Bai Pu’s apparent strength was only that of a Low-level Awakened, an ordinary template, insignificant and ordinary.
It wasn’t strange for Miss Salacia to be enthusiastic about such an ordinary Awakened like Bai Pu, after all, his looks were apparent there.
And Bai Pu also noticed that Miss Salacia deliberately skipped over a Green Race girl with a tear mole at the corner of her eye while making introductions.
That girl with the tear mole felt almost invisible at this table; it seemed like the others were consciously or unconsciously distancing themselves from her.
"Come on, drink up! I’m about to go to the Spirit Realm, give me a warm send-off." Miss Salacia raised her glass boldly, downing the amber liquid in one go.
The others laughed heartily, raising their glasses too.
The isolated tear mole girl timidly raised her glass, only to have it accidentally tipped over by the elbow of a chubby girl beside her, spilling wine all over herself.
"Sorry, sorry..." The tear mole girl, disregarding her soaked luxurious dress, apologized proactively.
"Julian, why are you so clumsy? Salacia is about to head to the Spirit Realm, and you’re ruining the mood." Someone said immediately.
"I said she shouldn’t have come here, this is no place for a bastard kid."
"And she wants to come back and compete with Salacia for inheritance, how shameless."
The crowd’s whispers were clear to everyone’s ears.
Indeed, the girl with the tear mole was none other than the illegitimate daughter Julian. It was rumored that Zorath Muji liked Julian, and that Salacia should be quite hostile towards her.
Looking at Julian, she didn’t seem like someone with particularly thick skin; why would she overestimate herself and join this clique led by Salacia?
Bai Pu watched the tear mole girl quietly. He had no intention to speak, because he knew his words carried little weight.
Tear mole girl Julian was flustered, weak and helpless under the strange gazes of the crowd, like a little white flower trampled by an elephant herd, pitiful and fragile.
"Enough! Though I don’t like her, on account of Zorath, just leave her be."
Miss Salacia spoke up.
"Salacia truly is magnanimous."
"That’s right, there’s no need to care about this illegitimate daughter, that’s the demeanor of a legitimate daughter."
Everyone gathered around Salacia, showering her with flattery.
Julian sat lonely on the side, like a forgotten island.
Suddenly, Bai Pu saw someone stand up from the main table and walk over boldly.
It was Zorath Muji.
"What happened here?"
This Green Race genius surveyed the scene, his hawk-like eyes sweeping over everyone present.
First, he looked at the neglected Julian, especially her dress drenched with alcohol.
Finally, his gaze fixed on Salacia’s face.
"Salacia, I asked you to look after Julian, is this how you do it?"
Zorath Muji said coldly, "She is your sister after all. How can you be so mean and casually humiliate her?"
"I’m mean?"
Salacia jumped up, "Zorath, I didn’t touch her even with a finger, she couldn’t hold her own glass!"
Zorath paid no attention to Salacia, only concernedly looking at Julian.
Julian timidly said, "I’m fine, Brother Zorath... it’s just that the dress you gave me can’t be worn now..."
Julian had a look of wanting to cry but holding back, evoking sympathy.
"It’s okay, I’ll give you a prettier one next time."
Zorath gently wrapped his arm around Julian’s slender shoulders.
"Zorath!!"
Miss Salacia’s eyebrows shot up, "Don’t forget, you’re my fiancé!"
"An engagement set by our parents doesn’t represent my free will." Zorath said coldly, "For the reputation of the Muji Clan, I won’t go back on it. However, I still have the right to love."
Miss Salacia’s proud mindset exploded.
"Zorath, what do you think I am, Salacia? Clinging to you desperately?" Salacia said angrily, "There are plenty of men better than you, don’t think you’re the center of the galaxy!"
Saying so, Salacia pulled Bai Pu, who was quietly observing, over.
"This young man called Xiao Bai is an apprentice Spirit Plant Master, someone I randomly found in the Outer City District. How about it, Zorath? Isn’t he much more handsome than you?"
Zorath glanced at Bai Pu, the pressure in his gaze felt like a mountain pressing down on one’s heart.
"An ordinary template Low-level Awakened... you actually compare him to me."
Zorath shook his head, "Salacia, you’re hopeless, are you insulting me or yourself? Doing this will bring shame to the Silver Wind Clan."
Salacia sneered, pointing at Julian: "And her? An illegitimate daughter, just a mixed-blood bastard, and yet you compare her to me? Wouldn’t your actions bring shame to the Muji Clan?"
"How can Julian compare to this lowly mixed blood?"
Zorath looked at Julian’s face, as if gazing at the most treasured object in the world. That deep affectionate look could be in a romance drama.
Salacia completely exploded.
"You are wrong, Zorath. In my eyes, Xiao Bai is beautiful and smart, with a noble background, nothing lowly. But Julian, an illegitimate daughter of a dancer, shamelessly dares to come to Green City Manor, that’s truly lowly!"
Julian covered her face and cried.
"Salacia!!"
Zorath Muji frowned tightly, narrowing his eyes, staring at Salacia, word by word: "Do you want to break off the engagement with me?"
