Cui Chan had truly appeared at a terrible time.

All of the guests present were very sensitive to minute details, and after taking a quick glance at the displeased look on the great river god's face, they immediately understood that Cui Chan had turned up without an invitation. Thus, as they turned back to look at him, they were all watching him as if he were already as good as dead.

Due to the limited territory of Yellow Court Nation's northern region, mountain and river gods were quite rare, so no one dared to defy the Great Water Palace. However, not only had this young boy turned up uninvited to the palace, he had swaggered out into the open and blatantly revealed himself to the great river god, leading all of the guests in the hall to wonder if he had a death wish.

The rather effeminate man whose original form was a water snake slowly raised a wine cup with his fingers arranged in the orchid fingers pose while watching the uninvited guest with smoldering desire in his eyes. 

Handsome and beautiful children had always been his favorite, but this handsome young boy most likely wasn't going to be able to survive for much longer, and he couldn't help but be saddened by this imminent loss. 

The boy had just displayed blatant disrespect to the great river god, so he certainly wouldn't dare to abduct the boy and take him back to his abode to enjoy. All he could hope for was to take the boy's body after he was killed to serve as a late-night snack.

The man had a very high-pitched voice, and he smiled as he said, "The wine in this cup is golden jade elixir, which is a wine that's unique to our Cold Food River’s Great Water Palace. 

“For a cultivator, drinking just a single cup of this wine will reap them the same benefits as cultivating in a blessed land for 10 days, and if a mortal were to consume this wine, all of their ailments would be quickly dispelled. There's still half a cup left, would you like to have a taste?"

Cui Chan strode over the doorstep,...