Monarch Night

The Yin Shen Palace felt like its jaw was about to dislocate.

Damn it... I've been a demon all my life, but today I've truly gained some insight!

To be a demon and reach this level, for the Demon Sect Branch to be so glorious on the Guardian's territory... damn, I really underestimated things before.

As I was watching, someone walked out of the main door.

It turned out to be an Innate Grandmaster.

The clothes he wore were crisp and new.

His hair was meticulously groomed, his entire being spotless, his face clean-shaven with a dignified expression that looked honest and trustworthy, someone who absolutely wouldn't deceive people.

He walked directly towards the four of us, with a standard smile, and kindly asked: "May I ask, are the four of you here on some business with our Worldwide Escort Agency?"

So polite.

His smile revealed eight teeth.

Courteous and elegant, with a gentle demeanor that made people feel like a warm spring breeze was blowing through, his voice was soft so there was no worry of scaring anyone.

Moreover, a fresh, faint herbaceous fragrance lingered in his breath.

The Yin Shen Palace coughed and said, "We have a shipment and would like to negotiate with Worldwide Escort Agency..."

"My apologies, my apologies, turns out we have four distinguished guests, please, please, let's discuss inside."

This person became even more enthusiastic.

Hospitable without being obsequious, he maintained a respectful demeanor as he invited the four of us inside.

The Yin Shen Palace couldn't help but ask, "What's that taste in your mouth...?"

This person gave an embarrassed smile and said, "It's at the Chief's special request; since we check the doors and welcome guests from all directions, we can't have any odor in our mouths, so when we are on duty, we must have Pine Resin Dew in our mouths, one every half an hour, to avoid bothering guests who appreciate cleanliness with any smell from us."

The Yin Shen Palace blurted out, "Your Chief is truly a talent!"

This sentence was absolutely blurted out.

Without any brewing.

A heartfelt praise.

Having traveled far and wide for so many years, just from the perspective of the gatekeepers, this was the first time I've experienced such high-standard meticulous hospitality.

It's simply... my worldview has been overturned.

As we entered through the main door, this grandmaster rang the bell four times in total.

"What does this mean?" the Yin Shen Palace asked curiously.

"The four of you are of noble status, here to discuss business; I'm just a gatekeeper and not qualified to receive you, so it's always Supervisor Zhou's people who entertain the clients."

This person smiled politely, "Please wait a moment, Supervisor Zhou will send someone immediately."

...

No sooner had he finished speaking than five people came out from inside, led by a beautiful young girl in a goose-yellow dress, graceful and poised, elegant and serene, making her way forward with a smile as gentle as a spring breeze: "Honored guests have arrived, our hospitality is inadequate, please, do come in."

Behind her were four young men in white robes, standing tall with graceful mannerisms and handsome faces.

The Yin Shen Palace and company took one look and knew in their hearts: all of them were Marshal Level, mostly Marshal Eight or Marshal Nine.

The four young men stepped forward, each accompanying one of us, bowing with their hands clasped: "Please!"

The Yin Shen Palace was stunned, murmuring, "This lady is..."

"My surname is Zhou; I'm a humble supervisor in charge of business hospitality and negotiations at the Worldwide Escort Agency,"

Zhou Mei'er smiled kindly, "Please come in, whatever you want to discuss, let's talk in detail over tea."

The Yin Shen Palace, with the intention to cause trouble, said, "What if we come in and there's no business to discuss?"

Zhou Mei'er smiled serenely, "Oh, it's purely talk; even if there's no business, can't we be friends? Please, please, it doesn't matter if there's no business, think of it as coming in to relax, that's also good."

The four of the Yin Shen Palace staggered forward in a daze.

The road surface was polished like white jade, perfectly flat, reflecting people like a mirror.

The Yin Shen Palace estimated that if you were to roll around in white clothes on this path, you'd still be spotless when you stood up.

It was so clean.

On both sides, every ten steps or so, there was an escort flag waving in the wind.

It was the season of the abundant spring breeze.

The escort flags fluttered, the wind whistled.

The Yin Shen Palace looked and saw that at about every ten feet, there was a flag, like two rows of guards, escorting people all the way to the majestic door of the grand hall.

So impressive!

At the hall door, there was a row of young girls in white on each side, youthful and pretty, slightly bowing: "Welcome distinguished guests to the Worldwide Escort Agency."

The Yin Shen Palace and company glanced again and noticed: oh, these girls were all ordinary people.

No cultivation.

But each one had a rather outstanding appearance.

...

At the entrance to the main hall, the four of them stopped to look, and the foyer had four large characters: "Four Seas and Eight Directions."

"This was instructed by the Chief Escort, intended to mean that from the Four Seas and Eight Directions, all are friends," Zhou Mei'er explained modestly.

Upon entering the main hall, they were greeted by another plaque, with a sword on the left and a saber on the right, and eight grand characters in the middle: "Light of Righteousness, World Model!"

The signature was actually Baiyun State Guardian Hall.

This plaque made the corners of Yin Shen Palace's mouths twitch, feeling their eyes cramp up as they kept blinking rapidly.

Zhou Mei'er introduced, "This is a reward sent by the Guardian Hall for our Worldwide Escort Agency's merits in slaying demons and guarding the Dao."

Slaying Demons and Guarding the Dao?!

The four of them were speechless.

At the top of the main hall was a grand throne, and behind the throne, there was a banner which read, "Integrity as the Basis, Abide by Laws."

Qian Sanjiang and Hou Fang were already rolling their eyes, and just thinking of Yemo sitting beneath these characters made the scene feel extremely out of place.

Zhou Mei'er continued her introduction, "Our Chief Escort comes here every day to stand for quite a while to remind himself to by no means violate any laws and regulations. He must operate with integrity, worthy of the customers, the people, and must live up to the four words World Model, not letting down the Guardian Hall's trust."