The banquet was held at the Ye family's main residence, far from the city center and near the southern edge of Dongyang Island.

It is said that it is a gathering area for the old nobles, and the Ye family, the Luo family, and the Craigavin family are all in that place.

Although Su Ming had long imagined the luxurious life of the old nobles, after an hour and a half of driving, when he saw the huge villa complex with his own eyes, he was still deeply shocked by the spectacular scene.

The southern edge of Dongyang Island is uplifted upward, like a sloping cliff that has been magnified hundreds of times.

Driving closer to the edge of the island, you can see the residential areas from a distance, and at the bottom of the huge cliff are ordinary villas, and the higher you go, the more ornate and bold the architecture becomes.

When you look at the top of the cliff, you can see the huge castle erected at the top, like the residence of a medieval king, towering majestically from the highest point.

And the villas below, which were originally luxurious, have become unsightly and even a little ugly compared to one of them, and they are prostrate on the ground one by one, like humble subjects.

Through the car window, Su Ming found that there were three castles at the highest point, and the boundaries between them were very clear, if he guessed correctly, they should be three famous old nobles.

"It's magnificent!"

Su Ming exhaled heavily, as if he had exhaled half of the turbid qi in his chest.

Xia Xiaoyu beside him smiled and asked, "You are very envious?" ”

Su Ming sneered and shook his head: "Don't envy, people who live in this kind of house, in my original country, are going to be hanged on street lamps!" ”

"Why?"

"Capitalists, blood-sucking bugs." Su Ming said as a matter of course.

Xia Xiaoyu repeated it thoughtfully a few times, nodding her head in admiration, admiring Su Ming's subtle metaphor.

The car stopped in front of the gate of a castle in the middle, and Su Ming got out of the car, just in time to meet Flora, who had also just gotten out of the car.

She wore a pure white gown with a silk texture, her blonde hair was coiled in a bun and supple to the nape of her neck, and a semi-ring embellished with blue hedron was inserted between the strands to serve as an ornament, making her blonde hair sparkle.

When Flora saw Su Ming, she took the initiative to come forward and invite him to go in with her.

Xia Xiaoyu followed them into the mansion, and Su Ming walked through the guests who came with them, and walked towards the castle with them.

The passage into the castle is dozens of meters long, paved with gray bricks and stones in an orderly manner, and is lined with a row of neat landscape trees, through the gaps between the trees, Su Ming can see many flowers and plants.

He didn't know anything about flowers and plants, and he couldn't name a single one, but Xia Xiaoyu next to him followed his gaze and said a series of flower names one after another, as if she often studied these things.

The guests walking beside Su Ming were all dressed luxuriously, and Su Ming thought to himself that these people should be the same as the old nobles, even if they didn't do anything harmful, at least they had supported the supremacy of the supernatural and jointly implemented the dictatorship on this island.

Su Ming walked dozens of meters of the aisle in the flow of people, and the entrance of the castle was close in front of him.

Su Ming had to do his best to raise his head to see the pointed tip at the top of the building, and he really felt the grandeur and majesty of the building.

He couldn't help but sigh at the ingenuity of the people who designed this building, and when he walked into this entrance, it was as if he had gone through some kind of solemn ceremony, as if he was completely distinguished from those ordinary people.

"I finally know why people are creatures chasing power, and wealth can really make people feel a sense of novelty." Su Ming said this to Xia Xiaoyu, so Flora didn't hear it.

But Xia Xiaoyu didn't reply, she probably thought that Su Ming wasn't saying it to herself, so she didn't react.

Su Ming glanced back at her and found that she was observing the waiter walking through the floor-to-ceiling window, with a strange expression, a little serious, and a faint sense of loss.

"Xiaoyu, what's wrong?"

"Huh? Nothing, just take a look. Xia Xiaoyu shrugged her shoulders, and her expression quickly returned to normal.

Flora and Su Min entered the castle together, and passed through the extremely high hall to a huge hall.

All kinds of women in fancy costumes and men in suits and leather shoes gathered in this hall to talk eagerly, but Su Ming felt a sense of alienation.

Su Ming didn't know what to call this place, he felt that this place was no different from the square where the aunt danced downstairs in his hometown, but the aunt's square gathered ordinary people, and the elites who claimed to be in high society gathered here.

In contrast, Su Ming prefers the square in his hometown, even the noise of square dancing makes him feel natural.

"I'll go first, Lance should be here too, let him see that we might have trouble together, you wait for me after the banquet, and then go to my house together." Flora whispered in Su Ming's ear, then smiled at him and walked into the crowd.

Flora's words made Su Ming very uncomfortable, although he understood the meaning of the other party's expression, but the other party's words sounded as if he was hiding from Lance and was cheating with her...... And it's not done stealing yet, and I'm going to steal it again after the party.

Su Ming took a breath, lifted his spirits, and began to observe his surroundings.

He looked around, trying to find an inconspicuous place to wait, but his eyes inadvertently fell on the two people on the second floor.

Su Ming looked in the direction one of them was looking, and it happened that Flora was chatting and laughing with the other nobles there, and his intuition told him that the other party was looking at Flora.

……

On the other side, Flora, who had just separated from Su Ming, was found by Lance.

When she saw Lance, Flora was stunned for a moment, but the other party smiled and seemed to have no hatred for her at all, which surprised Flora.

"Flora! I knew you'd be coming, too! ”

Lance came up with a big smile like a golden retriever running towards his master.

"Lance, what a coincidence."

"yes!" Lance nodded slightly, he licked his lips, plucked up his courage and said, "I'm sorry, I was reckless last time, I shouldn't have done that, and I shouldn't have doubted you." ”

"It's okay, it's not related at all." Flora laughed.

Flora's heart was relieved, she had thought that Lance would have a grudge, but now it seems that such worries are unnecessary.

"Flora, I've heard from my family that Mitchell and Osborne plan to cooperate with these nobles on Dongyang Island to establish a stable spiritual salt trade channel.

The two of us will be together as representatives of the two families, responsible for the handover of the spirit salt. This is the first time I've been given such a big assignment...... It's a bit uncomfortable...... Hahaha! ”

Flora's smile froze on her face like an air-dried oil painting, and her expression stiffened.

The amount of information contained in Lance's words just now was so large that Flora's mind didn't turn for a while.

Establish a channel for the trade of spirit salt, together with Lance? Don't......