The genius young beauty Kang Luoying's words made all the girls laugh, especially Pan Meiqing, who exclaimed, "Did he tell you that too?"Bai Jiao laughed and said, "Of course, Shen Qiang said once to my face that I'm truly beautiful, huh, never heard him say it a second time."
"I thought it was just me," Xu Nan laughed.
The laughter of the girls made the stunningly beautiful fairy Qin Yurou, who was helplessly amused, pout shamefully and urgently, "Shen Qiang, you scoundrel, I'm not letting you speak."
"You're truly beautiful," Shen Qiang laughed, "I'll tell you twice to annoy them."
Qin Yurou's pretty face blushed all the way to the root of her neck in a flash, and she said anxiously, "You're shameless, this is so embarrassing, aren't you Shen Medicine King? Aren't you the head of Heshenghe? On such an important day, you don't accompany the guests but sit here with us, you'll be laughed at."
Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow with a smile and said, "I don't care."
"Shen Qiang, we'll have plenty of time together in the future, I beg you, go accompany the guests." The intelligent and stunning fairy Qin Yurou, upon hearing Bai Jiao and the others' laughter and words, could easily guess what Shen Qiang was thinking.
Afraid that Shen Qiang would act recklessly in front of everyone, the stunningly beautiful fairy was ashamed and anxious.
"Go accompany the guests." At this time, Xu Nan laughed and said, "In this regard, Yurou is right. In such a situation, if you stay here, on the surface no one will say anything, but those cultivators will look down on you. Besides, Yurou and Meiqing sister are here, they won't leave, so what are you busy about?"
Hearing this, looking at Bai Jiao's teasing smile, Shen Qiang got up helplessly and said, "Okay, I initially thought you wouldn't get along well enough, but it seems I was worried for nothing. I discovered that not only do you have a great relationship, but you've also formed a united front. What else can I do?"
The girls laughed.
"Look at you looking foolish. If we really fought, could you still be the boss of Heshenghe?"
"Truly blessed but unaware of it."
"Hehe, so handsome." The poised Abi, lost in thought.
At this moment, many guests had already taken their seats, being entertained by the disciples of Qingyun Sword Pavilion.
According to the original plan, Yu Xinghuo, Pan Zheng, Qin Yongquan, the three of them, would be seated at three different tables to avoid trouble.
But with the public agreement committee proposed by Shen Qiang, this arrangement was clearly not feasible anymore.
Because it's impossible to let them sit separately, that would make the public agreement committee and the proposal made by Shen Qiang lose confidence among the cultivators.
Besides.
More importantly, in this occasion, there was one person Shen Qiang always wanted to invite over for a meal, and that was the demon Geng Jingyi who had walked out from the scripture pavilion of the Great Nolan Temple.
"Praise you, my dear boss, your brilliance covers the cultivation world, revives everything, brings warmth with the spring breeze, and... "
"Stop!" Having walked to the table, Shen Qiang immediately interrupted Bianyi's flattering words responsible for accompanying guests.
This situation made Yu Xinghuo, Qin Yongquan, Pan Zheng, and Tang Huaqi chuckle quietly.
But there's no doubt that despite Bianyi's obvious exaggerated flattery, none of them dared to look down on him, since he is in fact the real commercial president of Heshenghe, and without sufficient ability, he could not have taken on this role.
"Boss!" Geng Jingyi, who had already arrived, saluted respectfully.
Shen Qiang smiled, "Sit down, sit down, no need to be formal."
"Family Head." The Great Demon Fu Bo of Happiness Gate, also an elder of Heshenghe, certainly held enough weight in this kind of occasion.
"Fu Bo, you too, don't stand on ceremony."
"Master!" Qingyun Sword Pavilion's Second Elder, bowed.
Even though there had been some displeasure with this Second Elder before, in this kind of situation, face must still be given. After all, Qingyun Sword Pavilion is now under Shen Qiang's leadership. If Sword Pavilion's people do not receive any face here, they will also be looked down upon by cultivators when doing things for Shen Qiang in the future.
"Second Elder, please don't be too formal. Consider this your own home. Sit, sit."
Shen Qiang smiled kindly.
This relaxed the expression of the Second Elder from Qingyun Sword Pavilion significantly. Meanwhile, deep down, he was deeply grateful, after all, he wasn't a naive youngster who couldn't read the room. What's Shen Qiang's status now?
The most beloved and respected Medicine King in history.
"Thank you, Master, but the etiquette cannot be discarded, please be seated first."
Hearing this, it only then caught attention that despite repeatedly asking them to sit down, Geng Jingyi, Bianyi, Elder Fu Bo, and Qingyun Sword Pavilion's Second Elder all stood, evidently waiting on Shen Qiang. Seeing this, Shen Qiang naturally sat down beside the chief guest Tang Huaqi.
He then gestured with his hand, "Sit, sit."
Only then did everyone begin to take their seats.
In the strictest sense, it's not random where you sit at the wine table.
The chief guest refers to the most important guest at the table.
Strictly speaking, today's chief guest should be the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, Qin Yongquan.
However, if truly arranged that way, it would be very embarrassing for Pan Zheng.
Thus, Tang Huaqi from the Dragon Group decisively became the savior general for the occasion.
Given the existence of the public agreement committee, placing Tang Qihua in the primary guest position, both the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley and Pan Zheng would have no complaints, as it became a committee function dining event.
This led to Pan Zheng and Qin Yongquan, who both initially thought that Qin Yurou and Pan Meiqing would dominate the stage today, feeling somewhat disappointed but definitely not blaming Shen Qiang for it.
Because from their perspective, whether Pan Zheng or Qin Yongquan was the chief guest, neither could accept the situation at all.
So instead, in this scenario, when they looked at each other, both gave teasing glances full of meaning, "So arrogant, yet not sitting as the chief guest, huh?"
No matter what they thought of each other, Shen Qiang didn't care. By this time, everyone was already seated.
At this time, an emcee approached and asked Shen Qiang, "Mr. Shen, according to the program, you should give a speech now."
Hearing this, Shen Qiang smiled and remained seated calmly, speaking warmly and powerfully, "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for attending. The emcee reminded me to give a speech, but truth be told, saying too many unnecessary words is meaningless, and the red tape is indeed tiresome."
"So it's simple. Today's banquet is because Fairy Qin Yurou and Fairy Pan Meiqing joined Heshenghe, marking a joyous day for me, Shen Qiang, and I am delighted."
"Congratulations to Shen Medicine King!" Many cultivators present congratulated in unison.
Shen Qiang smiled, then said, "So that's it, everyone, just relax, don't be formal, eat, drink, that's your responsibility. And as for me, I have the ulterior motive of the drinker, to entertain the committee members well, so they nod and we can snag some cheap lifesaving medicine."
Hearing this, many cultivators laughed out loud together.
"Medicine King, you've worked hard!"
Chapter 2111: 2114: The Breathtaking Fairy, Embarrassed and Anxious
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