Chapter 991: Return to Crescent Island
This time, he didn't return to stay within the Ancestral Court. Council Mountain was not the right place for clandestine activities, so he went straight to the White Tiger Grand Hotel and booked a dozen deluxe suites. By now, the previously overcrowded hotel felt a lot emptier. The accommodation here was extremely expensive, and many bidders had already checked out before the auction began. Now that the auction was over, even fewer remained. It would only get lively again once the upcoming matchmaking tournament began.
So, Tang San took this opportunity to simply reserve long-term suites for himself and the elders of the Blue Gold Tree clan, allowing them to stay until the tournament concluded.
Compared to the Ancestral Court's council accommodations, the White Tiger Grand Hotel was much more comfortable. The elders were naturally very satisfied. From now on, they only needed to wait for the tournament to start. The Blue Gold Tree clan's neutrality request had not yet received a formal response from the Ancestral Court; Sunborne had already told Tang San that a response would only come after the tournament. And now, the auction was finished, but there were still over ten days before the tournament began. So Tang San simply let everyone stay to wait and also attend the tournament. Who wouldn't want to witness such an unprecedented Battle for the Throne? Tang San certainly didn't want to be the bad guy and send the elders away.
Having settled in, Tang San surreptitiously used his divine consciousness to sense everything around him—specifically, to detect if any Emperor-level divine consciousness was probing him. He quickly confirmed that no one was paying attention to him.
Understandably so. This time, the Ancestral Court had reaped massive rewards from the auction, an enormous amount of amethystine coins. The Emperors were probably busy planning how to split and use this windfall.
Just as Tang San had settled down and was thinking of contacting Mei Gongzi, his communicator lit up.
Her voice came through the moment Tang San answered.
—Where are you?
"I'm near the White Tiger Grand Hotel. Are you at your grandfather's place?" Tang San asked.
—I am. Waiting for you, Mei Gongzi replied in a somewhat hushed voice.