Setting aside the interruption by Monk Shenxiu, the banquet was quite a success.
While the other guests did not bring top-tier treasures like Kirin essence and blood or the Dragon-Pattern Spear, the military nobles in attendance still bestowed gifts of considerable value. Zhou Tieyi swept his gaze over the gift list and clicked his tongue; the gifts alone were worth at least ten thousand taels, and that was excluding the various cultivation supplies.
"Brother, do you think if I hosted a banquet like this every month, I could afford to maintain a private army?"
Chapter 22