"Miss Fang is truly a straightforward person, quite different from the ladies Mu Yunye has met in his life."

Fang Geyu was never one to mince words, her eyebrows slightly raised as she glanced sideways at the equally noble young immortal sitting across from her.

She chuckled, "Oh? Has Mr. Mu seen many ladies in his lifetime?"

The ever composed Mu Yunye was momentarily at a loss for words; since the banquet began, Fang Geyu hadn’t said much.

When she finally spoke, he hadn’t expected this tone of hers, and for someone like Mu Yunye who followed the gentlemanly path, he was momentarily unsure how to respond.

Fang Geyu successfully blocked Mu Yunye’s speech, casually yawning as if bored from sitting too long:

"Since you’re all here to marry me, you’ve eaten so much by now, haven’t you prepared gifts for this meeting? Shifang City isn’t a place where people eat for free."

"Miss Fang..." Qin Lou’s complexion changed slightly.

It’s unheard of for a young lady to directly ask men for meeting gifts.

Although one of the criteria for choosing a husband in Shifang City indeed is to see how generous these suitors are, since Shifang City is a wealthy household.

If someone is too stingy, they’re likely to be eliminated in the first round.

But this ceremony should be hosted by her as the steward, and these suitors should voluntarily present gifts to maintain the dignity of a noble family.

Her blunt demand completely changed the tone.

"Why? Steward Qin, I’m also thinking of you, you express one sentence in three, if we follow your leisurely approach, who knows when this banquet will end today. I’m helping you speed things up, isn’t it good?"

Qin Lou’s face turned pale, unsure of how to mitigate this awkward situation.

Fortunately, Mu Yunye was broad-minded and didn’t mind past conflicts, taking the lead to bring up the main topic.

"I’ve heard that Miss has been having trouble sleeping recently and is unsettled, so I’ve specially prepared a pair of Treasure Beads from beneath the chin of a Dragon Saliva Whale.

This object can calm the soul, stabilize the spirit platform, fend off external evil, and aid in spiritual power cultivation."

As a Heavenly Court immortal beast, the Dragon Saliva Whale swims through the Star River Galaxy, and the pair of Treasure Beads from beneath its chin are rare treasures of the world with peculiar effects.

They can calm Heart Demons and aid spiritual cultivation, as Shifang City mainly cultivates spiritual power and talismanic arts.

Such a lavish gift truly touched the heart, and everyone was amazed at Mu Yunye’s efforts in finding such an extraordinary item, making their originally well-prepared gifts look insignificant in comparison.

But looking insignificant doesn’t mean they stopped giving gifts.

The remaining suitors all presented their carefully prepared gifts.

’Sparrow Divine Gentleman’ offered a jade peach blossom fan, the fan face painted with a miniature world of mountains and rivers, a precious small-world treasure.’

Meanwhile, what Rong Lijun gifted was a celadon pillow with phoenix feathers, said to allow one to meet whoever they wish in dreams, a clever item.

As for the other Daoist Immortal offspring, each presented some strange and rare gifts that were hard to come by in the Mortal World.

There were nine suitors, eight of whom presented their carefully prepared items.

Only Baili An sat alone at the last row, seemingly unprepared.

Since he received the Hong Zhuang Jade Pendant, he must know Shifang City’s rules, so how could he come empty-handed?

Even mortal gentry know to prepare lavish dowry and send gift letters for weddings.

Seeing him delay, everyone speculated that perhaps he was a poor, hardworking commoner, with no possessions, and even though he emptied his pockets for what he thought was a grand gift.

But seeing others giving generously, he felt ashamed and didn’t want to show his gift?

Baili An, feeling everyone’s gaze on him, was silent for a moment before saying: "Apologies, I left in a hurry today and haven’t prepared a meeting gift, could I make it up in the future?"

The atmosphere suddenly reached the peak of silence, even Mu Yunye, who had just delivered the Dragon Saliva Whale Treasure Beads, cast a serious look towards Baili An.