ly placed his fingers on her pulse while half-closing his eyes. After about a minute, Xiao Yu lifted his fingers and, without opening his eyes, fell into deep thought before finally doing so. He then...Chapter 55 Gathering Evil Spirit Talisman

Xiao Yu brought Song Hushan, Zhou Ruoying, Wan Hongguang, and Song Hualing into the hotel. When they entered, Wan Hongguang put on a large pair of tinted glasses, which seemed strange to Xiao Yu. However, he didn’t ask about it.

As they approached the hotel entrance, Lu Jianhong was standing there welcoming guests. Seeing Xiao Yu with several people made him feel puzzled. Before he could speak, Xiao Yu said first, "Brother-in-law, these幾位是我朋友，聽說航航過滿歲就過來道賀！"

"Good... good... welcome! Little Yu, please take care of our guests!" Upon hearing that they were Xiao Yu's friends who had come to celebrate his son's full month celebration, Lu Jianhong quickly said. However, he was very puzzled by the appearance and demeanor of these people, especially a man wearing tinted glasses at the back who gave him a familiar feeling.

"Little Lu, congratulations!"

"Mayor Wang, nice to see you... please come in!" Just as Lu Jianhong was trying to remember where he had seen this person before, another guest interrupted. Lu Jianhong quickly put aside his thoughts and greeted the guests.

Xiao Yu led several people straight past the reception area towards their seats.

"A beggar comes here for free food with a bunch of people!" A weak voice came from the reception desk. Xiao Yu paused slightly, turned to look, and saw a few young men from the municipal office hastily stepping aside; only a man in his thirties stared at him with a hint of disdain.

Xiao Yu looked at this person whose brows were furrowed even more tightly. He recognized him as Jia Yaocai, the son of Lu Jianhong's second aunt. Xiao Yu stared intently at Jia Yaocai for a moment and then relaxed his frowning brows.

The young people from the government office weren't like Jia Yaocai in terms of discernment. They had been working alongside Xiao Yu since morning, so they naturally recognized him. The few individuals that Xiao Yu brought with him were all extraordinary men and women. Especially when those two men heard Jia Yaocai's mocking remarks, their brows slightly furrowed as they exuded an irresistible aura.

Xiao Yu looked at this Jia Yaocai. Back then, Jia Yaocai wanted to marry his cousin (Xiao Yu’s second cousin) from his aunt’s side to Lu Jianhong in order to consolidate his position within the Lu family. Little did he expect that Lu Jianhong adamantly refused and insisted on marrying Xiao Yu's sister instead, shattering his plans. Since then, Jia Yaocai had harbored resentment towards the Xiao Yu family.

Last year during New Year’s Day when Xiao Yu went to visit his sister, Jia Yaocai took advantage of no one paying attention and mocked Xiao Yu coldly. But for his sister's sake, Xiao Yu endured it. This time he even ridiculed Xiao Yu in front of friends. Xiao Yu shook his head and sighed inwardly, "Why bother" His fingers danced gracefully out of everyone’s sight, forming a simple 'Gather煞符' (a talisman used to gather malevolent energy). With a light push from his palm, the Gather煞符 seemed to come alive as it concealed itself within Jia Yaocai's skin.

Human skin is still considered skin; therefore, Xiao Yu essentially made a simple skin talisman. Because he created this talisman through space, his previously restored primordial energy was once again drained.

The 'Gather煞符' can gather all the malevolent energies from the surrounding environment. Since Xiao Yu directly drew it with his fingers without using ink or cinnabar, its efficacy had been significantly weakened and could only absorb malevolent energy during nighttime when such energies are denser.

After completing this, due to depleting his primordial energy, Xiao Yu’s figure slightly wavered before steadying himself again. He then led Song Shanshan and the others towards their seats.

Song Hualing had never endured such disrespect. In Beijing, even a provincial or ministerial-level official would need to consider her mood if they wanted to invite her for a meal. With an enraged expression, Song Hualing was about to speak up but was stopped by Zhou Ruoying, who shook her head and pulled her along to follow Xiao Yu towards their seats.

Miao Yu had been very discreet just now, but Zhou Ruoying, who was always keeping an eye on Miao Yu, noticed his fingers moving in the air. However, she did not know what he was up to, but since her usually mysterious brother never acted without reason, she knew there must be a purpose behind it.

Miao Yu led Song Hushan and several others to sit at a corner table. Upon seeing Song Hushan's arrival, Chen Ying quickly stood up and greeted him: "Mr. Song, nice to meet you! You made it!"

"General Manager Chen is here too" Song Hushan said in a cold tone.

Chen Ying nodded. Since Song Hushan did not seem interested in introducing the others present, he did not ask for any more information either.

"Everyone, please take a seat!" Miao Yu didn't feel the need to introduce Chen Ying and Song Hushan since they seemed familiar with each other.

When Song Hushan and his group took their seats at the corner table, they noticed something amiss. Although he wasn't entirely clear on the specific customs for celebrating a child's first birthday in their city, he had asked his housekeeper Wang Xiaoqian about it yesterday since she was a local. Wang Xiaoqian knew some of the basic rules regarding this custom and shared them with Song Hushan’s group.

Now that they saw Miao Yu seated at the corner table, they realized something was indeed wrong. According to what Wang Xiaoqian had told them, the mother's family members were considered honored guests and should be seated in a position of honor; however, not only did Miao Yu fail to take this seat but he also sat in a corner instead. Since Miao Yu himself didn't comment on it, they refrained from doing so as well, for fear of embarrassing him or his sister.

"Little brother! I've finally found you! Where were you just now Come with me and sit over there!" Just then, Xiao Yu stormed up to Miao Yu while he was talking to Chen Ying and Song Hushan.

Ms. Xiao Yu knew that her in-laws looked down on her family due to her poor background and considered themselves a better match, but they rarely interacted with each other, so she usually did not stay at her in-laws' house often. Therefore, when her in-laws gave her a hard time, she endured it.

She thought that since today was the first birthday of her son, her in-laws would put up a show of respect. Unexpectedly, they completely disregarded their own family's reputation and ignored her younger brother, making Xiao Yu unable to bear it any longer. Although the first birthday of his son was important, he couldn't let his brother suffer委屈。So, Ms. Xiao Yu argued with her in-laws and wanted to bring Xiao Yu over to the main table.

"Sis, what's wrong Today is Hanghang’s first birthday, we should be happy!" As soon as Xiao Yu saw his sister approaching angrily, he tried to calm her down immediately. Xiao Yu wasn't weak; he just didn't want to spoil his nephew's first birthday because of himself.

Then, pointing at Song Hushan and others, he said, "I'll sit here! My friends are sitting over there!"

"Let me introduce you all. This is my sister, Xiao Yu, as in jade from the word 'jade stone'! Sis, these gentlemen are my friends; this one over here is General Chen Chen (Mr. Chen)!" Seeing that Song Hushan and others were looking at Xiao Yu's sister, Xiao Yu introduced them. Since he had only known Mr. Chen for a short time and they met for the second time on this occasion as business acquaintances, he thought it was better to introduce him first.

When Ms. Xiao Yu heard that these people were fighting over her brother-in-law, she felt embarrassed to forcefully bring Xiao Yu back to the main table at this moment.

Note: I'm very busy today and can only update a little bit now. I wanted to write more, but I was afraid of being counted as a missed update by the editor if I didn't update today, which would result in my recommendation being removed. So, I'll update a little first and make up for it later when I finish tomorrow's training sessions. Everyone please understand.he office building was filled with cries from different floors.The auxiliary police officers were all covered in yin煞 energy and were hitting each other with their electric batons in groups.No! No!It'...