Absolute Double Power
Verse-36

After a long, boring queue of a series of demonstrations by the nobles about the value of the gifts they brought, it was now the prince's turn to come forward.

"Akar Mandrake," he explained as he opened the box in his hand without the help of the maid. "It is believed to be a magical plant that can provide understanding and knowledge. It's perfect for the wise Miss Lim."

"Once again a rare item," some people again muttered in admiration.

Hua Zu was not impressed.

Mandrake is actually a hybrid creature that is a combination of plants and humans or half-human half-plant creatures that only exist in Shangri-La, the place where the first humans were created, the middle world between heaven and earth, also called Baka Park, is believed to be a lost paradise.

At first, the Great God placed the first man in Shangri-la to care for and work his land so that he could also eat from the produce of the land, but the first man of the male sex then experienced a void and focused only on food—work to eat and eat to work.

At that time the Great God had yet to create a partner for him, while the human was growing even more. Nutritional factors increase resulting in a little too rapid human growth, weight gain and fat accumulation, due to exposure to substances caused by the consumption of too much food.

Entering the age of puberty, the seed cells of the reproductive system can not be dammed and released naturally, falling to the ground accidentally and fertilizing the ovaries of the newly planted plant. Then came Mandrake.

The Great God finally moved the plant into the middle of the garden and forbade the human to eat its fruit, the Great God also placed the sky army of the light race as guards. He named the plant as the tree of knowledge.

But after the Great God created the woman, the man and his wife ate the fruit so that they were banished from Shangri-La.

The great god then closed the garden so that man could not stretch out his hand again to pluck the fruit and eat it. But the roots of the plant spread to the earth and a number of traitors found it, and a number of fortune-tellers and witches were born.

As the name implies, the plant can indeed give super knowledge that can form a person into a fortune teller or witch.

Lucifer stone plus Mandrake, meaning someone is trying to turn Xi Xia into a god.

Whether realized or not, both the crown prince and the judge's son are clearly related in the control of the same person.

"Thank you, Prince!" Xi Xia bowed slightly elegantly while imposing a smile.

Then General Tio Jun turned to Hua Zu. "What about Your Majesty?" he asked politely but his smile could not even hide the contents of his head.

"Your Majesty?" Governor Pao-Lu followed Jun in surprise, his forehead creaking.

Shin Wu paled straight away. Lothawat! he thought as he glanced at Hua Zu restlessly. It's all my fault!

Hua Zu bowed slightly at Pao-Lu.

"Right, Governor," interrupted Tio Jun in a denouncing tone. "Your daughter's honor tonight is a king."

Pao-Lu blinked and looked at Hua Zu stuttering. "Do you know which kingdom?"

"Shangri-La," Hua Zu replied.

Tio Jun burst into laughter. "You don't mean to say that you're a Great God, do you?" taunted.

Pao-Lu squinted his eyes, staring at Tio Jun and Hua Zu alternately. Perplexities.

Shin Wu twisted his brain quickly.

But Hua Zu's words to Tio Jun then made the entire room instantly freeze.

"You are a General of the immortal army of Luoji kingdom," Hua Zu said as she glanced at the armor robe that Tio Jun was wearing, crossing both of his hands in front of his chest, raising his jaw elegantly. "How can you speak using the Yuoji nation's point of view?"

"What do you mean?" Tio Jun stopped laughing and frowned, casting a sharp glare at Hua Zu.

"Where do you know that Shangri-La is the abode of the gods?" ask Hua Zu.

"Isn't that Yuoji's folklore?" Hua Zu added.

Pao-Lu tightened his jaw, looking at Tio Jun with eyes squinting.

Tio Jun blinked and circulated his gaze once more, his eyeballs twitching uneasily.

As Luoji's people, all of them who were inside the banquet hall did not believe in the story of the Yuoji people's god. They didn't even know what Shangri-La was, a great god and so on.

Tio Jun's view of Shangri-La, did not let the public question his loyalty.

Ah, what's wrong, dignified crown prince? Thought Shin Wu, while hiding a cynical smile when he saw a hint of guilt reflected from Tio Jun's haughty face.

The governor coughed slowly, while the general moved furiously in his place.

"With all due respect, Prince!" Governor Pao-Lu raised his eyebrows politely, gesturing for Tio Jun to return to his seat.

The prince nodded a little nervously.

Inwardly, Shin Wu laughed. Apparently the general will miss this very beautiful day. Too bad, he thought he didn't care.

More and more it sounded dull because of the feeling of discomfort when the general turned to his wine table where his horde was no less arrogant was forced to bear the shame.

"Please, Your Highness…?" The governor raised his eyebrows, fishing for the name of his mysterious foreign guest.

"Zhu Hua Zu!" Hua Zu introduced himself.

"So Shangri-La really exists?" ask Pao-Lu.

"Sure," Hua Zu replied with a faint smile. "Not far from Zhujia!"

The entire room gasped and held its breath.

Hua Zu looked around, giving a long, slow and thorough look to all the noble guests present there.

"Ehem!" The governor is beating. His voice rattled the nobles from their entanglement.

The presence of the Mi Sai Ya seemed to have shocked the nobles.

The young aristocrats certainly expected Hua Zu to be a sickly old man. It would definitely be more convenient for them to reduce the thought of the afterlife garden ideology to just folklore.

But the Mi Sai Ya, simply annihilated their hopes when she began to explain the existence of the Shangri-La land that everyone believed to be a lost paradise.

Calmly and cleverly strategized as an experienced chess player, he spent the next few minutes explaining the characteristics of his people, the resources his country had, he said, everything that makes this country undiscovered, and of course why all the annoying things that he explains are considered quite important.

"Shangri-La is not a lost paradise," Hua Zu concluded after his long explanation.

That conclusion was needed for the ambitious nobles who had heard too many different kinds of facts that he had revealed.

He could hear various opinions and wishful thinking beginning to pass by in their dwarf and greedy minds.

"The Shangri-La region is a producer of rare medicinal plants" Hua Zu continued. "How do we know that in a certain measure medicine is always poison, and vice versa. We are closing access to prevent abuse" Hua Zu said.

The whole room was frozen.

The governor listened with both arms crossed in front of his chest.