Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1080 A Polite Refusal

After a few days of endless hustling and bustling, the Ximen Clan finally started their grandcentennial celebration. Thousands of guests noisily gathered, their chitchats filled with excitement.The square where the ceremony was held was extremely packed and all kinds of performances wereongoing. At the front of the square was a platform paved with red carpet which was specially builtfor the honorable attendees. Bryant, his granddaughter, Shirley, and the elders of the Ximen Clanwere sitting on the platform. They were accepting blessings and gifts from various clans and majorforces, the royal family, several civil and military officials, and other guests.

Time flew by without anyone noticing due to the euphoric atmosphere brought about by thecelebration. Two hours into the celebration, a disciple of the Ximen Clan came up on the platformand announced with a bow, "My Chief, the emperor is at the gate!"

However, instead of waiting at the gate for the Ximan Clan to properly welcome him, Alston hadcome inside and walked along the main road leading to the square. He was escorted by twomasters of the Divine Stage, another nine masters of the Supernal Stage and some twenty spiritmanipulators of the Heavenly Stage.

Bryant stood up at once. He lifted his elegant robe and ran down the platform to welcome Alston.He was followed by Shirley, the seniors, and the elders.

When everyone saw that Bryant was in a hurry, they realized that Alston was here. No other personin this world could arouse such a whirlwind of chaos. The noisy square quieted down immediately.The crowd parted automatically to make a path for Alston. Everyone echoed greetings of respecttowards the acting emperor.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The whole square was suddenly filled with everyone's greetings.

Alston, on the other hand, marched on with ease. He wore a wide smile across his face as he wavedhis hand towards the crowd. For the people who knew him little, he was as common as an old shoe,but not the insidious, despicable and ruthless monster who tried to murder his own brother for thethrone and who used every way possible to get rid of those who disobeyed him.

As Alston pressed forward towards the platform, Bryant and Shirley met him at the middle of thesquare, as well as all other seniors and elders from the Ximen Clan.

"Your Majesty!" Bryant stopped in front of Alston and respectfully bowed.

"Nice to meet you, Chief Bryant, Miss Shirley and all the elders! Please do not be nervous. I am heretoday to congratulate your clan on your centennial celebration. There's no need to make such ascene,” Alston said with a gentle smile, instructing Bryant to stand straight.

"Your Majesty, please follow me this way!" Bryant led Alston to the front of the square and up onthe platform.

After Alston and Bryant took their seats, the people from the Ximen Clan and Alston's escorts stoodon the opposite sides on the stand.

"Today marks the centennial celebration of the Ximen Clan. I prepared some special gifts for you.Please kindly accept them!" Alston said and nodded to the guards who were standing on the sides.A guard went down, and a moment later, more than a dozen guards carried several big boxes up onthe platform. The boxes were immediately opened to unravel heaps of gold, silver and jewelriesinside. Alston had heavily spent on these gifts.

"I am extremely flattered, Your Majesty! This is so generous of you! But please forgive me. I cannotaccept these extravagant gifts!" Bryant immediately stood up and cupped his hands to refuseAlston's expensive presents.

"It's truly kind of you to say so. Please accept it, these are just some small gifts to show my greatrespect to you and your clan! Might I add that I've also prepared several special gifts for MissShirley,” Alston said as he glanced towards Shirley who was standing on the opposite side of theplatform.

"Come here, Shirley." At once, Bryant nodded at Shirley when Alston mentioned her name.

Shirley immediately came forward and politely bowed to Alston. "It's already a great honor for theXimen Clan to have Your Majesty here today. I am not worthy of these special gifts!"

"Please do not refuse these gifts I picked especially for you, Miss Shirley. You will soon become myconcubine, so please do not be shy. I can give you anything you want even just for a smile!" Alstonsaid generously. He nodded at the guard to come forward again.

Another group of guards went up to the platform, and this time, they were holding several smallboxes. They stopped right in front of Shirley and opened the boxes for her to see. It turned out thatthere was a piece of treasure inside each box. Each treasure was placed on the level of a middlegrade Dark Heaven Egg. Two pieces of treasure were the match of supreme grade Dark Heaven Egg.For ordinary spirit manipulators, these treasures were valuable and incredibly rare to replace. As amatter of fact, the value of these treasures was far more than the value of the gold, silver, andjewelries in the big boxes.

The people who saw these gifts grumbled and sighed enviably at Alston's generosity.

"Your Majesty, these gifts are far too expensive! We cannot accept these!" Bryant said, pretending tobe stunned at Alston's generosity and extravagance. But in fact, these treasures were nothing to theXimen Clan. Shirley had grown up in piles of these kinds of things.

"It's exceedingly kind of you to say that. I know these treasures are nothing to the Ximen Clan. So, Ialso prepared an incredibly special gift for Miss Shirley.” Alston clapped his hands as soon as hefinished his announcement.

A master at the Divine Stage immediately walked down the platform and ordered his men to clearup an area. After that, he gathered his spirit and opened the Magic Spiritual Space. Then, he went inand took out a Dark Heaven Insect at the first grade of the three-star level.

The appearance of the Dark Heaven Insect heightened the atmosphere on the square. Peopleimmediately talked among themselves. They were surprised that they were able to see such aspectacular thing in their lives.

"It took me two whole months to capture this creature at the Gehenna Border. I am going to give itto you as a pet, Miss Shirley. Do you like it?" Alston said proudly, confident that Shirley would bethrilled at this magnificent creature.

Shirley, on the other hand, just smiled faintly. Her face was nothing but a blank expression. As thesuccessor of the first clan in this empire, she had seen all kinds of treasures in her life. And for thefirst time, the Dark Heaven Insect was the only thing she felt a little interested in. But she was awarethat there was a price she had to pay if she accepted it. Alston was expecting that she would accepthis marriage proposal and become one of his concubines. So, even if Alston presented thousands ofDark Heaven Insects, it was impossible for her to show any delight at all.

"Shirley," Bryant murmured, instructing her to show her gratitude to the emperor.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I really appreciate your sincere kindness. I never expect so many giftsfrom Your Majesty!" Shirley replied with all of the formalities she could muster.

"I am happy to hear that you like it. Oh, I want to ask something, if you don't mind? Can I have yourreply regarding marrying into the royal family now? I personally would like to give you a few moredays to think, but they have already prepared for the wedding ceremony. So, I want to know theanswer as soon as possible.” Alston's words were very polite, but it was clear that he wanted to tellBryant and Shirley that today was their deadline.

"It's my honor to be favored by Your Majesty!" Shirley said with a polite nod.

As soon as the crowd heard her words, the whole square became loud again. It seemed that theemperor was going to get what he wanted today.

A trace of a triumphant smile flashed in Alston's face. Today's agenda was going smoother than hehad thought. As the first clan, Bryant had the power to stand on the opposite side of the royalfamily, and Alston had already prepared for it. But he was confident in Bryant's loyalty. Bryant hadno reason to refuse, and their clan would only be promoted by this marriage. Besides, he knew thatShirley really appreciated him before, so he believed that Shirley would not refuse him.

"But I sincerely apologize, Your Majesty. I cannot marry you!" To Alston's great surprise, Shirleysuddenly turned the situation around and politely declined him.