After Anji's first successful attempt at undoing the brainwashing hairpin curse, the Rainbow Alliance celebrated. It was not a huge celebration, but the morale was at an all-time high. With the talented youngest daughter of the Celestial Dragon Sect, who was also the recognised ninth successor of the Mystical Qilin Sect, God was on everyone's side.
Mingshen had only briefly returned to report and rest, but soon, he had to leave for Luoyang again, this time with more people so they could establish a stronger foundation and dig deeper into the enemy's headquarters. As he was the head of a merchant group officially, Mingshen had to go personally to settle the business expansion there. Hong Nian Niang explained that most of the Red Palace's business administration and strategies were founded by her brother. She merely provided the entertainment and aesthetics.
