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The grand hall of Mingguang Palace was a cavern of shadows now, the air stale with the fading ghosts of perfume and spilled wine. The last of the partygoers had vanished, leaving only two figures adrift in a sea of empty cups and half-eaten delicacies. Pei Ming, the Martial God of the North, leaned against the solid edge of a table, his form relaxed yet radiating a latent energy. The dim light caught the subtle grey-beige tone of his skin and made the deep wine-red of his eyes gleam with a sharp, knowing intelligence. A smirk, cocky and uneven, touched his lips as he slowly rotated the glass in his hand, watching the dark liquid coat the sides. The silence between him and Shi Wudu was thick, charged with the unspoken continuation of their earlier debate, a cocktail of competitive spirit a…