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Seeing that Tieba was still like this, Piro finally waved his hand helplessly, sighed, sat down, and said, "Never mind, you can go now."

Tiebaha paused for a moment, then nodded and withdrew.

Suddenly, Piro was left alone in the room. He sat silently in his chair, lost in thought. Behind him, on the wall, was an image of thousands of venomous snakes devouring a god, as if foreshadowing what would happen tomorrow.

After a while, a servant announced that Shah had arrived, and Piro nodded and told him to come in.

After entering, Shaha went straight to the point and asked Piro, "Is the Tiger of Badar ready for tomorrow's duel? You must show your prowess in front of everyone, let everyone see how vulnerable Li Wei is in front of you, and let my sister see what a true strongman is. Only then can I persuade my sister to marry you."

"Don't worry. Tomorrow I will demonstrate my power and prowess, and show Suleisa that I, Piro, am not some useless person with only bloodline!"

Piro spoke coldly. He had already planned everything for tomorrow. First, as evening approached, he would go to the Lakshmi Temple and take the first branch to burn the sacred fire, all under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

There has always been a rule that on the night of the end of the Torch Festival, the most powerful and influential man is the first to raise a branch with the sacred fire burning in front of the temple at dusk.

Previously, because he and Ganka were evenly matched and neither was willing to concede to the other, whoever picked up the first branch of the sacred fire in the temple first, the other would object. Therefore, the first branch of the sacred fire had not been touched for more than ten years.

But this year is different. Piro's discovery of the Black Stone Mine has greatly increased his power and influence.

In a battle for control of a village a few months ago, he decisively defeated Ganka.

Therefore, at this year's Torch Festival, he can become the first person in this region in over a decade to raise the sacred torch branch, because he has gained the upper hand in the struggle against Ganka.

This signifies that Piro has become the most powerful person in the region.

He will show Suleisa that he, Piro, is the tiger among men, and everyone else is only fit to be his prey.

Next, when he raises the branch of the sacred fire, he will challenge Livi in ​​front of everyone, and then stomp hard on Livi's face with the sole of his shoe in front of everyone, so that everyone can see his heroism and prove to the gods that he, Piro, is the one who deserves to be favored.

In the very end, Piro would use the blood from Livy's neck to bring the Torch Festival night to a perfect close.

……

While Piro was dreaming about tomorrow, Levi, Suleisa, and the entire Laka family joined in the Torch Festival celebrations the following day, going from house to house, exchanging blessings with grains of rice stained with saffron.

After a morning of rest and lunch, Suleza suggested to Raka that she and Levi were going to the Lakshmi Temple.

On one hand, yesterday, Niveti punished her by making her copy the Manusmriti, Chapter on Words, ten times, which she had to hand in today. On the other hand, she also wanted to go to the temple with Livy to pray to the statue of the goddess of heaven.

Although Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and good fortune, when young couples pray to her, it generally symbolizes good luck for the future.

Laka nodded immediately without hesitation.

After saying goodbye to Raka, Suleza and Levi headed toward the Lakshmi Temple, arriving in about twenty minutes.

Temple servants came out to greet them from inside the temple.

"Where is Teacher Niveti? I've come to hand in my copy of the Manusmriti." Suleza waved the paper in her hand, expressing her purpose to the temple servant. The servant replied that Niveti was in a room in the west wing of the temple. Then the servant led Suleza and Livi to the room where Niveti was.

Upon arriving at the room, the temple servants withdrew, and Livi and Suleisa went inside, only to find that no one was there; Niveti was not present.

The room was large, with a huge screen-like structure dividing it into east and west sections. It looked like a workspace. There was a bookshelf on the west side, with books neatly arranged. Everything in the room was decorated in gray and black, and the meticulous arrangement of all the items gave the impression that the room's owner was very old-fashioned.

"Your teacher, Niveti, must be the kind of person who is very old-fashioned and strict."

After discovering that Nivetty was not there, Surisa told Levi that they would wait there for a while, since this was where Nivetty worked, and she probably had gone out for something, but would definitely come back.

Seeing the room's decor, a monotonous gray and black color scheme, Li Wei, having nothing better to do, casually asked a question.

Suleza nodded and said that she had never met anyone more stern than Niveti. She added that Niveti was an extremely rigid person who lived strictly according to scriptural doctrines and even remained unmarried for life. It was said that Gankasin had pursued her for twenty years, but Niveti responded coldly, indicating that she had dedicated her whole being to God.

"Ganca has been pursuing Niveti for twenty years?" Suleisa's words piqued Levi's curiosity. In his memory, Ganca was a typical ascetic, unlike Piro who indulged in wine, women, and food without restraint. Ganca was a vegetarian, practiced diligently every day, and did not associate with women.

Someone like that has pursued Nivea for twenty years, so how attractive must Nivea be?

Just as Li Wei was thinking this, a woman's voice suddenly came from outside the door. She called out to Suleisa with surprise.

But it was Navia who came. She had come to the Lakshmi Temple today to participate in the Flower Festival outside the square. When the temple servants told her that Suleiman had arrived, she hurried over to find her.

The Flower Exchange Festival is a recreational activity for women and girls on the second day of the Torch Festival. During the event, women and girls take hemp paper to cut out flower shapes, then color them and give them to each other, competing to see who is the most skillful. It is a form of entertainment.

Navia and Suleza were talking together. Afterwards, Suleza apologized to Levi, saying that she was going to the square with Navia to participate in the Flower Festival and would be back soon. She told Levi to wait for her there and to hand in the Manusmriti for her if Niveti came.

Li Wei nodded in agreement, and soon he was the only one left in the room.

The room's decor was rather monotonous and old-fashioned, and Li Wei was inevitably a little bored sitting there alone. He stood up and prepared to take a book from the bookshelf to pass the time.

He randomly picked a book from the bookshelf, which happened to be next to a screen. There was a table and chair behind the screen, and since he was too lazy to go back, he simply sat down in the chair behind the screen and started reading.

Perhaps it was because he had been walking all morning and was a little tired, or perhaps it was because the incense in the room had a hypnotic effect, but as Li Wei was reading, he unknowingly fell asleep on the table behind the screen.

"You two just put the bathtub in front of the screen, I'm going to take a bath." Suddenly, a cold voice came from outside the room.