Qeng Ho Mage

Chapter 381 Centennial Birthday Banquet
Years are like a shuttle.

Time flies.

Nearly thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

After half a year of development, Dapan Imperial City has taken on a completely new look.

The urban area that stretches for hundreds of miles is shrouded in rainbow clouds all the year round, and the colorful lights reflect the countless peaks of Lingshan in the city. Among the peaks, palaces and Qionglou can be seen everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of monks live in them.

Today's imperial city has become the center of power and holy place of practice for Hexi monks.

The magnificent Lishui River flows through the city, and the sails on the river are like clouds, endless for thousands of miles.

At the west city gate, a four-storey warship was slowly passing through the barrier of the city moat.

On the plywood on the top floor, there is a flag erected, and the flag is embroidered with the real script of the character "Qi" shining brightly.

The helmsmen of many ships ferrying around saw the big flag with the word "Qi" and bowed to the splint monks one after another. They sailed all year round and recognized the flags and emblems.

The Dapan court has divided up [-] Taoist prefectures so far, and each prefecture has its own territory, and has its own right to open the prefecture, and can implement the appointment of officials on its own.

The "Qi" character flag is the exclusive mark of Qishui King Fu Lu. Fu Lu is a relative of the emperor and has a strong determination to serve the country. The territory of Xiaoyuan Temple guards the western gate for the Dapan court.

More than [-] years ago, Xiaoyuan Temple moved out of Hexi, and the territory belonged to Qishui Mansion.

In order to commend Fu Lu's hard work, His Majesty the Lord assigned the territory of Shenshuimen, the former destroyed sect, to Qishui Mansion, and assigned most of the casual cultivators recruited from Qinghe Shenzhou to Fu Lu.

In this way, Qishui Mansion became the Taoist mansion with the strongest strength, the widest territory and the most monks among the Eighteen Mansions of Dapan.

Qishui King Fu Lu also became the first virtuous king in Hexi.

Today, the monks on the Qishui battleship are quite dignified. His Dao name is Fu Shentong, he is the direct descendant of Fu Lu, and his cultivation has reached the late stage of Jindan.

The female cultivator next to him in a Taoist gown is also somewhat famous.

This female cultivator was originally Master Yun Zhaoxia in Feixia Mansion, and after she became a Taoist couple with Fu Shentong, she moved to the territory of Qishui Mansion.

This time the couple returned to the imperial city because they received an invitation from Fengming Princess Qi Changzhen, inviting them back to the city to attend Fang Dushu's [-]th birthday banquet.

"Time is not forgiving, Xiao Fang is already a hundred years old!" Master Yun Zhaoxia sighed on the plywood: "When I first met him, he was a young man in his 30s and [-]s, and he had just established his foundation. , After so many years, his cultivation has reached the middle stage of Jindan, and he is already on par with me!"

When she first met Fang Dushu, her cultivation was at the early stage of Golden Core. Now that nearly a hundred years have passed, her mana has only taken a small step, and she has only advanced to the middle stage of Golden Core not long ago.

Her advancement time was about the same as Fang Dushu's, both in the past few years.

It can be seen from this that her practice progress has been slower than Fang Dushu's by nearly a hundred years.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong: "Little Fang has only been able to form the alchemy for three to forty years. How could he be promoted to the middle stage of the golden core so quickly? This means that he can hit the Nascent Soul in a hundred years! It is unimaginable, even in the Five Sacred Mountains. Shang Zong, I'm afraid there is no genius with such rapid progress!"

Fu Shentong first smiled and corrected a title: "He has Lord Fengming with him now, when you meet him, don't talk about it. If you think it is not used to being called a prince, then follow the rules of Lishan Daoist Academy." , now everyone is a Taoist disciple, so you can call him Junior Brother!"

Master Yun Zhaoxia was a little upset. Before she married Fu Shentong, she would call Fang Dushu Xiaofang when she met Fang Dushu.

Both Fang Dushu and Qi Changzhen are informal people, and they never mind any official titles.

However, Master Yun Zhaoxia's marriage with Fu Shentong is utilitarian in itself, she responded docilely: "My husband reminded me, when I see him, I will definitely not hold him back!"

She didn't plan to get married at first, she wanted to stay with Patriarch Feixia all the time, but Sun Feilu's resurrection gave her a sense of crisis.

Although Sun Feilu followed Bi Xizhong to the Shangzong of the Five Mountains, Master Yun Zhaoxia was worried that Sun Feilu would return to Hexi and be possessed by demons again. To be on the safe side, Master Yun Zhaoxia decided to recruit another backer.

Just when she was fighting at the Panshi Bridge, she formed a deep friendship with Fu Shentong, and Fu Shentong received orders from the family to reach an marriage relationship with the monks of the Golden Core Stage in the various palaces. As for the marriage, she just agreed to it.

In fact, Fang Dushu is also a backer. With Fang Dushu's rapid practice, it is almost certain to have a baby in the future.

Master Yun Zhaoxia was naturally willing to visit Fang's family often, and this time Qi Changzhen held a [-]th birthday banquet for Fang Dushu, so she used her magical powers and prepared rich gifts to rush back to the imperial city.

Except for her and Fu's supernatural powers, all the Jindanqi monks who were acquainted with Fang Dushu all received invitations from Qi Changzhen.

After the warship of her husband and wife passed through the west city gate, they suddenly heard shouts from the shore, they turned their heads and saw that it was Gong Xiaoyun and Gong Yaodong from Chuanliu Mansion, and Li Yao from Kurong Mansion, Several people are all close friends who stayed behind in the imperial city, and they made a special trip here to greet them.

The two immediately invited several people to board the ship.

After exchanging pleasantries, they started talking about Fang Dushu's cultivation.

Li Yao said with great emotion: "Junior Brother Fang advanced so quickly to the middle stage of Jindan, even the Patriarch was shocked. He is very likely to try to conceive a baby before he is two hundred years old. With his talent for enlightenment, if he chooses to enlighten With a baby, you should be able to easily break through!"

The Kurong mansion where Li Yao lives has been squeezed out by other palace forces recently, this is because the Mu family of the king of Kurong is a descendant of the Gouye people.

Although during the war with the Gouye people that year, the Mu family sent a large number of family disciples to fight against the Gouye people in order to show their determination to firmly defend the Hexi cultivator.

However, as the Gouye people retreated and fled, the newly established Dapanxian Dynasty was flourishing, recruiting troops in Qinghe Shenzhou all the year round, constantly expanding its territory, and its strength became stronger every year.

It is rumored that there has been a voice of foreign conquest within the imperial court, and some militants are instigating the king to send troops against Tianjuemo and wipe out the Gouye people's lair in one fell swoop.

In order to prevent the Gouye people from getting information about the military strength of the Dapanxian Dynasty, the descendants of Gouye, such as the Kurong Mansion and Qingye Mansion, were all excluded, and they were even worried that they would be liquidated by the court in the future.

It is precisely because of this anxiety that Li Yao, as the external liaison officer of the Kurong Mansion, has recently frequently visited his friends in the various mansions. He and Fang Dushu teamed up to manipulate the Nixia Formation to defend against the enemy at the Panshi Bridge, and forged a feeling of war. Especially active in the association with Fengming Mansion, Chuanliu Mansion, Qishui Mansion, and Feixia Mansion.

It was Li Yao's suggestion to meet Fu Shentong and Master Yun Zhaoxia at the city gate this time, that he visit Gong Xiaoyun and Gong Yaodong first, and then come together.

After hearing him mention Fang Dushu's cultivation base, Gong Yaodong smiled and said, "Junior Brother Fang's cultivation base is progressing rapidly, but he doesn't plan to continue retreating. He heard that there is an ancient site in Shenzhou, which seems to be called Fuyao Tower. It has already arrived. On the occasion of opening the pagoda, Junior Brother Fang will leave Hexi in a few days, so he took the opportunity of the [-]th birthday banquet to invite us old friends to gather together!"

"Swinging tower?" Fushen channel: "I heard the patriarch mentioned this tower. The restrictions in the tower are quite strong. Only Nascent Soul monks are qualified to explore. Jindan stage monks enter, and the chance of death is too high. I don't know. Why does Junior Brother Fang insist on taking risks?"

"He is guarded by Uncle He Tiezhang. When the time comes, he will meet with the same sects of the Xiaoyin Palace and then break into the tower together. The risk is not too high." Gong Xiaoyun obviously heard a lot of inside information: "Fuyao Tower every four Jiazi will only be opened once, and there are rich treasures in the tower, if it is not for the long distance, I would like to go there together!"

She didn't go to Fuyao Tower not because of the long distance, but because she didn't have the escort of a colossal creature like Xiaoyin Palace.

"What kind of treasures are there in the tower?" Fu Shentong and the others asked in unison.

"There is a legendary relic of the great roc bird. The roc bird can fly to the extreme of the sky. It likes to collect fairy grass and fairy fruits in the wilderness, and carry it back to its old nest. The main thing is to hide it in the Fuyao Tower!" Gong Xiaoyun has his own. Fact: "It is said that the disciples of the Shangzong of the Five Sacred Mountains can find fairy fruits every time they open the pagoda, and if they eat one, their mana can reach the sky in one step, and it is possible to directly hit a small realm!"

"Is there a fairy fruit that prolongs life?"

"It seems to be there, but I don't know what kind of fruit it is. When Junior Brother Fang returns from Fuyao Tower, we will visit together and ask him together!"

"Then you must ask!"

……

At the north city gate on the other side, Fang Dushu's niece Bi Fang and nephew-in-law Fujijin also entered the imperial city together.

Because a few years ago, Teng Jin became the third elder of the Fang family to rush to the alchemy stage after Fang Dushu and Qi Changzhen, relying on the Qicao pill rewarded by Fengming Mansion, and was sent to Fengming, the original Dayong country. The main altar of the faction.

The territory of the original Fengming faction has long been classified as Fang Dushu's private possession, and Fujijin's task is to be in charge of jurisdiction and governance.

Teng Jin is ten years younger than Fang Dushu. He turns [-] this year, and he is full of vigor. Not only has he successfully formed a pill, but he has also married his sweetheart, Bi Fang.

He is also well-known, and belongs to the third most well-known person in Fengming Mansion.

This time he returned to the imperial city from the territory of Fengming Mansion, and by the way, he brought along two old friends, Situ Chong and He Lanqian.

On the way, he kept talking eloquently: "In these years, Uncle He Tiezhang has been ordered by His Majesty to explore the Lishui River channel under the fire. The strips are moved out of the ground, and it won't be long before the sea of ​​fire will be extinguished!"

He Lanqian said in surprise: "The burning sponge has stretched for tens of thousands of miles and has been burning for thousands of years. Is it really so easy to be extinguished?"

"Why not?" Teng Jin said, "The last time I went back to the city, I invited Senior Brother Ma under Mr. He's seat to meet Senior Sister Tang. Senior Brother Ma and Senior Sister Tang personally said that Huoshaohai will soon cease to exist. The territory of Wanli will be restored to its previous state of Yuelong prosperity, and when the earth returns to spring, our Dapan Kingdom will be able to double its territory out of thin air!"

After he finished speaking, he pointed at Bi Fang: "My Bi Er was also there at the time, if you don't believe me, you can ask Bi Fang!"

Bi Fang smiled lightly: "It's true."

Her cultivation is at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, which is considered to be the most advanced mana among all the elders of the Fang family at the Foundation Establishment stage. Fang Xianfu and Yin Jue have cultivated hard for half a year, and so far they are only at the Middle Foundation Establishment stage.

But Bifang was in a good mood, and she didn't become impatient just because her husband advanced to the Golden Core. She was ten years younger than Fujijin, and her cultivation progress was actually not too slow compared to most Taoist disciples.

After He Lanqian confirmed the news, she sighed: "If Huoshaohai really returns to its original state, it will be able to connect with Qinghe Shenzhou. When the immigrants flood in, our Dapan Kingdom's strength will definitely be able to rise to a higher level!"

But she was thinking in her heart that the territory as big as Huoshaohai was all unclaimed land, even if it was divided equally, it should be able to be allocated to Xueying Mansion.

She is the elder of the Golden Core Stage of Xueying Mansion. She followed Master Tie Shuangfeng and Spirit Master Fei Lie to fight in the snow field, and met Fang Dushu during that time.

Later, she participated in a trade fair at the Lishan Dharma Conference, and met Fang Dushu again. She was 20 years older than Fang Dushu. She finally broke through.

Her Taoist companion Situ Chong and Teng Jin are of the same age, and her cultivation has stagnated at the completion of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and she has never passed the Jindan Pass.

In fact, Situ Chong and Teng Jin were originally from the same family. They both came from the water gate of the God of Great Liang. They met Fang Dushu at the Lishan Fa Conference. Situ Chong also used spiritual water to heal Fang Dushu's golden sang Ye Lingen.

But Shenshuimen was destroyed by the war, and the disciples went their separate ways.

Relying on his friendship with Fang Dushu, Fuji Jin joined the Zhenwen School, and Situ Chong followed his tribe to Xueyingmen in the former Dayong Kingdom.

It just so happened that Situ Chong and He Lanqian met at the Lishan Fahui. The two got very close, and later became Taoist couples. After the Xueying Mansion was established, they were both sent to the territory and became neighbors with the Tengjin couple.

Seeing Teng Jin's success in forming alchemy at this moment, Situ Chong was unavoidably envious and a little uncomfortable, because Teng Jin was his junior in the past and was taken care of by him everywhere, but now it's the other way around.

A few people chatted and laughed, entered from the north city, and just walked to the golden bear statue outside the city gate, and saw Fang Xianfu, the head of the Fang family, leading a group of people who had been waiting for a long time.

Fujijin sized up the statue of the golden bear, and asked Fang Xianfu: "I don't think there was this bear statue when I came back last time. When was it placed here?"

"It's only been a month or so!" Fang Xianfu laughed and said, "This is the real treasure condensed by Patriarch He Tiezhang, which can listen to sounds hundreds of miles away!"

"The Way of Rejuvenation" compiled by Fu Yuan, the ruler of the country at that time, included four Taoist scriptures: Qinghou, Jinzhen, Guixi, and Xueyin.

Since "The Way of Rejuvenation" is a Taoist scripture that gave birth to the spirit of Dharma, no matter how you practice any of the four Taoist scriptures, you can refine the true treasure.

After 30 years of retreat, He Tieshang refined a real treasure of Jinzhen, and placed it in the inner city of Beicheng to confirm the effect. When he leaves the imperial city to participate in the Fuyao Pagoda ceremony in the future, he will take the real treasure away.

Ordinarily, Fang Xianfu was a monk in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so he couldn't get in touch with a Nascent Soul Stage senior like He Tiezhang, but Fengming Mansion had a special status, and He Tiezhang's true disciples often came to walk around, revealing the news of the real treasure, and Fang Xianfu learned about it.

The last time I returned to the imperial city was years ago. Knowing that Fang Xianfu was well-informed, Fujijin inquired: "In the past year, among the fellows in the foundation-building stage who often come and go with us in the various mansions, have any of them advanced to Jindan?"

If there is, he will lead Bi Fang to visit.

(End of this chapter)