chewing dragon

Chapter 120 Dragon Mother's Birthday Banquet

The time of practice is not the same as that of the common people, and suddenly three days have passed.

Qi Jingzhi was practicing with his eyes closed in his room, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, he immediately got up and walked out of the room.

When the gate of the courtyard was opened, a steward of Jiao's Villa was waiting outside the door with a maid.

The maid was holding a wooden case in which there were stacked clothes and even a pair of boots.

Seeing that the door was open, the steward quickly bowed down to salute, and respectfully said: "Very safe, honored guest!"

Qi Jingzhi walked out of the courtyard, looked up at the sky, and couldn't help asking in surprise: "It's still early before the birthday banquet, is Guanshi Jiao okay?"

"It is true that there is something to do, please forgive me if you disturb me!"

As Guanshi Jiao said, he turned around and pointed to the wooden case in the maid's hand: "Master Lang just sent these over, including a dark blue brocade robe with dark flowers and narrow sleeves, a leather belt, and a pair of black boots."

"Master Lang's original words are that there are many people in the world who judge people by their clothes. These clothes are all used by Jiao's children every day. They will not hinder the use of fists, feet, bows and knives. The whole set is a new one. I hope you don't dislike it."

"Master Lang?" Qi Jingzhi realized after a little thought that it should be Jiao Yulang.

Although along the way, neither gods like Yu Laochenghuang, Zhu Yihou, nor monks like Liu Muzhi, Deng Fuqing, Mu Yingxian, etc., have ever looked down on him because of his humble background, and he himself has never felt that There was nothing wrong with the sackcloth and straw sandals on his body, but he would not refuse Jiao Yulang's kindness.

"It's only natural for the guest to do as he pleases."

Qi Jingzhi smiled casually, turned around and returned to the small courtyard, and said as he walked, "You guys brought clothes for my brother, what am I to blame? By the way, does your Young Master Lang have anything else to say?"

Guanshi Jiao heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and hurriedly followed in with his maid: "Master Lang also said that today's birthday banquet in the mansion is divided into several places, and the guests entertained are different. There is a difference in humbleness, and I am also worried that those visitors from the mountains and rivers with special appearance will inadvertently scare the ordinary guests and friends, but it will not be beautiful."

Perhaps it was because of finding someone else to spread the word on his behalf, Jiao Yulang's words and sentences were not only much more elegant, but also quite reserved, quite like a wealthy family.

Qi Jingzhi smiled again: "No wonder he sent me clothes. Where does he want me to go?"

But Guanshi Jiao shook his head: "Master Lang didn't say anything, only a few words at the end. The original words are, before brother enters the mansion, you can know the truth by opening your eyes and looking carefully. Apart from the banquet, where do you want to go?" Anywhere."

"The villain's words have been brought, so I will take my leave."

After finishing speaking, Guanshi Jiao ordered the maid beside him to put the wooden case on the stone table in the courtyard, and then they all retreated respectfully.

"There are two of you."

Qi Jingzhi nodded slightly at the two, and couldn't help thinking in his heart: "Open your eyes and take a closer look? Is this for me to open my mind?"

He closed the courtyard door, took the wooden case containing the clothes back into the room, looked through them carefully, and saw that the clothes were all high-quality in terms of materials and workmanship, and there were no special marks on them, so it shouldn't be a problem to wear them out. He was recognized as a child of the Jiao family.

Qi Jingzhi immediately took off his sackcloth and straw sandals, and put on a brocade robe and black boots, which seemed to fit him quite well.

Then, he looked at the black leather belt left in the wooden case, suddenly smiled and shook his head, turned his left hand with the palm facing upwards.

Almost at the same time, the Qiufu belt appeared in his palm.

Since getting acquainted with Mu Yingxian that night, Qi Jingzhi would go to that garden every night, sit by the pool to sense and refine the pine, cypress, and first wood aura, and then try to slowly swallow the refining, blend into the body and absorb it into the hazy feather coat , and use it as the practice of the level of induction.

During this period, except for the green-haired rabbit who came to take away the imperial ointment wine, that unparalleled girl never appeared again.

In addition, Qi Jingzhi stayed in the room all day long, either attracting gold energy to repair Qi Huchan, or trying every means to induce the accompanying mirror spirit of the small bronze mirror.

Although the accompanying mirror spirit still refused to talk to Qi Jingzhi, he finally discovered a magical effect.

That is, all the objects that have been refined by the mirror spirit can be put into the mirror again, and they can be retracted freely.This is also the meaning of the question, since the mirror can swallow those evil spirits into the black mirror surface at the beginning of refining, and then spit them out, there is no reason why it can't after refining.

From this, it can be seen that the companion tool spirit is indeed like what Mu Yingxian said, it is more like some kind of supernatural power before it is completed.

During this process, Qi Jingzhi also gradually discovered that the Qiufu belt and the Yinsha candlestick seem to be real objects, but their essence is somewhat similar to his smoky feather coat.It's a pity that these two strange things can't be directly absorbed into the body like Yanxia Yuyi, and they still have to be handed over by Jingling.

With this discovery, Qi Jingzhi was overjoyed and drew inferences by analogy, and came up with all kinds of wonderful ideas.

For example, now, with his eyes closed and his mind focused, his brows opened and his mind opened, he silently practiced the "Secret Technique of Riding the Clouds" while gently stroking the Qiuqi corpse with his right hand.

After doing this again and again, the faceless head and silver scales on the dead body gradually disappeared, and turned into a genuine silver belt, the length and style of which were exactly the same as the black leather belt Jiao Yulang sent.

Qi Jingzhi opened his eyes, tied the sash belt around his waist, lowered his head and looked around, only to see that the silver belt of the black robe on his body matched quite well.

He nodded in satisfaction, tightened the scabbard in his sleeve, put the red gold beads in his arms, carried the long knife to Jianrenshou, picked up the white ape offering fruit food box, walked out of the door with a new look, opened the door of the room and the courtyard one by one. After locking it, I walked out of the annex together with many congratulators who lived here.

Dragon Mother's birthday is the biggest event in Chaozhou and even the surrounding states.The scale of this celebration was huge, with a lot of labor and purchases, and almost the entire city of Chaozhou benefited from it. On the right day, it was decorated with lanterns and festoons everywhere, and the people of the city celebrated.

Qi Jingzhi walked forward slowly along the stream of carriages, horses and people, passed several stages and porridge sheds along the way, and walked for a long time before he could see the gate of Yunxianghou Mansion from a distance.

Remembering Jiao Yulang's instructions, he opened his eyes and looked intently, and saw that the door of the Xuankai mansion suddenly separated from the middle, and became two side by side.

In front of the gates of the two mansions are the stewards of the Jiao Mansion in new clothes and hats to welcome the guests. The mansion on the left is still full of people and guests, but the mansion on the right is deserted, with countless pedestrians and horses passing by, but no one takes a look. .

"Hey, the guests have been divided into two categories from the moment they enter the gate! To enter the gate on the right, the first step is to be a monk who has successfully enlightened the spirit in the induction environment and has really embarked on the road of cultivation. If you don’t use the vulgar strange object secret technique, otherwise you won’t even know where the gate opens.”

Qi Jingzhi secretly sighed, frowned and thought for a while, then turned around suddenly and left.

After searching carefully for a while, he finally found a secluded alley.

He went straight into the depths of the alley, and seeing no one around, he suddenly turned his left palm, and the Yinsha Candlestick appeared immediately, and the blood-red candlelight lit up, covering the figure of the young man.

Qi Jingzhi put down the food box, changed the candlestick to his right hand, wiped his face with his left hand, and immediately turned into a faceless man with a blue face.

Immediately afterwards, he stretched out his hand and shouted in a low voice, "Here comes the Chijin Saber!"

As soon as the words fell, the cooked Chijinzhu immediately flew out of his arms, and when the air showed the shape of a knife, even the buckle for hanging the knife was readily available.

Seeing this golden dagger again, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help feeling a little sad.

He wasn't very interested in Jiao's aunt's birthday banquet, he just wanted to take a look for Old Wei, so naturally he came to the door with a red gold knife instead of red gold beads.

He hung the red gold saber on his belt, took back the Yinsha candlestick with his left hand, picked up the food box on the ground with his right hand, turned around and left the alley, and walked towards the gate on the right without hesitation.

If His Highness Old Wei were here, I'm afraid he would not be willing to sit with ordinary guests.

Under the light of bright red blood, Qi Jingzhi let the endless stream of carriages and horses on the street, squeezed through the bustling crowd, walked to the deserted mansion gate, and looked up at the large plaque hanging in the middle above.

"Edict to build Yunxianghou's Mansion."

A few large characters with iron hooks and silver paintings, golden light blooming, smashed down on the bloody light around him.

Qi Jingzhi flipped his left hand, put away the Yinsha candlestick, and suddenly appeared in front of the mansion gate.

The originally bored receptionist was startled suddenly, his eyes flicked across Qi Jingzhi's face and waist, his breath was released and then he took the initiative to greet him.

"The villain has no eyes, and he has neglected the honored guest. Forgive me!"

As soon as he took a step, the steward of welcoming guests had restrained his startled expression, and while confessing his crimes, he made a gesture to pick up the food box in Qi Jingzhi's hand.

Qi Jingzhi calmly handed out the food box, and said in a muffled voice, "This is the four-color longevity fruit. I wish Dragon Mother Songhe a long life and good fortune forever!"

"Thank you, distinguished guest!"

The steward of welcoming guests took the food box carefully, glanced at the engraved picture on the box, and smiled on his face, while stretching out his hand to respect the guests, he asked respectfully: "Please forgive me for my stupid eyes, if you dare to ask your lord, your surname is Wei. ?”

To be able to stand at the gate of the mansion to welcome guests at such a time, the manager's insight is really extraordinary, and he recognized the Chijin Dao at a glance.

Qi Jingzhi stepped up the stairs, shook his head and said, "Donghai Golden Sword Wei has passed away, and his sword is mine."

Hearing this, the face of the receptionist did not change at all, he stretched out his hand to lead the way half a step behind, and said respectfully: "So that's it! The person who came is a guest, the villain dares to ask your lord Gao's name, where is the fairy mountain?"

Qi Jingzhi kept walking, and said casually: "Linzhou, Lu Qiyun, I have some friendship with the seniors in your house."

"So it's Master Lu from Linshan!" The steward of welcoming guests immediately complimented him loudly.

Seeing that the blue-faced and faceless man suddenly appeared outside the gate of the mansion and did not correct him, several waiters at the corridor inside the gate immediately called out loudly: "Master Linshan Lu came to pay homage! The four colors of longevity fruit, I wish you the best of luck!" Auntie Songhe Yannian, Immortal Fuyongji!"

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help laughing inwardly: "Just because I have a weird appearance and the birthday gift I brought is a mountain product, I was treated by this steward as a monster in Linshan."

"The Jiao family in Chaozhou really deserves to be a military family with a profound heritage. When a monster like me comes to the door, the steward who welcomes the guests doesn't even care."

Ignoring the several secret gazes that fell on him, Qi Jingzhi stopped and asked, "I heard that there are many banquets in the mansion today?"

"Master Lu is right. Today, depending on the identities of the guests, the mansion divides them into two banquets, internal and external. At this time, the people sitting at the main table of the internal banquet are all family members and sect leaders who have been friends with my Jiao family for generations. High-ranking officials such as state herdsman and general suppressing demons, great gods such as state city god and Chaojiang water god, in addition to several lords who were descendants of my family's Hou Ye and several generals under his command are waiting on the sidelines."

The steward of welcoming guests paused for a moment, seeing Qi Jingzhi nod his head slightly, and then continued: "Besides the main banquet, we will still hold banquets in the two side halls according to the division above. There are special banquets for mountain guests, water guests, casual cultivators, warlocks, warriors, etc."

He paused for a while, and then added: "These are just rough divisions, distinguished guests can choose one of them, and it's okay to walk around between the halls during the banquet."

"Oh?"

Qi Jingzhi was slightly taken aback, and immediately asked: "If Jin Dao Wei comes here, which seat should I take?"

The steward of welcoming guests thought for a while, and replied: "Wei Jin Dao is a great man in the East China Sea, and his reputation spreads far and wide. Except for the main seat, all other side halls are available, but the family status of Jiuzhen Wei in Liaozhou is not obvious. In addition, Jin Dao Wei himself has not taken refuge in any family or sect, and in the humble opinion of a villain, it is safer to go to the three seats of casual cultivators, warlocks, and warriors."

Seeing that Qi Jingzhi nodded again, the steward waved to the waiter who was waiting at the side, and asked tentatively, "I wonder which seat Master Lu prefers? Oh, there are quite a few vacant seats on the mountain right now, and it's extremely quiet."

Qi Jingzhi was about to answer when he suddenly heard a young man's voice behind him: "Why is there any hesitation? If you stick to me..."

Qi Jingzhi immediately turned around to look, and saw a young man who was not yet a young man walked into the gate of the house excitedly.

This young man looks seventeen or eighteen years old, his figure should be considered thin at this age, only half a head taller than Qi Jingzhi, his facial features are ordinary, except for a pair of big eyes that sparkle.

He wears a frieze on his head, a brass-colored brocade robe with narrow sleeves, a brocade belt around his waist, and black leather Liuhe boots.

Just looking at the pair of official boots, one can tell that this person is a member of the Gongmen, but for some reason, there is a string of blue copper coins tied around his waist with a red thread, which looks very strange.

The young man saw Qi Jingzhi's faceless strange face at a glance, and immediately choked back the half of the sentence.

He stopped abruptly, with an inexplicable look of surprise on his face: "There are still mountain guests I don't know near this Chaozhou?"

Before the words finished, the young man's figure flickered, and he was already approaching.

He grabbed Qi Jingzhi's arm and introduced him familiarly: "Brother, I invite you! Little brother Qian Xiaoren, named Xuanyi, Ren of A, B, C, D, and Xuan Yi of A, B, C, Ding. I am the ninth in the family, you call me Xiao Jiu, Qian Jiu, and Xuan Yi are all fine, just don't call me Xiao Ren!"

This Qian Xiaoren didn't know what to do, but his movement was really fast, and he didn't even change his breath when he spoke. Qi Jingzhi couldn't help being surprised, seeing that the opponent didn't use much strength in his hands, Immediately, he pulled out his arm calmly.

He didn't bother to distinguish who was older and who was younger, and said in a muffled voice: "I am Lu Qiyun, a visitor from Linshan Mountain! Brother Qian Jiu, if I'm depending on you, which seat should I go to?"

"Haha, Qian Jiu met Brother Lu!"

Qian Xiaoren seemed to be very familiar with Jiao's mansion, and he was very face-saving. He didn't see any birthday gifts, but he waved lightly to the steward and the waiter who came forward, and then stretched out his hand again to grab Qi Jingzhi's arm , Blindly walked to the mansion.

The welcome manager smiled sincerely, but instead bowed to Qian Xiaoren, stepped back silently, and then turned back to the gate of the mansion.

Qian Xiaoren didn't turn his head back, and said as he walked: "Brother Lu probably doesn't come out of the mountains very much, and it's his first time in Chaozhou, so he probably doesn't know much about the local customs. According to my experience, the first few seats are nothing more than aristocratic families. , sects, officialdom, gods and gods, these people all have their nostrils turned upside down, dog eyes watching people, and they are always staring at the side of the seat, we can't put our hot faces on others' cold buttocks."

"As for the leftovers of the first few seats, most of them are here to climb high branches, and occasionally there are a few wild ones, and there may be some important person standing behind them. These people are either submissive, unwilling to talk too much, and dare not drink. Drink too much, or you will be very hypocritical, and you won’t listen to a word of the truth, and you won’t have a half-hearted friendship, and it’s hard to tell the truth and be boring!"

Qi Jingzhi heard what he said was interesting, so he was about to open his mouth when he saw Qian Xiaoren's big eyeballs rolling, and asked treacherously: "Brother Lu, do you have any money with you?"

　Regarding the issue of update time and update amount, one is handicap, old readers know that it is already a burst of power to be able to keep updating.At present, it takes me six hours or more to write [-] words. Except for work and eating and drinking, I have given up all the rest, social and entertainment time... One is a part-time job, and the coding time is not fixed, mainly in the evening, often at eleven in the evening I finished writing at two o'clock, although sometimes I finish writing earlier, but I can't guarantee that every day, so I have to press down and update.Please give me some time. Now that I’ve written it, I’ve finally found something. It seems that there’s still room for improvement in the speed of coding... I guess.

　　
　
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