Offering Salted Fish To Master

Sima Jiao’s lips twitched, “Gengchen Xianfu had an Xianfu sacrificial ceremony every 100 years, which is particularly grand. I got out of my closed door cultivation and happened to encounter this custom this year. The second sacrificial ceremony should naturally be carried out more vigorously.”

The palace masters of Gengchen Xianfu didn’t dare to make his story public, so they could only endure it. They would probably tell everyone at this sacrifice that he still needed to stay in seclusion and continue to hide the matter. However, all the gifts he prepared for them had already been placed, and it would be a lot of fun by then.

Liao Tingyan didn’t hear anything outside the window, but when she heard Sima Jiao’s words, she also guessed in her heart that what he said before was related to this sacrifice.

Sima Jiao didn’t say more. They passed by the disciples who were talking, laughing and smiling. These disciples could not see the abyss under the towering Xianfu, and they were still proud and expectant to discuss the Xianfu sacrifice ceremony in the near future.

“We are the No. 1 Xianfu. Which school does not dare give us face? I remember the gift given by Bu Yunzong in the last hundred years; It was a phoenix. I don’t know what they will give this year…”

Liao Tingyan looked back and saw the pride on those disciples’ faces.

The No. 1 Xianfu had been standing at the top for too long, and everyone naturally felt that they were more noble than those ‘outside’ regardless of the struggles they faced inside and outside of Gengchen Xianfu.

They were going to Master Qianlu’s territory, even if they were not going to the main peak Taixuan, but it was the second peak. Liao Tingyan was still a little worried, but Sima Jiao wasn’t. He was walking around like it was his home, and occasionally introduced something to her. 

“Shi Qianlu likes some rare spirit beasts and fairy beasts, and has specially opened up a second peak for breeding.”

“I heard that he will come and take a look occasionally, but this is not an important place. The guards are sparse.”

Just like Sima Jiao said, they easily entered Taiwei Mountain. There were not many guards at the bottom of the mountain, and they were all lazy. It was not even as tightly guarded as the fish pond where they had fished before.

That was right. After all, it was just a zoo. It was used for relaxation, the same as a garden. If it weren’t for a few special fairy beasts, it might not even have guards.

This mountain didn’t seem to be rare, but its aura was exceptionally abundant, and it was divided into various areas, each with different beasts. The dream tapir that Liao Tingyan wanted to see was not a very precious beast there, and the habitat was on the edge of a lake.

Sure enough, it looked like a little wild boar with a long nose, and the hair on its body was black. He slurped and drank water.

Liao Tingyan looked at it for a while, and said suspiciously, “Can they eat dreams?”

Sima Jiao crossed his arms, “I heard that it can, I don’t know. We can take two, go back and have a look?”

Liao Tingyan refused.

Sima Jiao: “What are you afraid of? It’s just two small things. It’s okay if they are discovered.”

Liao Tingyan said frankly, “No, I just think that they are not cute, so I don’t want to raise them.” It was really real.

Sima Jiao said with a loud voice, “They look good. There are many here. You can choose a few and take them home.”

The ancestor had brought her to the mall. Even if she didn’t want to buy, she still had to take something. She also wanted to raise a furry pet to relax, so she acquiesced and followed Sima Jiao all the way to the depths of Taiwei Mountain.

Sima Jiao was not satisfied after seeing a few places, and asked, “There are otters here. Why don’t you keep a few otters.”

Liao Tingyan refused directly, “No.”

The two saw a phoenix bird with bright golden wings on a tree of white flowers. Liao Tingyan asked with interest, “Is this a phoenix?”

Sima Jiao showed no interest in this noble and elegant bird. He looked around, looking for one that looked like an otter, and said casually, “The descendants of the Phoenix race are almost dead, and probably only this one is left.”

Liao Tingyan: “It’s clear that it’s monopolizing this large mountain top, it must be the most precious here.”

Sima Jiao: “Whether it is a human or an animal, when there are only one or two left, it is naturally precious.”

Liao Tingyan: “…” I can’t answer you.

The two of them continued to walk along the mountain road until they reached the edge of a cliff. The cliff on this side had a waterfall and weeping vine on which bloomed ordinary five-petal yellow flowers. Liao Tingyan picked a flower, and the mountain breeze blew the flower in her hand toward the deep forest and mountain stream on one side.

Sima Jiao’s gaze fell along the flower, and his originally lazy gaze froze.

Liao Tingyan didn’t hear him talk for a long time, turned her head to look, and found that his expression was strange.

“What……”

Sima Jiao stretched out his hand and made a gesture for her to stand in place. He walked out toward the mountain stream very slowly, and stopped after a dozen steps. When Liao Tingyan saw him stretch out his hand and probed forward, his fingertips suddenly convulsed. At the same time, the surrounding wind seemed to stop, and the bird voices disappeared.

There was an inexplicable tension in the air.

Sima Jiao took a step back, he turned and walked back.

Liao Tingyan stood there not knowing what had happened. Sima Jiao said, “You go back first. Don’t go out for a few days. No matter what happens, don’t step into the center of the inner palace. Wait for me to return.”

Liao Tingyan didn’t ask, but nodded, “Okay, I’ll wait for you.”

Sima Jiao’s ugly expression finally softened a little. He took Liao Tingyan’s hand, kissed it, let go of her and said, “Go.”

After Liao Tingyan left, Sima Jiao’s expression turned sharp again. He raised his eyes and looked around. There was a hidden barrier in this place, almost not inferior to the barrier that trapped him at Three Sacred Mountain. It was not easy to lay down such an enchantment, so what they wanted to hide was definitely not simple.

This was Shi Qianlu’s site, and of course he had to find out what he was hiding there.

Liao Tingyan was probably far away. Sima Jiao made another move. This time he took a step forward, no longer restraining his strength, and there was a cracking sound under his feet.

A bridge appeared above the verdant mountain stream, leading to another smaller mountain peak.

Sima Jiao walked up, and this bridge was not simple. Every time he took a step, there was a surge of spiritual energy around his body, and the mist was boiling and trying to get into his body, as if there was life. Walking in the air was like walking on the bottom of a water. It was very difficult to move.

Sima Jiao was covered with a red flame, and when the white mist came into contact with the flame, it shrank and retreated, making a shrill whistling sound.

There were insects in the mist that could devour human spiritual power, flesh, and blood. This was a kind of demon insect that was not in the realm of cultivation, and only in the demon realm.