Ji Mingqing, acting with valor, earned the heavens' favor. His soul ascended to join the immortal ranks, becoming an inconspicuous cog in the Celestial Court. By chance, he acquired a piece of ...
Chapter 114
Ji Mingqing had never seen such a gorgeous car.
Ji Mingqing had seen Huang Tianzhi's Duanyun car and thought it was dazzling enough, but he didn't expect that the car in front of him would make him open his mouth wide.
There were phoenixes flying on both sides of the carriage, and the mythical beasts pulling the carriage had shining fur that made it difficult for people to open their eyes under the sunlight.
Seeing the car parked at the entrance of the commercial street, everyone unconsciously made way for it. After the car stopped, a person floated down from it. This person was dressed in red, with red streaks on the tips of his hair. He had a defiant expression. He glanced at Ji Mingqing casually and stopped talking.
Ji Mingqing felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy. It was obvious from his attitude that this person was not here to have fun in the commercial street. Could this be the foreign aid that Yin Fuzhang had found?
No wonder he didn’t go out these days, it turns out he was waiting for this person here!
Ji Mingqing subconsciously looked around, trying to find Yin Fuzhang and scold him harshly, but the person in front of him spoke.
"Is this the little toy you made for your little lover?" The man's voice was as pleasant as the sound of bluestone colliding, but the words he said were not so pleasant.
"What are you doing here?" Bai Cangze, who was a human being, frowned at the man in front of him and said unhappily, "It seems that you are not allowed to leave Danyang Palace."
Danyang Palace? Ji Mingqing recalled this name. Wasn't this the person who had issued the Danyang Order that had given Yin Fuzhang the green light and saved his life?
I also heard that Kunze Palace didn't allow anyone to fly in the sky because of the Danyang Palace Master. What was this person doing here today? Was he looking for trouble?
At this time, Ji Ming listened to the whispers from the people around him, and Qingming Qingshe finally realized what the main point of what the Palace Master of Danyang Palace had just said was.
A lover? The relationship that Ji Mingqing had always wanted to hide was now openly revealed in front of this man. He had even thought about announcing his relationship with Bai Cangze to everyone in a formal setting one day, but this plan was completely ruined by this evil man in front of him!
Ji Mingqing was furious. He stepped forward to confront the man, but was pulled back by Bai Cangze. It would have been fine if Bai Cangze hadn't pulled him back, but after he did, the man on the other side seemed to feel he had achieved a temporary victory and continued to chatter.
"I didn't expect you to be so generous now. Back then, I just wanted to ask you for an Arhat Pestle, but you clearly asked for a price in immortal stones. It must have cost you a lot of immortal stones to build such a long street. Don't you feel bad?"
"Danyang, I advise you to go back to your Danyang Palace now and don't force me to take action." Bai Cangze said coldly.
"Force you to fight? I won't force you to do anything. I never force you to do anything, you know that." The Palace Master of Danyang Palace chuckled. "I will fight back this time. Are you sure you want to fight me here?"
Seeing his confident look, Ji Mingqing was furious. He was so angry now. This man said this in front of everyone. Wouldn't it wipe out all his previous efforts and make everyone think that all his money came from Bai Cangze.
He felt that if he didn't vent his anger now, he would be angry to death today!
Unexpectedly, before he could even open his mouth, the person opposite him looked hurt, covered his chest and took a step back.
"You would actually break your principles for him!"
Bai Cangze frowned and just watched him making trouble. Ji Mingqing couldn't hold it in any longer. He walked to Bai Cangze and pointed at the face of the Palace Master of Danyang Palace and said.
"I don't care why you're here. Today is the grand opening day of my business. If you want to mess things up, then go ahead and do it. If you don't want to, please get out of the way." Ji Mingqing didn't give the other party any face at all. He turned his head and looked at Bai Cangze, "Can you please send him away for me?"
Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing deeply, then turned around and waved his hand casually. The carriage beside the Palace Master of Danyang Palace and those gorgeous phoenixes all flew to the horizon and disappeared.
The Palace Master of Danyang Palace was also pushed back a step. Ji Mingqing looked at the door that was finally empty, glared at him and said, "I hope you won't block the way like this guy. After all, good dogs don't block the road!" After Ji Mingqing finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, and turned to leave without even pulling Bai Cangze beside him.
Seeing this, Bai Cangze hurriedly followed. Ji Mingqing didn't even look at him, but just walked into the commercial street.
But no matter where he went, other people's eyes followed him like a shadow. Even though Ji Mingqing tried his best to ignore these eyes, he still felt uncomfortable.
"Come with me!" Ji Mingqing looked at Bai Cangze fiercely, and seeing Bai Cangze's embarrassed expression, his heart softened again.
"Forget it, let's go to the store first." Ji Mingqing took Bai Cangze and turned to his own store, then walked through the hallway to the backyard, and then set up an isolation formation. Then he crossed his arms and looked at Bai Cangze with some annoyance.
"What's going on? Who is that person?" Ji Mingqing looked at Bai Cangze angrily, "Do you know him? You two look so familiar, what's going on?!"
Bai Cangze did not hide anything and revealed all the information about this person.
"He is Zhao Danyang, the Palace Master of Danyang Palace. It was he who gave Yin Fuzhang the Danyang Order before. But I never thought that he would go out today." Bai Cangze also put aside his usual indifference and said with some annoyance.
"I once ordered him not to go out within three thousand years. Now the time has not come yet. I didn't expect that he would dare to choose this day to come out. He knew that I would not fight with him." Bai Cangze took two steps in the room with some impatience, and then walked in front of Ji Mingqing.
"Sorry, I made him leave as quickly as possible."
Ji Mingqing was very dissatisfied with Bai Cangze's description, "Is there nothing else besides this? I think the relationship between you two is very unusual..." Ji Mingqing looked at Bai Cangze meaningfully.
Bai Cangze spread his hands helplessly, "We were sworn enemies back then, and only became an alliance briefly because of the invasion of the Demon Realm. Later, I discovered that he had private connections with the Demon Realm, so I punished him by not allowing him to leave his house for three thousand years. We haven't been in contact for over two thousand years."
Ji Ming first looked at Bai Cangze's sincere expression and believed him for the time being, but he felt strange in his heart, as if there was some clue he had not grasped.
However, Ji Mingqing quickly put this aside and said, "Since you two are old acquaintances, I'll leave the task of driving him away to you. Don't disturb other customers."
"And how did this guy know what happened between us? Hasn't he been out for over two thousand years? Even many guests staying at the inn don't know, yet he knows from thousands of miles away. Has he infiltrated your Kunze Palace?"
Ji Ming's careless words made Bai Cangze frown again. "Indeed, I will investigate this matter as soon as possible. You don't need to worry."
Even though Ji Mingqing was angry at the moment, he knew that he was not to blame at all, so he made a decision.
"You won't have to transform into your cub form anymore. I guess after today, the entire fairy world will know that you have a little lover in Fengxi Garden. We don't have to hide anymore."
Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing's helpless expression, feeling a pang of pity. He pulled him into his arms and softly comforted him, "You've never been a lover. You're my partner, the only one I've ever chosen, the one I yearn for constantly. No one can change that."
It really was… Normally, he was like a wooden man, but today, when he suddenly started talking about love, it really made Ji Mingqing feel a little overwhelmed. The anger in his heart immediately dissipated, leaving only a trace of embarrassment.
"Alright, I get it. Go and finish the task I gave you!" Ji Mingqing rubbed his face, struggled out of Bai Cangze's arms, and pushed him away. "I give you until dinner time to finish it, or you'll have the sweet and sour pork ribs I made tonight!"
Seeing that Ji Mingqing was no longer angry, Bai Cangze smiled and said okay. Before parting, he didn't even lower his head and kissed Ji Mingqing on the cheek. "If I can finish this before lunch, can you give me a reward?"
Ji Mingqing: "..." When did this guy learn to bargain?
"Okay, it can be solved before lunch. I will definitely give you a reward." Ji Mingqing urged while pushing the person out the door. Then he saw Bai Cangze's back as he hurriedly left, and he felt a little worried in his heart, but then he remembered that with Bai Cangze here to suppress it, there shouldn't be any problems, so he swept this groundless worry out of his mind.
After Bai Cangze went out for a while, Ji Mingqing tidied his clothes and followed him out. He didn't know what Bai Cangze did, but those inquiring eyes disappeared, replaced by admiration and recognition.
Ji Mingqing stabilized his expression and didn't pay any attention to it. He resumed his effective social life as usual.
He couldn't let a bad apple ruin his mood for the whole day. After all, today was the most important day for him in recent times!
However, halfway through the inspection, Ji Mingqing suddenly thought of a question. He took out his immortal ring and contacted the person in charge, Su Jinglin: "Is Yin Fuzhang still in the inn today?"
Su Jinglin's voice came from the other side of the Immortal Ring: "Boss Ji didn't go out today."
Ji Mingqing felt something was wrong and immediately ordered, "Find an excuse to see if Yin Fuzhang is still in the room. I always feel that he won't be so quiet."
Su Jinglin immediately responded, "Okay, Boss Ji."
After putting down the fairy ring, Ji Mingqing calmed himself down, then regained his normal expression and went out to talk with the shop owners.
Ji Mingqing originally thought that today, the first day, might not attract too many people, and that only the guests staying in the inn would come over to take a look around out of curiosity. Unexpectedly, quite a few immortals from nearby came here to shop. Ji Mingqing felt that his advertising was indeed good.
Maybe many of them came here just for Bai Cangze's reputation. Although Zhao Danyang made their relationship public today, the fact that the guards from Kunze Palace came here "to do part-time jobs" before could not be concealed.
Ji Mingqing looked at the bustling streets, lost in thought.
Three days passed like this, nothing major happened, but the number of customers increased every day. Ji Mingqing gradually put aside the unpleasantness of the first day.
Not long after Bai Cangze left that day, he sent the Palace Master of Danyang Palace back to Danyang Palace and imposed an additional 300 years of punishment on him. After Ji Ming heard this, he felt relieved.
Ji Mingqing, who thought everything would go as smoothly as usual, came to his shop in the commercial street happily. When he was about to start the opening of the day, a huge roar was heard in the distance.
Ji Mingqing immediately put down what he was holding, turned around and walked out the door, looking towards the source of the sound. At the same time, many people came out of the shop like him, whether they were shop assistants or customers, everyone was looking in the same direction.
"What's going on over there?" Ji Mingqing immediately took out the fairy ring and wanted to contact Bai Cangze, but Bai Cangze did not answer for a long time. Ji Mingqing's heart instantly rose.
Before he could dial Bai Cangze's fairy ring again, another explosion sounded. Even though the explosion point was far away from Feng Xiyuan, the aftermath of the explosion still made Ji Mingqing feel a little depressed.
What on earth is going on?