Chapter 46

Feng Jue refilled his tea and glanced out the door in confusion. Just then, the steward hurried in, sweating profusely, saying, "Palace Master, the East Continent Competition is approaching, and guests from all over the world are flocking to Lanyang City. The Weaver Girl's Workshop is booming. Even the most skilled and expensive embroiderers don't have time to rest and are still busy entertaining guests..."

There was really no one available, so the only thing they could do was ask the Palace Master to wait a little longer. But asking the Palace Master to wait… The steward lowered his head anxiously, awaiting Feng Jue's decision. But Feng Jue replied, "Nothing. Booming business is a good thing. I came here without any instructions. Just wait."

“…”

A big stone fell into his stomach, and the manager breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Feng Jue with eyes full of admiration, and quickly retreated to wait outside the door for Feng Jue's instructions.

While waiting, 03 had already studied the entire room. She walked to the window with her hands behind her back, her clear eyes gazing out at the city lights. Lanyang City was a city that never slept. Colorful lanterns hung above the long streets, on the tall buildings of restaurants, and on the towers of Wangxian Terrace.

Occasionally, a cultivator would release a spiritual weapon holding a spiritual stone in its beak, and a lifelike bird would fly through the numerous lights, flapping its wings and flying past 03. She leaned out and followed the wings of the silver bird in the lights, watching it fly all the way into Tingxianju and land next to the shopkeeper.

Soon, the child carrying the food box and the silver bird on his shoulder ran hurriedly in the direction the silver bird came from.

03 Enlightenment: It’s takeaway!

She raised her hand.

Spiritual energy flowed, condensing in her palm, transforming into a palm-sized phoenix. Nothing could be more adept at replicating than the system. The phoenix image formed by the spiritual energy was identical to the phoenix image summoned by Feng Jue every time he practiced his mental method. 03 turned around and held the phoenix in her hand to show Feng Jue.

Feng Jue glanced over calmly and raised his hand to point in the air.

A golden-red flame flew out from her fingertips and drifted towards 03. The phoenix in 03's palm flapped its wings as if alive and swallowed the flame in one gulp. The golden-red flame fell all the way into the phoenix's stomach, dyeing its wings the color of fire.

Very good!

03 With narrowed eyes, he cautiously walked to the window, held up the phoenix virtual image in both hands, and put it to his mouth, "Huh."

She blew a breath.

The phoenix sprang into life, its wings spread high in the air. After leaving 03's palm, its form continued to expand, circling against the backdrop of the clamorous crowds of the long street. Someone on the crowded street first glanced up, eyes etched with astonishment, and pointed loudly, "Look! It's a phoenix!"

"Phoenix!"

The long street was startled by the sound, and thousands of people looked up and chased

The phoenix, its feathered tail trailing the lights of the long street, flew towards Dengxiantai. The people watching from Dengxiantai shouted loudly, stretched out their arms, trying to touch the phoenix's long tail, but they could not touch it at all. They watched helplessly as it leaped over Dengxiantai and soared into the sky.

Someone was inspired to write a poem and shouted: "I wish I could be as tall as a swan and fly like a phoenix."

03 also sent a shot, with ups and downs: "The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragons dance all night.②"

Deep in the long street, the melodious sounds of flutes and drums drifted in, landing in 03's ears. 03 snapped his fingers. The phoenix that had leaped over the Ascension Platform suddenly transformed into tiny specks of light, like a grand fireworks display that scattered through the air.

03 finished watching the fireworks, then turned around with his hands behind his back to look at Feng Jue. Feng Jue was smiling with his hands covering his face. When she met 03's hopeful gaze, her smile deepened. She nodded and said seriously, "Good poem, not bad."

03 gave her a thumbs up, realizing she actually had a natural talent for socializing and had already integrated into the local culture. Feng Jue stood up and walked over, looking behind 03, his eyes gradually filled with astonishment.

"Um?"

03 turned his head quickly.

After 03 commanded the phoenix image to fly around the city, different images began to float up in various places in the city, along with the logos of various major sects: tigers, cranes, dragons, and horses. It was quite lively. Some even posted the name of the sect in the air, with the words "Dongzhou Competition, Tianwu Sect's disciples won first place!"

03 also: "Huh?"

Before the Tianwu Sect's "banner" had even fluttered for a moment, a burst of spiritual energy flew over and shattered the Tianwu Sect disciples' confident words, replacing them with "We, the Qingguang Sect, refuse to submit!"

The normal "fireworks display" suddenly turned into a trash talk session, with all kinds of provocative words floating around. You disperse my spiritual power, and I knock your spiritual power away. Colorful spiritual lights flew around, and words flew all over the city.

03: "Wow!"

Her sparkling eyes looked at Feng Jue, and Feng Jue said, "...No."

Learn something good!

Is it really not possible?

03 Staring straight out the window, I really want to hang a sign saying “Feng Jue is the best” on it.

Feng Jue quickly diverted her attention and said, "Let's go for a walk first. Do you want to go to Dengxiantai?" He directed the phoenix to fly around Dengxiantai twice.

03 laughed and said, "Shy!"

As expected of Feng Jue, she even discovered this! I really want to go out and take a look, the view here is a bit narrow.

"What about the clothes?" 03 asked.

Feng Jue waved his hand casually and said, "Today we will stay at You Feng Lai Yi, let the embroiderer come over."

She actually wants to live in the city. Okay, okay, then she doesn't have to sleep on the couch today.

Did you get up? It's a bit short. Although the system doesn't need to sleep, since I lie down to sleep, I want to have a sense of ritual. This is an issue that the main system often emphasizes.

03 Following Feng Jue happily, he planned to discuss with Feng Jue about asking for a big bed!

The two put on their veils and 03 quickly grabbed Feng Jue's hand. Feng Jue glanced at 03 but said nothing. The two left the Weaver Girl's House and followed the crowd towards the Immortal Terrace.

In the Weaver Girl's Workshop, the embroiderer, who had finally seen off the guests, hurried upstairs. Upon hearing the steward say that the Palace Master had left first, she couldn't help but stamp her feet and said depressedly, "I should have known not to receive the previous guest. Not only was he dawdling, but he was also showing off. I've been in the Weaver Girl's Workshop for all these years and I've never suffered such humiliation!"

If only those people had said less to her, she would be able to meet the Palace Master today!

The steward comforted her, "After all, the person you are allowed to receive is a distinguished guest." Be patient, for the sake of the spirit stones.

"Hmph, the time I've put into taking this order is enough for me to make a whole set of clothes. Don't you know how much trouble that person in charge has put in? He seems to be the son of the leader of the Red Thunder Sword Sect." The embroiderer frowned and covered her heart. "The Red Thunder Sword Sect claims to be the number one sect in Dongzhou, but anyone with a discerning eye can see who is truly number one. Our Lanyang Palace and the Red Thunder Sword Sect have been fighting openly and secretly for years. I don't know why the Red Thunder Sword Sect disciples came to the Weaving Girl Workshop to order clothes. I'm a little nervous."

In Lanyang City, all the shops belonging to Lanyang Palace have the phoenix logo printed on their signs, and no one can mistake it.

The steward thought for a moment, then patted the embroiderer on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid. Lanyang City is ours. They can't do anything."

The embroiderer nodded, thinking that if they were unreasonable, it would be easier to deal with, but—"The man next to the leading disciple who was vying to pay seems to be surnamed Xue, or Xue Bu...what's that? He seems to be a disciple of the Lianshan School."

In front of the Immortal Platform.

03 looked at the long line and exclaimed, "Wow!" "In the world of immortal cultivation, there is no sleep."

Feng Jue chuckled, hooked his finger at 03, and said, "Palace Master Lanyang, there's no need to queue, just follow me."

This is the treatment of VIP tickets! 03 happily followed Feng Jue. The two walked against the crowd to the outside of the Dengxiantai. Feng Jue raised his hands and pinched the seal. The pattern of the formation suddenly appeared on the red wall facing them. Feng Jue threw out a ball of spiritual power, and the pattern instantly transformed into a door. Behind the door was a spiral staircase.

03Start clapping.

Really supportive all the time.

Feng Jue said softly, "The last time I came to Dengxiantai was when I officially took over Lanyang Palace. This Dengxiantai was built by my grandmother. She also came here when she handed Lanyang Palace over to my mother.

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The two walked through the door, and the formation dissipated behind them, transforming back into a vermilion wall. Inside the Immortal Terrace, the two ascended the stairs. It was unknown what formation had been used within the tower. As 03 followed the Phoenix Technique upward, he could hear the bustling sounds of people on the other side of the wall. Whether mortals or cultivators, ascending the Immortal Terrace required two legs.

The laughter and joy are mixed with the happy shouts of young children, making people forget the difference between immortal and mortal.

But when I reached the highest point of the Dengxian Terrace, looked at the phantom images of spiritual power all over the sky, and watched the spiritual ships floating in the sky in the distance, the distance between reality and fantasy became so far in an instant.

The human world has its own fireworks, which bloom in the sky with a loud bang. This is a prosperous era. Tonight, it will be spread throughout the world along with the pens, ink, paper and inkstones all over the city, regardless of whether they are monks or mortals.

Feng Jue's eyes reflected the lights, the blooming fireworks glittering in her eyes. Her heart was moved, and she couldn't help but sigh. Four years ago, she had picked the golden elixir, full of vigor and ambition. From the immortal platform, she looked down at the world, feeling that the world was so small, and she was overwhelmed. Now, only four years later, she realized the vastness of the world, and that there was even a bigger world beyond the sky.

When the Lord of Lanyang Palace was in power, she came to the immortal platform not for the purpose of ascending to immortality, but to let her watch over the world and not lose her original intention as a human being.

Suddenly, Feng Jue's heart was moved. The golden elixir in his sea of consciousness spun, and spiritual energy surged towards the edge. 03, who was holding the flower and admiring the scenery, quickly looked at Feng Jue. The bubble in his palm immediately changed from a flower to:!

"Feng Jue," 03 said, "You look like... you're on fire."

She felt that the golden red color wanted to drown Feng Jue, and Feng Jue enjoyed it.

If it were rounder and smaller, it would look like her.

Feng Jue curled up the corners of his mouth, suppressed the surging spiritual power in his sea of consciousness, and said slowly: "I feel the signs of a breakthrough. It all depends on whether this competition can become my whetstone. I wish me to reach a higher level."

The Phoenix Technique is a sword.

03 Raise your thumbs and point outside Dengxiantai.

It turned out that the trash talk segment had come to Jiaochao. It had developed from sporadic shouting between a few sects before to people with old grudges starting to curse at each other. In the end, almost all the sects joined in, competing to see whose handwriting was bigger and whose virtual image was more flashy. The fight was very intense.

The entire Lanyang City was shrouded in spiritual power text and patterns, as bright as daylight, and the starlight and candlelight were dimmed by the colorful spiritual power.

On the long street, Xue Mengtao, who was out shopping with her friends, looked up at the intense scene with amazement. In her memory, even during the New Year and other festivals, the Lianshan Sect was not even one-tenth as lively and exciting as this one.

This made her who was involved in it couldn't help but get excited, and she reached out and touched her chest.

Seeing the phoenix pattern on the body, he couldn't help but ask his friend: "Xiao Rong, what is the essence of the Lanyang Palace disciples?"

Xue Mengtao's friend was a disciple of Liyang Peak. She looked about the same age as Xue Mengtao. She stared at the phantom of spiritual energy in the sky and said, "Ah, essence? What essence? Could it be the character of our Lanyang Palace disciples?"

"You've only been here a year, so you don't understand yet! We Lanyang Palace disciples are known for our hospitality, integrity, and courtesy!"

On the Immortal Stage, 03 saw a spiritual energy floating out from the inn where she had previously completed a mission. She pulled up the "hearsay" panel and asked Feng Jue, "Why is Lanyang Palace called Lanyang Palace?"

Feng Jue folded his arms, reading the clamorous words with a cold eye. Hearing this, he didn't even blink, and casually said, "Oh, it's because my grandmother met the wrong person in her early years and suffered betrayal. Later, she took everything back and renamed the original sect Lanyang Palace. Lan means greedy, which means both an unyielding ambition and the desire to achieve great things."

She turned her head and glanced at 03.

"Originally, becoming an immortal sounds very greedy."

greedy.

Just like humans can eat three meals a day, but does she want to eat seven?

03 thought so and looked at Feng Jue.

The veil hat that Feng Jue wore was very beautiful, with the lifted golden gauze hanging on both sides. Her delicate face became even more beautiful in the spiritual light. The golden flower ornament between her eyebrows was like a phoenix with its wings spread, and its five tail feathers outlined a graceful pattern.

Her eyes looked very dark and bright in the night, making 03 unable to help but stare at them.

Feng Jue curled the corners of his mouth and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

03 thought: "I am thinking about the problem from the perspective of a human being."

On the long street, Xue Mengtao's friend was explaining to her how the disciples of Lanyang Palace were upright and excellent, humble and modest. Xue Mengtao listened attentively, taking the words to heart and planning to read more besides practicing swordsmanship.

At this moment, a ray of spiritual light floated out from the largest inn in the city. Unlike the other spiritual powers before, the pressure of the Jindan stage spread out and shattered all the illusions in the sky, arrogantly occupying the entire sky, and everyone inside and outside the city could see it.

This aura of light is written as follows:

[Red Thunder Sword Sect is the best in East Continent]

At that moment, Xue Mengtao dared to swear to the heavens that she definitely heard the disciple directly taught by the master of Liyang Peak, who had engraved "The purpose of etiquette is harmony" on the main peak, shout out a very rude word.

Xue Mengtao was stunned, watching Xiaorong roll up her sleeves and wave out a stream of spiritual power.

Not only her, several spiritual powers flew from all directions, heading straight for the spiritual light.

[The Lanyang Palace is the largest sect in Dongzhou. Come and fight if you don't agree.]

[Red Thunder Sword Sect? Never heard of it.]

[Thank you fellow Taoists for coming to Lanyang City to participate in the Dongzhou Competition]

Various spiritual powers converged, covering the arrogant giant phantom, but due to the difference in cultivation, they could not shatter the phantom. This emboldened the Red Thunder Sword Sect's arrogance. The Red Thunder Sword Sect's disciples laughed heartily and attacked one after another, knocking the "Red Thunder Sword Sect's East Continent Number One" into the sky.

The disciples of Lanyang City were unwilling to be outdone.

[What's the point of talking? Anyone who doesn't dare to come to the Purple Bamboo Forest outside Lanyang City is a loser.]

[Tonight's Decisive Battle in the Purple Bamboo Forest]

The disciples of the Red Thunder Sword Sect also made statements, relying on the huge phantom of spiritual light.

[Unable to convince others with reason, only using violence, his tyrannical behavior is truly without any foundation]

[The Scarlet Thunder Sword Sect, a millennium-old sect, is determined to become the number one sect in Dongzhou]

03 Looking at the verbal battle that used the sky as paper and spiritual power as pen, and then looking at Feng Jue with a frosty face, he fell into deep thought.

She was a human now, and she had to solve problems using human methods. Feng Jue was the Palace Master of Lanyang Palace, and she was Feng Jue's subordinate, so she had to help Lanyang Palace. She had seen many scenes like this while carrying out missions, and she knew exactly what would happen after such a scene.

Then a small golden light bulb appeared on 03's head and a "ding dong" sound came out of his mouth.

Feng Jue, who could not act rashly due to his status as the Palace Master, only felt a ray of spiritual light flying out from his side, instantly clearing out all the colorful spiritual power above Lanyang City. The world suddenly became quiet, with only the spiritual power of the last person remaining in the sky.

[Please be quiet, I will say something fair.]

[In my opinion, no matter who's first or second, all of you except Lanyang Palace are garbage.]

Feng Jue turned around suddenly and met 03's face.

Silver hair fluttered in the wind, eyes were clear, one hand held a bubble - the bubble inside was popping - 03, who was standing obediently, immediately curved his eyes and showed Feng Jue a beautiful smile, while the other hand released the last of the spiritual power.

[I'm done, thank you everyone.]

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I have eaten a lot of Feng Jue’s food, so I want to help Feng Jue with things!

① I wish to be like the swan and fly like the phoenix. Li Jiao (Tang Dynasty) "Sparrow"

② The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and fish and dragons dance all night long. "Qingyu'an·Lantern Festival" by Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty