Black Boy raised his hand and pointed towards the other side of the stream, saying, "Emperor Hongqing will be here shortly. He said that you two fellow Taoists don't need to wait. Just eat and drink well."

Hearing this, Lihua immediately said, "If that's the case, I won't be polite."

Black boy laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist, what are you talking about? Please enjoy your meal, I will be leaving first."

After saying that, Hei Haier bowed to the two girls, and they bowed back. Then they saw Hei Haier stepping on a lotus leaf, slowly crossing the stream and reaching the opposite bank. Then he climbed up the bank and walked to the stone table above the bank.

Lihua didn't pay much attention to it. After Heihai left, she picked up a jade fruit and started eating it. Just after taking a bite, Lihua suddenly shivered, and then she felt that every thread and every inch of her flesh and blood was beating and trembling.

This situation lasted for ten breaths before slowly dissipating, and Lihua sighed, "Ah, cool!"

After saying that, Lihua turned to look at Zhuang Yantong, only to see Zhuang Yantong sitting there blankly, his eyes fixed on a pipa zither on the stone table on the opposite bank.

"Yan Tong? Yan Tong?" Lihua called out.

Zhuang Yantong suddenly came back to her senses. She reluctantly moved her gaze away from the zither and turned to look at Lihua.

"Why aren't you eating? What are you looking at?" Lihua asked curiously.

Zhuang Yantong raised her hand and pointed at the zither on the stone table opposite her and said, "Sister Lihua, look at that zither."

Upon hearing this, Lihua immediately turned her head to look at the zither. But after looking at it for a while, Lihua frowned and said, "Isn't that just a decorative zither? What's wrong with it?"

Zhuang Yantong shook his head and said, "No, it's not a decoration. I can feel the divine power contained in it, and I seem to be very familiar with it."

"Uh..." Lihua was stunned for a moment and said, "No way? That's Emperor Hongqing's thing, how can it be so familiar to you?"

Having said that, Lihua picked up a fairy fruit and handed it to Zhuang Yantong with some concern, saying, "Come, eat a fairy fruit and don't think too much."

Zhuang Yantong raised her hand to take the fairy fruit, took a bite somewhat woodenly, and then continued to stare at the jade harp on the stone table opposite while chewing the flesh.

Lihua couldn't help but shook her head when she saw this, and then took the initiative to say to Zhuang Yantong, "Hey, Yantong, why did Emperor Hongqing suddenly invite us to a banquet today?"

Zhuang Yantong pursed her lips and said, "How should I know this?"

Lihua leaned close to Zhuang Yantong's rosy, tender ears with a mysterious look on her face and said, "Could it be that Emperor Hongqing has taken a fancy to one of us and wants to take her as his concubine?"

Zhuang Yantong froze, and she immediately turned to Lihua and said, "Sister Lihua, don't talk nonsense."

Lihua chuckled and said, "You were listless just now, but now you're perked up when I mention this."

Zhuang Yantong said, "I was looking at the zither. Also, Sister Lihua, don't say that just now. Be careful or Emperor Hongqing will punish you."

Hearing this, Lihua realized that her joke might have been a bit too much. She looked around and found that Emperor Hongqing was not there, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

However, after Lihua's disturbance, Zhuang Yantong returned to normal, and the two began to eat the fairy fruits and delicacies while waiting for Fang Jian to arrive.

After an unknown amount of time, most of the fairy fruits and delicacies in front of the two girls had been eaten. Lihua began to drink the fairy wine cup by cup, and in a blink of an eye she was already drunk.

At this moment, Zhuang Yantong suddenly saw a mysterious light flash above the opposite bank, and then a man wearing a Jinque Miro Taoist robe, a Qing lotus crown on his head, with a tall figure, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes walked out of the mysterious light.

Although Zhuang Yantong was not clear about the appearance of Emperor Hongqing, when he saw Heihai hurriedly step forward to greet him, he knew that the person coming was Emperor Hongqing.

So Zhuang Yantong quickly stood up and prepared to salute, and then she found Lihua lying on the stone table, her cheeks flushed, drinking cup after cup of fairy wine.

"Oh, it tastes good, really delicious, good wine." Lihua said drunkenly, then picked up the wine glass and poured another glass into her mouth.

Seeing this, Zhuang Yantong quickly snatched the wine glass and wine pot from Lihua's hands and said, "Quick, Emperor Hongqing is here."

Hearing this, Lihua was stunned at first, her eyes blank, but when she came to her senses, she immediately stood up with a start, a white mist of alcohol quickly emerged from her body, and she immediately sobered up a little.

By this time, Fang Jian had already walked to his stone table. Zhuang Yantong and Lihua immediately bowed and said, "Demon Fairy Lihua (Zhuang Yantong), pays homage to Emperor Hongqing."

Fang Jian smiled faintly, extended his hand and said, "No need to be so polite, fellow Taoists. Please stand up."

"Thank you, Emperor Hongqing." After the two of them expressed their gratitude, they stood up. Lihua's body was still a little shaky, so Zhuang Yantong had no choice but to lean towards her and support her.

Fang Jian did not sit down. Instead, he bent down and picked up a cup of immortal wine from the stone table. Then, across the stream, he said to the two women, "I am hosting a banquet today to entertain old friends. I would like to offer you a toast."

After he finished speaking, Fang Jian's gaze fell on Zhuang Yantong, then he smiled and nodded.

Zhuang Yantong was slightly surprised. Old friend? Who was the old friend of Emperor Hongqing?

But when Fang Jian's eyes fell on her and he nodded and smiled at her, Zhuang Yantong's head buzzed. Could it be me?

However, Lihua completely ignored Fang Jian's previous words. Although she was a little sober now, she was still a little dizzy and her mind was a little fuzzy.

Zhuang Yantong felt a little unbelievable, but Fang Jian didn't say anything more. He raised his glass and drank it all.

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