Mo Qi never attended the annual Peach Banquet of the Queen Mother of the West.
But things changed this year after I got a baby phoenix.
"Would you like to attend the banquet of the Queen Mother of the West?" Mo Qi sat at the table, holding a black chess piece in one hand, playing chess with Little Phoenix.
"I'll go." The little phoenix nodded, picked up a white chess piece, and threw it onto the chessboard.
The little phoenix said it wanted to go, not that it wanted to go.
Mo Qi couldn't help but frown slightly: "Did the Queen Mother of the West also send you an invitation?"
The little phoenix gripped a chess piece with one claw and struggled to push it onto the chessboard: "No, Qi Zhi, it's an invitation to us."
Seeing this, Mo Qi reached out and helped Little Phoenix put the chess pieces back in their original positions.
The little phoenix then retracted its tiny claws and poured out an invitation from its storage bag: "Look, this invites Emperor Fusheng and the little phoenix to Kunlun Mountain to attend the Peach Banquet."
The story of Emperor Fusheng raising a little phoenix somehow spread throughout the entire Heavenly Realm.
Mo Qi placed his last black piece: "Go if you want to."
"Qi Zhi?" Little Phoenix tilted her head and looked at the man opposite her. "Don't you want to go?"
Mo Qi shook his head and reminded her, "Little Yuanyuan, it's your turn to make a move."
"I've already won!" The little phoenix pointed with its tiny wings at the black stone, which had nowhere left to go.
Mo Qi composed himself and looked around. Sure enough, he realized that the chess piece he had just placed had provided a ladder for Little Phoenix, blocking his own escape route.
The fairy maidens and fairy boys standing nearby kept their eyes down and remained silent as they witnessed this scene.
Little Phoenix is born with good fortune; whether it's playing cards or chess, no one in Fusheng Mountain can beat Little Phoenix.
Even the emperor was no exception.
Mo Qi had the chessboard removed, and then the fairy maiden brought the little phoenix's cooked meat to the table.
"Qi Zhi, do you not want to go?" The little phoenix continued to press on the question from before, landing on Mo Qi's shoulder and chirping in his ear.
Mo Qi didn't answer her question, but instead asked, "And why do you want to go?"
"Because Brother Yue Lao and Jin Jin are going." Little Phoenix didn't actually know what was so fun about the Peach Banquet; she just wanted to join in the fun because all her friends were going.
Mo Qi didn't say anything, but reached out and grabbed a lotus seed to peel. Before he knew it, he had peeled more than a dozen.
"Qi Zhi, Qi Zhi..." The little phoenix quickly landed on the back of his hand to stop him, "You'd better finish eating my snacks."
Mo Qi looked down and saw that there was only one lotus seed left in the plate.
The little phoenix was afraid that he wouldn't leave her a single Lian Shi (a type of fruit), so she quickly peeled the Lian Shi he hadn't had time to eat and pecked it into her mouth, then flew over and took the last Lian Shi away.
Mo Qi reached out and caught the little phoenix that had flown back onto his shoulder, then ruffled the feathers on its head: "In that case, you may go with them."
Little Phoenix: "?!"
The little phoenix, who had been holding the ribbon with her wings, dropped it with a thud. She hurriedly used her wings and claws to grab the man's thumb: "Aren't you coming with me?"
"Your matchmaker brother and Jinjin will accompany you." Mo Qi brushed the little phoenix that was clinging to his hand away, his voice indifferent.
The little phoenix came running over again, its little wings tucked into its feathers, and looked up at Mo Qi, saying, "But I want to go with you."
Mo Qi looked at Little Phoenix expressionlessly: "What if I don't want to go?"
"Then I won't go either." The little phoenix was a little downcast. "But then we won't be able to eat the peaches of immortality."
Upon hearing this, Mo Qi was slightly taken aback: "You want to eat peaches?"
"Brother Yue Lao said that eating the peaches grown by the Queen Mother of the West can prolong life. I ate one with Brother Yue Lao before, but you haven't eaten one yet."
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