Upon arriving at the palace, the emperor of the country immediately put down what he was doing and personally paid his respects to the two men.
Yes, Your Majesty, I pay my respects.
Putting these two words together always feels jarring.
Fortunately, neither of them had the airs of cultivators, so the emperor's face was saved.
At least it didn't force the mortal emperor to kneel for an extended period.
Of course, people come to the palace not to see the emperor, but to see the worshippers of this kingdom.
After bidding farewell to the emperor, Wu Er and Lao Dashu went to see the retainer.
They met in the Imperial Garden, which was enshrined in the palace.
The worshipper was dressed in a magnificent crown and jade belt, his body adorned with jewels and precious stones. He lacked the refined and detached air of a cultivator, instead exuding a worldly and materialistic aura.
I suppose most royal offerings are made this way.
"Greetings to the two masters!"
Upon seeing Wu Er and Lao Dashu, the Qi Refining Master immediately bowed to show goodwill and adopted a respectful demeanor.
However, no matter how respectful the offering was, it was still not as respectful as an emperor kneeling down.
"We're all fellow Daoists, why bother with formalities!"
Lao Dashu had only recently entered Pengshan Sect, and his cultivation level wasn't very high. He hadn't been influenced by any bad influences, so he didn't put on airs when facing the offerings.
Wu Er, on the other hand, didn't do anything. He left the talking to Lao Dashu and just focused on being a good source of energy. He also took the opportunity to relax.
Seeing that Lauda Tree was approachable, the worshipper breathed a sigh of relief and even wiped the sweat from his brow.
Seeing this, Lao Dashu said, "What's wrong? You seem quite nervous."
"Of course I'm nervous." The attendant lowered his head. "Serving all the experts from Pengshan, it's natural for me to be a little nervous."
What exactly does the hidden meaning in the words mean?
Having lived a long life and seen a lot, Wu Er had already guessed the general idea.
It's likely that cultivators from this country have visited Pengshan before, but those cultivators were probably not kind-hearted and likely mistreated the worshippers.
Although he was old, Lauda Tree was inexperienced and did not listen carefully to the meaning behind it, simply ignoring it.
He said, "What's there to be nervous about? We're all fellow Daoists!"
"Yes, we are all fellow Daoists!"
The worshipper hurriedly bowed in response, bending so deeply that the ornate crown on his head almost fell off.
Then Lauda Tree and the worshipper exchanged pleasantries again.
Because of his lack of experience, Lauda Tree didn't know how to pass the time with these polite formalities, so he just kept chatting with the worshipper, and all he talked about was useless nonsense.
Finally, Wu Er couldn't stand it anymore and coughed twice.
Then he said, "Ahem... let's talk about that heretical cultivator."
The elder, who had been exchanging polite words for so long, nodded and said, "Yes, let's talk about evil cultivators!"
He had been chatting with Lao Dashu for a while. Since he was of lower status than Lao Dashu, he didn't speak about the evil cultivation first, waiting for Lao Dashu to ask before speaking.
But little did they expect that this Lauda tree couldn't chat and kept spouting useless polite words, which really worried the worshipper.
Wu Er had to ask first, otherwise we would have spent the whole day exchanging useless polite words.
Upon hearing their conversation, Lao Dashu remembered what he did for a living and quickly replied, "Right, it's time to talk about evil cultivators!"
Although Wu Er already knew who this evil cultivator was, he still had to go through the proper procedures.
The person offering the food wiped his sweat again before getting to the point.
"We discovered this evil cultivator a few days ago. He's really strange. We don't know why he came to our small country, and he's completely unreasonable."
After hearing this, Wu Er thought to himself: Indeed, Dongfang Yan, who has the protagonist template, does things completely irrationally, not only irrationally but also illogically!
After listening, Lao Dashu asked, "Then did this evil cultivator kill someone?"
The worshipper nodded and said, "He killed him, but his reason for killing him was strange."
"Strange?" Lauda tilted his head. "It's just that evil cultivators kill people, why is it strange?"
The worshipper continued, "That's right. It's understandable that evil cultivators kill without reason, but that person's behavior and way of speaking are simply... double standards."
Next, the worshipper explained how the double standards were applied.
I have to say, these things are really disgusting to hear.
What exactly were those things?
The first thing was that Dongfang Yan entered the city. As usual, the city gate guards collected the entry tax, but they didn't ask for much, just two copper coins.
But Dongfang Yan was not happy about it. He immediately dismissed the guard and said, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't underestimate a poor young man."
Okay, this sounds absurd, but it's not too disgusting. It's only disgusting when compared to what's about to happen!
The next time, Dongfang Yan went to the city to buy steamed buns. No one knew why a Nascent Soul cultivator would want to eat steamed buns; he just wanted to eat them.
Oh dear, we've run into a rip-off inn. A single vegetable bun costs one tael of silver!
Given Dongfang Yan's personality, wouldn't he have killed him?
But this time, instead of killing anyone, they gave away a huge amount of gold and silver.
As for why this happened? Because the shop owner was a beautiful young woman!
Dongfang Yan then retorted, "Hmph, how dare a mere woman ask for my money? I admire your courage!"
After saying that, he even killed the waiter in the shop because the waiter was a man... and the waiter had no connection with Dongfang Yan whatsoever...
So, what kind of logic is it that Dongfang Yan doesn't kill beautiful women but slaughters men?
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