Chapter 13
The next morning, Ji Mingqing got up early. After waking up, he went to the yard and carefully checked the two towering fairy trees in the yard. After finding that there was no sign of falling leaves, he took out the storage bag prepared for the palace master and checked it carefully.
"Excuse me, is Master Ji here?" Ji Ming heard a strange voice coming from outside the door and opened the door with some confusion.
After opening the door, he found that there was no one at the door, only a crane standing there that looked taller than he was.
"Master Ji, my name is Yuan Qing. The Palace Master has asked me to take you to the main hall. Is it convenient for you now?" The crane nodded slightly at Ji Mingqing and said politely.
"Convenient, convenient." Ji Mingqing came to his senses after a brief moment of surprise, and immediately turned around and closed the gate, "Let's go."
On the way to the main hall, Ji Mingqing followed Yuan Qing obediently, while curiously observing every tree and blade of grass in Anding Palace.
Normally, a small immortal like him would not be allowed to walk around freely in Anding Palace. For example, the door he left through every day was a side door exclusively for small immortals.
After this walk, Ji Mingqing deeply felt the luxury of Anding Palace. The closer he walked to the main hall, the higher the level of the fairy plants planted on both sides, and the richer the fairy energy. As Ji Mingqing was immersed in it, four big words suddenly emerged in his mind: natural oxygen bar.
I really want those developers and real estate agents to come here and see what a natural oxygen bar is. As Ji Mingqing walked, his thoughts flew to somewhere unknown.
"It would be nice if there was a tree like this downstairs of my house." Ji Mingqing murmured.
"This is Wu Songtao. If Immortal Ji likes it, you can apply to the palace to have a branch planted in your residence." After hearing Ji Mingqing's voice, Yuan Qing turned around and chatted with him.
Although it was not the same as what he had said, Ji Mingqing felt that breaking off branches and replanting them was a good option, so he became interested and asked, "How much can I apply for at a time?"
Yuan Qing patiently explained to Ji Mingqing, "You can apply for ten branches at a time, and you can apply once a year. If the planting is successful, there will be a reward."
"There are rewards!" Ji Mingqing was a little surprised. The treatment in Anding Palace was too good.
Yuan Qing continued to explain, "Of course. The survival rate of Wu Song Tao branches is not very high. If they can be successfully planted, it will also benefit our Anding Palace, so naturally there will be rewards."
Just when Ji Mingqing was about to continue asking, Yuan Qing said, "We're here, please come in, Master Ji."
Ji Mingqing immediately collected his thoughts, his expression became serious, and then he straightened his clothes before stepping into the hall.
After entering the hall, Ji Mingqing discovered that there was not only the Palace Master of Anding Palace in the hall, but also two immortals of the same age as him, who also looked very "senior", sitting in the hall and drinking tea with the Palace Master.
"This is the Xiao Ji I was talking about. Xiao Ji, take out the things and show them to these two to prove that what I said is true."
Ji Mingqing immediately understood that this must be the Palace Master's friend, perhaps a fishing buddy. A few old immortals couldn't catch any fish, so they had nothing to do and chatted. The Palace Master talked about a new little immortal who came to his Anding Palace and cooked delicious food. The old immortals didn't believe it and came to take a look.
The more Ji Mingqing thought about it, the more he felt that the little drama in his mind was almost certain, but he remained calm on the surface, and at the same time, he quickly selected and took out a few meals that had been prepared for the Palace Master.
"This is the boiled shrimp I made for the Palace Master. The shrimp are boiled in clear water. The process is simple, just to preserve the shrimp's natural flavor. Seniors, please dip it slightly in the sauce I personally prepared to further enhance the shrimp's natural flavor."
"Then I'll give it a try." One of the old gods with a goatee picked up a shrimp first, put it carefully into his mouth, then closed his eyes and chewed it in ecstasy.
"That's the taste, that's the taste!" The old immortal swallowed the food in his mouth, opened his eyes and slammed the table, "You're absolutely right!"
"Of course!" Although the Palace Master appeared confident, Ji Mingqing had a vague feeling that he seemed relieved just now.
"Indeed, it's not bad." Another immortal, who had no beard but only completely white hair, spoke slowly: "Before you came up, you were the royal chef?"
Ji Mingqing quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, I just practiced cooking at home."
"I didn't expect that ordinary people could eat food of such quality. It seems that the small world you live in is very good." The immortal picked up the soup that Ji Mingqing had just served them, took a sip and exclaimed.
Seeing all the positive reviews, Ji Mingqing's heart slowly settled down. Then he heard the old palace master say, "Well, I was right. The people in my palace are not bad!"
"Not bad, not bad, it's really not bad." The man with the goat beard echoed the old palace master's words, "You said he prepares a month's worth of food for you at a time? Can I be counted in as part of it?"
"And me!" Another immortal also spoke slowly, "Let Old Yuan take it to us." After that, he handed Ji Mingqing a storage bag without hesitation, "Just follow your Palace Master's price."
Ji Mingqing looked at the storage bag in his hand, feeling ecstatic, but he didn't want to show it at the moment. However, the upturned corners of his mouth had already betrayed his true thoughts.
"I don't have those things." The goat-bearded immortal waved his hand and gave Ji Mingqing a bead. "This will be my meal fee. They will pay for everything else from now on."
Ji Mingqing didn't expect that this meal would bring him two orders. He was overjoyed for a moment. Although he didn't know what the beads were used for, no matter what they were, he would definitely make money!
"Okay, go now. We have business to discuss." Seeing that the decision had been made, the Palace Master hurriedly urged Ji Mingqing to leave. Ji Mingqing did not dare to stay any longer. He only vaguely heard words like "Demon Realm" and "Here they come again" before leaving.
Ji Mingqing quickly quickened his pace and left, fearing that he might have heard some secrets.
But these are not what he should worry about. Ji Mingqing relaxed his mind. The most important thing now is that he needs to find someone to celebrate today's harvest!
Because today is the day the Palace Master returns, Lu Jiyao has not left Anding Palace. He came to Lu Jiyao's small courtyard and invited him.
"Would you like to visit my Fengxi Garden? I've received two big orders today, and the Soul Gathering Fruit is almost ripe. Let's celebrate in advance."
"Let's go!" Lu Jiyao didn't want to stay in the yard alone. When he saw Ji Mingqing inviting him, he knew that the palace master's business should have been completed, so he immediately responded and left with Ji Mingqing.
It was not yet noon when the two arrived at Fengxi Garden. As soon as Ji Mingqing entered the courtyard, he called out twice: "Xiao Wan! Xiao Wan!"
After waiting for a long time and still not seeing Xiaowan, Ji Mingqing said to Lu Jiyao with a bit of a show-off mentality: "My Xiaowan is really smart. I told him yesterday that I might not be able to come before noon, and he didn't come at noon today."
"Your Xiaowan?" Lu Jiyao thought of the cat. "I feel like his cultivation is higher than mine. Don't underestimate him."
"Of course. He always helps me when I go out fishing, picking fruits and digging bamboo shoots." Ji Mingqing was busy in the kitchen while showing off to Lu Jiyao, "Such big bamboo shoots, Xiaowan just patted his paws and all the bamboo shoots popped out."
"Also, the kitchen was destroyed by the new Xiaoxian before, but Xiaowan fixed it as soon as he passed by."
Ji Mingqing kept talking about how good Xiaowan was. Lu Jiyao listened with great interest and even humbly asked Ji Mingqing, "How did you attract Xiaowan here? I also want to raise a fairy beast."
"That's probably why." Ji Mingqing pointed at the pot in front of him and said, "Maybe it's because my cooking is delicious?"
Lu Jiyao scratched his head and said, "Then it's not wrong for me to come to your place to buy things and feed the fairy beast in the future."
"Of course you can, but you still have to practice in the fighting arena, so you might not be able to take care of him." Ji Mingqing reminded while putting the small fruits strung together in his hand into the syrup boiled in the pot and gently turning them. After the fruits were completely soaked in syrup, he slapped them on the iron plate next to him.
There was no hawthorn among the fruits Cui Ding bought yesterday, so he had to use this instead.
"Would you like to try it?" Ji Mingqing picked up the mini candied haws skewer in his hand and handed one to Lu Jiyao. Because the reserved guest was a fairy, he specially put only three small fruits on a bamboo stick.
Lu Jiyao took the candied haws from Ji Mingqing's hand and said, "I remember that the fairy world also sold them during the gathering before, but I haven't seen them for a long time."
"The guests who made reservations said the same thing. How come no one in the fairy world does this anymore?" Ji Mingqing asked curiously.
While eating, Lu Jiyao speculated with Ji Mingqing: "Maybe people who can cook find it troublesome? I see that cooking is quite troublesome for you too. If it were me, I wouldn't have the patience."
"How can it be troublesome? I think it's quite interesting. I used to only cook for my family and never thought about making money. Now that I can make money, I don't think it's a bother anymore."
"But people in the fairy world are not short of money."
Ji Mingqing: "...It hurts so much."
"If you don't think about sending gifts to the Lord, you won't be short of money. There's not much money to spend in the fairy world. If you spend your time slowly, you will eventually become a spiritual fairy."
That won't do, Ji Mingqing thought silently in his heart, while his hands moved faster.
The candied haws were quickly made, and Ji Mingqing prepared to let them cool before starting to pack them. After putting the things aside, he took out the storage bag that the Palace Master had given him today.
I don’t know what good things I will receive today. I wonder if there is a big fish that can be used to make chopped pepper fish head. His chopped peppers are already pickled.
Opening the storage bag, Ji Mingqing picked up a big fish and took it out. The moment he took it out, Ji Mingqing covered his nose.
"What smells so bad!"
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Lu Jiyao launches a psychic attack on Ji Mingqing*1
Ji Mingqing only gave a bunch of mini skewers as a counterattack
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