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Looking closely, I saw that the dining hall was in a mess, with tables and chairs overturned, and cooked and uncooked food scattered all over the floor. The floor was covered with bloody footprints, and in the corner of the hall there were several cooks with bloodstains on their faces.
Seeing Du Heng rushing in, the chefs rushed to the door in shock: "Help!"
Du Heng couldn't hold them back; they rushed out the door as if running for their lives and disappeared.
After the cook fled, the dining room was empty. Du Heng didn't know who to hit with his clenched fist.
The layout of the main dining hall was different from that of the first dining hall. Behind their serving table was a wall with portraits of famous swords from the Shenxu Palace. Their kitchen was not transparent, and Du Heng could still hear wailing coming from behind the wall.
Du Heng turned around the wall, and the kitchen of the main dining hall appeared in front of him. The kitchen was very large, and there was an aisle behind the wall. The gray-black aisle was covered with bird feathers. The feathers were gray-white, and who else could they belong to if not the feathers of the old man? !
Du Heng squatted down and picked up a feather from the wing. The short feather was only as long as Du Heng's palm. There was still blood on the feather. Seeing that little bit of blood, Du Heng's tears fell.
When do birds shed their feathers? Only when they have experienced violence, right?
The blood on the feathers showed Du Heng what kind of torture the birds had gone through. Du Heng saw a scene in front of him: the weak birds were pulled out of the cage by the cook, who broke their necks and then plucked the down off their bodies one handful at a time.
Or maybe he didn't even break their necks, but just plucked out their fur. What would happen to them? How painful it would be for them!
His little pet was suffering, but he, as its master, was completely unaware of it.
The closer he walked to the kitchen, the more Du Heng felt sad. There was down all over the floor. All of it came from the two chickens he raised.
What lovely and sensible chicks Nianniansuisui are. They have been quiet and obedient since I picked them up. They never urinate or defecate at home. They will follow me to the fields to catch insects. They are like two fluffy balls, innocent and carefree.
There is joy every year, and there is today every year. His years are gone!
At this time, a cook with blood all over his face ran out from the kitchen: "Someone's dead! Someone's dead!" Du Heng grabbed the cook and said, "Where's my chicken?"
The cook was shaking all over, and he was talking incoherently: "The chicken killed people!"
Du Heng was furious: "Where is my Niannian Suisui?!" The cook was panicked: "The chicken and the dog killed someone!"
Du Heng really wanted to blow the man's head off with one punch, but when he used his spiritual sense to scan, he realized that this was a cultivator in the late stage of Qi training, and the man would really die with one punch.
Du Heng suppressed his power and slapped him in the face. After the slap, the cook fainted on the ground, and half of his big teeth were knocked out by Du Heng.
Du Heng sniffed, and after the slap, not only did his anger not dissipate, but the sadness in his heart became even stronger.
At this time, dogs barked one after another in the kitchen! Du Heng's heart tightened. He still had wontons and glutinous rice cakes! Nothing could happen to them!
He ran to the kitchen following the sound: "Stop! Let go of my dog!"
When he saw clearly what was happening in the kitchen, the tears in his eyes immediately disappeared.
I saw the wonton blocking the kitchen door. It was not big enough to block the entire door. But there was a glutinous rice cake next to it. The two little animals bared their teeth and claws and pointed at the door.
Two cooks were blocking the kitchen. They were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands and howling in pain. Two hairless chickens were flying above their heads.
Du Heng had seen many hairless chickens, but he had never seen such a lively and ferocious...hairless chicken.
The two chickens were very ferocious. They flew high into the air and then fell heavily. Their sharp claws and beaks left bloody marks on the cook's hands and face.
The cry that Wonton heard before was more of an encouragement than a scream. When the two chickens left wounds on the cook, Wonton cried out encouragingly, and his big tail shook in the wind.
With his knowledge of spirit pets, Du Heng recognized at a glance that these two bald chickens were his Nianniansuisui. The plucked chickens looked two sizes smaller, and when they flew, the crop on their chests was still bulging and shaking.
Du Heng: ...He is too embarrassed to face anyone. He even shed tears for them just now.
Now seeing such a vigorous Nianniansuisui, he just wanted to yell: "Where did you learn this bad habit! If you want to fight, just fight, why take off your clothes!"
The Nianniansuisui who had beaten up six or seven chefs in the dining hall were so arrogant that they walked around in front of Du Heng with their pink hairless bodies exposed, asking for credit: "Chiji~"
Du Heng raised his hands, not knowing whether to slap them or hug them and kiss them.
Xuan Yu said calmly: "See, I told you there's no problem." No wonder Xuan Yu walked behind Du Heng. It seemed that he had foreseen such a situation.
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Oh, you are always in the limelight every year. You two hid it so well that I didn't realize you have the bloodline of Chongming bird."
Du Heng sighed: "Let's be mentally prepared."
If a pet hits someone, it should pay compensation if it deserves to be paid, or it should leave if it deserves to be left.
The head chef of the First Canteen was named Chang Le. He went to the Shen Gu Peak Refining Room to repair the kitchen pot early this morning. When he came back, he found that his canteen had become a mess! The chefs under him were silent, some were injured, and some were confused.
Du Heng and his friends stood obediently in the dining hall. Wonton and his friends knew that something was wrong, so they sat quietly beside Du Heng. Nianniansuisui put on their clothes again, and the four fur balls sat neatly in order from big to small. Du Heng didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Chang Le was furious. He pointed at a cook and said, "Wang Gui! Tell me what's going on?!"
Wang Gui was the most seriously injured among the group of chefs. Not only was his face covered in blood from being pecked by Nianniansuisui, but his arm was also bitten off by Xiao Wonton.
Wang Gui groaned, "Du Heng, the cook in the First Canteen, raises livestock in the canteen. Today we went to inspect the First Canteen and saw the livestock so we took them back to the main canteen. We wanted to wait for Du Heng to come back before dealing with him, but the bags for the livestock broke, and the animals got out and hurt people!"
Chang Le looked at Du Heng and asked unkindly, "Is this true?"
Du Heng said honestly, "To answer the chef's question, the four of us servants took a day off this morning, and the dining hall closed for half a day. I told Steward Ding Luding yesterday that I didn't know the dining hall would be inspected today. As for these four little pets, they are indeed my pets. But they are very well behaved and have never caused any trouble to the monks eating in the dining hall. Now that things have come to this, I don't want to shirk my responsibility. We will treat the monks injured by my pets and compensate them if necessary."
Chang Le looked Du Heng up and down: "He is a real guy. I heard you have been in the dining hall for a short time?"
Du Heng said: "Yes, today is only the tenth day."
Chang Le said: "In just ten days, you have been recognized by dozens of Jindan Yuanying cultivators. They came to the main dining hall eagerly to transfer the seal to the first dining hall. It seems that your cooking skills are good enough, but no matter how good your cooking skills are, the first dining hall can no longer accommodate you."
Du Heng lowered his head and remained silent. He had already expected such an outcome.
Chang Le said: "You guys go now. I won't pursue the matter of injuring the cook. They are just superficial injuries that can be cured with a few pills."
At this time, Jiang Shangzhou and Tai Shuhong entered the main dining hall one after the other. Seeing the two, Chang Le quickly stood up and saluted: "Elder Jiang, Elder Tai Shudai, what brings you here?"
Jiang Shangzhou smiled and winked at Du Heng, then he dragged a stool and sat down: "I heard that the main dining hall was overturned by a few spirit beasts, I brought Elder Taishu to take a look."
Du Heng's mind was filled with questions. Elder Jiang? Who? Jiang Shangzhou? Jiang Shangzhou was an elder? Tai Shuhong was the acting elder? Acting for whom? Was this world crazy?
Tai Shuhong stood with his hands down: "You guys continue, don't worry about us."
Chang Le smiled widely and bowed: "It's all said and done. As long as the four servants in the dining hall hand over the sect spirit tablets, this matter will be over."
Jiang Shangzhou narrowed his eyes and looked at Du Heng: "What are you waiting for? Hand over the spirit tablet."
Du Heng regretfully handed over the jade token of the outer gate servant from his sleeve. They had only been in Shenxu Palace for a few days, and they had not even touched the forbidden area or the sword tomb, and they were about to leave. Man proposes, God disposes.
After Chang Le took back the servant jade token, Jiang Shangzhou stood up and took out four spirit tablets from his sleeve: "Here, I'll give you new tokens."
Du Heng looked at Jiang Shangzhou suspiciously, and he glanced at the spirit tablet in his hand. The spirit tablet in Jiang Shangzhou's hand was not milky white, but golden. If Du Heng remembered correctly, this tablet was... the tablet of the mission disciple?
Jiang Shangzhou laughed and said, "Are you stupid? Take the sign. I told you guys a long time ago that it's a waste to do menial work with this level of cultivation. There are four Jindan, and three of them are at the late Jindan stage. You must be stupid to accept this kind of humiliation."
Du Heng stupidly took the sign, and he hadn't come back to his senses yet. What did Jiang Shangzhou mean by this?
Jiang Shangzhou said loudly, "Chang Le, listen carefully. I will only say this once. From today on, Du Heng, Yu Xuan, Nan Jing, and Xi Feng are the sect's mission disciples. Their mission is to prepare meals in the First Dining Hall of Shenxiu Peak. From today on, the First Dining Hall of Shenxiu Peak is no longer under the jurisdiction of the General Dining Hall."
Chang Le was dumbfounded: "If the Shenxiu Peak dining hall is not under the management of the general dining hall, then who is in charge?"
Jiang Shangzhou chuckled and said, "It's under the jurisdiction of the Grand Elder. Any questions? Okay, I'll take you to the Grand Elder and you can talk to him in person."
Chang Le lowered his head quickly: "I dare not. But if this happens, what about the daily rations?"
Jiang Shangzhou said, "You don't have to worry about this. The Grand Elder has already arranged it." Tai Shuhong said, "The First Dining Hall of Shenxiu Peak can entrust the sect to purchase the corresponding ingredients. Of course, the cost of the ingredients will be borne by the First Dining Hall itself."
Does that mean that in the future Du Heng and his team can ask the sect to help them go out and buy things? But thinking of the people in charge of purchasing, Du Heng felt that it would be better for him to go out and buy things himself.
Jiang Shangzhou looked at Chang Le with a half-smile: "Chang Le, you have been the head chef in the main dining hall for a hundred years, right?" Chang Le bowed and saluted: "To answer Elder Jiang, it has been one hundred and fifty years."
Jiang Shangzhou chuckled and said, "More than 150 years, that's a long time. Do you feel your eyesight is blurry lately?"
Chang Le shook his head: "No, no, I have sharp ears and eyes."
Jiang Shangzhou smiled and said, "No, I think you are dazzled. You can't see so many mice in the kitchen."
When Wang Gui and the others heard Jiang Shangzhou's words, their expressions changed immediately.
Jiang Shangzhou taunted, "It's understandable to have ambition and greed, but when your strengths can't match, you should think carefully about where you are inferior to others, instead of playing dirty tricks behind their backs. Am I right, Chef Wang Gui?"
Wang Gui's face was ashen: "Elder Jiang, Elder Jiang, please spare my life!"
Jiang Shangzhou frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about? Is our Shenxu Palace the kind of sect that takes people's lives? I heard that the managers in charge of purchasing are all related to you? That's a lot of money, right? Remember not to send the wrong things next time. The chefs in the main dining hall can't use yellow vegetables to make meals that satisfy the Jindan Yuanying cultivators."
Cold sweat broke out on Chang Le's forehead, and Wang Gui collapsed to the ground. It was over!
Tai Shuhong said, "Du Heng's several spirit beasts have already been registered in the Imperial Beast Garden. They took his spirit beasts away under the pretext of patrolling, and mixed up the spirit beasts with ordinary livestock. The General Canteen should really conduct a thorough investigation."
Tai Shuhong glanced at Chang Le coldly, and then he flicked his sleeves. When he looked at Du Heng and the others, his eyes became gentle again: "Shall we go?"
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When they came here, they rode Feng Gui's flying sword, but when they went back, they walked up the mountain path. Jiang Shangzhou explained: "Thanks to your good luck, you can actually fly the sword on the territory of Shenhua Peak, and you are not afraid of touching the sword formation and dying."
Feng Gui nodded: "Fortunately, we are not good at other things, but we have always had good luck. Compared to this, do you have anything to say to us?"
Jiang Shangzhou scratched his cheek and looked up at the sky of Shenhua Peak. He sighed faintly, "Ah, the sky over Shenhua Peak is so blue. Du Heng, look, isn't it?"
Du Heng did not respond to him. Jiang Shangzhou thought Du Heng was still in a daze, perhaps frightened by his true identity. He looked back and saw Du Heng looking down at the mountain path.
Jiang Shangzhou hesitated for a moment, then he turned back from the mountain path and stood next to Du Heng, asking cautiously, "Hey, Du Heng, are you talking? Um... I didn't mean to hide my identity and get close to you, and you didn't ask me anything before..."
Du Heng suddenly came back to his senses. He looked at Jiang Shangzhou in confusion: "Huh? What did you say?"
Jiang Shangzhou and Du Heng looked at each other, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you were angry with me." Du Heng asked in surprise: "Why should I be angry with you?"
Jiang Shangzhou scratched his hair and said happily, "I'm glad you're not angry. I noticed you didn't say anything. What are you thinking about?"
Du Heng motioned Jiang Shangzhou to look into his arms: "Look at Niannian Suisui, they can actually shed their hair by themselves!"
Du Heng held two half-grown grey chicks in his arms. Usually Du Heng held Xiao Xiao in his arms. Ever since Tai Shu Hong showed up, Xiao Xiao would automatically run to Tai Shu Hong's arms whenever she saw him.
Nian Nian and Sui Sui looked up at Jiang Shangzhou, and two pupils appeared clearly in their eyes. It was dazzling at first glance.
Jiang Shangzhou reached out to touch Niannian's feathers, but Niannian stretched out her neck and pecked him.
Jiang Shangzhou quickly retracted his hand: "I didn't expect they were actually double-headed birds. I didn't notice them before." They only knew that Du Heng's cats and chickens were very good at catching mice, but they were also very afraid of people.
Du Heng sighed: "I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that their clothes are not worn properly. Xiaoyu, look, do Nian Nian and Sui Sui look balder than before?"
Xuan Yu held the glutinous rice cake in his arms. He looked at the two chickens and said, "Not bald, right? They are about the same as before."
Du Heng gestured to Xuan Yu to look at Nian Nian's wings: "Look at the wings here, there wasn't so much flesh exposed before! Did you miss a few feathers after the fight?"
Jing Nan almost died of laughter: "Where are they bald? Aren't they fine? If you think their fur is not thick enough, go back and get some medicine to apply on them."
Xiaoxiao made a chirping sound. Yes, Jingnan's medicine was very effective in growing hair. The hair on his forehead had already grown back.
Tai Shuhong touched her gently and smiled: "Fortunately, you went to the mountain gate with Du Heng and the others today. If you were also in the main dining hall, things would definitely not be as peaceful as they are now."
Xiaoxiao comforted Tai Shuhong in a low voice, saying that if he and Wonton and the others were captured, he would burn down the general canteen.
Du Heng then remembered something, and he said to Jiang Shangzhou and Tai Shuhong, "I haven't thanked you two for helping me out yet. Are you really the elders and acting elders?"
Jiang Shangzhou said with some pride: "It's just so-so, but I am the elder of Shengu Peak."
Du Heng thought about it and said, "Ah! So you are in charge of the weapon refining room!" It was really too dark! A second-hand array-breaking method cost them 3,800 spirit stones. He was worried about Jiang Shangzhou before and thought he had no food to eat. Du Heng felt that he was really stupid.
Tai Shuhong said, "I am the acting elder of Shenzao Peak. When Su Zhan is not around, I help to deal with the affairs of Shenzao Peak." Jiang Shangzhou added, "But Old Su is often not at home, so Tai Shu is still the one who makes the decisions at Shenzao Peak."
Du Heng said gratefully: "Anyway, it's really thanks to you." Especially Tai Shuhong, it was the second time he rescued Du Heng and the others.
Tai Shuhong said: "You're welcome. I think it's great that you can be together in Yicantang." Tai Shuhong had gotten used to having dinner together in Yicantang every night in the past few days. Sometimes when it got late, he would stay overnight in Yicantang.
Xuan Yu asked, "Who is the Grand Elder of Shenxiu Peak? Do we know him?"
Jiang Shangzhou was happy: "Of course I know him!"
Du Heng understood and said, "Oh~ He should have eaten in the dining hall, right? Next time he comes, please point it out to me so that I can thank him in person."
They were from Shenxiu Peak. Without the order from the Supreme Elder, they could not be promoted from menial servants to mission disciples, let alone stay in the dining hall and continue cooking. Du Heng had already gone through the faces of several old men who often went to his dining hall to eat in his mind. It was really difficult. The old sword cultivators all looked like immortals, and he could not tell which one was the Supreme Elder.
Jiang Shangzhou smiled and said, "Okay. Fry some more crispy meat later. Old Ye likes to eat that."
Du Heng went over the thought in his mind again: Which sword cultivator loves to eat crispy meat?
Jing Nan chuckled and said, "Shenxu Palace is really interesting. There is actually a Grand Elder. I have only heard of some monarchs in the mortal world passing the throne to their children and then being content to be the Grand Emperor. This is the first time I have heard of the Grand Elder saying this."
Tai Shuhong said slowly, "He is a very good person, strict with himself and firm in his faith. Originally, he should have been the head of Shenxu Palace, but he felt that he was not qualified, so he passed the position of head to his disciple."
Feng Gui's mouth twitched: "Master feels that he is not qualified, but this disciple is qualified? Are you kidding me?"
Jiang Shangzhou said with a smile, "I'm not kidding. You haven't seen the head of our Shenxu Palace. He is truly a person as beautiful as the bright moon and orchid. He is intelligent and born with a sword bone. Even people like us have to admit that we are not as good as him. It was a joint decision of several of us to pass the throne to him. Until now, we still think that this decision is absolutely correct."
As soon as the words fell, Du Heng and the others' expressions became very subtle.
To be honest, if Jing Hong hadn't stolen the Chaos Pearl and gave it to the head of Shenxu Palace, they might have been a little convinced when they heard Jiang Shangzhou talking about the head of Shenxu Palace. However, with Jing Hong's incident in the past, even though Jiang Shangzhou praised their head of the palace like a flower, these people still despised him in their hearts.
Jiang Shangzhou had a frown on his face. "You...what are you looking at? You don't believe me, do you? I'll take you to see it and you'll know. My nephew is a flower of the high mountains, and he practices the ruthless way. You'll know if what I said is true after taking a look at him."
The ruthless way? Is it the legendary way that doesn't even glance at anyone? Such people have no desires, no demands, and a pure heart. It is said that there are only two outcomes for cultivators who practice the ruthless way: one is to ascend to the upper realm, and the other is to have their heart broken and fall.
The ruthless way is different from other ways. If other cultivators' hearts are broken, they can just live their lives as mortals. The ruthless cultivators don't have this choice. Their world is only life and death.
Du Heng complained in his heart, no wonder Jing Hong gave so much to him but he was indifferent, it turned out that he practiced the ruthless way. Pah!
Jiang Shangzhou saw Du Heng's eyes, and his gorgeous peach blossom eyes suddenly showed seriousness. He said: "You will know if you go and take a look. You haven't even seen him in person, so how can you guess what kind of person he is based on your own assumptions?"
As soon as Jiang Shangzhou finished speaking, Du Heng and the others looked at each other. Yes, until now, they have never seen the other protagonist in the Jinghong story. Anyway, since they are so close, they might as well go and take a look.
As he was talking, the main hall of Shenhua Peak, Zhengyang Hall, appeared in front of him. Shenhua Peak was very high, and the main hall stood on the top of the mountain, even beyond the coverage of the mountain protection formation. After leaving the formation, the mountain road was covered with white snow. Turning around, there was a light golden barrier floating in the air below the mountain road, as if you could touch this barrier with just your hand.
This scene is so beautiful, the golden barrier is surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, and the Shenxu Palace is as beautiful as a treasure. The main hall of the Shenxu Palace stands majestically on the green mountains and clear waters. It is ancient and vicissitudes, like a wise and introverted old man.
Jiang Shangzhou introduced: "This is the main hall of our Shenxu Palace."
The main hall was so majestic that one could not look directly at it. Before he even reached the main hall, Du Heng's legs were weak. The strong golden aura emanating from the Zhengyang Hall made him feel uncomfortable. The roof of the main hall was still covered with snow, but the golden aura was still so strong. This palace must have been built with materials rich in golden aura.
Xuan Yu patted Du Heng on the back, and Du Heng felt that his legs could stand straight again.
However, what attracted everyone's attention most was not the main hall, but something else.
There was a huge square in front of the main hall, on which was carved a complex golden array with a diameter of more than 30 feet. The array was circular in shape, but the runes on the edge looked like they had burst open. It was unknown whether the array was carved on the stone slab or embedded in the middle of the stone slab, and the lines that made up the array were flickering with dots of spiritual light.
The square was covered with thick snow, but there was not even a drop of water on the formation. It lay quietly in the snow, more dazzling than the barrier covering the sect. This formation was so gorgeous that it made one's heart and soul be drawn into it at a glance.
Jiang Shangzhou introduced: "This is the Demon-Slaying Formation, the sect-protecting formation of our Shenxu Palace. It is still sealed now. If it is opened, it can cover most of the human cultivation world. But I also heard that since I came to Shenxu Palace, this formation has never been opened. I hope it will never be opened."
Tai Shuhong said slowly, "Once it is activated, all the demon cultivators within the array will suffer. Who wants to see the lives of all living beings in this world destroyed?"
Jiang Shangzhou nodded: "That's right. Everyone thinks that we in Shenxu Palace have the most powerful weapon to deal with demon cultivators, but they don't know that what we least want to face is the activation of the demon-killing formation. From the day I entered the mountain gate, my master told me that unless I die in this life, I will use all my cultivation to protect this formation and let it sleep forever."
Du Heng and the others couldn't help but look at Jiang Shangzhou. This was not what they thought.
The author has something to say: In my understanding, dimensionality reduction strikes mean that the top leaders say one word and the people below are reduced to ashes or the people below have automatically handled the matter. On the other hand, slapping people in the face at the same level means verbal abuse and stabbing each other with knives.
Well, you chose the dimensionality reduction attack. [Running away with a pot lid on your head]
How many people who can cultivate to the right path are truly bad guys? Anyway, Lao Mao thinks, if I can cultivate to be an immortal… Hey, if I can cultivate to be an immortal, why should I care about power, fame and wealth? Isn’t the scenery at a higher place more beautiful? When ants fight, it’s enough to just watch the fun. Would you help the ants fight?
Du Heng: Can you two explain why you have to take off clothes when fighting?
Year after year: This way your clothes won’t get dirty!
Du Heng: ...This reason is impeccable.
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