Chapter 79 Who is the Bride?
Ji Chunfeng was just worrying about not having the chance to repay the favor, but when he heard this, his eyes lit up and he slammed the table and said, "Brother, just give me your orders. As long as I can do it, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"You don't have to go through fire and water. Have you heard about the sect competition?"
Ji Chunfeng was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Brother, you want me to accompany you?"
"No." Qi Qing pretended to be distressed, and sighed with his hands behind his back, "You and I are both from small sects, and this is my first time participating in such a grand event. I thought that I should have some appearance when I appeared to promote the reputation of my sect. What do you think?"
Ji Chunfeng realized: "Brother, are you going to go out in a grand manner?"
The young man is teachable. Qi Qing nodded with satisfaction: "I like the hustle and bustle."
Fearing that the other party might not understand, he emphasized: "It would be best if it were a grand ceremony like the number one scholar's parade or a general's triumphal return. The more lively the better..."
Ji Chunfeng immediately patted his chest and promised, "Leave it to me! I'll go down the mountain and make arrangements right away, and I'll make sure that my brother and nephew can go out in style!"
Qi Qing went back satisfied.
On the day of departure, an unexpected figure appeared in front of the mountain gate.
——Qianyuan Sword Master, with his sleeves fluttering in the wind, stood facing the wind and nodded slightly to him. Behind him were two unfamiliar disciples.
Qi Qing looked at the old master blankly. The old master coughed and said, "You and Yue Ji are in danger. I am really worried about you."
Qi Qing felt warm in his heart: "Master..."
"Of course, it was mainly because Sword Master volunteered." The head of the sect added.
Qi Qing's feeling of being touched suddenly vanished. When he saw Qian Yuan Jian Zun approaching, he was about to salute him, but the other party spoke first: "Junior Brother Qi, I have an unwelcome request for this trip. I would like these two disciples to learn from you along the way and ask for your advice from time to time."
"Ask for advice?" Qi Qing asked in surprise, "Sword Master, you are joking. With your level of cultivation, why do you need to ask your nephew to learn from a useless disciple like me?"
Qian Yuan Jian Zun raised his hand slightly, and the two disciples behind him stepped forward and clasped their fists in unison, saying, "Disciple Song Wen/Song Wu! Greetings, Uncle Master."
"These two have been my disciples for a hundred years, and they are still golden elixirs." Qianyuan Jianzun said calmly, but a trace of regret flashed in his eyes: "When I ascend to the upper realm in the future, their abilities are really unsettling."
Qi Qing showed a look of understanding.
——I understand. Before retiring, the doctoral supervisor wanted to bring up the last two incompetent apprentices.
The love of a mentor is so touching.
They had just exchanged a few words when the messenger had packed up and came to meet them.
The visitor's eyes paused on Qianyuan Jianzun, obviously afraid of his cultivation in the Tribulation Crossing Stage. I don't know what he was thinking, but he narrowed his eyes again and said in a gloomy tone: "We will set off today and arrive at Yuqing Sect in a few days. By then, the leader of my sect will definitely entertain you well and make you feel at home... just like when I was in Tiandu Sect."
The old head of the sect stroked his whisk, pretending he didn't hear the thorn in his words, and said with a smile: "I feel relieved with the messenger's words. Qianyuan, disciple, just do your best in this sect competition, don't get hurt, and come back early."
"Follow Master's instructions."
Qi Qing bowed respectfully and gave Yue Ji a wink.
Yue Ji understood and stepped aside to say, "Sir Envoy, please come in."
The messenger raised his head and got on the carriage going down the mountain.
The wheels rumbled over the stone slabs. The mountain mist had not yet dissipated and the surroundings were completely silent.
The carriage was quiet for a while. The messenger's eyes moved between several people. When he was about to open his mouth to test Qianyuan Sword Master's background, a loud gong and drum suddenly exploded.
He frowned and lifted the carriage curtain: "Who is making noise here?"
Qi Qing was delighted, it seemed that Ji Chunfeng was quite reliable, and the event was indeed a grand one!
Sensing the envoy's probing gaze, he immediately frowned, cleared his throat, and condemned, "How disgraceful! How can we allow them to make such a noise in this important place of the sect?"
“Do you want disciples to go and disperse them?” Yue Ji agreed.
Qi Qing pretended to be in deep thought, then shook his head at last: "Forget it, listening to the music, it is probably a good thing. We cultivators, why should we bother with ordinary people? I think the envoy is broad-minded and will not care about such a small matter."
The messenger was given a high hat by him, snorted coldly, and slammed the curtain of the carriage down heavily, but he did not get angry in the end.
As the carriage traveled a little further, the noise became even more deafening.
Even Qianyuan Sword Master, who always liked to enter a state of meditation, opened his eyes and looked forward unexpectedly.
The driver reined in his horse at the right moment: "My lords, we have reached the foot of the mountain."
As soon as everyone got off the car, they were shocked by the scene before them.
——A sedan chair carried by eight people and a ten-mile long red wedding dress.
Who’s getting married at the gate of Tiandu Sect?
The matchmaker was waiting at the front with a smile on her face. When she saw them coming down, she flicked her handkerchief and the gongs and drums stopped in unison.
"Let's welcome the newcomers!"
Qi Qing was stunned: "..."
Yue Ji raised his eyebrows: “?”
The others fell into silence at the same time.
——Is this the “big event” that Ji Chunfeng mentioned? !
The veins on Qi Qing's forehead were throbbing.
Several people and the wedding procession stared at each other for a while, and the matchmaker came up to them, twisting her waist and asking carefully, "Which one is the bride?"
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Qi Qing.
Yue Ji had a playful look on his face, the messenger was confused and shocked, and Qian Yuan Sword Master also showed a strange and subtle expression.
Qi Qing smiled and said, "...it's not me anyway."
He turned around and wanted to find trouble with Ji Chunfeng, but was immediately stopped by Xi Po: "Sir, don't leave! The deposit has been paid, and this money is not refundable!"
Qi Qing paused: "How much?"
The fortune teller raised a finger.
"A spiritual stone?"
"Ten dollars!" said the matchmaker.
Qi Qing's eyes went dark, and he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Ji, Chun, Feng!"
This prodigal son actually used ten spiritual stones as a cushion! Ten!
Yue Ji suppressed his laughter, leaned closer and whispered: "Master, why don't you go up."
Qi Qing turned back angrily, but heard him give a reason that he couldn't refuse: "The money has been spent."
“…”
The young man's anger was immediately cut in half.
The matchmaker was still nagging, adding fuel to the fire: "You really can't retreat, sir, there are so many of us waiting to eat..."
After a while, Qi Qing walked towards the sedan chair with a gloomy face, and suddenly caught sight of the tall horse with a red silk tie in front, and stopped.
He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is this the groom's horse?"
"Yes, sir!" The matchmaker said quickly, "You can ride a horse, but the money for the sedan chair..."
"Don't worry." Qi Qing suddenly smiled and gave a meaningful look, "Just go on, I have another choice for the bridal sedan."
A quarter of an hour later, the wedding procession set off again.
The Yuqing Sect's envoy sat in the bridal sedan, his face turning pale. He looked at the master and disciple who were riding on a magical horse in front of him. He couldn't understand why he had been so bewildered as to agree to such a thing!
The road outside Tiandu Sect is difficult to walk on? He saw that these two people didn't want him to leave at all!
Qi Qing was in a good mood, and even hummed a little tune while riding on his horse. He raised his eyebrows at Yue Ji and said, "Isn't this a good idea?"
Yue Ji silently glanced at Qian Yuan Jian Zun who was deliberately keeping a distance from them: "Uncle Jian Zun seems to be afraid of being misunderstood as being in the same group with us."
"After all, he is an elder and has his own mount."
Qi Qing took a look and suddenly became interested: "When I become an elder, I will make you a more majestic mount to open your eyes!"
"How majestic?"
"Anyway, you've definitely never seen it, and then everyone in the sect will be envious."
Qi Qing waved his hand, thought of something, and gritted his teeth: "By the way, remember to stay away from Ji Chunfeng in the future."
Prodigal son, he will never ask this man to do anything again!
In this way, the envoy rode in a sedan chair, Qi Qing and Yue Ji rode horses, and Qianyuan Jianzun took his disciples to fly the magic weapon, and the group moved forward in silence for several days.
The wedding procession was quite responsible. After receiving the spirit stones, they began to play various instruments and sing diligently. The grand ceremony was as grand as possible. Wherever they passed, they attracted people's attention. It perfectly achieved the high-profile effect that Qi Qing had expected.
...but the rumor spread like wildfire.
There is no shortage of gossipy independent cultivators in the world of cultivation. At first, it was rumored that two brothers of Tiandu Sect shared a wife. However, after they found out that Qianyuan Jianzun and others were also in the team, they quickly changed their story and said that Qianyuan Jianzun left Tiandu Sect for love and took his disciples to seek refuge elsewhere.
All that would have been fine, but the most outrageous thing was that after someone recognized that the person sitting in the sedan chair was the envoy of Yuqing Sect, they began to spread rumors that the Tiandu Sect was shameless and, in order to curry favor with the big sect and qualify for the sect competition, they did not hesitate to send two handsome men to seduce the envoy of Yuqing Sect!
He even married her with great fanfare, only to see her becoming a poor and destitute relative of the Yuqing Clan.
Qi Qing, who heard the rumor, said: "..."
He didn't dare to look at the messenger's face.
On the fifth day of the journey, the messenger finally couldn't bear it anymore.
He lifted the curtain of the flower sedan, grabbed the spirit stone and threw it at the wedding party: "Everyone, get out of here!"
The bridesmaid's arms were hit by spiritual stones, and she immediately shook her handkerchief. The gongs and drums stopped, and the entire guard of honor looked at Qi Qing.
Qi Qing stared at the messenger's bulging purse and cautiously asked, "Um... I don't have to pay for this, right?"
"Do you think that this envoy can't even come up with this little bit of spirit stones?!" The envoy's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
Yue Ji rolled his eyes and sighed with regret: "What a pity, this ceremony cost the sect a lot of spirit stones."
Qi Qing's face was also full of pain, and he advised: "Why don't you just forget it? With the magnanimity of the envoy, why bother about these untrue words? The journey is difficult, why not use a sedan chair to travel more comfortably? The envoy should just pretend that you didn't hear anything, and we will reach Yuqing Gate in another month."
messenger:"……"
Another month?!
By the time he reached Yuqing Gate, his reputation was long gone! Would he just walk to the door and let his colleagues laugh at him?
Seeing that the two were still grumbling, the envoy took out a handful of spirit stones with a distorted expression: "This envoy has plenty of money! Now, immediately, tell them to get out!"
He originally thought that this action would embarrass the two, but Qi Qinghuan happily took the spirit stone, turned around and waved to the wedding party, saying: "Thank you all for your hard work, go back quickly! No need to see me off!"
The bridesmaid counted the unexpectedly large number of spiritual stones and smiled brightly: "Great!"
Both parties were satisfied with the result.
“…”
There was a flash of anger in the messenger's eyes.
The wedding party left, and he was terribly afraid that Qi Qing would do something weird again, so he bought a spirit horse with his own money and set off again.
But he never gave Qi Qing a good look along the way.
Qi Qing didn't care. After he became famous, he could hear one or two rumors in between sect competitions almost everywhere he went, like "Have you heard that the Tiandu Sect is so bold that it actually sent two brothers to marry the same envoy?"
In this way, with relatively good attention, the group traveled slowly for a month and finally arrived at the territory of Yuqing Gate.
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