Chapter 154 Conscripting Soldiers
Seeing that Jiaojue had taken the main seat, Shanwu once again carried Shanshui into the hall.
Today is the day the new god takes office, and it is also the first day that each of the lords reports to the new god. The mountains and rivers must also receive the farewells of each lord.
Seeing that Shan Shui's skin was peeling away and he looked miserable, Jiao Jue said, "Ji Rong, come into the palace."
Ji Rong and the others were sitting outside the hall, waiting for the banquet to begin.
Upon hearing the summons from the Jade, she flapped her wings, passed through the various lords, and came down to the platform. She bowed and asked, "What does Lord Jade want from me?"
Jiao Jue pulled a water sword from his mouth and squinted at Ji Rong, saying, "This sword is full of spiritual energy. You carry this sword and ride on the back of the Mountain and Water God."
Ji Rong caught the sword with her wing claws, walked to the surface of the mountain and water, squatted down, and secretly activated the spiritual lake in her body, spreading the golden source flow little by little; after sitting on the mountain and water, she indeed felt much better.
Shanwu circled around Ji Rong once, flicked its tail, and lay down beside her.
The various prefects stepped forward one by one to pay homage to the old mountain god and the water god. The mountain god on the left presented each of them with a simple wedding ring.
After paying homage to the old master, everyone will now pay homage to the new god, the silver plate. Shan Zuo will also present each of you with a simple wedding ring for the new god, the silver plate.
When it was time to worship the horn-shaped jade, the various lords presented various colored rings of different sizes, placing them on the large blue cushion of the horn-shaped jade, calling it a gift of offering.
Ji Rong watched with envy from the front of the stage, her neck swaying with each storage ring, wishing she could wear them all around her neck.
After all the lords had finished their prayers, Ji Rong thought of the treasures promised by Shan Shui and wanted to peck at Shan Shui's hand, but looking at his withered and peeling body, she rubbed her head against him instead.
Seeing her staring at him with her beady eyes and anxious expression, Shan Shui found it extremely cute and asked, "What is it?"
"My Lord." Ji Rong blinked for a moment, then leaned close to Shan Shui's ear and whispered, "Treasure, lots and lots of treasure, for us to use in the future."
Shan Shui couldn't help but smile, and Chao Shan Wudao said, "Brother, quickly pay your respects to your nephew."
Shan Wu glanced at Ji Rong, then spat out a simple but unusually large storage ring from his mouth. He hung the large storage ring on Ji Rong's beak and said, "There are no restrictions. You guys can choose yourselves. Give it back to me when you're done."
"Thank you, Uncle!" Ji Rong immediately beamed with joy. Although the Divine Lord had misunderstood her meaning, she could ask for more of his treasures after the banquet.
Now that she had access to the emperor's precious ring, Ji Rong felt extremely happy. Once she opened her mouth, she never closed it again.
Ji Rong pressed it down with her claws and buried it under her belly; the ring was too big, and she was afraid it would hurt the god.
Both sides of the mountain had already prepared delicacies. With the new god of Canglan taking office and worshipping the new god of celestial phenomena as his master, it was natural to hold several banquets. Today's banquet was an internal affair.
One stood inside the hall, and the other stood outside, on the left and right sides of the mountain.
Today, they not only had to keep an eye on the order in which the monkey servants served the dishes, but also on the order in which the bird servants brought out the corresponding wines...
In the past, Yinpan was the one who did these things, but now that Yinpan has taken a high seat, these tasks have fallen to his two brothers.
Shan Zuo wished he had eight pairs of eyes and sixteen claws, so he could watch over the four directions.
While waiting for the dishes to be served, Shan Zuo suddenly pulled Shan You aside and whispered, "Are we going to become servants of the new god? No way, I can't do that. I prefer to lie down and do nothing."
Shan You hesitated and said, "Let's finish this one first, and then we'll ask about it later."
Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing sat outside the hall. Outside the hall were the capable assistants of the various prefects, most of whom were of similar cultivation level to Gu Qingqing, with only a few having become kings.
Gu Qingqing looked at the dishes that had been served in front of her and was not very satisfied.
On the table are half a carcass of wind-dried pork, half a carcass of thunder beef, half a carcass of horned mutton, half a carcass of venison, two roasted colorful chickens, a sliced spirit mandarin fish, a bowl of fallen dragon pastry, a small basket of spirit green vegetables, a dozen spirit bamboo shoots, and a small basket of various third-tier spirit fruits.
She whispered to Ji Zhuang, "Zhuang, what is Ji Rong doing in there? Why don't we go in too?"
Ji Zhuang said, "The place is full of officials. Where would we sit? We wouldn't feel comfortable eating there."
“But their feast must be better. We are of lowly cultivation, so we should eat more of the good food.” After saying that, Gu Qingqing took three steps and leaped to the front of Shan Zuo. She squinted her eyes, put on a smile, and said in a sweet voice, “Uncle, my sister is inside. My brother and I want to go in too.”
Upon hearing this, Shan Zuo immediately sized up the fox in front of him.
Without hesitation, he stood up, picked her up, and handed her to Shan You, saying, "Brother, this fox niece is obviously clever and is at the Venerable Realm. You take her in to keep an eye on the wine, and I'll take that bird nephew with his low cultivation level outside the hall."
He handed Gu Qingqing over to Shan You, and Shan Zuo looked around again; when the cultivators caught Shan Zuo's gaze, they all got off the table and buried themselves under it.
One of the black tigers was not paying attention and was still eating and drinking at the banquet when his companions pulled him down by his legs. Before the tiger could even bare his teeth in anger, his companions whispered to him, "If you want to be captured by the Mountain Left Demon Emperor and have a banquet held for you, then you can go out and continue eating now."
Upon hearing this, the tiger immediately stopped moving.
Thus, Shan Zuo quickly found Ji Zhuang, who was still munching on fruit. He rushed over, grabbed him, and smiled at Ji Zhuang, revealing his white teeth, saying, "Nephew, stop eating for now. Quickly check if this dish is served correctly for your uncle."
As he spoke, Shan Zuo stuffed a wooden plaque into his hand and brought over a monkey, asking the two of them to match it up.
Gu Qingqing was dragged inside by Shan You and immediately stuffed with a bunch of badges.
Shan You looked at her seriously and said, "Nephew, the dishes have been served, but each lord has a different favorite wine, and your uncle really can't tell. You have to keep a close eye on it. These are the preferences of each lord. Check them and make sure you don't make a mistake. After you've checked, come sit down next to me and eat."
After saying that, Shan You swaggered off to sit at the last table and start eating.
Looking at the pile of wooden plaques, Gu Qingqing wanted to slap herself, but it was inappropriate to do so in public. So she took the plaques and asked the servants to check them one by one.
Fortunately, Gu Qingqing came from a prominent family. Although she had never hosted a banquet, she had tasted the usual dishes and fine wines before. Before long, she picked out the fine wines from the cellar and tasted each one. They were to her liking.
She instructed the servants to fill different jade pots with the required fine wine, and only after watching the servants correctly place the wines on the tables of the officials did she breathe a sigh of relief.
After finishing her work, Gu Qingqing walked to the last seat and prepared to eat.
However, there was no meat or wine left on the table, only some spiritual vegetables and fruits as accompaniments.
Gu Qingqing grabbed a fifth-tier rhinoceros fruit and sat there eating it without any enjoyment.
The rhinoceros fruit is a type of fruit that is often used as a side dish because of its rich colors and high yield. It tastes like grass juice, and no carnivorous cultivator likes it. Herbivorous cultivators also find it bland, so this fruit is cheap and easy to obtain.
Meanwhile, in the palace, Shan You was embracing a prefect's neck, drinking and eating meat together.
He grabbed a piece of roasted spirit-colored chicken, munching on it while laughing. He looked up and saw Gu Qingqing sitting at the end of the table. He walked over to Gu Qingqing with the chicken and asked in surprise, "Nephew, is that all?"
Gu Qingqing nodded, her eyes lighting up as she looked at the chicken in Shan's right hand. "Uncle, is this for me?"
Shanxi swallowed the remaining half of the chicken in one gulp, then pulled out a bunch of wooden plaques and stuffed them into Gu Qingqing's hands, saying, "Nephew, what's so good about chicken? Come, your uncle has something important to tell you..."
Holding her newly acquired plaque, Gu Qingqing stood at the end of the table, watching Ji Rong squatting on the platform being fed by Canglan Jun. She had no choice but to resign herself to her work again.
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