Chapter 176 Letting the Talk
Shan Wu grinned and said, "Niece Ji Rong, you're really smart."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong proudly replied, "Of course." She raised her chin and laughed loudly towards the roof.
Shanshui never woke up again, and he was just like a puppet. Baoshan and the others were also getting weaker day by day. Ji Rong was reluctant to use too much of the immortal spring to nourish them, but she also wanted to keep it to cover up for Shanshui. She was quite conflicted.
So, during her daily teaching of Shan Zhongfeng's "Danfa" (a form of internal alchemy), she asked him again if he had any cheap ways to nurture these creatures of faith.
Shan Zhongfeng said, "They may have a hundred skills for puppetry, but most of them are quite eccentric. At most, my alchemy has some side effects, but they are a group of guys who can turn their fellow disciples and ancestors into puppets. Daughter, it's best if we don't deal with them."
Upon hearing Shan Zhongfeng's words, Ji Rong immediately became interested. She was familiar with using corpses as puppets, and she also had "Puppet Techniques," a method she couldn't master. If she released it at the right time, the cultivators of the Jade Void Palace's Puppet Hundred Skills Valley might one day have to pay her a half-master's respect.
"Haha, if that's the case, I'll make them all respectfully call me Lord Ji!" Ji Rong's mind kept replaying the scene of being respected by the cultivators of Jade Void Palace. When she thought of the exciting parts, she flapped her wings, stretched her neck, and laughed wildly. But she knew in her heart that she had only just taught the old Taoist Gu Lin the "alchemy" and it was not appropriate to reveal it to him again.
After obtaining Ji Rong's "alchemy method," the old Taoist Gu Lin did not hand it over. Instead, he took his four favorite disciples to study it in his own alchemy room. He handed over all the miscellaneous affairs of the Kun alchemy room to Shan Zhongfeng, and now Shan Zhongfeng was in charge of the Kun alchemy room.
So, with a conflicted mind, Ji Rong asked, "Father, may I take Uncle out for a while?"
Why?
"There's hope!" Ji Rong thought to herself, her mind racing. She immediately led Shan Zhongfeng to see the three goblins in the cage and said, "I like all four goblins very much, but raising them is too expensive. So I think I'll just keep one and let the other three live. I'll throw them back to their birthplace."
Shan Zhongfeng looked at her and said, "Your soft-heartedness is a bad thing. Creations of faith like these should all be annihilated in one furnace..."
But he immediately thought of the one with the softer heart, so he stopped talking and asked, "Where are you going to put it? Will it be back within three months?"
Ji Rong thought for a moment and decided that it was possible, so he nodded and said, "Go to Liangzhou, I will release them and then come back."
Then she took out the Xuanhuan wooden tablet and said, "This time when I go out, please restore the aura in the Xuanhuan wooden tablet for me, and also give my uncle and me a travel permit to Liangzhou."
Shan Zhongfeng agreed; once he put his mind to it, he was very efficient at handling such miscellaneous tasks.
Shan Wu was very happy to hear that he was going out. Although Yuxu Palace was nice, it was hard to even gather a table for people to talk and drink. The cultivators were either busy scheming against each other or closed their doors to cultivate and improve their skills.
He had been in the Emperor Realm for many years, but his arduous cultivation had been useless. He wanted to go to the Unloading Workshop, but he had only been at Tianxu Palace for a short time and was not experienced enough for the workshop to accept him.
So, Shan Wu spent his days either sunbathing or practicing martial arts with the younger Ji Rong.
Ji Rong was slippery; when she couldn't win a fight, she would fly into the air and launch a sneak attack. Shan Wu felt that this life was very boring, but now that he knew he could go out for three whole months, he suddenly became energetic.
Knowing that he could go out, Ji Rong carried the mountain and water on his back that very night. The next day, Shan Zhongfeng handed Ji Rong the travel permit and the brand-new Xuanhuan wooden token, saying, "Come back as soon as possible, lest the old man finishes refining the pill and then comes out and finds you gone."
Ji Rong said to Shan Zhongfeng, "If nothing unexpected happens, I will definitely return within three months. I will inevitably pass through Da Dan City again on this trip. Is there anything you want to bring?"
Shan Zhongfeng waved his hand and said, "I'm too busy with worldly affairs to start the furnace. Don't bring me anything. You two go and come back quickly."
Upon hearing this, Shan Wu excitedly wagged his tail and said, "Nephew, let's go."
Ji Rong smiled and said, "Let's go." She then turned to Shan Zhongfeng and said, "Godfather, please see us off."
Shan Zhongfeng nodded, waving his handkerchief as he saw the two off to the foot of the mountain, a pang of reluctance rising in his heart.
Seeing his expression, Ji Rong smiled and said, "Godfather, do you have any pills that I can take out and try? I'll record the reactions of those cultivators after they take the pills for you."
But please don't give me that kind of pill that makes you sleep for ten or eight years, or I'll really have to come back later.
Upon hearing Ji Rong's words, Shan Zhongfeng became excited. He took out a large pile of pills from his storage ring, picked and chose thirty bottles for Ji Rong, and said while wagging his tail, "That's all."
Then, he winked and said, "You've reminded me that there are two bottles here with stamps. They are the new pills that the old man refined a while ago, and they were originally meant to be used."
Seeing that he didn't have time for that right now, I took it, intending to keep it for myself. But I'll give it to you today; you can distribute it as you see fit.
If you haven't returned yet, and the old man asks about you, I can tell him I sent you out to perform alchemy.
Ji Rong collected all the pills, mounted Shan Wu's back, and showed the Xuanhuan wooden plaque to Shan Zhongfeng, saying, "When I return, will you still come to pick me up?" Then she flew away with Shan Wu.
After traveling for a while, Shan Wu slowed down and turned to Ji Rong, asking, "Nephew, are we going to Liangzhou this time to find the bear that Lord Jue mentioned?"
Ji Rong laughed and said, "Why can't we just release these goblins back to their birthplace?"
Shan Wu was puzzled. He stopped, stared blankly at Ji Rong, and asked, "If that's all there is to it, why have we gone through all this trouble?"
Ji Rong then told Shan Wu to stop. She took out some food and ate with Shan Wu while saying, "Uncle, do you believe me for being kind?"
Shan Wu haphazardly threw the food into his big mouth, swallowed it in three bites, and then said, "I believe you, but is it worth making a trip for those three weak goblins?"
Ji Rong nodded and said, "Of course they are worth it."
"Uncle, you eat so much every day at Jade Void Palace and just sit there doing nothing. Aren't you bored? Wouldn't it be nice if we went out for some fresh air while Godfather is handling things?"
Shan Wuyi glanced at himself and said, "That's right. The cultivators in Jade Void Palace all love to cultivate in asceticism. Those days are incredibly boring. Look at me, I've only been here for a few months and I've already gained weight." After saying that, they ate and drank for a while and then sped off towards Liangzhou.
There were some things Ji Rong didn't tell Shan Wu. The reason she didn't was because Shan Wu only possessed the linear thinking of a powerful individual.
If she were to say to Shan Wu: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Ji Rong thought that even if she explained it in great detail, Shan Wu's brain would probably still not be able to understand it.
So after releasing the goblins, she will take the opportunity to make contact with the group of believers.
Secondly, she genuinely felt that the goblin she renamed Baoshan was worth the trip.
As Baoshan said, they have been diligent and conscientious since birth and have not done anything evil. Why should such good creatures perish in her hands?
It is perfectly acceptable for someone in a position of power to suddenly have a kind heart and do a good deed.
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