Chapter 196 Consultation
As soon as these words were spoken, a group of cultivators, including bear cultivators, ox cultivators, tiger cultivators, wolf cultivators, dog cultivators, and many other beasts, took off and rushed towards Zhan Shi. They were guards outside the Jade Void Palace Pill Tower. When they saw that Zhan Shi was indeed holding a spiritual material in his hand, they all bared their teeth and growled at him.
Seeing that bribery was not working, Zhan Shi had no choice but to squat and wait anxiously at the door.
Having finally spotted a cultivator emerging from inside, Zhan Shi stepped forward to inquire, hoping they could relay a message to Ji Rong on his behalf.
His cultivation level was high, so no cultivator dared to disobey him.
However, Ji Rong had only been on the mountain for a short time. Although she was quite famous, few cultivators in the Pill Pavilion truly knew her. For several days in a row, no cultivator responded to Zhan Shi's request.
Zhan Shi had been asking for permission for several days, and gradually he stopped being in a hurry to go in.
He and Yue Tu built a small wooden house next to Danlou. When they were hungry, they ate the Lingzhen that they originally intended to give to Ji Rong. The two bears lived a very enjoyable life.
As Zhan Shi ate, he thought to himself, "Fellow Daoist Ji Rong said she would feed us well. Now that she's inside and won't come out, it's not unreasonable for me to bring Yue Tu to eat her food."
After Lingzhen finished eating, Zhan Shi took Yue Tu to hunt in the mountains.
They remained there for forty days. Finally, Zhan Shi gathered a pile of spirit bamboo. As he passed the gates of Jade Void Palace on his way back…
To everyone's surprise, Ji Zhuangfei arrived. Ji Zhuangfei greeted the doorman with his standard smile and announced his identity.
Upon hearing that it was a priest, the doorman immediately asked politely, "Did you bring a warrant?"
So Ji Zhuang took out the Xuanhuan wooden plaque and said, "Is this what you mean?"
Upon seeing the prominent Jade Void Palace mark on the Xuanhuan wood, the gatekeeper immediately greeted him warmly, "Please wait a moment."
Zhan Shi, carrying a large stack of spirit bamboo, watched from the side. As soon as the gatekeeper left, he immediately threw down the spirit bamboo and stepped forward joyfully, saying, "Ji Shenshi, wait for us, take us in too."
Then he rushed to his makeshift shack and brought Yue Tu with him.
Seeing the two bears' excited expressions, Ji Zhuang remained silent.
The gatekeeper left quickly and returned quickly.
Also traveling with them was Shan Zhongfeng. Having seen Ji Rong many times, Shan Zhongfeng now looked at Ji Zhuang and found it difficult to classify Ji Zhuang and Ji Rong as being from the same group.
Ji Zhuang, unaware of his thoughts, saw Shan Zhongfeng arrive, respectfully bowed with his wing claws, and then shyly whispered, "Godfather!"
Upon hearing the word "godfather," Shan Zhongfeng was jolted awake. He shuddered, flicked his tail, and thought to himself: I have inherited Huang Da's legacy, and now I have three cubs: two birds and a fox!
Ji Rong alone has brought me so many benefits; what if all three came...?
Shan Zhongfeng's thoughts were racing, and he was overjoyed. His gaze towards Ji Zhuang immediately became fervent.
Zhan Shi, who was behind, took off his straw hat and hung it around his neck. He called out loudly to Shan Zhongfeng, "Fellow Daoist Shan, it's me. We've come to repay our debts. Take us back with you."
Shan Zhongfeng sized up the two bears and asked suspiciously, "My master didn't tell you to return them, so why are you here?"
Zhan Shi chuckled and said, "Back in Liangzhou, Fellow Daoist Ji Rong saved us, so from now on we'll be Ji Rong's bears."
Looking at the grinning Zhan Shi and the gleaming Yue Tu, Shan Zhongfeng felt that they were there to plunder his adopted daughter's treasure.
Normally, Yamanaka would have chased these two guys, who looked like they were just there to freeload, away.
But now that he felt the old man was rich, he thought that if the old man was raising his sworn brother and himself two tigers, it wouldn't hurt to raise two more bears as well. So he nodded and brought the two bears back to the Kun Dan Room as well.
After seeing Zhan Shi off that day, Gu Lin got busy.
After Danlou released the list of pills that Gu Lin Dansheng was good at, Danlou received a large number of orders and a huge amount of spirit crystals.
With all eight alchemy rooms in operation, Gu Lin not only had to ensure the production of therapeutic pills in the Kun Dan room, but also had to make guest appearances in the other seven alchemy rooms, keeping him extremely busy.
So he summoned all the cultivators from the Kun Dan Fang (a training center) together and assigned them a large amount of work.
Now, Shan Zhongfeng not only has to oversee all sorts of miscellaneous matters within the room, but also has to accompany the alchemists in other rooms to observe their alchemy processes.
Fortunately, he was used to doing those kinds of chores, so he wasn't too busy.
As for Ji Rong and Shan Wu, they were openly active, serving as attendants to Gu Lin.
But in private, Gu Lin told them that he was going to watch his senior brothers and sisters refine pills in the various alchemy rooms, and that they didn't need to be accompanied, so they could arrange things themselves.
Ji Rong and Shan Wubian resumed their life of nurturing the Mountain and Water God at night and cultivating during the day.
Occasionally, Ji Rong would force Shan Wu to read a passage or two from a book, which greatly increased Shan Wu's wisdom.
When Shan Zhongfeng led Ji Zhuang and Zhan Shi to find Ji Rong, Ji Rong was reading to Shan Wu in Qiao Na. After listening for a while, Shan Wu's eyelids gradually became heavy, and his head was swaying in the air, clearly about to fall asleep.
At that moment, Shan Zhongfeng didn't knock on the door and led the three cultivators in.
"Godfather!"
Upon hearing the door open, Ji Rong's face immediately scrunched up. She was about to scold Shan Zhongfeng for his bad habit of not knocking, but when she turned her head, she saw Ji Zhuang behind Shan Zhongfeng and was immediately surprised and delighted.
Ji Rong was overjoyed. She fluttered her wings happily and laughed around Ji Zhuang, making "ha-ha-ha" sounds.
The cold wind blowing in from outside the door immediately sobered Shan Wu up.
Ji Rong immediately said to Shan Wu happily, "Uncle, why don't you take Fellow Daoist Shi and the others to talk? I want to have a private chat with my brother."
Shan Wu nodded, flicked his tail, and said to Zhan Shi and the others, "Let's go."
Once the two tigers and two bears left, Ji Rong hugged her brother Ji Zhuang and rubbed against him. Ji Zhuang also happily flapped his wings and rubbed his face against Ji Rong. The two of them preened each other's feathers like that.
Then, Ji Zhuang said in a low voice, "Sister, are you doing well here?"
Ji Rong nodded proudly and said, "I'm doing well. I have knowledge and wealth; I'm truly a wealthy bird."
Brother, did you see that? Even the mighty bear king is eager to become my bear, hahahaha…”
Upon hearing this, Ji Zhuang felt relieved and said, "That's good. It wasn't in vain that Lord Jue gave you eighty percent of his treasure."
"Brother, how much are you asking for?!"
“Jade Lord was afraid you would be poor, so he gave you eighty percent of his treasures.”
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong suddenly felt that the strings of storage rings on both sides of her wings were no longer appealing. She took out the untouched storage ring and hung it around Ji Zhuang's neck, saying, "Take this back with you. Jue Jun is a newly ascended god; how can he do without treasures?"
Then, she propped up three toes on her wings and whispered mysteriously, "Brother, I am different from you. I have three bodies, so you don't need to worry about me lacking money."
Ji Zhuang immediately understood upon hearing this.
Ji Rong continued smugly, "I presented them with a piece of alchemy from the Wu Clan."
Now, I hold the title of a servant in the Kun Dan Room of the Jade Void Palace, but I don't have to do any work.
I don't need any treasures for food or drink now, and I can still receive 10,000 spirit crystals every month. Uncle Shanwu receives even more; he can receive 15,000 spirit crystals every month.
A while ago, the Alchemist Master of Gulin became famous throughout the land because of our alchemy performance in Liangzhou. I heard from my godfather that he will be the richest person in the Alchemy Pavilion in the future…”
Upon hearing this, Ji Zhuang nodded, tucked the storage ring around his neck under his wing, and said, "If anything changes, just let me know, and I'll send you more treasures. The Dragon and Phoenix Palace is full of spiritual energy, so we don't need to spend much these days."
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