Chapter 248 The Scroll
Gu Lin's hand froze in mid-air, and before he could even speak, Ji Rong had already gone far away. He could only sigh in his heart, "Qing Ji Zi, have you forgotten that I am also qualified to attend the banquet?"
In his impoverished past, the old Taoist priest Gulin was often ridiculed, both openly and subtly, by many of his peers at banquets, which is why he disliked attending them.
Now that he finally has both wealth and fame, and doesn't have to deal with that bastard Shan Zhongfeng anymore, Gu Lin naturally wants to take advantage of the banquet to straighten his back and show off.
But Gu Lin knew that there was a great secret in the Shoudao Palace, and he had to guard it carefully.
He could only sit there sighing repeatedly, and then asked his disciple, who was standing by, to invite his master, Kiyohiro, over.
With the grand banquet approaching, prominent cultivators from all over will attend, and some may even gather together for a pre-banquet feast.
The order of the entire Jade Void Mountain Range must be much looser now, so he needs to ask his master, Qing Guangzi, for some strong protective measures before he can feel at ease.
At the unloading workshop, Shan Zhongfeng had already dissected the beast's body and gained insights from the dissection.
As a very clean tiger, Shan Zhongfeng was originally very reluctant to dissect the flesh, but unfortunately he kept drawing the internal structure of the beasts incorrectly.
Shan Wu was not as eloquent as Ji Rong when teaching Shan Zhongfeng, so whenever Shan Zhongfeng drew something incorrectly, Shan Wu would beat him up.
After being beaten three times in a row, Shan Zhongfeng obediently began to learn dissection techniques. He had some talent in this area. Shan Wujin slowly demonstrated the claw technique of dissecting beasts to him twice, and Shan Zhongfeng grasped the essentials.
Nowadays, in the Jade Void Palace's butchering workshop, when it comes to the art of butchering meat, Shan Zhongfeng only admires Shan Wu and Pan Cong.
Apart from those two, if Shan Zhongfeng claims to be fourth, no cultivator would dare to claim to be third.
Ji Rong stayed at the unloading workshop for two days and expressed great satisfaction with Shan Zhongfeng's learning progress and work ability.
She privately said to Shan Zhongfeng, "Godfather, I think you not only have a promising future in alchemy, but I also think you can learn medicine and poison. If you want to learn, after the banquet, I will tell my nephew Gu Lin and then go to the Ancient Witch Relics Department to find those books for you."
Shan Zhongfeng shook his head and said, "My dear girl, I won't learn it. I'll only refine pills."
Ji Rong patiently persuaded him, "Naturally, it's for alchemy, godfather. Think about it, you've already become an emperor, you can create your own path, why do you have to leave your master?"
Since elixirs and poisons are inseparable, why don't you learn more, integrate them into your alchemy, and then create your own alchemy system, becoming the progenitor of that new system?
Shan Zhongfeng's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he immediately began to excitedly swirl his tail and nod.
Then, Shan Zhongfeng took out a piece of leather and handed it to Ji Rong, saying, "My dear girl, everything Pan Cong knows is here."
Ji Rong glanced at the leather and saw detailed records about the appearance of the Fallen Maiden's feathers, her private complaints about the Azure Phoenix and the Golden Cauldron Goddess, and details of her cleansing herself at the Immortal Spring many years ago...
Ji Rong glanced at it twice and couldn't help but laugh, "How can he be so shameless and vomit so quickly?"
Shan Zhongfeng swished its tail triumphantly and said sweetly, "I followed your method, my dear girl, and gave him treasures. He then gradually revealed everything related to the fallen maiden."
Yesterday he said he wanted to go with me to deliver meat, and that he wanted to find out about Shang Nu's recent situation so he could come back to me to exchange for spirit crystals. But I was worried he might reveal something to Shang Nu, so I didn't agree.
Ji Rong raised one of his wings and said approvingly to the mountain center: "That's right, godfather, we can't let him go. If he makes a big fuss, tell him that I can take him after the banquet."
After handing over the matters concerning the unloading workshop, Ji Rong headed towards the Cloud Cliff of Jade Void Peak. She had accomplished a major task recently and also gained the unexpected treasure scroll. She was unsure whether she had truly managed to deceive everyone.
Therefore, she had to stay in what she considered the safest and most secure place.
Ji Rong thought that even if those main gods knew about her plan, they wouldn't go to the Cloud Cliff and kill her in front of Qing Pingzi.
Thinking of this, Ji Rong quickened her pace.
Ji Rong reached the edge of the clouds but did not see Qing Pingzi. She looked around and called out "Senior Brother." Then she saw the clouds in front of her quickly disperse, and Qing Pingzi, with his five tails waving, walked out from the depths of the clouds with steady steps. He said, "Junior Sister, you're better so quickly? What brings you here today?"
Ji Rong immediately took out the scroll of leather given to her by Shan Zhongfeng from under her wing, waved it at Qing Pingzi, suppressed her laughter, and tried to put on a serious look, saying, "Senior brother, I'm coming to your place to recuperate. I've received some new information, but I don't know if it's true or not, so I brought it with me today to show you."
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi immediately stood up, took the scroll, and began to read it slowly with Ji Rong.
Then, looking at Ji Rong, whose brows were furrowed as she tried to suppress her laughter, he said, "Junior sister, laugh if you want to. This place was built by Master, and no one can see into it."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately raised her neck and laughed triumphantly towards the sky, "Ha ha ha."
From the information on this skin, Ji Rong and Qing Pingzi knew that this was not the first time the Golden Cauldron Goddess had sought out an incarnation.
The Golden Cauldron Goddess is an ancient deity. In terms of age, she is two generations older than Ling Xiaozi and is the oldest existing deity. However, even a powerful being like Ling Xiaozi has turned to ashes, while she has not yet disintegrated, which is abnormal.
There were many speculations among the cultivators, with some, like Qingpingzi, believing that the Golden Cauldron Goddess had used an incarnation technique to slow down her own decline.
However, according to the scroll, the Golden Cauldron Goddess had already used the technique of forced fusion.
Qingpingzi turned his head and explained to Ji Rong, "I originally thought that His divine attendant Qingluan took a part of Him and descended to the mortal world to cultivate His incarnation, but I didn't expect that it wasn't the case."
The so-called forced fusion technique means that the original body does not give up anything at all, but directly seizes everything of the compatible cultivator and merges it into itself, but this method has many hidden dangers.
"The Golden Cauldron Goddess's divine body must have developed a problem long ago and could no longer be divided, which is why such an extreme method was used."
Ji Rong nodded repeatedly as she listened, and then asked, "What potential risks might there be?"
Qingpingzi looked at Ji Rong and said solemnly, "The inability to speak is only part of the story. Perhaps His mind has already stopped thinking, or perhaps His body has already begun to disintegrate. We will know these things soon enough."
Kiyohime, something is bound to happen at this Yaochi Banquet. I have long been immersed in the wind and dew, and no longer care for worldly things.
"At this grand banquet, you and my junior brother Qing Guanzi will serve as my attendants, and come to my side to taste the dishes."
Ji Rong had accomplished something important, and she knew this was not the time to indulge in food. However, hearing Qing Pingzi's concern for her, she naturally nodded and sincerely bowed to Qing Pingzi, saying, "Thank you for your care, Senior Brother."
Qing Guanzi, ranked thirtieth, is a mountain dragon who has attained sainthood through battle and has been entrenched on the outskirts of Yuxu Palace for many years. He loves combat skills above all else, and the outer guards are all trained by him.
His entire body was yellowish-brown, and he had four claws. If you didn't look closely, you would often mistake him for a lizard cultivator. He was one of the few great cultivators in the Jade Void Palace who was in charge of worldly things.
After handing over the scroll, Ji Rong settled down on Qing Pingzi's cliff. Qing Pingzi didn't ask Ji Rong why she insisted on staying there even though she wasn't injured.
The old man and the young boy often discussed the situation in Kyushu when the sun was just rising.
As soon as the sun set and the orange light shone overhead, the two of them would poke a hole in the window of the Octagonal Palace and watch the puppets inside listlessly carrying Ling Xiaozi's jade statue around the puppet realm.
Ji Rong found this kind of life extremely interesting.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
