Chapter 256 The Jade Pool Banquet Begins (2)
While they were eating, the Golden Mother Goddess at the head of the table spoke again: "I have seen your determination. I only have one seal, but you have hundreds. It is too difficult to divide. If you want to go to the Palace of Fortune and Prosperity, then leave on your own."
Those who do not wish to go, according to ancient custom, whoever wins, shall sit here with me.
As soon as the Golden Mother finished speaking, eleven members of the divine race knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we are willing to go to Luchi to give it a try."
Jin Mu looked at them and nodded, saying, "Wang Yue, see them off."
Wang Yue immediately leaped down from the high platform, flicked out her four fluffy and huge tails, curled up the four of them, and then took quick steps to throw them out.
As soon as Wang Yue left, Juan Gui respectfully bowed to both Jin Mu and Xi Zhu before following Wang Yue away.
Then, the herb gardener, Zigao, along with a group of servants, connected the table and thus surrounded the remaining gods within it.
As soon as the table was placed on the ground, it seemed as if a mechanism had been triggered, and the ground sank in. Twenty giant spiders crawled out from the cracks and together wove a large web of golden light. They laid the web in the depression and pressed down the end of the web, making the area tightly sealed.
A natural cage appeared before everyone's eyes.
Many of the gods, seeing that they were truly surrounded, tried to escape, but were forked back by the head attendant. An old man cried out in grief and indignation, "Your Majesty, all these years, we have worked diligently and sincerely submitted to you. Are you going to exterminate us today?"
The Golden Mother shook her head and sighed, "I gave you several chances to go to Luchi, but you all failed to cherish them."
"I have only one seal, yet you all desire it. In that case, let us fight according to the rules. Only the winner will be qualified to speak to me."
The returning moon, with several divine weapons coiled around its tail, was quickly taken by a spider that caught them and threw them inside. The gods below, who had been besieged, were initially filled with panic, but upon seeing the weapons, they immediately began to snatch them up, plunging into a fierce battle.
On the high platform, Queen Mother turned her head to look at the gods and said, "What do you think of my banquet for the gods?"
Xi Zhu spoke up: "I don't like to watch fools fight like trapped beasts. You have cut down Nan Lu, but they are still only staring at your Myriad Things Seal. It is clear that they are dull-witted and incapable of being cultivated."
"They should all be dead. I don't want to sit in the same row as such stupid guys."
The Golden Mother stroked her paw and laughed, "After my death, Xi Jun's family will be the most powerful. Who can compare to you?"
After the platter was served, while the cultivators were admiring the gods' struggle against the trapped beasts, another dish of flower petals was placed on the table. Ji Rong had never seen this flower before. She tasted it and found it to be somewhat cool and refreshing.
Inside the cave, for every person who died, a spider would spin a silk thread, pull them out, and throw them to the woman of sorrow. After the woman of sorrow caught it, the blood mist on her body would spread over the body. Only when the body's color faded a little did she quickly begin to cut it open.
Suddenly, there was so much meat at the banquet that Ji Rong could barely keep up with the speed at which the waiters were serving the dishes. Seeing that his junior sister couldn't finish, Qing Guanzi kindly helped her eat most of it.
Qing Guanzi always ate meat with his mouth wide open, behaving very rudely. Qing Pingzi was bothered by his foul breath several times, and had no choice but to give him a whack with his tail. Qing Guanzi learned his lesson and then obediently changed to eating in smaller bites.
The struggle beneath the net intensified. On the other side, the goddess had transformed into a celestial being, wielding two knives and chopping with incredible speed, as if hundreds of knives were swinging through the air. The kites beside her also joined in, skinning the birds.
They made two revisions, satisfying the needs of the remaining twenty-two seats at the inner banquet.
Watching Shangnu and Yuanniao's movements, Jinmu raised an eyebrow and said to Xizhu, "Xijun, the number of attendants is never important. Look at these two, they can do the work of ten. You love peace and quiet, and like me, you enjoy holding banquets. You should choose such useful cultivators."
Xi Zhu looked at Jin Mu and said, "I have fulfilled your request. When will you fulfill your promise?"
The Golden Mother looked at the Lord of the Sun, sinking her body into the divine throne. She closed her eyes and said, "What's the rush? Enjoy this moment with me. When the time comes, I will do it naturally. If you find it noisy, you can leave. I won't force you."
He pointed to the empty desk that belonged to Nanlu and said, "Speaking of which, Nanlu has been with you for many years. Have you gone to see him? Hahahaha."
When Xi Zhu heard the Golden Mother's words, which showed no mercy to Him, he raised his eyebrows, but in the end he only uttered one sentence: "Whatever makes you happy."
Upon hearing this, the Golden Mother laughed heartily with satisfaction. Looking ahead, she said, "I have indeed been very happy lately. Although you guys are not very likable, I haven't had this much fun in a long time."
The battle within the net was drawing to a close, and only one member of the azure-colored tribe remained in the cage. He was the most robust, and it was inevitable that he would survive to the end.
The Golden Mother waved her claws, and the twenty royal spiders retracted their webs. The Azure Phoenix grabbed the god and brought him to the Golden Mother's feet. The Golden Mother patted the divine throne beneath her and said, "Young fellow, do you want to become a god, or the master of this throne?"
The young man immediately raised his lowered head, and a fierce glint flashed in his deep blue eyes.
The Golden Mother said, "When I was born, many gods like you became gods through this game of gods. But times have changed, and you are no longer able to pull me down from my throne."
"And today, I do not wish to choose a successor."
As she spoke, the Golden Mother reached out with one claw and ripped out the creature's heart. She opened her sharp mouth full of fangs and swallowed the heart.
Wang Yue used her two tails to bind the young man's still thrashing and roaring body, and headed towards the wounded woman.
With the death of the young man, chaos erupted at the banquet outside. The sounds of chaotic fighting came from outside, and colorful spells crashed into the great formation that Long Jun had erected, creating ripples. Some, filled with despair, even crashed into the great formation and exploded on the spot, their flesh and blood splattering everywhere, but all in vain.
Long Jun, who was perched above the great formation, sprayed a mouthful of water, and the flesh and blood flowed out with the water, leaving no trace. Meanwhile, the gods at the head of the formation remained calm and chatted casually.
The fighting outside grew more intense. The Golden Mother stood up with a hint of excitement, spread her claws, and said to the guests below, "Listen carefully to these beautiful wails; they will never be heard again."
The Golden Mother stood at the head of the table with her majestic body. The divine light of the Myriad Things Seal above her head shone brightly. It was so warm and bright, yet Ji Rong felt that it was dark and close to decay.
Ji Rong stretched her neck out from under Qing Guanzi's belly and asked him in a low voice, "Senior Brother, why did the Golden Mother Goddess do this?"
As Qing Guanzi enjoyed his meal, he ate the meat while squinting his eyes and replied, "It's delicious."
Ji Rong...it was indeed delicious, but that wasn't what she wanted to ask.
She turned her head to look at Qingpingzi's increasingly serious face, then stretched out her wing claws to touch the plate of meat before shrinking back inside.
Even if something is really big, my two senior brothers will take care of it!
Thinking of this, Ji Rong continued to eat and drink without worry.
After all, we can't eat like this anymore.
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