Chapter 277 Worries (1)
After the banquet, Qing Guanzi transformed into a magic dragon and swiftly crossed the Guangyang Mountains, arriving at the Fulu Mountains.
He led the cultivators through mountains and valleys to find the Si Nu who was still hovering above the archway and said, "You look very strong, how about we have a fight?"
Upon hearing this, Si Nu's eyes immediately blazed with fighting spirit, but she refused, saying, "I have important matters to attend to today and it is inconvenient for me to fight. Once this matter is settled, I will definitely go to Yu Xu Palace to seek guidance from the Great Sage Guan Shan!"
Qing Guanzi nodded and said, "Alright, then you'd better hurry. I'm much older than you, so don't wait until I'm about to pass away before you come. Otherwise, your victory will be unfair."
Upon hearing this, Si Nu's fighting spirit intensified. She said, "Great Sage Guanshan, rest assured, I will definitely come to find you and have a showdown!"
Qing Guanzi nodded to Si Nu, then roared with joy several times before speeding towards the Jade Void Mountain Range with Qing Pingzi and the others.
As soon as they crossed the Fulu Mountains, Qing Guanzi immediately set up a soundproof barrier. He turned to Qing Pingzi and whispered, "Senior brother, I found out in just a few words that the new god hasn't appeared yet, and Si Nu can't leave."
He looked smug, flicking his tail lightly, as if he wanted to praise me.
Qingpingzi nodded slightly, picked out a wide-mouthed jade bottle from the gifts from Guangyang Palace, opened the cap, and put it into Qingguanzi's mouth.
Qing Guanzi licked the juice from the small jade bottle clean, closed his eyes happily, and then went back to walking.
Upon returning to the entrance of Jade Void Palace, Qing Guanzi put down the other cultivators and, unusually, said to Qing Pingzi, "Senior brother, you may go back now. I have a few words to say to Qing Jizi."
After Qingpingzi and his group had gone far away, Qingguanzi quickly brought Ji Rong to his cave. He said earnestly, "Junior sister, you can't be soft-hearted. If we don't kill them, what will we eat?"
Ji Rong sighed, "Senior brother, I'm not being overly kind and pitying them, but I saw that many of the cultivators there were very young, and it reminded me of myself."
When I was young, I lived in the Danxue Mountains.
At that time, my brother and I had only recently become intelligent when we heard our elders discussing the matter of drawing lots to cook dishes every night, and they were filled with anxiety.
Although the Golden Mother Goddess granted exemption from the lottery for creatures with intelligent infants, I wonder, what if one day the gods in the clouds change their minds and want to prepare a "Hundred Phoenix Chicks' Cry," making all the infants draw lots? What should I do then?
As she spoke, she smiled bitterly and said, "At that time, I was heartbroken and felt like the butcher's knife was about to chop me up. Even now, when I think about it, I still feel scared."
Upon hearing this, Qing Guanzi nodded and said, "You're right."
In this respect, the Golden Mother Goddess did a very good job in the past; we rarely saw her kill children at banquets.
Even at the last Yaochi Banquet we attended together, the goddess killed the birds and beasts she kept.
Those creatures were all forcibly bred and forced to grow; they have little fighting power and can't even forage for food on their own. They're all idiots.
Even if the Empress doesn't kill it, it will be preyed upon by other cultivators in the future and won't live long at all.
"If all the ancient gods had acted like the Golden Mother Goddess, my Mountain Dragon Clan wouldn't have been wiped out."
Ji Rong looked at Qing Guanzi, who was concerned about her, and replied obediently, "Don't worry, Senior Brother. Jue Jun once warned me not to be soft-hearted. I know what I'm doing."
Qing Guanzi shook his head and said, "Junior sister, since you know this, why did you still ask that little gorilla to wipe the tables and legs at the end of the banquet? She's not good enough for us."
And you've drawn all the attention to your greasy, smudged spot. How will other cultivators view you, and how will they view our Jade Void Palace?
Ji Rong looked at Qing Guanzi, who spoke with such righteous indignation, and found it amusing. Dragons are dragons after all. This senior brother Qing Guanzi may seem to have no desires, but he is actually very concerned about his reputation.
Ji Rong immediately raised her neck high, spread her wings slightly, stuck them on her body, and then confidently exclaimed, "Oh, Senior Brother!"
"I am Qing Ji Zi, the closed-door disciple of Ling Xiao Zi of Yu Xu Palace. What's wrong with asking a lowly servant from Guang Yang Palace to wipe the legs of a table?"
Senior brother's cultivation is profound; he is one of the top cultivators in the Nine Provinces. Now that I, your junior sister, am standing before you, I will surely benefit from your influence.
I only spilled a few drops of oil there; who dares to laugh?
Senior brother, believe it or not, even if I, your junior sister, lay on the ground at the grand banquet and threw a tantrum, they wouldn't dare to look at me twice. Instead, they would praise me for being innocent and cute.
That little ape cultivator was able to withstand the pressure from all the great cultivators and walk to the center. I, her junior sister, truly admire her. She is a talent and shouldn't have died so young.
The moment I saw her, I knew she had only acted foolishly and rushed to the slaughterhouse. I gave her a chance to live, and she seized it. It's clear she's blessed.
Upon hearing Ji Rong's words, Qing Guanzi felt that Ji Rong was very similar to his deceased junior brother Qing Hezi. Although their purposes were different, they were both eloquent and had a strong ability to cause trouble.
Back then, Qing Guanzi was just a newly ascended mountain dragon, not a gatekeeper. He mainly served as a mount for his master, Ling Xiaozi, and only occasionally slept at the mountain gate.
It was Qinghezi who ran off to swindle and cheat, was chased by his enemies, and then ran back to his master crying and complaining that as his senior brother, he had seen him being beaten but hadn't closed the mountain gate, which made his master think he hadn't supervised him properly, so he punished him by making him guard the mountain gate alone for ten years! How despicable!
For those ten years, he sat at the mountain gate, drinking the wind and missing out on eating so many meat pills. He also ate so much more dust because he took beatings for Qinghezi!
He's a mountain dragon, and he doesn't like eating dirt!
The more Qing Guanzi thought about it, the more he felt that Ji Rong was just as slippery as Qing Hezi, and that he might not be able to get a peaceful night's sleep in the future.
He thought to himself, "After I rest for a while, I must have a good talk with my senior brother about this."
Qing Guanzi slept for six days straight. When he woke up and remembered Ji Rong, he stretched his head out onto the cliff and saw a scene that he would never forget.
His most respected senior brother, Qingpingzi, was seen riding a large cloud, lying in the air, muttering to himself, appearing as if he were insane.
Behind the cloud, a golden light shone brightly. Qing Guanzi felt a sense of closeness upon seeing it and wanted to go over.
"Treasure, treasure!" He thought to himself and did just that. He climbed the cliff and headed obsessively toward the place where Qingpingzi was.
They completely forgot that Yunya was Qingpingzi's territory.
Just as he reached the top of the cliff, the golden light seemed to have noticed him, flashed a few times, and then disappeared.
As soon as the golden light disappeared, Qingpingzi stood up abruptly, grabbed his junior sister Qingjizi on the cloud with both claws, and shook her while calling out, "Junior sister, it's not time yet, let me watch a little longer!"
Ji Rong, however, did not indulge the already engrossed Qing Pingzi. She immediately transformed into a smaller celestial being and escaped from Qing Pingzi's claws. Then, she quickly transformed into a magic bird in the air. She raised her wings and claws to scratch Qing Pingzi's face, and shouted, "Senior brother, Senior Brother Qing Guanzi is here. Wake up!"
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