Chapter 281 Benefits
Now that the matter of the two mountains had been settled, Ji Rong said, "Dear senior brothers and sisters, I have some matters to attend to during this period and cannot go in person. Senior Brother Qing Guanzi is acquainted with Jue Jun of the Dragon and Phoenix Palace."
If Senior Brother Qingguanzi is available, please have him deliver a message to me and handle this matter.
Qi Fengqing nodded and said, "That's very good."
As she spoke, she transformed into a celestial being with scales covering her entire body, green eyes, and a tongue as sharp as a blade.
She bowed to Qingpingzi and said, "Senior brother, if it is decided that junior brother Qingguanzi will handle this matter, then junior sister will guard the mountain gate for junior brother Qingguanzi until he returns."
Qingpingzi nodded and said, "Then this matter is settled."
Then, Kiyohirako said to Kiyohiroko, "Kiyohiroko, I wish to travel and seek an opportunity to complete the Hundred Skills Seal."
Your disciples are quite adept at miscellaneous tasks, so I'll trouble you to look after the Octagonal Palace while I'm away."
Upon hearing this, Qing Guangzi immediately stood up, arched his hooves, and bowed respectfully, saying, "Senior brother, you can go with peace of mind."
Having clarified the ownership of the mountain, Qingpingzi continued to write and draw on the cloud cliff. He retrieved clouds and sent out many unanswered letters.
Then, he took out two whisks from the now much thinner Yunya and led Ji Rong to the Octagonal Palace.
The Hundred Skills Seal was hung high in the palace, and Qingpingzi was wielding it beside him, nurturing each of the puppet beasts one by one.
Ji Rong grew impatient and went to the Shoudao Palace to examine the nine bodies of the Great Witch.
After confirming that the nine great witch bodies were lying comfortably, he then headed back to Cloud Cliff.
When Ji Rong returned to the foot of the cloud cliff, she saw that Qing Guangzi was already respectfully guarding there.
Ji Rong flapped her wings and called out, "Senior brother, you've come so early!" Then she stood beside Qing Guangzi, below him.
Another day passed, and only when the sun rose high in the sky did Qingpingzi emerge from the Octagonal Palace.
He solemnly presented a whisk to Qing Guangzi's face. Qing Guangzi lowered his head, took the whisk in his mouth, and then leaped onto the top of the octagonal palace, where he lay motionless.
As Qing Guangzi lay still, holding a whisk in his mouth, white clouds gradually gathered above the palace, obscuring Qing Guangzi until he disappeared from sight.
Seeing the white clouds gather again, Qingpingzi took the remaining whisk and waved it towards the cloud cliff.
The clouds and mist surged and dispersed within the vast cloud cliff, gradually revealing a huge lotus-shaped magical artifact covered in moss.
Qingpingzi stood up, tucked the whisk under his arm, made hand seals with his hands, and chanted incantations. The lotus-shaped magic artifact grew smaller and smaller.
Qingpingzi flew onto the lotus seat and said, "Junior sister, we can go now."
Ji Rong excitedly flapped her wings and landed on the ancient lotus seat, looking around and saying, "Senior brother, I didn't expect you to have such a beautiful magic weapon. How come I've never seen you use it before?"
As the lotus-shaped magical artifact moved, the last layer of mist on the cliff gradually dissipated.
Qingpingzi said, "This is not mine either. It was made by my master. This lotus seat has no other advantages besides being able to fly, being sturdy, and being able to hold heavy objects."
Ji Rong, who was a growing heavy object, said dismissively, "Riding this magic weapon is far less impressive than being carried by Senior Brother Qing Guanzi."
Looking at Ji Rong, who seemed completely oblivious, Qingpingzi echoed, "Exactly."
Junior sister, if I go with you, we will definitely attract attention, so I used this magic artifact to cover my eyes and ears.
If there is any danger, just place this lotus-shaped magical artifact on the ground, and I will come to your aid. How about that?
Ji Rong's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she said, "That's great, but it's so big, how am I supposed to move it?"
Qingpingzi smiled and said, "Junior sister, you go down first and wait a moment."
Qingpingzi chanted the incantation again, and his figure gradually shrank. Then, the lotus seat, which was also shrinking, surrounded him and closed its petals.
Seeing that the lotus seat could be used in this way, Ji Rong exclaimed, "What a wonderful magical artifact! Senior brother, let's go quickly!"
Qingpingzi replied, "Junior sister, why don't you pick me up? If there are any items, you can put them on the first petal, and I will keep them safe for you."
Ji Rong picked up the now much smaller green lotus seat, placed it on her back, and happily replied, "I understand."
Ji Rong brought Qing Pingzi, who was hidden by the lotus magic artifact, to the Blood Pill Workshop. She packed up the pills for all the Blood Magic Pill cultivators, and called Pan Zong, who was wearing a tattered hemp robe, and headed towards the teleportation array.
After passing through the teleportation array, she first found Tu Li and said with a smile, "Great Sage Tu Li, you've really been very powerful these past three years! Now Yaochi is all yours, are you satisfied?"
Upon hearing Ji Rong's words, Tu Li thought to himself that the debt collector had arrived. He glanced at Pan Cong, who was following behind with a blank expression, and said, "I am very satisfied."
"Kiyohime, I don't keep lazy cats under my command. If you want me to take care of him, you might as well send me out of the mountains to deal with a few unruly troublemakers."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong covered her wings and laughed loudly. Her eyes darted around, and she immediately came up with an idea.
Following Tu Du's lead, Ji Rong said in a serious tone, "Pan Cong is already a qualified Blood Core cultivator, so there's no need for the Great Sage to take him in."
I've come to deliver the elixir, and also to discuss something with the Great Sage.
The effects of these elixirs are all written here. If there are any discrepancies, please mark them down so I can have my godfather improve them.
Although you have obtained the territory you wanted, given our relationship, my Blood Pill Workshop will still not charge you for future pills.
However, my Blood Pill Workshop is struggling to make a living. Not only do we lack the spiritual materials needed to make medicine, but the Blood Pill cultivators also suffer from burns on their hair from refining such potent pills year after year. My Blood Pill Workshop doesn't even have the wealth to buy them a decent robe.
If they were to go out, they would all be like Pan Cong, making do with tattered linen clothes; they were too poor.
If this continues, I can hardly imagine anyone wanting to become a Blood Core cultivator.
When Tu Li heard Ji Rong say this, he knew that this cunning bird was about to start collecting benefits, which was indeed the case.
Because over the past three years, with the secret support of the Jade Void Palace, he has taken over the entire Yaochi.
The pills made by the Pill Demon Emperor are highly potent and have excellent effects. The Jade Void Palace Blood Pill Workshop has been giving him these good pills for free for three years. If Qing Ji Zi stops him from refining them, who will he turn to in the future?
Tu Li then said, "The Dan Demon Emperor has worked hard to refine pills, so it is only right that he should be paid some compensation."
But I used this only spiritual vein as a teleportation array.
We blood cultivators usually keep blood slaves, so you probably don't need them. Kiyohime, do you think we could offer something else in lieu of them?
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately spread one of her wings and said, "I've considered your difficulties. I've heard you have a medicinal herb garden here, so how about we take care of it?"
Upon hearing this, Tu Li considered in his heart that the number of blood cultivators under his command was limited, and none of them knew how to cultivate medicinal herbs. Therefore, giving away the herb garden would not be a problem. So he nodded and said, "Of course. You can talk to the Pill Demon Emperor and ask him to send some herb servants over to cultivate the medicinal herbs. We can split the profits 50/50. I won't actually take the money; it will all be used as pill funds. How about that?"
Ji Rong's eyes darted around, and she said, "These days, it's not easy to find cultivators who can tend to medicinal herbs."
"You can look after that herb garden for now. I'll go back and talk to Senior Brother Qingqi. If there are any suitable herbalists, I'll have him send them over immediately."
Ji Rong and Tu Li made a new agreement, with each of them pressing their paw prints on it, before Ji Rong and Pan Cong left Tu Li's place.
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