Chapter 329 Nighttime Banquet (3)
Qing Guanzi and Ji Rong watched from the side as the Yuanjuns mixed wine under the moon.
Qing Guanzi then opened his mouth, revealing sharp teeth, and said, "Junior Sister, I'll take you to the Jade Liquid Moon Washing Pool to find Jue Jun."
Ji Rong immediately nodded.
Qing Guanzi led Ji Rong behind the crescent moon. As Ji Rong walked, she looked around and saw what was in front of her:
The crescent moon shines brightly, and a cool breeze whispers.
The mist is thick, and the willows droop low in the smoke;
Peonies and tree peonies are blooming in profusion;
Crape myrtle smiles, daphne blooms to welcome spring;
Fragrant grasses sprout, and branches are covered with verdant buds;
Ji Rong followed Qing Guanzi through the sea of flowers shrouded in cool mist. She felt her neck, which was supporting her head, constantly adjusting, and she had a faint feeling of dizziness and spatial distortion.
Passing through the misty sea of flowers, a bright, boundless lake comes into view, with the crescent moon reflected on its surface at the horizon.
Beside the lake stands a black stone with neat, dark green characters that read "Jade Liquid Washes the Moon Pool".
Another line of small, hastily written characters, as if haphazardly carved, reads: "A flower's face appears in the mirror, the moon's reflection is fished out of the water, but it returns to its original state; it's like a dream, not reality."
In the Jade Liquid Pool, a lush patch of golden lotuses grew. The golden lotuses swayed gently in the soft moonlight, occasionally gathering a sliver of white light.
The white light, like beads, fell into the water along the golden lotus leaves, creating milky white ripples and evoking a sweet fragrance.
Then many strange cultivators with different appearances displayed their supernatural powers, using golden lotus leaves to scoop up the white ripples and drink them.
Some tried to catch the white pearls by relying on their long claws and legs, but before their hands and feet could even get close to the golden lotuses, the golden lotuses wrapped the white pearls in their petals and shrank back inside.
Qing Guanzi also squeezed to the front with Ji Rong. He easily broke off a large golden lotus leaf with his mouthparts, and taking advantage of his long body, he moved over as gently as an insect.
He approached the golden lotuses and received five white pearls.
Qing Guanzi turned and handed the lotus leaf containing the white pearl to Ji Rong. He pointed to a small white dragon in front of him, which was also holding a golden lotus leaf bowl and picking pearls in the air, and said, "Junior sister, look, we have found Jue Jun. Come down quickly."
Ji Rong shook her head and said, "That's just one of His powers. I won't come down, lest I can't find any of them later."
Qing Guanzi stretched out a jet-black claw, grabbed Ji Rong, and put her on the ground. He chuckled softly, "Junior sister, don't be afraid, it was me who grabbed you."
The upside-down moonlight merely illuminates certain aspects of our inner selves, distorting our senses and making us feel as if we are actually there.
But I haven't actually changed. If you don't believe me, touch me.
Ji Rong stretched out her winged claws with some skepticism and grabbed hard at the dark figure that was grabbing the back of her neck. Sure enough, she grabbed a thick-skinned dragon claw.
Qing Guanzi cried out in pain, "Junior sister, quickly let go of my claws! I've been visualizing this worm for a long time, and it took me a long time to imprint its appearance in my mind."
You stay here with Juejun for a while. I'm going to go play for a bit. I'll come find you when it's time to drink.
As he spoke, Qing Guanzi used his jet-black claw to grab Ji Rong and slither towards a dazzling one-horned serpent standing not far away, adorned with three small dragons and a fox collar.
Upon reaching the giant serpent, Qing Guanzi said, "Is this Lord Jue? I'll leave Qing Jizi here; I'll come back later."
After saying that, he put Ji Rong on the ground, then flicked his tail, burrowed into the ground, and disappeared.
Ji Rong looked at the unfamiliar cultivator who resembled neither a snake nor a dragon, and called out uncertainly, "Big Brother?"
The unfamiliar cultivator asked in confusion, "Ji Rong? How did you end up in this strange form? If Guan Shan hadn't brought you here, I really wouldn't have been able to tell."
Ji Rong said, "I look even stranger, and my elder brother has seen it too. Why are you making fun of me? You're not much better now."
"Tsk!" Jiao Jue sneered, narrowing his eyes. "You're too thin and weak. I didn't expect you to be such a timid bird."
Ji Rong was not to be outdone. She said, "Tsk! I didn't expect you to transform into a snake. No wonder you hit me before because I said you looked like a snake! How petty!" (As mentioned earlier, this happened in the desolate sea.)
Jiao Jue grinned, bowed to Ji Rong, and said in a deep voice, "You don't need to remember it so clearly."
Ji Rong grinned, revealing a set of teeth, and said with a smile, "Big brother, are you going to compare teeth? I have some too!"
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Jiao Jue and Ji Rong were eating, drinking, and making noise by the pool when suddenly many tiny, winged people with shimmering tentacles on their heads emerged from the golden lotus leaves in the Jade Liquid Pool. They pushed and shoved each other, complaining, "It's all your fault! You're late again!"
"It's clearly because you're a sleepyhead!"
"No way!"
......
They argued for a while, then suddenly a little person pointed in the direction of the white dragon and shouted, "There's one more!"
These little figures, as if they had discovered a treasure, quickly surrounded the little white dragon who was collecting pearls.
The little white dragon narrowed its eyes slightly, grabbed the golden lotus leaf bowl, quickly caught the white pearl that had just condensed on the golden lotus, and then transformed into a white light, rolled up the golden leaf bowl and flew back to the top of Jiao Jue's head.
The little winged figures couldn't catch up, so they stopped arguing. They gathered together and chattered for a while before sitting down on the tallest, mist-shrouded golden lotus leaf.
They cried out in unison, "Selling Dream Lotus Seeds! Anyone want to buy Big Dream Lotus Seeds?"
Then a giant cultivator with many heads pushed through the layers of cultivators and came to the shore. It opened its hundreds of mouths and asked in unison, "Little one, what is the price?"
Upon hearing this, the little figures immediately gathered together and formed a six-winged human with four tentacles on its head and a larger body, still glowing. It stood in the air and said, "Twenty Dream Pearls that were just condensed on the Golden Lotus can be exchanged for one Great Dream Lotus Seed."
The multi-headed giant cultivator then asked, "What can this Great Dream Lotus Seed be used for?"
The little six-winged man replied happily, "You can have many beautiful dreams. You can dream whatever you want. Quickly bring me the Dream Pearl to exchange for it."
The multi-headed giant cultivator said apologetically, "I didn't receive the Dream Pearl, so could I exchange it with you for something else?"
Upon hearing this, the little man angrily put his hands on his hips and shouted, "Where did you come from, you poor wretch? You've been here so long and haven't even received twenty Dream Pearls!"
You're not even as good as that little dragon cub from before, what a pathetic bunch.
"What did you say?!" The multi-headed giant cultivator, as if provoked, stretched out its claws, pointed at the little man, and shouted, "You, you... how can you be so rude?"
"Hmph!" The little man hovered in the air and shouted, "I'm telling you the truth, and you don't like to hear it? Ha, you penniless wretch, no wonder you have so many heads."
If you think I'm being rude, then come and hit me if you dare!
"Hey!" The multi-headed giant cultivator was furious. Its body turned red layer by layer as it roared, "I'll hit you if I want!"
It leaped towards the glowing six-winged figure and jumped into the lotus leaves in the jade liquid pool.
Although the jade liquid pool didn't look deep, when the multi-headed giant cultivator jumped into the inner room, not a single drop of water was splashed.
"Haha, this silly goose!" The six-winged little man twirled his tentacles in the air and laughed triumphantly.
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