Chapter 352 Important
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Shanshui bid farewell to Qingpingzi, declined Qingpingzi's gifts, and was carried by Shanwu to the Danxue Mountains.
Like the lesser monks who were returning to the Danxue Mountains, they slowly made their way deeper into the Danxue Mountains along the bordering mountains.
After passing the border mountain, they saw the entrance to a teleportation array. But Shan Shui didn't call them to stop, so Shan Wu continued running along the road. Along the way, they saw many minor cultivators selling various spiritual foods, and many of their baskets contained rudimentary talismans.
Shan Shui then asked Shan Wu to buy some things. Shan Wu took out the storage ring that Shan Zhongfeng had given him from his mouth and said with a simple smile, "Brother, you forgot? I don't like to save money. If it weren't for Brother Dan helping me with my belongings this time, I would have gone hungry."
That's what they say, but inside there are only some pills and three thousand spirit crystals.
Shanshui bought some spiritual food and gave it to the thin, weak cultivators who recognized Him and were gazing at Him longingly. Shanwu also gave away the pills.
Shan Wu had a big appetite and squandered all the spirit crystals in just four meals.
So, Shan Wu, who followed the mountains and rivers, could only make a living by hunting. But the Danxue Mountains had developed into a prosperous and well-ordered region, just like the Canglan Mountains and waterways. There was hardly any prey in the open spaces.
Therefore, Shan Wu walked the entire journey on an empty stomach. Years of pampered life had left him with a lot of fat. As soon as he arrived at the foot of Longfeng Mountain, Shan Wu lay down to rest.
Looking at the panting Shanwu, Shanshui realized with a start that after many years, he had recovered and become the eldest brother of the hundred sons of the mountain, while his brother Shanwu had become wiser and older in the years he was away.
Shan Wu paused for a moment, then called out towards the mountaintop, "Lord Jue, my nephew Qingqing, my nephew Ji Zhuang, are you there?"
On this day, Ji Zhuang was present. Hearing the voice, he looked down the mountain and saw that it was Shan Wu's tiger face, and sitting on Shan Wu was a small figure with its own radiant light.
He immediately flapped his wings and came down the mountain, saying, "Uncle, why are you only arriving today? Lord Jue has been waiting for you for a long time."
Then he bowed down and said, "Please take a seat, Divine Lord."
Shan Wu said embarrassedly, "Nephew, I can still carry it. I'm just very hungry. Do you have any food with you?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Zhuang quickly took out his storage ring from under his wing, laid out a mat on the spot, and let Shan Wu have a hearty meal before continuing up the mountain.
As Shan Wu carried Shan Shui to the front of the Shoudao Palace, Jiao Jue was already waiting outside to greet them. Upon seeing Shan Shui and his party, Jiao Jue straightened his upper body, clenched his claws, and bowed to Shan Shui, saying, "Shan Shui, you must have had a long journey!"
Shanshui also cupped his small hands and bowed to Jiaojue, saying, "Shanshui has not yet thanked Lord Jue for his many acts of kindness. Now that you are the host and I am the guest, there is no need for such formalities."
They stood up together, looked at each other, and no further words were needed.
At this moment, Jiao Jue stretched out a claw, scooped up the mountain and water, and placed it on his neck. Behind him, Ji Zhuang gestured with his neck to Shan Wu to follow him to the Shoudao Palace.
Jiaojue, carrying the mountains and rivers, arrived in front of the Shoudao Palace. It grabbed a piece of cliff wood from the side and tucked it under its arm, then stretched out a claw and struck the clouds, saying, "Open the gate!"
Then, dragon bodies flashed through the misty clouds, their mouths opening wide to devour the clouds and lightning, revealing the gates of the Dragon and Phoenix Palace.
Jiaojue carried the mountains and rivers through the main hall and arrived at Ji Rong's tall tree. The two gods, who had already followed the new immortal path and sought the way, sat down on the ground.
Jiaojue took out a storage ring, a gourd, and two cups from his mouth. He poured one cup and handed it to Shanshui; then he poured one cup for himself and took out spiritual treasures from the storage ring and scattered them on the ground.
Jiaojue raised its claws and pointed at Ji Rong's tree trunk, sighing, "We haven't seen you born for a long time, so we tried to repair the shattered spiritual veins of the mountains and rivers ourselves."
But unexpectedly, spiritual veins are difficult to cultivate and time-consuming. No wonder that despite the succession of divine authority, no divine master has devoted any effort to this. This is not something that can be accomplished in a year or two, nor by one or two powerful beings.
Xiao Shan Shui lowered his eyes, took the bowl off his head, and poured the source from the vessel into the bowl, saying, "Lord Jue, if it weren't for Ji Rong's good fortune, we would have already reached the end of our reign as gods. We've already come a long way."
"Since there is such fine food, we should invite our young friend Ji Rong to join us for a meal."
Shan Shui, holding a bowl, dug out Ji Rong's roots from the ground, placed the bowl on top, and said, "Young friend Ji Rong, Lord Jue is hosting a banquet, come and have some."
As soon as these words were spoken, the spiritual energy in the air quickly intertwined, swirling around in his eyes like roots before drilling into the ground. They rushed straight into Ji Rong's main root system and melted into it.
Who's calling me?
"Who's calling me from up there?"
"Is it my elder brother who's hosting a banquet up there and inviting me to eat?" Three voices rang out in Ji Rong's mind. She roughly connected the gaps in her perception and then gathered the three thoughts together and looked upwards.
The bird sensed the spirit rising above it and immediately opened its eyes. It circled and flew around the tree trunk, gradually becoming smaller and smaller. As the green leaves rustled, the bird sank into the tree trunk.
As the bird disappeared, the emerald green tree trunk began to shimmer with golden light and gradually shrank. Ji Rong's head, wings, claws, and feathers sprouted from the tree trunk, and the roots from the ground shrank into the sphere in Ji Rong's spiritual platform.
Once the roots had completely returned to the sphere, Ji Rong opened her eyes. As soon as she woke up, she turned her head and looked around: "Big brother, eh? It's... the Mountain and Water God!"
"Hahaha!" Ji Rong immediately stretched his stiff neck, which hadn't moved for many years, and laughed loudly, "You've finally come out!"
After laughing, Ji Rong unceremoniously sat down on the ground. She took the spirit fruit with her left claw and took the cup handed to her by Jiao Jue with her right claw. She opened her big beak and poured all the delicious spiritual ingredients into it.
Seeing Ji Rong eating with gusto, Shan Shui, while also drinking from the source of the stream in his broken bowl, asked, "Lord Jue, among the hundred sons of the mountains, are there any who have come to the Danxue Mountains?"
Jue Jun smiled with narrowed eyes: "Yes, not long ago, a mountain dragon and a mountain phoenix came. As soon as they arrived, they said they wanted to be my subordinate gods. I let them choose a mountain to govern themselves, and they chose the ancestral land of the dragon and phoenix clans."
Shan Shui chuckled and said, "It's actually the two of them."
What Juejun didn't know was that the two of them were originally weak and did not receive the Empress's brain while in the womb.
Originally, they shouldn't have been born, but I thought that since they were already formed, it would be a pity to leave them unattended, so I let them be born.
They can move mountains and level waterways, protect life and ward off disasters and diseases; aside from being a bit lazy, they have no other faults.
Jiao Jue squinted and smiled, "Mountain and Water God is mistaken. They have only been here for a month, but they have already fought dozens of times."
Seeing their diligence, I gave each of them a small jar of spring water, and I believe that it won't be long before the remnants in both places become obedient.
………
Ji Rong ate while listening intently. After sorting out what had happened during her seclusion to cultivate her spiritual veins, she raised her head and asked rather abruptly, "Mountain and Water God, what is your wish now?"
Ji Rong's question was abrupt, but Shan Shui did not ignore it. Upon hearing this, He immediately straightened his back, placed his hands on his knees, and said, "Young friend, I naturally wish that all things in the world could grow freely."
Even if it breaks the divine authority?
“Young friend, now Bai Zi and I are bound by karma, existing between immortals and gods.”
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong stood up. She wiped the juice-covered wings and claws onto the grass beside her before lowering her neck and bringing her face close to the landscape, saying, "All things in the world must grow freely, which will consume a huge amount of spiritual energy. What if the sovereign of heaven does not allow it?"
Shan Shui calmly said, "He forbade me to be born, yet I was born; He forbade me to return to the source and be reborn, yet I succeeded; my friend Ji Rong, our beliefs are different, so there's nothing more to say."
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