Chapter 357 Eating in the Morning
Feeling incredibly wealthy once again, Ji Rong stood happily beside the tallest pile of treasures, recounting incessantly her past achievements.
Ji Zhuang, while sorting the treasures below, echoed Ji Rong's words, "Yes."
Feng Qing looked around here and there, and sometimes even imitated Ji Rong by standing tall and puffing out his chest.
But it was small and had short legs. It could only stand up and take two steps forward with a limp before it stepped on a pile of smooth jade boxes and fell flat on its back.
Because of its movement, the boxes lost their support and immediately rushed towards its face, engulfing it in just three breaths.
At this moment, Feng Qing finally felt Ji Rong's amusement. He imitated Ji Rong's appearance, raised his short neck and laughed. However, his laughter was not good. He made a "woo-woo-woo" sound, which made Ji Zhuang stop what he was doing and rush over to pick him up to see if he had made him cry.
With Feng Qing interrupting, Ji Rong also put away his wings and sat down to seriously sort out the treasures. They categorized them, put them into storage rings, and finally strung the various storage rings together according to their type.
After filling all their storage rings to the brim and stringing them into five different sizes, a small pile of spirit herbs remained on the ground.
Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang lay beside the pile of spiritual herbs, eating them sporadically, before falling into a deep sleep.
The next day at daybreak, Jiao Jue knocked on Qing Pingzi's door, intending to lead him outside for some fresh air, but Qing Pingzi said he wanted to invite Ji Rong to come along.
Jiao Jue smiled and replied, "Senior Wanfa, Ji Rong loves to eat spiritual materials but doesn't like to drink air. Besides, she must have been counting her belongings and didn't sleep last night. Let her sleep."
They arrived outside the Shoudao Palace and saw a white dragon and a golden dragon coiled beneath the clouds at the edge of the mist, like servants or steps.
Jiaojue pointed to the two dragons created by His authority and said enthusiastically, "This is a cloud platform specially built for you, senior. Please go up and try it."
Unable to refuse such hospitality, Qingpingzi stepped onto the cloud platform. He noticed the wind and dew swirling around it, and thought to himself that the platform must have been built more than just a day or two ago.
He took a sip and tasted it:
The wind carries dewdrops, and smoke rises through the clouds.
Fragrant flowers, lush fruits, verdant grasses, and the aromas of fish, insects, birds, and meat.
Sometimes there is the scent of cinnabar fire, accompanied by the fragrance of new mist.
The delicate strands linger on the tongue, each flavor unique.
Qingpingzi swallowed a mouthful, and his eyes lit up. After he had eaten his fill, the mist that had gathered on the cloud platform for many days was no longer much.
Looking down from the cloud platform, he could see two dragons, formed from the power of authority, faintly visible deep within the clouds.
He looked down from the edge of the cloud platform and saw wisps of smoke rising from a few spots among the mountains.
The golden dragon created by that authority would occasionally open its mouth and blow downwards, bringing with it the fresh scents of blood, meat, and the rich fragrance of flowers and fruits...
Just as Qingpingzi was enjoying himself, Ji Rong flapped his wings and called out "Senior Brother!" as he walked up.
Qingpingzi turned his head and took a closer look, only to see that Ji Rong's attire today was quite flamboyant, with a large string of storage rings hanging around her neck;
Perhaps because her neck was thin, one loop was too long, so she did three loops.
As the bird-like junior sister walked, she raised her neck proudly and said, "Senior brother, do you think the mist here tastes better?"
Qingpingzi nodded demurely and said, "Each is different."
"Hey! It's not like I haven't eaten fog with you before." Ji Rong spit out a mouthful of fog and laughed, "Back in the days when we were on the top of Jade Void Peak, what we ate was nothing more than pills, medicines, ores, iron, and fire essence. You've been eating those things for who knows how many years, what's the point?"
On this newly built cloud platform, besides those, there was also a great deal of fragrant fruit and meat, much fresher.
Hearing this, Qingpingzi felt a warmth in his heart and changed the subject, saying, "Junior Sister sent a message earlier saying that I should look around as much as I want. Shall we look from this cloud platform or go down below?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong thought to herself that Qing Pingzi was indulging in his thirst for knowledge again. She said, "Senior brother, the knowledge on this tree can never compare to the development of the outside world."
Since you wish to compile a book, let's travel together for three to five days in the Danxue Mountains. Once you've seen all the beauty of Danxue and grasped the true meaning of life, then we can return here and write the book while gazing at the trees. How does that sound?
Qingpingzi thought about the talisman boat formation from yesterday, and many questions in his mind resurfaced. He nodded and said, "Okay."
As soon as they descended from the cloud platform, the two dragons created by the authority shrank in size and ran up to the clouds to roll around comfortably.
Inside the Shoudao Palace, Jiaojue sat calmly at the table in the middle of the hall, while Shanshui and Shanwu occupied one side.
Qingpingzi noticed with her sharp eyes that they were dressed exceptionally neatly today.
Apart from the minor Mountain and Water God, the others, including Ji Rong's brother Ji Zhuang, all wore a string of storage rings around their necks.
Qingpingzi immediately recognized that most of these rings were gift rings that Ji Rong had moved from Yunya in the past.
The necklace around Jiao Jue's neck was the same length as the one around Ji Rong's neck, but exceptionally long; despite Ji Rong's thick neck, the necklace loosely wrapped around it twice.
At first glance, this dragon god looks like a vendor selling storage rings, but upon closer inspection, he exudes an air of great wealth.
As soon as Qingpingzi sat down, she couldn't help but turn her head and whisper to Ji Rong, "Qing Jizi, is it fashionable to wear many rings around your neck now?"
"Haha!" Ji Rong immediately laughed upon hearing this: "It's not widespread yet; only a few of us are doing it this way now."
But hearing what my senior brother said, with the governance of the Danxue Mountains becoming more reasonable and transparent, who knows, wearing necklaces and strings of rings around one's neck might become fashionable! At that time, my junior sister Jizhi and her disciples will be overjoyed!
As she spoke, Ji Rong fiddled with the string of storage rings around her neck, making them rustle and then sighed with satisfaction, "Senior brother, look at me wearing this. Isn't it extravagant and expensive? Don't you feel like you want to rob me?"
Qingpingzi looked at the teeth that Ji Rong was showing and slowly shook his head. He thought to himself that this bird junior sister was an emperor who had soared through the heavens, yet she was still so childish. With her little bit of treasure, which shameless immortal would take it?
With her aura far surpassing that of an ordinary emperor, who would be foolish enough to try and rob her? In the end, who knows if they'd be robbing her or just offering themselves up as meat?
Upon closer inspection, Qingpingzi immediately noticed that Ji Rong had become slender. A thought flashed through his mind, and he realized that his junior sister must have planted the tree trunk somewhere. He asked with delight, "Junior sister, are you able to separate from the tree trunk now?"
"Hey!" Upon hearing this, Ji Rong quickly and calmly spread her wings and said, "I can only go this far, I can't go any further."
Otherwise, since you said you'd prepared four large spirit sacks of treasure for me, how could I not go back? It's just that I can't leave now, which is why I called my senior brother over.”
As they spoke, Ji Zhuang and Feng Qing had already laid out spiritual materials and syrup for the powerful figures. Since Qing Pingzi had already eaten, what was placed in front of him, besides a small plate of grass and fruit platter for him to smell, was a small pot of pale golden source water that had not been mixed with anything.
Qingpingzi looked around and found that on the other side of the landscape were four large platters piled high with mountains of meat and a cup of pale golden Origin Liquid.
Ji Rong's place had a piece of meat, a spirit fruit, a spirit herb, and a spirit vegetable, with the spirit vegetable piled up especially high;
The horned jade consists of two kinds of meat, one kind of spiritual herb, and one kind of spiritual vegetable;
Qingpingzi thought to himself that he was the only one with a pot of Yuanliu Drink, and no one else had any. He immediately said, "Thank you for your kindness, Lord Jue. This is a precious drink, and I cannot drink so much by myself."
Jiaojue smiled with narrowed eyes, looking very modest. He said, "Senior Wanfa, please don't be so polite. I know that you usually eat dew and drink only rare delicacies. But there are no particularly rare things in my Danxue Mountains. This is the only thing that is presentable."
Next, we'll be exploring the Danxue Mountains. Many places there are chaotic and the food isn't very tasty. Perhaps it would be wonderful if you, senior, could occasionally enjoy a drink with your meal?"
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi nodded slightly, inwardly praising Juejun for his generosity and thoughtfulness.
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