Chapter 495 Reunion (1)
Because Niu Fen went to Xizhou, and Gu Tou, who was serving Xi Tong, couldn't leave Juzhou, and Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing wouldn't be able to return to Longfeng Mountain for several more years; Ji Rong decided to set the place for meeting her apprentice at Tanghe Mountain, and at the same time, to have a good time with her old sister Xi Tong for a while.
After sending the three hundred tribal leaders to the outer heavens for a look, Ji Rong quickly returned to Longfeng Mountain in the Danxue Mountains.
She greeted Feng Qing and asked him to take her eight attendants to the Dragon and Phoenix Palace to be at Jiao Jue's beck and call. She also told Ze Peng to go to Tanghe Mountain. Then she transformed into a magic bird, carried her own Guardian Palace, and flew away.
The truth is:
With boundless joy in my heart, I am as swift as a Kunpeng (a mythical bird);
Ji Rong entered Tanghe Mountain and, before she even landed, saw Xi Tong cleaning up the ash in the crater all by herself. With her gray-white eyes wide open, she first used her claws to probe the depth of the ash, then used her wings as a broom. The heat and ash were swept into the air by her wings, making the area around the crater hot and gloomy.
Ji Rong then searched everywhere for the bone and found that the bone was at the foot of the mountain teaching the young cultivators in the mountain how to control fire.
Ji Rong stopped at the crater, placed the Guardian Palace on the open ground, and then called out to Xi Tong in confusion, "Sister Hei, why didn't you ask Bone to do these things?"
Ji Rong had not sent a message to Xi Tong beforehand to let her know that she would be coming, so Xi Tong had not made any preparations. When she heard Ji Rong's voice, she was both happy and anxious, so she used her spiritual power.
The wings instantly grew larger, and the speed of fanning the dust increased even more. In just a few moments, the entire Tanghe Mountain was shrouded in dust.
As she fanned herself, she scolded, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming? If I had known you were coming today, I would have tidied up this place a while ago. You've come at the worst time; there's not even a place to put your feet down."
"The bones sent me down the mountain to teach fire magic."
Looking at the dust covering the mountain, Ji Rong's face was filled with mixed emotions. She said tactfully, "Sister Hei, you're not good at this, why didn't you call Bone over? Is he not doing a good job?"
Upon hearing this, Xi Tong waved her paws repeatedly.
She scattered the last bit of ash, then straightened her neck in the direction of Ji Rong's voice and said, "He did a much better job than that bastard Niu Fen. I wanted to do it myself, so I sent him away."
You're such a scheming bird, come in here and I'll explain everything to you."
Ji Rong stepped forward and grabbed Xi Tong's wing claws, saying, "There's so much ash, let's go to my place instead. I plan to stay here for a while, and I've brought the Shoudao Palace with me. Let's eat and talk over there."
After saying this, Ji Rong led her into the Shoudao Palace, brushing off the dust while listening to her story.
Normally, Niu Fen did the work of cleaning the crater, but after Niu Fen left, Xi Tong took over the job himself.
To be fair, Gu Tou took great care of Xi Tong. He was able to handle every task, big or small, assigned by Niu Fen meticulously every day. Xi Tong himself knew that even Niu Fen often couldn't do it this well.
But perhaps because she was used to using beef brisket, she didn't feel used to switching to bone brisket.
Especially after his two trips to Xizhou, each time he heard Niu Fen excitedly urging the junior cultivators there to plow and plant crops, completely unaware of her hiding in the fire, nor did he seem to need her help. This left him feeling somewhat empty.
The little bullhead had long since grown up and become a cultivator capable of standing alone, so she was no longer needed;
But she had already gotten used to his care;
She's not old at all, that's not good!
An empty heart breeds anxiety; only work can relieve anxiety.
Hearing Xi Tong rambling on about his worries, Ji Rong laughed and said, "Niu Fen is shrewd. If he runs into a tough opponent, he will definitely find a way to call for reinforcements."
My senior brother Guan Shan is currently in Buzhou. If he couldn't win, he wouldn't run to Buzhou. Sister, you don't need to take such good care of him.
Apprentices are like crops; they need to be harvested one batch after another, and then sent out one batch after another. That way, life won't feel boring.
Then, Ji Rong changed the subject and said, "Sister Hei, I came here this time to have a get-together with my disciples before I leave, and I also wanted to come and see you."
"Speaking of which, it's been hundreds of years since my senior brother Wanfa and I last sat down for a proper conversation, since we started studying the Dao of Spatial Inscriptions."
Upon hearing this, Xi Tong's face softened. She smiled gently, but her smile seemed to be laced with fire. She said, "It's rare that you think of me."
Now that you've come, I don't need to go looking for you. Now that you're traveling between heaven and earth, could you perhaps visit Him sometimes to see if He's still alive and well?
Ji Rong's eyes darted around, realizing she was referring to the Lord of Xi. She immediately nodded and said loudly, "Lord of Xi is living a good life."
Last time, when I went to the outer heavens with Senior Yuanjun to claim territory, Senior Yuanjun did not want to stay by His side for even a moment longer;
"Sister Hei, you should know that Senior Yuanjun usually loves new things, but He wouldn't even let me tell him how Lord Xi became so enormous. It seems their powers are interconnected, and He probably doesn't want much contact with Him."
"That's good." Xi Tong smiled happily, "It's so good that He can live well, haha."
Seeing Xi Tong's gentle and happy expression, Ji Rong's heart skipped a beat, fearing that Xi Tong would go berserk again. So she calmly asked, "Sister Hei, do you want to go up and take another look?"
“I won’t go,” Xi Tong said softly. “If I push Him too far, I might anger Him to the point of losing consciousness. What would be the point of my life then?”
Ji Rong agreed with Xi Tong's answer. The divine way here has already declined. If Xi Tong suddenly went mad and destroyed the Xi Lord, where would they find another sun?
Although great cultivators like them can live in darkness, without the sun, the process of recreating the source would lose an irreplaceable link in the cycle, and most cultivators in the Nine Provinces would have no choice but to wait for death.
The two women reminisced about their past in the palace, while the bones that had been imparted had already flown back to the top of Tanghe Mountain.
Seeing the tightly closed gates of the Shoudao Palace, he was slightly surprised, but instead of going forward directly, he skillfully pulled out two spirit bamboo brooms from a tree and began sweeping around the mountaintop little by little.
After sweeping the mountaintop, Bone planned to fly to the clean snow to wipe his feathers clean before knocking on the door of the Guardian Palace to pay his respects to his master, Lord Ji.
Then Ji Rong's head peeked out from the crack in the door, winking at him and saying, "Bone, go quickly and send a message to Xiao Hua, Tie Niu, and Shan He, saying that there is great news and that they should quickly put away their work and come to Tang He Shan to stay with their master for three to five years."
Bone didn't know what Ji Rong was planning. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Master, then I'll go there myself and tell them you want to pass on the Dharma to us. What do you think?"
Ji Rong nodded and smiled, "Alright, I will definitely fulfill your desire for learning when the time comes." Then he closed the door and went to drink and dance with Xi.
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