Chapter 496 Reunion (2)
Bone flew off to find his senior brothers and sisters, so Ji Rong closed the Shoudao Palace and moved into Xi Tong's volcano crater, which had been cleaned up.
Looking at the clean ground, Ji Rong said, "Sister Hei, look how well Bone does his work. Even if you do it ten times, he'll still have to start over. Why not let him do it from the beginning and not cause him any trouble?"
Xi Tong nodded and said, "Okay, you've said this thirty-five times already, stop saying it now, just let him do it from now on."
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A few days after Bone left, Ze Peng arrived. Three months later, Bone, Xiao Hua, Shan He, and Tie Niu also arrived. Ji Rong opened the Shoudao Palace and let them take turns hosting the banquet.
They spent five days having fun together, and Ji Rong then told Ze Peng to return to the Dragon and Phoenix Palace to continue his duties.
After Ze Peng left, she looked at her remaining four disciples and exclaimed happily, "I am about to travel to the Outer Heavens. I had hoped to have some fun with you all, just like last time, and take you to travel around the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces to see the scenery of the world."
However, some disciples hope that their master will treat them fairly and give them all the opportunity to lead the Nine Provinces.
Some disciples hope to pass on their teachings to their master, which truly touches the heart of the master. The master now possesses the most teachings and is most skilled at passing on them.
Therefore, I have decided to give you a proper lesson before I leave. After all, you have basically traveled all over the land, and we won't learn anything if we go again.
"Come, what methods do you all want to learn? I will teach you all."
Once Ji Rong began preaching, he did not stop.
Xiao Hua never expected that the good thing Gu Tou mentioned would be studying, and studying day after day.
After three years of study, these students developed a listless and dull appearance. Seeing that they had all been defeated by knowledge, Ji Rong gave them a day off to rest before going into seclusion to comprehend it.
In the dead of night, the white moon hung high, sometimes visible, sometimes hidden. All the cultivators had already fallen asleep.
Under the moonlight, Ji Rong's mind sank into her spiritual realm, and her three bodies became one. Her roots spread up to the crowns of her disciples' heads, and the tips of her leaves unfurled, patting down on their foreheads...
Much later, a cultivator who compiled the history of immortals solemnly inscribed on the jade book based on a large number of legends and records: In the 915th year of the Immortal Era, Lord Ji and his five disciples visited the Immortal Lord Jiyang at Tanghe Mountain. They sang and laughed for half a year, preaching the Dao day and night, and returned home satisfied.
This record is half right about the events, but wrong about the timing, because Ji Rong clearly stayed on Tanghe Mountain for five years.
The reason why outsiders believe she only stayed for six months is that in the last two years, her disciples were given too much knowledge by Ji Rong, and one by one they went to find places to cultivate in seclusion; Xi Tong also no longer wanted to play wildly with Ji Rong and flew to Xizhou to find Niu Fen.
So, since Ji Rong had nothing better to do, she decided to leave some opportunities for this place.
She sang, attracting birds to learn from her at the border of Kunlun and Juzhou, and then passed on the "True Explanation of the Phoenix" once again.
Ji Rong only stopped preaching happily when Jiao Jue sent word that Dao Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang had returned and the first array of the Heavenly Road outside the heavens had been reinforced.
She waited for Xi Tong to return, asked her to look after her disciples who were in seclusion, and then carried the Guardian Palace towards the Danxue Mountains.
Upon entering Longfeng Mountain, Ji Rong saw Gu Qingqing, with her eight three-colored tails swaying, looking around on the open road, while Ji Zhuang, gray and shiny, carried her like a sculpture.
Others who cultivate to the Emperor Realm are all majestic and have extraordinary temperament; but Ji Zhuang, on the other hand, does not exude even a trace of spiritual energy, and is as introverted as a stone in the mortal world.
Across the distance, Ji Rong, who had concealed her aura and appeared no different from an ordinary colorful bird, called out to Gu Qingqing, "Brother, Sister Qingqing, I'm here."
Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing looked in the direction of the sound, their eyes shining with joy.
Gu Qingqing stepped into the air and rushed towards Ji Rong. She carried Ji Rong on her back, and after only three breaths, she immediately put her on Ji Zhuang's back, muttering, "Arong, have you been eating earth, stone, gold and jade all these years? Although your cultivation is comparable to that of a Great Sage, we are now both at the Emperor level, so you shouldn't be so fat and heavy."
Ji Zhuang couldn't take it either; as soon as Ji Rong climbed onto his back, his body began to tremble.
Ji Rong quickly flapped her wings and stood up. Of course, she wouldn't admit it, but just poked her mouth out onto her back and said, "You all know how heavy this house is."
After saying that, she rubbed her face against Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang respectively, and excitedly shouted, "Let's go home!" Then she took the lead and flew up the mountain at high speed.
The warm sunlight can no longer capture their appearance during their high-speed flight, leaving only a few shadows on the grass below.
They soared into the sky, swaying high in the air, exhaling clouds and mist, playing and frolicking, causing a good rain to fall on Dragon and Phoenix Mountain.
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Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing returned, and Dragon Phoenix Mountain became lively again. Tribes from the Danxue Mountains who had old ties with them came to visit, and they received many gifts.
When Ji Rong returned, the two of them moved these items from the side hall of the Dragon and Phoenix Palace into Ji Rong's Shoudao Palace, sorted and stored them, making Ji Rong feel very wealthy.
There's no place like home; and Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang are Ji Rong's comfortable home.
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The day to go treasure hunting in the outer heavens is drawing ever closer, and so is the date when Ji Rong will assume the position of the supreme ruler of the second millennium of the Immortal Era.
Although it wouldn't be a grand affair, like the banquet held when Xi Zhu ascended the throne to invite the great powers of the Nine Provinces and celebrate with the whole world, all the officials and servants inside and outside the Dragon and Phoenix Palace were busy early on under the leadership of Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing.
Pull up the barriers and clean the ground.
Fill the gap with dry soil and plant fresh grass.
Gather the spiritual rain and set it on the table.
Incense was burned along the way, and rites and music were rearranged.
Ji Rong herself didn't have to do any work, but all the affairs were handled by cultivators. Apart from sitting upright in the chair and listening to the different kinds of praise she received from the officials in various places, she didn't need to do anything.
When Ji Rong first heard this praise, she was very happy; but after hearing it for a long time, she felt that it was nothing special and that she was better off watching how the cultivators below worked.
Jiao Jue, who was also free, laughed at her for being born to be busy and not knowing how to enjoy life. Ji Rong then pointed to the outside of the Dragon and Phoenix Palace and retorted, "Big brother is the same. Look at the outside of your palace. So many years have passed, and not to mention jade bricks, not even a stone brick has been laid."
Jiao Jue didn't argue with her. Although he didn't need to manage the affairs of Kyushu, once the first nine-layered array was reinforced on the Heavenly Road, they would be going up. He needed to arrange the food and supplies needed for the ascent, so that they wouldn't be wandering outside without food and drink.
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Leisurely days are like this; they seem difficult to endure, yet they pass by quickly. Behind Ji Rong stand the immortals and gods. Her succession as the supreme ruler is merely a formality. Because she has been traveling, this handover banquet is more about Jiao Jue and Qing Pingzi handing over their respective responsibilities to Gu Lin and Ze Peng in front of the Nine Provinces' leaders.
In addition, there was the handover of duties between veteran servants like Feng Qing and newly appointed temple attendants.
After doing all this, they carried their pre-prepared luggage overnight. When Feng Qing, who was at the back of the group, came over, they climbed onto Jiao Jue's neck, made a circle around him, and then flew towards Haiya Mountain.
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