Chapter 271 The Grand Feast of the Nine Provinces (1)
The grand feast of the Nine Provinces is about to begin. With the assistance of the Temple of War God, cages of cultivators are being transported from the Western Province to the Guangyang Mountains in the Central Province.
If the Golden Mother hadn't slaughtered the powerful clans of Liangzhou, the business would have fallen to Da Dan City in Liangzhou.
But now, most of Liangzhou's land has been occupied by the followers of Baoshengjun.
In Da Dan City, as soon as a batch of cultivators is purchased, the sand lizards and rats under the jurisdiction of Lord Baosheng will try every means to release them. Often, ten cages are purchased, but not even one cage can be sold.
In just six months, the flesh trade in Da Dan City was completely shut down, leaving only the business of selling women.
Those cultivators who were involved in the slave trade all went to Kongruogu in Xizhou, which bordered Liangzhou and where only one in ten powerful families remained.
This valley has well-developed waterways and flat terrain, making it extremely convenient for transporting large quantities of goods.
So they drove out all the native cultivators of Kongruo Valley and occupied the place.
The original Kongruo Valley in Xizhou was quickly transformed from a barren land into a place known as the Great Empty City through the trade of flesh and blood.
The Grand Feast of the Nine Provinces has no pre-feast banquet, but it will last for five whole days. The dishes and performances will be different for each of the five days, which makes Ji Rong, who has not attended many banquets, look forward to it.
The Yuxu Mountains are far from the Guangyang Mountains, separated by the Lianyun Mountains and the Fulu Mountains.
Six days before the banquet, Qing Guanzi led the cultivators to the banquet. This time there was plenty of time, so he was not in a hurry.
Passing through the Lianyun Mountains, he simply slowed down and led everyone to traverse the mountains and ridges on the spot.
Qing Guanzi, who had transformed into a Dharma Dragon, moved slowly between the mountain peaks as if walking on flat ground, without damaging a single tree.
Previously, Qing Guanzi had always moved quickly, so Ji Rong had never noticed any difference between Qing Guanzi and other dragons.
This time, Qing Guanzi was moving slowly, so she curiously craned her neck to look around. She discovered that Qing Guanzi's body below the neck was slightly flat and wide, and many fleshy tentacles had grown under his body at some point. They were like suction cups on a chameleon's claws, clinging to the trees with great agility.
On the tail of the Qingguanzi, there was a yellowish-brown protrusion that Ji Rong had never seen before.
"How could it have changed so much?" Thinking of this, Ji Rong suddenly realized that she had forgotten about her senior sister Qing Zhezi again. She looked around carefully at the tail and saw that the yellowish-brown Qing Zhezi was sitting there motionless.
Ji Rong didn't know what the Lianyun Mountains were like in the past, but now, looking down from Qing Guanzi's neck, she saw that the mountains were very desolate, with large trees often lying down and bones scattered everywhere, and very few living insects and birds.
Looking at the desolate mountain scenery, Qingpingzi sighed, "Fellow junior brothers and sisters, if we cannot defend Yuxu Palace, my Yuxu Mountain Range will probably become as desolate as this Lianyun Mountain Range."
They paused at the Heavenly Mandate Palace, where the jade palace also exuded a desolate atmosphere, with many spiritual herbs sprouting from the cracks in the jade bricks in front of the palace.
Yan Xiu, who had just reached the Illusionary Transformation Realm, was idly pecking at the tender spiritual grass leaves growing from the jade brick.
When the wild goose saw the huge Qingguanzi approaching from afar, it was immediately terrified and squawked loudly. In its panic, it flapped its gray wings and flew into the thicket of grass, but then got stuck in a pile of dry grass and couldn't get out.
Knowing he was scared, Ji Rong flew over and used her wing claws to pull the goose out. The goose was even more frightened and screamed, "Don't grab me!" Then it defecated.
Seeing how frightened Yan Xiu was, Ji Rong didn't blame him. She took out a handful of top-grade spiritual grains and sprinkled them on the ground. Yan Xiu's mouth watered at the sight of the grains, but he dared not eat them.
Ji Rong stretched out her neck and gently pecked Yan Xiu on the head, saying, "Are you stupid? I'm giving you spiritual food and you won't eat it."
"With your cultivation level so low, if we leave, where will you find food?"
As they spoke, Ji Rong looked around and asked, "Why is this place so desolate? Where are your other clansmen?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiu cried out even louder, exclaiming, "I don't taste good, don't catch me!"
Qing Guanzi walked over, grabbed the goose with one claw, and then tossed it into the sky, saying, "Junior sister, it must be because this gray goose is not tasty that it was left uneaten."
"If the white geese are plump and healthy, I'll catch one for you when we pass by the Fulu Mountains."
Qing Dongzi, who was sitting in the back, also climbed to the front and said, "Junior Brother Qing Guanzi is right. The white goose is very sweet, but I have heard that many mad gods have emerged in the Fulu Mountain Range. Now that place has been taken over by Guangyang Palace, it is still uncertain whether the white goose clan still exists."
Ji Rong then flew back onto Qing Guanzi and looked up at Qing Pingzi, asking, "Has the Fulu Mountain Range been taken over by Guangyang Palace? Why don't they want Tianming Palace?"
Qingpingzi replied, "Junior sister, the power of the Heavenly Mandate Palace has been obtained by the Golden Mother Goddess, and from now on, the Lianyun Mountains will belong to the new god in the Kunlun Mountains."
"That new god?" Ji Rong thought to himself, those remnant spirits all wanted to become gods, could they eventually fight each other or devour each other until only one is left?
So she couldn't help but roll her eyes and asked in surprise, "How can you be so sure that there will only be one new god, senior brother?"
"Golden Mother Goddess wields such great power, couldn't she, like the ancestral gods, differentiate herself and create many other deities?"
Upon hearing Ji Rong's bold and absurd words, Qingpingzi and the other cultivators said solemnly, "If the authority is divided too into too many fragments, it will be like the authority of the sorcerer god, unable to be inherited and declining; therefore, generally only one god will be born."
"Junior sister, this is the usual practice. Otherwise, the world would be full of gods by now."
Ji Rong remained silent. She wanted to say that this was wrong, but she had no substantial evidence.
Ji Rong looked up at the sky and cried out in her heart, "Mountain and Water God, where are you? The new god of Kunlun has received your blessing, will he be as compassionate to the poor and loving to the young as you are?"
After leaving the Lianyun Mountains, Qing Guanzi rose into the sky again, once more soaring through the clouds and mist at breakneck speed.
Upon reaching the outer edge of the Fulushan Mountains, he slowed down and led the cultivators to slowly climb the mountains and cross the valleys once more.
They arrived at the Fulu Hall, only to see the Guangyang Palace's divine attendant, Si Nu, coiled at the archway. Si Nu was one of the five saints of Guangyang Palace; she was a true red dragon who attained sainthood through ancient methods.
Her body was like a mountain, with strong and smooth muscle lines from head to toe.
This woman from Si was covered in red armor and exuded an imposing aura without being angry. She had been circling around the Fulu Hall archway, pretending to be asleep, when she heard the noise getting closer and closer. She immediately let out a loud roar to show her power.
Upon hearing this, Qing Guanzi immediately unleashed his saintly aura and roared towards Si Nu's direction.
The louder he roared, the louder Si Nu's voice echoed back.
As their shouts grew louder and the fighting spirit in the air intensified, there was a growing sense that they were about to engage in a battle.
Just as Qing Guanzi was about to roar for the fourth time, Qing Pingzi stretched out a tail and quickly struck Qing Guanzi on the head, saying, "Junior brother, we are just passing by."
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