At the end of the ceremony, Venerable Weng Yuan asked all the guests to take a rest in the yellow bamboo forest.
The bamboo leaves were rustling, the breeze was blowing, and the faint fragrance lingered in the nose. All the venerables praised him again and handed over congratulatory gifts.
Zhan Changfeng also gave out the prepared gifts.
I couldn't find the gift and was reluctant to receive it. I put my worries aside for the moment and was busy saying thank you.
Venerable Weng Yuan said, "Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend the promotion ceremony of my apprentice. I have prepared a return gift for you. Please don't dislike it."
Two rows of Yanhaitai disciples came in response, holding wooden trays in their hands, and presented them to the guests' desks respectively. When everyone saw it, they saw it was a set of the four treasures of the study.
Pens and paper made from thousand-year-old bamboo, ink made from thousand-year-old pine trees, and clear inkstones polished for hundreds of years. Although they are not precious tools, they are valuable enough. Those who love painting and writing will be most delighted.
"Venerable Weng Yuan is very thoughtful. Cheng Guan Stone is world-famous for its hard texture. It will take a lot of time to polish it into shape."
"This ink is a specially made Song Yan Ling ink. The words written and drawn with it will not fade for thousands of years."
"Papers made of ten thousand-year-old yellow bamboo are too wasteful to use for smearing, but they are also very suitable for use as a carrier for seals."
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Everyone laughed and accepted it, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves.
Until Qiu Bu came with the three venerables, the scene slowed down a bit.
"Something happened to the poor monk on the road. I came late and I hope I can't find my fellow Taoist. Fellow Taoist Weng Yuan, please forgive me." The person who came was wearing a white cassock, holding beads in his hands, and riding a white leopard. He was the Bodhisattva Xian Sheng.
Xian Sheng Bodhisattva is not a member of Beiluo Taoism, but he is a native Buddhist cultivator in Beiluo realm, and is closely related to Beiluo Taoism.
Venerable Bu Xun Nai and Weng Yuan hurriedly said, "The Bodhisattva has met. Who are these two?"
"These two are individual travelers that the poor monk met by chance. The poor monk thought that there were many people and brought them here without authorization. Fellow Taoist, don't be surprised."
The two venerables were casually dressed, but their bearing should not be underestimated. The stalwart venerable with disheveled hair and beard said, "It's because Taoist fellow Qinghuan and I are being shameless. We heard that Bodhisattva Xian Sheng came here to attend the banquet, so we joined in the fun.
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Another venerable man in yellow clothes and a bun has bright red lips and white eyebrows, and a faint smile in his eyes. He held a box in his hand and said, "I came in a hurry, so I prepared a gift to congratulate my fellow Taoist on his new promotion to the void."
"Look at me, I have forgotten." The strong and powerful venerable also took out something and offered it as a congratulatory gift.
When Venerable Weng Yuan heard the name Qing Huan, he suddenly realized and said to the Venerable Yellow Clothes, "Are you Emperor Qing Huan of Longci Realm?"
"Then you are..." He looked at the strong venerable man again, "Are you the Chaomu Emperor of the Dongwu Realm?"
"Hahaha, it's me, it's hard for anyone to remember me."
"Where are you? Where are you? You two are here to enjoy the glory. Please come in quickly."
After hearing what Master said, Bu Xun accepted their gifts with peace of mind. After hearing the title of Emperor Qinghuan, the monks from the Longci Realm also gathered to pay their respects and exchange greetings.
These two are the world masters who have understood the origin of the small world. They live alone and have not established any power. They belong to the emperors in the wild.
Although Venerable Weng Yuan seemed surprised, he actually asked Bodhisattva Xian Sheng to invite some powerful hidden men from the three realms to support the occasion, but he didn't know who Bodhisattva Xian Sheng would invite.
Taking advantage of the crowd, he looked behind Xian Sheng Bodhisattva and was disappointed when he saw that only two people came.
Xian Sheng Bodhisattva had no choice but to ask him how to find a powerful man hidden in the world in such a short period of time. It was a coincidence that he met Emperor Qinghuan.
Although Emperor Qinghuan left her own small world alone, this small world was located in the Longci Realm, which was also facing conquest by outside forces. What if she really didn't care about anything and it affected herself?
When she heard that Yanhaitai sent invitations to powerful people in the Three Realms in the name of being promoted as elders, she guessed a bit of the inside story, so she took advantage of the situation and agreed to Bodhisattva Xian Sheng to come and have a look.
As for Emperor Chao Mu, it was purely because the two of them were discussing fighting skills at that time, and by chance, they came together.
Emperor Chaomu comes from the Dongwu Realm. The Dongwu Realm was originally accepted as a territory by Prince Zongheng. He was the master of the realm, but he only commanded a small realm. Outside the small realm, he was no different from a casual cultivator, so Zongheng turned a blind eye to him.
He closed his eyes and ignored him.
Taiyi took over Tobu but did not plunder Tobu's resources, so it had no impact on him.
Just on the road, he secretly mocked Emperor Qinghuan for being too worried and messing around. So what if Long Ci was conquered by Taiyi? The ones who were really affected were the big forces.
For those big forces, it is nothing more than an additional opponent to exploit unclaimed resources, and it is nothing more than the possibility that Taoism will be linked to Taiming.
It didn't matter that they were alone, Taiyi didn't forcefully recruit them and make them work for Taiyi.
Seeing the sudden enthusiasm of the Longci Realm monks towards Emperor Qinghuan, he couldn't help but laugh. These monks probably wanted to drag Emperor Qinghuan along to "deal with" Taiyi.
Oh, not only Taiyi, but also the gods Yangtang are here. In comparison, Taiyi is just a little more powerful here.
But who knows in the future, didn’t Tobu fall from Zongheng’s hand to Taiyi’s, and maybe one day it will be taken away by someone else again.
Emperor Chaomu found an empty seat and sat down. He nodded to the venerable man on his right who was looking at him. The venerable man returned the greeting in a friendly manner, but did not say any greetings.
He understood the suspicion behind his friendliness, and felt aggrieved. He was from Tobu, and he didn't sell himself to Taiyi Imperial Court. Could he still suspect that he was a spy sent by Taiyi?
Emperor Chaomu was too lazy to pay attention to this venerable man. He turned to the white-robed Taoist on the left and said, "Fellow Taoist, how long have you been here? What are you going to do now?"
"The ceremony is over, come here and have a rest." Zhan Changfeng picked up the wine bottle on the table and lifted it toward him.
Emperor Chaomu happily took the wine bottle and drank it in one gulp. Then, as if he thought of something, he asked in a low voice, "Is there no one sitting in this seat?"
"unmanned."
"Hey, I was shocked. Suddenly there was a vacancy between the two of them. I thought someone had left the table first." Now he speculated, and felt that the venerables on his left and right had a grudge and disliked each other, so everything was fine.
There was a seat available, so he thoughtfully did not mention this again and asked, "How do you call Taoist friend Jiansheng?"
She said politely, "Zhan Changfeng, I have heard of Taoist friends' names. Seeing them is better than hearing them a hundred times."
"Hahaha, I'm sorry, I haven't been out for a long time."
Over there, Emperor Qinghuan also entered the table, sitting between Shengzi Ji Tang and General Youguang.
The two newly arrived emperors looked at the increasingly silent scene blankly, wondering in their hearts, why are they not welcome?
Venerable Weng Yuan felt strange in his heart, as if there were a group of cows, ghosts, gods and snakes sitting on the table, and he had to secretly discuss with some of them to deal with others.
But after all, he was well-informed and experienced, and said calmly, "Thank you again for your blessings to my apprentice. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."
"Why is this ceremony over? No one told me." A man smelling of alcohol came in and interrupted Venerable Weng Yuan's words.
I can’t ask for it: It’s over, I’ve run out of wine.
If this person is not Venerable Luo Liang, who is it?
The venerable Tianjun of Beiluo Taoism looked away, his disgust evident in his expression.
The two Kongwu sages stood up and took him to an empty seat, considering that this man was their fellow disciple.
Luo Liang did not cooperate, "Wait, don't, don't touch me. The ceremony is over. What am I going to do here? You guys are just talking about the same thing again. It's boring."
Venerable Weng Yuan interjected, "Fellow Daoist Luo is right. We should not let outsiders think that when we, the Venerable Heavenly Lords, gather together, there is nothing else to do except discuss Tao and fight."
A sage from the White Fang Realm immediately asked, "Do you have any original ideas?"
"It's not really original." Venerable Weng Yuan said with a smile, "Some fellow Taoists may know that the most famous features of Wujiu Taoist Temple are one bamboo, one water, and one cave. Bamboo is the ten thousand-year-old yellow bamboo forest. The pen and paper in your hands are
The water made with it is Tianyi True Water, which has miraculous effects on repairing the soul. It is extremely rare. None of the Beiluo Taoists has a drop of it. The cave is the Langhuan Water Cave. Under the circulation of the earth's veins, every seven hundred years,
It will erupt once and bring the treasures buried underground."
"I discussed with the Beiluo Taoists that we can't let everyone come all the way back with only a set of four study treasures, so I thought of a little game for fun. The first twenty people can get the quota of Langhuan Water Cave. The first
, in addition to being removed from the list, you can also get a drop of Tianyi Zhen water."
Ji Tang Shengzi immediately cast his eyes on him. The opportunity came so quickly?
He originally wanted to use Yu Shi as evidence and ask them to give him a quota on the grounds that the former style collector of Shendu was killed in Beiluo Realm. Although this was the last resort.
Zhan Changfeng was thinking about the deep meaning behind Beiluo Taoism's move, to indirectly win over allies? Or to show his favor to her, Ji Tang Shengzi, and General Youguang?
There were thirty-three venerables and forty-two heavenly kings present. With the abilities of her and the two gods Yangtang, it was almost certain that they would get the spot.
"You didn't tell me! What kind of game is it!" Venerable Luo Liang frowned. Tianyi Zhenshui and Langhuan Water Cave belong to various sects of Beiluo Taoism. Why didn't he know?
"Don't be impatient. This is a temporary decision. Fellow Taoist, you were drunk and didn't have time to inform you." Venerable Weng Yuan continued, "There are death places outside the Wujiu Taoist temple. The environment is dangerous, but it doesn't have much impact on powerful people like us."
of harm.”
"This game is also simple. Our sect will circle the entire world and plant ninety-nine flags to compete with who can get the most flags within the specified time."
The guests were whispering to each other, it seemed quite simple.
Venerable Weng Yuan pressed his hand and said, "You can play whatever you want to play. If you don't want to, you can just stay and discuss the Tao."
He took the lead and looked at the two rows of seats on the left and right, "Emperor Changsheng, Holy Son Ji Tang, and General Youguang, what do you three think?"
Emperor Chaomu, who listened with great interest, smiled and looked back and forth between Zhan Changfeng and Venerable Weng Yuan... Emperor Changsheng?
What nonsense did he say just now? Why didn't this girl sign up for a number?
Little did he know that her real name was Zhan Changfeng.
Hey, when the Immortal Emperor sees him coming to attend this ceremony that seems to have ulterior motives, will he suspect that he also has ulterior motives?
If I had known better, I wouldn’t have come to join in the fun, it’s just free time!
"As the guest and the host do," Zhan Changfeng decided to see what tricks they could come up with, "Then let's have some fun."
Holy Son Ji Tang: "I have no objection."
"Don't be too simple. After sitting here for so long, I still want to move my body." General Youguang was on guard against Zhan Changfeng and Shengzi Ji Tang. He wished he could keep staring at them and take in all their actions. Naturally,
Just follow their lead.
Venerable Weng Yuan nodded and asked Emperor Qinghuan and Emperor Chaomu, "You two emperors are also here to play?"
Tianyi Zhenshui and Langhuan Shuidong were no small temptations. They were surprised to see the top figures of the Three Dynasties sitting next to them, but they would not resist the opportunity and accepted it.
None of the other venerables refused, and there was nothing to refuse.
"Okay, since everyone has agreed, please wait here for a moment. When the arrangements are completed outside, I will come and notify you." After saying this, he did not forget to stay and asked for hospitality, and led the other elders out to prepare.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he took Bu Xun to a palace room and said, "Take them out quickly."
Bu Xin Rui heard this and poured out all the congratulatory gifts he had received, "Master, do you want to open them?"
"Nonsense, take it off quickly!" In fact, the invitation sent out also included a cryptic question, so that the monks who received the invitation could leave their attitude in the gift.
This move is quite dangerous. If the monk who receives the invitation has secretly defected to an outside force, the news may leak out.
But then again, he was just asking about their plans for the future, and he didn't discuss anything confidential, so it wouldn't hurt if someone found out.
Unable to find Obedient, he opened the gifts one by one. Venerable Weng Yuan first looked at the gifts of Zhan Changfeng and Ji Tang.
Appropriate and has no special meaning.
He breathed a sigh of relief. The invitations to Taiyi, Shendu, and Yangtang naturally did not include any obscure questions, but he was afraid that these outside forces would use congratulatory gifts to warn Beiluo Taoism.
"Master!" Xunyou suddenly handed a jade slip to Weng Yuan, "This is a congratulatory gift from General Guangtang."
"He?" Weng Yuan opened the jade slip and his expression gradually became serious.
"What's wrong?"
"...Yangtang wants us to surrender."
"Surrender?" Xun Nao almost laughed, "We have been guarding against Taiyi, but it turned out that Yangtang made us surrender. It doesn't even occupy a single territory in Zhutian, right?"
"He said that as long as Beiluo Taoism surrenders, everything in Beiluo can remain as it is and get help from Yangtang, on the condition that it helps Yangtang resist Taiyi and win the other two realms."
Venerable Weng Yuan's hair has turned gray due to worry. What should we do? Yangtang is about to intervene.
"Let's take a look at the other gifts first?"
Some of them are simply gifts, which shows that they don't want to express their stance, or they don't want to express their stance in such a hurry.
Some left hints that they could discuss it, but did not give specific attitudes.
Some believe that they can belong to Taiyi and strive for more benefits.
Some people feel that it is a shame for Zhu Tian's forces to allow outside forces to come to Zhu Tian to dominate, and they should contact the forces in the entire Tian Territory to expel them all.
Weng Yuan discarded the last category first. Among the three celestial dynasties, which one did not have a quasi-sage sitting in command, which one did not have a group of venerables to be dispatched, which one did not have millions or tens of millions of troops ready to fight them, I don’t know how.
Dead.
Beiluo Taoism has actually not decided what to do in the future. Just like the hexagram of "come back in seven days", they are now repeatedly testing the attitudes of all parties, taking two steps, taking one step back, taking two steps, and taking one step back.
, practice the best choice.
If within several realms, the voices against forces outside the realm are extremely loud, they may share the same hatred.
If the conditions offered by the foreign forces are favorable to them, or if they have to surrender, they may immediately surrender to the foreign forces.
Venerable Weng Yuan sighed, "Yangtang's attitude is so tough... It is no longer useful to ask other forces. In the end, we have to take sides in the three-party celestial dynasty."