Chapter 470: The Old Man Comes to the Door
The beast cart galloped on the broad road for more than two hours, and a sparkling wave appeared in the distance ahead, which is the core area of the Dragon Elephant City, known as the "Dragon Elephant Pearl" of the Moon Lake. Like a bright pearl embedded in the middle of the plateau, the formation of the lake can not be traced, the lake is unfathomable, it is said that it reaches the bottom of the earth, and no one has ever been able to exhaust it. The lake water is clear and cold, there are a lot of fish monsters living in it, but they never offend with humans, the shallow surface of Yingyue Lake is a paradise for low-level aquatic monsters, and the Dragon Elephant City is built around this lake. To the north of Yingyue Lake is the royal family of Dragon Elephant City, where the headquarters of the Hua family, which ranks fifth among the seven major families in the Southern Regions, and in the other three directions, there are some other relatively powerful families or forces and some people who have cultivated to a high level. Being able to have a residence on the shore of Yingyue Lake is a symbol of identity and strength.
The beast cart came to the avenue by the lake and ran along the lake for half an hour, and finally stopped in front of a large mansion covering an area of more than 300 acres. I saw two huge red lanterns hanging on both sides of the entrance of the house, and a circle of small red lanterns hung on the wall, which set off the atmosphere of the whole house very festive. The gate of the house is also very lively, there are people constantly coming in and out, a row of long tables lined up, the tables are covered with red silk cloth, and there are monks sitting behind them who are responsible for receiving and registering the people who come to watch the ceremony and the congratulatory gifts. Lu Yi looked at it for a while, and said to the third-order monk who led the way: "You go and get busy, I'll just go in by myself." With that, he handed this person a high-grade spirit stone.
The man was immediately grateful, and after nodding and thanking Lu Yihao, he summoned a second-order demon beast mount, turned over, and galloped towards the city gate, thinking that he was going back to greet other guests. The driver of the cart went to the side of the house to collect the fare. Lu Yi watched from a distance for a while, and saw that there were really a lot of people who came to watch the ceremony, and most of the cultivators were above the fourth order, and the fifth-order monks were the mainstream, and most of the congratulatory gifts were mainly fourth-order and fifth-order materials. During the period, several sixth-order monks came, all of them came with invitations and generous gifts, and the hospitality they received was different from ordinary monks.
Lu Yi took advantage of the fact that no one around him was paying attention, silently changed his cultivation to the middle of the fourth order with a thousand illusion brocade robes, and then found a fourth-order spirit grass in the storage bracelet, and then took this thing as a congratulatory gift, registered Lu Li's name in the registration place, and sent the spirit grass to him, and a small servant led Lu Yi into the palace.
Lu Yi walked through the courtyard under the leadership of the small servant and came to the back garden of the palace, at this time, there were many monks gathered in the back garden of the palace, three hundred large round tables, each table can seat ten people, and now most of them have been seated. The little servant led Lu Yi to a table that was not yet full, and left after arranging Lu Yi's seat very respectfully, Lu Yi looked around, and found that all the people present were fourth-order monks, and the number was about a thousand, and then all the people sitting were fifth-order monks, the number was about 1,500, and in front of the seats of these fifth-order monks, there was a high platform, and there were a total of ten round tables on the high platform, and there were less than thirty people sitting at the moment, but all of them were sixth-order monks. Guests are chatting with people they know well, introducing themselves to strangers at the same table, or closing their eyes alone and waiting for the wedding to begin.
There are five people sitting at Lu Yi's table at the moment, two of them seem to know each other, the two of them are chatting more hotly, and the other one closes his eyes and recuperates, as if he is in a state of flux. There was only one fat man left, who looked like an unstable master, and it was really boring to look left and right, so he caught Lu Yi and chatted.
"This brother, contemptible Ji Shuliu, dare to ask what Brother Tai is called?" The fat man was the first to expose his name.
"In Gerorita. Lu Yi nodded.
"Brother Tai is young and promising, I look at you as if you are more than 100 years old, and you have cultivated to such a state, which is really enviable. When Ji Shuliu saw Lu Yi replying, he immediately opened the conversation.
"Brother Ji said with a smile, I'm just a little lucky, it's just a fluke, but Brother Ji is already a fourth-order late-stage cultivator, I don't think I'll be able to break through in a few days, right?" Lu Yi probed the fat man without a trace, and found that his cultivation was the peak of the late-stage fourth-order stage, and the time was not short, he should be trapped by a bottleneck and unable to break through.
"Alas, don't hide it from Brother Lu, brother, I have been stuck at the peak of the late fourth-order for more than ten years, but I haven't been able to break through, and I came here today to try my luck, Chixing Zhenren is a fifth-order pill pharmacist, and I plan to take advantage of his old man's big day to find some opportunities." Listening to Lu Yi praise himself, it made the fat man a little embarrassed, and bluntly talked about his shortcomings, but he was also a bright person.
The two chatted without saying a word, and after another half an hour or so, the three hundred round tables were already full, and the round tables on the high platform were also about sixty people, Ji Shuliu was obviously very familiar with some well-known figures in and around the Dragon Elephant City, and after learning that Lu Yi was from other places, he took the initiative to explain and began to give a brief introduction to Lu Yi from the high-ranking sixth-order monks he knew.
Seeing that noon was approaching, I saw a commotion of the guests near the entrance of the back garden, standing up one after another, and a group of people walked into the entrance of the back garden. At the same time, the monks who had been present also moved their eyes to the door and got up one after another. Lu Yi swept over at a glance, only to see more than a dozen sixth-order monks clustered around a handsome man who seemed to be only middle-aged, talking and laughing in the direction of the high platform, the man was eight feet tall, sword eyebrows, a handsome white face with edges and corners, wearing a white brocade robe, a jade belt around his waist, light steps but not losing strength, as if a person in a high position, but missing a trace of monk's breath, this person is Gong Chixing. Since he entered the hall, he saw that all the guests had paid attention to him, and even those fourth- and fifth-order monks had admiring expressions on their faces, so they smiled, trying their best to hide the pride and joy in their hearts, pretending to be inadvertent, deliberately maintaining a soothing pace of progress, and trying to create a calm bearing that was not happy with things.
Sure enough, this move got a high score in the eyes of those fourth- and fifth-order monks, and the fat man Ji beside Lu Yi even showed a look of almost worship, and Lu Yi pouted when he saw it.
Surrounded by a group of people, Gong Chixing enjoyed the worshipful gaze of the monks around him, slowly ascended the high platform, and stood in front of the main seat of the round table in the middle of the high platform. He calmly glanced at the audience again, clasped his fists, and said: "Thank you for your love, even if Gong Mou's double happiness is coming today, it is not as good as the affection of all Taoist friends, Gong Mou is here to thank you." After that, Gong Chixing bowed to the stage.
At this moment, the elders who walked out of the side of the palace Chixing for a year also hugged everyone and said loudly: "Thank you Chixing Zhenren for looking down on the next and handing over today's double happiness banquet to the next to preside. Next, please take a seat in today's birthday star and groom official Chixing!"
Gong Chixing, who had been standing in front of the main seat, smiled and bowed his hand to everyone again, then lifted his robe and sat down in a chic manner.
"Please take your seats!" the host surnamed Wu shouted again.
All the guests sat down.
"Next, I would like to invite today's bride, Huaqing Fairy, to enter the hall and give a great gift to today's happy public!" the host shouted.
Hearing this, the audience suddenly burst into goodwill cheers.
Just when everyone was looking eagerly at the entrance of the back garden and planning to see today's bride's demeanor, they heard a loud shout from outside: "Dragon Elephant Country, Shi Hua Tianyou and Nangong Qingli, the prince of the Western Regions Star Spirit Kingdom, arrived!"
This shout suddenly exploded in the crowd, and the monks immediately began to discuss. Seeing that Lu Yi seemed puzzled, Ji Fatzi hurriedly whispered to Lu Yi: "Brother Lu, this matter is interesting." As one of the seven major families in the Southern Regions, the Hua family in the Southern Regions presides over the national politics of the Dragon Elephant, and never participates in such folk affairs, although the Red Star real person is quite high in cultivation and fame, but it is not enough to attract the attention of the Hua family. ”
However, Lu Yi has been paying attention to Gong Chixing's words and deeds, and when he heard the name of Nangong Qingli, the prince of the Western Regions Star Spirit Kingdom, his brows furrowed obviously, thinking that there should be something hidden here.
Just when everyone was in an uproar, more than a dozen monks appeared from the entrance of the back garden, one of the first three was a little older, and his breath was vague, but he had already reached the seventh order, and was on the right hand of the three; one seemed to be only middle-aged, and he was in the late stage of the sixth order, wearing an official uniform, and was on his left hand; in the middle was a young man with a golden crown and jade belt and a majestic appearance, and his cultivation was only in the early stage of the fifth order. A few steps behind the three of them, all sixth-order monks surrounded the arch guards, looking like they were facing a great enemy.
Seeing this group of people entering, all the monks stopped making noise, and there were seventh-order monks pressing the scene, naturally no one dared to be presumptuous, not to mention, it was the Hua family of the current Dragon Elephant Lord who came. The group of sixth-order monks on the high platform were obviously very familiar with the sixth-order monk among the people who came, and they all stood up to salute from afar, while Gong Chixing stared at the golden-crowned young man with an expressionless face.
I saw that the young man saw Gong Chixing at the moment his eyes turned red, and he stepped a few steps tightly, and instantly came to Gong Chixing's side on the high platform, "Poof!" He knelt down on his knees and bowed to Gong Chixing: "Unfilial nephew Nangong Qingli knocked on the Four Emperor Uncles!" Lingxing Country is now usurped by thieves, and his father died in battle, please ask the Four Emperor Uncles to be the master of his nephew and crusade against the traitor Nangong Kuixing, in order to avenge the revenge of killing his father and usurping the country!"
As soon as these words came out, the guests were in an uproar!