Chapter 11 Birthday Celebrations
A quarter past noon. With the sound of earth-shattering gongs and drums, the celebration of the birthday of the ancestor of Shantai officially began.
Because there were too many people who came to congratulate him on his birthday, the Tangtai family specially sorted out the martial arts arena in the mansion of the lord of the city for everyone to pay homage to the ancestors of the Tangtai and offer gifts. After the birthday greeting, the guest of honor went to the banquet hall of the house to have a banquet.
When Long Chuan followed his family and the Xia family into the martial arts arena, he saw a red carpet dozens of zhang wide stretching from the entrance of the martial arts arena to the front of the stage. Visually, the distance from the entrance of the martial arts arena to the Dianjiangtai is not several miles away. The width of the martial arts arena is at least two miles.
In the entire martial arts arena, it is very festive to wear red and hang colors. The Dianjiangtai in the distance is even more magnificently decorated, but also majestic and solemn, and the end is high-end and atmospheric.
On the left and right sides of the martial arts arena, pergolas were temporarily erected for the guests to rest. On the left side of the door, there are people sitting in the fairy gate. On the right side of the door, there are mortal people.
Long Chuan's eyes swept away, and he realized that in the past year, there were actually hundreds of immortal cultivators in Sifang City. Of course, this does not rule out that some immortal cultivators may not have come to participate in the birthday celebration ceremony of the ancestor of Tangtai.
As for the pergola on the right, where the mortals are located, there is no need to repeat the number of people. However, there were only a few hundred people sitting in the first row of pergolas. The pergolas in the first row are also separated from the pergolas at the back by streamers.
Long Chuan understood at a glance that the mortals who were qualified to go on the field today to pay a solo birthday to the ancestor of Tangtai were probably only people in the first row of pergolas. Otherwise, there is no telling how long this ritual will last.
After everyone sat down, with the master of ceremonies shouting "Welcome to the ancestor!", an old man slowly walked into the martial arts arena surrounded by a group of people.
Everyone in the arena immediately stood up, and the applause and cheers were thunderous. Long Chuan looked at it, the old man who was surrounded in the middle, who was not the old fishing friend?
After a group of people ascended to the platform, the ancestor of the platform stood facing everyone, smiled and said, "Thank you, all of you! Although it was only a flat and slow sound, the tens of thousands of people in the martial arts arena all felt that the voice of the ancestor seemed to be in their ears, and they also felt that the eyes of the ancestor were looking at him.
Long Chuan could see clearly, the old man who was called Ah Fu next to the ancestor of Tangtai, his eyes swept slightly towards the crowd, looked at himself, smiled and nodded.
After the ancestor of Shantai sat down, the lord of the Tantai Mansion appeared on the stage to deliver a speech. After a passionate tirade, the birthday celebration officially began.
The first to come forward to pay homage to the ancestor of Tangtai was naturally his own family in Tangtai Mansion. Among the Tantai family, there were two young men and women who caught the attention of Long Chuan. The man in it is called Yutai Yunshui. That woman is called Yunyue. These two people are the younger brothers and sisters of the current lord of the Tantai Mansion, and they are twin dragon and phoenix twins, and they are said to be twin immortal bases. Both of them were dressed in mundane clothes, and they couldn't tell whether they were disciples of the Jade Sword Sect or not.
After the family members of the Tantai Mansion paid their respects to the ancestor of the Tangtai Mansion, hundreds of immortal cultivators in the field began to come forward to congratulate him on his birthday.
It is said to be a gift to celebrate the birthday, but in fact, the gifts of most people have been handed over to the people who received the gifts in the Taifu Prefecture. Only the most valuable gifts will be offered in front of the giver. Whenever one or several people come forward to congratulate the birthday at the same time, the master of ceremonies will sing loudly the gift list of the person who congratulates the birthday. The congratulatory gifts offered by these immortal people are nothing more than some immortal cultivation materials, pills, magic weapons and the like.
According to the evaluation of the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon, the best of them was just a mid-level high-grade spirit stone. It seems that the people in the Immortal Sect who came to Sifang City to test and practice are not very good in cultivation and worth. It's also easy to understand. After all, the city of the four directions is a mortal city. Although two places of trial suddenly appeared around, they were not the same compared to the immortal blessed land exclusive to the immortal family. It is estimated that most of the people who come here to cultivate are some bitter casual cultivators and some low-level Xianmen disciples.
At this moment, the Dragon Chuan, after a year of teaching by the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon, is no longer a cultivator, and he has a lot of preliminary understanding of spirit stones and other things. Just this piece of middle-level high-grade spirit stone, Long Chuan silently calculated, if it was exchanged for worldly property, it could be used for an ordinary worldly family to enjoy the small blessings of several lifetimes.
Among the immortal cultivators, it is Jin Yicheng and the others who need to be mentioned that they are the real people of Jushan who once went to the Long family to see the overlord's illness. What Jin Yicheng and the others offered was just some ordinary immortal cultivation materials. Long Chuan estimated that these things were still scraped from the Long family. And Jushan Zhenren, the old immortal thief, has not left Sifang City yet, and has also found an opportunity to present a congratulatory gift to the ancestor of Tangtai in person.
What he offered was a piece of immortal jade called agarwood jade. According to the Heavenly Demon, this thing is somewhat magical, which can help immortal cultivators concentrate their concentration, resist the interference of some demons, and reduce the risk of going mad.
"It must have been tricked or robbed by this old fairy thief somewhere. Long Chuan thought maliciously.
Because the vast majority of people just stepped forward to salute and say a few auspicious words, hundreds of immortal cultivators stepped forward in turn to congratulate their birthdays, and the time taken was much less than Long Chuan expected. In less than half an hour, the gifts and birthday celebrations of the immortal cultivators were over. Next, it is the turn of mortals to offer their birthdays.
In the Sifang City, among the mortals, except for the Tantai family, the most honorable person is none other than the four Acropolis City Lords, and the birthday gifts are naturally at the forefront.
I don't know if it was to save time, or for other considerations, the Tantai family specially arranged for four Acropolis Lords to come forward at the same time to congratulate their birthdays.
Several immortal cultivators among the four families did not go to the pergola on the other side, but rested with their respective families in the pergola of mortal people. At this time, the three ancestors of the Long family, Xia Qinghe, Huang Boyuan and Cheng Lin also followed their families.
With the emcee singing, Long Zheng, Xia Yuqiu, Huang Yihao and Cheng Liming stepped forward at the same time, lined up in a row, and fell to the ground.
The rest of the four families also stepped forward, kneeling and bowing, bowing and bowing, and bowed to the ancestor of Shantai. Those who knelt were mortals. bowed, naturally, it was the ancestor of the Long family and a few other immortal disciples.
Before the four families reached the stage, the master of ceremonies began to sing their gift list loudly. Although it was only some immortal cultivation materials and worldly belongings, the amount was extremely amazing, which made the guests in the martial arts arena amazed.
Long Chuan kowtowed honestly with everyone, but he didn't notice that when the master of ceremonies sang that there were dozens of low-level high-grade and two middle-grade low-grade spirit stones among the immortal cultivation materials offered by the Long family, Jin Yicheng and the other nine Jade Sword Sect disciples who lived in the Long family had extremely gloomy faces.
After Long Zheng, Xia Yuqiu, Huang Yihao and Cheng Liming and other four people finished saluting, the lord of the Tantai Mansion personally stepped forward, helped the four of them up, and said: "The four city lords and Yuntian are shepherding the Sifang City together, and they have worked hard, please get up quickly!"
Many people only then knew that the original name of the lord of the Tantai Mansion was called Tantai Yuntian.
Long Zheng and the others stood up and said hello to Yuntian one after another. Huang Yihao said with a smile on his face: "The return of the ancestor of Tangtai, if the lord of the mansion is interested, after four years, it will be easy to take the position of the lord of another city!"
Yuntian said with a smile: "The Yellow City Lord said that he was joking. If it weren't for the help of the four of them, Yuntian would be the place to shepherd this city, and they would all feel a little difficult. Where do you dare to go to look at other cities without measuring your own strength? Moreover, the ancestor will go home to save his relatives this time, and the day when he will stay is also undecided. ”
Cheng Liming arched his hand and said with a smile: "Mansion Master, you must ask the ancestor to spend a few more years in the Sifang City! I heard that the ancestor has returned, and I have been sleeping more steadily these days." If the Ancestor can stay in the Sifang City for a long time, it will be a great blessing for the people of our Sifang City!"
Yuntian said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from the city lord, Yuntian also hopes that the ancestor can stay at home for a long time." However, the ancestor is a member of the Immortal Sect, and his cultivation is heavy. As future generations, we dare not delay the cultivation of our ancestors. ”
Speaking of this, Yuntian lowered his voice and said, "What's more, the ancestor also has a sect in his body. The immortal family also has the rules of the immortal family. How long can an ancestor stay at home......"
When Huang Yihao and Cheng Liming heard this, they immediately made a look of sudden realization, and nodded at the same time, revealing a look of "I understand".
Yuntian laughed and said, "Come, come, come! Four city lords, please go back to your place and rest for a while! When you have a feast, please be sure to give Yuntian a face and drink a few more cups!"
Huang Yihao saw that Yuntian was about to walk towards the pergola with Yuntian pulling himself and the others, and hurriedly said: "Mansion master, please wait! My family's Yuan'er has returned from Xianmen, and there are still some congratulatory gifts that need to be presented to the ancestor in person." ”
While continuing to invite a few people to walk towards the pergola, Yuntian said with a smile: "The Lord of the Yellow City is too polite! The congratulatory gifts of all the suitable talents, Yun Tian was cheeky to accept them for the ancestors. If the Yellow City Lord is more polite, Yuntian is embarrassed. Go, go, go! ”
Huang Yihao was being pulled by the Yuntian and kept moving forward, Huang Boyuan flashed out, blocked in front of everyone, hugged his fist slightly at the Yuntian of the Tai, and said, "Mansion master, please wait!"
Yuntian was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Huang ...... Immortal Chief, ...... are you?"
Huang Boyuan said with a smile: "Mansion master, the ancestor has returned, and I have a congratulatory gift on the order of the elders of the sect." The elders have a life, and the congratulatory gifts must be presented to the ancestors in person. ”
Yuntian sighed slightly, and said, "So, this congratulatory gift must be offered?"
Huang Boyuan replied: "Not bad. The order of the division commander did not dare to disobey. ”
Yutai Yuntian smiled: "Since this is the case, I won't stop it." Please!"
Long Chuan stood in the crowd and could see clearly. At this time, Huang Yihao's face flashed with obvious color, and Cheng Liming smiled silently. Xia Qiuyu and Li Yun glanced at each other, and their eyes were a little worried.