ask the mirror

Chapter 135

The banquet arrangement on the top floor roughly forms a semicircle. It is a traditional kneeling seat with a low table in the front and a rather spacious space in the middle. At this time, under Geng Fu's instructions, there is a beautiful waitress to lead everyone The leading figures are seated.Yu Ci took a deep breath, forced his mind to move away from the Illuminating God Bronze Mirror, his eyes swept around, taking all the characters in the hall into his eyes.

He saw Jin Huan at first sight.The Lord of the White House had not entered the Yunzhu Garden before, but was talking to someone in a corner of the hall.He just came over when he heard the music playing in the banquet hall, and the person who was talking to him just now followed behind him, following him step by step, that was Kuang Yanqi.

Jin Huan still looked the same, with black gold long clothes, a jade belt around his waist, and a square face that was calm and majestic. The passive situation of the past few days did not seem to have affected him. He made a "please" gesture, quite a landlord's style.

Everyone immediately took their seats.Xie Yan took the first place of course, and Yu Ci sat next to him. Many people may be unhappy with this seat, but no one dared to question it. Jin Huan sat on the other side, facing the two of them from afar. Yan Qi did not have a seat, but stood behind him, bowing his head in silence.

Of course, you can bring entourages with you, and Kuang Yanqi also has an errand of "coordinating in the middle".As for why it wasn't Jin Chuan who had a closer relationship with Jin Huan, I heard that the kid was grounded by Jin Huan after he returned to the mansion after meeting Yu Ci in the Tianyi Tower last time.However, now it seems that Kuang Yanqi's mental state is not very good either, he lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a few days.

After a period of chaos, all the prominent figures had already entered the table, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was relatively harmonious.Yu Ci's eyes swept over again, this time he saw Zhao Ziyue, this guy who was suspected of selling private goods was smiling at him, then turned his head and made eye contact with a Taoist priest opposite.

That Taoist priest is naturally Lu Mingyue.Yu Ci just glanced at him from a distance, now that he was getting closer, and he could see it more clearly under the light, he just felt that this guy was really a drunk, but for some reason, his eyebrows were full of joy, and he was with him. Zhao Zi said that when he met his eyes across the air, he also had a sense of superiority of "too lazy to argue with you", which was strange.

And beside him, is a monk.

When Yu Ci cast his gaze over, the monk also raised his head, his surprisingly upright and quiet face was expressionless, but seeing Yu Ci's attention, he smiled and nodded, very friendly.Yu Ci also laughed, there seemed to be a tacit understanding in it.

There is no doubt that this is Monk Isin.It has nothing in common with his disciple's snake-like appearance, and his sitting posture is comparable to any eminent monk.

"It's hard to know people's hearts when they know their faces." Yu Ci secretly sighed, looking at this fellow, who would have thought that he is the chief culprit of the turmoil in the Tianrift Valley, a real poisonous snake, hiding in the dark, choosing people What about eating?

At this time, there was still no one at the table.

A total of [-] seats are placed on the top floor of Tianyi Building.The fairy head of the Lichen Sect, the leaders of the five major forces in the Cliff City, Lu Mingyue, the representative of casual cultivators, five "visitors from other places" who came from afar, and the leader of the Xinxin Pavilion caravan who have not yet 'shown' are housed respectively.

At this time, all the "distinguished guests" represented by Zhao Ziyue had arrived, and the leader of the caravan was preparing to host the subsequent Yi Bao Banquet, so he did not attend.In addition, Yu Ci's next head, that is, the Wanlingmen's seat is empty, which is also reasonable. Since the disastrous defeat to Jin Huan that year, Shi Song has never set foot in the cliff city, and setting up a seat is just a Just show respect.

only one...

"Xuanyin taught Master Chiyin to arrive."

In such an occasion, of course, Geng Fu couldn't yell in a prolonged tone, but such a plain sentence, combined with the Xiangfeng Qianying who followed it, still caught everyone's attention instantly.

Dressed in a black cloak unique to the Xuanyin Sect, Chiyin slowly stepped into the hall, with a calm expression on her pretty face and a face with clear lines, like a beautiful sculpture.He simply responded to the greetings of everyone at the table, without the slightest sense of being late.In fact, she arrived just in time, very punctual.

From the beginning to the end, when she faced Xie Yan, she just said something like "I have met Xie Xianchang". The sects on both sides have a heart-to-heart relationship, so it is impossible for them to be very warm. Nodding again, this girl Xiu then went straight to the table, and according to the seating arrangement, sat at the head of Jin Huan.In this way, it happened to be face to face with Yu Ci.

The eyes of the two did not communicate.

On the inside of Yu Ci's forearm, the heat from the Illuminating God Bronze Mirror was still searing on the flesh.But at this moment, the slightly anxious mood before suddenly calmed down, as if he put a handful of ice and snow in his heart.

There was a sudden thunderous sound below, which made the Tianyi Tower tremble slightly.The Yibao Banquet over there has already started, and it was a good start.

This seems to be a signal that the small-scale conversation on the top floor has stopped, but the merchants in the Xinxin Pavilion have not yet arrived.

Naturally, all the people present could hold their breaths, even though the shouts from downstairs were louder than the waves, they still stood still, but some people just muttered in their hearts, that the airs of Suixin Pavilion are too big.

At this moment, a wisp of smoke came out of the open space surrounded by the case, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

The flue gas twists and turns, vaguely forming.Like a newborn tree bud, it breaks through the ground and grows taller slowly. The trunk gradually grows, and branches and leaves spread out, forming a few smoky branches.

The branches are not fixed, but rotate and swim on the smoke trunk, interlacing and changing with each other.Yu Ci counted, there are five in total.

And on the branches, there are layers of smoke, forming the shape of leaves. In fact, they are trays for holding things. The light shines on the audience.Attracted everyone's attention for a while.

"gimmick!"

Yu Ci let out a laugh in his heart, and turned to look at Zhao Ziyue, only to see that person also cast his gaze, probably wanting to go straight to what the cliff top said before.Both of them smiled and nodded, and then turned their eyes to the smoke tree.

It's a gimmick, but I have to admit that this technique of "growing smoke trees on the ground, five branches connecting precious light" is very eye-catching, especially the light smoke lingers between the branches and leaves. I don't know what it is. I can only see the brilliance shining through, but the real treasure is looming, no matter what, I can't see it clearly, and it makes people's hearts itch.Thinking about this smoke tree alone, it is quite a good thing.

At this moment, Haha's laughter rang out.

"Fear and panic, I'm sorry for the long wait, fellow immortal elders and fellow Taoists. My Zhou Youde is in charge of the Suixin Pavilion, so I'm being courteous here."

Accompanied by laughter, a short and stocky figure turned out from behind the screen.This person is solid-looking, but his face is smiling and friendly, he is a very typical businessman.At this time, he clasped his fists to the top, cupped his hands repeatedly, and saluted everyone present.When he got to the table, he specially bowed to Xie Yan alone:

"Since we parted from the Fountain of Youth back then, Xie Xianchang's demeanor is as good as before, which is very enviable."

Yu Ci met Zhou Youde once in the morning, and knew that he was a very smooth guy, but he didn't know that he and Xie Yan were old acquaintances.

Xie Yan's strange eyes glanced slightly, his eyes swept across Zhou Youde's face, and he nodded slightly as a response.Then he turned his face away, still staring at the tobacco tree in the center of the field floor.

Zhou Youde obviously knew Xie Yan's temper, so he saluted to the surroundings before sitting down, and then coughed lightly.In fact, his physical condition is not very good, and his face is sallow, which is the injury he suffered when he was robbed by a strongman a few days ago. At this time, he is still working hard, maintaining a professional smile, and greeting everyone comprehensively.

At this moment, Yu Ci felt something was wrong.

Turning his gaze to Xie Yan, he found that the uncle was staring at the light shining on the smoke tree without blinking his eyes, with a serious expression on his face.It is because he has been in contact with Xie Yan a lot in recent days that he can have such a detailed feeling. In the eyes of others, this lonely and eccentric fairy has always had that expression, which has never changed.

What is Xie Yan looking at?

Yu Ci couldn't see through the layer of smoke outside the treasure, but his eyesight couldn't be compared with that of monk Buxu.

At this time, some treasure was displayed downstairs, which caused a lot of exclamation, and the atmosphere of speculation became even more enthusiastic.After the sound had passed, Zhou Youde finally got to the point, stretched out his hand and pointed at the smoke tree in the center of the banquet.

"Everyone, this is the Pavilion of My Heart. The five artifacts prepared for this Yibao Banquet are all brought from the Western Buddhist kingdom. They are very unique and are of great benefit to practice. You should know This is the rule of the Yibao Banquet. If I unseal a treasure, if there are fairy elders and fellow Taoists who can see it, they can roughly estimate the price and exchange it with treasures of the same value, or buy it with my "wishful money" from Xunxin Pavilion. Of course, before the seal is opened, I will tell the price."

Most of the people here are laughing.It's not that Zhou Youde's words are funny, but because he understands the background of his words.

Big merchants like Suixin Pavilion have always been committed to establishing a common currency in the practice world and changing the traditional barter trading model, but in the end, the currency they fiddled with can only be circulated within a small range , just like this 'wishful money', it is probably only useful when dealing with Suixin Pavilion, and everyone here does not have it.In fact, Zhou Youde was trying his best to promote it. Everyone understands this idea.

Zhou Youde also laughed, stopped talking, and lightly clapped his hands. On a branch of the smoke tree, layers of clouds and smoke bloomed like lotus flowers, revealing a palm-sized ring, which seemed to be made of brass. Made of metal.It seems that the appearance of this ring is also average, and Zhou Youde offered a price:

"'Tongxin Rhinoceros Ring', wishful money five thousand."

Those who are familiar with the inside market are a little surprised, this price is very good.It is roughly equivalent to the value of the superimposed magic weapon of the "Tiangangdisha" sacrificial refining method with more than forty layers of spells.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhou Youde smiled and continued to explain:

"This 'Tongxin Rhinoceros Ring' is made from the horns of rhinoceros with ringed horns unique to Western Buddhist countries, and is 'kneaded' made of windmilled black copper. It was consecrated by the eminent monk Dade of Lanruo Temple, and passed through the 31-story Buddha Bathing Hall Superposition of mantras, placed close to the body, can dispel demons and evil spirits; used to attack enemies, can subdue yin demons and evildoers. In addition, due to the characteristics of 'ringed rhinoceros', relying on this thing, it is not necessary to practice Self-communication, simple communication with all creatures, very unique.”

Yu Ci looked at the ring from a distance, and suddenly thought that if he had this ring in his hand when he met Nan Songzi that day, he would be more calm in dealing with it.

Zhou Youde looked around at the banquet and said with a grin, "Is there any fellow Taoist interested?"

There was silence at the banquet, which is not because no one cares.Instead, interested people are calculating what kind of "Yi Bao" should be, which is more cost-effective.Zhou Youde was also very patient, smiling and waiting.

At this time, someone suddenly called out the Buddha's name in a low voice. It was Monk Yixin. , and the effect of the animal language seems to be tailor-made for the Wanlingmen. It is a pity that the master of the history gate is not here..."

"Who said Shi is not here!"

A vigorous voice came from outside the door, before the words fell, a tall, gray-haired old man strode in, and the laughter shook through his chest, and then forced out, thick and powerful:

"It's such a lively feast, how could Shi not come?"

Yu Ci glanced sideways, and saw the undisguised gloomy expression on Jin Huan's face after the surprise.

Shi Song, the master of Wanlingmen, who hadn't entered the cliff city for 50 years, came to Tianyi Tower without warning, and appeared in front of his old opponent.

There was another exclamation downstairs, which seemed to be a footnote for Shi Song's arrival.