Chronicles of Celestial Origins

The next day, Tang Ning, Wu Tongming, and Zhang Ziqing left the Tianniu Mountains and came to Qianxuan Wutong Pavilion in Yuanpeili City.

The three of them entered the inner room, and a beautiful woman came up to them and asked, "What do you need, three seniors?"

"We want three tickets to Qianhuali. The sooner the better."

"Okay, please wait." The woman turned her hand, took out a thick book, flipped through it a few times and said: "In an hour, we will have a wind spirit ship that will pass "Qianhuali". It only takes two days." Thousand Spirit Stones, what do the three seniors think?"

"Okay." Zhang Ziqing agreed immediately, pulled out six thousand spirit stones and handed them to her.

"Three seniors, please follow me." The woman took the spirit stone, handed them three number plates, and led the three of them through the hall to an empty room in the backyard. There were more than a hundred cards placed inside. There were twenty or thirty men and women sitting on the futon.

The three of them found a random spot and sat cross-legged. Tangning asked, "Brother Zhang, didn't you say you were going to have a banquet? Why are you going to Yuanhuali?"

Zhang Ziqing smiled slightly: "Brother Tang, please be patient. You will know when you get to the place."

Seeing his appearance, Tangning didn't ask any questions. About a quarter of an hour later, a man with a big face and big ears pushed the door in and said, "Fellow Taoists, the merchant ship you are traveling on this time is about to leave." Let’s go, please follow me.”

Everyone then stood up one after another and followed him out of the attic. After a short while, they came to a huge cyan light curtain.

The leading man turned his hand and handed a teleportation note inside. Soon, the light curtain melted into a gap, and everyone entered the room.

The interior is very vast, with endless flat roads as far as the eye can see. The ground is paved with uniform black stone slabs, smooth and bright.

Many large and small merchant ships are parked in an orderly manner within a clear-cut framework. This is the merchant ship docking place for the entire "Yuanpeili City". All merchant ships entering and exiting the "Li City" are parked in this place.

Tangning and others were led by a man from the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce to the deck of a wind spirit ship named "Chuangxuan".

In less than a stick of incense, there was only a loud noise, and the "Zhuanhua" glowed brightly, soared into the sky, and slowly drove out of the light curtain. Half an hour later, it had arrived at the outline of the "Qianhuali City" outside.

At this time, a white-faced man walked out of the cabin and said loudly: "Qianhuali City has arrived. Fellow Taoists who have disembarked here, please assemble here."

The words reached the ears of everyone on the deck clearly, and soon, more than ten people gathered in front of the man. They handed him the number plates one by one, and then got off the merchant ship.

"Brother Zhang, you can speak frankly now! Where are we going?" Tangning asked after Fang left the Wind Spirit Ship.

Zhang Ziqing smiled and said: "This time I invite Brother Tang to a banquet, but in fact I am borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha."

"Oh? Brother Zhang, please tell me clearly what you mean."

Zhang Ziqing said: "Brother Tang must not know that today is Liu Ziyang's 2000th birthday. Liu Ziyang held a grand banquet in Qingfeng Valley to entertain the powerful people from all sides in Xuantang City. He also held a three-day flowing banquet for all monks above Jindan. You can all come to Qingfeng Valley for a banquet.”

"We are new here and don't know anything about the local people. We can take this opportunity to get to know fellow Taoists from all over the world. This is a rare feast. Since you and I have nothing to do, why don't we go and see something?"

Tang Ning nodded and said, "I see. Who is this Liu Ziyang?"

"He is a son of the Liu family and the head of the Liu family's office in this city. I heard that this person cares about wealth and justice, has a wide network of friends, and has a good face. I have never seen this person before, but I heard about him a few days ago. Several monks in this department talked about this matter and became interested in it.

"It is said that he is very old and his life is short. His 2000th birthday should be his last birthday, so he held a banquet in Qingfeng Valley."

Tang Ning said: "The Liu family that Brother Zhang is talking about? Is it the Liu family in Donglai County?"

The Liu family is famous in Donglai County. Its status is only lower than that of the Mirror Moon Sect. Its influence spreads throughout Donglai County. It is the leader of the practicing family in Donglai County.

The great ancestor Liu Ji, surnamed Liu, loved to play and humiliate others, and he had a lot of common habits in the market, which was often criticized by young people.

However, he is a heroic person, has a strategy, and has great ambitions.

When I was young, I read the Records of the First Ancestor of the Ying Family and sighed with emotion: This is what a real man should be like.

Liu Ji started from a young age. Although he was fond of singing and dancing, he often insulted others, especially those who despised red tape.

However, he is open-minded and generous, listens to advice readily, distinguishes between public and private matters, and never acts based on personal happiness or anger. He has traveled all over the world and enjoyed playing games all his life. He is the first-class hero in the world.

At that time, no one could surpass him.

Xin You'an, a great hero of later generations, once said: Liu Gaozu Ji's anger swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger.

The great ancestor of the Shi family in Liangzhou once said: If you encounter Liu Gaozu Ji, you should face him from the north.

Zhang Ziqing replied: "Besides it, there is no other Liu family that has such great influence in Donglai County. Liu Ziyang has been in charge of this city for nearly a thousand years and has many friends. This time he held a banquet, and I think all the forces in this city have a good reputation." Everyone will be invited to the banquet, how can you miss this grand event?”

"So, the captain and inspector of our headquarters will also be invited to participate?"

"It's possible! Who knows!"

"I didn't expect that a monk with such profound cultivation as him could be so faceless, no different from a secular person."

Zhang Ziqing said: "Who says otherwise? There is no difference between monks and secular people. Only some monks are so superior that they insist on distinguishing the two."

"In addition to being more capable than ordinary people, monks have a lot of emotions and desires. Otherwise, there would be so much killing and intrigue. After all, becoming an immortal is a desire in itself. I have always felt that the only way to have no desires and desires is to One kind of person is a dead person.”

"There are countless monks like Liu Ziyang who care about pomp and face in the entire spiritual world, especially some young masters from aristocratic families, who take these very seriously."

Tang Ning said: "By the way, Brother Zhang, are we going to Qingfeng Valley like this? Do we need to prepare some birthday gifts?"

"It shouldn't be necessary! Since he has set up a flowing banquet and a banquet for everyone, he shouldn't need a birthday gift. Who cares! When the time comes, if necessary, just give some spiritual stones as a birthday gift. Is that possible? Are you going to drive us away?"

The three of them chatted while flying, traveling hundreds of miles at a time. On the way, they met a passing monk and approached them to ask for the direction of Qingfeng Valley.

After walking like this for an hour or two, we came to a huge valley at about midnight.

The entire valley was already decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and it was a festive and peaceful place. A huge mansion below surrounded the land with a radius of dozens of miles.

Above the valley, cranes were flying, and escaping lights shot out from all directions from time to time, heading down the valley.

Tang Ning and the other three also followed these escaping lights and landed in front of the mansion below the valley.

There is only one entrance door in the entire mansion. On the door plaque are gleamingly engraved the two characters "Liu Fu", and on both sides are engraved golden slogans such as "Fu Ru Dong Hai, Longevity Bi Nan Mountain".

People were coming and going in front of the gate of the mansion. It seemed that there were not a few people who came here because of the reputation. As soon as Tang Ning and the other three disappeared from the light, a fair-faced man came to greet them. With a faint smile on his face, he bowed his head and said: "Thank you three fellow Taoists for coming to our wedding banquet. May I ask where these three fellow Taoists came from?"

"The three of us are disciples of the Taixuan Sect's office in this city. We heard that Senior Liu is celebrating his 2000th birthday, so we are here to congratulate him." Zhang Ziqing said.

"It turns out that you are an honored guest of Emperor Taixuan. Please follow me." The man led the three people into the mansion. The spacious courtyard inside was decorated with elegant pavilions and waterside pavilions.

On both sides of the door, several desks were displayed, with several men and women standing there. The desks were filled with large and small birthday gifts.

"These three fellow Taoists are distinguished guests of Taixuan Sect." The man walked up to a woman standing on the desk on the left and said.

"May I ask the names of these three fellow Taoists?" the woman said with a spring breeze smile on her face and a thick booklet in her hand.

Seeing such a scene, how could the three of them not know its meaning? It was clearly a hint to the three of them to offer birthday gifts.

Zhang Ziqing flipped his hand over and handed the woman a storage bag: "Zhang Ziqing, Wu Tongming, and Tang Ning, disciples of Taixuanzong's office in Xuantang City, heard about Senior Liu's 2,500th birthday and came here to congratulate him. The three juniors have no merits and are just meager gifts. , express your feelings.”

The woman took the storage bag and said, "Thank you three fellow Taoists for your kindness. Please take it inside."

After the words fell, a man behind him strode out and led the three people forward.

It wasn't until news of the three people's presence was revealed that the woman opened her storage bag and took out a round, crystal-clear, high-grade spiritual stone.

When the man with a hooked nose next to him saw this, his face turned a little ugly, and he cursed: "Damn, these three bastards. Only three people can give you a high-grade spiritual stone, and they are disciples of Taixuan Sect! It's really not a shame, I see them They just want to come here for free, and I will make fun of them when I get the chance."

"Don't be ridiculous." The woman scolded with a frown.

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Tang Ning and the other two came to a courtyard on the left. There were dozens of tables of banquets and more than a hundred monks sitting in the spacious courtyard. On the circular stage in front of them, a group of women in white were dancing.

In the courtyard, monks in groups of three or three were whispering to each other, and there was a lot of noise.

"Fellow Taoist, please take a seat." The man led the three of them to a table of mats in the front and said.

There are four people sitting at this banquet table, all wearing Taixuanzong costumes.

After the three people sat down as instructed, the four people looked at them with strange expressions.

Tang Ning was wondering when she heard a fair-faced man say, "Are you also disciples of our sect? I seem to have never seen you before."

After hearing what he said, Tang Ning realized that the three of them were not wearing Taixuanzong clothes. Before he could answer, Zhang Ziqing said: "The three of us are the monks selected from Qinghai and assigned to this city. I’m Zhang Ziqing, these two are Wu Tongming and Tang Ning.”

"We haven't been in this city for a long time and have been staying in the Tianniu Mountains. This time we heard about Senior Liu Ziyang's birthday. The three of us had nothing to do, so we came here to join in the fun. May I ask the names of the four fellow Taoists?"

The burly man on Tang Ning's left said solemnly: "So I'm new here. No wonder I haven't seen you before. Since we are fellow disciples in our headquarters, we shouldn't be so indifferent. My name is Xu Yang, and I am a disciple of the fifth team of the fourth team."

"Zhao Xiu, a disciple of the fifth team of the fourth team."

"Cheng Tianyi is a disciple of the Third Team directly under the Brigade."

"Yu Yang, a disciple of the third team of the direct subordinate team."

The four people spoke one by one.