Chapter 331

The techniques of the world are truly wonderful.

Lin Jue savored the delicious food while reminiscing about such wonderful and magnificent techniques.

The fox is sick in the head—

It has clearly become so small, and any piece of food on any plate on the table is enough for it to eat, but it insists on jumping around on the table, and whenever it discovers what Lin Jue is eating, it jumps over to snatch it from him.

Jumping back and forth, just having fun, when suddenly the top of its head darkened, and an empty cup fell from the sky, just covering it inside.

The fox was stunned for a moment.

But in this great hall, it was not easy for it to call out.

It could only hear a muffled voice coming from outside:

"Today is His Majesty's birthday banquet. I came here and saw civil and military officials, ten thousand nations coming to pay homage; the hall is full of outstanding people, and the tables are full of delicacies, but only one thing is missing."

"What is it?"

"Longevity peaches."

This is a strange person from the world of martial arts.

The strange person bowed to the Emperor and the guests: "Since the palace forgot to prepare them, I have prepared some for His Majesty and everyone, but I don't know if there are enough to go around."

The old Emperor nodded with a smile.

The guests in the hall also knew that it was naturally not that the palace forgot to prepare them, but that they were left waiting for this moment.

Then they saw the strange person bring a handful of yellow soil, a seed, and a cup of water, and actually planted the seed in the hall and watered it.

Under the gaze of the civil and military officials and foreign envoys, the strange person muttered a spell, and with his spell, a tender sprout actually grew out of the soil on the ground, topped with the shell of a seed; after the leaves unfolded, the shell fell off, and it immediately grew rapidly.

The strange person chanted the spell faster and faster, and the seed's growth speed also became faster and faster, quickly rising from the ground; in a few breaths, it grew to half the height of the palace and unfolded its branches and leaves.

At this time, the seed had turned into a large tree.

The trunk was thick, and the branches were lush.

Peaches began to grow on the branches, as big as bowls.

At this time, the fox had been let out by Lin Jue and was standing on his shoulder watching this scene.

The strange person had people distribute the longevity peaches.

First sent to the Emperor's hands, then to the Imperial Consort and the Crown Prince, and then sent to each person one by one; it was exactly one for each person.

The Crown Prince ate first, then the Emperor took a bite.

The guests in the hall followed suit.

They were not real peaches, but longevity peaches steamed from flour.

"This technique is powerful! If I learned it, we wouldn't be hungry wherever we go!"

The fox said to Lin Jue in a low voice.

"Heh..."

Lin Jue pinched it from his shoulder, put it on the table, and said, "Then you first need to have an imperial kitchen that can make so many longevity peaches."

"Jade Eel Yellow?"

"..."

Lin Jue broke off a piece larger than itself from the longevity peach and threw it directly onto it:

"Eat."

The fox pretended to be weak and rolled twice on the table.

Looking forward again—

The strange person cast a spell and chanted, waved his sleeves, and the peach tree withered downward, seemingly shrinking back into the soil, and he dug the seed out of the soil, put it back in his pocket, and left after asking the Emperor for a reward.

Then another strange person entered the hall, saying that the civil and military officials and foreign envoys had all brought gifts for the Emperor; although the Emperor thanked them, he wanted to give everyone a little thank-you gift on behalf of the Emperor. Everyone knew this was the strange person's rhetoric before performing the technique, and they were not surprised, just watching curiously.

So the strange person rubbed mud balls, placed them in the corner of the east side of the palace, and said he would borrow the noble aura of the imperial palace to turn them into treasures.

After muttering for a while, smoke rose.

The mud balls actually turned into pearls.

He also asked the palace maids in the hall to send the pearls to each table one by one, with a few for each person.

Lin Jue pinched one and checked it casually.

It was indeed a pearl.

And on the table at this time, the fox was already pushing a pearl not much smaller than itself, rolling it around on the table.

Another strange person came up to offer wine, exclaimed that there wasn't enough wine, so he gave half a cup to each person, but used his fingers to cut a cup into two halves from top to bottom out of thin air, and the wine didn't spill.

There were about a dozen such strange performances.

Not to mention the civil and military officials and envoys in the hall, even Lin Jue, a Daoist practitioner, was amazed many times and felt very satisfied.

Only in the envoy group opposite, several Great Zu envoys sat still; although a few couldn't help but be moved by the brilliance of the techniques just now, the envoy in the middle remained unmoved, and at this moment everyone had a solemn expression.

Not a single longevity peach on the table was moved, the pearls were still in the plate, and no one drank the half cup of wine.

It was both deliberate and conspicuous.

Civil and military officials had seen it long ago but couldn't say it clearly, and other envoy groups had seen it long ago but didn't dare to point it out.

But pretending not to see it was obviously not going to work.

The old Emperor cast his gaze over and asked leisurely: "Why do the Great Zu envoys seem unhappy? Could it be that such wonderful immortal techniques are not to your liking?" In an instant, all the guests in the hall cast their gazes over, and the Daoists and strange people who had been given seats because of their performances also looked over.

"Your Majesty, forgive me! I don't mean that!"

The older envoy in the middle stood up immediately and bowed respectfully to the Emperor, and also bowed to the Daoists and strange people.

"Then why is the envoy not smiling, and not enjoying the longevity peaches and fine wine on the table?"

"Your Majesty, please see clearly! High-level people, please see clearly! Such techniques are naturally wonderful, and this kind of ability is also like an immortal's; if I were ten years younger, or in another place, seeing this kind of technique, I would definitely be amazed beyond words!" The envoy bowed, his etiquette was appropriate, neither humble nor overbearing, "However..."

The envoy deliberately didn't finish his sentence.

Some people in the hall were puzzled, some were thoughtful, and some showed unkind expressions.

"However what?"

"However, I heard that there are military towns rebelling in the north of Great Jiang, and the descendants of the King of Yue in the south are also recruiting soldiers and horses. Inside Great Jiang, there are often Many Yaoguai causing trouble. We met quite a few on the way here, and I think other envoy groups must have met some on the way here, right?" The envoy deliberately looked around at other envoy groups and pulled them in, "Therefore, although these techniques are brilliant, they are ultimately techniques of a prosperous age. I don't mean to look down on these techniques, but for the Great Jiang at this time, I'm afraid what is needed more is the ability to eliminate demons and quell chaos, rather than immortal techniques that startle the eyes and ears and amuse people."

As soon as these words were spoken, the civil and military officials in the hall were shocked.

The envoy groups of various countries also showed shock, and none of them dared to imagine that the Great Zu envoy would dare to say such things on the Great Jiang Emperor's birthday!

However, Great Zu is currently strong and powerful, while Great Jiang is plagued by internal and external troubles, declining and corrupt; everyone obviously understood the struggle between the two, and no one dared to offend either side.

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Some people even lowered their heads, not daring to look at the Great Zu envoy, nor at the Great Jiang Emperor, as if they had shrunk their heads.

"Hmph..."

Although the old Emperor was old and muddled, he didn't take his words, but said: "Great Zu's understanding of our Great Jiang is quite deep!"

A sense of tension suddenly arose in the hall.

However, this Great Zu envoy was still not afraid, polite but bold, and seemed to have been prepared for this long ago, just continuing to bow and say:

"The foreign minister wants to say that this is what I have seen and heard along the way, but if I say so, I would be guilty of deceiving the Emperor. The fact is that it is impossible not to understand; Great Jiang is the center of the world and the most prosperous and great country. As envoys coming here, no matter where we come from, we are the people who know Great Jiang best, and we are also people who have admired Great Jiang since childhood.

"I am forty years old this year, and I still remember twenty years ago, when I also came to the Great Jiang capital as an envoy with my superior. At that time, Great Jiang was peaceful and prosperous, just like arriving at the legendary heavenly country. Whether it was our country's officials and generals, or envoys, they all admired and respected Great Jiang when mentioning it."

The Great Zu envoy paused slightly:

"But only twenty years have passed, and the changes have been so great. And today, when I arrived here and saw Great Jiang... it has come to this, and the Emperor and the Crown Prince still don't think about or seek ways to eliminate demons and quell chaos, but instead take these techniques that should have been used to show the prosperity of a peaceful age to perform here, to attract attention, and even say that it is to show the pervasive immortal aura and the frequent emergence of high-level people in the country..."

"Bold!"

The Crown Prince's anger was heavy, and he shouted.

But he saw the Great Zu envoy raise his head, look straight at the Crown Prince, and continue to say calmly: "In my opinion, Great Jiang no longer has capable people."

The several envoys beside him also raised their heads calmly, as if they had the spirit of not fearing life or death.

The many civil and military officials and envoys in the hall saw this and knew that these Great Zu envoys had prepared when they came, and had specifically chosen this time.

And their confidence came from the strength of their own national power on one hand, and from their own spirit on the other.

In the corner of the great hall, the young civil official was surprised, almost no less than when he saw the high-level person perform immortal techniques just now, but he didn't expect that the hall was just filled with immortal aura, a piece of fantasy, making people marvel, and in the blink of an eye, the atmosphere in the hall had reached this point.

At the same time, he continued to write furiously.

Fortunately, there were gentlemen on the left side of the great hall:

"A pack of lies! The military town in the north is rebelling, and it will be quelled in a few days; the matter of the descendants of the King of Yue in the south is even more baseless and fabricated! Now our Great Jiang is peaceful and prosperous, how is it not a prosperous age?"

The Great Zu envoy listened and just replied calmly: "Why do you want to deceive yourself?"

"My words are the truth! Besides, today is His Majesty's birthday, so we should naturally do auspicious things and say auspicious words; the techniques of the gods and high-level people are just like this! You are a barbarian, why do you say that His Majesty and the Crown Prince are only obsessed with this kind of immortal technique that attracts attention and amuses people? Are you not afraid that His Majesty will behead you for your wild words?"

"Oh?" The Great Zu envoy smiled, "Does that mean that besides these techniques that startle the eyes and ears and amuse people, Great Jiang also has high-level people who are good at eliminating demons and fighting, and warriors who are capable on the battlefield?"

"Naturally!"

"Just right! Among my entourage, there are also a few who know techniques, and a few warriors who are particularly good at fighting! Only this kind of performance is suitable for the Great Jiang of today! And it just so happens that there are many people and it's lively today, why not invite them to come out and exchange, just to amuse His Majesty and the guests?"

"On His Majesty's birthday, you are actually disturbing it, are you really not afraid of death?"

"How is it disturbing? The Great Jiang of today needs high-level people of this kind!"

"Bold!"

"My head is here!"

"You..."

The official was shocked, but he didn't dare to agree to such a thing, so he had to turn his head to look at the old Emperor and the Crown Prince.

Everyone saw the meaning of the Great Zu envoy.

Now the gray-clad Great Zu is restless in the north; if they win today, it can show that Great Jiang is weak and has no warriors or capable people. If they lose, they can also test Great Jiang's ability; they won't lose either way. The only loss is that these people might all be beheaded because of the monarch's anger.

He saw the old Emperor coughing violently on the dragon throne.

The Crown Prince bent his waist, listening to what the strategist said.

A moment later, the Crown Prince came out and said: "Today is Father Emperor's birthday, so it is not appropriate to do this; besides, there are many envoys here, and I am afraid of frightening them, which is really not good."

"If you can't fight with martial arts, you can fight with literature."

"How do you explain martial and literature?"

"Martial is reckless and chaotic, literature is about rules; at this time and in this scene, naturally we cannot fight with martial arts, so we will agree on the rules, just to perform and amuse His Majesty and the guests."

"Invite your people."

"Good!"

The Great Zu envoy smiled, full of confidence.

And the Crown Prince looked at the high-level people from the Gathering Immortal Mansion sitting below, as well as the Yushan Daoist, and felt very stable in his heart.

(End of chapter)