"Are you surprised to see my appearance?" Duanmu Longhua looked at the three of them and said with a smile.
"Don't dare, don't dare." Yao Jingce and the woman said hurriedly, fearful.
"It doesn't matter. People who meet me for the first time look like you. I'm used to it." Duanmu Longhua said with a smile: "You should all know my name. My name is Duanmu Longhua."
"what about you?"
"Junior Yue Hongmian has met the Lord of Duanmu City."
"Student Yao Jingce has met the Lord of Duanmu City."
"Junior Ye Wuhuan has met the Lord of Duanmu City."
Ye Qing and the others announced their homes and bowed to Duanmu Longhua.
"Yue Hongmian, Yao Jingce, Ye Wuhuan, what a good name." Duanmu Longhua stretched out his hand and said, "Stop standing, sit down."
"Thank you, Lord Duanmu." The three of them cupped their hands and sat down as instructed.
After the three of them sat down, Duanmu Longhua got straight to the point and said, "You should all know the purpose of calling you here, so I won't beat around the bush."
"I just want to ask, are you interested in joining our Goddess City? Don't worry, as long as you join the Goddess City, I will never treat you badly."
"I...I do." As soon as Duanmu Longhua finished speaking, Yue Hongmian couldn't wait to say, his face flushed with excitement.
"Senior, forgive me. I just happened to pass by the Goddess City this time. I am honored to be favored by the Goddess and given the opportunity. It's just that the student is determined to serve his family and country in this life, so he may not be able to join the Goddess City. Do you still pray for the city lord's forgiveness?" Yao Jingce stood up and saluted. road.
"It's okay, it's okay, everyone has their own ambitions!"
Duanmu Longhua waved his hand and looked at Ye Qing: "What about you?"
"Sorry, I'm used to being free and don't like restraint, so I have no choice but to live up to the city lord's good wishes." Ye Qing cupped his hands and said.
"Joining my goddess city, you can still be free, and you can enjoy the shade under the big tree. You might as well consider it?" Duanmu Longhua advised.
Before Ye Qing could say anything, Duanmu Longhua continued: "Don't rush to answer now. Think about it carefully."
At this time, a maid came in with a pot of tea and poured a cup for each of the four of them.
The strange thing is that the tea was still clear and bright when it was first poured out, but within a few breaths, the tea had turned as red as blood.
The next moment, the tea spontaneously ignited without fire, churning and rolling, and an indescribable fragrance wafted through the mist.
Just smelling the aroma of tea, Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian couldn't help but swallow, wanting to taste it.
"This is our Goddess City's unique red plum tea. It is brewed from blood plum blossoms. The tea is as red as blood and the tea smells like plums. It has a mellow taste and a long aftertaste. It is difficult to drink it outside. Come on, try it!"
Duanmu Longhua couldn't wait to pick up the red plum tea on the table and took a sip, his face full of enjoyment.
"Thank you, Lord Duanmu!" Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian suppressed the longing in their hearts and said thank you.
"You're welcome. You should drink this red plum tea while it's hot. It won't taste good when it's cold. Try it quickly." Duanmu Longhua said, taking another sip with an intoxicated expression.
Hearing this, Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian, who had long been unable to restrain their desires, couldn't wait to pick up the red plum tea on the table and poured it into their mouths.
But the two of them didn't notice that when they picked up the tea cup, a strange light flashed in Duanmu Longhua's intoxicated eyes.
But just as the tea cup reached their mouths, their wrists suddenly hurt, and the tea cup in their hands fell to the ground and shattered.
Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian were stunned. They were about to apologize to Duanmu Longhua, but they saw Duanmu Longhua looking at Ye Qing and narrowing his eyes slightly: "What does Ye Shaoxia mean?"
Ye Qing rubbed the tea cup in his hand and said with a half-smile, "I should be the one asking the Lord Duanmu what this means, right?"
"I don't understand this. I treated you with red plum tea with good intentions. It's fine if you don't appreciate it. You even deliberately broke the teacups in their hands. Does Ye Shaoxia have any dissatisfaction with me?" Duanmu Longhua said. He was no longer as easy-going as before, but was replaced by a sense of superiority and oppression.
Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian looked at Ye Qing at the same time, and then they realized that he had broken the teacup in their hands.
It's just that they don't understand why Ye Qing did this?
"City Lord Duanmu guessed it right, I am indeed dissatisfied with you."
Ye Qing seemed unaware of Duanmu Longhua's oppression and said with a smile: "And I am very dissatisfied, very dissatisfied."
"Oh, then I want to hear, how did I offend Young Master Ye and make him so unhappy?" Duanmu Longhua said with great interest.
"Everywhere is offended."
Ye Qing replied: "Look, since Duanmu City Lord wants to invite us to join the Goddess City, he must show some sincerity. Let alone gold, silver and jewelry, there must be a table full of good wine and food. In the end, City Lord, you I only prepared a cup of tea, how stingy you are!"
Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian broke out in cold sweat. Wasn't it just that they were blessed by the goddess? Why did it swell up like this? It's so floating, right?
Ye Qing seemed unaware and continued: "Let's just have tea. It's better to have some tea than not to have any. But, City Lord, can you drink this thing you gave me?"
"Oh, why can't I drink it?" Duanmu Longhua said, "Shouldn't I just drink it?"
"Oh, only the City Lord can swallow this kind of thing that even dogs won't drink." Ye Qing curled his lips.
"Bold..." The armless old man on the side was furious, and the aura of a real person surged out. He was about to take action, but was stopped by Duanmu Longhua, who seemed not to care about Ye Qing's cynicism at all: "Tell me, this red Plum tea, why don’t even dogs drink it?”
"Because dogs don't dare drink tea that's full of bugs!" Ye Qing said, spreading his hands.
"Insects?" Hearing this, Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian were stunned at the same time. Yao Jingce was the first to react and exclaimed: "Young hero, are you saying there is something wrong with this tea?"
"Of course, if I'm not mistaken, this is not red plum tea at all, but an insect that wakes up."
"Awakeless insects are unpredictable and strange. They are as small as dust. They are born in water. They die when they leave the water and turn into nothing. Although they are born in water, they like heat and are afraid of cold. When exposed to heat, they turn red and dissolve. In water, it is invisible to the naked eye, and at the same time it emits a fragrant aroma, which is so fragrant and alluring that it is irresistible to humans and animals."
Ye Qing shook the tea cup and said: "If you eat a bug that cannot wake up, it will make you drowsy and lack of energy at worst, and it will sleep for a long time without waking up. It is no different from death, so it is called a bug that does not wake up."
"Lord Duanmu, am I right?"
"That's right, you have to have evidence. You have to pay a price for empty words and white teeth, but you have to pay the price!" Duanmu Longhua said calmly.
"I need evidence. It's very simple."
Ye Qing's hand holding the teacup suddenly felt cold air overflowing. As the tea suddenly cooled, the blood redness gradually faded away. When the blood redness faded away, countless tiny insects appeared in the teacup.
"Didn't I say that the Awakening Insect loves heat but is afraid of cold. As long as it encounters extremely cold weather, it will reveal its true form, just like this."
Ye Qing held up the teacup and let Yao Jingce and Yue Hongmian take a look. Seeing the densely packed and rolling insects in the teacup, Yao Jingce subconsciously took a step back, his face turned pale, and Yue Hongmian even covered his mouth and retched beside him.
