Outside the Demon King's Palace, Zhuang Yantong looked at Lihua who walked out of the Demon King's Palace and asked, "How is it? Does His Highness the Demon King agree?"
Li Hua walked to Zhuang Yantong and stood in front of him, then said, "His Royal Highness the Demon King said that as long as Heaven takes a fancy to me and recruits me to be a Heavenly General, he has no problem with it."
Zhuang Yantong nodded and said: "That's not bad. At least His Highness the Demon King has no objection to you becoming a general."
"But the question is, can Tianting like me?" Lihua said with a sigh.
"May I ask, is this fellow Taoist Zhuang Yantong?" Suddenly a clear and soft voice sounded from the side. Zhuang Yantong and Lihua turned their heads and saw a beautiful woman... no, a beautiful young man standing in front of them.
Zhuang Yantong was slightly startled when he saw Tang Yu, but Lihua reacted quickly and quickly sent a message to Zhuang Yantong: "This is Tang Yu, the general of heaven."
After saying that, Lihua immediately bowed to Tangyu and said, "Meet General Tian."
Zhuang Yantong also bowed his hands, and Tang Yu smiled and waved her hand, saying: "You two fellow Taoists, there is no need to be polite. I am here to invite fellow Taoist Zhuang Yantong and fellow Taoist Li Hua to the palace for a banquet in accordance with the decree of Emperor Hongqing."
"Oh?" Lihua was shocked and said in surprise: "Emperor Hongqing invited us to a banquet?"
Tang Yu smiled and nodded: "Yes."
At this time, Xu Hongyuan stepped forward, pointed not far behind him and said to Lihua and Zhuang Yantong: "The Tianma has been prepared for you two. Fellow Taoists, please come."
Li Hua and Zhuang Yantong looked at each other, with both surprise and confusion in their eyes. Zhuang Yantong immediately raised his hands and asked, "May I ask these two generals, why did Emperor Hongqing invite us to the banquet?"
Tang Yu said: "Thunder, rain, and dew are all gifts from God. You can't ask."
Hearing this, the two women looked at each other again, feeling a little uneasy and uneasy in their hearts.
At this time, Tang Yu invited again: "Two fellow Taoists, please get on the Tianma. Don't keep Emperor Hongqing waiting for too long."
So the two girls boarded the Pegasus in uneasiness, and Tang Yu and Xu Hongyuan also rode on their respective Pegasus. Then, escorted by more than twenty heavenly soldiers, they walked all the way through the streets and aisles to outside Fang Jian's Palace.
Seeing the majestic Jinque Palace in front of her, Lihua grabbed Zhuang Yantong's hand, and cold sweat broke out in her palms.
Zhuang Yantong looked at Lihua and saw that she was extremely nervous at this moment, and her whole body was trembling slightly.
"Aren't you nervous?" Lihua said to Zhuang Yantong, "That's the Hongqing Emperor, aren't you nervous?"
Zhuang Yantong nodded and said, "I'm a little nervous."
Lihua: "."
While talking, the palace door of Jinque Palace slowly opened, and groups of heavenly soldiers walked out of the palace door, and then lined up in two lines outside the palace.
Then Hei Haier walked out from the center wearing Taoist robes. Tang Yu and Xu Hongyuan stepped forward. Tang Yu patted Hei Hai'er on the head and said, "Little Hei Zi, we have been invited, and now I leave it to you. "
Hei Hai'er rolled his eyes, slapped Tang Yu's hand away, and then said with a smile: "I understand, sister, go and do your work."
Tang Yu's face darkened, and Xu Hongyuan laughed out loud. Tang Yu turned around and put her hand on Xu Hongyuan's shoulder, then led Xu Hongyuan outside and said, "Come on, I'll treat you to tea."
Xu Hongyuan said: "Ah? Why is this so embarrassing?"
Tang Yu said: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I'll only invite you to tea if we have a good relationship. Some little black guys want me to invite you but I won't."
Hei Hai'er curled his lips, then straightened up his appearance and walked forward. He looked at the two Lihua girls who were very nervous and said, "Fellow Taoists, please come with me."
Lihua and Tangyu nodded, and then slowly followed Hei Haier into the Golden Que Palace.
After entering the gate of Jinque Palace, Hei Haier and his two daughters turned left and came to a stone gate. The fairy light above the stone gate was bright, but behind the stone gate it was completely white and nothing could be seen.
But Hei Haier walked directly into the stone door and quickly disappeared behind it. Lihua and Zhuang Yantong stopped at their feet, and their breathing became tight, and their nervousness was visible to the naked eye.
After a while, the two women took a deep breath, and then stepped into the stone door. Suddenly, a cool fairy wind blew in their faces, making the two women tremble for a moment, and then they felt peaceful and refreshed.
The nervous and anxious hearts of the two girls were greatly relieved by this gust of fairy wind, and then they looked towards the scene in front of them.
What I saw before me was an extremely beautiful small world, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, singing birds and fragrant flowers, fairy flowers everywhere, and gentle streams.
"Fellow Taoists, please." Hei Hai'er said, holding out his hands to the two girls.
The two girls followed Hei Hai'er to the clear and bright stream, and then sat down in front of two stone tables by the stream.
As the two girls sat down, the stone table in front of them flashed with fairy light, and then the stone table was filled with delicious wine, fairy fruits and delicacies.
A burst of pure fairy fragrance suddenly hit their faces. When the two girls smelled this fairy fragrance, they suddenly felt refreshed, and even the movement of mana in their bodies became extremely smooth and brisk.
Lihua saw a plate of clear fairy fruit in front of her and asked Hei Hai'er, "This seems to be jade fruit?"
Hei Haier nodded and said: "Yes, Jade Zhen Fruit. This fruit can nourish and temper the physical body. It is an indispensable fairy fruit for cultivating the physical body. It seems that fellow Taoist has taken this fairy fruit before?"
Lihua laughed sheepishly when she heard this, and only heard her say: "Where have I ever eaten this kind of fairy fruit? In the past, all the fairy fruits, treasure trees and other resources in our changing world were occupied by the three religions. , I have seen His Highness the Demon King take this jade root fruit."
When Hei Hai'er heard this, he nodded slightly, and then said to Lihua and Zhuang Yantong: "You two fellow Taoists, please use it."
Lihua looked slightly surprised when she heard this and asked, "Where is Emperor Hongqing?"
Hei Hai'er raised his hand and pointed toward the other side of the stream and said, "Emperor Hongqing will be here soon. Emperor Hongqing said that you two fellow Taoists don't have to wait. Just eat and drink well."
Hearing this, Lihua immediately said: "Then if you say that, I won't be polite."
Hei Haier smiled and said: "What are you talking about, fellow Taoist? Please have a meal, fellow Taoist. Pindao will go over first."
After saying that, Hei Haier bowed his hands to the two girls, and they both returned the favor. Then they saw Hei Haier stepping on a lotus leaf under his feet, slowly crossing the stream and reaching the opposite bank. Then he climbed onto the bank of the stream and walked Arriving at the stone table above the stream bank.
Lihua didn't pay too much attention. After Hei Haier left, she picked up a jade root fruit and started eating it. Just after taking a bite, Lihua suddenly shuddered, and then she felt every trace of her body, Every inch of flesh and blood pulsed and trembled.
This situation lasted for ten breaths before slowly dissipating, and Lihua also sighed: "Ah, it feels so good!"
After saying that, Lihua turned to look at Zhuang Yantong, only to see Zhuang Yantong sitting there blankly, looking straight at a Yao Qin on the stone table on the other side.
"Yan Tong? Yan Tong?" Lihua called.
Zhuang Yantong suddenly came to her senses, she looked away from the Yao Qin with some reluctance, and then turned to look at Li Hua.
"Why don't you eat? What are you looking at?" Lihua asked curiously.
Zhuang Yantong raised his finger and pointed at the Yao Qin on the stone table opposite and said, "Sister Lihua, look at that Qin."
Hearing this, Lihua immediately turned to look at the Yaoqin, but after looking at it for a while, Lihua frowned and said, "Isn't that just a Yaoqin for decoration? What's wrong?"
Zhuang Yantong shook his head and said, "No, it's not a decoration. I can feel the divine power contained in it, and I seem to be very familiar with it."
"Uh" Lihua was stunned for a moment and said, "No way? That is the object of Emperor Hongqing, how come it is so familiar to you?"
Having said this, Lihua worriedly picked up a fairy fruit and handed it to Zhuang Yantong, saying: "Come, eat a fairy fruit, don't think so much."
Zhuang Yantong raised her hand to take the fairy fruit, and took a bite of it numbly. Then, while chewing the pulp, she continued to stare at the Yao Qin on the stone table opposite.
Lihua couldn't help but shake her head when she saw this scene, and then took the initiative to say to Zhuang Yantong: "Hey, Yantong, why do you think Emperor Hongqing suddenly invited us two to a banquet today?"
Zhuang Yantong pursed her red lips and said, "How do I know this?"
With a mysterious look on her face, Lihua leaned close to Zhuang Yantong's bright red ear and said, "Could it be that Emperor Hongqing has taken a liking to one of us and wants to take him as his concubine?"
Zhuang Yantong froze, and she immediately turned to Lihua and said, "Sister Lihua, don't talk nonsense."
Lihua chuckled and said, "You were listless just now. Why do you perk up now when I mention this?"
Zhuang Yantong said: "I was looking at the piano. Also, Sister Lihua, don't say what you just said. Be careful of Emperor Hongqing punishing you."
Hearing this, Lihua then remembered that her joke might be a bit outrageous. She looked around and found that Emperor Hongqing was not there, and she was relieved a little.
However, after Lihua made such a fuss, Zhuang Yantong returned to normal, so the two began to eat fairy fruit delicacies while waiting for Fang Jian to arrive.
I don't know how long it took, but most of the fairy fruit and delicacies in front of the two girls were gone. Lihua started to drink the fairy wine one cup at a time, and in a blink of an eye, she was drunk.
At this moment, Zhuang Yantong suddenly saw a mysterious light flashing across the opposite shore, and then a man wearing a golden Taoist robe, a clear lotus crown on his head, a tall figure, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes walked out of the mysterious light.
Although Zhuang Yantong was not clear about the appearance of Emperor Hongqing, he knew that the person coming was the Emperor Hongqing when he saw Hei Haier hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
So Zhuang Yantong quickly stood up and prepared to salute, and then she found Lihua lying on the stone table, her cheeks flushed, drinking the fairy wine one cup at a time.
"Ah, it tastes good, it tastes really good, good wine." Lihua said drunkenly, then picked up the wine glass and poured another glass into his mouth.
Seeing this scene, Zhuang Yantong quickly grabbed the wine glass and wine flask from Lihua's hand and said, "Hurry, Emperor Hongqing is here."
Hearing this, Lihua was startled at first and her eyes were blank, but when her mind came back, she immediately stood up with excitement, a white mist of wine quickly emerged from her body, and she suddenly woke up.
At this time, Fang Jian had already walked to his stone case. Zhuang Yantong and Lihua immediately paid their respects: "Demon Immortal Lihua (Zhuang Yantong), pay your respects to Emperor Hongqing."
Fang Jian smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to support him and said, "You two fellow Taoists, you don't have to be polite, please get up."
"Thank you, Emperor Hongqing." They thanked each other and stood up. Lihua's body was still swaying a little, so Zhuang Yantong had no choice but to lean towards her and support her.
Fang Jian did not sit down, but bent down to pick up a glass of fairy wine from the stone table, and then said to the two girls across the stream: "The emperor is hosting a banquet today to entertain old friends. Here is a toast to you two."
After the words fell, Fang Jian's eyes fell on Zhuang Yantong, then he smiled and nodded.
Zhuang Yantong was slightly surprised, old friend? Who is the old friend of Emperor Hongqing?
But when Fang Jian's eyes fell on her and he nodded and smiled at her, Zhuang Yantong's head buzzed, could it be me?
But Lihua completely ignored Fang Jian's previous words. Although she was sober now, she was still a little dazed and her mind was a little hazy.
Zhuang Yantong felt a little unbelievable, but Fang Jian stopped talking and raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.
Seeing this, Zhuang Yantong and Li Hua quickly picked up the wine cups and drank them all without caring about anything else.
"Ahem." Zhuang Yantong couldn't help but cough a few times after drinking a glass of wine, but Lihua sighed happily, her voice full of refreshing feeling.
Then the two of them bowed again: "Thank you, Emperor Hongqing, for your hospitality. We are very flattered."
Fang Jian put down his wine glass, and then said to the two girls: "You two Taoists, have a good meal and a drink. I have other things to do, so I won't accompany you anymore and I'll take my leave."
After saying that, Fang Jian told Hei Hai'er: "Please entertain these two fellow Taoists here for me."
Hei Haier bowed and said, "Yes, Master."
Hearing this, the two women hurriedly bowed and said, "Best farewell to Emperor Hongqing."
Then Fang Jian put his hands behind his back and turned around, turning into a mysterious light and leaving the place. Only Hei Hai'er, Li Hua, and Zhuang Yantong were left at the scene.
After Fang Jian left, Zhuang Yantong clearly felt that the atmosphere at the scene had become relaxed again. This time, even she began to eat and drink without any scruples.
About an hour later, the banquet was over, and Hei Hai'er presented a storage bag to Zhuang Yantong and Lihua each, "Inside are some precious elixirs and fairy fruits, which were given by Emperor Hongqing. Please keep them." "
Zhuang Yantong said quickly: "We are so grateful for the grand banquet hosted by Emperor Hongqing, how dare we accept the gift from Emperor Hongqing."
Hei Hai'er smiled and said: "The Emperor Hongqing has a saying: Don't refuse gifts if you give them to old friends."
Zhuang Yantong was stunned for a moment, and his eyes fell on the two storage bags. After a moment of silence, he said: "In that case, please ask fellow Taoist to thank Emperor Hongqing for this generous gift on my behalf."
"Okay." Hei Haier nodded and said.
Then Zhuang Yantong first put away his storage bag, and then tied another storage bag around the waist of Lihua, who was already drunk.
Hei Hai'er called out again: "Fellow Taoist Zhuang Yantong."
Zhuang Yantong looked at Hei Hai'er, only to see Hei Hai'er return to the stone table on the other side, pick up the Yao Qin and walk back.
At this moment, Zhuang Yantong's breathing suddenly became rapid, and she could even hear her own heartbeat clearly.
"Fellow Taoist Zhuang Yantong, Emperor Hongqing has said: This thing belongs to its original owner." After saying that, Hei Haier sent the Tianyao Qin to Zhuang Yantong.
Zhuang Yantong looked at Tianyao Qin who was very close at hand. She felt extremely happy and sad for some reason. Her eyes began to become hazy, and a trace of mist appeared in her eyes.
Zhuang Yantong stretched out his hands, gently stroked the strings of the Tianyao Qin, and said subconsciously: "Old friend, it's been a long time."
'clank'
As soon as Zhuang Yantong finished speaking, the strings of the Tianyao Qin suddenly made two clanging and solemn sounds.
The next moment, Zhuang Yantong reached out and took the Tian Yao Qin from Hei Haier's hand. The moment he took it, the Tian Yao Qin instantly turned into a fairy light and flew into Zhuang Yantong's eyebrows.
Zhuang Yantong immediately laughed loudly, as if some eternal knot had been untied. She cupped her hands towards Hei Haier and said, "Fellow Taoist, please tell Emperor Hongqing that Yan Tong thanks you."
Although Zhuang Yantong has not restored Jiang Siyin's memory of that life, the current incident and Tianyao Qin are enough to prove that she is Fang Jian's old friend.
Coupled with the fact that Zhuang Yantong's heart knot has been healed for many years, he has naturally regained some of Jiang Siyin's original style at this moment.
After Zhuang Yantong thanked him, he immediately left the Jinque Palace with Lihua who was very drunk.
After sending Zhuang Yantong away, Hei Hai'er also returned to the main hall of Jinque Palace to report to Fang Jian.
Fang Jianzheng arranged for the Great Sun Tathagata and Taoist Master Hongjun to find Lord Zen. Feng Tianjun was also called out by Fang Jian. After hearing Hei Haier's report, he immediately nodded with a smile.
Then Fang Jian said to Great Sun Tathagata Buddha and Taoist Master Hongjun: "Then two Taoist friends, please set off, Feng Tianjun, you follow these two Taoist friends to find Zen Tianjun."
Feng Tianjun nodded, then looked around, and finally jumped to Taoist Master Hongjun and said, "Yes, Emperor."
Then Taoist Master Hongjun and the Great Sun Tathagata stood up and paid their respects to Fang Jian. Then they turned into a mysterious light and a Buddhist light, and flew out of Cangqiu Daze in an instant with Feng Tianjun.
Time flew by, and the next day arrived in the blink of an eye. With the sound of 'rumbling' thunder drums outside the royal city, the return ceremony of the Cangqiu Demon Clan officially began.
The ceremony was held on a plain to the north of the royal city. In the center of the plain, a nine-story high platform stood majestically. This was the ancestral altar built by the heavenly soldiers and generals with the help of the Cangqiu Monster Clan. At the top of the ancestral altar stood a huge temple. : 'Temple of the Emperor'.
The full name of 'Emperor Temple' is 'Zhengdao Qingxiao Shenwu Emperor Temple'. This is the temple used by the Cangqiu Demon Clan to worship the emperor and the two demon queens.
In the Emperor's Temple, the statue located in the center of the main hall of the Emperor's Temple is the statue of Emperor Jun. Secondly, there are two magnificent statues of goddesses on the left and right sides of the Emperor, namely Xihe and Changyi.
On both sides of the main hall are the statues of the twelve demon gods. The one on the left is the six 'auspicious gods', and the one on the right is the six 'fierce gods'.
The Imperial Temple is majestic and majestic, with celestial light shining in it. The building materials used are all the best treasures. From a distance, it looks like a shining tower to the sky.
Under the ninth-level ancestral altar, heavenly soldiers and generals lined up in all directions. Demon King Fu Qinggang and all the Cangqiu demon clan lined up neatly and stood respectfully directly under the ancestral altar.
Fang Jian was dressed in imperial robes, and under the protection of Guan Yu and the Giant Spirit God, he flew to the top of the ninth level ancestral altar on a golden cloud.
On the periphery of the Heavenly Soldiers garrison of the Nine Levels Ancestral Altar, there were hundreds of thousands of monks from all over the world of Biantian who came to watch the ceremony on Fang Jian's orders.
Banners are hunting, the heavenly soldiers are majestic, thunder drums are roaring, and golden gongs are ringing in the sky. Although there are hundreds of thousands of people in the fields around the ancestral altar, no one dares to say a word to disturb the order. It is extremely quiet, and only the sound of hunting flags blown by the wind can be heard. .
