"Sea patrol Yaksha Li Gon, in accordance with the decree of His Majesty Longjun, asks to see all the immortals!"
A rough and deep voice came from far away from the red cliff, waking up everyone who was immersed in the mysterious realm and comprehending the changes in the "Xuandu Eight Scenery Sword Formation".
Lu Dongbin looked around at the crowd and saw that everyone nodded, agreeing that he, the rightful owner, would receive the visitor, and immediately raised his voice: "Please come and meet us!"
Before he finished speaking, a huge wave like a mountain of snow and silver suddenly rose on the sea below the hundred-foot high cliff. The wave rose to the level of the high cliff. A man who was one and a half feet tall, with red hair, an indigo face, and a huge mouth appeared. The fanged monster stood on the waves and stepped onto the high cliff in one step.
He held a mutton-fat white jade box in both hands, walked towards the outside of the reed shed, bowed slightly to everyone and said: "Tonight, His Majesty the Dragon King will hold a 'Xuandu Dharma Banquet' in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, and sincerely invites all of you to become immortals." Attend the meeting, share the treasure "Xuandu Iron Box" and discuss the mysticism. The invitation to worship the box is here."
Lu Dongbin raised his hand and the jade box flew up from Li Gun's hand and landed in his palm.
He opened the lid of the box and saw a jade board lying flat inside. There were a few lines of dragon script on it, and the content was in the tone of Ao Qing, the dragon king of the East China Sea, inviting everyone to the banquet.
After pondering for a while, he closed the box, raised his hand and returned it to Li Gun, saying calmly: "I would like to ask you to return the original book to Lord Long, and report that the poor Taoist and others will attend the banquet on time."
Li Gun didn't say much. After cupping his hands, he still held the jade box and turned around. After stepping on the towering waves, he fell back into the sea with a loud "crash".
After the messenger left, Hu Yuan smiled and asked Lu Dongbin and the other seven immortals: "Can you fellow Taoists master the changes in the sword formation?"
The Seven Immortals all expressed that they have mastered nine out of ten points, and the remaining one or two points require hard work, research and on-the-spot practice.
Hu Long said with a smile: "In that case, let's take care of ourselves for a while, and then we will go to the Dragon Palace to attend the 'Hongmen Banquet' together!"
At that time, everyone sorted out the magic weapons and weapons they carried with them, and adjusted their breath a little to restore their minds to their peak state. Then, with Tieguai Li's "Let's go, let's go!" greeting, they all flew out of the reed shed and fell into the sea. .
They either used magic spells or offered magic treasures, and all around them were shrouded in brilliance of various colors, forcing away the seawater squeezing in from all directions.
Everyone was moving very fast in the water, and in a short time they were far away from the coast and deep into the seabed.
Suddenly, a bright light shone in front of everyone's eyes. On a vast flat land surrounded by mountains on the seabed, a glorious palace city radiating with treasures and auspicious colors appeared.
The palace has a series of pavilions and pavilions, with carved jade tiles, piles of gold as pillars, tortoise shell walls, coral as railings, and Qionghua Yao grass as a backdrop.
Even the Forbidden Garden of the Imperial Palace pales in comparison to this palace. It is truly the most luxurious place in the world.
The most amazing thing is that a huge light curtain like the sky envelopes the entire palace and isolates the sea water from the outside.
Around the palace gates and walls, there are teams of soldiers and crab generals armed with guns and halberds guarding or patrolling. They are orderly and energetic, making them look like elite men.
The group of people passed through the light curtain without any hindrance and landed in front of the palace gate due east.
The gatekeepers should have received the warning early, and they still stood still at their posts without making a fuss.
A handsome and graceful man in rich clothes walked out of the palace gate at the right time. He bowed his hands to everyone from a distance and said, "Liu Yi was ordered to welcome the guests. I have been waiting here for a long time, my Taoist friends!"
Hu Long had already secretly used the magical power of "Heaven Seeing and Earth Hearing" beforehand to spy on the reality in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea. At this moment, he was not surprised to see that the person coming was Liu Yi, who transformed into a dragon after entering the Dongting Dragon Palace, and became the master of the Dongting waters. He stepped forward and returned the greeting with a smile: "It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Liu, but it's been a long time."
Liu Yi and the rest met Li one after another, and then led everyone to the Dragon Palace.
Everyone passed through several courtyards and palaces and came to a particularly magnificent and vast hall.
There are already ten people sitting in the hall. Except for a handsome young man at the end who wears a golden crown with tied hair, the others all wear crowns, looking like majestic kings.
Seeing Liu Yi leading the crowd to arrive, ten people also stood up to greet him.
Some of the two parties were old acquaintances, and some were meeting for the first time. At that time, everyone announced their identities and greeted each other with courtesy.
Among the ten people in the hall, they are the Dragon Lord of the East, South, West, and North Seas, the Dragon Lord of the River, He, Huai, and Ji Rivers, Ao Yan, the Lord of Qiantang, and Ao Ming, the other person responsible for today's incident.
After everyone saw the ceremony, they all took their seats. Ao Qing, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, was the landowner above the dragon clan, so he took the seat at the top. The Nine Dragon Lords and Ao Ming, including Liu Yi, were on the right, and Hu Yuan and his wife were with the Seven Immortals. Listed on the left.
After the guests and hosts were seated, there was a beautiful clam fish lady outside serving delicious wine and delicacies on a crystal tray. Given the vastness of the Dragon Clan, naturally all that was put on the table were fine wine, jade liquid, exotic fruits and delicacies.
Watching Cheng Lingsu, the "Medicine Fairy" who became enlightened in medical and toxicology, Hu Yuan and others were naturally not afraid of the other party tampering with the food and wine. Moreover, they were all good drinkers, and a certain amount of drunkenness would increase their fighting spirit, so Everyone drank happily.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Ao Qing, the Dragon Lord of the East China Sea above, said slowly: "I am organizing this 'Xuandu Dharma Banquet' tonight just to end the old grudge between Taoist fellow Lu and Quan Zi. How should the specific matters be arranged? Can you guys give me some advice?"
Zhong Liquan, as Lu Dongbin's friend in his previous life and his mentor in this life, was the first to speak: "Back then, my son was greedy for Taoist friend Huayang's treasure and set up an ambush to intercept him. Now that we want to settle the old grudge, we naturally have to return the stolen treasure before talking about anything else!"
Ao Ming, who was sitting at the bottom of the row opposite, sneered: "Since the treasure is in the waters under the jurisdiction of our Dragon Clan in the East China Sea, it belongs to the owner. That Huayang Master took it for himself without asking is really an act of thieves. If you want to return the treasure, It’s your turn to return the other treasure!”
Zhong Liquan made an expression with consternation, but he disdained Ao Ming's argument. He squinted at Ao Qing and asked, "Could it be that Mr. Long also thinks so?"
Ao Qing had no expression on his face and said calmly: "If everyone has their own reasons for the ownership of treasures, we can argue for a hundred years to no avail. In my humble opinion, you and I might as well bet on these two treasures." Only the winner of one round is qualified to be the destined person of the treasure!"
Zhong Liquan laughed: "After all, I have to do it once, so please ask Mr. Long to set a clear path!"
Ao Qing said: "I, the Dragon Clan, want to compete with you in three battles, one battle with soldiers, two battles with generals, and three battles with formations. The outcome will be decided by God. Don't complain about life or death!"
A strange look flashed across Zhong Liquan's face, he glanced at Hu Long covertly, and replied calmly: "The guest is welcome to the host. I can agree to the three formations agreement, but there are some requirements."
Ao Qing said: "Fellow Taoist, it doesn't matter if you say so."
Zhong Liquan said: "Firstly, poor Taoists are not as big as the Dragon Clan family. If they want to fight, they must limit their strength to five thousand, and their cultivation level must not exceed the innate realm; secondly, since they want to kill my disciple this time Dong Bin and his son, Prince Ao Ming, have a long-standing grudge, and they will end up fighting for a while; thirdly, when it comes to fighting, there is no need to distinguish who sets up the formation and who breaks it, we each set up a formation, and each of us uses our own methods to fight the formation."
Ao Qing hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes!"
