The next day, several people arrived at the city lord's mansion early. Flying was not allowed in the city, so they could only find a spirit beast car to travel.
In front of the city lord's mansion, the first thing you see is the vermilion door, with true spirit unicorns placed on both sides.
A tall, plump middle-aged man was already standing in front of the door, seemingly welcoming guests.
Seeing Ye Bai and his entourage getting out of the car and walking straight towards them, the man quickly stepped forward and asked, "What do you guys do for a living?"
Several people also honestly reported their names and explained their intentions.
"It turns out that they are Master Zhao's disciples. Liu Ming is the steward of the City Lord's Mansion. Come with me." Steward Liu said with a kind smile.
Several people happily went there, and immediately felt the fragrance as soon as they entered the hospital. There was a strange-shaped stone in the center of the hospital. The crystal clear water around it washed up the stone body. The stone body was covered with various kinds of fairy grass. The strange fragrance around it might be... This thing is distributed.
"It turns out to be the passion stone." Xia's voice sounded next to her.
"Passion stone?" Ye Bai was confused.
"Passion stone is a precious stone that emits a unique fragrance every day. Some passion stones have more than a dozen different fragrances, and some even have hundreds of fragrances. It is a highly valuable collection."
Manager Liu glanced at Xiya in surprise. He did not expect that this little girl actually knew the origins of the Passion Stone.
"Miss Xi is very knowledgeable. The palace master accidentally found this in the Yunling Mountains more than ten years ago."
During the chat, we soon came to the backyard. The backyard was spacious and surrounded by all kinds of exotic flowers. There were many elegant seats on both sides. In the middle area, Zhao Cheng and an elegant middle-aged man were sitting. The two seemed to be talking. Talking about something.
Zhao Cheng, who was chatting with the city lord Feng Xinglie, also noticed the arrival of several people and waved them to the private seats. Wan Kong was already standing beside him.
"Sir, I have to receive guests, so I'll take my leave first."
Manager Liu stepped forward to say hello to Feng Xinglie and then retreated at his signal.
"Come and meet your Uncle Feng." Zhao Cheng smiled and pointed at the city lord next to him.
"Hello, Uncle Feng." The three of them saluted Feng Xinglie together according to Zhao Qing's instructions.
"Okay, don't be so polite. Please find a seat and sit down. My place is more casual and there is not so much etiquette."
Feng Xinglie's gentle voice also made a few people who were slightly nervous at first relax.
Wan Kong and a few others found a seat near Zhao Qing and sat down.
"Lao Feng, when will the banquet start? I came here on an empty stomach, just waiting for your Bibo wine to satisfy my craving."
Before anyone arrived, a bald man with thick eyebrows walked into the courtyard with two young people laughing.
"Pei Hu, you old man came here very early today. You didn't think about Ren Yuan Guo but why did you worry about my drink." Feng Xinglie chuckled and motioned for the big man to take a seat.
"The Ren Yuan Guo is a matter for the younger generation. If they can win it, it's their blessing. If they can't win it, it's their fate." Pei Hu waved his hand indifferently.
The two people behind Pei Hu stepped forward and bowed to Feng Xinglie and Zhao Qing, then found a place to sit.
"Long time no see. It's rare for Old Zhao to see you bring all your disciples this time."
Pei Hu then stepped forward and greeted Zhao Qing next to him.
"I have always taken the boss with me before. Today is a rare opportunity, so I will bring these boys to see the world." Zhao Cheng pointed to the apprentices next to him.
"Let's have a good chat after this is done. I plan to ask you to refine a spiritual weapon." Pei Hu said in a low voice.
Zhao Qing nodded without doubt, and Ye Bai next to him saw that Zhao Cheng was familiar with this person, so he asked Wan Kong next to him:
"Senior Brother, who is this senior named Pei Hu? He seems to be quite familiar with the teacher."
"He is the deputy master of Wanbao Pavilion, one of the three major forces in Xichuan City. The two people following him are his apprentices. The elegant and thin one is called Han Yu, and the rugged one next to him is Pei Yuan. All kinds of products sold by Wanbao Pavilion Many spiritual weapons are ordered from masters."
After listening to Wan Kong's story, Ye Bai thought to himself thoughtfully, it seems that those coming tonight are probably the major local forces in Xichuan City.
Then an old woman in white robe came and brought a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old to Feng Xinglie to say hello.
The woman motioned to the girl to find a seat, and she sat down directly next to Pei Hu without any courtesy.
"Grandma Yu, you are here in person. You are really hands-on with your granddaughter. You have to intervene in everything."
Faced with Pei Hu's slightly mocking tone, Granny Yu ignored him and simply closed her eyes to rest.
Seeing Granny Yu not paying attention to him, Pei Hu shrugged boredly.
"This is Granny Yu, the wife of the old gang leader of the Wushuang Society. Accompanying him is his granddaughter Xiao Hongying. This woman is extremely unruly. Be careful not to provoke her. It's not that she is very powerful, but that Granny Yu is extremely defensive. .”
Before Ye Bai could ask, Wan Ming continued.
"When his granddaughter took a fancy to someone else's thing and wanted to buy it, when the other person didn't agree, Grandma Yu directly shot and injured the person. Although she kept the spiritual stone for buying the thing, this incident later caused quite a stir. It was only after the city lord came forward that Wushuanghui made amends, and the matter was settled after that."
Will Wushuang do it? He suddenly remembered that he met Xuchang and others yesterday. Ye Bai looked at them while thinking, and seemed to notice something. Grandma Yu looked back at Ye Bai.
Seeing Granny Yu turn back and Xiao Hongying next to her also look at him, Ye Bai nodded and said a simple hello. Granny Yu smiled, but Xiao Hongying next to him did glare at him.
Wan Kong and others laughed when they saw Ye Bai's embarrassed look.
"I said, why hasn't that old man from Donglin arrived yet? He was always the first one to arrive before." Pei Hu shouted.
"You old cat likes to gossip about people behind their backs."
As soon as Pei Hu finished speaking, an old man in a green shirt came from outside, with two women and one man behind him.
"If I hadn't told you, you wouldn't have known how long it would take you to come. What's the matter? My taste has changed over the years, and I like the finale."
"I said, Pei Hu, if you had changed your mouth, you would have said that you are the master of Wanbao Pavilion." Faced with Pei Hu's words, the old man responded tit for tat.
"This old man is the third elder of the Dan Alliance, one of the three major forces in Xichuan City. The Dan Alliance is also the strongest of the three major forces. I don't know the ones behind him." Wan Ming explained to a few people. .
"Oh! And senior brother, you, a Bai Xiaosheng, don't know anything about it. Then I will help you find out when I have the opportunity." Ye Bai said with a smile.
Wan Ming smiled and said, "Generally, there is no need to waste too much energy on insignificant people to find out the details, but these people are more or less valuable if they can be taken by the third elder of the Dan Alliance."
Ye Bai nodded and wrote it down secretly. Half a quarter of an hour later, two strong men and two young people arrived, and everyone basically arrived.
"These two are the two elders of the casual cultivator organization in Xichuan City. These two are brothers named Qian Yu and Qian Yang. They are somewhat famous in Xichuan City. They met when they asked the master to forge spiritual weapons."
After Wan Kong's introduction was completed, and Feng Xinglie stood up and announced, the banquet began grandly.
As the maids placed the spiritual food in front of them one after another, Wan Ming exclaimed: "These first dishes are all second-grade spiritual food. It seems that we have a chance to eat the third-grade food king's banquet today."
Ye Bai was really enjoying the food quietly at this time. The spiritual food was processed by the spiritual chefs through complex procedures to retain the aura of the food itself, and combined with various ingredients to sublimate the food itself to achieve the effect.
His process is more complicated than elixirs and is not very efficient. The second-grade spiritual food white jade exquisite tower in front of him needs to be made a month in advance. Although it is slow, it is better than having troubles like erysipelas.
The atmosphere among everyone was particularly peaceful in front of the delicious food, and everyone at Pei Hu's table also tasted the popular Bibo wine as they wished.
The strong aroma of wine spread throughout the place, causing Ye Bai and others' Adam's apples to squirm. Of course, they also knew that this thing was not something they could drink, so they could only covet it.
After three rounds of drinking and eating, Feng Xinglie stood up and said, "In addition to inviting you to come today to choose the Human Yuan Fruit, the most important thing is that the sea festival in Bohai City is about to begin."
After saying this, the faces of the people at Feng Xinglie's table also darkened.
"Think about it, it's been almost a hundred years. Alas!" Pei Hu sighed.
The other people didn't say anything more, and their expressions were not very good.
"I have sent people to notify the Immortal Sect, Yunyang Sect and other major sects, and I hope to fight the enemy together with you this time." Feng Xinglie bowed his hands to them.
"As it should be."
"Don't worry, Lord Feng City."
Everyone returned the courtesy, but Ye Bai looked confused.
Seemingly sensing Ye Bai's confusion, Wan Ming also talked about something about the Sea Festival.
"Sea sacrifice is a tradition of the Bohai people once every hundred years. They will use human beings to sacrifice their ancestors in order to obtain blessings. But for some reason, this sea festival seems to be ahead of schedule."
"This is also because Xichuan City is located near the Bohai Sea. Major coastal cities like this will be subject to large and small raids. When the Bohai Tribe's first sea festival came thousands of years ago, the human race suffered heavy losses because they did not pay attention. Although adjustments have been made, many tribesmen still disappear every hundred years."
Speaking of this, Wan Ming's eyes became extremely cold. His parents and grandfather both died in the last sea festival.
Ye Bai was calm. After all, he couldn't do much with his own strength at the moment. The most important thing at the moment was to quickly improve his strength.
"When is the sea festival expected to come?" Granny Yu asked at this time.
"The specific time is not clear, it is estimated to be within two or three years, but we have to prepare in advance." Feng Xinglie said seriously.
"Okay, things are not as bad as everyone thinks. With the support of the major sects and the royal family, there is no problem in resisting the sea festival this time. Let's go pick the Human Yuan Fruit first."
Feng Xinglie looked at everyone's heavy expressions and quickly comforted them and changed the topic.
Many young people who were brought by their elders were very excited when they heard that they could pick the Human Yuan Fruit. After all, although they had heard of the Sea Festival, they had never seen such a scene and had no deep experience.
