It seemed that the question asked by Ying Ruoli no longer required Ji Yuan to answer. The autonomous reaction of the Qingteng Sword was enough to illustrate this point.
Ji Yuan looked at the Goddess Jiang and responded politely.
"It is indeed a fairy sword."
Ji Yuan was not surprised by the Dragon Girl's question. The demon race rarely paid attention to external objects. Moreover, it was too difficult to breed the spirit of an immortal weapon. Having spirituality and becoming a spirit were two different concepts. It was extremely difficult to have the opportunity to come into contact with the "Tao" all the time around a true Taoist practitioner, let alone other things. Even the Dragon Girl had never seen a real immortal weapon seriously.
"How did Uncle Ji know my father? It's rare that he insisted on inviting you here without any hesitation. With so many water creatures and monsters, I'm afraid it would be a little uncomfortable for my uncle, a cultivator?"
The Dragon Girl is different from ordinary monsters. As the main deity of Tongtian River, she has a sacred seat for worship. Perhaps this is the reason why she was arranged to sit at the table next to Ji Yuan.
Ji Yuan listened to what Long Nu said, and looked around the hall to see if anyone was paying attention to him. He nodded in agreement and said:
"It is true that I feel a little uncomfortable, but it is not disgust, but pressure. With my coming here, I feel that I have taken away nearly half of the attention from your father, the birthday boy. How can it not be awkward to have a bunch of people staring at you while you are eating?"
The term "salute" is quite novel, but not difficult to understand. "Uncle Ji" spoke the truth in a humorous way. When Longnu thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case, she found it a little funny.
"As for knowing each other, we just happened to meet in the rain and chatted for a while and shared a few dates."
"It's that simple?"
The dragon girl looked at Ji Yuan in surprise, and the latter also smiled.
"It's that simple!"
After saying that, Ji Yuan concentrated on dealing with the delicious food. It was the first time in his two lives that he ate food in water. As soon as his chopsticks touched a meatball floating towards him, bubbles immediately wrapped around it.
When you pick it up and put it into your mouth, the bubbles will break away and rise along with the water flow, making it look like Ji Yuan is blowing bubbles in the water. The meatballs themselves feel hot, soft and tasty when you chew them, and the scene adds to the experience, making it both delicious and fun.
The same thing happened when he poured another glass of wine from the pot. Although there was a hint of spiritual energy contained in it upon careful tasting, Ji Yuan still felt that in terms of the essential taste of the wine, it was not as delicious as Qianrichun. Of course, it was definitely better than ordinary wine.
The music played in the palace is all from water bells. The melodious music of "Ding~Dong~Ding~Dong..." is accompanied by singing and dancing in the middle of the scene. The dance of the enchantress is very artistic and the beauty of the dance is very rhythmic.
Some of the dance pieces shocked Ji Yuan greatly, just as when he had no interest in classical dance in his previous life, but saw "The Jade Dance" on the Internet for the first time, that was the first time Ji Yuan realized that classical dance could be so stunning.
It was this combination of strength, softness and beauty, with every dance move on point, that kept the banquet from being boring. While enjoying the dance, the aquatic creatures around them were toasting and chatting with each other.
Some people also bravely raised their glasses and came to the main seat to toast and congratulate the old dragon. The old dragon accepted everyone who toasted him and drank it, and laughed at anyone who flattered him.
The Dragon Girl quietly introduced to Ji Yuan each person who came to toast, including the river gods of various lakes and marshes in Dazhen, as well as water spirits and monsters from other countries.
During this time, various large fish swam around the dancers, delivering new dishes or empty plates.
The dragon son Ying Fengze went down on behalf of his father to toast to the various water creatures to ease the atmosphere. When he walked to the table where the Tianshui Lake dragon was, there were already four or five transformed spirits of the water creatures gathered there drinking and chatting. When they saw Ying Fengze, they quickly called him over.
"It's just in time that Lord Yingfeng has come down. Come, come, come quickly!"
The Tianshui Lake dragon transformed into a middle-aged man with a beautiful beard and pulled Ying Feng to sit down. Several monsters formed a semicircle around two tables put together.
"Your Highness, we dare not ask the Dragon Lord. Please tell us quickly, who is the person sitting next to the Goddess Jiang?"
Ying Feng subconsciously turned his head to glance at Ji Yuan, who was drinking and picking up food in the distance. He seemed out of place with the singing and dancing in the hall. He only responded when his sister spoke to him occasionally.
Ying Feng looked at his father again, who was staring at the central dancer Manwu and nodding in appreciation. Then he turned around and said to the friends who were more familiar with him:
"This person's name is Ji Yuan. I don't know where he is practicing. He is a close friend my father has made in recent years. However, his whereabouts are extremely erratic. My father has been looking for him for three years to attend the banquet!"
The demons looked at each other in disbelief.
"It took Long Jun three years to find him personally?"
The dragon in Tianshui Lake is named Gao Jue. He looked at Ji Yuan and asked another question.
"Your Highness, do you know how deep this person's cultivation is?"
Ying Feng looked at the six or seven faces around him and drank the wine in his glass.
"My dad asked me and my little sister to call him 'Uncle Ji'. What do you think?"
Now those present were speechless. Looking at Ji Yuan over there, although he still looked like an ordinary man, the more they looked at him, the more unfathomable he seemed.
Ying Feng probably drank a little too much today, and he quietly waved at a few people to come closer.
"You guys, concentrate and keep your mind clear, then look carefully at that person's back!"
Hearing Longzi's reminder, several water spirits calmed down and looked carefully at the direction behind Ji Yuan again. Upon closer inspection, they saw a vague outline floating in the air. After looking for a few more moments, a green sword with a sheath appeared.
What is particularly peculiar is that the hilt of the sword is like a green vine, lush and verdant.
The key point is that this sword has no magical or spiritual connection with Ji Yuan himself, but it would rotate on its own from time to time, as if it was also observing this bizarre birthday banquet.
"Is this... a magical sword?"
Ying Feng nodded and said:
"The sword's power was almost invisible and it disappeared on its own. On the eve of the banquet, my father said in private that once this sword was unsheathed, its power would be earth-shattering."
Having said that, it seems that there is no need to explain in detail the level of the only guest who is not a demon.
Moreover, since he could be such a close friend of the Dragon King and was invited to the banquet, he must be a true cultivator who did not discriminate against the monster race. This made several monsters present have other ideas.
Looking at the flickering eyes of several of them, Long Zi Yingfeng seemed to understand what they were thinking.
"Hehehe...Are you guys trying to ask for the 'immortal's guidance'?"
The so-called "immortal pointing the way" refers to the fact that when demons, ghosts, humans, gods, and other practitioners meet a true immortal, they can "ask for the Tao" and get guidance. If successful, it will benefit most of their future practice.
In fact, the more experienced the person is, the more "easy to talk to". If you are in a good mood, it is not impossible for him to give you some advice. The biggest problem is that you may not meet him.
Transformation is not the end of a monster, but rather a beginning. It provides a better foundation for cultivation, but it does not mean that the road ahead will be smooth.
Therefore, even if there is a monster with high Taoism skills, if there is a chance and if there is no conflict, I would like to ask for advice. However, the Taoism skills of monsters vary, and the "immortals" in their eyes are naturally divided into different levels. The "immortals" in the eyes of untransformed monsters may be nothing to some big monsters.
Seeing that no one said anything, Ying Feng spoke with a serious tone.
"I advise you all to give up this thought. If you meet someone in the future, that's your business. After all, this is my father's birthday party, so it's not appropriate..."
"Haha, Your Highness is right!" "Yes, that's right, Your Highness Ying Feng is right!"
"How could we be so abrupt? Hahaha..." "Drink, drink!"
"Look at the dance, look at the dance, this dancer is still beautiful!"
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The birthday banquet had been over for so long that Ji Yuan had already relaxed. Fortunately, no blind person suddenly jumped out and asked questions like "What qualifications does this human have to sit there?" The power of a real dragon is no joke.
It was just that Ji Yuan was a little curious because he hadn't seen the Dragon Mother for such a long time, but he wouldn't ask about such things unless someone told him about it.
In addition to enjoying the singing and dancing and eating, most of Ji Yuan's attention was actually on a person in the corner of the main hall. He sat there with a lonely look on his face, drinking alone, not eating any food or chatting with others. Even if someone spoke to him, he didn't react much and would just respond with one sentence at most.
The reason why he was looked at was not because he was unique, but because Ji Yuan recognized this person. He was Bai Qi, the river god of Chunmu River.
This old dragon's Taoism skills are definitely one of the best in the main hall except for the real dragon. The depression caused by his two failed attempts to transform into a dragon was probably particularly obvious at the real dragon's birthday banquet, and he simply became autistic.
Combining the content of "The Legend of the Outer Dao" and the scene that happened in Chunhui Mansion before, Ji Yuan also has his own evaluation of the old dragon.
The dragon girl's task today was to look after Ji Yuan, so she was naturally very attentive to this "Uncle Ji". She followed Ji Yuan's gaze and found the seat of the white dragon.
"Mr. Ji knows the God of Chunmu River?"
When the Dragon Girl asked this, Ji Yuan thought about it and realized that Chunmu River was a big river and there were many temples with statues of river gods. It seemed that there would be no problem in saying that he knew him, so he nodded without any burden.
"It is difficult to transform into a dragon. This white dragon is a lesson for us dragons. If I were to end up like him, I would be more miserable than dying..."
The Dragon Girl was speaking from her heart. As her cultivation level improved, she even felt a fear of turning into a dragon.
Ji Yuanfa opened his eyes wide and could see the changes in the Dragon Girl’s aura. This state of mind was not right. After all, she was his friend’s daughter, so he still had to give her some encouragement.
"Haha, everyone knows that it is difficult to transform into a dragon, and everyone covets the freedom of a real dragon. It is difficult to have both in this world, and it is the same for cultivating immortals in the mortal world. If you don't have the courage to forge ahead and risk your life, why would you covet the body of a real dragon..."
As Ji Yuan spoke, he looked at Bai Jiao.
"This white dragon is full of ambition, but he just used the wrong method. In my opinion, it is not incurable even now. If Lady Jiang Shen doesn't even have the heart to challenge, how can she be worthy of being the daughter of a real dragon?"
The dragon girl Ying Ruoli looked at Ji Yuan with a little surprise, not because of the shocking truth of his words, but because this "Uncle Ji" seemed to think that the old white dragon still had a chance