Ji Yuan is still somewhat childish, and Wei Yuansheng is a child himself, while Shang Yiyi and Guan He are just curious.
Several cultivators of different ages and levels of cultivation actually gathered in front of the Wei Mansion to learn how to set off firecrackers.
The firecrackers, which were originally several feet long, became a long dragon after being connected from head to tail. Anyway, this street almost all belonged to the Wei family, and the buildings on both sides were also Wei family properties, so the firecrackers were placed across the gate of the Wei Mansion, extending far forward and backward.
When Wei Wuwei came out, he saw Ji Yuan and his children squatting at one end of the firecracker chain not far from the door, tinkering with it, while Guan He and Shang Yiyi were stringing firecrackers at the other end.
Even for those who practice Taoism, this experience is quite rare, especially when doing it with a master like Ji Yuan. Even Shang Yiyi and Guan He took the matter of setting off firecrackers seriously.
When everything was ready, the servant handed a lit incense stick to Wei Yuansheng, and the latter carefully approached the fuse of the firecrackers.
"Sister Yiyi, Brother Guan, please get out of the way! I want some!"
Seeing that everyone had moved away, Wei Yuansheng lit the fuse, threw away the incense and ran away. Although he was considered a cultivator, he had never experienced setting off firecrackers. Not only him, but Shang Yiyi and Guan He also moved away at a distance.
“Pah-pah-pah-pah-pah…”
The dense sounds and flames of firecrackers exploding continued along the "firecracker chain". Wei Yuansheng clapped his hands with a laugh, and after being cautious at first, he kept chasing after it.
Ji Yuan stood there listening to the sound of firecrackers. After a while, he turned to look at Wei Wuwei at the gate of the mansion. The latter hurriedly bowed and led him to the main door. Ji Yuan nodded to Wei Yuansheng in front of him, indicating that he should go in after setting off the firecrackers.
It took a while for all the firecrackers to stop going off. Wei Yuansheng then felt satisfied and went back to the mansion with everyone else. He kept talking to Ji Yuan along the way.
Wei Yuansheng had wanted to try setting off firecrackers before he went up the mountain, but he was less than three years old at that time, and his family would not let him do such a dangerous thing. Now that he has returned from Yuhuai Mountain, he has finally had enough of it.
Half a quarter of an hour later, in front of one of the reception rooms in the backyard of the Wei Mansion, Wei Wuwei led Ji Yuan and others here and opened the door himself.
"Come on, Mr. Ji, please come in. Everyone, please come in. Mr. Ji, you came at the right time. Wei just prepared a table of delicious food."
Before the door was opened, Ji Yuan could already smell the fragrance inside.
At this moment, looking into the room with everyone else, Ji Yuan could see a special large round table placed in the room, divided into two layers, the upper layer could actually rotate.
"Everyone, please come in, everyone, please come in!"
At Wei Wuwei's cordial invitation, everyone walked into the room and sat down at the table.
Plates of snacks and pastries were displayed, and the best tea was brewed. Several cultivators, including the Wei father and son, were sitting here. Apart from them, there was not even a servant.
This was the first time that Ji Yuan saw something similar to the round table turntable in his previous life, except that the one in the Wei Mansion was made entirely of wood and was built by skilled craftsmen, so that many snacks and cakes could be placed on it for people to turn and use.
The table was also unusually large, able to seat at least twenty people. There were numerous small plates placed on the edge of the round plate. Ji Yuan roughly counted that there were at least sixty or seventy different kinds of snacks.
'The happiness of the rich...'
While Ji Yuan was still sighing in his heart, Wei Wuwei explained the food on the table.
"Mr. Ji, and Junior Brother Guan and Junior Sister Shang, I don't have any special hobbies, except for food. Although all the food I eat on Yuhuai Mountain is from the immortals, I still crave for worldly delicacies."
Wei Wuwei touched his belly.
"Don't underestimate this small table of cakes and preserves. They were made by more than a dozen famous chefs of the Wei family this morning. They are the best food that has only just been completed. I call it a dim sum banquet."
Just based on Wei Wuwei's figure, Ji Yuan believed that he was telling the truth.
"Come on, come on, everyone, try it. I'll be polite for now."
Wei Wuwei's chubby hands had already started grabbing pastries and stuffing them into his mouth. His carefree look seemed totally natural, but it wasn't that he was always like this. He just knew very well that it was better to be this carefree in front of Ji Yuan.
Facts have proved that eating occasions are the best way to enhance the atmosphere, from ordinary people to princes and nobles. The same goes for Ji Yuan and others. Tasting these exquisite and delicious snacks makes the atmosphere in the hall more harmonious.
Ji Yuan knew that the Wei family must have something to talk to him about, but he was happy to chat with them while eating and talk about the practice of the Wei father and son in the mountains over the past five years.
Ji Yuan asked some questions in great detail, not just out of concern for the two of them, but also to understand what Yu Huaishan's basic practice was like.
The process is systematic and reasonable, yet the level of detail is somewhat unexpected. In addition to the master's guidance on the confusion in cultivation, the master also uses the holy realm formation to personally guide the spiritual energy for the disciples to cleanse the body, and guide the star power to stimulate the acupoints, protecting the disciples when they are transforming the artistic conception of the alchemy furnace and opening up the golden bridge.
In addition, close elders will also test the younger disciples’ practice status, mainly looking at their mastery of some basic techniques and protective gear.
The Yuhuai Holy Land is located in the mountains. Although it cannot be considered a cave paradise isolated from the world, it can be considered a blessed land. It lacks some of the unique wonders of the cave paradise world, but its spiritual energy is very abundant and is not inferior in any way. Some places are even better. After all, blessed lands rely on special environments and things, just like the Yuzhu Peak of Yuhuai Mountain.
The careful guidance of the master, coupled with the special environment for practice, these little things may seem simple, but they are also one of the cornerstones of an immortal palace's holy place for practice.
After listening to Wei Wuwei and Wei Yuansheng's stories, and with the occasional supplements from Shang Yiyi and Guan He, Ji Yuan gained a more comprehensive understanding of the practice of Yu Huaishan's disciples.
In comparison, Ji Yuan felt that he definitely treated those few who barely had the affinity to pass on the Dharma as free-range, but he did not think there was any difference between the two. It was just that the emphasis on people and the focus was different. Besides, those who Ji Yuan instructed were all latecomers, and their situations were different.
After chatting about family matters for a while, Wei Wuwei winked at his son, chewed and swallowed the pastry in his bulging cheeks, gulped down half a bowl of tea, and then seemed to suddenly remember something and spoke to Ji Yuan.
"Mr. Ji, my master is back!"
Ji Yuan was stunned for a moment and looked at Wei Yuansheng.
"Who is your master?"
"My master's name is Pei Zheng. He was in Tianji Pavilion a few years ago. This is the first time I've met him since I came back."
After hearing Wei Yuansheng's explanation, Ji Yuan suddenly realized that there was indeed such a person named Yu Huaishan, who had gone to the Tianji Pavilion in Nanhuangzhou a few years ago because of rumors in the Tianji Pavilion.
"So he just came back?"
Ji Yuan asked with a smile. This was what he really thought. He thought that person had returned a long time ago.
At the same time, Shang Yiyi also nodded and explained.
"After all, our master was going to the Southern Wasteland Continent, which was far away from us, across the vast ocean, and with all kinds of strange things in the heavenly and sea areas blocking his way. In order to be fast, he flew alone to many places without the help of the realm ferry. It was not easy for him to go back and forth."
"Oh, that's hard work for him."
Ji Yuan said it casually, thinking in his heart what this divination was about, but before he could ask, Shang Yiyi continued talking.
"Master worked with several long-bearded elders in the Tianji Pavilion to reverse the astrological phenomena over the past few years, and finally deduced the changes in the astrological phenomena over three years. He re-deduce every day and night, and spent another year to determine the numbers of heaven and earth at that time. One year is reversed to four years to determine the hexagram, and then he recovered for a period of time and hurried back."
On the surface, Ji Yuan still looked calm and unperturbed, but in his heart he was stunned. This was a huge project, and it sounded like they had really grasped something from the divination this time.
"So what news did Master Pei bring back that Yu Huaishan asked you to tell Ji?"
Ji Yuan frowned and asked with a hint of doubt in his tone.
Wei Yuansheng next to him rushed to speak.
"That's the weird part. Master said that the three long-bearded elders were seriously injured when they made divinations. This time, they were fully prepared in the Tianji Pavilion and spent several years on divinations, but they didn't get as much as they did in that instant. I heard from the people in the Tianji Pavilion that this is a chaos of heavenly secrets. If it's not a natural disaster, it must be man-made. In short, it's definitely not simple. They can't be wrong."
Wei Yuansheng looked at Ji Yuan and continued.
"Then after Master returned, he heard about Mr. Ji's story and felt it was very strange. It just so happens that I can go home for the New Year again this year, so let's ask Mr. Ji what he thinks about this hexagram..."
Having said that, Wei Yuansheng looked at Ji Yuan and asked in a low voice.
"Mr. Ji, actually the master said that because it may involve the rise of Yu Huai Mountain, the mountain may imitate the Tianji Pavilion and re-launch the Tianji calculation in Dazhen, but he thinks this is absolutely impossible, so he asked me to tell you in private. If possible, you can remind the elders in the mountain, or do you think it is appropriate for the mountain to do so?"
Ji Yuan thought about it, looked at a few people, and finally asked Wei Wuwei a question.
"Master Pei only told you to tell this privately. Do other people in Yu Huai Mountain not know about this?"
Wei Wuwei knew he couldn't avoid it, so he forced a smile and said.
"In my opinion, although it is said that it was said privately by Master Pei, it was actually to test the waters with you. Firstly, they may think that you have something to do with this matter. Secondly, if you are interested, we can also do divination together..."
Ji Yuan shook his head helplessly.
"I have no interest in what Yu Huaishan does. I have been in Dazhen for long enough. I might go out for a walk sometime. Whether I calculate the secret of heaven or not is none of my business. I will go back and tell all the real people in the mountain that I am not capable of messing with the secret of heaven alone."
"Compared to these, I am more concerned about how Patriarch Wei will entertain me when he invites me here."
Wei Wuwei was stunned, and suddenly felt a little at a loss, so he asked carefully.
"Well, how should I entertain you, or is there anything else Mr. Ji wants to ask?"
Ji Yuan smiled. Since there were more than a dozen famous chefs, he had to experience the happiness of being rich.
"It doesn't matter, just some delicious fish and meat!"