Chapter 153: The Banquet of Families, the Immortal Fairy Also Needs to Eat
Li Jiaojiao, holding Little White Fox, stepped out of the stone house, standing shoulder to shoulder with Jia Yn in front of the heavymemorative stone tablet.
Upon seeing the title of the stone tablet, Li Jiaojiao’s face flushed red with embarrassment.
Jia Yn, on the other hand, was pursing her lips, holding back herughter.
The title on the stone tablet read as follows:
The Hope of Qingling Vige, Immortal Fairy Li Jiaojiao!
Several more lines followed, detailing Li Jiaojiao’s life story, including the year she was born, her family background, the time she joined an immortal sect, and how she returned to her hometown gloriously with a magical beast and another immortal fairy.
After reading, Li Jiaojiao felt extremely overwhelmed.
It seemed that the entire poption of Qingling Vige had deified her, seeing her as the hope of the whole vige; they had even erected amemorative stone tablet for her, which made Li Jiaojiao feel quite embarrassed.
The elderly vige chief, leaning on a cane, approached with a joyful face, “Jiaojiao, this stone tablet is the vige’s gesture of remembrance for you. Having heard that you’ve be an immortal fairy, why not cast a spell and leave a mark on the tablet?”
“I only know some simple, minor spells, I dare not embarrass myself,” said Li Jiaojiao coyly.
Jia Yn whispered, “Just cast a spell, something like ‘Fire Cloud Palm’ or simr, and leave a mark on the tablet.”
Li Jiaojiao, looking embarrassed: “Is that really alright?”
“Fire Cloud… Palm?”
The surrounding vigers overheard the two women’s murmur and were so astonished that they spread the news, causing Li Jiaojiao to be even more embarrassed.
“Then I’ll just randomly cast a spell and leave a mark on the tablet!” Unable to resist the expectant faces of her fellow vigers, Li Jiaojiao formed hand seals and cast the ‘Fire Cloud Palm’ at the Perfect Stage.
Poof!
A fierce me ignited in the palm of Li Jiaojiao’s hand, the temperature around them surged suddenly, and the vigers immediately stared wide-eyed, filled with amazement.
“This is divine fire!”
“My goodness, Jiaojiao has really be an immortal!”
The vigers discussed animatedly.
Li Jiaojiao wanted to rify to the vigers that this was just the lowest First Grade Spell, not divine fire, but after a moment’s thought, she quickly ced her hand on the stone tablet, leaving behind a palm print.
“It’s melting the stone!”
“A miracle!”
The vigers stood up, looking at Li Jiaojiao and Jia Yn with even more respect in their eyes.
“Alright, sit down and let’s eat!”
The vige chief led Li Jiaojiao and Jia Yn to the head table, asking them to take a seat. Li Jiaojiao’s parents sat at the lower end, and the vige chief sat opposite them.
Others began to find their seats as well.
The vige chief, looking at Jia Yn, asked respectfully, “Immortal fairy, will our Qingling Vige’s simple food suit your taste?”
“This is my first time sitting at such a long joined table for a meal; it’s quite novel,” said Jia Yn with a smile, dazzling all the vigers.
Li Jiaojiao exined, “This is called ‘The Feast of a Hundred Families’; it’s a custom during the Lantern Festival, and is considered the highest-standard hospitality in our Qingling Vige.”
“I see, I’ve learned something new,” said Jia Yn with a look of surprise.
“Let us toast to the two immortal fairies!” The vige chief gathered the cups, and everyone, young and old, raised their sses in a toast, drinking up.
Jia Yn muttered, “The children are still young; drinking isn’t good, is it?”
The vige chief exined, “This is a special kind of sweet wine, even small children can drink it without issue.”
“I see,” Jia Yn took a sip and found it to be quite nice indeed, vored like wine but not intoxicating, “By the way, our Sect Leader had us bring a jar of Spiritual Spring Water for everyone to try. It can nourish the body and curemon ailments.”
Having said that, Jia Yn took out a jar from her Storage Belt filled with Spirit Spring Water that had been purified by the Purifying Green Lotus.
“There it is, magic!” a simple and honest man eximed, pointing at the jar that appeared out of nowhere, and the other vigers echoed his amazement.
Jia Yn covered her face with her hand, wanting to say that this was called a Storage Space, but after a moment’s thought, she decided against exining.
“Folks,e and have a drink,” the vige chief beckoned the vigers.
The vigers of Qingling Vige, with their simple and honest customs, did not scramble for it: each one filled a bowl with Spirit Spring Water. After taking a sip, they first tasted the refreshing sweetness, and then felt rxed andfortable under the nourishment of Spiritual Energy.
“What wonderful water!”
“This must be Jade Liquor!”
“I feel like I’m about to fly.”
The vigers of Qingling Vige were overjoyed, quickly finishing the Spirit Spring Water in their bowls and returning to their seats with satisfied expressions.
“Jiaojiao, do you drink immortal water every day now?” Li Jiaojiao’s mother asked with concern.
“This is called Spirit Spring Water, not the water of immortals, but we in the sect use it for making tea, cooking, and even bathing,” Li Jiaojiao hurriedly said. N?v(el)B\\jnn
“Immortal fairies need to eat and bathe too?” The old vige chief was very curious.
Li Jiaojiao was at a loss for words for a moment.
Jia Yn patted Li Jiaojiao on the shoulder and said to everyone, “Of course we need to eat.”
“Oh!”
The vigers all showed a look of realization.
The vige banquet was very enjoyable, Li Jiaojiao and Jia Yn had their fill, and even the Iron w Dragon Eagle, Little White Fox, and Brother thead ate quite a lot of dishes.
In the blink of an eye, it was night.
Li Jiaojiao and Jia Yn were not practicing Qi Refinement at the moment, but rather sat by the bonfire at the entrance of the vige, listening to the old people in the vige tell stories, seeking inspiration.
“It is said that the Taiyue Mountain Range next door is both vast and dangerous, and it’s inhabited by many ferocious demonic beasts, not even immortals are a match for them.”
“But somehow, whenever those ferocious beasts approach this valley near Qingling Vige, they automatically avoid it.”
“Aside from the wild beast that went mad three years ago, no other ferocious beast hase into the vige.”
“Many people say that this is a purend, and that’s why our ancestors chose to settle here. It’s been several hundred years, and there’s never been an incident of demonic beasts attacking anyone.”
“But the ancestors said that when night falls, you must not leave the valley, else you will encounter unknown dangers.”
“Of course, you can leave during the day, but you must not venture deep into the Taiyue Mountain Range.”
The old vige chief, leaning on his cane, kept telling the stories.
A group of children surrounded the area, full of enthusiasm.
The old vige chief looked at the vast Taiyue Mountain Range and felt as if it were a slumbering ancient giant beast, filled with endless might, subduing the small fry in this region and revered as a mountain god.
“Is this valley really so magical?” Jia Yn looked around and felt very strange.
In her opinion, the immortals mentioned by the old vige chief must be cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm, and the demonic beasts that even they could not defeat are probably the Demon Generals lurking deep in the Taiyue Mountain Range.
“It’s terrible, my child is missing!” At this moment, a woman knelt at the entrance of the vige, crying and shouting.
“What happened?”
People quickly gathered around.
“Oh no! My child has run off somewhere, I remember they were ying hide-and-seek just before,” the man who spoke looked towards the Taiyue Mountain Range as if he had fallen into an ice pit, “they couldn’t have run into the mountains, could they?”
“Don’t panic, let me help you search for them.”
Jia Yn formed a hand-seal and cast the Second-Grade Spell “Falling Blooms in Profusion”, creating a pink bird with a wingspan of three meters from ovepping petals, stepped onto it, and flew high into the sky, employing her Spirit Eyes to scout the area.
“She’s flying!”
“As expected of an immortal fairy, that’s amazing!”
“The bird she’s standing on, could it be the legendary Phoenix?”
The vigers of Qingling Vige, watching Jia Yn fly, all eximed in amazement.
Li Jiaojiao, hearing these words, felt embarrassed and at a loss for words. She quickly cast the First Grade Spell “Light Body Technique” and also soared into the air, causing another sensation in the vige.
In the air.
Jia Yn and Li Jiaojiao used their Spirit Eyes, meticulously observing from above, and finally spotted five children on a mountain a few miles away from Qingling Vige.
“Found them!”
“Thankfully they drank Spirit Spring Water; there’s a spiritual light on them. With the Spirit Eyes, it was easy to spot them,” Li Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief.
“Let’s go and bring them back,” Jia Yn flew towards the children, with Li Jiaojiao following closely behind.
Learning that the children had been found, the vigers grew excited, standing by the bonfire, eagerly anticipating the return.
At the vige entrance.
Brother thead stood in front of a stone tablet erected specially for Li Jiaojiao, gazing into the depths of the Taiyue Mountain Range, sensing a powerful aura, eyes flickering with excitement.
Whoosh!
It leaped up and stealthily flew towards the mountains.
“My immortals, Brother thead can actually fly, could it be a divine beast?” The people of Qingling Vige were taken aback.
A few miles away.
Li Jiaojiao and Jia Ynnded on the mountain and saw the children walking up the mountain. Just as they were about to call out.
“There’s a situation!” Jia Yn pointed at the children’s eyes, her expression growing increasingly solemn.