Chapter 27 Raise a glass to drink the bright moon!
The Dragon King’s Night Banquet, as the name suggests, the banquet only starts in the evening.
Chu Chen and his party arrived relatively early. It was not yet noon, and there was still a whole afternoon before the banquet started.
Therefore, the boatman sent the three people to Yishi first and gave them three invitations to the night banquet.
In the evening, the three of them took the invitation to the night banquet and found a boatman to attend the banquet smoothly.
"My luck is really good today."
Zhang Xiucai's brows were filled with joy, his face full of excitement, and he greeted Chu Chen and the two of them:
"Come on, let's go shopping!"
Dilongkeng Yi Market is a small island with many shops and is quite prosperous.
The world on the island is even more bizarre.
There are Yakshas with green faces and fangs and burly muscles, ghost cultivators with bull heads and bodies, monsters with human heads and beast bodies, demon heads surrounded by evil spirits... Countless cows, ghosts and snake gods gather here, making it very lively.
That is to say, in the ghost market, everyone is very low-key.
If it were another place, with so many monsters and ghosts taking root here, chaos would have arisen long ago.
"If you don't know it, you will be shocked when you see it. There are so many demons and ghosts in Xin'an District, which is as big as a palm. It is really difficult for the people of Xin'an."
Huang Fugui whispered.
"There are also demons and ghosts from other places coming here. For monks, this distance is nothing."
Zhang Xiucai shook his head to explain. After speaking, he whispered: "Fugui, stop talking nonsense and be careful."
"Oh~"
As newcomers to the spiritual world, the three of them resolutely implemented the Gou Zi Jue, watched more, listened more and spoke less. They gained a lot and saw many novel things that could not be seen outside.
For example, Chu Chen went out to buy the paper covering the dead at noon that was hard to find. It was easy to buy it in the ghost market. The price was not expensive and it was honest. You could buy it for a few dozen yuan.
In addition, there are countless treasures, rare and exotic objects in the world of immortality, which made the three of them dazzled and dumbfounded.
Among them is a strange stone called the Earth Dragon Stone, which is a specialty of the ghost market here. After swallowing it, you can master the art of escaping from the earth.
The Earth Dragon Stone triggered countless monks, demons and ghosts to rush to buy it.
Chu Chen, Zhang Xiucai, and Huang Fugui were short of money and did not participate, but just watched from a distance.
After watching the excitement, the three of them found a teahouse and restaurant to fill their stomachs.
The teahouses and restaurants in the ghost market are quite well-informed, and all the news from the underground world gathers here.
"Have you heard? The White Bone Empress was discovered by Immortal Court recently? She is wanted again."
"Isn't the Bone Lady dead?"
"The White Bone Empress has so many magical powers, how can she fall so easily? Hey, actually many people know about it, but it's hard to say it out loud."
"How did Dachang Xianting discover the White Bone Empress? I heard that the White Bone Empress is so clever at stealing souls that it is impossible to be caught."
"I know. It is said that a clue was discovered by a young boy who had just entered Taoism, and the White Bone Empress was exposed."
"There's this kind of thing... Doesn't the Bone Lady hate that hairy boy to death?"
"That's not true. According to the White Bone Empress, anyone who can help her find out the identity of that boy will be rewarded five hundred jade."
"Really or not? Five hundred jade coins, so much!"
Chu Chen's heart skipped a beat as he listened to the discussions of the demons and ghosts around him.
Isn’t it me who is the target of this bounty?
Good guy! It’s five hundred jade. If you report it yourself, can you get the money?
Jade coins are transformed by the mind power of living beings and are very beneficial to the soul of the soul. They can be used to raise soldiers and horses, refine magical weapons, etc., and are of great use.
Some heretics say that demons and ghosts even swallow jade coins to improve their cultivation.
In other words, jade money can be regarded as the hard currency in the spiritual world and has the function of hard currency.
Chu Chen and the others worked in the Department of Ghosts and Gods, and their monthly salary was not only five copper coins, but also ten jade coins.
Five hundred jade coins is equivalent to the salary of the three of them for several years.
"The encounters in life are truly bizarre. When I first came to this world, I was like a donkey and was only worth a penny, but now I am worth a fortune."
Chu Chen secretly felt funny.
Dusk falls and night falls.
The demons, ghosts, and human monks holding the invitation to the night banquet all looked for the boatman and rushed to the Dragon King's night banquet.
The banquet was held on a small island, with banquet tables and seats arranged neatly.
Groups of maids in palace attire came and went like butterflies in flowers, serving plates of fresh fruits and delicacies.
The whole night banquet was very lively.
Chu Chen, Huang Fugui, and Zhang Xiucai were among them.
The three of them were quite sensible and found a seat in the most inconspicuous corner, waiting for the banquet to begin.
Tonight, the bright moon is like a hook, and the moonlight is bright.
The ghost market is shrouded in mist and miasma, and the sun never shines all year round. Only the moon shines brightly, making the dim ghost market brighter.
"What a strong Taiyin energy!"
Chu Chen sighed sincerely.
The "Hunyuan Qi Gathering and Form Refining" he practices requires the essence of the sun and the moon. This place is his treasured place for practice. He can't wait to sit cross-legged and meditate.
Even if there is no Dharma altar, the effect of practicing in this precious place will definitely not be bad.
Just when Chu Chen was about to make a move, a girl wearing a red palace dress came gracefully.
The girl has a beautiful appearance, a slim waist and plump hips. She flies in the air and sways in a posture that makes people look at her involuntarily.
"Welcome all distinguished guests to the banquet. I am ordered by the Dragon Lord to pour wine for all your distinguished guests!"
After the girl finished speaking, she flicked her sleeves and put her hands above her head, holding the crescent moon as if she were holding fine wine.
Yingying smiled, and the crescent moon seemed to have become a living thing.
Following the girl's leaning posture, a piece of milky white moonlight flowed out of the crescent moon, just like fine wine pouring out of a wine jar.
"Thank you, Mr. Long, for your hospitality!"
When the monks, demons and monsters attending the night banquet saw this scene, they were extremely excited and grateful. However, their hands were busy picking up the bronze wine cup in front of the table, raising it high to catch the moonlight falling from the nine heavens.
Fine wine.
A surprising scene happened.
When everyone raised the wine cup, the moonlight flowing down from the crescent moon actually fell and splashed into the wine cup.
Use the creation of heaven and earth to brew fine wine, use the bright moon as a jug, and use the flying fairies to pour the nine-day fine wine...
This scene is extremely visually impactful.
Chu Chen, Huang Fugui, and Zhang Xiucai were all dumbfounded.
Of course, the shock was only for a moment. The three of them imitated the situation in a hurry, raising the wine cup in front of the table and receiving the moonlight wine.
"Didi didi~"
Drops of moonlight condensed into substance dripped into the wine cup, as clear as jade, surging, and breathtakingly beautiful.
When Chu Chen saw the demons and ghosts around him being intoxicated after drinking, he felt a sudden surge in his heart and took a gulp of the Yuehua wine.
After drinking the wine, Chu Chen felt that his whole body felt relaxed, and a warm force poured into his limbs and bones, cleansing his essence and marrow, making him feel like he had been reborn.
Without thinking too much, Chu Chen silently recited the "Eight Divine Mantras" and "Hunyuan Mantra" to refine and swallow the essence of Taiyin energy in his body.
This moonlight is richer and purer than the Taiyin energy drawn from the Dharma altar in Chu Chen's home.
He practiced casually for a while, and the magic power in his body began to grow crazily, and his cultivation level steadily increased.
Because of the "Golden Light Curse", Chu Chen could refine the Yuehua Taiyin Qi very quickly.
Not long after, he had finished refining a cup of Yuehua wine.
This glass of moonlight wine is worth the ten days and a half of Chu Chen's daily hard training.
"No wonder Zhang Xiucai is so excited, it's such a rare adventure~!"
Drink up a glass of moonlight wine.
Chu Chen looked around and found that the monks and demons all around him were sitting cross-legged in silence, seemingly refining the moonlight wine.
"Let's have another drink while there's no one around!"
Chu Chen raised the wine cup again and filled another cup of wine.
This scene caught the attention of the girl in the sky.