HLnovel Chapter 36 Qingli City 2
Chapter 36 Qingli City 2
The next day, the three of them were in no mood to stay in Qingli City because of the farce at the auction the day before, and decided to go straight back to their sect to give the spirit milk that the Medicine Peak Master needed to him.
But Miss Xiao's selection of a husband was such a grand affair that the entire Qingli City was adorned with red ribbons, and the streets were given a fresh new look.
Colorful packets rained down from the sky.
Inside were small storage bags from which one could open pills, spiritual artifacts, spirit stones, and other items.
When Cheng Jiu got up, she smelled a very strange fragrance that made her feel refreshed and invigorated, and yesterday's bad mood seemed to be swept away as a result.
She opened the window, and a colorful package landed in front of her. She reached out, picked it up, and opened it to find a mid-grade spirit stone inside.
As she played with the mid-grade spirit stone, she suddenly felt that there was no need to rush back to the sect; she could go and see Miss Xiao choosing a husband.
Yingyue and Wensishu both agreed, and the streets were bustling with people.
Because Miss Xiao was choosing a husband, the young men who arrived early all arrived in their own cars, forming a long line and heading towards the same destination.
Cheng Jiu looked at the steaming baskets on the stall and felt a little hungry. Although he had stopped fasting, eating was still a basic human instinct.
"There are steamed buns for sale over there, do you want some?" Cheng Jiu pointed to the stall next to him.
The two nodded, and Cheng Jiu bought nine buns in a row, three for each person, one low-grade spirit stone per bun.
The three of them walked forward while eating steamed buns. Cheng Jiu ate the steamed bun, which smelled very fragrant, but thought it was just so-so.
In the world of cultivation, the skills of a spiritual chef are very evident. Compared to the delicacies she ate in her previous life, the food here is definitely more delicious.
They use spirit rice and demon beast meat, and the taste is excellent. Putting aside everything else, the taste of the ingredients is better than that of mortal ingredients.
Unfortunately, she had a ninth-grade master chef, which spoiled her palate.
She even discovered something that horrified her. She wasn't usually picky about food; she could only tell if it tasted good or bad.
But now she can even comment on the shortcomings of this steamed bun.
It's unbelievable; she's been raised to be extremely pampered during her years in the cultivation world.
The location for the selection of a son-in-law was a boudoir built near Zhengyang Gate. This place was close to the center of Qingli City, where land was extremely valuable. Judging from the appearance of the boudoir, it seemed to have been built recently, specifically for Miss Xiao to select a son-in-law.
The embroidered tower, with its carved beams and painted pillars, occupies a vast area and is filled with precious and exotic flowers and plants. It is divided into two floors, with a very exquisite door in the middle of the second floor. It is obvious that Miss Xiao will come out of this door when choosing a husband.
Meanwhile, young men lined up one after another to participate in the selection of a son-in-law. After being carefully examined by the monks in front, they entered the embroidered pavilion.
This place is close to the city center, making it a good place to do business. So there must be teahouses and restaurants around the embroidered tower, and they've all been here for a long time.
Luckily, the three of them found a private room in a top-floor teahouse that had just been cancelled.
Although they really wanted to get closer to the excitement, Wen Sishu would have been a perfect fit for Miss Xiao's criteria for a husband: sixteen years old, a prodigy, and at the Golden Core stage. However, neither Cheng Jiu nor Ying Yue had any intention of letting him in.
After all, it's someone else's wedding banquet to choose a husband; it would be too unethical to go in and cause trouble.
Looking down from the teahouse, the embroidered building is clearly visible.
The two girls slowly shifted their focus from the melon to the faces of the boys.
The food was absolutely delicious. There were all kinds of people: innocent young men with youthful vigor, gentle and refined noblemen, dashing young men with great physiques, and handsome men with exceptionally good looks.
When a daughter in the Mahayana stage chooses a husband, the young men who come are not only of excellent aptitude, but also have first-class looks, demeanor, and bearing.
"Now I understand why Miss Xiao looks down on that young master Long. Although he is not bad-looking, he can't compare to these young men."
Cheng Jiu used her exceptional eyesight, honed through cultivation, to guarantee that if any of them were to come to her previous world, they would absolutely crush all the young heartthrobs from that world.
Although Cheng Jiu knew that the cultivation world was not lacking in beauties, and that her masters and uncles were all beauties, her goodness, so many handsome men of all kinds really opened her eyes!
Upon hearing her words, Senior Sister Ying teased, "Junior Sister, you're so young yet you already know how to appreciate things so well."
“Hey, senior sister, I just have an eye for beauty,” Cheng Jiu replied.
"Junior Sister, what do you think of your senior brother?" Wen Sishu pointed to himself.
He's quite the dashing young man, isn't he?
Cheng Jiu carefully examined him. The other man was dressed in white today, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist. His hair was tied up high, and his appearance was gentle and refined. He didn't look like a cultivator, but rather like a scholar.
Cheng Jiu felt a little uncomfortable looking at Wen Sishu: "Senior brother, you have a scholarly air about you. You look like a young man who is well-read and quite talented."
"Pfft!" Yingyue couldn't help but laugh as she listened to her description: "Your senior brother doesn't have much talent in calligraphy."
"Senior sister!" Wen Sishu said plaintively, hoping that his junior sister could save him some face.
Looking at the endless stream of vehicles, Cheng Jiu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior Sister, how many people do you think came this time?"
Looking down at the people getting out of their vehicles one after another, Senior Sister Yingyue guessed, "There should be no fewer than a thousand people."
After all, all the inns in the city were full, and even with the servants they brought, the number of people was not small.
Cheng Jiu rested his chin on his hand: "Shall we count them?"
They arrived at the teahouse in the early morning and sat there from morning till night, the tea and pastries on the table being changed several times.
Even with one handsome young man after another descending from below, Cheng Jiu and Ying Yue were starting to feel the strain.
Only after the last person got out of the car, underwent inspection, and went inside did the two men breathe a sigh of relief.
Enduring this for so long is truly a tremendous test of one's abilities.
"Six thousand six hundred and sixty-six!" Cheng Jiu announced the number he had counted.
This number is really auspicious.
If an emperor has three thousand concubines in his harem, then this Mahayana cultivator has prepared two harems for his daughter.
The fact that so many people were invited despite having five candidates shows how much the Great Vehicle Immortal Lord loves his only daughter.
This shouldn't be called Miss Xiao choosing a husband; it should be called the Empress choosing a concubine.
"I wonder where the Immortal Lord found so many outstanding male cultivators! I had heard before that the Immortal Lord doted on Miss Xiao, and now that I see it, it's truly well-deserved," Yingyue exclaimed.
The bright moon rose from the distant ground and hung high in the sky. The white mist of the night was hazy and ethereal. The lights of the entire Qingli City Embroidery Building were like a bright pearl, dazzling and eye-catching.
A beautiful young woman, dressed in a moon-colored gown with a red belt around her waist and exquisite makeup, walked slowly out of the main gate in the middle of the embroidered building, surrounded by a group of female cultivators.
The girl had beautiful features and her eyes were scrutinizing the boys below.
When the boys met the gaze of the fairy upstairs, many of them lowered their heads shyly, their faces flushing.
The atmosphere became lively. Originally, they came to propose to Miss Xiao because of family and other reasons, but Miss Xiao was so beautiful that if they married her...
Not only can one climb to the level of a Mahayana Immortal Lord, but one can also marry such a beautiful bride. How could one not be excited?
The girl's hands were as white as jade, and a beautiful red embroidered ball appeared in her hand, making her slender fingers stand out against the red background.
As the girl tossed the embroidered ball high into the air, the boys focused their attention on it, gathering their strength. Once the ball reached its highest point, the boys swarmed towards it!
Various fierce battles raged, and magical arts blossomed like fireworks. Just as the battle was reaching its climax, a large black rat suddenly appeared out of nowhere and snatched the embroidered ball away.
The scene fell silent as everyone turned their attention to the large black rat that had appeared out of nowhere.
Cheng Jiu and Ying Yue, who were originally enjoying watching the exciting scene of the embroidered ball snatching, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"Who is it? What a spoilsport!" Cheng Jiu looked at the big black rat with a hint of disdain, compared to those glamorous young masters.
This person was dressed very plainly, in a black outfit, with his hair pulled up high, appearing completely black at first glance under the light.
Wen Sishu was also disappointed. After all, he had been watching with great interest. Who said boys didn't like watching such exciting scenes? He loved watching them! Okay!
"It seems to be Young Master Long!" Yingyue examined him carefully and guessed.
Miss Xiao's face also darkened: "Long Tian, what are you doing here? Didn't we break off the engagement a long time ago? Today is my big day, are you here to cause trouble? Does your Long family want to go against the Great Ascension Immortal Lord?"
Long Tian, holding the embroidered ball, said, "Xiao Yunyi, since you're choosing a husband today by throwing the embroidered ball, and now that I've caught it, are you going to..."
"Sorry, you're not qualified! I've said it before, I don't like you. I'd rather marry any one of them than you!" Miss Xiao said with a look of disdain.
"Xiao Yunyi! We've been engaged since childhood. What have I ever done wrong to you since we were little? Why do you always do this? Always!" Long Tian gritted his teeth.
"Because you're a good-for-nothing! Back when the Guiyuan Sect was recruiting disciples, if you had joined back then, with the help of a Mahayana Immortal Lord, you might have been able to become one of their personal disciples."
And what did you do? You actually stayed behind in your family. How could your third-rate little family compare to the direct disciples of the Guiyuan Sect?
"You want to be a failure your whole life? I don't want to, I don't want to be stuck with you, you crooked tree!" Xiao Yunyi said coldly.
"But I stayed in Qingli City for your sake!" Long Tian roared.
"Pah! Yes, I knew I was too incompetent to get into the Guiyuan Sect back then."
But you good-for-nothing actually used my name to say that you stayed in Qingli City to keep me company.
What! You're spouting nonsense to make me feel guilty? Or are you trying to occupy the moral high ground in Qingli City? Or do you want everyone to know that I, Xiao Yunyi, owe you?
Do you think nobody knows that you, this good-for-nothing, stayed in Qingli City because you listened to your family, and now you want to blame it all on me?
"Pah, you bitch! You blame your own decision on me, your fiancée who's not even married yet!" After saying that, she took out a spirit stone from her storage bag and smashed it directly onto Long Tian's head!
"So you just look down on me? Right?" Long Tian said through gritted teeth, clutching the spirit stone.
"Hmph, I advise you to get lost. Stop trying to eat swan meat like a toad. If you ruin my good day, don't blame me for being impolite to the Long family!"
Xiao Yunyi's tone was unfriendly. If she didn't want to leave a good impression on these future husbands, she would have had Long Tian thrown out right now.
"Xiao Yunyi, good! Good!" Long Tian threw the embroidered ball to the ground, pointed at Xiao Yunyi on the embroidered tower, his face filled with heartache and indignation, and took out a jade bottle from his sleeve:
"These are the two Purple Sun Jade Pills you used to annul the engagement with my Long family. I'm returning them to you now. Remember this: it was I, Long Tian, who annulled your engagement, Xiao Yunyi, not you, Xiao Yunyi, who annulled my engagement! Don't underestimate a young man's potential!"
The three people in the teahouse could see it clearly as well. Yingyue slammed her hand on the table and said, "So it was that scoundrel who changed the auction method at the last minute! No wonder the auction conditions were changed to Ziyang Qiongyu Dan."
The fact that she was able to appear in the embroidered pavilion and snatch the embroidered ball in front of so many male cultivators clearly shows that her cultivation and injuries have recovered.
"Hmph!" Wen Sishu crossed his arms and sneered, "Wanbaoge is not some kind of charity organization. He not only made Wanbaoge lose face, but also offended so many ninth-grade alchemists. Wanbaoge will definitely not let him off the hook!"
Not only were the ninth-rank masters annoyed by that auction, but even the people who won the bids were very unhappy.
"However, the fact that he was able to obtain a ninth-grade spiritual milk shows that he does have some luck." Cheng Jiu analyzed, watching Long Tian's departing figure. In any case, a ninth-grade spiritual milk is not something that ordinary people can obtain.
Xiao Yunyi reached out and took the jade bottle, opened it, and looked at it. The moment the jade bottle was opened, a strange fragrance filled the courtyard.
She resealed the jade bottle and looked at the stunned crowd below, saying, "Continue! Why aren't you continuing? If any of you can catch the embroidered ball, you can not only marry me, but also receive these two pills!"
Upon hearing this, the young men, disregarding their image, rushed towards the embroidered ball, which was then tossed high into the air.
Just as the atmosphere was getting pleasant, a disheveled young girl burst in from nowhere, shouting, "I am the daughter of the Great Ascension Immortal Lord! You imposter!" The people behind her couldn't hold her back.
Xiao Yunyi's face immediately turned ugly. Was the embroidery tower so poorly protected today?
She was just choosing a husband; she hadn't done anything heinous. Yet, one person after another kept popping up.
"What are you all doing here? You let this crazy woman barge in. Throw her out right now!" A handsome middle-aged man slowly walked out from beside the embroidered building.
The man possessed an extraordinary air about him, and his gaze upon the young woman exuded an imposing presence without any anger.
"Father, I am also your daughter! Why is it that Xiao Yunyi can be the daughter of a Mahayana Immortal Lord, while I, following your mistress, can only suffer outside!"