I Have a Mythical Tree

Ji Xia woke up from his mind and found that the celebration banquet held to celebrate the defeat of Jiugou was still going on. He was sitting at the top, while Lu Yu, Ji Qianqing, Zhao Qu, and two middle-aged men in long clothes were sitting side by side. , and below, are the officials of Taicang who have just been released from the prison.

These Taicang officials were worried in the dark prison, for fear that the Taicang Kingdom would perish. Now that they know the news of Taicang's victory, they are all overjoyed. The resentment is gone.

It is said to be a banquet, but in fact it is just a gathering of officials to have a decent meal.

Except for the area where the two cities of Taicheng and Cangcheng are located in Taicang Kingdom, other areas are either arid deserts or extremely humid rainforests, which are not suitable for human habitation.

This extreme geographical difference is not in line with common sense in Ji Xia's memory, but this is not the earth, and everything in the boundless wilderness is full of weirdness and unreasonableness, so this completely contradictory geographical environment may be separated by a small road.

One side of the path is desolate and hot, with jagged rocks; on the other side, there are towering trees, overcast clouds and lush vegetation.

On the one hand, these strange natural environments made the Taicang people gather in Taicheng and Cangcheng, and on the other hand, made Taicang's material conditions extremely bad.

Food shortage, barren production, and low quality of life are the most intuitive impressions Tai Cang gave Ji Xia.

As the crown prince, he is currently the person with the highest status in the Taicang Kingdom. What is placed on the stone table in front of him? A plate of dark green dishes whose names he could not name, a plate of red animal meat, a bowl of clear soup, and a bowl of rice.

The stone table in front of the other officials was even more horrific. Most of them only had one dish and one soup in front of two or three people. They divided the dishes and soup on top of their own rice, and ate them heartily. The happy appearance made Ji Xia swallow his saliva. .

"It's really that delicious?" Looking at the dishes in front of him, he not only looked forward to it, but slowly put a piece of green vegetables into his mouth.

In the first bite, there is a slight bitterness permeating the taste buds, but after careful chewing, the lingering fragrance suddenly emerges, which surprised Ji Xia.

"I thought it would be terrible, but I didn't expect it to be good." Ji Xia's eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up another piece of animal meat, which was also delicious.

"I didn't expect that Taicang people's property is so scarce, and the things they make can still be eaten."

A smile appeared on his face, and his face suddenly froze. He took a mouthful of rice just now, but he didn't expect an indescribable taste to fill his mouth immediately.

This taste is like chewing a century-old wood raw, bitter, astringent and woody, hard to swallow!

"Why does this rice taste so good?" Ji Xia endured the discomfort, swallowed the rice in his mouth, and gently pushed the bowl.

It's not that he's picky, the taste of this rice really makes him incompetent.

"Maybe it's a matter of the type of rice. I just saw that there are spiritual rice seeds in the first floor of the Immortal God Tree. In the future, there will be more spiritual seeds, so I will exchange them for a try. It is too much to eat this kind of rice all day. It's hard."

While Ji Xia was thinking secretly, a middle-aged man in a robe sitting under him ate the food in front of him, gracefully took out a square towel from his arms, wiped his mouth, stood up, and said loudly: " The great victory of Taicang today is due to the protection of Dafeng, and we will pay respects to Dafeng!"

A few burly sergeants carried a huge statue from the side. This statue was carved out of stone and was one foot high. It still had the head of a dragon and was standing on the wind totem of the mainland.

Everyone suddenly stood up, stroked their chests and saluted Dafeng Totem, and shouted: "Dafeng, Dafeng!"

Ji Xia buried her head in her food, and was startled by the shouts of the crowd. She sensed the staring eyes of Zhao Song Composer, stood up quickly, and shouted with the crowd.

After saluting, the gale totem was carried away by the burly sergeant again, the middle-aged man glanced at the leader Ji Xia, and said: "Now that the former lord has died, the Taicang Kingdom cannot live without a master for a day.

There must be a new king to succeed. "

Everyone was silent, watching the middle-aged man quietly.

The middle-aged man turned to Ji Xia again, and saluted, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

Ji Xia wiped the corners of his mouth, and said indifferently, "Where is the slaughter ceremony?"

Among the hundreds of officials, an old man with white hair came out slowly and bowed to answer.

"Master Changfeng, you are in charge of rituals, and you are in charge of all etiquette matters. Let me ask you, who will succeed the king after the death of the king?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the king of the country is going to the court of heaven, and the country's orders will naturally be in charge of His Highness the Crown Prince."

The white-haired old man looked moribund, but his voice was extremely energetic, and his speech was not ambiguous.

Ji Xia nodded in satisfaction, and said to the middle-aged man, "Uncle Qing, did you hear that?"

That middle-aged man was Ji Xia's third-ranked uncle named Ji Qing.

Hearing Ji Xia's words, Ji Qing flashed a trace of worry in his eyes and said: "Your Highness, you are the only heir of Shang. Normally, you should succeed to the throne and take charge of the imperial order of Taicang, but now Taicang has internal and external troubles. , there is no room for mistakes, please consider carefully, Your Highness..."

Ji Xia was stunned for a moment, hearing the true feelings in Ji Qing's tone, he couldn't help being dumbfounded: "It turns out that my third uncle is worried about Tai Cang, and I thought it was a seizure."

Just as he was about to speak, another middle-aged man with majestic eyebrows and a calm face also stood up and said to Ji Xia: "Xia, what Qing said is very true, you are still too young to understand the affairs of a country. The difficult part, now is the most difficult time for Tai Cang, we can no longer have any mistakes.

What's more, you are now walking for the wind, even if you don't ascend to the position of the king, no one in the whole sky will dare to disrespect you, so you can rest assured. "

This is Ji Xia's uncle, named Jize, when he spoke, all the officials started whispering.

The reason is that this was originally the prince of the previous generation, and the ruler of the previous generation died. Originally, Jize should be the ruler, but he resolutely decided to hand over the ruler to his second brother, Ji Xia's father.

All officials stopped him, and he said loudly: "The gap between Brother Shang and me is like a torrential river. He is in the upper reaches of the river, and I am in the lower reaches of the river."

"If there are no great enemies around Tai Cang, if the people of Tai Cang are rich and healthy, and if the human race is not the weakest race, of course I am willing to sit on the throne of the king, but the situation of Tai Cang and the situation of the human race are obvious to all."

"I am ascended to the position of king today, and Taicang will surely perish in the future. However, if Brother Shang takes on the great responsibility, I, Taicang, still have a little room to breathe between Jiugou and Zhouqing, so I would like to resign." Let the crown prince be handed over to Brother Shang!"

Ji Xia was silent for a while, stood up, bowed to Ji Ze, and asked: "Sir, who do you think can be the king of the country?"

Ji Ze looked at the children of the royal family among the officials in the court, and after a long silence, he said, "Since the day the lord passed away, I have already sent my men to look for your seventh uncle."

Ji Xia nodded and agreed: "Seventh Uncle is resourceful and has a strong cultivation base. If it is him, he is enough to take the position of the king."

With a sigh, Lu Yu got up slowly: "But Ji Su Shangchen (Note 1) has been away for more than five years, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find him in a short time."

Everyone was silent, now the royal clan only had the Ze, Shang, Qing, and Su four lines, and the other three lineages had died due to years of fighting. The Shang line only had Ji Xia, and the Su line only had Ji Xia's seventh uncle. There are few people in Qing Ermai, but there are more than ten people.

It's a pity that no one is worthy of a big position.

Looking at these sad ministers and royal family, Ji Xia once again felt the unity and pressure of Tai Cang.

In less than two days since he came to Taicang, he has seen too many sacrifices made by the people of Taicang to defend their home and country, and he has a sense of identity with this small and weak country in his heart.

"I can't go back anymore." Ji Xia suddenly seemed to realize something: "I am now the prince of Tai Cang, and Tai Cang is my home country."

"If I don't agree with this land, where can I go? The nearest human country is 3,300 miles away from Taicheng, and the situation there is not much better. The human race in the Yanhuang Kingdom to the east of Tianyuan lives like a human being."

"Even if the legend is true, the Yanhuang Kingdom is far away in Tianyuan. Even if I can live a thousand years, I can't get there. All I can do is to make Taicang stronger and let myself live."

Ji Xia figured out the joints, only felt that the knots in his heart had been opened in the past few days, and his thoughts gradually became clear. He stood up and stepped down from the throne.

All the royal family, Lu Yu, Ji Qianqing, and all the officials watched him when they saw his strange behavior.

He slowly came to the center of the court hall, took a deep breath, and with a thought, an ordinary gourd appeared in his hand.

Ji Xia gently took off the gourd cover, and a gust of wind blew out from the gourd, gently blowing towards the entire court, the entire palace, and then out of Taicheng, blowing to the entire Taicang.

"The burning soul of the merchant returns to Zang Sihu; the burning soul of the merchant returns to pity the old; the burning soul of the merchant returns to the former land of death!"

He uttered a strange incantation, which resounded throughout the entire court, and was sent around by the breeze. In an instant, his shout seemed to have an answer, and strands of light continued to fly from the sky, into the palace, and came to the palace. In front of Ji Xia.

Countless rays of light converged into a figure made of light. This figure had clear eyebrows, was handsome and extraordinary, and had a faint green glow all over his body.

"Lord!" Lu Yu knelt down, and all the officials knelt down to salute first. They were crying and grieving.

Ji Qianqing wept silently, and the fatherly figure in her mind gradually overlapped with this ray of light.

But the radiant figure looked at Ji Xia, and Ji Xia smiled slightly at the figure, and asked, "Father! Can I be a great leader?"

The radiant figure suddenly laughed loudly, and then his face was no longer serious and worried. With a smile, he raised his right hand to everyone who was kneeling, and said, "All officials, please stand up!"

All the officials got up, and the figure gradually turned into a light spot and flew into the garrison gourd, but his words of comfort resounded throughout the court: "My son Ji Xia is enough to take on the great responsibility, and he should be the Lord of Taicang!"

All the officials knelt down again and congratulated loudly: "Respectfully send off the former lord, and welcome the crown prince to succeed to the throne!"

Ji Xia walked to the top step by step, sat on the throne, raised his hand slightly, and said: "All officials please stand up!"

Shang Yin Lu Yu, Zuo Chu Zhao Qu, and Zai Li Chang Feng glanced at each other. They seemed to see the shadow of the previous king in the king!