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The next day, the King of Chu sent someone to invite Jiang Yuanchen to a banquet in Taiji Pavilion. To put it bluntly, I just wanted to test whether the Taixu Dao Sect would really intervene in this change of power in the Chu Kingdom. The King of Chu, even though he knew that his life was approaching, still wanted to seize the last period of time.

Jiang Yuanchen was dressed in a mysterious Taoist robe, cloud-riding shoes, and a purple gold crown. He was very well dressed. According to Jiang Yuanchen's own wishes, of course he didn't want to do this, but the Mu family sisters forced him to fight for face for the two of them like this, so he had no choice but to do this, riding a dragon horse, and letting the dragon horse grow lotuses every step of the way, three feet above the ground. A young man dressed as a servant walked into the palace from Taixu Taoist Temple, holding a dragon and horse for himself.

With many people watching around him, Jiang Yuanchen smiled slightly and used a rejuvenation technique he and Yuan Qing created together to instantly eliminate the fatigue of the people around him.

It has to be said that the Taixu Taoist Sect has taken root in Lingzhou for thousands of years, and the influence of the Taixu Taoist Temple is now even more effective than that of the King of Chu. Divine power is higher than royal power, which is a taboo for kings. However, the Taixu Taoist Sect has always been unobtrusive. It has a complete appearance of "the Holy Emperor rules from the top of the arch." The kings of various countries also have great freedom as agents, as long as they do not infringe on the interests of the Taixu Taoist Sect and do not cause trouble. Let the sky be angry and people complain.

This time, the Mu sisters advised the King of Chu to abdicate as princesses. Although it was for the sake of the King of Chu, don't forget that they were disciples of the Taixu Taoist Sect after all, which also made the King of Chu a little suspicious. Taixu Dao Sect's intentions even asked the national master to come forward to deal with it.

Jiang Yuanchen didn't care about King Chu's petty thoughts. It was just a mere change of royal power. If the Mu sisters hadn't cared about King Chu as their biological father, who would have cared about the turmoil of the Chu Kingdom and whether Chu Gong could do it? Promotion successful? Even if the state of Chu declined due to Guo Zuo, it would only be a replacement of the king's family or merging into other states.

The young man who held the dragon and horse for Jiang Yuanchen looked somewhat similar to Jiang Yuanchen. He was the protector god that Jiang Yuanchen personally created for himself.

Mu Qingyi was well prepared and sent his attendants to wait at the entrance of the palace to welcome the two of them into the Tai Chi Pavilion.

In Taiji Pavilion, in addition to the King of Chu sitting high on the throne, there were also many close ministers around him. Behind the screen leading to the apse, some women were vaguely visible, presumably the imperial concubines. After sensing the spiritual energy, Jiang Yuanchen understood that Mu Qingyi and others were also there.

Jiang Yuanchen got off the dragon and horse at the door, dispersed the dragon and horse, and walked in with the guardian spirit.

"Wait!" The soldiers outside Taiji Pavilion immediately stopped Jiang Yuanchen or the guardian spirit behind him.

"It doesn't matter if the Taoist priest goes in, but this person -"

"What? Are you afraid that I will do something inside?" Jiang Yuanchen waved the whisk, and a dark force swept away the weapons of the soldiers on both sides.

"You all stand down! If my senior brother really takes action, how can you stop him?" Mu Qingyi's voice came from behind the screen above.

Jiang Yuanchen walked to the palace with the protector Shi Shiran and said, "Xuan Hao, a mountain man, pays homage to the King of Chu." He was just an inspector and stood still without waiting for the King of Chu to speak.

The King of Chu was quite dissatisfied when he saw Jiang Yuanchen's wanton attitude. However, the Imperial Master kept giving him looks, so he had no choice but to let Jiang Yuanchen go up the steps and sit on his right side, sitting on an equal footing with the Imperial Master.

"Taoist Master has had a long journey, and this time I specially held a banquet for the Taoist Master in Taiji Pavilion——" King Chu swallowed the next words when he saw Jiang Yuanchen sitting down casually.

"The Imperial Master is from overseas, right?" Jiang Yuanchen nodded to King Chu and directly asked the old Taoist priest on the left.

"Old Taoist Bi Chaozi is a monk from Bi Ling Island. I have met fellow Taoist Xuan Hao." The old Taoist was a little cautious. Although overseas monks are better than mainland casual cultivators, the degree of improvement is limited. When encountering a disciple of a big sect like Jiang Yuanchen You do need to be cautious, after all, this is Lingzhou.

"Biling Island, I wonder how Master Biling is doing now? I heard that the Master has reached the Tianyi realm and has entered the concentration stage?"

"The old Taoist is a monk from the outer island. He just has a name on Biling Island. But I heard that the Master has been in seclusion for more than ten years. He should be at the most critical moment." Bi Chaozi saw Jiang Yuanchen's familiar tone, and his heart began to grow. The drums are played. Many inland monks will choose to travel around the world after they become successful in cultivation. I heard that Master Bi Ling has a good relationship with several disciples of Taixu Dao Sect. Could it be...

"Yes." Jiang Yuanchen saw that his aura suppressed the imperial master at the beginning, and flew into the sky with a spiritual thought to form a palace: "Fellow Taoist, how about we come up and talk about it?"

Bi Chaozi's expression really changed, and his spiritual consciousness condensed! Although it is not a true Yin Shen leaving the body, this method also demonstrates the spiritual cultivation of this Taoist Xuan Hao. Bi Chaozi was able to suppress the Mu sisters, but he was not sure of suppressing Jiang Yuanchen.

In desperation, Bi Chaozi had no choice but to separate a piece of spiritual consciousness and fly into the palace to talk to Jiang Yuanchen.

"There are no outsiders here, I'll just say it bluntly." Jiang Yuanchen's spiritual consciousness turned into a human form and asked directly: "Why did my fellow Taoist come to Lingzhou Chu State to be a national teacher?"

The spiritual consciousness transformed into a human form, and it was in the Chu Palace, a place where dragon energy gathered! Bi Chaozi became more and more aware of the gap between the two of them, and quickly distanced himself: "The old Taoist received a favor from the Fourth Highness more than ten years ago. Now he begs the old Taoist to help the King of Chu recuperate, so the old Taoist naturally has no choice but to do it." In Jiang Yuanchen's case. Shocked by his methods, he did not dare to say that he was greedy for the spiritual materials used to overcome the tribulation and occupied the position of national master. He only said that he could not evade the filial piety of His Highness the Fourth Prince, so he had no choice but to agree.

Next, King Chu saw that the two of them were silent and directly raised his wine glass to toast Jiang Yuanchen: "Taoist Master, I would like to propose a toast to you."

While Jiang Yuanchen was using illusions to frighten Bi Chaozi, he also controlled the deity to play with the wine glass: "Your Majesty, I am a vegetarian and observe the precepts. A glass of water is enough." Looking at the many delicacies on the table, Jiang Yuanchen said lightly.

It seems to be a good job for mortals, but to monks like Jiang Yuanchen, their five senses are so sharp. Even mortals can't taste the fishy smell. They can understand the slight blood in the aroma just by smelling it.

"Taoist Master, I remember that the Taixu Taoist Sect does not taboo blood food, right?" King Chu questioned: "The Taoist Master is an expert in the immortal way, so what he said is naturally true. After saying this, all the Taoist priests in the Taoist temples Are all of them deceiving the world and stealing their reputation?"

Try every means to suppress the influence of Taixu Taoist Temple on the dynasty? Jiang Yuanchen saw the doubts among the ministers below and said with a smile: "My Taixu Taoist Sect does not prohibit blood food, but there is a limit in everything. 'Jue' and 'Jie' are different."

"The way of eating is based on human desires. The method of destroying human nature is not done by our Taoist sect. We are vegetarians and observe the precepts just to control the evil desires in our hearts. Besides, human food is of little use to us."

Jiang Yuanchen raised his wine glass: "Drinking and sex can cause confusion. We only keep the precepts to keep our minds clear. If our minds are not chaotic, everything will be fine."

Seeing that the King of Chu was about to speak, Jiang Yuanchen directly accepted it without giving him a chance to speak: "However, if you want to be a little drunk as a poor man, you have to have hundreds of kilograms of strong liquor. Your Majesty wants me to eat and drink as much as possible. Are you willing to give up these hundreds of kilograms of strong liquor?"

"What's wrong with this?" King Chu asked his ministers to prepare without thinking.

"I'm not busy!" Jiang Yuanchen waved his hand: "A hundred kilograms of strong liquor just made me slightly drunk. If I want to truly taste it, I need more. But how much food does it cost to brew these pure grains? Just to make me smile, Your Majesty How much stone and grain are you prepared to spend? Now that the plague has just passed, it is time for the people to recuperate and recuperate. Why did your majesty hurt the people just for me?"

The king of Chu was speechless.

Jiang Yuanchen continued: "Wine can be intoxicating, but according to our standards, a glass of sake and plain water are no different. Why waste rice for the sake of this grain liquid? Fellow Taoist, what do you think?" Finally, Jiang Yuanchen asked the question Bi Chaozi.

Bi Chaozi struggled for a while, and then the spiritual consciousness in the sky returned to its position, and then said: "The old Taoist is an idle monk, and has never thought deeply about such things, but the Taixu Taoist Sect is worthy of being the master of Lingzhou, and his actions are very meaningful. I can wait and guess.”

Bi Chaozi said to the King of Chu: "What Taoist Master Xuan Hao said is quite reasonable. According to our Dharma body, if we drink more than a thousand kilograms of wine, we will not fall down; if we eat meat, it will not take a hundred oxen of meat to make us full. According to our cultivation, we can harvest the essence of the world and the sun." It feeds on the beauty of the moon, but mortal things are not necessary.”

King Chu thought about Bi Chaozi, and then thought about the Taixu Dao Sect monks he had seen in the past. Still a little confused: "In the past, I saw that the monks in Taixu Taoist Temple also ate food to satisfy their hunger?"

"Your Majesty, the monks have their own cooking procedures, which are different from ordinary people." Bi Chaozi shook his head: "Taixu Dao Sect is a big sect, and the wine and jade dew and various spiritual foods that its monks drink are also the same for mortals. Plant elixirs to strengthen your body.”

Bi Chaozi helped Taixu Taoist Sect put in good words, and was naturally frightened by Jiang Yuanchen.

Just a Jade Liquid Stage monk was able to manifest a Lingtai Taoist Palace in the air. This level of cultivation was even higher than that of him, a pill-forming monk who was about to survive the tribulation!

Of course, this Bi Chaozi did not participate in the Danyuan Conference, so he naturally did not know that Jiang Yuanchen's specialty was illusion. The magnificent palace in the sky is completely an illusion created by Jiang Yuanchen based on the river map. The reason why Bi Chaozi's spiritual consciousness was called forward was because this was an illusion specifically designed to confuse the spiritual consciousness, and the so-called human form of spiritual consciousness was clearly the manifestation of Jiang Yuanchen's second spirit. As for his ability to cast spells in the palace where the dragon energy gathered, it was because of the secret help of Duke Chu.

There are few evil spirits in the palace, and they don't show any magical powers. In addition to being frightened by the dragon spirit of King Chu, they are also suppressed by the god of the country Zuo. Now the King of Chu's practice of forcing him to retain the throne is not good for Chu's national destiny.

The transition between the old and the new is a turbulent period for any country. If the imperial examination policy is not changed for three years, it will be a period of relaxation to consolidate its imperial career. However, the Chu State is at a critical moment when its national fortunes are rising. At this time, the old and the new are beginning to change, which will inevitably delay the promotion of Chu Gong. Chu Gong hates Bi Chaozi to death, but Bi Chaozi has the dragon spirit in him. This Chu Gong The God of Guo Zuo would not be able to attack the dragon energy himself and destroy the city wall.

The King of Chu is now obedient to the advice of the Imperial Master, because Mu Qingshu's momentary blunder made the King of Chu very suspicious of the monks in Taixu Taoist Temple, for fear that these people would take away his throne.

After listening to Bi Chaozi's words, King Chu removed the table in front of Jiang Yuanchen.

After Mu Qingyi saw it from behind, he ordered another pot of tea and three plates of fresh fruit according to Jiang Yuanchen's preference.

Bi Chaozi was confused. In the past, he had followed the kindness of the King of Chu and tried to taste the food of mortals, and then used real fire to melt it in his belly. But now with the example of Jiang Yuanchen, it was not good for him to leave or stay. He was worried about the banquet table. If I had known that King Chu was so easy to talk to, I wouldn't have had to endure these things in the beginning.

Don't think that the food in the palace must be delicious. Although he is a top chef, the food prepared according to King Chu's preferences is different from Donghai's taste. In addition, it took too long to deliver the food all the way and the food is a bit cold. Bi Chaozi certainly feels that It tastes bad. Can ordinary people's food compare with the food in Donghai Leshan Pavilion?

After a while of drinking and drinking, King Chu suddenly asked Jiang Yuanchen: "How many years does the Taoist think I have left to be an emperor?"

Suddenly, the field fell silent, and everyone looked at Jiang Yuanchen.

A smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Yuanchen's mouth: "Your Majesty has not had any imperial luck in a year -"