The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 138 - 137: If You Can’t Finish It, Pack It Up!

Chapter 138: Chapter 137: If You Can’t Finish It, Pack It Up!

The following was to simply wine and dine, with little for Xie Jiuniang to be concerned about.

She left the sect’s ancestral shrine and headed towards the main hall.

Today, a banquet would be held in the main hall. The sect’s powerhouses would gather, with Golden Core True Persons merely being on the outskirts; the protagonists were Nascent Souls and Divinity Transformations.

Xie Jiuniang couldn’t enter.

Perhaps those at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation stages had been taken to a side hall. There, a smaller banquet centered around Xie Jiuniang would take place.

Jian Lingyan had been eavesdropping all along when suddenly, it cried out, "Chaoyan’s in trouble! Master, he didn’t open the gift box, but someone has detected the medicinal fragrance of the Pure World Lotus..."

Xie Jiuniang asked, "Is it really the Pure World Lotus?"

"I don’t know, Chaoyan didn’t take it out," Jian Lingyan did not find these Spirit Plants particularly precious, "I remember, Master, you picked it from a small pond, right? There were still several there."

"Does the Pure World Lotus grow so casually?" Xie Jiuniang also remembered, "The master only smelled the fragrance, it might not necessarily be it."

Could the Pure World Lotus really grow in a small pond?

It was hard for anyone to believe.

The cultivation records indicated that the Pure World Lotus required an extremely harsh environment to grow...

Xie Jiuniang stepped into the side hall.

The people inside all turned their gaze towards her in unison.

Radiant with youthful beauty, like a bud ready to blossom, her beautiful peach blossom eyes and delicate face would make anyone at first sight believe that the young girl would surely become a stunning beauty in the future.

Only, she was too short for her age.

Those with discerning eyes picked up on the key point.

Claiming to be fifteen and at Foundation Establishment, yet her appearance seemed thirteen?

Was it because her face looked young, or something else?

Xie Jiuniang walked to the main table at the top.

Each person had a table and a cushion, with a distance of one zhang between tables.

Xie Jiuniang took her seat graciously and said with a smile, "Everyone, please don’t be reserved, feel free to do as you please."

"Yuanxi, congratulations!" Mo Chuan took out a jade box before taking his seat, and with a flick of his wrist, the jade box flew towards Xie Jiuniang.

Spiritual Energy softly lifted it and placed it on the table.

Xie Jiuniang graciously expressed her thanks, "Thank you, Brother Mo."

"This is a little token of my regards, congratulations," Lin Wangchen then took out his gift.

Xie Jiuniang accepted it as if it were nothing and again expressed her thanks with a smile.

The others’ eyes flickered.

Once one person gave a congratulatory gift, those who hadn’t offered one yet couldn’t just sit idly by; they each took out a gift, presenting it as a congratulatory offering.

Xie Jiuniang did not refuse any and thanked them one by one.

Twenty invitation cards, twenty guests, seated on the right side of the hall; family members and disciples such as Xie Haoran, Xie Ying, Xie Siniang, and Xie Xu. Besides them, there were five more older children, and Xie Jiuniang only recognized one, a brash little boy she had encountered at the entrance to the sect years ago.

Upon seeing Xuanyuan You among the several children, Xie Jiuniang found it a bit difficult to look straight at him.

Were those five invitations sold to them?

There were also twenty tables on the left.

Both male and female cultivators, all direct disciples; the sect naturally had more direct disciples than these few, the majority of which had no time to come. Qiao Shiyun, Mo Chuan, Lin Wangchen, Ren Bingyan, and even Wu Shuangshuang were present.

These people were hosted by Qiao Shiyun.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t mind Qiao Shiyun stealing her thunder.

With a large gathering of sect powerhouses next door, no one was going to make trouble here. Thus, Xie Jiuniang did as she pleased, savoring the Spiritual Tea and pastries, while listening to Jian Lingyan report on the situation in the next room.

Jian Lingyan said, "Your master has opened the gift box."

"Does master know the result?"

"Your master tampered with the box. Only a small lotus flower remained, the other five items were moved away by him first."

"They say it’s really the Pure World Lotus, just a bit young."

"Oh boy, master’s made a fortune again."

Xie Jiuniang felt numb to the news.

A casually grown lotus flower, turned out to be the legendary Pure World Lotus. Had she known earlier, she definitely would not have brought it out. Indeed, the fortune of the Child of Destiny was unreasonable.

Just then, the quiet atmosphere in the hall grew eerily silent, everyone’s gaze fixed on her.

Xie Jiuniang, puzzled, surveyed the banquet.

"Should this not be mentioned?" Wu Shuangshuang spoke out.

Xie Jiuniang asked, "Mention what?"

Wu Shuangshuang’s face turned slightly red with a mix of embarrassment and anger, "If you don’t want to say it, just don’t, but pretending not to hear and insulting people, what do you mean by that?"

"How strange, which junior sister are you? Accusing me out of the blue of insulting you," Xie Jiu said, her tone calm.

One remained calm, the other flushed with irritation.

Comparing the two, everyone leaned towards Xie Jiu, especially since Wu Shuangshuang’s questioning was indeed abrupt.

Xie Si reminded, "Xiaojiu, she’s asking if you really are fifteen years old? She also asked how you managed to achieve Foundation Establishment with triple Spirit Roots, wondering if you had some sort of fortuitous encounter."

Xie Jiu raised an eyebrow and scanned the banquet attendees with her gaze.

She smiled nonchalantly and said meaningfully, "That’s not hard to answer at all, it’s all thanks to the fortune brought by Elder Wu of Fafeng."

Just this?

Some people who hadn’t understood looked towards Wu Shuangshuang.

However, Wu Shuangshuang’s face turned even redder, and a flash of malice crossed her eyes as she lowered her head.

It was because of the incident involving Xie Jiu last time that Wu Sheng had accumulated a large debt and hadn’t given her any resources, causing her to still not break through to Foundation Establishment.

Wu Shuangshuang felt that her failure to break through was all Xie Jiu’s fault...

At this moment, a line of Sect Affairs Hall disciples filed in, clearing the Spiritual Tea from everyone’s tables and replacing it with Spiritual Wine.

Delicacies meticulously cooked by the Spiritual Chef Master kept coming, one dish after the other, making their way to the tables.

The highlight of the banquet had arrived, and no one paid attention to Wu Shuangshuang’s petty thoughts anymore.

Each dish on the table was arranged exquisitely, looking like a painting.

Yet the food was pitifully scarce, just enough for one or two bites.

No one would complain that the amount was too little or inadequate. That would just reveal their lack of refinement.

For example, a plate that was just served had only a thinly sliced piece of meat on it.

With one bite, spiritual energy immediately filled one’s body.

Some people even sat down on the spot to cultivate and assimilate it.

This was high-grade Demonic Beast Meat.

After being prepared by the Spiritual Chef Master, the violent spiritual energy within the meat became gentle and very suitable for cultivators to absorb. The small slice on the plate was enough for someone at the Foundation Establishment stage to cultivate for a quarter of an hour, and those at the Qi Cultivation Stage could gain significantly, with some even advancing a rank.

Xie Jiu ate the slice of meat.

She cycled her cultivation technique a few times and finished assimilating quickly.

To avoid suspicion, she pretended it took longer.

Lord Guangcheng didn’t bring Xuanyuan You to the banquet for no frivolous reason, indeed a disciple at the Qi Cultivation Stage could only eat one or two varieties, and had to sit and watch the rest helplessly.

They couldn’t force themselves to eat more; a burst of spiritual energy within the body would be troublesome.

Xie Jiu saw Xie Si’s face full of regret, as if she wished she had more stomachs, and reminded her through a spiritual message, "Fourth sister, if you can’t eat it all, pack it away!"

Xie Si’s eyes lit up.

Right, pack it away.

What she couldn’t finish alone she could take back for her father, so nothing would go to waste.

Once one person packed away leftovers, others saw it as if a new world had been opened to them, and they followed suit.

Consequently, a peculiar phenomenon emerged at the banquet.

Inside the hall to the left, the Sect’s chosen talents hosted by Qiao Shiyun ate in silence, focusing on cultivating while they ate and meditated.

To the right, the scene changed abruptly as the disciples almost packed away the food dish by dish as they were served.

Packing away uneaten food is quite normal, right?

Only Xie Haoran and Xie Ying were exceptions.

Since both had reached Foundation Establishment and could eat more than those at the Qi Cultivation Stage, and thought that packing away leftovers was shameful, the uneaten food was all given to the Water Kirin to eat.

Xie Jiu once again noticed the Water Kirin.

From time to time, the Water Kirin would steal glances at her with pitiful eyes, which would have been more effective if its mouth wasn’t gleaming with oily sheen from the food.

"Master, it’s been a long time, have you missed me?" the Water Kirin transmitted through their bond.

Xie Jiu’s eyes curved gently.

That... not really.

Had it not been for today’s meeting with the Water Kirin, she would have nearly forgotten about its existence.

Xie Jiu didn’t reply, switching the subject, "I’ll also be in the Inner Sect from now on, so we can meet often, and even chat if we don’t see each other."

"Mmm hmm hmm..."

The Water Kirin was very happy, its large eyes shining even more watery and bright.