Chapter 1424: Nine Chapter Jade Disc

The pot of tea on the windowsill, brewed long ago, was at the perfect temperature.Chu Yuzhi went to retrieve it, casually took out five teacups, filled each halfway, then, with a flick of his wrist, the five cups of tea landed lightly in their rightful places.At this feast today:Zuo Guangshu spoke very little.Qu Shunhua, as the host, was warm and welcoming, and Jiang Wang, the guest of honor, was very cooperative.And Chu Yuzhi displayed remarkable sincerity, neither hiding his fondness for Ye Lan'er nor his admiration for Jiang Wang.However, his expressions were well-measured, neither overbearing nor overly fawning, always maintaining a respectful distance.As for Ye Lan'er…Jiang Wang could not quite understand her, nor was he curious.Perhaps only after he too achieved the Divine Entrance realm would he develop curiosity towards Ye Lan'er – curiosity about her strength in that realm.Amidst their casual conversation, Qu Shunhua suddenly asked, "I heard Guangshu say, did Brother Jiang ask if the banquet here could be packed?"Jiang Wang felt extremely awkward.Earlier, when he mentioned it casually to Zuo Guangshu, it was merely a habit of stocking up delicious food for An'an.Now that he knew this banquet was prepared by Duke Huai, how could he possibly mention "packing"?What infuriated him even more was that he had arrived at Huangliang Terrace with Zuo Guangshu at the same time and had not left his sight; when did this lad say this to Qu Shunhua?Why tell her everything?"I asked Guangshu earlier because I was a bit ignorant, not quite knowing what kind of place Huangliang Terrace is," Jiang Wang said, slightly embarrassed but sincerely. "I was thinking of bringing some back for my friends to try something new!""No problem, leave this to me," Qu Shunhua said with a smile. "Whenever Brother Jiang leaves Chu, I will prepare it for you."Jiang Wang was inclined to refuse, for he himself would absolutely not accept favors for nothing.But then he thought of the wonderfulness of this banquet today...How could such wonderfulness in this world not be tasted by An'an?The words that were at the tip of his tongue became: "Then I shall not stand on ceremony.""It is my fortune that Brother Jiang treats me as one of his own," Qu Shunhua's eyes held a smile, and she asked again, "Anyway, a feast is to be prepared. How many servings does Brother Jiang need?"There can be servings for several people?Jiang Wang's heart was filled with joy, and he immediately said, "For two people, two people!"Then he thought, after all, Lingxiao Pavilion is the territory of a certain True Person surnamed Ye, and face must be given, otherwise, when they meet next time, will he be glaring again?With this thought, he said, "Make it three servings."Immediately after, he thought of the senior beast of legend, A'Chou, whose temperament was unknown, but surely face should be given. As the saying goes, it's not poverty one fears, but inequality. If the Pavilion Master is invited but the legendary beast is not, will it make him angry? What if he makes things difficult for An'an?So he said, "Four servings. Yes, four."Changing the number like this, for those who were not familiar with him, would inevitably make them think he was being pushy and greedy.Qu Shunhua, however, felt that this Brother Jiang was truly a man of character, straightforward and endearing, and she smiled softly, "Then let's make it five servings. I guess Brother Jiang forgot to count himself."What a good girl!So compatible with Guangshu!With twelve parts of emotion, Jiang Wang stood up directly: "What can I say? Good sister-in-law, I shall toast you with tea instead of wine!""Brother Jiang, please don't call me that, we haven't reached that step yet," Qu Shunhua refused with her words, but her face flushed with shyness, and she stood up and raised her cup.She even reached out and nudged Zuo Guangshu: "Brother Jiang has stood up, can you still sit?"Zuo Guangshu's ears were red, but he still held his teacup and stood up.This scene was exactly like a newlywed couple serving tea to their elders.Jiang Wang struck while the iron was hot: "This sister-in-law, I shall call you! Besides you, I recognize no other!"Ye Lan'er naturally knew Qu Shunhua's feelings, and hearing this, she smiled: "I heard that!"Chu Yuzhi laughed even louder: "I shall bear witness to these words!"At this feast, inside my humble abode, guest and host were filled with joy.The actual meal did not take much time, but the casual chat after the meal lasted for several hours, and several pots of wine were consumed.Jiang Wang spoke of his experiences traveling the world, Qu Shunhua told legends of the Chu region, everyone shared laughter and conversation, and then dispersed.The carriage drove away from Huangliang Terrace, seeming to carry away the warm atmosphere.Inside the carriage, Jiang Wang held onto Zuo Guangshu's hand and refused to let go, a little tipsy: "Guangshu ah, listen to your elder brother's advice. This Shunhua is a good girl, you must not let her go."Zuo Guangshu pulled his hand back with a hint of disdain, but couldn't: "It was just a meal, wasn't it? Why are you like this! Let go of my hand first.""How can you say that! Am I a person who is greedy for a meal? Of course, the banquet at Huangliang Terrace is indeed good..." Jiang Wang squeezed his hand even tighter: "But your elder brother saw Shunhua's quality! She is good! Very good!"Zuo Guangshu leaned back to avoid the spittle: "Of course I know she is good.""You know, and then what?" Jiang Wang sighed with great concern: "Guangshu, you still need to marry her soon!"Zuo Guangshu was silent for a moment, then said, "Without achieving great deeds, how can I establish a family?"Jiang Wang's eyes widened with dissatisfaction: "You are both dukes of the realm, top power figures in Great Chu, what more great deeds do you need?"Zuo Guangshu muttered, "That is the great deed of the Zuo family, not mine.""Guangshu ah," Jiang Wang, having resorted to coercion, now turned to persuasion, saying earnestly, "Your elder brother is doing this for your own good. Life can be said to be long, and also short. Such a good girl has suitors like fish crossing a river, and countless people in the world are thinking of her! If you don't grasp her well now, I fear you will regret it later!""I have grasped her well," Zuo Guangshu said unconvincingly, "Every time she comes to find me, I accompany her. I also often go to find her when I have free time. Every time I go somewhere, I have never forgotten her gift."Jiang Wang choked for a moment, then said, "I am talking about grasping! Do you understand grasping?"He turned to the side and said in an old-fashioned tone, "Today's young people are not stable. This world is changing quickly, and breakups after engagements are everywhere. How can one speak of unwavering devotion? Only by truly bowing in marriage and having the title of husband and wife can you say you have grasped her. Do you understand?"Zuo Guangshu thought for a moment, then asked, "Are you very knowledgeable?"Jiang Wang was speechless for a moment."This unlucky child!" He flung Zuo Guangshu's hand away: "If you don't listen to your elder brother's words, you will suffer losses right before your eyes. Just wait and regret it!""I'm not not listening," Zuo Guangshu said with some grievance, "But I'm only sixteen, should I get married at sixteen?"Jiang Wang snorted: "Sixteen is not too early. Ambition is not limited by age, do you understand?""Then how old is Brother Jiang?" Zuo Guangshu asked.The carriage drove on the long street.Changxiangsi hummed in its scabbard.Three breaths later, Jiang Wang decided to completely forget this topic."Speaking of which..." At this point, he was completely sober, thinking, "Just now Qu Shunhua said she was going to see Master Yue Chan... Do you know who that is?"Since Brother Jiang didn't immediately bring up the topic of getting married, Zuo Guangshu was happy to be relaxed, and casually said, "Yue Tiannu, the one the Qu family sister invited to help in the Mountain and Sea Realm."Yue Tiannu? This name is quite unique..."How is this person's strength?" Jiang Wang asked seriously, "What are they good at, what are they not good at, do you know?""Their strength should not be bad, Peak Outer Building realm..." Zuo Guangshu paused here, and said with some suspicion, "What do you want to do?""Analyze the opponent," Jiang Wang said as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "Knowing oneself and the enemy, one can win a hundred battles!"Zuo Guangshu was stunned.What kind of person is this?Just now he was urging me and Qu Shunhua to get married quickly, how in the blink of an eye is she an opponent?"What are you thinking?" Jiang Wang reached out and waved his hand in front of Zuo Guangshu: "Haven't gotten married yet, right? Then we are still two different families. In the Mountain and Sea Realm, we compete fairly! Tell me, what is the background of that Yue Tiannu?"Zuo Guangshu was stunned for a moment, but still obediently said, "They are a high disciple of Xiyue Nunnery.""Xiyue Nunnery?""A great sect in the Northern Domain, an acquaintance the Qu family made in the early years. Does Brother Jiang know about them?""Oh, not very familiar.""This sect is relatively mysterious and has not deeply entered the world. So, relatively speaking, their reputation is not so prominent, but their foundation is there, they are not weak..." Zuo Guangshu explained, and then advised, "Brother Jiang, please don't go and test their skills.""Alright then, since you said so."Zuo Guangshu nodded happily, then was startled.Eh, so easy to talk to this time?"Tell me about the others! I fought with Xiang Bei today, and those who need to know definitely already know." Jiang Wang asked, "Who are the people participating in the Mountain and Sea Realm this time?""You already know them," Zuo Guangshu said.Jiang Wang thought for a moment: "Dou Zhao, Zhongli Yan, Wu Ling, Xiang Bei, you, Qu Shunhua, Chu Yuzhi?"Zuo Guangshu nodded."Are there only seven entry spots in the Mountain and Sea Realm?""The opportunity to enter the Mountain and Sea Realm is obtained through the Nine Chapters Jade Bi. This time it will be the seven of us," Zuo Guangshu said, taking out a piece of pure white jade bi with phoenix patterns from his怀: "Everyone who possesses a Nine Chapters Jade Bi, in addition to themselves, can also bring one person with them to enter the Mountain and Sea Realm, which is what we call a helper."Jiang Wang took the jade bi and examined it in the carriage.This jade bi was palm-sized, completely smooth and flawless, with phoenix patterns carved on the edges. A faint power seemed to be flowing within it, giving it a sense of vitality. But upon closer inspection, the source of that power was unknown."Isn't it called the Nine Chapters Jade Bi? How are there only seven spots?" Jiang Wang asked casually."Originally there were nine chapters, but later two chapters were lost," Zuo Guangshu explained, raising his hand to open the sunroof of the carriage: "Shine sunlight on it, and then look again."Jiang Wang then placed the jade bi under the sunlight, and when he brought it back, text was faintly visible on the jade bi, a poem, engraved in Chu characters with a florid style, titled "Ode to the Orange."Its text reads:"Oh, fair tree of later reigns, the orange arrived and took root.Ordained not to move, born in the Southern Kingdom.Deeply rooted and hard to transplant, changing not its will.Green leaves and plain flowers, they are delightfully numerous..."The characters of the world were originally one family, born to express the Dao. Practitioners who had seen Dao characters would not be slow to learn the characters of various countries. Jiang Wang, who had painstakingly memorized "History Sword Chisel Sea," would be even less unfamiliar with the Chu characters prevalent in the Southern Domain.This poem was fresh and elegant, unique, a wonderful piece no matter where it was placed.However, Jiang Wang had no ability to appreciate poetry, he just felt...Anyway, it was stronger than Xu Xianggan's great work.That was all."Which two chapters were lost?" Jiang Wang asked with a hint of curiosity."《Ai Ying》 and 《Bei Hui Feng》.""《Ai Ying》?" This title aroused Jiang Wang's interest.Ying was the capital of Chu, the city of kings, what was there to lament?"It is an elegy written by the sages after Ying was conquered in history," Zuo Guangshu said, and couldn't help but recite: "Birds fly back to their homeland, foxes die facing their mounds."Jiang Wang had not yet read the history of the Chu capital being conquered. But he understood this line of poetry.Birds fly for a thousand li, but ultimately return to their homeland. When a fox dies, it always faces the small hill where it was born.Who can not yearn for their native land?Jiang Wang fell silent for a moment.Zuo Guangshu secretly peeked at him and proactively asked, "Do you know how to enter the Mountain and Sea Realm?"Jiang Wang smoothed out his emotions in an instant and asked with a smile, "How to enter?""I told you, didn't I? Many places in the Illusory Reality are based on our Chu Kingdom, including the way to enter the Illusory Reality!" Zuo Guangshu said, "We will enter the Mountain and Sea Realm directly through the Nine Chapters Jade Bi. Isn't it very similar to entering the Illusory Reality through the moon key?""So..." Jiang Wang asked, "Is the Mountain and Sea Realm also a place for divine soul projection?""No, it's not," Zuo Guangshu shook his head. "The Mountain and Sea Realm is entered with both the physical body and divine soul."Jiang Wang smiled: "In that case, it is similar to many secret realms in this regard."Zuo Guangshu also smiled. Saying that the Illusory Reality was based on the Mountain and Sea Realm based solely on the similarity in the method of entry into the Illusory Reality was indeed not very convincing."Can one enter the Mountain and Sea Realm from anywhere with the Nine Chapters Jade Bi when it opens?" Jiang Wang asked."It should be so," Zuo Guangshu said. "Historically, someone who was living in seclusion in Yong Kingdom to avoid disaster also participated in the Mountain and Sea Realm with the Nine Chapters Jade Bi. So theoretically, if I take this jade bi to Qi Kingdom to find you, I can also participate in the Mountain and Sea Realm."Jiang Wang smiled: "It's just that this Nine Chapters Jade Bi might not be kept."Zuo Guangshu also smiled: "That's the truth!"Jiang Wang thought for a while, then said, "In that case, is the Mountain and Sea Realm also spread across the entire real world, just like the Illusory Reality?""It might still be different," Zuo Guangshu shook his head. "But what the specific differences are, we'll probably only know when we go in ourselves. After all, people have only started openly discussing the Illusory Reality in recent years, and no one has ever compared it to the Mountain and Sea Realm before.""What is the death rate in the Mountain and Sea Realm?" Jiang Wang asked again.Zuo Guangshu shook his head: "Almost no one dies."Jiang Wang was surprised: "With the physical body and divine soul entering together, how can no one die?""There are rules within the Mountain and Sea Realm, and those who are 'killed' are eliminated," Zuo Guangshu said. "However, although they won't truly die, their divine soul origin will be reduced by 30%.""Reduced by whom?" Jiang Wang asked sensitively."By the rules of the Mountain and Sea Realm. Anyway, everyone who dies in battle in the Mountain and Sea Realm will have their divine soul origin damaged, and it will always be 30%, no more, no less."For practitioners, having their divine soul origin reduced by 30% is also a very serious loss, which will directly affect their path to Divine Entrance.But compared to the risk of death in battle, this outcome is undoubtedly much easier to accept...Jiang Wang calmly analyzed: "If it is indeed the physical body and divine soul entering the Mountain and Sea Realm together, then there must be a way to completely kill an opponent so that the rules of the Mountain and Sea Realm do not have time to protect the defeated. Otherwise, you would not have said 'almost', and 'almost' means that someone has truly died in the Mountain and Sea Realm before, right?""..." Zuo Guangshu was dumbfounded: "Brother Jiang, who do you want to kill?"Ps: 1, "Ode to the Orange," "Ai Ying," and "Bei Hui Feng" are all chapters from Qu Yuan's "Nine Chapters."I borrowed them to be the key to the Mountain and Sea Realm.2, I am already very satisfied.In four days, everyone has given over forty alliances.Many readers came to Qidian to replenish subscriptions.I can say that the support of the readers of "Chi Xin" for this world is greater than that of the readers of all other books.Look at the monthly rankings, in just four days, the fan value of the ninety-ninth place is already fourteen thousand.A fan value of ten thousand can't even make it into the top hundred at the beginning of the month!Look at the comment section, how many people are active.What else can I say?