“Little Boat? Junyu!”
Lu Zheng had not moved yet, but Liu Qingyao went up to greet them first. “How did you two come over?”
Lu Zheng looked at the green small flag in Hu Zhou’s hand.
Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu’s cultivation was clearly not at a sufficient level yet. But they had just flown over. Naturally, it was thanks to that small flag.
“Hehe.” Hu Zhou scratched his head. “My cultivation has not been slow lately. I hit a bottleneck again. I said I wanted to see Master and Mistress. Father gave me this Wind Riding Flag. Let me come with Junyu. And by the way, deliver a letter to a great demon friend.”
This was fulfilling his own child’s request while giving him a task.
“Come sit. Just you two?” Lu Zheng beckoned.
Gao Junyu bowed in response. “Back to Master Lu, just us two.”
Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow. He looked thoughtfully at the distant horizon.
Hu Yijun and Gao Xiu were both only children. One could see how important they were. Before they grew up, how could they be allowed to act alone?
It was just for tempering them. Not telling them the truth.
Lu Zheng had no need to point it out. Instead, he greeted them to sit. After introducing them to everyone present, he explained the rules of today’s talent performance contest.
“Master, when I was here back then, why did you not hold such fun activities?” Hu Zhou complained first.
“As if you had any talents. Was it carrying big bags or fighting in groups?” Lu Zheng reached out and flicked his forehead.
“Hehe!” Hu Zhou scratched his head again. He had no ground to argue back.
“Come, five votes each.” Lu Zheng took out two more tables from the gourd. He had just explained the voting rules.
Hu Zhou took them. Gao Junyu was eager to try. “Master Lu, can I perform?”
“Sure!” Lu Zheng nodded. At most, he could add Gao Junyu’s votes to the bottom of the table later.
“Great!” Gao Junyu nodded excitedly. “I will perform the Flying Bear Battle Dance!”
“Good!” Lu Zheng nodded.
A moment later, after Hua Yixing danced a set of Plum Blossom Lost Shadow Chaotic Dance.
Gao Junyu said again, “I think since I just arrived, I should not take up performance time. Just watching is fine.”
Lu Zheng, “…”
Everyone took turns on stage. Most showed off their singing or dancing. Some played instruments.
Lin Jinger drew a quick sketch painting. Tao Rui showed off beautiful calligraphy. Tao Rong surprisingly did a wonderful puppet show. It earned full applause.
Hu Zhou scratched his head. He sighed that he was lucky there was no such event back then. Gao Junyu also breathed a sigh of relief. Lucky he did not go up.
These two violent types seemed to have no talents besides fighting.
Unexpectedly, it was Liu Qingquan and Ao Qian, the two little girls.
Liu Qingquan, besides loving to eat and play, actually had talent in wood carving. She took a piece of wood and, in the time of one incense stick, carved a lifelike little fox.
Ao Qian used a small pipa. She played, danced, and sang all at once. With one person’s power, she created the luxurious feel of a palace imperial banquet.
Lu Zheng then realised. Do not look at Ao Qian being so small. And always thinking of playing. Actually, she was a proper dragon clan little princess. Her foundation was strong, rare in the world.
“Applause!”
“Clap clap clap!”
In the peach blossom grove, bursts of warm applause erupted from time to time.
The joyful day passed quickly. In the end, as expected yet unexpected, little Ao Qian took first place. She got the reward Lu Zheng made himself.
An eighteen-inch three-layer big cake. Lu Zheng used chocolate and cream on the top layer to make a little Ao Qian hugging the pipa and dancing.
Then…
She ate it in one bite herself!
Fully satisfied!
Then, the little loli personally cut the cake. She gave a piece to all the sisters. Earning dozens of thanks. This feeling was more comfortable than being served in the dragon palace.
Thus, through two ten-day activities, the little loli fully integrated into Tonglin County’s monster ghost god little circle.
Yes, monster ghost god little circle.
The Liu family and Wuxiu Village were monsters. The peach grove line was ghosts and gods. If not for Du Yueyao and Fan Boyu mixing in, Lu Zheng’s close friends and family would not even have a single human.
Lu Zheng: (???)
…
After the performances, naturally it was barbecue bonfire party. Everyone was no ordinary person. They partied until nearly midnight before dispersing one by one.
Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu naturally went back to Tonglin County with Lu Zheng. The Lu residence had annexed several nearby courtyards. Over a dozen side rooms. All prepared for hosting guests.
The next day, Gao Junyu followed Hu Zhou to his various memory spots. They toured on their own. In the evening, dinner at the Liu family. Lu Zheng tested Hu Zhou’s martial dao again.
Though Hu Zhou progressed by leaps and bounds, he was still suppressed by Lu Zheng. Well, at least he was not reversed by this demon king’s son.
On the third day, because they still needed to go to Chuandong Circuit to deliver the letter, the two bid farewell. They rode the Wind Riding Flag and left.
Lu Zheng rubbed his chin. For a moment, he felt the itch to move after being still.
Actually, just looking at Guang Yue and Yan Hongxia from back then. And recently, Daoist Rong Song. One knew that around one hundred fifty years of cultivation was enough to travel the world.
In this world, those who cultivated without stop and finally reached extended lifespan, even realm of flying through the air, were ultimately a minority among cultivators.
Most people, even most in big sects, spent their lives at just over a hundred years of cultivation. Walking only in a few counties or circuits around.
Experts like Yuan Jing with nearly two hundred years were rare. Daoists like Yuan Ning with over thirty years were the majority.
As for Daoist Mingzhang, if his talent was not outstanding, how could he be sent to manage a Baiyun sub-temple?
So, do not think that Lu Zheng was still nesting in Tonglin County all day now. Actually, he already had the strength to travel the world.
This was also why Fan Boyu felt so stifled back then: the chance of running into someone like Yuan Jing, a direct lineage strength, was low. But suddenly out popped a Lu Zheng, plus not weak Shen Ying and Liu Qingyao, and a set of Eighteen Heavenly Maidens Formation. No wonder he broke down.
And Lu Zheng, coming over for several years now. Besides going to Chuandong Circuit for the flood matter, Yinan Circuit for the经 matter, Sanjiang Circuit for the New Year dharma assembly, and passing through Lingshan Circuit for the southern border matter, he basically had not left Tonglin County.
So…
“Shall I go out for a spin?”
“The conclusion is of course… no!”
“What a joke. No matter how many weaklings, it cannot withstand running into a real expert. If I wave around and bump into one, where do I go to reason?”
Going out to kill a Du Yu Mountain monster already called four people. On the return trip, it even stirred up the dragon palace matter.
Though in the end, the crisis was resolved smoothly. But what if that devil happened to chase up? What if he conveniently silenced Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyao?
Not to mention, he already tried his best to stay low and not stir trouble. Yet he still ran into experts like Song Kaichuan, Hu Yijun, the old beggar.
Lucky these were not evil people. But Lu Zheng could not let his guard down because of that.
So…
“With so much luck light left, why go out? Is it not nice to listen to music and flip signs every day?”
After some reasoning, he understood his true heart.
“Pa!”
Folding fan opened with a flick. Lu Zheng fanned himself. He stepped out in an eight-character gait. Target, Le Ping Tower.
