The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 227: The Eve of the Lantern Festival Dinner

The Lantern Festival is a festival that runs through the history of Liyue. On this day, no matter whether you are a student studying away from home or a businessman traveling outside, even if you are not in Liyue, as long as you are a Liyue person, you will release a lantern to express your good wishes.

As night falls, this year's Lantern Festival is particularly lively compared to previous years, probably because it is the first one after the death of Emperor Yanwang. The most easily visible aspect of the liveliness is the number of night lanterns released by the General Affairs Department. These night lanterns began to be released when the sun was setting slightly, and they have not been released until now when it is completely dark.

In the sky, dense night lanterns kept floating towards the sea. Outside the Hall of Rebirth, according to the habit he had developed over the years, King Ruota was watching this annual beautiful sight with Ruojin. As they watched, somehow, King Ruota suddenly missed his good brother Morax.

He thought back to the days when every time the mortal world celebrated the Lantern Festival, Morax would always take him to get together with his old friends. Although fewer and fewer old friends attended the gatherings, looking at the stability of the mortal world, King Ruota knew that his old friends did not regret their choice.

Not long ago, he lamented to Morax that at the rate his old friends were leaving, there might be only two of them left during the Lantern Festival many years later. He never expected that Morax would leave this world before him.

Alas~ All the emotions in his heart finally turned into a sigh. No matter what, since Morax is gone, no matter how hard it is for him, the Dragon King Ruota, to accept it, he cannot change this reality.

"Boss Ruota, are you in a bad mood?"

Noticing that King Ruota spoke much less today than usual, Ruo Jin found a quiet place, leaned against the wall of the Hall of Rebirth and started chatting with King Ruota.

"Humph, you better fight for your dignity, don't let me, an old man, send off the young one."

The words of the Ruota Dragon King rang in his mind. Ruo Jin, who was about to help the Ruota Dragon King, twitched his mouth a few times. Is it really appropriate to say such an unlucky thing on such a big festival? But the Ruota boss should be concerned about him, right? Yes, he must be concerned about him. After a few self-hypnotisms, Ruo Jin said this.

"Boss Ruota, are you in a bad mood? Tell me about it?"

"That's not the case. I just thought of some things that happened before and felt a little emotional. Even if I tell you, you won't understand."

"Hey, hey, hey, Boss Ruota, I don't like what you said. I don't understand what you mean even if you say it."

Ruojin's words of protest reached the ears of King Ruota. King Ruota, who was missing his good brother Morax, rolled his eyes when he heard Ruojin's words.

"You've only lived for a few years, what do you know? It won't be too late to say this after a few hundred years. Go have dinner with your friends. We'll have plenty of time to talk later."

Actively cutting off his perception, the Dragon King Ruota lay bored inside the seal. In the Dragon King Ruota's view, Ruojin, who had never experienced the separation of life and death, did not have the knowledge to talk to him about the things he was thinking about.

More importantly, King Ruota did not want Ruojin to realize the pain brought by the separation of life and death too early. The lifespan of mortals is short. Since it is impossible to sever the relationship between Ruojin and his friends, King Ruota hopes that Ruojin can accompany them without regrets while his friends are still alive.

"Boss Ruota has a bad temper."

Feeling that the Ruotu Dragon King had cut off his perception, Ruo Jin was a little confused. Could it be that the Ruotu Boss had entered the menopause mentioned by Ying? Well, then he should not bother the Ruotu Boss. Based on Ying's description of the menopause, Ruo Jin, who was a little afraid, decisively pushed open the door of the Rebirth Hall and prepared to talk to Hu Tao.

A few days ago, Hu Tao told Ruo Jin that there would be a dinner party in the Wangsheng Hall tonight, and also mysteriously said that a mysterious guest would be invited to dine together, so Ruo Jin must be on time. Walking into the Wangsheng Hall, Ruo Jin found that the Wangsheng Hall was extremely lively at this time. At a table in the corner of the hall, Mona was teaching Zhong Li about astrology, but it didn't seem to be going smoothly.

In Ruojin's impression, Zhongli seemed to frown seldom, but now Zhongli frowned as if he was in trouble, while Mona beside him frantically drank a large cup of tea in one gulp under Ruojin's gaze.

Seeing Mona like this, Ruo Jin thought it would be better not to disturb her. When he was in a private school, a teacher was so angry that he vomited blood by a student. Ruo Jin remembered it clearly. He should make some heat-reducing tea for Mona later, so that she would not get sick due to anger.

"Brother Ruojin, you are here. This is for you to eat. Sister Yaoyao and I picked apples in the wild. They are delicious."

As if she had found something good to share with Ruojin, Keli came to Ruojin holding an apple. Ruojin took the apple and took a bite. Ruojin didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he felt that it was indeed sweeter than ordinary apples.

"Brother Ruojin, you are here. Sister Hutao has gone out to invite the mysterious guest. Please sit down and wait for her. She should be back soon."

After dragging Ruojin to a chair and letting her sit down, Yaoyao poured her a cup of tea and then ran to the kitchen with Keli and Qiqi to see if there was anything she could help with.

Looking at Yaoyao running around with the two little ones and Guoba, Ruojin felt that his previous decision was extremely wise. Several days had passed since Ruojin rescued Keli from the General Affairs Department. Hutao was not feeling well recently and could not accompany Keli out to play, and Ruojin was worried that if he was with Keli, Keli would feel restrained when playing with Qiqi.

In order to let Klee play more freely and to prevent her from doing anything with good intentions but bad results, Ruo Jin entrusted both Klee and Qiqi to the most reliable person he could think of, Yaoyao.

Because Ruojin and Xiangling have a very good relationship, and Yaoyao is Xiangling's junior sister, the relationship between Ruojin and Yaoyao is pretty good. Every time they meet Yaoyao in the wild, Yaoyao will take out a lot of delicious food for Ruojin to eat. She gives Ruojin the feeling of a kind grandmother who dotes on her juniors?

Originally, Ruo Jin just wanted Yaoyao to keep an eye on Klee, but he didn't expect the three little ones to play so well together. When they went to Yujingtai before, Grandma Ping even thanked him specially for making Yaoyao behave in a way that was appropriate for her age. In the past, Grandma Ping had put a lot of thought into making Yaoyao act less mature and sensible, but the effect was not very good.

In Grandma Ping's opinion, a child of Yaoyao's age should be like Klee, running around the streets, instead of worrying about how the fairies are doing all day, especially a certain Qilin who is often taken care of and taught by Yaoyao.

In the kitchen, Ying and Xiangling were busy in front of the stove, especially Xiangling. As Hu Tao's personal chef, Xiangling had been busy in the Wangsheng Hall since the afternoon.

While Ying and Xiangling were busy cooking, Paimeng, who had nothing to do, took on the role of food taster. Although this position was her own idea, Paimeng felt justified in doing it.

In her own words, in order to make the mysterious guest mentioned by Walnut happy, it is necessary to taste the food in advance to determine the saltiness. She, Paimon, is helping Walnut and doing a good deed.

In response, Ying rolled her eyes at Paimon. She didn't think that Paimon, who was already eating so much that his mouth was full of oil, was trying to taste the saltiness. And Xiangling was the same. She knew that this little guy Paimon just wanted to steal food, but she still doted on him.

Sometimes Ying thought that there was nothing wrong with being an emergency food. She would not have to worry about food or clothing and someone would pamper her. Although she could not say that she was pampered by everyone, at least Ying felt that her friends around her pampered Paimeng very much, especially the Liyue friends headed by Ruojin. Maybe it was because the people of Liyue were hospitable by nature. In Ying's impression, the Liyue friends were very good to Paimeng.

(End of this chapter)