The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 234 Zhongli's Toast (1)

"Okay, let's eat!"

Sitting next to Ruo Jin, Hu Tao, the head of the Wangsheng Hall, took the first bite of the dish. Everyone began to stretch out their chopsticks to their favorite dishes. Because everyone was sitting in front of their favorite dishes, for a moment, no one touched the "Abundant Good Harvest" dish in the middle of the table, which had a good meaning.

"Shen He, you should eat more. The food you ate in the mountains was really bad. You lost weight in the few days you were in Jue Yun Jian."

After picking up a large bowl full of meat and vegetables for Shen He, Ye Lan started to eat the mouth-watering chicken in front of her. Looking at the meat that had already popped out of the bowl, Shen He, who had planned to just eat some vegetarian dishes, started to eat the meat in the bowl silently. This was the meat that her good friend Ye Lan had picked up for her, and she would finish it no matter what.

Seeing Ye Lan picking up some food for Shen He, Xiang Ling, who was sitting on Ruo Jin's left, also picked up a large piece of Tianshu meat. Guo Ba, who was sitting next to Xiang Ling, thought it was for him, so he held the bowl and wanted Xiang Ling to put the meat into his bowl.

What Guoba never expected was that Xiangling put the meat into Ruojin's bowl very naturally without even looking at him, which made Guoba's hand holding the bowl freeze in mid-air.

“Lululu???”

"Potato? What's wrong with you?"

Hearing Guoba's cry, Xiangling looked at Guoba with some confusion. She saw resentment in Guoba's little eyes, as if he was saying, Xiangling, you have changed and no longer love him. This made Xiangling a little confused. What was going on? No one was bullying Guoba.

"Sister Xiangling, let me take care of the rice crust, you just pick up some food for Brother Ruojin."

After witnessing everything, Yaoyao turned into a nanny, picking up cold dishes and pouring coconut milk for Qiqi on one side, and putting the fish meat with the bones picked out into Keli's bowl on the other side. Now adding some rice crust, Yaoyao thought it was nothing.

Looking at Yaoyao busying around, Hutao, who was sitting next to Ruojin, suddenly had a strange idea. Would it be a good choice to let Yaoyao take care of her and Ruojin's child in the future? Anyway, the immortal in Ruojin's body couldn't come out and couldn't help her take care of the child. Hutao felt that Yaoyao was more reliable than letting Zhongli take care of the child.

"Little guy, you should be the traveler from another world who has become quite famous in Liyue Harbor these days, right?"

Seeing that Ying was only concerned with eating and drinking and had no intention of paying any attention to her, Yae Shinko thought to herself that it was interesting. It seemed that this traveler from another world was not as stupid as the rumors said.

"Yes, hello."

Faced with Yae Shinto's active contact, Ying imitated the little girl Vigus's tone and used a bad tone to perfunctorily deal with Yae Shinto. Seeing that Ying wanted to keep a distance from her, and had already planned for this situation, Yae Shinto could only sigh slightly and said in a regretful tone.

"Traveler, I just arrived in Liyue Harbor and I'm not familiar with many things. Do you know where I can sell weapons? I have a one-handed sword of similar quality to the Black Rock Longsword and I want to sell it cheaply."

"Well, I don't..."

Wait, a one-handed sword of similar quality to the Black Rock Long Sword? And you want to sell it cheaply? Indulging in eating, Ying subconsciously wanted to say she didn't know, but after her mind replayed what Yae Shinko said, Ying's attitude towards Yae Shinko suddenly changed 180 degrees.

"Oh, Sister Shen Zi, you've asked the right person. I know everything about Liyue Harbor. Come, have a meal." "Really? Then tomorrow I'll trouble you, Traveler, to take me around Liyue Harbor."

When Ying heard that Yaezun was seeking her help, she immediately agreed because she was very attracted by the one-handed sword in Yaezun's hand. In order to get a deeper understanding of Yaezun and the one-handed sword in her hand, Ying pretended to ask Yaezun casually.

"Son of God, why did you sell that one-handed sword?"

Hearing Ying finally asking this question, Yae Shinko's mouth curled up slightly. As she expected, the traveler still couldn't help it, but it's better this way.

"Oh, that sword. I don't need it and it's not good for the sword if I keep it there. So I decided to sell it at a low price."

After telling Ying the reason she had thought of long ago, Yae Goddess continued to taste the delicacies on the table. As a priestess of Yae Palace, she had eaten many Liyue dishes, but in her impression, there were no more than five chefs who could make Liyue dishes comparable to the ones on the table over the years.

As for why she had already thought of a reason to deceive Ying, combined with the intelligence she had collected recently, Yae Shenzi easily analyzed the news that Ying wanted to buy a high-quality weapon these days. It just so happened that she had a long-unused Tenmekage katana in her hand, so Yae Shenzi had some ideas.

A mere weapon of decent quality was not something that the Eightfold Goddess took seriously. If she could get the traveler to follow her script, she would be able to afford not just one weapon, but even ten.

Looking at Ying who was diligently picking food for her, Yae Shenzi licked her lips, with an imperceptible evil taste in her charming eyes. Now that the fish has taken the bait, my old friend, are you ready to change?
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, everyone at the table was already half full. Noticing that everyone's eating speed had slowed down, Hu Tao wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and after finding no food residue, he stood up and spoke.

"It's not easy for us to get together on the Lantern Festival. I will offer you a glass of tea instead of wine!"

After saying that, Hu Tao drank the tea in the cup. Seeing Hu Tao being so heroic, everyone present also raised their glasses and drank the wine, tea or juice in the cup, and Yae Shinko was no exception.

Seeing Yae Shinko drinking alone, Hu Tao suddenly felt a sense of regret. Yae Shinko was clearly the guest she invited, but she seemed to be so busy competing with Xiang Ling to see who could pick more dishes for Ruo Jin that she completely forgot about Yae Shinko.

Although Yae Shinko didn't care about these things, Kurumi felt a little sorry for her. After all, she had never heard of anyone letting a guest drink alone at a dinner party, especially at a dinner party where they wanted the guest to look after his friends.

No, I can't let Sister Shen Zi drink alone like this anymore. Realizing her mistake, Hu Tao started thinking about how to make up for it. As she was thinking, Hu Tao set her sights on Zhongli.

Zhongli was eating the pickled pork with preserved vegetables in front of him, when he suddenly noticed Hu Tao's eyes on him. He paused with his hand picking up the food, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

Could it be that Master Hu wanted to ask if the plaque for the Wangsheng Hall had been written? Zhong Li, who had been slacking off these days, was a little panicked because he had been addicted to listening to operas recently and had completely forgotten what Hu Tao had told him to do.

"Well, Zhongli, I am not old enough to drink yet, so please help me toast to Sister Shenzi."

Although Ruojin is old enough to drink, Hu Tao, who doesn't want Ruojin to drink, turns her attention to Zhongli. After all, Zhongli is her employee, and it is his duty to share the worries of her as the hall master.

(End of this chapter)