People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 317 Lin Feng: Now that you are here, Great Sage, don’t forget to come for the reunion dinner

". Um. Sorry to bother you. I'll take my leave now."

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Originally, Xiao just wanted to see why so many humans gathered together.
But who knew that he would be swept into this sudden teleportation just after he transferred here.
After landing, he opened his eyes and was stared at by five pairs of eyes, four gods and a treasure-stealing weasel.

My body stiffened involuntarily, as if I was back in my childhood, and I felt an inexplicable sense of tension that I had not felt for a long time.

"--etc."

"Although the problem with the target of the transmission is a coincidence, since you are already here, why not pick a few dishes you like?"

"——As you can see, there are quite a lot of dishes here. We probably can't share them all."

Of course, they could finish it all. Even eating the plate together was not enough for Xiaobai.
But Xiao had already come, and there happened to be a dish of almond tofu here. Lin Feng felt that since it was such a coincidence, it would be a pity not to include him.

Seeing that Xiao seemed to be still a little hesitant, Venti approached him in a familiar manner:
"--Ah, look,
There are only four of us and a treasure-stealing weasel that obviously has a limited appetite, but there are thirty plates here!"

"Great Sage, if you don't help me eat some, wouldn't it be a shame to waste all the food in front of the old man?"

"——How about just consider it as a favor? The old man and my friend will definitely thank you."

He pointed at Lin Feng, and then at Zhongli who was sitting on the judges' panel.
Wendy, who is the god of wind but follows someone to call himself "Great Sage", also chuckled, and the embarrassment on his face was as real as if it were real.

elf:"."

".Xiao, since you are here, you might as well have something to eat. Zhongli often invited you to banquets in the past, so you don't have to refuse now."

This was Ruoda, who was not a stranger to him.

"Well, there is plenty of food here, and the diners are like little flocks of sparrows in an autumn field. Too few of them would make them lonely."

This is Nashida, who has not yet officially hired Xiao to train Lanaro, but still welcomes her new friend.

"I"

".Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

I suddenly found myself becoming the focus among all the gods. It would be too offensive if I refused.
Xiao, who came with the dishes, finally nodded and joined this dinner party of gods in a bizarre way.

After a while.

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"Ok?"

"Xiao, besides almond tofu, do you also like to eat salad and mint salad?"

Lin Feng, who had previously thought that these dishes would most likely be left for Xiaobai to deal with, was greatly shocked to suddenly discover that someone actually liked to eat the tributes sent by a certain abstract girl.

"Well, most of the food in the human world is complicated to prepare and takes a long time to prepare. The taste is usually too heavy for me.

These two dishes are simple, refreshing and perfect for me.”

Xiao nodded frankly, because he planned to save the plate of almond tofu for last, so he picked two side dishes first.

Contrary to Lin Feng's expectations, he gave a positive review of the dishes in front of him.

".Well, that's fine. It would be great if you like it."

I never imagined that this would happen.
Lin Feng, who suddenly realized that simple and plain dishes might not be without benefits, could only nod silently.

"So Wendy, you prefer shrimp balls and grilled fish because they go well with alcohol."

"Nashida, you seem to prefer those desserts."

"The old man downstairs was very satisfied with Xiangling's dishes. He thought that the novelty and thoughtfulness of the dishes were great."

"Ruo Tuo, you prefer the wild delicacies in Li Cai, but I think Yan Xiao's traditional dishes are more to my taste."

"——But it's not just the old man and Nashida, it turns out that everyone doesn't like to eat stewed fish?!"

Because everyone here is extraordinary and can know the general taste of the dish before taking a bite, so this time we adopted the method of taking the whole plate away.

Lin Feng tallied up the dishes that had been picked up, and finally found that there were quite a few portions of seafood and river food that no one was interested in.

After looking around at the people around me and finding that no one seemed to be very interested in this type of food,
In order to avoid waste, Lin Feng also prepared to process the remaining dishes and feed them to Xiaobai who was not actually that hungry.

".Um?"

".Grandpa, you said that these seafood dishes can be given to a special judge, so don't deal with them together for now?"

Lin Feng received Zhongli's message before he started feeding the animals. After looking around, he did not find the specially invited judge at the scene.

"Ah? Old man, do you think Osel would like these dishes?"

".Is that so? It seems that it has finally figured it out? This is really rare."

Below is the venue, the judges' seats.

Zhongli found that someone above him didn't seem to understand why such a change happened.
The face that was pretending to be solemn in order to wait for the "God" to give the result also twitched slightly:
——Not to mention Osel, even his most extreme old rivals in the past,
If those guys could live to this day, and see that you have gained one more elemental power after your trip, they would definitely be more honest than the other.

After a while.

On the east side of Liyue Harbor, Lonely Cloud Pavilion.

The seal that previously only imprisoned one large water snake now has two.

He flicked his tail at Ba Che, who was standing next to him and looking stupid but still happy even though he was locked up.
With a sigh, Osel, who had not eaten proper food for thousands of years, looked at the dishes that were suddenly served in front of him. For a moment, he didn't know what Morax was thinking.

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".Food Contest? God's blessing? These humans are really boring."

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I learned what happened from the sudden release of the seal.
After a moment's silence, Osel finally shook his head, chose to keep one dish for himself, and threw the rest to Ba Che beside him.

"——Heh, I don't want to owe favors to these mortals. It's just a weak blessing, so what if I take it."

He swallowed the snack in front of him with his head that had shrunk a lot in the seal.
Feeling that the taste was just acceptable, Osel also sent a portion of his own power to the distant Liyue Harbor.

"——Here it comes! The old Emperor finally gave the result!

Now we can finally know whose level is most recognized by the gods, and which cuisine can be called the orthodox one of our Liyue!"

Finals venue, the viewing area below.

As a beam of light fell from the sky, not only the audience, but also the referees and contestants became nervous.
Some chefs are not only nervous, but also have some concerns:

——Liyue has many cuisines with a long history. In the past thousand years, the debate over the orthodoxy has never stopped.

But even though the dispute over orthodoxy would cause the successors of each faction to waste a lot of time and energy, and even when they are quite old, they would still blow their noses and glare at each other after meeting each other,

But if I draw a conclusion today with the authority of the Emperor,
Without such a flourishing and competitive environment, the dominant Liyue food industry might lose its current vigorous vitality.

"——Hmm?! That, that is the chef of Xinyuexuan!
Hahaha! I said the rumor that the emperor doesn't like seafood must be a rumor! "Seeing that the old chef of Xinyuexuan began to glow,

The Yuecai chef, who had been fighting with Hina for more than a thousand years, was so excited that he almost jumped up from his position.

"——I knew it! The Emperor really loves seafood! Then our Yuecai will undoubtedly take on the position of the leader of Liyue from now on!"

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“——Hey, that’s not right! Why is it a blue elemental light? Does Liyue have a god of the water element?!”

Before these moon-style chefs finished jumping into the face and expressing their grand vision of letting seafood dishes dominate Liyue in the future,

Suddenly they realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the god who bestowed the blessing, and the moon-themed chefs who were opening champagne at halftime suddenly had a lot of question marks on their heads.

"Here we go again! Huh?! Why is it the wind element this time?!"

"The rock elementals are coming! Huh? Why are there two of them?!"

"The grass elementals are here too! There are two of them too?!"

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With the six blessings of the gods coming down in batches like dumplings,

Residents of various countries who had never seen such a scene fell into deathly silence and even began to wonder if they were having an absurd dream.

——How could there be six gods paying attention to a food event? ! !
You think this battle is going to be a war among seven nations?

"——Ah, Guoba, look at this.

Xiangling and Ying both have the light of elemental power, and they have both received the blessing of the gods!"

"Lalu~"

Although he might not quite understand what this meant, Guoba still jumped for joy.

". But judging from the color, Xiangling's body is of rock attribute, but could it be that Ying's body is of wind attribute?
So there are gods with wind attributes in Liyue?"

At the judges' table, Paimon had been envious of the many dishes for a long time because he had to wait for the gods to eat first.

After seeing Ying successfully obtain the blessing of the gods, he temporarily put the matter of eating aside and celebrated happily with the Guoba next to him.

at the same time,

If Paimon was just confused after seeing the wind elemental force,

The Mondstadt people in the audience, including Amber, were filled with questions:
——Why would the God of Wind, who had disappeared in Mondstadt for such a long time, come to Liyue to be a judge at a food festival?

Could this be their gods’ understanding of “freedom”?
".But it could also be other gods.
No matter how you think about it, Lord Barbatos would not abandon all the things he has to do in Mondstadt and come to Liyue."

Compared to the fact that their own gods disappeared in the country and were actually slacking off in Liyue, several Mondstadt people made a relatively reasonable guess.

but.
"——Now, on behalf of the Liyue General Affairs Department, I will announce the list of those who will receive the blessing on behalf of the gods."

On the referee's stand, Ningguang, who had just received the oracle, left the seat again.

Even though he had expected this, he still tried his best to suppress the waves in his heart, and read out with a solemn expression:

"——Hsiang Ling of Wanmin Hall has received the blessing of the "Emperor of Rock King"."

"——Yanxiao at Wangshu Inn, receiving the grace of the "God of Authority"."

"——Traveler Ying, blessed by the "God of Breeze and Hope"."

"——Liulitian chef Lin Zhuan, won"

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Ningguang's words were concise and the reading time was not too long.

But when the names of "Emperor of Rock", "God of Authority", "God of Breeze and Hope", "God of Wisdom", "King of Rock Dragons", and "Demon of Whirlpool" were announced,
Not only did the Mondstadt audience finally feel relieved, but the rest of the audience, including the Liyue people, also fell into silence:
——I just came to watch a food competition, didn't I? What did all these gods and goddesses do to me? !
".Ahem."

".Well, now that the judging session is over, I will take my leave and return to Wangshu Inn."

Inside the cave.

Seeing that the blessing session had finally come to an end, he did not have the energy to pay too much attention to the reactions of the people below.

Because he became the focus among a group of gods, Xiao, who felt that the days here were miserable, felt relieved and hurriedly prepared to bow and say goodbye.

"——Ahem, wait a moment, Great Sage."

elf:"."

What's going on? Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?

"——To be honest, there will be a reunion dinner in Bubulu on the night of the Lantern Festival in two days."

".Family reunion dinner? I'm not very good at dealing with this kind of situation."

After hearing this, Xiao was silent for a moment and was about to refuse.

"——And the head of the Wangsheng Hall, Hu, heard about the heroic deeds of the Great Sage in clearing out the remnants of the demons a few days ago, and he also dug up the "partnership" relationship between his ancestors and the Great Sage.
So she planned to send her "Zhongli Keqing", who is well-versed in history and has good legs, to Wangshu Inn."

elf:"."

Zhongli guest official? Isn't that the emperor? This Hall Master Hu is going to use the emperor to invite me? ?

Upon hearing that even if he refused, he might be invited by the Emperor himself, Xiao paused, not knowing what to do.

".So I think in order to avoid the old man making this trip,
I can tell Master Hu that I met the Great Sage by chance before and have already invited him."

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".Okay, I'll come over on the night of the Lantern Festival."

After being caught in a dilemma and feeling that he couldn't avoid this battle no matter what, Xiao finally realized that accepting the invitation might be the best option.

"Well, that's great."

"——This Lantern Festival banquet is not an ordinary banquet. There won't be many outsiders present. Great Sage, please rest assured.
Master Hu wants to invite you, maybe it's just because she has no one to invite, so you don't have to be reserved when the time comes."

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This sentence is not false. The reason why Lin Feng said this is,
In fact, this is because the Bubulu dinner party is not an ordinary dinner party the next day in the game.

In terms of form, it is actually closer to a reunion dinner with only family members in real life.

As for the members,

He could only say that they were just a group of people who had no "family" in the conventional sense and who wanted to get together to have some fun in order not to be too lonely.

(End of this chapter)