Yuan Zun: Starting with the Eight Ancestral Symbols

Chapter 18: Palace Dinner
Muchen came to the palace. He is now very popular with Zhou Qing. It can be said that he is indebted to their family.

The hidden injuries in Zhou Qing's body have now been eliminated, but his previously declined cultivation level has not been restored.

That incident back then has always been a demon that binds him. Unless he can defeat that demon, Zhou Qing’s cultivation will never improve in this life.

"You must be Muchen, right? Aunt Qin, thank you for the medicine." The beautiful woman in palace dress sitting next to Zhou Qing had a graceful temperament. As a queen, it was normal for her to have such a temperament, and there was also gratitude on her face.

Mu Chen nodded and accepted her thanks. Qin Yu did not show up last time, and her complexion looked quite healthy now. However, he knew that this was only on the surface, and her life span was still only about ten years. The ancestral stone spirit liquid did not have the effect of replenishing her life span.

"My dear nephew, let's not talk about anything else first. Let me offer you a drink." Zhou Qing poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"The royal wine tastes different." Mu Chen took a small sip and then drank it in one gulp. This was the first glass of wine he had drunk since he came to this world.

Although Jade Brew is a strong liquor, it is different from the high-proof liquors brewed and distilled from grains. It is the quality of the source materials that makes this liquor so strong that you can taste the flavor of the materials themselves.

"If you like it, you can take some back later." Zhou Qing said nonchalantly.

"Then I won't be polite." Muchen nodded.

The delicacies on the table were basically source food, except for the food in front of Zhou Yuan that ordinary people could eat. Because he couldn't open his meridians, Zhou Yuan's body couldn't bear the source food.

In addition to containing pure source energy, source food tastes delicious. Even rice made from black crystal rice is softer, more sticky and sweeter than ordinary rice.

When you put it in your mouth, you can feel a pure source of energy entering your body and flowing towards the blockage of the second meridian. It is really magical.

Generally, only the royal family and the royal palace can afford it, while ordinary people can only eat it once or twice a day.

"Tsk tsk tsk, little mink, do you want to eat it?" Muchen said in his heart, with a tempting look.

"It's useless. It's not as helpful to me as the Beast Soul Crystal. I'm a demon spirit now. How could I eat this kind of thing?" The little marten's speechless voice came. He was indeed not a human, but a celestial demon marten, but Muchen was a real dog.

Muchen smiled and teased the little mink, which was a hobby he had recently awakened.

"Nephew, how many meridians have you opened now?" Zhou Qing asked casually.

"The first meridian has been opened, and it will take some time for the second meridian." Mu Chen said.

He didn't feel the need to hide anything now. Those who were at a higher level wouldn't care how many meridians they opened.

Zhou Qing nodded, looked at his son, and sighed slightly.

This is exactly what he thought. When he asked him for the Qi-inducing technique before, his meridians were not opened. They were only opened during this period.

He also didn't know when Zhou Yuan would be able to manifest the Eight Meridians. This was also a concern for him. If he couldn't practice, then he would have no chance of survival. The resentful dragon poison would sooner or later take Zhou Yuan's life.

Zhou Yuan clenched his fists. Knowing the feud between him and the Wu family, he was more eager than ever to open his meridians in order to find the source of material to replenish his lifespan, to settle the feud and take back what belonged to him.

But after trying for so many years, the eight meridians still haven't appeared. He has no choice but to put his hope on the source pattern. "Zhou Yuan's eight meridians haven't appeared. Does Uncle Zhou have any solution?"

“I’m really looking forward to Zhou Yuan’s ability to open his meridians. We can become rivals in the future, competing against each other and promoting the progress of both of us,” said Mu Chen.

Having a close friend in life is enough to comfort you. As a friend, someone like Zhou Yuan will not betray you, but you still have to be careful about letting your teammates down.

Zhou Yuan looked at Muchen deeply. If he could open his meridians to practice, he would be looking forward to competing with Muchen. There would be no hatred, just a simple exchange between friends.

Zhou Qing nodded with satisfaction. Yuan'er usually lived deep in the palace and didn't have many friends. He was happy for her to make friends like Muchen.

"There is one last solution, and that is the Great Zhou Ancestor Sacrifice in the near future. Yuan'er, you may be able to find a chance to open your meridians there. As for whether you can succeed, it really depends on your luck, Yuan'er." Zhou Qing sighed slightly.

Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up, filled with strong anticipation, and he looked at Zhou Qing in great surprise.

Muchen took all of this in, and complained in his heart, you don’t know whether you can succeed or not, but don’t I, a time traveler, know it?

By then, he would be able to worship a Double Lotus Saint as his master, and Cang Yuan would be the fourth Three Lotus Saint in the Lower Five Heavens in the future, and his eldest senior brother would also be a saint. With such an opportunity, he even suspected whether Zhou Yuan still had any remnants of the Holy Dragon's luck.

No, it should be the halo of the protagonist. Without this halo, Zhou Yuan might not have survived the day when the python swallowed the dragon.

"Uncle Zhou, I'm an outsider here and you're really not being polite when you speak so directly." Mu Chen complained to Zhou Qing. He really didn't treat him as an outsider.

The ancestral land of the Great Zhou, let alone the ancestral land of the royal family, even the ancestral land of ordinary people will not be known to outsiders, and only members of the royal family can enter.

Every time they worshipped their ancestors, the guards led by Zhou Qing would stand guard outside the ancestral land and were not qualified to enter.

"Hahaha, I call you my nephew, and we are all family, so it doesn't matter if you know it. Even I don't know whether it can succeed or not." Zhou Qing's face was bitter. If there was no other way, Zhou Qing would not have pinned his hopes on the secret words passed down by his ancestors.

Before him, including the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, everyone had tried to reach their ancestral land, but they were unsuccessful.

It was a completely fabricated secret, but it was also Zhou Yuan’s last hope to open his meridians.

Zhou Yuan calmed down. This method had great uncertainty, but he had no choice but to take a gamble.

Muchen didn't think too much about it. He would not be allowed to enter the Zhou family's ancestral land. After all, only a few people in the royal family were qualified to perform ancestral sacrifices.

After Yaoyao is brought out by Zhou Yuan, there will be plenty of opportunities to get to know her, make her presence felt, and maybe even get some good stuff for free.

After finishing his meal, Muchen left the palace and took some food away, which surprised Zhou Qing and the others.

Zhou Qing naturally had no objection to packing up the food. The leftovers were usually distributed to the maids and soldiers to take back. People who did not have a certain amount of wealth would not usually eat raw food.

As emperors, they have seen everything, but this is the first time they have seen someone as informal as Muchen. However, they do not dislike him. Instead, they think he is very straightforward.

(End of this chapter)