Tianshui Pavilion is the largest and most luxurious restaurant in Zhongdu. It is full of guests every day, especially during festivals.
There are the most exquisite decorations here, celebrity calligraphy and paintings can be seen everywhere, and all kinds of rare ornaments are dizzying.
Today's Tianshui Pavilion is different. The big shopkeeper of Tianshui Pavilion stands outside the door, constantly clasping fists and saluting to the visitors, saying sorry words.
Although the disappointed guests were very upset, no one would feel comfortable returning home after a disappointment on the first day of the new year, but they knew more about the forces behind Tianshui Pavilion, and no one dared to make trouble in Tianshui Pavilion.
What made the guests most curious was who was able to have such a great energy to enclose the entire Tianshui Pavilion.
To know which prince usually comes, it's just a box.
"Mo Yan, you go back first!" Li Shiming got off the carriage and ordered Mo Yan who opened the curtain for him.
He didn't notice the commotion at the gate of Tianshui Pavilion. It should be said that on this day, the entire central city is extremely lively, especially this street with a strong commercial atmosphere.
"My lord, Tianshui customers don't accept outside customers today!" He walked to the door, and the shopkeeper bowed and said.
Li Shiming was slightly taken aback, didn't you mean the party on the third floor, why did you reserve the whole place?
No matter how unfamiliar he is with Tianshui Pavilion, he can tell the grade of Tianshui Pavilion just by looking at the appearance of this building.
"I have an appointment with someone on the third floor!" He said with a smile.
"Young master, please come in!" The big shopkeeper put on the most sincere smile and made a gesture of invitation, then he turned to the guy beside him and said, "Take young master up!" The
big shopkeeper was so sophisticated that he didn't doubt Li Shiming at all. if.
Although he didn't know who was in the party on the third floor this time, he did know who was renting out this building, and it was organized by the chief steward next to the emperor himself.
Li Shiming walked into Tianshui Pavilion under the eyes of everyone outside the door who were probing, examining, or doubting, and went to the third floor under the guidance of the staff.
"Master, I can only take you here!" The man bowed and laughed.
Li Shiming nodded. He knew in his heart that this was a gathering of monks, so it was naturally impossible for ordinary people to get close.
The third floor is clear at a glance. There is a hall in the middle, with three boxes on each side.
The hall was empty, and he guessed that the party should be in a certain box.
"Li Xiaoyou is here!" Just as he was about to search in the boxes, a voice came, and then a door of light appeared in front of him.
Through the light door, he saw many people sitting in the middle of the hall.
Among them, the chief seat was Gu Jia, who was waving to Li Shiming.
It turned out that the third floor was covered by a magic circle, even if ordinary people entered the third floor, they would not be able to see the scene of the monks gathering.
"I've met Daoist Gu, I've met all fellow Taoists!" Li Shiming entered the light gate, saluted Gu Jia, and then clasped his fists in a circle around him.
His eyes swept over the several people at the scene, and found that there were monks he knew among them.
For example, the old monks of the Hao family who sold talisman paper and talismans, such as Brother Deng who sold magic tools, Brother Liu who sold Lingzhi, Brother Zhang who sold spell books, and several monks who Li Shiming remembered but did not know their names.
Of course, there were twenty-six monks sitting in the hall, and he had seen only a handful of them.
"Fellow daoists, this is Xiaoyou Li whom I recognize, please take care of me!" Gu Jia introduced with a smile.
"Since it was introduced by Fellow Daoist Gu, we will naturally take care of it!" A monk answered immediately, and the rest of the monks echoed.
Only the old monk of the Hao family looked at Li Shiming with a trace of suspicion.
The first time he saw Li Shiming, he felt a sense of deja vu, but he couldn't remember when he had seen Li Shiming.
Some time ago, the Hao family had a big scandal and lost two monks, which caused the strength of the Hao family to drop drastically.
The most serious thing was that a monk at the third level of Qi refining and a monk at the fourth level of Qi refining were killed at the same time, which made the people of Fangshi panic, and no monk dared to go to Fangshi.
This gathering of monks was originally a tradition of nearby monks. Meeting Gu Jia on the first day of the new year and sending over the spirit stones due for the next year was also a means of deepening the relationship with Gu Jia.
The several companies hosted by Fangshi did not want any of them to contact Gu Jia alone, which would make one of them become bigger and break the original balance.
As for handing in the Lingshi before Fangshi's income for the next year is in hand, it is also a helpless move.
If the business in Fangshi is not good, then the extra spirit stones will be used as a tribute to Gu Jia. If the business income of Fangshi exceeds the original estimate, then at the next first day party, the spirit stones that should be handed in will be made up for.
No monk will play tricks on this matter. This is not in the interests of a cultivating family. They supervise and restrain each other.
"Tell me why, do you want to hold a fair in the city?" After Gu Jia introduced Li Shiming, he continued the previous topic and asked.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, this is a decision we made after discussion. After the two monks of the Hao family were killed last time, no monks came to Fangshi. Come here!" Brother Deng spread his hands and said.
"Little friend, have a cup of spiritual tea, I brought this from the sect!" Gu Jia smiled and pushed a cup of spiritual tea to Li Shiming, then turned to look at Brother Deng, and said with a serious expression on his face : "Tell me the truth of what happened?"
Obviously, he knew the thoughts of these casual cultivators, probably because the killing of two cultivators from the Hao family made them worried and wanted to use his power to reorganize the city.
But the problem is that the previous Fangshi borrowed his name, but now that Fangshi has opened in the city, it is to borrow his strength, which is dangerous.
Although it is extremely rare among casual cultivators who can defeat Gu Jia, most of the casual cultivators who come to Zhongdu join the sect for themselves or their descendants, and will never offend the garrison monks of Tianhaizong.
But who can tell clearly about the world of cultivating immortals, if Gu Jia is to take risks, it cannot be justified without a reasonable explanation.
Li Shiming picked up the spiritual tea in front of him, and after taking a sip, he felt a burst of spiritual energy exploding from his stomach, and the spiritual energy vortex absorbed this spiritual energy autonomously.
Feeling the changes in his body, he didn't stop, and poured a cup of spiritual tea into his mouth, not even letting go of two tea leaves.
The spiritual qi vortex crazily absorbed the explosively increased spiritual energy in his body, increasing the amount of spiritual energy in his body by more than half, and he felt that he was not far from the third level of refining qi.
His eyes couldn't help but glow. What kind of spiritual tea is this? It can increase his spiritual power so much at once. If he drinks another cup, he might be promoted to the third level of Qi Refining on the spot.
(end of this chapter)