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Chapter 84: Meeting the Jade Emperor (Part )
Feng Xue meditated quietly in the room assigned to him by the guesthouse. Blessed by the power of the Kitchen God's prayers, apart from some interference in Liu Yunxi's gathering of moonlight, he felt much more at ease than usual when practicing at home.

Feng Xue sat in the middle of the room and began to charge the five-colored jade seal. Today's actual combat gave him a lot of inspiration, but also made him aware of many problems.

In the past, because it was easy to replenish his vital energy, he always used it up and then recharged it. However, this time his fire and earth vital energy did not keep up, which caused him to be unable to use his self-developed spells. He realized that he had to buy another set of jade stones to use alternately, and he could not use up all his vital energy every time he trained.

This time it was just that the fire and earth were not full. Next time if we run into trouble just when we are finishing training, we will be in real trouble.

"I'll go buy another set from Mr. Wang tomorrow, but I'm a bit short on cash... Gold is currently irreplaceable as a conductor of mana, so it's best to keep the gold bars and gold beans the county magistrate gave me... I'll ask a pawnshop to sell the two watches. Well, with my current reputation, they probably won't dare to cheat me."

Feng Xue was thinking about the next plan in his mind, but his hands did not stop at all. One jade seal after another was filled up. Mo Ming, who had consumed a lot of vitality, finally recovered.

But she still looked like she wasn't going to speak, and after eating her vitality, she went back into the painting. If Feng Xue hadn't picked up the magnifying glass and could still see her fiddling with books and scrolls in the painting, he would have even suspected that she had been electrocuted.

"Forget it, the child is acting up, let's just feed him well and take care of him for a few days."

Feng Xue sighed secretly in his heart, turned his head to look at Liu Yunxi who was fiddling with the altar, and thought to himself that this was less troublesome.

but……

"What are you doing there? Isn't the Kitchen God Festival over?"

"The Kitchen God worship is over, but we still have to welcome the Jade Emperor tomorrow! And it's not convenient for a demon like me to do this. At most, I can set up the platform for you. At midnight, remember to put out the three teas and five wines. Remember to put them in pairs, no odd numbers. I just asked the waiter here, and the custom of welcoming the Jade Emperor here is pretty much the same as what the fox fairy lady said. In short, don't speak loudly tomorrow, and Mo Ming and I just need to stay away from the altar."

As Liu Yunxi spoke, she recalled the local sacrificial taboos she had inquired about from the waiter when she asked for the altar.

With the previous experience of offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, Feng Xue naturally did not dare to be careless. He took careful notes immediately. Compared with sending off the Kitchen God, welcoming the Jade Emperor was obviously much more troublesome. Fortunately, the guesthouse was not his own home, and projects such as paving the road with lime and replacing the portraits of gods were all handled by special people. He did not have to worry about where to buy things in the middle of the night.

Of course, the government certainly has a more complicated process, but with the size of a small county like Lucheng County, it is not qualified to hold official sacrifices, and Feng Xue does not have to consider that he may be invited to participate in the ceremony due to his identity as a Xuan Xiu.

While there was still some time, Feng Xue found a side room to feed his soul, and asked Mo Ming to carefully cleanse his vitality. Then he returned to the main hall and waited for midnight to arrive.

Time passed by minute by minute. Liu Yunxi had already gone to the roof of the guesthouse to collect moonlight, and Feng Xue had also practiced drawing rituals for dozens of pages. When the hour hand of the watch finally reached 12, a strange feeling suddenly came from the sky.

Feng Xue immediately switched the perspective to the third person, and then saw the splendor falling from the sky.

The feeling is completely different from that of offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God and sending off the gods. The splendor is like a rainbow falling from the sky. It is not clear and real, but you can vaguely feel that something is coming to the world along the rainbow light.

The wall of prayers unfolded during the Kitchen God worship ceremony blended with the brilliant rainbow light, and the whole world seemed to have transformed from the depressing and dull underwater to the dry and refreshing land.

But Feng Xue's attention was not here at this moment, because at the end of his field of vision, there were some numbers that were increasing abnormally!
"It can increase my lifespan!" Feng Xue had a flash of thought and immediately released the lifespan lock. While paying attention to his own lifespan from an over-the-shoulder perspective, he calmed his mind and kept repeating the wish of "longevity" in his heart.

It was at this moment that a sense of relief, as if he had been swimming in the water for a long time and finally surfaced to breathe, burst out from his heart. It seemed that with every breath he took, he would become healthier and younger. As the numbers above his head began to jump up, Feng Xue relied on his strong concentration to restrain his wild thoughts and focused his mind on "increasing his lifespan."

As the feeling gradually faded, Feng Xue couldn't help feeling a little lost. He looked up and saw that the number above his head had changed.

"3323... fifty-nine more... Oh, no, it's past midnight, so that means sixty days? Meeting the Jade Emperor can add sixty days to your lifespan? Unfortunately, it only happens once a year, so in nine years, you can only add a little over a year."

Feng Xue shook his head slightly, locked his life first, and then thought regretfully in his heart.

But thinking of this, he immediately took out his cell phone and started checking the perpetual calendar to see if there were any similar useful days in the folk customs of the flower-growing families.

But unfortunately, it seems that there is not. Apart from the Jade Emperor coming down to earth to inspect, the rest are either the Queen Mother's birthday, which seems to have peaches, but it is meaningless if you can't go to heaven, or welcoming the God of Wealth, sending away the God of Poverty, and the Upper, Middle and Lower Three Yuan Festivals, which have nothing to do with making wishes or prolonging life.

"It seems that everything related to longevity and health is under the jurisdiction of the Southern Pole Immortal Emperor... Unfortunately, judging from what Senior Li said earlier, it seems that the sect that believes in the Southern Pole Immortal Emperor hasn't appeared in a long time... By the way, is it possible to raise a virtual god that can prolong life?"

Looking at the sky that was integrated with the power of the Kitchen God Worship, but was just floating calmly in the air without any movement, Feng Xue shook his head lightly and didn't think about it anymore. He just sat in front of the Jade Emperor portrait in the main hall and meditated according to the method Liu Yunxi had inquired about.

……

Early in the morning, Feng Xue added oil to the oil lamp and changed the incense sticks to keep the incense burning for the day. Then he left the guesthouse and started shopping with Liu Yunxi, who had turned into a ring.

Perhaps it was because they had to keep watch to welcome the Jade Emperor, but storytellers all over the city chose to write jokes last night. By the time Feng Xue went out, the story of how he transformed into a silver-armored god and slew demons with thunder had actually begun to be told in roadside teahouses and restaurants.

Occasionally, when Feng Xue heard the storyteller challenge him with a line like "Master Feng shouted 'Where are you going, demon?'" he would feel embarrassed and could not help but quicken his pace.

However, the fact that the news spread quickly was not without its advantages. For example, when he went to the pawnshop, the owner, upon seeing him, did not even bargain for the price, but insisted on buying the two watches from him at three times the previous price.

Carrying a bag of cash, Feng Xue was considered wealthy. He went directly to the money shop and exchanged most of it for small yellow croakers. He also asked Old Man Wang to pick out four sets of five-element jade for him to ensure that even if he encountered a protracted battle, he could guarantee all-weather endurance without blind spots.

Fortunately, Mr. Wang also knows how to cultivate jade, otherwise he might not be able to produce so many five-colored jades of uniform quality.

But just when everything seemed to be going very smoothly, Feng Xue, who had just walked out of the flower and bird market, stopped in his tracks because Liu Yunxi, who was hanging on his fingertips, suddenly shook violently twice.

Sensing the secret signal from the little white snake, Feng Xue immediately scratched his head and put his hand to his ear. Then he heard Liu Yunxi whisper:
"It looks like you're being watched!"

(End of this chapter)