Last time when Longji went to Nanjun, it happened that Xiqi was trading a large number of cattle and sheep for weapons and armor. At that time, Deng Chanyu noticed that this girl liked to eat beef and mutton very much, so she specifically detoured to Meishan and caught a sheep to bring back this time.
Actually, cows are also fine. However, during the Post-Hongdao era, there were Qingniu, Kuixiong, and the Five-Color Fatted Cattle of Huang Feihong. Eating cows always feels somewhat inappropriate. Let's have mutton instead!
After the death of Yang Xian, the sheep spirit in Meishan Seven Monsters, there was no "ancestor" to suppress the area, and most of the rest of the sheep were eaten by other monsters. Deng Chanyu only managed to find a small one.
She roasted the lamb to perfection, with a crispy outer skin, tender inside, and juicy yet not greasy.
As soon as it was served, the aroma filled the space of more than ten meters around.
Longji frowned, trying to appear serious, but the scent of lamb made her drool involuntarily. Heaven and earth be witnesses, being confined in the Peach Garden, eating peaches every day, she hasn't had any meat for a long time!
The whole roasted sheep was placed on the table, and they started tearing it apart with their hands. Deng Chanyu also took out some drinks, which was her specially brewed Xuanyang wine. It not only contained the essence of Ren water, but also a trace of the primordial Yimu essence from a Chinese parasol tree.
Water gives birth to wood, and Longji's own cultivation scripture is a water-based practice. The essence of Ren water not only strengthened her water-based cultivation power but also absorbed the essence of Yimu, which could also produce some fire energy. After drinking the wine, at least it could save her several days of hard training.
“What fine wine! As good friends, I won't hold back either, Earth Deity!” Longji called out to the ground of the Peach Garden.
A land elder of three feet in height popped out: "Princess, the divine spirit is here. May I know what you wish to command?"
Longji pointed at Deng Chanyu: "This is my best friend. Go, fetch some peaches. Before the Peach Palace Conference organized by my mother, I want to have a small Peach Palace Conference first."
"Take a 'few' peaches?" How many is that?
The Land Deity was in a dilemma.
Deng Chanyu slightly advised: "Is this appropriate? If a few peaches are missing, might it attract the blame of the Great Sage and the Queen Mother of the Celestial Pool?"
Longji waved dismissively: "Humph, you never come to play with me either. I've been eating peaches for half a year, and I'm sick of them. Eating half and throwing the other half away, I don't even know how many peaches I've eaten!"
Deng Chanyu was overjoyed. She stood up and instructed the side land deity: "Please, old gentleman, help us fetch twenty peaches!"
The land deity almost bit his tongue. Originally, he thought Deng Chanyu was extending two fingers to indicate she wanted two peaches, but he didn't expect that
Longji kept urging: "Hurry up, what are you waiting for? I'll give you one too when it's done, okay?"
The land deity quickly refused: "No need, no need! Please don't! I'll go and get it right away, princess. Please wait for a moment."
Originally, the peach count was off, and he would at most be charged with neglect of duty, which is a matter of ability. If he took one himself, it would be considered a accomplice, which is a matter of attitude.
The land deity didn't want to take the blame for that.
It didn't take long for the land deity to faithfully bring out twenty peaches.
All of them are peaches that ripen every three thousand years, which ordinary people can eat to strengthen their bodies.
Longji was a bit dissatisfied, but she also knew that today was the peach festival. If she ate peaches that mature every nine thousand years, her father and mother would definitely not be pleased.
"Truly petty. Alright, you can go back now."
"Yes, I'm leaving."
Deng Chanyu, upon the departure of the land deity, did not avoid Longji and directly opened the Jiu Guang Liang Yi lamp, collecting ten peaches.
She originally planned to give Mei woman a peach to repair her body injuries. She was also worried that Li Jing would try to take her peach for his own immortality, which would turn her good intentions into bad results.
Now is not the time to test human nature.
Now that's great, ten peaches that can strengthen the body and health for everyone! Let's all have a share!
Her actions of eating and taking, instead of annoying Longji, made this heavenly princess feel that Deng Chanyu and her relationship was not ordinary. Look, our relationship is as hard as a brick, with no outsiders involved.
Deng Chanyu picked up a peach and took a bite.
The taste was sweet and juicy, with abundant water-based energy flowing through her limbs and every pore, ultimately condensing into pure spiritual power. She finished one peach in three or two bites and then opened her mouth, building up slightly before spraying out a fire line to the side.
This was the accumulated fire poison within her body from constantly using the flame divinity. Now, it was naturally dissolved by the peach according to the laws of mutual generation and control.
"This peach is truly something good."
The ten initial spiritual roots are indeed extraordinary, with water-based energy being the most mild and easy to absorb. In a blink of an eye, Deng Chanyu ate another one.
"Here, all of them to you, I'm tired of eating them!" Longji pushed the ten peaches in front of her and started eating the whole roasted sheep by herself.
Deng Chanyu sighed at the thought of the original Peach Tree in their family and the original Wutong Tree, and then grabbed a peach without hesitation and took a bite.
"I have two peaches in my hand. I just ate two peaches, and there are six peaches left, huh? No! That's not right!" Deng Chanyu ate and noticed something was wrong. She had ten peaches, eating the third one, one in her hand, and there should be six peaches left on the table. Now it had become five.
"Thief!" Though she didn't have the divine eyes like Yang Jian or Wen Zhong, she had been practicing with throwing weapons, and with the keen eyesight of a phoenix, she still detected something amiss from the surroundings. She raised her arm and threw a five-color stone, which spun out as it flew.
"Bang!" The stone hit a seemingly ordinary piece of soil. Before Longji could ask, the next instant, a snow-white rabbit flipped over its fur-lined yellow cloak, revealing a huge lump on its head. It glared at her viciously.
Longji suddenly understood: "Oh, it turns out that you've been stealing the peaches recently! Ah Yu, this thing has gotten me scolded twice! Catch it quickly!"
Deng Chanyu was quick, and she threw another stone. This time, it hit the rabbit's front tooth and caused both front teeth to fly out.
As she prepared to throw a third stone, the rabbit changed the color of its cloak behind it to a deep brown, the same as the trees, and by taking a step off its original path, it blended into the garden filled with peach trees. This time, even Deng Chanyu couldn't locate it immediately.
This is still a ninja rabbit?!
Utilizing the environment as camouflage, this rabbit is much more intelligent than she had anticipated.
She wondered who this rabbit pet belonged to and decided not to kill it.
"Probably the one I drove off. Let's continue eating, okay?" The rabbit not only knew how to disguise itself but also had earth tunneling abilities, its movement speed underground was almost as fast as Tǔ Xíng Sūn.
The rabbit suddenly popped out from Deng Chanyu's feet. It was holding a jade staff that was less than a foot long, with a thick head and a thin tail. It had rings in the middle and was intricately carved with many runes on its surface.
The rabbit looked up at Deng Chanyu and then raised the jade staff, smashing it down hard on her toe.
