I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality

Liao Jinzhong laughed and said, "I entered the Palace at the age of seven, learned etiquette for just two months before being noticed by the Minister of Internal Affairs. I began training in martial arts, and now I have reached the master level. In a few more years, breaking through to become a Celestial Person is not impossible."

"How could I fear those shady things that cannot see the light?"

Even though he said this, when Second Uncle Feng entered, several strangely dressed people appeared in front of Liao Jinzhong.

A middle-aged Taoist holding a treasure mirror, shining it back and forth at him.

A person wearing pheasant feathers, adorned with silver and gold ornaments, dressed in bright and colorful clothes.

And a military officer in Imperial Court uniform, with a saber engraved with the word 'Demon Hunter'.

On Second Uncle Feng's side, aside from him and his elder brother, there were only Ji Ruinian, who was caught in this mess, and his own little Willow Immortal.

Ji Ruinian's little white snake in his sleeve anxiously flicked its tongue, while his elder brother, who possessed pure yang energy, bristled in the cage, showing signs of stress due to the overpowering yin energy and weak yang energy of the area.

Liao Jinzhong waved his hand, and the chefs and servants on the ship promptly brought out a feast. The eunuch seemed to completely disregard Feng Second Uncle and his brother, and turned to the Taoist from the Celestial Master's Mansion with a smile, saying, "Master Li He, here at the waterside trading post, merchants come and go in countless numbers from north to south, and you can find all kinds of food here. The people living here certainly enjoy life more than we do in the Palace."

"Look at the lychees, the leaves are still green, and there's this fragrant fruit, loquats... what kind of fish is this?"

"Replying to the Master, it's shad and tiger palm fish. The Palace gets them in tribute every year, but they are quite rare."

Beside him, Li Heyi gazed at his nose, his nose at his heart, unmoved. Only when Liao Jinzhong finished speaking did he respond, "As a poor Taoist who has traveled the world early on, I've tasted all these. I've seen and heard items from both Southern Cuo and Northern Yan. Eunuch, there's no need to hold back."

Liao Jinzhong did not mind his words, but instead laughed and asked, "Master, have you tasted the Palace banquet snake liver and phoenix marrow?"

"That I have not."

Liao Jinzhong's smile grew even broader, and he changed the topic, saying, "This snake liver and phoenix marrow is made from male snakes of Yi Mountain and freshly killed pheasants. Today, there are no pheasants on the ship, but there is a rooster, and as for the snake..."

Ji Ruinian quickly folded his sleeves, and Second Uncle Feng, seeing his good brother's demeanor, followed suit and tucked his elder brother's birdcage under his robe.

"..."

Liao Jinzhong waved his hand, and Zheng Chunbao, with his men like bandits crossing a border, took the elder brother along with the valuable gold cage and the little white snake that had stiffened and died by collision, and brought them to the back kitchen.

With these affairs done, Liao Jinzhong ordered his attendants to press the two to sit at the dining table.

"Eunuch, I've always raised my elder brother as my son. You can't do this. If you really want to eat chicken, I can immediately send someone to find the best chicken..."

Beside him, Ji Ruinian reasoned with Liao Eunuch, saying that what he did was wrong, arguing that in severe terms it violated the law, in lighter terms it damaged the face of the Imperial Court, was highly discourteous, and in moderate terms, it was unethical.

Facing their desperate pleas, Liao Jinzhong calmly said, "We don't have to eat snake liver and phoenix marrow today, but before that, I need to ask you about something..."

What Liao Jinzhong wanted to ask was not others, but the murder of Lou Xiaowu, Long Engui, and the spiritual child of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Upon hearing this, Li Heyi, who hailed from the Celestial Master's Mansion, couldn't help but focus his spirit.

"Feng Junbao, you said you raise a white chicken like a son and want to see it live, but doesn't my adopted son deserve to live?"

Second Uncle Feng broke out in cold sweat; from a young age, he's been cowardly afraid of death. Otherwise, he wouldn't have abandoned his family and fled to another place to hide from enemies. Now, hearing Liao Jinzhong's words, Second Uncle Feng initially wanted to be strong, and even risk his life to plead for his elder brother once more.

But considering he had just started a family, and his wife was newly pregnant, he dared not irritate the old eunuch before him.

Ji Ruinian, with a strong backbone, saw Liao Jinzhong unmoved, and began to argue logically.

"Master Liao, I and Second Uncle are not aware of what you ask. Our Galloping Immortal Disciples handle only small matters within their capacity. This kind of heinous crime could only be committed by vicious people, far beyond our capability."

By now, night had fallen.

Inside the Tower Ship, the Jin Sect overlord and the Overseas Dragon from the Capital City were pulling at each other endlessly, while outside the Tower Ship, not far away, a Water Corpse dressed in dark blue had unknowingly reached close.