Chapter 2057 It’s Too Late
After the former head of Shengwu Mountain resigned from his post, the position of head was vacant. Not to mention outsiders, even the internal disciples could not figure out the meaning of the Grand Elder and the elders.
However, last year, the elders within the sect decided that the new leader would be enthroned on the Double Ninth Festival next year. Although the internal staff did not know who the new leader was, they finally felt at ease.
On the other hand, other sects or ancient cultivator families are secretly paying close attention to the candidates for the new headmaster of Shengwu Mountain. There are also some good people who have nothing to do and make bets. It is said that the bets on the candidates are very considerable.
The top elders of Shengwu Mountain have been tight-lipped about who the new leader is, and have not let out the slightest hint. Even Longhushan, who is very close to Shengwu Mountain, has not received the slightest hint.
Shengwu Mountain was preparing for the new leader's inauguration ceremony in an orderly manner. Since there was enough time, all matters were progressed in an unhurried manner without any major disturbances.
Because Shengwu Mountain is also a national tourist attraction for the 5A ethnic groups, Shengwu Mountain is still open during the National Day holiday. It is not until the end of the Golden Travel Week of the National Day holiday that a notice is posted stating that several palaces on the main peak will be repaired and tourists are declined. visit.
There are major buildings on the Golden Summit of the main peak of Shengwu Mountain. One is the Chaotian Palace and the other is the Golden Summit Palace. The most noble one is the Golden Summit Palace.
In order to ensure the safety of the promotion ceremony and prevent outsiders from peeking into the secrets of the ancient sect, Chaotian Palace to Jinding Palace are all in a "renovation" area, and tourists are not allowed to enter.
Fortunately, it didn't coincide with the National Day holiday. Otherwise, due to the renovation of the Golden Summit Palace, the scenic spot would lose a lot of money.
After Shengwu Mountain put up a notice to repair and inspect the palace, they prepared for the promotion of the new head of the Chongyang Festival. Everywhere in the Golden Dome Palace was cleaned and wiped dry, and the curtains were given a new look. Some supplies were also put away and replaced with timely items. .
People from the Shengwu Mountain sect are busy. When tourists see them from a distance, they naturally believe that they are really repairing and inspecting the houses.
Although Longhu Mountain has a close relationship with Shengwu Mountain, they are separate factions and do not interfere in each other's internal affairs. Therefore, Longhu Mountain's team did not arrive at Shishi Shengwu Mountain until the morning of the seventh day of the lunar month.
Although the two mountains have different origins, it is an indisputable fact that they belong to the same origin. When the new leader of Shengwu Mountain took office, Longwu Mountain, which has the same origin, had to help support the door and sent a total of 29 people to watch the ceremony. group.
The viewing delegation from Longhu Mountain stayed temporarily in Chaotian Palace after entering Shengwu Mountain. Some spectators from Jianghu sects also arrived on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Some of them checked in at certain Taoist temples like tourists, and some Jianghu people stayed in hotels nearby.
Most representatives of Jianghu sects and envoys from the ancient Xiu family arrived at Shishi on the eighth day of the lunar month. They also climbed Shengwu Mountain one after another. Those who arrived during the day pretended to be tourists. They did not go to Chaotian Palace until the tourists came down the mountain.
Only a small number of people arrived at Shengwu Mountain in the middle of the afternoon, and arrived at Chaotian Palace one after another.
The Shengwu Mountain sect has disciples picking up visitors at the Shanpailou Gate and outside the Chaotian Palace. Because Shengwu Mountain does not receive tourists at night, therefore, the people who enter the mountain after half a night are from the Jianghu people who have posts.
The spectators from the ancient Xiu family or aristocratic families who worked part-time in the paradise formed a team and headed to Shengwu Mountain. After entering the mountain gate, they followed the road signs and climbed the mountain. They did not arrive at Chaotian Palace until darkness enveloped the earth. It was almost 7:30 pm at that time. .
Although the team of envoys including Mr.
The Hua family, the Zhou family, the Jiang family, the Si family, the Xuanyuan family, the Feng family and the Ren family are all well-established families in the ancient cultivating family, and each has its own place in the world. If none of those families come to watch the ceremony, Shengwu Mountain will be very embarrassed. .
The representative of the elders who was in charge of Chaotian Palace was Long Yan. When he saw a team coming, he found that there was only one young master of the Xuanyuan family in the huge team, and no other family or sect leader or leader or protector came. , it would be false to say that I am not disappointed.
The Ji family, the Zhou family, the Lu family and other ancient cultivating families all occupy a place in the world. Logically speaking, when the new head of Shengwu Mountain is promoted to the throne, if their family head is not present, they have to send a young family head or a quasi-young family head to take charge of the ceremony.
None of the young masters or potential young masters of the Ji family, Zhou family, Ren family and other families came to Shengwu Mountain to watch the ceremony. Naturally, it was related to the Le family. Those families were close to the Le family girls, so they chose to side with the Le family girls. In order not to be criticized by others He was said to be a stranger, so he only sent an envoy to observe the ceremony to maintain the etiquette of the world.
Disappointment is a disappointment, but fortunately the Xuanyuan family sent the young master to come in person, and Shengwu Mountain could be considered to have saved half of its face.
The Xuanyuan family is the current leader on duty and plays the important role of supervising the activities of Jianghu sects. If even the young master of the Xuanyuan family does not show up, Shengwu Mountain will really become a joke in the ancient cultivation world.
Long Yan led the reception envoys out of the main hall of the main hall and greeted a group of visitors politely. When he saw the envoys arriving at the Guanyin Hall, he unknowingly felt a little stiffer.
The people who were traveling with Young Master Xuan met with the greeting envoys and followed them up the steps and into the main hall.
There are statues of Taoist gods enshrined in the main hall. In order to receive guests, all the excess items in the hall were removed, and tufts and long tables were placed on the ground.
The first guests were also in the main hall. They all sat at a table for six people, facing each other. There were tea and fruit snacks on the long and short tables.
There is a horizontal row of tufts in the middle of the hall, and a row of tufts on both sides, which are used for entertaining guests. After the guest of honor has exchanged greetings, the guests naturally move to the guest seats on both sides to sit.
The envoys from the sect who arrived first and some ancient monks or hermits all sat in the guest seats on the left or right side of the entrance, drinking tea and eating cakes, chatting in low voices, or sitting in silence with their eyebrows lowered.
When they saw Young Master Xuan arriving, they all stood up to say hello.
Young Master Xuan and the other monks returned the gift politely, and then followed the local customs. They first offered a stick of incense to the statue in the main hall, and then took their seats on the tuanfu.
There were not enough tuanpu, so a young Taoist priest went to bring some more and placed them on the ground, while the Taoist priests who served tea served them tea.
When the guest of honor sat down, he first said congratulations to the new leader of your sect on taking office. The new leader will definitely carry on the past and bring good things to your sect. Then the guests stood up one by one and said: The gifts he brought were handed over to the envoy from Shengwu Mountain.
Mr. Xuan sat on the third tuanfu on the right side of the door. In front of him were an elder of the Huashan Sect and Mr. Li Zhao of the Guanyin Hall.
The envoy from Huashan sent a congratulatory gift, and then came Li Zhao. He presented the gift without saying anything, and then sat back on the tuanfu to drink tea.
The envoy of the Guanyin Temple who watched the ceremony was a direct disciple, which also gave Long Yan a sense of comfort. The Elder Ant of the Guanyin Hall once climbed to the Golden Summit at night and left because of a disagreement with Master Dongfang. Now he can still send disciples to watch the ceremony. It can be considered a blessing in misfortune.
After Mr. Li sent the congratulatory gift, Mr. A gift."
He explained the source of the gift. Seeing the expressions of the people from Shengwu Mountain suddenly show emotion, he continued his words slowly: "The little beauty said that when she was in the year of Ji and her brother was one month old, Shengwu Mountain once sent an envoy to deliver gifts. Today, the new head of Shengwu Mountain will be in charge of the teaching seal, and he should return gifts as gifts. From now on, there will be no friendship in the rivers and lakes. The little beauty also said that she does not want to
climb the Shengwu Mountain Gate in her lifetime, and Shengwu Mountain must not want to either Seeing that she came here as a monk, she stopped coming and asked me to bring the congratulatory gifts." Long Yan was
still happy when he heard Master Xuan's first words, but after hearing what Master Xuan conveyed, he was filled with joy. Like to come to naught.
I thought that the girl from the Le family wanted to turn hostility into friendship by asking someone to send her a gift, but I didn't expect that it was just a return of favor.
He could guess without looking that the gift from the Le family girl was actually something from Shengwu Mountain that she had temporarily accepted before. This time she took the opportunity to return it to its original owner.
Feeling lost, Long Yan recited: "After all, it is Shengwu Mountain that owes Miss Le's grandfather. Thank you for your hard work, Young Master Xuan." "You're welcome, it's my duty to be entrusted by others and to be
loyal to others. It's my duty." Mr. Xuan bowed politely, stood up, stepped back, and returned to sit on the tuanfu where he was sitting. The
elders of the Ji family next to Mr. Long Yan stood up to greet the guests. Mr. Xuan and others were sitting. When guests entered the hall, everyone greeted each other. Guests who came later sat down next to those who came first, lining up from inside to outside. Mr. Xuan and others quickly delivered the congratulatory gifts and then went to the guest seats on the right.
People sitting at the guest seats also greeted each other when Mr. Xuan and others came over or after sitting down, and their voices were very low, so as not to affect the host's reception of the guests.
Everyone sat and drank tea, and then several groups of people came one after another. After sitting for about an hour, no more guests came. Long Yan invited the guests to the side hall for dinner.
The guest follows the host and moves to the side hall.
The banquet table has been set up in the side hall, which is an Eight Immortals table with long benches.
When all the guests were seated, Li Zhao took a general look. Not counting the disciples of Shengtan Wushan in Chaotian Palace, there were a total of eighteen and a half tables of guests. As for whether there were any guests in Jinding Palace, it was not clear.
The guests were seated, and the disciples of Shengwu Mountain served the dishes. Since the Taoist sect is vegetarian, all the dishes served to the guests are vegetarian dishes, including vegetarian chicken, vegetarian fish, and vegetarian duck made into fish, chicken, duck, and pig shapes.
Long Yan accompanied the guests to a vegetarian meal. After that, he asked the guests to sit down and went to the Golden Summit Palace to ask the elder for the time of the ceremony.
When he went to the Golden Roof Palace, he also took the gift box sent by Miss Lejia, flew lightly all the way to the outside of the Golden Roof Palace, and then walked slowly into the palace courtyard.
In addition to the disciples sent by Shengwu Mountain to welcome guests at Chaotian Palace, the inner disciples are all in Jinding Palace. Everyone is performing their duties and is also doing the final inspection of items.
Long Yan went to the side hall at the back to meet the sect's great elders and other elders of his generation.
Seeing Long Yan finally arrived at the Golden Summit Palace, Liu Changhe hurriedly asked: "Long Yan, have the Guanyin Palace and the Xuanyuan Family sent envoys?" "The
Guanyin Palace has sent a disciple, and the Xuanyuan Family has sent a young master. To watch the ceremony, the Zhou family, Ji family and other families only sent one clan elder to deliver congratulatory gifts."
Long Yan walked into the side hall, took out the box from the sleeve of his Taoist robe, and walked directly to Uncle Dongfang, who was sitting in the middle among the people sitting facing the door. Present the box in front of you.
"This is a congratulatory gift that the Lejia girl asked Master Xuan to deliver. It is said to be...a return gift for the previous gift from Shengwu Mountain. Moreover, the Lejia girl asked Master Xuan to convey a message, saying that this time it was a courtesy exchange, and there would be no chance of meeting again in the future. You can talk about friendship.”
Everyone in the side hall was in the same mood as Long Yan at that time. They originally thought that the girl from the Lejia family had softened her attitude and wanted to make peace, and they were happy. Instead, they were filled with joy and everything was gone.
"It's too late after all to make amends." Dongfang sang "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord" cautiously. They wanted to make up for it. Miss Lejia... no longer disdained all the remedial actions done by Shengwu Mountain.
(End of chapter)