ecstasy
Chapter 20
When Ning Shiting first fell ill, he was unconscious, and when he was just a little conscious, he called Tingshu to go to the Immortal Mansion, explaining that he was not feeling well now, and he was not suitable to participate in the promised fragrance test and fragrance guessing meeting.
When the first day of listening to the book passed, the door was shut down, but it was not like the deliberate neglect like the last time.
It was that Su Yue was not at home at that time, and it happened to be to check on the military affairs in Xizhou.
Ning Shiting himself had seen in the Xizhou Chronicles that the reception of Kyushu laborers in the past few years had been handled by the Immortal Chief's Mansion.
Lao Jun, as the name suggests, because the Jiuzhou Protoss has been trapped by blood, demons, ghosts, etc. for a long time, and the borders of several immortal continents have been fighting constantly.At a time when it is difficult to improve one's cultivation base, protecting aura and resources has also become the top priority.
The Immortal Emperor sent people to guard the border, and there have been people who have repeatedly made extraordinary achievements over the years.
Gu Feiyin, for example, was revered by the people of Xizhou for regaining and suppressing Xizhou Lingshan and preventing it from causing trouble. Later, he even repelled the blood clan invasions in Dongzhou, Yurenhai and other places, and was regarded as the God of War by countless gods.
Leading an army is more difficult than dispatching and commanding wars. It is the overall overall arrangement.Grain, routes, warehouses, magic weapon reserves, elixir reserves, etc. must all be taken into consideration.
Under the Immortal Emperor's policy, in order to reduce the burden on the army, people from nearby continents will arrange to receive the army wherever they pass.
The difficulty of this matter is that the elixir needed for the quality of the wounded soldiers, the magic tools and treasures needed for the army's cultivation, are generally paid by the immortals.
If this matter is not properly arranged, it will cause trouble to the people themselves.
Looking at the records of Zhou Zhi, it is impossible to judge how well the Su family has done in the past few years, because it only records the measures they adopted, and does not mention the final effect.
Among them, there is one item that Ning Shiting is more concerned about. According to the law, the immortals are obliged to help deliver supplies.
In order to meet the needs, for several consecutive years, the Su Clan's Immortal Mansion has adopted a clear regulation: every three Ding should be transported by one man, so as to reduce the mana consumption of the army.
As far as Ning Shiting knew, the population of Xizhou should be far more than this number.Sending out one out of every three people to work in the army may consume unnecessary manpower and arouse the resentment of the immortals.
Over the years, he has been used to traveling from north to south, knowing that the immortals of the gods are not very interested in the jurisdiction of the emperor, and the population of each continent has not been updated for a long time.
It turned out that when he was in the snow-capped mountains on the border, he usually sent scouts to clear the population before making a decision.
Ning Shiting probably knows how to correct all kinds of mistakes, and he just waits for Prince Qing's Mansion to get back the right to control Xizhou sooner.
However, the problem now is that Su Yue refuses to hand over this right, and even makes a mockery of them.
It is unheard of that the edict issued by the Immortal Emperor was directly intercepted!
Ning Shiting asked Tingshu for details: "Are you sure that the emperor's edict this time was sent directly to Prince Qing's Mansion? The prince has not been in Xianzhou for four years, and the previous edict was also sent directly to the Immortal Chief's Mansion."
Listening to the book said: "My lord, I have asked someone to inquire about it. It is true that it was sent to our Prince Qing's Mansion first. I heard that it was also the intention of the general who led the troops this time... But I don't know who it is. Now there is a person outside We all know that although the lord is not here, you are the person in charge now, and our Prince Qing's Mansion is not without people, they bully people too much."
Ning Shiting was silent for a while, sighed, and said with a smile: "Yes, we are not without people."
Listening to the book made people prepare chariots, horses and cloaks, and a group of people waited at the gate of the mansion for Ning Shiting to come.
Little Fairy Tong muttered: "My lord, why don't we care about what other people say, your health is not well yet, and going out for the first time after being ill is such a labor-intensive event..."
Ning Shiting glanced at him: "Didn't you prepare the crane cart at the gate?"
Listening to the book, he said aggrievedly: "That's because I knew I wanted to persuade you not to go out, but you wouldn't listen. Since you know you won't listen, then you have to prepare more before you go out. Here , I will give you the muff, Mrs. Tang, and the fur collar..."
"There is also a little old lady." Ning Shiting joked softly.
Sure enough, he saw Ting Shu full of anger, his face puffed up into a little bun, and he turned his head to ignore him.
Ning Shiting smiled and got into the carriage, and also pulled Tingshu in to sit down.
Just when the car curtain was about to be lowered, a flash of bright silver rushed over from the front of the carriage.The crane leading the way in front was startled by the breath of the beast that was killed suddenly, and fell into chaos.
A maid beside him also exclaimed: "Little wolf! It's the son's wolf!"
The little wolf became more and more unscrupulous. When he rushed over, he stepped on the heads of a few elegant cranes and rushed over, grabbed the door sill of the car with one paw, and jumped straight in.
"Little wolf?"
Ning Shiting also felt a little surprised.
He leaned over to lift the curtain, and the little silver beast had already got in, squatting by the seat in the car and looking at him.
In the glass-colored wolf eyes, there was a little cautious temptation.
Tingshu frowned and said hesitantly: "My lord, this is going to do business, this wolf..."
Before he finished speaking, Ning Shiting had already smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, let it come in."
With a joyful smile in his eyes, the shark lowered his head and carefully put on the gloves and the gauze cover, wrapped his whole body in clothes tightly, and leaned over to hug it.
With a flick of his arms, the heavy and fluffy little wolf cub was pulled into his arms and placed squarely on his knees.
Tingshu complained: "Master still likes this little wolf more than me."
Ning Shiting tapped him lightly on the top of the head: "I used to be jealous with His Royal Highness, and now I'm jealous with wolf cub. I'm so used to you."
The little wolf in his arms moved.
Ning Shiting lowered his head to meet its eyes, and coaxed in a low voice, "Are you obedient?"
He felt that the little wolf stayed quietly in his lap, not moving at all.The sharp claws of the White Wolf God exerted a slight force, almost digging into his flesh through his shirt, causing a little pain.
He coaxed: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, just lie in my arms, okay? Come, sit down."
He rested his fingertips lightly on the little wolf's head, stroked back along the little wolf's forehead, and rubbed its ears for it.
After a long time, I finally saw the little wolf relax and sit down in his arms.
Ning Shiting hugged the little silver wolf with peace of mind, as if he was hugging some warm hand stove, he didn't even want Mrs. Tang.
The merman's knees are very thin and thin. Even now that the snow demon is causing trouble, and they are wrapped in three layers in the snow, they can still feel the weakness of the support, and they don't look very stable.
Gu Tingshuang also couldn't explain why he used the little wolf's body to chase him out, he just did it subconsciously.
Chase it out, follow the aftertaste of the fragrance, and catch up before the footprints are buried in the snow.
Lily incense was lit in the vehicle, sober and focused, and the body temperature of one person and one wolf warmed each other.
Gu Tingshuang's whole body was stiff, but Ning Shiting kept comforting him, coaxing him with his own body temperature, until the tips of his ears softened and his tight paws slowly loosened.
It was a long time ago. He remembered the time when he was lying in bed under the warm quilt in winter. It was the happiness he felt as a complete mortal body before he cultivated his desire to cultivate his heart, a similar nostalgia Breed quietly.
In the past few days, he has learned how to suppress the little wolf's own consciousness to the minimum, but now, he can't find the feeling when he met Ning Shiting when he controlled the little wolf's body for the first time.He was held by the princess, when he was a child, by the wet nurse, when he was babbling.
Ning Shiting's embrace is different from other people's.
He raised his eyes to see that the shark still covered half of his face with the precious pearl and jade gauze, revealing his delicate and white jaw.If you look closely, with the bumping of the carriage and the shaking of the pearls and jade, you can also see those gentle eyes with a faint smile.
The fragrance on his body is ecstasy.
This embrace is a little firmer than a woman's embrace, but it feels a little strange, like holding your breath underwater, everything is silent, only the dull sound of the beating heart can be heard.There was a little numb itching all over his body, as if he had been electrified.
At that moment, Gu Tingshuang thought of the word "warm and fragrant nephrite", and his spirit suddenly became tighter.
Fortunately, this torture did not last long.
After a while, Ning Shiting's car stopped, and someone outside said: "My lord, the Immortal Chief's Mansion has arrived. But this... the ostentation outside seems to be unusual. I'm afraid it's a scam."
Ning Shiting heard the words and looked out.
Gu Tingshuang also sharply raised her spirits, jumped off his knees, and followed him to look out.
Gu Tingshuang hadn't been out of Prince Qing's Mansion for four years, but with the eyes of a pack of wolves, he still knew everything about Xizhou, so he naturally knew what this Immortal Chief's Mansion looked like.
Today, two golden dragons were invited to the gate of the Immortal Chief's Mansion, decorated with lanterns and festoons, red flowers and red silk were hung all the way they came, and the sound of gongs and drums was resounding, as if they were celebrating some great event.The guards and guards lined up on both sides, not like the "discussion" posture that had been negotiated before.
Looking inside, it seems that there are many ordinary immortals from Xizhou.As soon as outsiders saw Ning Shiting's car driving over, they immediately sang loudly: "Prince Qing's Mansion—Master Ning!"
Immediately there was a discussion inside.
"It's really here! There's a good show to watch!"
"This year's treasure mirror is the soul-returning incense that the hell ghost hand never shows off easily. I think this is the most difficult incense to reproduce in recent years... I don't know if the Immortal Chang's Mansion and Qing Wang Mansion are going to..."
"what's up?"
Ning Shiting's voice seemed a little faint under the lights and festoons outside.
Tingshu got out of the car first, and took Ning Shiting out.
Before Ning Shiting went down, he was not in a hurry to face the sudden situation, he just turned around and stretched out his hand to the little wolf inside: "Come little wolf."
Gu Tingshuang stopped in place, but she didn't show any resistance, as if she was frozen there.
Ning Shiting felt that the little wolf looked extra playful and dull today, so he leaned over and hugged him, just like he was in the car just now, holding him in his arms with peace of mind, and whispered: "Don't move. "
He walked in with a little silver wolf in his arms.
The Immortal Chang’s Mansion has moved out of the front yard. Jade tables are lined up in long rows, and various spices are placed on them, each of which is packed in a delicate and beautiful wooden box. Instruments for people to taste.
The steward of the Immortal Chang's Mansion welcomed him in respectfully, and said loudly: "Congratulations, Mr. Ning of Prince Qing's Mansion. I have heard for a long time that Mr. Yang was ill a few days ago, so he cannot visit after receiving the post. Our master has heard that Mr. Ning is the master. Master Xiang, I don't want to miss it, so I took advantage of repeated delays and deliberately waited until the day when Young Master comes."
Ting Shu raised his eyebrows and asked: "What do you mean? Last time I came to tell you that our young master is unwell and cannot go out, so we can't come to this incense guessing and tasting."
The housekeeper still smiled and said, "Since you're out today, you must be in good health, so you took the young master one step ahead and set up a welcome battle at the mansion. Why, if you can go out, can't you make this incense?" "
Listening to the book, I was in a hurry: "We came here for the imperial edict, why did we mention the fragrance?"
The butler continued to say neither humble nor overbearing: "There is no delay, the young master wants to discuss the edict with us, it is natural. But is it a coincidence? Today, we have an incense meeting in the Immortal Chief's Mansion, and the Qing Palace will not let us do it. Bar?"
"Listen to the book."
Ning Shiting patted Xiantong on the back lightly.
Xiao Xiantong looked confused, but still listened to him, and retreated behind Ning Shiting.
Tingshu didn't understand it, but Gu Tingshuang understood it after reading it.
He also heard about Ning Shiting receiving the incense post a few days ago.However, because Ning Shiting went to Lingshan to look for him later, he was injured and was ill for many days, so Xianghui naturally couldn't go.
Unexpectedly, in order to let him come, the Immortal Chief's Mansion first postponed the time of the incense meeting repeatedly, and even took the imperial edict to force Ning Shiting to come out.
Ning Shiting's health is still not fully recovered, he has a fever and is top-heavy every day, if it is not related to the military affairs this time, it will take at least another three to five days before he can go out.
In his state, let alone guessing what smells good, he probably won't be able to bear it after sitting for a long time.
This is a Hongmen banquet.
The only anomalous thing is that the fragrance test is not a particularly important thing.
A good perfumer can enhance the practice with spiritual fragrance, which is envied by everyone.It is not uncommon for Prince Qing's Mansion to have an outstanding perfumer as a facade. Why is the Immortal Chang's Mansion so obsessed with this matter?
To refute Prince Qing's face, isn't the matter of intercepting the edict itself more refreshing than the matter of mixing incense?
Ning Shiting said: "That's fine, it's better to be early than to be coincidental. Since we meet, then I won't break the appointment and make people laugh. Please."
He felt the little silver wolf in his arms move, so he held it down and stroked its fur.But after finding out that it just wanted to climb on his shoulders, he let it go.
Gu Tingshuang put his paws on Ning Shiting's shoulders, poked the little wolf's head out, and observed the people around him.
The moment the fluffy little silver wolf poked its head out, someone spotted his presence sharply and exclaimed, "Ancient white wolf!"
Then everyone's eyes were attracted, and they all fell silent.
In ancient times, the white wolf was invisible, and it was a group of people in Jiuxianzhou who were afraid of it.
This kind of creature blessed by gods and demons behaves impermanently, depending on hobbies and wishes.
One of the most famous cases about ancient white wolves recently is that on the night when the wolf king of the white wolf clan died, the wolves killed a person by playing with them alive.
How exactly he died, no one knows, only that when the man was finally found, there was not a single scar on his body, but his heart, liver and seven orifices exploded to death.
He was scared to death and exhausted to death.
Behind him, a beast trainer used his spiritual vision to get close and asked the birds in the mountains, only to find out that the reason why the White Wolf God attacked that person that night was because the golden glazed forehead he wore resembled the gold that the wolf king burned like a torch when he was alive. Hitomi, thousands of wolves worshiped and chased him around him, scaring people to death.
Going forward, there are also news that the White Wolf God sent back the wandering and lost children.
Good and bad things have been done, and the behavior of this ethnic group is unpredictable.Elders in the human world like to scare children with the Lord of the Underworld, while in the fairy world they like to scare children with the White Wolf God.
Everyone grew up listening to stories about the White Wolf God frightening children, and naturally kept a respectful distance from such creatures.
Therefore, now that everyone saw the people from Prince Qing's Mansion carrying a little silver wolf, the air pressure in the room dropped first.Everyone in the room became anxious.
Ning Shiting looked normal, and found a seat with the butler and sat down.
What makes people laugh and cry is that the people in the Immortal Chang's Mansion must have been frightened by the little wolf - they didn't expect Ning Shiting to be surrounded by not only the ice mayfly, but also the ancient god wolf.
Those people were afraid that the little wolf would cause trouble, so they also prepared a seat for the little wolf.
The servants moved the stool over neatly.
Gu Tingshuang stayed in Ning Shiting's arms for a long time, all the while being tense and not daring to vent his breath. Seeing that someone had prepared a place for him very wisely, he was about to jump out of Ning Shiting's arms immediately.
However, this plan failed when he just took his claws.
Ning Shiting lowered his head to block him, hugged him tighter, and said with a smile, "This little wolf likes to stay with me, so I'm sorry."
Gu Tingshuang: "..."
Listening to the book also whispered: "Young master likes little wolves, the fluffy ones are easy to touch, don't mess them upside down."
Ning Shiting glanced at Tingshu, and Xiao Xiantong shut up with a muffled smile.
After a while, the voices of people whispering in private also dissipated.
A man with a black-faced Rakshasa appearance walked in at the door, surrounded by a large group of people.Following his footsteps, the surroundings became freezing quiet.
The incense meeting is not limited to where it is held. Although it seems that the home of the incense meeting is in the Immortal Chang's Mansion, Su Yue is not the real master.
The sessions of comparing fragrances, testing fragrances, and guessing fragrances bring together perfumers from all over Kyushu, each with its own merits.
Some hide in the mountains and forests for a long time without asking about things, and some are active in front of the public, often selling some pills, elixir and other things along with Aoxiang.The Su family provided the venue, and it was the host, but the people who came and went could not be controlled by a fairy elder, from Raksha ghosts to Jiutian gods, they had all backgrounds.
The finale program of each year is to guess the fragrance, that is to say, to unravel a strange fragrance in the world.If someone can unravel the mystery of this incense and reproduce it completely, then the strange incense will change hands, and the title of incense master in the world will belong to the incense master who guessed this fragrance.
The black-faced Rakshasa who just stepped into the door has no name and no surname. Everyone respectfully called "Black Jade Bodhisattva".
He is the only one who owns a volume of the ancient secret recipe of "Returning Soul Incense", and it is reported that he himself has never solved the mystery of the "Returning Soul Incense".
Tingshu turned around to discuss with Ning Shiting: "My lord, what is the soul-returning incense?"
Gu Tingshuang also raised her head.
As soon as he raised his head, Ning Shiting subconsciously patted his head.
The mermaid's gentle voice rang above his head, and after he lowered it, every word and sentence was like a suppressed sigh, low and sweet.
"Returning to the Soul Incense, it is said that people in the underworld can be smelled and revived. The fragrance can be smelled for hundreds of miles. The dead body is on the ground, and the breath is alive. Gods, for some reason, also flowed into the mortal world, and were used as tributes to the emperor. There are also legends in the mortal world, there are emperors who missed their dead concubines ten years after ascending the throne, lit the soul-returning incense, and saw the old man in the incense. But it is true or false , is subject to discussion.”
Just as they were talking, four or five servants brought a dead ten thousand year old cypress and displayed it next to everyone's seats.
Ning Shiting himself doesn't practice immortality, and he doesn't know how to look at these key points.
After reading the book, I told him: "My lord, it is a ten thousand-year-old vine that has died so badly that it can't die any more. Its essence and aura have completely dissipated, and it is even worse than a pebble on the side of the road."
Gu Tingshuang also stood up from Ning Shiting's arms, sniffed with the little wolf's nose, magnified his spiritual sense to check, and saw a small pinch of spiritual fire at the size of Tengbai, which was so weak that it was almost extinguished.
This little light is lighter than the remnant souls in the tomb.
But even though it was small, it didn't completely disappear like what the book said.
"Please read again—"
The servants moved Teng Bai to the center, and first lit a spirit lamp beside it.
The spirit lamp is very sensitive to fairy spells and spells. If someone uses fairy spells, the flame of the lamp will light up spontaneously.In previous years, incense fairs would use this thing to prevent people from cheating and destroying the original nature of spices.
Now the spirit lamp is burning quietly, with a steady flame.A fragrance master took a fan and fanned it, but did not see the slightest jump in the fire, so he announced: "There is no problem with the lamp, and the cypress tree has also been inspected, and there is no problem."
The black-faced Rakshasa said blankly: "It's time to start. Everyone here today, as long as there is one person who can mix the soul-returning incense as it is, I will give this incense to this person, and the name of the world's incense master will also be given to the flower." This home."
He took out an exquisite jade box from his sleeve, and as soon as he opened it, everyone in the room stretched their necks and took a breath.
At that moment, the room is full of fragrance, and as soon as the room is dusty and noisy, it is as if the wind is calm and the sky is clear in an instant, and the sense of clarity permeates the whole body.
Even Gu Tingshuang could vaguely feel that the part that had been blocked in his spiritual consciousness was much smoother.
This is still an incense that has not been burned, but it already has such power.
The room was silent for a while.
The black-faced Rakshasa seemed to have been used to this scene for a long time. After twisting a grain of incense, he put it into a hole on the top of the cypress to hold it, and then ignited a flame at his fingertips, exuding a light blue brilliance.
Everyone in the room was silent. They couldn't hold back their curiosity while listening to the book, and turned to ask Ning Shiting, with a very low voice: "My lord, what kind of fire is this?"
Ning Shiting took one of his hands, and through a thin glove, wrote the words "Yin Huo of Huangquan, Fire of Extreme Tranquility" on the palm of his hand.
The strongest and most vigorous thing in the fairy world is the phoenix fire, which burns endlessly, followed by the real fire of samadhi.
Using these two kinds of fire to light incense is tantamount to burning incense directly in a large furnace, which is a waste of money.
Huangquan Yinhuo has no heat, only glows and does not burn. This kind of fire is generally used when making fragrances. It can most completely release the aura and aroma of spices, and is calm and stable.
When he was writing, Gu Tingshuang also got up to read.
From Ning Shiting's point of view, this little wolf wants to join in the fun of everything, he also chuckled, lowered his wrist for listening to the book, showed it to Ye Liang, and then patted its head.
There is a bit of pampering in the eyes.
Gu Tingshuang endured it again.
After the incense was lit, the breathtaking breath just now became stronger and stronger.
This soul-returning fragrance is not like ordinary spices. When it becomes strong, it will choke and make people feel uncomfortable. Instead, it makes people's eyes and ears clearer.
The pale green soul-returning fragrance slowly flows along the sunken lines of the ancient tree Tengbai, like a blue mist.
This is the backflow incense that literati and poets in the six worlds like, but this incense will turn into transparent and yellowed water vapor after dripping from the smoke alone, instead of the oil that ordinary spices will form.
As the green smoke slowly flowed into the bottom of the ancient cypress, jaw-dropping things also happened: green buds emerged from the petrified branches of the ancient cypress; Stretching, like a sleeping beauty stretching her body in the sun, shedding the bleak shell in winter.
From Gu Tingshuang's eyes, such a change is only superficial.
He mobilized his spiritual sense and aimed at the ancient cypress on the table. He could clearly see that there was a large amount of unique spiritual energy in the incense of returning souls. The spiritual flame that was about to be extinguished inside echoed, and every inch of the branch, every hole, and every inch of the place where the leaves once grew in the ancient cypress can receive this kind of heaven and earth spiritual energy.
This kind of aura is exactly the same as Gu Tingshuang's spiritual consciousness.
This soul-returning incense has its own spiritual consciousness, and it is the kind with strong spiritual consciousness. It is said to be incense, but it is like some kind of natural treasure, spontaneously using its own spiritual consciousness to transform every decaying place. !
This kind of fragrance is the same as the dust-proof beads inlaid on the seal of the Immortal Emperor, which can be encountered but not sought after.The anti-dust bead can transform and wash away all poisons and filth, and this fragrance can awaken all weak spiritual consciousness.
There is nothing more suitable for his cultivation than this scent of soul-returning incense!
Everyone in the room discussed with each other excitedly: "Life and death are true! There are no mistakes or omissions. I just read it, and the ling cypress tree has long since died!"
Some people who participated in the incense meeting in the past also said in one go: "That's right, what was exhibited last year was a fish with a white belly. You and I can also feel that if the fragrance is a little bit, the seven orifices seem to have been washed, and the marrow washing pill of Taishang Laojun may not have this effect!"
Ning Shiting felt the little wolf on his knee move, and his claws were tense again, about to sink into the flesh under his clothes, and it hurt a little, so he patted it lightly.
Then the little silver wolf turned his head, his eyes brightened, it seemed that he possessed divinity and demon at the same time, which made Ning Shiting stunned.
"Mr. Ning's little wolf seems to like this soul-returning incense very much. Don't you want to show your hand?"
Beside, Su Yue came out surrounded by a group of servants, stroked the folding fan in his hand, and asked leisurely.
When he said this, the demonstration of the Returning Soul Incense was over.
The incense masters around couldn’t sit still any longer, and each of them started to smell the smell and observe the particles in the smoke. On the other side, Wanxiangji went to pick incense, and was going to make a re-enactment for everyone.
Most of the people in the court had already got off their seats, and the few immortals who watched the excitement also took a look here and there to make do with it.
There are also many people who still remember the news that came out a few days ago, saying that the people from Prince Qing's Mansion accepted the incense post from the Immortal Chang's Mansion, and they were going to try to guess the incense at the incense meeting. Soul fragrance.
The reason why everyone is so focused on it is that, on the one hand, everyone loves to watch the drama of "The Mansion of the Immortal Chang vs. the Mansion of the Prince of Shangqing", and on the other hand, they really look forward to seeing who can unlock the ingredients of the unique fragrance from King Qing's faction and the Immortal Emperor's faction. .
Ning Shiting was still dressed in his usual clothes today, with pearls and jade covering his face, part of his silver-white long hair tied up and part scattered outside.
Because it was still snowing yesterday, he was dressed thickly, even if he was indoors, he just took off his cloak, and the fur collar covered half of his delicate chin, looking like an exquisite nobleman.
Ning Shiting has always looked like this outside, no one can see his face clearly, nor can he figure out his details.All I know is that this young man seems a little sickly, and he always speaks in a soft voice.
Ning Shiting smiled: "There are so many incense masters around, I don't want to make a fool of myself. If Mr. Su wants to discuss with someone, there are so many talents now, just let me take a break."
"Young Master Ning, do you mean to wait for everyone else to try before making a move?" Su Yue raised his eyes, but he couldn't hear anything in his tone, "As expected of someone from Prince Qing's Mansion, he has the confidence."
The incense meeting was half opened, with a short break in between.
Ning Shiting was not in good health at first, but this time he was smoked by all kinds of fragrant medicines in the room, and he was a little dizzy for a while.
Tingshu was worried about his health, while pulling him out for a walk, he lowered his voice and asked him: "My lord, can you smell how the soul-returning fragrance matches?"
Ning Shiting laughed hoarsely: "My body is not much different from ordinary people now, and I can't even smell the stuffed dumplings you made for me today."
Gu Tingshuang was still hugged by him, with a big fluffy mass arched in his arms.
The merman especially liked to pick up the little wolf and hug him in his arms. Gu Tingshuang was really bored, but when he struggled, Ning Shiting would hug him even tighter.
It's not that he can't break free, but he always feels that Ning Shiting's weak and boneless mermaid's arms are not very firm and reliable. If he tries, this delicate mermaid might break an arm.
Counting it down, his serious illness was the result of his own eagerness to look for him on Lingshan Mountain.
It sounded as if Gu Tingshuang still owed him a favor.
Hearing what Ning Shiting said in the book, he cursed a little uncomfortable: "These people are really uneasy and kind. They intercepted the imperial edict to our palace and used it as a trap to trick you into taking the bait. They must be watching you get sick. What? You can't even smell the incense, and use this to embarrass us. If you want me to say, son, we might as well go back now and tell them that you are not feeling well."
"Let's go now, but it's even more out of the question." Ning Shiting said lightly, "Don't worry, I'm sick and have a sense of smell, but other methods can still be used. And that soul-returning incense..."
"I have studied it for a few years, and I am a little interested. But because I haven't found the real soul-returning incense, I have nowhere to start."
Gu Tingshuang lay in his arms, raised his eyes and saw Ning Shiting's eyes hidden behind the bead curtain.
There was some kind of emotion in the merman's slightly green eyes, as if he had fallen into some kind of past, with a little sense of loss...and sadness.
Gu Tingshuang's eyes were sharp, he lay in Ning Shiting's arms, and saw behind the two of them, Su Yue made a gesture with the butler, then retreated and went to another room, as if he had something to discuss.
The eyes of those two people glanced over, and they obviously glanced at Ning Shiting, as if they were testing his position and whether they could hear their conversation.
Gu Tingshuang was suspicious, she stood up on Ning Shiting's shoulders, and jumped off with a push of her hind legs.
Ning Shiting missed him all of a sudden, turned around and called him: "Little wolf—"
The merman's movements were unexpectedly quick, grabbing him by the back of the neck and pulling him back.
"There are a lot of people here, you are not allowed to run around, do you understand?"
As she spoke, she wanted to grab him back into her arms and hug her again.
Gu Tingshuang was almost annoyed by him, so she could only let out a "wow" in as gentle a way as possible to express his protest.
He was rescued by listening to the book, and he said to Ning Shiting: "My lord, let the little wolf go for a walk too. Such an active little wolf probably doesn't want to stay in one place for so long."
After hearing this, Ning Shiting withdrew his hand, but still bent down and looked into the little wolf's eyes seriously: "Well, don't run around or cause trouble, you know? Many people here can't be offended. If I got into trouble, I might be very busy in the future, and I won’t have time to find you meat and unicorn meat as snacks, you know?”
Gu Tingshuang nodded quickly, and he touched the top of his head again: "Okay, be good, come back early."
Ning Shiting withdrew his hand.
After running a few feet away, Gu Tingshuang turned around and saw Ning Shiting was still squatting there, looking at him with a gentle smile.
For some reason, seeing this smile, he slowed down, and a numb itching slid down his back to his tail.
The tail curled up as if it was going to be out of his control, and then swished happily.
Among the pavilions, he followed in the footsteps of Su Yue and the steward to a remote hut.
No one noticed him, he ran fast, but the door closed before his eyes.
He pricked up his ears, went around in a circle and ran under the bed, lay down and listened slowly.
At the same time, the spiritual consciousness was released.Besides Su Yue and the housekeeper, there was a third person in the room.
Gu Tingshuang found out, and roughly sketched the appearance and shape of the third person in his mind, and it was the owner of the soul-returning incense just now, the black-faced Rakshasa.
Su Yue: "Are you so sure that he will try to match the soul-returning incense? This man has an unpredictable appearance, and there are ancient silver wolves and ice mayfly spirits around him. We can't find out his details. Do you really know his origin?"
Black-faced Rakshasa: "My guess is close to ten. If he is that person, I can be regarded as an old friend of his. If he doesn't make a move in the end, I will also take the remaining soul-returning incense in my hand as promised. Leave it to you. I do business and never flip the signboard."
Su Yue: "King Rakshasa, you also know that the people behind our Immortal Chief's Mansion are from the lineage of the Immortal Queen, and they want more than the remaining box of soul-returning incense. Where is its formula? We have tried it before and tried it again. Try it, and find all the other ingredients, but the most important one, Yixiang, has been missing for a long time.”
The black-faced Rakshasa said briefly: "I only know the most important spice in the incense of returning souls, and this spice is only available in Ning Shiting. I don't know the rest, this is what I have to wait for Ning Shiting today. The reason for the shot. The incense will be fair, and whoever imitates it will own the soul-returning incense. Don't break the rules in your Immortal Chief's Mansion."
There was silence for a while.
The steward of the Su residence spoke up: "Then, does King Rakshasa have anything to say? The details of where this person came from is a mystery, and the investigation can only find out that he is someone close to King Qing. He has a lot of love. Look at the color of his hair. It is said that the merman is the descendant of the merman and the phoenix, but I can't find out the past experience at all."
King Rakshasa looked down at the incense box in his hand, and spoke after a while.
"The north of the Yuren Coast in Dongzhou is the place where King Qing conquered the blood race."
"About two or three years ago, for some unknown reason, suddenly a whole city died overnight. They were all dead...all the soldiers, common people, passing merchants, travelers, spirit beasts...all...dead. Finally rescued The one who came out was only a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.
"That child is very popular with King Qing. He didn't have a name at that time, and everyone called him—"
"Little shark."
"Or, young master."
King Rakshasa narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If you want to find out about him, you may start looking at the snow-capped mountains on the north coast of Sharkman. Whether it is him or not, I have my own answer. His identity is hidden in the soul-returning incense. , he will give it himself, I still say the same thing, if there are things, your Immortal Chief Mansion should not break the rules. Otherwise, the consequences...
When the first day of listening to the book passed, the door was shut down, but it was not like the deliberate neglect like the last time.
It was that Su Yue was not at home at that time, and it happened to be to check on the military affairs in Xizhou.
Ning Shiting himself had seen in the Xizhou Chronicles that the reception of Kyushu laborers in the past few years had been handled by the Immortal Chief's Mansion.
Lao Jun, as the name suggests, because the Jiuzhou Protoss has been trapped by blood, demons, ghosts, etc. for a long time, and the borders of several immortal continents have been fighting constantly.At a time when it is difficult to improve one's cultivation base, protecting aura and resources has also become the top priority.
The Immortal Emperor sent people to guard the border, and there have been people who have repeatedly made extraordinary achievements over the years.
Gu Feiyin, for example, was revered by the people of Xizhou for regaining and suppressing Xizhou Lingshan and preventing it from causing trouble. Later, he even repelled the blood clan invasions in Dongzhou, Yurenhai and other places, and was regarded as the God of War by countless gods.
Leading an army is more difficult than dispatching and commanding wars. It is the overall overall arrangement.Grain, routes, warehouses, magic weapon reserves, elixir reserves, etc. must all be taken into consideration.
Under the Immortal Emperor's policy, in order to reduce the burden on the army, people from nearby continents will arrange to receive the army wherever they pass.
The difficulty of this matter is that the elixir needed for the quality of the wounded soldiers, the magic tools and treasures needed for the army's cultivation, are generally paid by the immortals.
If this matter is not properly arranged, it will cause trouble to the people themselves.
Looking at the records of Zhou Zhi, it is impossible to judge how well the Su family has done in the past few years, because it only records the measures they adopted, and does not mention the final effect.
Among them, there is one item that Ning Shiting is more concerned about. According to the law, the immortals are obliged to help deliver supplies.
In order to meet the needs, for several consecutive years, the Su Clan's Immortal Mansion has adopted a clear regulation: every three Ding should be transported by one man, so as to reduce the mana consumption of the army.
As far as Ning Shiting knew, the population of Xizhou should be far more than this number.Sending out one out of every three people to work in the army may consume unnecessary manpower and arouse the resentment of the immortals.
Over the years, he has been used to traveling from north to south, knowing that the immortals of the gods are not very interested in the jurisdiction of the emperor, and the population of each continent has not been updated for a long time.
It turned out that when he was in the snow-capped mountains on the border, he usually sent scouts to clear the population before making a decision.
Ning Shiting probably knows how to correct all kinds of mistakes, and he just waits for Prince Qing's Mansion to get back the right to control Xizhou sooner.
However, the problem now is that Su Yue refuses to hand over this right, and even makes a mockery of them.
It is unheard of that the edict issued by the Immortal Emperor was directly intercepted!
Ning Shiting asked Tingshu for details: "Are you sure that the emperor's edict this time was sent directly to Prince Qing's Mansion? The prince has not been in Xianzhou for four years, and the previous edict was also sent directly to the Immortal Chief's Mansion."
Listening to the book said: "My lord, I have asked someone to inquire about it. It is true that it was sent to our Prince Qing's Mansion first. I heard that it was also the intention of the general who led the troops this time... But I don't know who it is. Now there is a person outside We all know that although the lord is not here, you are the person in charge now, and our Prince Qing's Mansion is not without people, they bully people too much."
Ning Shiting was silent for a while, sighed, and said with a smile: "Yes, we are not without people."
Listening to the book made people prepare chariots, horses and cloaks, and a group of people waited at the gate of the mansion for Ning Shiting to come.
Little Fairy Tong muttered: "My lord, why don't we care about what other people say, your health is not well yet, and going out for the first time after being ill is such a labor-intensive event..."
Ning Shiting glanced at him: "Didn't you prepare the crane cart at the gate?"
Listening to the book, he said aggrievedly: "That's because I knew I wanted to persuade you not to go out, but you wouldn't listen. Since you know you won't listen, then you have to prepare more before you go out. Here , I will give you the muff, Mrs. Tang, and the fur collar..."
"There is also a little old lady." Ning Shiting joked softly.
Sure enough, he saw Ting Shu full of anger, his face puffed up into a little bun, and he turned his head to ignore him.
Ning Shiting smiled and got into the carriage, and also pulled Tingshu in to sit down.
Just when the car curtain was about to be lowered, a flash of bright silver rushed over from the front of the carriage.The crane leading the way in front was startled by the breath of the beast that was killed suddenly, and fell into chaos.
A maid beside him also exclaimed: "Little wolf! It's the son's wolf!"
The little wolf became more and more unscrupulous. When he rushed over, he stepped on the heads of a few elegant cranes and rushed over, grabbed the door sill of the car with one paw, and jumped straight in.
"Little wolf?"
Ning Shiting also felt a little surprised.
He leaned over to lift the curtain, and the little silver beast had already got in, squatting by the seat in the car and looking at him.
In the glass-colored wolf eyes, there was a little cautious temptation.
Tingshu frowned and said hesitantly: "My lord, this is going to do business, this wolf..."
Before he finished speaking, Ning Shiting had already smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, let it come in."
With a joyful smile in his eyes, the shark lowered his head and carefully put on the gloves and the gauze cover, wrapped his whole body in clothes tightly, and leaned over to hug it.
With a flick of his arms, the heavy and fluffy little wolf cub was pulled into his arms and placed squarely on his knees.
Tingshu complained: "Master still likes this little wolf more than me."
Ning Shiting tapped him lightly on the top of the head: "I used to be jealous with His Royal Highness, and now I'm jealous with wolf cub. I'm so used to you."
The little wolf in his arms moved.
Ning Shiting lowered his head to meet its eyes, and coaxed in a low voice, "Are you obedient?"
He felt that the little wolf stayed quietly in his lap, not moving at all.The sharp claws of the White Wolf God exerted a slight force, almost digging into his flesh through his shirt, causing a little pain.
He coaxed: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, just lie in my arms, okay? Come, sit down."
He rested his fingertips lightly on the little wolf's head, stroked back along the little wolf's forehead, and rubbed its ears for it.
After a long time, I finally saw the little wolf relax and sit down in his arms.
Ning Shiting hugged the little silver wolf with peace of mind, as if he was hugging some warm hand stove, he didn't even want Mrs. Tang.
The merman's knees are very thin and thin. Even now that the snow demon is causing trouble, and they are wrapped in three layers in the snow, they can still feel the weakness of the support, and they don't look very stable.
Gu Tingshuang also couldn't explain why he used the little wolf's body to chase him out, he just did it subconsciously.
Chase it out, follow the aftertaste of the fragrance, and catch up before the footprints are buried in the snow.
Lily incense was lit in the vehicle, sober and focused, and the body temperature of one person and one wolf warmed each other.
Gu Tingshuang's whole body was stiff, but Ning Shiting kept comforting him, coaxing him with his own body temperature, until the tips of his ears softened and his tight paws slowly loosened.
It was a long time ago. He remembered the time when he was lying in bed under the warm quilt in winter. It was the happiness he felt as a complete mortal body before he cultivated his desire to cultivate his heart, a similar nostalgia Breed quietly.
In the past few days, he has learned how to suppress the little wolf's own consciousness to the minimum, but now, he can't find the feeling when he met Ning Shiting when he controlled the little wolf's body for the first time.He was held by the princess, when he was a child, by the wet nurse, when he was babbling.
Ning Shiting's embrace is different from other people's.
He raised his eyes to see that the shark still covered half of his face with the precious pearl and jade gauze, revealing his delicate and white jaw.If you look closely, with the bumping of the carriage and the shaking of the pearls and jade, you can also see those gentle eyes with a faint smile.
The fragrance on his body is ecstasy.
This embrace is a little firmer than a woman's embrace, but it feels a little strange, like holding your breath underwater, everything is silent, only the dull sound of the beating heart can be heard.There was a little numb itching all over his body, as if he had been electrified.
At that moment, Gu Tingshuang thought of the word "warm and fragrant nephrite", and his spirit suddenly became tighter.
Fortunately, this torture did not last long.
After a while, Ning Shiting's car stopped, and someone outside said: "My lord, the Immortal Chief's Mansion has arrived. But this... the ostentation outside seems to be unusual. I'm afraid it's a scam."
Ning Shiting heard the words and looked out.
Gu Tingshuang also sharply raised her spirits, jumped off his knees, and followed him to look out.
Gu Tingshuang hadn't been out of Prince Qing's Mansion for four years, but with the eyes of a pack of wolves, he still knew everything about Xizhou, so he naturally knew what this Immortal Chief's Mansion looked like.
Today, two golden dragons were invited to the gate of the Immortal Chief's Mansion, decorated with lanterns and festoons, red flowers and red silk were hung all the way they came, and the sound of gongs and drums was resounding, as if they were celebrating some great event.The guards and guards lined up on both sides, not like the "discussion" posture that had been negotiated before.
Looking inside, it seems that there are many ordinary immortals from Xizhou.As soon as outsiders saw Ning Shiting's car driving over, they immediately sang loudly: "Prince Qing's Mansion—Master Ning!"
Immediately there was a discussion inside.
"It's really here! There's a good show to watch!"
"This year's treasure mirror is the soul-returning incense that the hell ghost hand never shows off easily. I think this is the most difficult incense to reproduce in recent years... I don't know if the Immortal Chang's Mansion and Qing Wang Mansion are going to..."
"what's up?"
Ning Shiting's voice seemed a little faint under the lights and festoons outside.
Tingshu got out of the car first, and took Ning Shiting out.
Before Ning Shiting went down, he was not in a hurry to face the sudden situation, he just turned around and stretched out his hand to the little wolf inside: "Come little wolf."
Gu Tingshuang stopped in place, but she didn't show any resistance, as if she was frozen there.
Ning Shiting felt that the little wolf looked extra playful and dull today, so he leaned over and hugged him, just like he was in the car just now, holding him in his arms with peace of mind, and whispered: "Don't move. "
He walked in with a little silver wolf in his arms.
The Immortal Chang’s Mansion has moved out of the front yard. Jade tables are lined up in long rows, and various spices are placed on them, each of which is packed in a delicate and beautiful wooden box. Instruments for people to taste.
The steward of the Immortal Chang's Mansion welcomed him in respectfully, and said loudly: "Congratulations, Mr. Ning of Prince Qing's Mansion. I have heard for a long time that Mr. Yang was ill a few days ago, so he cannot visit after receiving the post. Our master has heard that Mr. Ning is the master. Master Xiang, I don't want to miss it, so I took advantage of repeated delays and deliberately waited until the day when Young Master comes."
Ting Shu raised his eyebrows and asked: "What do you mean? Last time I came to tell you that our young master is unwell and cannot go out, so we can't come to this incense guessing and tasting."
The housekeeper still smiled and said, "Since you're out today, you must be in good health, so you took the young master one step ahead and set up a welcome battle at the mansion. Why, if you can go out, can't you make this incense?" "
Listening to the book, I was in a hurry: "We came here for the imperial edict, why did we mention the fragrance?"
The butler continued to say neither humble nor overbearing: "There is no delay, the young master wants to discuss the edict with us, it is natural. But is it a coincidence? Today, we have an incense meeting in the Immortal Chief's Mansion, and the Qing Palace will not let us do it. Bar?"
"Listen to the book."
Ning Shiting patted Xiantong on the back lightly.
Xiao Xiantong looked confused, but still listened to him, and retreated behind Ning Shiting.
Tingshu didn't understand it, but Gu Tingshuang understood it after reading it.
He also heard about Ning Shiting receiving the incense post a few days ago.However, because Ning Shiting went to Lingshan to look for him later, he was injured and was ill for many days, so Xianghui naturally couldn't go.
Unexpectedly, in order to let him come, the Immortal Chief's Mansion first postponed the time of the incense meeting repeatedly, and even took the imperial edict to force Ning Shiting to come out.
Ning Shiting's health is still not fully recovered, he has a fever and is top-heavy every day, if it is not related to the military affairs this time, it will take at least another three to five days before he can go out.
In his state, let alone guessing what smells good, he probably won't be able to bear it after sitting for a long time.
This is a Hongmen banquet.
The only anomalous thing is that the fragrance test is not a particularly important thing.
A good perfumer can enhance the practice with spiritual fragrance, which is envied by everyone.It is not uncommon for Prince Qing's Mansion to have an outstanding perfumer as a facade. Why is the Immortal Chang's Mansion so obsessed with this matter?
To refute Prince Qing's face, isn't the matter of intercepting the edict itself more refreshing than the matter of mixing incense?
Ning Shiting said: "That's fine, it's better to be early than to be coincidental. Since we meet, then I won't break the appointment and make people laugh. Please."
He felt the little silver wolf in his arms move, so he held it down and stroked its fur.But after finding out that it just wanted to climb on his shoulders, he let it go.
Gu Tingshuang put his paws on Ning Shiting's shoulders, poked the little wolf's head out, and observed the people around him.
The moment the fluffy little silver wolf poked its head out, someone spotted his presence sharply and exclaimed, "Ancient white wolf!"
Then everyone's eyes were attracted, and they all fell silent.
In ancient times, the white wolf was invisible, and it was a group of people in Jiuxianzhou who were afraid of it.
This kind of creature blessed by gods and demons behaves impermanently, depending on hobbies and wishes.
One of the most famous cases about ancient white wolves recently is that on the night when the wolf king of the white wolf clan died, the wolves killed a person by playing with them alive.
How exactly he died, no one knows, only that when the man was finally found, there was not a single scar on his body, but his heart, liver and seven orifices exploded to death.
He was scared to death and exhausted to death.
Behind him, a beast trainer used his spiritual vision to get close and asked the birds in the mountains, only to find out that the reason why the White Wolf God attacked that person that night was because the golden glazed forehead he wore resembled the gold that the wolf king burned like a torch when he was alive. Hitomi, thousands of wolves worshiped and chased him around him, scaring people to death.
Going forward, there are also news that the White Wolf God sent back the wandering and lost children.
Good and bad things have been done, and the behavior of this ethnic group is unpredictable.Elders in the human world like to scare children with the Lord of the Underworld, while in the fairy world they like to scare children with the White Wolf God.
Everyone grew up listening to stories about the White Wolf God frightening children, and naturally kept a respectful distance from such creatures.
Therefore, now that everyone saw the people from Prince Qing's Mansion carrying a little silver wolf, the air pressure in the room dropped first.Everyone in the room became anxious.
Ning Shiting looked normal, and found a seat with the butler and sat down.
What makes people laugh and cry is that the people in the Immortal Chang's Mansion must have been frightened by the little wolf - they didn't expect Ning Shiting to be surrounded by not only the ice mayfly, but also the ancient god wolf.
Those people were afraid that the little wolf would cause trouble, so they also prepared a seat for the little wolf.
The servants moved the stool over neatly.
Gu Tingshuang stayed in Ning Shiting's arms for a long time, all the while being tense and not daring to vent his breath. Seeing that someone had prepared a place for him very wisely, he was about to jump out of Ning Shiting's arms immediately.
However, this plan failed when he just took his claws.
Ning Shiting lowered his head to block him, hugged him tighter, and said with a smile, "This little wolf likes to stay with me, so I'm sorry."
Gu Tingshuang: "..."
Listening to the book also whispered: "Young master likes little wolves, the fluffy ones are easy to touch, don't mess them upside down."
Ning Shiting glanced at Tingshu, and Xiao Xiantong shut up with a muffled smile.
After a while, the voices of people whispering in private also dissipated.
A man with a black-faced Rakshasa appearance walked in at the door, surrounded by a large group of people.Following his footsteps, the surroundings became freezing quiet.
The incense meeting is not limited to where it is held. Although it seems that the home of the incense meeting is in the Immortal Chang's Mansion, Su Yue is not the real master.
The sessions of comparing fragrances, testing fragrances, and guessing fragrances bring together perfumers from all over Kyushu, each with its own merits.
Some hide in the mountains and forests for a long time without asking about things, and some are active in front of the public, often selling some pills, elixir and other things along with Aoxiang.The Su family provided the venue, and it was the host, but the people who came and went could not be controlled by a fairy elder, from Raksha ghosts to Jiutian gods, they had all backgrounds.
The finale program of each year is to guess the fragrance, that is to say, to unravel a strange fragrance in the world.If someone can unravel the mystery of this incense and reproduce it completely, then the strange incense will change hands, and the title of incense master in the world will belong to the incense master who guessed this fragrance.
The black-faced Rakshasa who just stepped into the door has no name and no surname. Everyone respectfully called "Black Jade Bodhisattva".
He is the only one who owns a volume of the ancient secret recipe of "Returning Soul Incense", and it is reported that he himself has never solved the mystery of the "Returning Soul Incense".
Tingshu turned around to discuss with Ning Shiting: "My lord, what is the soul-returning incense?"
Gu Tingshuang also raised her head.
As soon as he raised his head, Ning Shiting subconsciously patted his head.
The mermaid's gentle voice rang above his head, and after he lowered it, every word and sentence was like a suppressed sigh, low and sweet.
"Returning to the Soul Incense, it is said that people in the underworld can be smelled and revived. The fragrance can be smelled for hundreds of miles. The dead body is on the ground, and the breath is alive. Gods, for some reason, also flowed into the mortal world, and were used as tributes to the emperor. There are also legends in the mortal world, there are emperors who missed their dead concubines ten years after ascending the throne, lit the soul-returning incense, and saw the old man in the incense. But it is true or false , is subject to discussion.”
Just as they were talking, four or five servants brought a dead ten thousand year old cypress and displayed it next to everyone's seats.
Ning Shiting himself doesn't practice immortality, and he doesn't know how to look at these key points.
After reading the book, I told him: "My lord, it is a ten thousand-year-old vine that has died so badly that it can't die any more. Its essence and aura have completely dissipated, and it is even worse than a pebble on the side of the road."
Gu Tingshuang also stood up from Ning Shiting's arms, sniffed with the little wolf's nose, magnified his spiritual sense to check, and saw a small pinch of spiritual fire at the size of Tengbai, which was so weak that it was almost extinguished.
This little light is lighter than the remnant souls in the tomb.
But even though it was small, it didn't completely disappear like what the book said.
"Please read again—"
The servants moved Teng Bai to the center, and first lit a spirit lamp beside it.
The spirit lamp is very sensitive to fairy spells and spells. If someone uses fairy spells, the flame of the lamp will light up spontaneously.In previous years, incense fairs would use this thing to prevent people from cheating and destroying the original nature of spices.
Now the spirit lamp is burning quietly, with a steady flame.A fragrance master took a fan and fanned it, but did not see the slightest jump in the fire, so he announced: "There is no problem with the lamp, and the cypress tree has also been inspected, and there is no problem."
The black-faced Rakshasa said blankly: "It's time to start. Everyone here today, as long as there is one person who can mix the soul-returning incense as it is, I will give this incense to this person, and the name of the world's incense master will also be given to the flower." This home."
He took out an exquisite jade box from his sleeve, and as soon as he opened it, everyone in the room stretched their necks and took a breath.
At that moment, the room is full of fragrance, and as soon as the room is dusty and noisy, it is as if the wind is calm and the sky is clear in an instant, and the sense of clarity permeates the whole body.
Even Gu Tingshuang could vaguely feel that the part that had been blocked in his spiritual consciousness was much smoother.
This is still an incense that has not been burned, but it already has such power.
The room was silent for a while.
The black-faced Rakshasa seemed to have been used to this scene for a long time. After twisting a grain of incense, he put it into a hole on the top of the cypress to hold it, and then ignited a flame at his fingertips, exuding a light blue brilliance.
Everyone in the room was silent. They couldn't hold back their curiosity while listening to the book, and turned to ask Ning Shiting, with a very low voice: "My lord, what kind of fire is this?"
Ning Shiting took one of his hands, and through a thin glove, wrote the words "Yin Huo of Huangquan, Fire of Extreme Tranquility" on the palm of his hand.
The strongest and most vigorous thing in the fairy world is the phoenix fire, which burns endlessly, followed by the real fire of samadhi.
Using these two kinds of fire to light incense is tantamount to burning incense directly in a large furnace, which is a waste of money.
Huangquan Yinhuo has no heat, only glows and does not burn. This kind of fire is generally used when making fragrances. It can most completely release the aura and aroma of spices, and is calm and stable.
When he was writing, Gu Tingshuang also got up to read.
From Ning Shiting's point of view, this little wolf wants to join in the fun of everything, he also chuckled, lowered his wrist for listening to the book, showed it to Ye Liang, and then patted its head.
There is a bit of pampering in the eyes.
Gu Tingshuang endured it again.
After the incense was lit, the breathtaking breath just now became stronger and stronger.
This soul-returning fragrance is not like ordinary spices. When it becomes strong, it will choke and make people feel uncomfortable. Instead, it makes people's eyes and ears clearer.
The pale green soul-returning fragrance slowly flows along the sunken lines of the ancient tree Tengbai, like a blue mist.
This is the backflow incense that literati and poets in the six worlds like, but this incense will turn into transparent and yellowed water vapor after dripping from the smoke alone, instead of the oil that ordinary spices will form.
As the green smoke slowly flowed into the bottom of the ancient cypress, jaw-dropping things also happened: green buds emerged from the petrified branches of the ancient cypress; Stretching, like a sleeping beauty stretching her body in the sun, shedding the bleak shell in winter.
From Gu Tingshuang's eyes, such a change is only superficial.
He mobilized his spiritual sense and aimed at the ancient cypress on the table. He could clearly see that there was a large amount of unique spiritual energy in the incense of returning souls. The spiritual flame that was about to be extinguished inside echoed, and every inch of the branch, every hole, and every inch of the place where the leaves once grew in the ancient cypress can receive this kind of heaven and earth spiritual energy.
This kind of aura is exactly the same as Gu Tingshuang's spiritual consciousness.
This soul-returning incense has its own spiritual consciousness, and it is the kind with strong spiritual consciousness. It is said to be incense, but it is like some kind of natural treasure, spontaneously using its own spiritual consciousness to transform every decaying place. !
This kind of fragrance is the same as the dust-proof beads inlaid on the seal of the Immortal Emperor, which can be encountered but not sought after.The anti-dust bead can transform and wash away all poisons and filth, and this fragrance can awaken all weak spiritual consciousness.
There is nothing more suitable for his cultivation than this scent of soul-returning incense!
Everyone in the room discussed with each other excitedly: "Life and death are true! There are no mistakes or omissions. I just read it, and the ling cypress tree has long since died!"
Some people who participated in the incense meeting in the past also said in one go: "That's right, what was exhibited last year was a fish with a white belly. You and I can also feel that if the fragrance is a little bit, the seven orifices seem to have been washed, and the marrow washing pill of Taishang Laojun may not have this effect!"
Ning Shiting felt the little wolf on his knee move, and his claws were tense again, about to sink into the flesh under his clothes, and it hurt a little, so he patted it lightly.
Then the little silver wolf turned his head, his eyes brightened, it seemed that he possessed divinity and demon at the same time, which made Ning Shiting stunned.
"Mr. Ning's little wolf seems to like this soul-returning incense very much. Don't you want to show your hand?"
Beside, Su Yue came out surrounded by a group of servants, stroked the folding fan in his hand, and asked leisurely.
When he said this, the demonstration of the Returning Soul Incense was over.
The incense masters around couldn’t sit still any longer, and each of them started to smell the smell and observe the particles in the smoke. On the other side, Wanxiangji went to pick incense, and was going to make a re-enactment for everyone.
Most of the people in the court had already got off their seats, and the few immortals who watched the excitement also took a look here and there to make do with it.
There are also many people who still remember the news that came out a few days ago, saying that the people from Prince Qing's Mansion accepted the incense post from the Immortal Chang's Mansion, and they were going to try to guess the incense at the incense meeting. Soul fragrance.
The reason why everyone is so focused on it is that, on the one hand, everyone loves to watch the drama of "The Mansion of the Immortal Chang vs. the Mansion of the Prince of Shangqing", and on the other hand, they really look forward to seeing who can unlock the ingredients of the unique fragrance from King Qing's faction and the Immortal Emperor's faction. .
Ning Shiting was still dressed in his usual clothes today, with pearls and jade covering his face, part of his silver-white long hair tied up and part scattered outside.
Because it was still snowing yesterday, he was dressed thickly, even if he was indoors, he just took off his cloak, and the fur collar covered half of his delicate chin, looking like an exquisite nobleman.
Ning Shiting has always looked like this outside, no one can see his face clearly, nor can he figure out his details.All I know is that this young man seems a little sickly, and he always speaks in a soft voice.
Ning Shiting smiled: "There are so many incense masters around, I don't want to make a fool of myself. If Mr. Su wants to discuss with someone, there are so many talents now, just let me take a break."
"Young Master Ning, do you mean to wait for everyone else to try before making a move?" Su Yue raised his eyes, but he couldn't hear anything in his tone, "As expected of someone from Prince Qing's Mansion, he has the confidence."
The incense meeting was half opened, with a short break in between.
Ning Shiting was not in good health at first, but this time he was smoked by all kinds of fragrant medicines in the room, and he was a little dizzy for a while.
Tingshu was worried about his health, while pulling him out for a walk, he lowered his voice and asked him: "My lord, can you smell how the soul-returning fragrance matches?"
Ning Shiting laughed hoarsely: "My body is not much different from ordinary people now, and I can't even smell the stuffed dumplings you made for me today."
Gu Tingshuang was still hugged by him, with a big fluffy mass arched in his arms.
The merman especially liked to pick up the little wolf and hug him in his arms. Gu Tingshuang was really bored, but when he struggled, Ning Shiting would hug him even tighter.
It's not that he can't break free, but he always feels that Ning Shiting's weak and boneless mermaid's arms are not very firm and reliable. If he tries, this delicate mermaid might break an arm.
Counting it down, his serious illness was the result of his own eagerness to look for him on Lingshan Mountain.
It sounded as if Gu Tingshuang still owed him a favor.
Hearing what Ning Shiting said in the book, he cursed a little uncomfortable: "These people are really uneasy and kind. They intercepted the imperial edict to our palace and used it as a trap to trick you into taking the bait. They must be watching you get sick. What? You can't even smell the incense, and use this to embarrass us. If you want me to say, son, we might as well go back now and tell them that you are not feeling well."
"Let's go now, but it's even more out of the question." Ning Shiting said lightly, "Don't worry, I'm sick and have a sense of smell, but other methods can still be used. And that soul-returning incense..."
"I have studied it for a few years, and I am a little interested. But because I haven't found the real soul-returning incense, I have nowhere to start."
Gu Tingshuang lay in his arms, raised his eyes and saw Ning Shiting's eyes hidden behind the bead curtain.
There was some kind of emotion in the merman's slightly green eyes, as if he had fallen into some kind of past, with a little sense of loss...and sadness.
Gu Tingshuang's eyes were sharp, he lay in Ning Shiting's arms, and saw behind the two of them, Su Yue made a gesture with the butler, then retreated and went to another room, as if he had something to discuss.
The eyes of those two people glanced over, and they obviously glanced at Ning Shiting, as if they were testing his position and whether they could hear their conversation.
Gu Tingshuang was suspicious, she stood up on Ning Shiting's shoulders, and jumped off with a push of her hind legs.
Ning Shiting missed him all of a sudden, turned around and called him: "Little wolf—"
The merman's movements were unexpectedly quick, grabbing him by the back of the neck and pulling him back.
"There are a lot of people here, you are not allowed to run around, do you understand?"
As she spoke, she wanted to grab him back into her arms and hug her again.
Gu Tingshuang was almost annoyed by him, so she could only let out a "wow" in as gentle a way as possible to express his protest.
He was rescued by listening to the book, and he said to Ning Shiting: "My lord, let the little wolf go for a walk too. Such an active little wolf probably doesn't want to stay in one place for so long."
After hearing this, Ning Shiting withdrew his hand, but still bent down and looked into the little wolf's eyes seriously: "Well, don't run around or cause trouble, you know? Many people here can't be offended. If I got into trouble, I might be very busy in the future, and I won’t have time to find you meat and unicorn meat as snacks, you know?”
Gu Tingshuang nodded quickly, and he touched the top of his head again: "Okay, be good, come back early."
Ning Shiting withdrew his hand.
After running a few feet away, Gu Tingshuang turned around and saw Ning Shiting was still squatting there, looking at him with a gentle smile.
For some reason, seeing this smile, he slowed down, and a numb itching slid down his back to his tail.
The tail curled up as if it was going to be out of his control, and then swished happily.
Among the pavilions, he followed in the footsteps of Su Yue and the steward to a remote hut.
No one noticed him, he ran fast, but the door closed before his eyes.
He pricked up his ears, went around in a circle and ran under the bed, lay down and listened slowly.
At the same time, the spiritual consciousness was released.Besides Su Yue and the housekeeper, there was a third person in the room.
Gu Tingshuang found out, and roughly sketched the appearance and shape of the third person in his mind, and it was the owner of the soul-returning incense just now, the black-faced Rakshasa.
Su Yue: "Are you so sure that he will try to match the soul-returning incense? This man has an unpredictable appearance, and there are ancient silver wolves and ice mayfly spirits around him. We can't find out his details. Do you really know his origin?"
Black-faced Rakshasa: "My guess is close to ten. If he is that person, I can be regarded as an old friend of his. If he doesn't make a move in the end, I will also take the remaining soul-returning incense in my hand as promised. Leave it to you. I do business and never flip the signboard."
Su Yue: "King Rakshasa, you also know that the people behind our Immortal Chief's Mansion are from the lineage of the Immortal Queen, and they want more than the remaining box of soul-returning incense. Where is its formula? We have tried it before and tried it again. Try it, and find all the other ingredients, but the most important one, Yixiang, has been missing for a long time.”
The black-faced Rakshasa said briefly: "I only know the most important spice in the incense of returning souls, and this spice is only available in Ning Shiting. I don't know the rest, this is what I have to wait for Ning Shiting today. The reason for the shot. The incense will be fair, and whoever imitates it will own the soul-returning incense. Don't break the rules in your Immortal Chief's Mansion."
There was silence for a while.
The steward of the Su residence spoke up: "Then, does King Rakshasa have anything to say? The details of where this person came from is a mystery, and the investigation can only find out that he is someone close to King Qing. He has a lot of love. Look at the color of his hair. It is said that the merman is the descendant of the merman and the phoenix, but I can't find out the past experience at all."
King Rakshasa looked down at the incense box in his hand, and spoke after a while.
"The north of the Yuren Coast in Dongzhou is the place where King Qing conquered the blood race."
"About two or three years ago, for some unknown reason, suddenly a whole city died overnight. They were all dead...all the soldiers, common people, passing merchants, travelers, spirit beasts...all...dead. Finally rescued The one who came out was only a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.
"That child is very popular with King Qing. He didn't have a name at that time, and everyone called him—"
"Little shark."
"Or, young master."
King Rakshasa narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If you want to find out about him, you may start looking at the snow-capped mountains on the north coast of Sharkman. Whether it is him or not, I have my own answer. His identity is hidden in the soul-returning incense. , he will give it himself, I still say the same thing, if there are things, your Immortal Chief Mansion should not break the rules. Otherwise, the consequences...
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