Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Lan Zhan wanted to say that he would be fine if he was careful, but he remembered that he had lost Meng Yao not long ago, and he was not the kind of person who would brag, so he could only remain silent.

Seeing that Lan Zhan had calmed down, Jiang Wanyin felt that his tone was too harsh. Although Lan Zhan was not the head of the Lan family, his reputation as Han Guangjun was still intact. So he softened his tone and said, "Axian is living a good life now, and everyone believes that he had little to do with Jin Zixuan's death. When everyone forgets about the people who died on Qiongqi Road, he can return to the Central Plains with a legitimate reason."

There are still doubts about Jin Zixuan's death. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it was problems within the Jin family that led to Jin Zixuan's death. However, when Wei Wuxian was forced into a corner on Qiongqi Road, he really summoned a lot of Yin corpses directly from the mass grave. In the end, he even gave up controlling those Yin corpses and simply destroyed the Yin Tiger Talisman. Many people died when everyone was scrambling for the Yin Tiger Talisman.

Therefore, the death of Jin Zixuan is nothing now. The most difficult thing for Wei Wuxian to wash away is actually the lives lost on Qiongqi Road.

Although, from the perspective of Jiang Cheng and Jiang Wanyin, those people were simply seeking their own death, but now that they were gone, some things were naturally hard to say, and they didn't want to bring trouble to Wei Wuxian anymore.

Jiang Wanyin was left behind to receive Lan Zhan, while Jiang Cheng took Shi Ying to go boating on the lake. They had recently booked a pleasure boat, which was just delivered yesterday. Today was a fine day, so it was a perfect time to start their maiden voyage to Yunmeng Lake.

In fact, Jiang Cheng did not want to be so anxious, but Jiang Wanyin had become more and more annoying recently. Jiang Cheng was afraid that he would have to take over the affairs of Lotus Pier when he woke up one morning, so of course he had to nip all signs in the bud before he could feel at ease.

After the two got on the boat, they placed the spirit stones separately in the small mechanisms reserved in advance. After they reunited, they injected spiritual power to activate the various protective formations wrapped around the pleasure boat.

This is a large ship that can go out to sea. It is nearly seventy meters long and more than thirty meters wide. The painting building has two floors. Not only are there many rooms upstairs, but there are even more warehouses downstairs. The two have already made plans, so they might as well take this opportunity to go out to sea and take a look.

Shi Ying always wanted to give Jiang Cheng the best. He had been a god for so many years and was also an emperor. You can imagine how much private money he had. Even if he resigned and ran after Jiang Xinxin, he would have carried all his wealth with him. However, the previous world was just an ordinary mortal world, where the spiritual energy was so thin that even martial arts could not be successful. He could not take out any of those good things.

This world was different. It was clearly a place where one could cultivate immortality. Although the spiritual energy was still a little thin, it at least allowed him to take out some rare spiritual herbs for Jiang Cheng to take.

When all the furniture in the houseboat was in place, Jiang Cheng could not wait to pull Shi Ying to start the houseboat and take a spin. Jiang Wanyin only had time to rush out and shout to come back early because Lan Zhan was a guest in the Lotus Pier.

There is a big road outside the Lotus Pier, and on the other side of the road is the wharf. Almost every day on weekdays, common people from nearby or slightly farther places row their boats to bring their own products or those caught from the water to the wharf to sell, so the whole Lotus Pier is tainted with a lot of worldly life.

The Lotus Pavilion was the only one of the five great families in the past that could be considered close to the people.

As soon as Jiang Cheng's large pleasure boat came out, it attracted the attention of everyone around. The people on the boat came from the Lotus Pier. Although everyone said a few words and couldn't help but row their own boats to follow, they actually didn't dare to get close.

The more Jiang Cheng looked at the scene in front of him, the more he felt it resembled his own Lotus Pier. He could not help but stand on the first floor deck and call out loudly, "I need some fish, shrimp, lotus leaves and lotus flowers. Who is willing to give them some?"

As soon as he finished speaking, people began to respond in a mixed manner, saying there were fish and shrimps here, lotus leaves there, and lotus flowers over there. In addition, someone was holding a pheasant and asked Jiang Cheng loudly if he wanted one. Jiang Cheng excitedly agreed to all of them, and soon the pleasure boat was filled with small boats about three feet wide on both sides.

I first bought a basket of small lotus leaves that had just emerged. They were produced in the waters close to the Lotus Pier. They absorbed the overflowing spiritual energy and did not need to be blanched. They did not have any bitter taste. When you put them in your mouth, you could only smell the fresh aroma of lotus leaves.

The girl selling the small lotus leaves also sold Jiang Cheng a basket of small snails. "Young Master, you really know how to eat. Although these small snails are small, they are very delicious. I will also give you a handful of green onions and basil, and two pieces of ginger. They are perfect with the small snails!"

Jiang Cheng finished pouring the snails and returned the basket to the girl. Then he heard an old man next to him say, "Sir, I have two baskets of shrimps here. One basket is small prawns grown in the creek, and the other basket is white shrimps, which are also very good."

Jiang Cheng stretched his neck and looked at the two cages held by the uncle. The shrimps in the cages were all alive and kicking, so he bought them.

Turning around, an old lady actually left a small silver fish on a lotus leaf for Shi Ying!

Jiang Cheng thought of this and thought that as the Lotus Pier changed its barrier and expanded the back mountain, it seemed that the surrounding spiritual energy was gathering more and more, otherwise the small silver fish native to Taihu Lake, known as the "Three Whites of the Yangtze River", would not have appeared in Yunmeng.

When the baskets filled the deck, Jiang Cheng straightened up and turned back to ask Shi Ying, "Have you felt that the spiritual energy around Lotus Pier has increased recently?"

Shi Ying handed over a handkerchief attentively and watched Jiang Cheng wiping his hands. He couldn't help but have an idea. He simply took out another handkerchief and went over to wipe the sweat off Jiang Cheng's face. Jiang Cheng seemed to have a lot of lotus fragrance on his body. When he got closer and smelled it, he could smell a faint cold fragrance.

After waiting for a long while for Shi Ying to reply, Jiang Cheng looked up at Shi Ying, only to find that he was staring at him with a straight gaze. He immediately blushed, "You should restrain yourself..."

The two of them worked together to sort out the dozen or so baskets of varying sizes on the deck and put them into the appropriate areas in the cabin below, then came out and went to the kitchen to work in tacit understanding.

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but recite the menu: "For lunch, we'll have a small lotus leaf salad, deep-fry a lotus flower, steam a fish, and steam a small whitebait egg custard. Lotus root and pork ribs soup is also a must..."

Seeing Jiang Cheng's high spirits, Shi Ying couldn't help but follow up on the conversation, saying, "One cold dish might not be enough. How about a lotus stem with pickled pepper and lotus slices with red oil? It would also be nice to add a lotus root sandwich to the meat dish."

These ingredients are all spiritual, so their texture and taste are naturally needless to say. However, monks like them are supposed to practice fasting, and eating these dishes with tiny amounts of spiritual energy can only satisfy their mouths. It is difficult to satisfy their hunger.

The two of them were busy with their own things, allowing the pleasure boat to drift gently on the vast lake. Because it was hung with the Yunmeng Jiang Clan's nine-petal lotus flag, no boats of any size passing by dared to approach it casually. However, some cultivators, seeing such a luxurious pleasure boat, couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks about Jiang Wanyin, the Jiang Sect Master, who loved to enjoy life and extravagance.

Thus, as Jiang Cheng and Shi Ying toasted each other, a world in which only Jiang Wanyin was hurt was easily created.