Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 1177 - 450: Mrs. Kong’s Token
"Did I make a mistake? No!"
"Why should I, like a mere beast of burden, have to face that Zhou Xuan beast in person?"
Zhao Youting thought of this, lifted the curtain of the sedan and called over Manager Zheng of the Colorful Lion Team, instructing, "Manager Zheng, be careful with the offering table at the back. If anything inside is chipped or scratched, it could be a matter of losing your head."
"Mr. Zhao, don’t you trust us? In the entire Capital City, who doesn’t know we are one of the top professional teams..."
"Boom! Boom!"
A series of sounds of overturning boxes and cabinets came over.
"..." Zhao Youting.
Zhao Youting stretched his neck and looked, seeing that the offering tables he had prepared had fallen all over the ground, with various fruits and pig heads rolling along the stony path of Pan Shan.
"Is this what you call professional?"
Zhao Youting quickly got off the sedan and went to the back of the team to check.
He had prepared eight sets of offering tables, each carried by six strong men, and now two tables had flipped over.
The offering tables were covered with red cloth, and he went straight to the first offering table that hadn’t fallen over. He lifted a corner of the red cloth and peered inside, only to see the blue "Stargazing Token" standing upright, which reassured him.
Those who had toppled the offering tables hurriedly came up to beg for mercy: "Mr. Zhao, it rained in the mountains, and one of the laborers slipped..."
"Don’t bother with excuses."
Zhao Youting looked at the two shattered offering tables and said, "Today is a joyous occasion for the Tunnel Armor Sect, but bringing these broken tables up the mountain would spoil the festive mood. Discard them all, leave them behind,
but collect all the red cloth, clean up the intact fruits, and wrap them with the red cloth. As you enter the mountain and meet the disciples, distribute them...
Make it look a little more festive and joyous."
When it came to dealing with people, Zhao Youting was indeed as he evaluated himself, with minor kindness but no major evil, and he dealt with ordinary trifles quite efficiently.
After a series of instructions and adjustments, the team set off again,
and having learned from the earlier mishap, everyone traversed the mountain path carefully, not causing any more trouble.
When the sedan reached the mountain top and passed through the Tunnel Armor Sect’s gate, Zhao Youting called for the sedan to stop,
and all the sedan bearers, and those from the sound and lion dance teams, paused their work, and in unison shouted,
"The Divine Oracle enters the mountain, Tunnel Armor disciples come out to greet it."
After the shouting, the mountain seemed to tremble, and Taoists from all over, startled like larks, quickly gathered at the mountain front.
Three heads of the Tunnel Armor Sect also emerged.
They were Zhao Longhu, Zhao Luosheng, and Zhao Zhibi.
The three of them, shaking their large sleeves, arrived at the mountain gate and cupped their hands toward Zhao Youting,
among them, Zhao Longhu, as the highest-ranking Great Mage of the Tunnel Armor Sect, took the initiative to receive the divine oracle.
He rolled up his sleeves a little, cupped his hands, and said, "Dragon Tiger Taoist Zhao Longhu, together with the disciples, comes to respectfully welcome the divine oracle."
Only then did Zhao Youting step out of the sedan, with a leisurely gait, he circled to Zhao Longhu’s side, and whispered, "Brother Longhu, there’s great news."
"What news?"
"Weren’t you asking me to meet the Earth Child to report on the matter of Zhou Xuan? There’s been a development."
"Really?" Zhao Longhu couldn’t help but show a pleased expression as he glanced at his two junior brothers.
Now that Sect Leader Zhao Jinjia has passed away, all three of them were eligible to succeed the leadership,
and Zhao Longhu, having solicited Zhao Youting to report the sect leader’s death to the "Earth Child", marked a significant contribution to the Tunnel Armor Sect.
With this achievement, his chances of ascending to the leadership position increased greatly. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
He deliberately raised his voice and said, "So Mr. Zhao, what did the Earth Child say?"
"This is the content of the divine oracle."
Zhao Youting walked to the foremost offering table, suddenly lifted the red cloth, revealing the light blue plaque,
he grabbed the plaque with a sharp motion and said, "The Stargazing Token is here, seeing the token is like seeing the ’Earth Child’."
The name "Earth Child" was highly esteemed in the Capital Mansion, and the disciples of the Tunnel Armor Sect immediately knelt in droves.
Zhao Youting cast a quick, sneaky glance over the crowd, seeing that his false oracle had not been exposed, he immediately cleared his throat and said,
"Zhou Xuan, first killed our Tunnel Armor Sect Senior Brother Zhao Qingxiao, then killed our Sect Leader Zhao Jinjia, with ruthless methods, utterly cruel,
the ’Earth Child’ has clearly decreed, dispatching the Tunnel Armor Sect’s Supreme Ancestor, with Zhao Longhu, Zhao Luosheng, and capable talents in the sect to Mingjiang Prefecture, to capture Zhou Xuan and bring him back to the Capital,
Zhao Zhibi will remain in the sect, acting in charge of daily affairs."
Zhao Longhu was still jubilant upon hearing the first part, frequently looking back at his two junior brothers,
but when he heard the latter part—that among the candidates to capture Zhou Xuan, he was included!
His face changed immediately, cursing inwardly.
"What kind of nonsense is this? All I wanted was to report the sect leader’s death, not to actually go and kill Zhou Xuan."
"The Sect Leader, Nine Incense Sticks, was brutally killed, what use am I going?"
"It’s a matter of losing one’s head."
At this moment, he wanted to slap himself... had he known, he would’ve minded his own business and continued cultivating and enjoying the scenery in the mountain in peace.
Speaking of which, how the sect leader died, other than himself, how could his two senior brothers not know?
Zhao Luosheng is the third senior brother, and when Zhao Qingxiao and Zhao Jinjia were alive, he was considered the fourth head.
Now, he too was among the "nominated candidates" to capture Zhou Xuan, he was even more infuriated.
"What crime did I commit? Competing for the sect leader position, I don’t want to compete; managing daily affairs in the mountain, I have done diligently, without merits, there’s hard work. Now you want me to fight Zhou Xuan?
