Chapter 346: New SIMPS – Part 1 (2/2)
”Although I and Sun Yun haven't had a proper marriage ceremony yet, consider these elixirs as my dowry gifts.”
”!!!”
Sun Jing dropped the cup in his hand and stared at the bottles of the precious elixir in shock. The others also dropped their jaws and widened their eyes.
Gan Ning crawled toward Miaomiao and groveled, kissing the latter's feet.
”Daddy, can dis zervant haz one of doz? Dis zervant needz love.”
Miaomiao pulled back his feet and shooed Gan Ning in disgust, ”Get off me, shitty brat! You're fucking drunk! What in the 7 hells is wrong with your accent?”
”Please?”
Gan Ning sat on his legs and straightened his back properly. He held his hands together and showed Miaomiao his innocent bright puppy eyes.
Unfortunately, it didn't work against Miaomiao. The latter poked Gan Ning's eyes with his fingers.
”MY EYES!!”
”SHUT IT! HERE!!”
Miaomiao brought out another bottle and shoved it to Gan Ning's face.
Gan Ning slightly opened his eyes to peek at the item. Upon discovering what in front of him was, he prostrated on the ground, ”I, GAN XINGBA, SWEAR BY MY DAO OATH THAT YOU WILL BE FOREVER MY LORD! I SHALL SERVE YOU UNTIL DEATH!”
The air around Gan Ning vibrated as he had just made a critical dao oath that he couldn't easily withdraw without Miaomiao's consent.
”Yeah, yeah. Now, store that bottle away and mind your manner. Don't make me lose face with your silly antics.”
”YES, MY LORD!!”
Gan Ning retreated and sat at a corner while he hugged the bottle of spring water as if it was a precious golden ring from Mount Doom. Fortunately, he didn't mutter, ”My precious”, or Miaomiao would have skinned him as a punishment for following Gollum's path.
The banquet participants stared at Gan Ning in envy. Then, they turned to Miaomiao.
As if everyone had the same thought, they copied Gan Ning's deed. Some even came up with other excuses.
”Young master, can tis servant haz it, too?”
”Sir Cao, could dis elder haz a bottle as well?”
”Young master Cao, you're so handsome. Could this lady have a bottle, and you can have me?
”Great Sir! Good Sir! Do you need extra hands? Could you hire me as one of your loyal servants as well? I can cook, I can run errands, I can hide dead bodies, and I can share my stealth techniques with you!”
The banquet was thrown into an uproar as everyone competed to win Miaomiao's favor and one of the elixir bottles. Nobody noticed that one of the crowd was an uninvited black-clothed young man.
Zhou Tai, aka Zhou Gongjin's servant, couldn't resist and join the crowd by instinct.
Miaomiao had a pokerface for a moment. Then, he coughed, ”Please control yourself, seniors and fellow Daoists. The bottle that I gave my servant was the last one. All my precious elixirs now belong to my father-in-law.”
The crowd was crestfallen. They sighed and lamented for their bad luck while they gazed at Sun Jing in envy and jealousy.
Zhou Tai snapped back to his senses and sweated profusely. He sneakily moved away from the crowd and hid behind a large pillar, blending behind the shadow before he crept out of the building.
The spy's action didn't escape Gan Ning's eyes. The silly servant smirked as he stored the precious elixir bottle in his robe and followed the ninja, leaving the banquet building.
After the peace was restored, Miaomiao continued explaining the elixir's effects and the usage to Sun Jing. The crowd returned to their seat and listened to Miaomiao in earnest as if they were listening to a lecture.
10 minutes later, Miaomiao finished his class, and everyone was enlightened.
Sun Jing and his wife were interested in the source of this water, ”I see. So this elixir comes from Siren City! Now I understand why that bastard Yuan Shaoqing declares war on you! They want the source of water for themselves!”
Miaomiao nodded and looked at the crowd, ”Exactly. We weren't even there when Red Sun City was razed to the ground. We rescued the child emperor from Yuan Shaoqing's goons, and they framed us to cover for their crimes. They just use it as an excuse to steal the source of elixir and kill the owners!”
”WHAT!?”
Sun Jing and everyone in the banquet hall was enraged.
Seeing that the crowd had been successfully misled and incited, Miaomiao added fuel to the fire.
”Think about it, father-in-law. The Yuan Clan is already so strong and rich that they can employ 7th-stage or 8th-stage cultivators from the Holy Land Continent easily! Why did they even bother asking other factions or sects for help? Obviously, they are using other organizations as sacrificial pawns! I bet he contacted Wei Huang and other demons, and they are setting up a trap to kill everybody during the chaos!”
Sun Jing, whose face was flushed in red from the swelling anger, stood up and bellowed, ”And they are trying to harm my daughter!”
Miaomiao nodded, ”Not just your daughter, many refugees and innocent people got caught in this predicament. That's why I've come here to negotiate for a truce or an alliance with the Jiangdong White Tiger Sect, hoping that an honorable sect of yours wouldn't be used by a vile man like Yuan Shaoqing. Unfortunately, your sect master and I couldn't come to an agreement…”
”I shall go talk with my brother, right now!!”
Sun Jing stored all the elixir bottles into his spatial ring and stormed out of the banquet hall. Several servants and sobered elders rushed out and followed their superior officer to talk with the sect master as well.
Just like that, half of the banquet participants left the building, leaving only outer disciples and workers, who had no power in the sect.
Miaomiao took a deep breath and rubbed his chin, feeling proud of himself.
'All according to Keikaku!'