Wang Yang's face flushed slightly, and he couldn't help but emphasize again, "We are from the Fire Talisman Sect."
The man in charge of reception first frowned, then immediately relaxed as he remembered what day it was. He said impatiently, "I know. Aren't you from the Fire Talisman Sect, the one on Fire Wind Mountain outside Fire Stone City? I haven't forgotten. Hurry up and go inside and sit down. Don't block the way here."
"You..."
Wang Yang wanted to argue with the man a few more words, but Xu Yi stopped him, "Let's go inside."
Wang Yang mumbled softly, but still obeyed Xu Yi, no longer arguing with the man, and turned to enter the Jian family's residence.
He had only taken two steps when he heard a very sarcastic cold snort from behind him. His fists clenched abruptly.
If it weren't for the senior being here, he would have probably lost his temper and gone forward to argue with the man.
Although the Fire Talisman Sect was far from its former glory, it was still a sect that had been passed down for nearly a thousand years, longer than the Jian family's history of prosperity. What right did that man have to look down on the Fire Talisman Sect?
Xu Yi saw through Wang Yang's thoughts and comforted him, "Don't argue with fools."
"Senior, I'm just a little unwilling," Wang Yang lowered his head.
He had grown up in the Fire Talisman Sect, and he felt that every aspect of the Fire Talisman Sect was excellent. He genuinely identified with the Fire Talisman Sect.
When he heard his master say that the Heavenly Alliance had stolen their ancestor's manuscript, he immediately took the ancestor's manuscript to confront the Heavenly Alliance.
He wanted to let people know that even though the Fire Talisman Sect had declined, there were still people who cared and were continuing its legacy.
"Then you need to take concrete action. Words are not enough to convince people,"
Xu Yi's faint voice came from above his head.
"Senior?" Wang Yang looked up.
"Since you don't want others to look down on the Fire Talisman Sect, then let the Fire Talisman Sect revive in your hands," Xu Yi smiled slightly. "Doing is much harder than saying."
"I will do it!" Wang Yang blurted out.
Xu Yi nodded, neither expressing belief nor disbelief, leaving Wang Yang with a feeling of being choked.
He wanted to continue to express his determination, but remembering Xu Yi's words, he finally chose to close his mouth, his eyes gradually becoming firm.
The Jian family could be considered one of the top aristocratic families in Fire Stone City. Just walking through the front courtyard took Xu Yi and Wang Yang the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
Since no one was guiding them, the two of them slowly followed the cultivators who were also attending the birthday banquet ahead.
After passing through another flower corridor, the faint sounds of laughter and conversation gradually became clearer, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and spiritual fruits.
They had finally arrived at the place where the Jian family was holding the birthday banquet.
Lifting the thin veil shimmering with colorful light, they entered a very spacious banquet hall. Hundreds of guest tables made of spirit stones were laid out with various spiritual fruits and spiritual wines, and beautiful maidservants moved among the crowd, their graceful postures resembling dancing.
"The Jian family's banquet this time is quite well done," Xu Yi mused.
The Jian family was merely an aristocratic family in Fire Stone City. Xu Yi naturally wouldn't compare it to the standards of the Xuanji Gate. In her opinion, the Jian family had done a very good job to achieve this.
Wang Yang puffed out his cheeks and said nothing.
Xu Yi scanned the banquet hall. The spirit stone tables in the front were clearly prepared for the most honored guests, with the spiritual fruits on them being of much higher grade than those in the back.
At this time, three cultivators in luxurious robes were already seated at those tables. All three had cultivation bases in the Integration stage.
Recalling the words of the person at the entrance, Xu Yi led Wang Yang to the last row of spirit stone tables and sat down, casually picking up a spiritual fruit from the table and handing it to Wang Yang.
Wang Yang, holding the spiritual fruit, looked stunned. "Senior?"
"What are you looking at me for? Eat quickly."
As Xu Yi spoke, she picked up another spiritual fruit from the table and put it into her mouth with two crisp bites.
Seeing this, Wang Yang suddenly looked teary-eyed and said sadly, "Senior, I've made you suffer."
With that, he stuffed the entire spiritual fruit into his mouth and chewed vigorously, his face filled with indignation.
Xu Yi: ...
What was this child thinking? Why did he look so grief-stricken?
Just as Xu Yi was about to pick up another fruit, a small green head suddenly popped out from her sleeve, looked in the direction of the spiritual fruit, and squeaked.
"Senior, there's a worm on your hand!"
Wang Yang, with his sharp eyes, spotted the small green worm on Xu Yi's hand and exclaimed in alarm. Without a second thought, he was about to grab it.
The little green worm, startled, retracted its head. Xu Yi, with a wry smile, quickly stopped him, "Calm down, this is a spirit beast I'm raising."
"Ah? So it's something Senior raised." Wang Yang sheepishly withdrew his hand.
Meanwhile, his shout had attracted the attention of many people, and many cultivators were now turning to look at him.
Wang Yang's face turned red, and he was so embarrassed he wished he could crawl under the table.
Wuuu, Master, your disciple is unfilial and has disgraced the Fire Talisman Sect.
After the attention of the surrounding cultivators shifted elsewhere, Xu Yi took out the little green worm and placed it in her palm, asking, "Do you want to eat those spiritual fruits?"
"Squeak." The little green worm propped itself up and nodded its little head vigorously.
Wang Yang also leaned over, curiously asking, "Senior, what kind of spirit beast are you raising? It looks extraordinarily extraordinary."
"I just found it in a tree hole. I'm not quite sure what kind of spirit beast it is," Xu Yi smiled, picked up another spiritual fruit from the table, and then placed the little green worm on it.
"Squeak."
The little green worm politely thanked Xu Yi, then buried its head and began to gnaw with a crunching sound.
Although the little green worm was small, it gnawed on the spiritual fruit at a good speed. In no time, half of the spiritual fruit was swallowed.
"Wow, it eats so much," Wang Yang, still childish, found the little green worm's eating to be interesting, his eyes fixed on it.
Xu Yi simply handed the spiritual fruit, along with the little green worm on it, to Wang Yang, asking him to take care of it.
Wang Yang's expression was as if a pie had fallen from the sky, and he nodded repeatedly.
It was strange, usually, the little green worm preferred a type of grass with a faint milky fragrance when chewed, so Xu Yi had never fed it anything else.
But judging by its behavior today, it seemed to be very interested in foods like spiritual fruits.
Xu Yi decided to add spiritual fruits to the little green worm's diet.
Each table was laid with ten spiritual fruits, arranged in a pyramid.
With nothing else to do, Xu Yi and Wang Yang, along with a very voracious little green worm, finished the fruits on their table before the banquet officially began.
Wang Yang glanced at the little green worm, gritted his teeth, and took out two spiritual fruits from his storage bag to feed it.
"No need to be so extravagant." Xu Yi did not approve of Wang Yang's actions.
She raised her hand and beckoned to a beautiful maidservant closest to her.
The maidservant approached her gracefully, smiling and asking, "Esteemed guest, may I ask what you need?"
Xu Yi pointed to the empty fruit plates on her and Wang Yang's table and asked earnestly, "Excuse me, we've finished the spiritual fruits. Can we have more?"