Jiming's performance ended and she left the stage.
Entering the stage was a bright person, she saw on the central platform and started playing her Guzhen.
Compared to the rather slow flute at the start, this Guzhen was slightly faster, and every flick of her finger was like a deer jumping under the sun.
At the ceiling, at one point, a vast stretch of golden clouds opened up, and a beam of golden light fell on the Guzhen.
Beams of light were transformed and sent to the viewers, falling to their spirit.
Fu Xian, who had already been overwhelmed because of the three consecutive performances of the fairies, could finally calm down.
He saw that his potion was fully digested and his bath was clear, Jiming's performance had pushed the consumption fully. His own talisman has saved… 101% of origin! This was a total gathering of 150% origin – he was baffled!
"No wonder, no wonder the pavilion is split into three floors. If I was on the first floor, I'd probably get like 5 to 10%, on the second, at most 50%, and only on the third special floor could I get a full 150!"
As for the last performance… he could save it and combine it with the other two origins later, but he decided to just let his soul absorb it.
The sunlight slowly gathered in his soul and enhanced it.
At this stage he couldn't truly see what was happening inside, but he felt a warm in his soul and an enhancement, unfortunately, he couldn't pinpoint what improved.
Anyways, it was good, so he didn't care too much.
Fu Xian had just put away the bathtub and put on his robe when he saw a little maid enter.
When she saw his hair wet and his robe not yet closed, the maid didn't say anything, apparently, she had heard about him.
"Senior, please sit down, we have prepared the food and beverages of the banquet.
In our pavilion, the performances of the Three Fairies Ten Beauties Five Hundred Cranes are performed together to achieve the best effect. Afterwards, the Five Hundred Cranes will each have their own performance during the meal."
Fu Xian nodded, not caring. Although he saw that the food was of a higher quality, the main dishes even of the third stage, he knew that this was the limit of their food. After all, based on what he knew, the three people who owned the pavilion were his senior brothers and sisters-
Just as he thought, among the baverages, there was a glass of fourth-grade juice.
The maid explained "We offer either a fourth-grade wine or juice to the guests. Unfortunately, fourth-grade wine is too strong for third-stage cultivators, but this juice is in no way less effective."
Fu Xian nodded, not caring. He only felt like he was at the children table while adults could drink wine, he was forced to drink orange juice…
Anyways, he could guess that both were likely delivered by his senior brother Puyan, as for the food, it was likely delivered by Longbao.
As that farmer senior said, quality-wise, Longbao probably didn't have the best, but quantity-wise, it was definitely good!
There were twelve dishes on his table, each unique and in large portions, even the third-grade dishes were full and reached the peak of third stage!
Fu Xian savoured each bite, feeling an improvement in his spiritual power, essence and even soul!
"Senior brother really put a lot of thought into this! Even the food is according to the banquet! Very good, very good indeed!"
Just as he was eating, he saw that below, a new performance started.
A hundred fairies were dancing together, their dance slightly similar to the plum blossom dance, but each of them had their own variations.
In the centre of the hundred fairies was a young lady whose face resembled Jiming.
Fu Xian asked the maid on the side "Is that little crane the disciple of senior sister Jiming?"
When the maid heard this, she suddenly understood how this cultivator who had a weaker aura than the other seniors, could attend here.
She nodded "Indeed, this is Fairy Jiming's eldest disciple, Huan Huaming."
"Huan? And her name is ming too, is she related to Jiming?" Fu Xian asked casually.
"Haha, no, but I did indeed adopt her."
Just then Jiming, who was being talked about, entered.
Fu Xian stood up and was about to cup his hands, when she gestured him to sit down.
"Get me a set of banquet too, I will eat here today." She said to the maid, who bowed in response.
Turning to Fu Xian, she elaborated "When I was on a mission in my earlier years, I found Huaming in a little village. Alas, at that time, she was nearly starved and still about to be sold because her country was in a time of famine. This territory was owned by a group of rogue cultivators who were hunted.
On a whim, I scanned the kingdom for talented people and finally found a few, among which Huaming was the most talented.
I adopted her and gave her a name, from then on, she was Huan Huaming, the eldest disciple of Huan Jiming!"
Fu Xian nodded in understanding "The mortal world is cruel!
Huaming is a very beautiful name.
But I wonder, senior sister, who was that beauty with you on the platform? She seemed like she had directly gained her inheritance from you. And… wasn't there supposed to be an assisting beauty for each fairy?"
Jiming smiled and explained as she slowly ate the food delivered just now "That beauty is the 'Dancing Beauty'! She is a dancing professional, which is why she is able to easily learn a degraded version of my Plum Blossom Dew Dance. At my stage, I have transformed my dance into the light, and the dancing plum blossom tree was my true form!
As for that beauty… haha, she is the 'Illusion Beauty'. She used the dream formed by my little sister the Violet Butterfly Dance Fairy, to transform into the butterfly cloud in her dream and perform her illusion there."
Fu Xian nodded in understanding, praising them in the process.
Then he said honestly "Senior sister, these two, the Flute Beauty and Guzhen Beauty, they are very similar, even their Origin Light Vision is similar, as if they're…"
"Exactly, as if they're twins!
Their appearance has been hidden, because they possess a special physique – the Extreme Yang and Extreme Yin physique! Even more, the little moon fairy is a boy, and the sun fairy is a girl! This is an extremely unique situation.
Before the reached the third stage, they were in extreme danger.
At the third stage, they were able to slowly refine their origin. Now, even if one were to do something to them, it wouldn't be effective at all.
Once they finally reach the fourth stage, they are completely on their own and free of all things.
By then they will become famous dual fairies of my pavilion – the Moon Flute Fairy and Sun Guzhen Fairy!
Haha, you don't know… these two, they've been found by junior brother Puyan in his early years.
But at that time, they were already at the peak of foundation building. He simply offered to take them into the immortal city and vouch for them, in exchange for their entry into the pavilion, which was still in construction at that point.
According to seniority, these two are the second and third oldest fairies of our pavilion. As for my two little sisters, they joined halfway at other times."