Chapter 28: The Blessing Ceremony
"What do you mean she didn’t get picked? I clearly set a talisman under the lottery table so that my mountain peak snatches up her name before the others!"
Fuming in fury, Elder Long of the Steal Searing Heaven Peak stormed out of his cultivation chamber and sent a raging message to the biggest suspect in his book.
Elder Shen of the Golden Snow Mountain Peak was awakened by a rude messaging talisman in the middle of an important meditation session. Seeing the contents of the message, he too, became enraged.
"Long brute, how dare you accuse this Shen of cheating over such minor matters? Just because I cultivate the dao of deceit doesn’t mean I’m going around rigging children’s lotteries! This must be old Ding’s work, that bastard!"
Elder Ding of the Endless Frostfist Mountain Peak saw his messaging talisman explode with voice messages from several Elders. He couldn’t help but clench his fist and point the arrow towards crafty old Elder Ning.
Elder Ning, who had trouble sleeping at night, left his bed with energetic steps and broke down the door of Elder Meng’s palace, shouting something about eradicating all shameless dogs from the mountains.
Poor Elder Meng woke up to a painful beating and ran out of his bedroom half naked.
In the end, heaven’s design was determined to be the culprit behind Xuanyuan Zhou’s allotment. How else could she slip past so many picks?
The dozen Elders who had been eager to nurture her could only curse at Salted Fish Peak’s useless Lao Daheng.
Elder Daheng himself wasn’t having the most comfortable night, judging by his face as he was greeted by his new disciples. If the senior disciple leading them hadn’t threatened to set his home on fire, he might not have shown up outside his bedroom.
He had the aura (stink) of someone who hadn’t left his bed in quite a while. With the unkempt long beard, hastily worn unwashed robe, and stained trousers, he kept struggling to keep his swollen eyes open throughout the brief disciple welcoming ceremony.