Chapter 66: Mount Xumi (Thirteen)
In the performance venue in the center of the reception room, a bizarre performance art was being performed. Lu Ren couldn't understand it, but he was deeply shocked.
Another person who was greatly shocked was Maitreya.
Because this Naga banquet was held very suddenly, Maitreya had just gathered her singing and dancing troupe and won the preliminary admission qualification, and her informant in the Naga team brought her the news that the Naga was going to hold a party.
Although Maitreya hesitated for a second, wondering why Naga suddenly wanted to hold a banquet when it was not yet the Seventh Day.
However, Maitreya had heard that the Dragon King Naga's mood was as unpredictable as water, so she could only curse and respond quickly.
In a hurry, Maitreya didn't even ask the informant why the dance party was held suddenly. This directly led to her looking at Emperor Shitian and Lu Ren behind the case, and she began to regret her impulsiveness and recklessness.
What's worse is that her only four teammates are unreliable. You know, due to time constraints, Miroku's preparations before leaving today were actually very limited: she only had time to change the performance costumes for the new dancers and musicians, and then hastily led them to rehearse once, and finally warned them that if they couldn't remember the movements, they could just play freely.
Maitreya never expected that they only remembered the four words "free play".
Although Tushan Qiluo, Longnu and Baihua slowed down the tempo of the eighth set of radio gymnastics a lot in order to coordinate with Erquan Yingyue, the scene still looked extremely weird.
Damn, that’s weird, let me take another look.
Lu Ren, who was observing the three people from the audience's perspective, didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that these people didn't seem to find their performances embarrassing at all at this moment, and even seemed to be enjoying it a little bit?
It must be said that although the three of them were wearing veils, they could not hide their delicate features. Their belly-exposing dance costumes embellished with jewels made them look as dazzling as carefully carved diamonds. They had upright postures, and although their limbs were slightly uncoordinated, every frozen movement could be called perfect.
Even so, the performance was still not enough to amaze people. Strangely, except for Lu Ren, Emperor Shitian and Naga, all the other guests, soldiers and waiters seemed to be intoxicated by it.
This is certainly not because the people of Mount Xumi have no aesthetic sense.
It was because Tushan Qiluo was a nine-tailed fox. The fox clan was good at magic, and these guests were actually under the spell of Tushan Qiluo. Of course, Emperor Shitian and Naga were not likely to fall into such a small illusion, and Maitreya and Lu Ren were able to stay awake because they did not fall under the huge mental shock.
Before Maitreya could find an opportunity to take action while everyone was distracted, he saw Emperor Shitian frowning and commenting unhappily: "It's not a decent trick."
After hearing this, Naga smiled softly, raised his hand and spilled the wine in his glass. In an instant, a heavy rain fell in the room. The cold icy rain splashed on everyone's face. These guests who were originally intoxicated woke up instantly.
A gust of warm wind blew up in the room immediately afterwards, drying everyone's wet clothes in an instant.
Naga was not angry about the minor unpleasantness caused by Maitreya's dance troupe. He looked at Maitreya with a smile and said, "It is against the rules to use illusions! If your dance troupe is only at this level and has no outstanding performances, please leave my party."
Naga was very polite when he said this. His eyes were fixed on Maitreya standing on the side. He was born with a pair of peach blossom eyes. When he stared at someone, others could sense some tenderness in his eyes.
But Lu Ren was no longer in the mood for gossip. He was only concerned about his colleagues on the stage who seemed to enjoy the stage more than looking for people. He wondered if these people had seen him. If they hadn't, and they were kicked out again, it would take who knows when they would meet him again. Wouldn't that mean he would have no hope of returning?
Fortunately, the goddess of luck was still on Lu Ren's side, because Maitreya had originally planned to retreat after weighing the pros and cons, because she did not think she could deal with Indra and Naga at the same time.
But Naga's words and eyes were regarded as a provocation by Maitreya.
Maitreya just wanted to be safe, not that she was incompetent. After all, she had the ability to sneak into the human world alone and snatch people under the noses of the Two Worlds Department, so naturally she couldn't be a quiet person.
Maitreya continued to act as a member of her troupe. She held back her anger and said nothing. She then bowed deeply to Indra and Naga, then drew a scimitar on the spot.
Her sudden behavior even caused the surrounding guards to tense up in an instant, and they all drew their swords. But Maitreya just stood on the stage without any further action, and even showed everyone a smile that looked very gentle to others, but looked more like a death warning to Lu Ren.
Let Maitreya smile so humbly, this hall will be flooded with blood soon.
The Naga in the audience stopped his men from being on guard.
On the stage, Maitreya also answered Naga's previous question with a smile: "How could that be? Our dance troupe certainly has real skills. As an apology, I will perform for everyone myself next." Then she conjured up a playful hand drum with a bell on the side, then turned around, threw the hand drum to Lu Wu, and asked him to play a well-known tune.
Of course Lu Wu wouldn't, after all, his so-called identity as a musician was just a lie. Now Lu Wu, holding the tambourine, blinked his eyes, and then smiled at Maitreya in front of him, saying "Hey, I screwed up."
At that moment, although the curve of Maitreya's smile did not change at all, her murderous intent could hardly be concealed.
Just when Miroku was planning to love whoever and blow up this embarrassing reception room, a light laugh came from behind her.
It's Naga.
The cynical Naga seems to be proficient in various musical instruments.
He waved his hand, and the hand drum in Luwu's hand flew up and down again, and finally stopped in Naga's palm. There was a red string tied to the end of the hand drum, and the moment it fell into Naga's hand, the string intertwined with his white wrist, like a scarlet little snake.
Naga tapped the hand drum lightly, then looked at Maitreya, and raised his eyebrows to signal her to start. Then, he continued to play on his own, the drum sound matched the sound of the bells beside the drum, and a piece of music full of exotic style slowly flowed out from Naga's hands.
Maitreya was not shy, she swung her scimitar and began a wonderful song and dance. Every bend of the waist and every swing of the scimitar were breathtaking.
It has both the gracefulness of a dancer and the strength of a swordsman.
Not to mention those who are not in the know, even Lu Ren, who knows Maitreya's true identity, is a little confused. Is this Maitreya on the stage, who has superb dancing skills and looks noble and cold, really the bandit who pressed him into the sand and kept blackmailing him?
As the banquet continued, the guests' attention was focused on Maitreya's dancing.
Lu Wu, Tushan Qiluo, Baihua and Longnu, who were temporarily recruited by Maitreya to make up the number of the troupe, were left out on the stage like a background board. But they didn't seem to be very disappointed. Baihua grabbed a handful of melon seeds from a table nearby and the four of them shared them.
The three girls even commented on Maitreya's dancing while eating melon seeds.
The dragon girl said: "The waist is not in the right position. Baji, baji..."
Baihua wondered, "Your waist isn't even there yet? So you can go even lower? Baji, baji..."
The dragon girl said, "I can't, so I just beep."
Lu Ren, who witnessed everything, said: You guys are not really here for vacation.
Lu Ren didn't want to waste such a good opportunity to ask for help. So he pretended to accidentally knock over the wine glass, which successfully caused the female Molly next to him to exclaim. It was this exclamation that successfully attracted the attention of the three people eating melon seeds on the stage.
Baihua was eating sunflower seeds while looking towards the place where the commotion was happening: "Hey, it's A-Ren!"
Tushan Qiluo heard this and looked towards the place where the voice came from: "It's him." Then she looked at the wine and beauty beside Lu Ren and added, "But he doesn't look like he needs our help."
The Dragon Girl also saw how well Lu Ren was being treated. She pretended to be angry and said, "This brat came to Mount Xumi alone to fool around, leaving his elderly mother alone and frightened."
They were not very close to Lu Ren, so he could not hear clearly what they said. He only knew that their eyes did not look like the sympathetic eyes of law enforcers seeing a victim. There seemed to be some hidden accusations in their eyes.
Before Lu Ren could further ask for help, the crowd in the banquet hall broke out into a riot.
It turned out that Maitreya's true intention was revealed.
She took advantage of the moment when Naga was immersed in singing and dancing and slowly approached him. Maitreya's graceful dancing made Naga let down his guard. When the distance between them became close enough, Maitreya dodged and went behind Naga, then placed the scimitar used for performance across his neck.
The drumming stopped abruptly.
Naga became a hostage in Maitreya's hands.
The guests at the banquet were mostly Naga's friends. When they saw Naga being captured, they turned over the table and ran away in fear. Even the woman who was sitting next to Lu Ren, Moli, ran away.
The beautiful girls were scattered, the fine wine turned to mud, the golden cups and plates fell to the ground like garbage, and some plates were even spinning on the ground due to the impact of falling, making some echoes in the house that suddenly became empty, and then slowly, the sound stopped.
The entire reception room became unusually quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the sound of three people cracking melon seeds: "Baji, Baji..."
Lu Ren: ...
Indra, who was sitting in the upper seat, seemed to be dissatisfied with this farce. He raised his eyes and glanced coldly at the three people who were still eating melon seeds.
The three people who received the signal silently stopped making the sound of cracking melon seeds.
Emperor Shitian was too lazy to argue with these three people. He turned his head and looked at the Naga who was being held hostage by Maitreya obediently. "What are you doing? Can't you break free from this level of hostage?"
At this time, one of Naga's hands was twisted behind his back by Maitreya, in a posture that was definitely not comfortable. But he had a playful smile on his face.
Naga smiled at Indra, and then said with a satisfied look on his face: "I think I've fallen in love!"
Indra: ???
Maitreya: ???
Lu Ren: ???
Amidst everyone's questions, a loud applause suddenly broke out from the back. It turned out to be a trio of beautiful girls who were secretly eating melon seeds nearby. When they heard Naga's words, they were so moved that they immediately applauded.
Tushan Qiluo, Dragon Girl, Baihua: Isn't this better than the crappy movies on TV?!
