Because some Disciples were brutally harmed in Shengjing, and their deaths were horrifying, most of the Outer Courtyard Disciples of Tianshu Academy felt uneasy.
Especially since the Master's Courtyard had not yet investigated the results, various demonized rumors began to spread.
For Ji You, the most important thing at the moment was to improve his Realm.
The world was already subtly permeated with an aura of unrest, and the attack might just be the beginning.
Currently, only strength was the best means of self-preservation.
Moreover, that fellow Kuang Cheng was becoming more and more like a hothead.
It was now deep winter, everything was withered, and occasional snowflakes drifted down from the sky, swirling and dancing.
Ji You arrived at the Wudao Field and found that some students there were still unaffected by the turmoil, diligently cultivating Dao for many days.
For example, Du Zhu of Ninghua Upper Realm, Yue Ze of Ninghua Middle Realm, Zeng Pan'er, and others, all of whom had been on good terms with Chu River.
For them, Tianshu Academy was, after all, the Great Xia Holy Sect; even if some petty villains caused trouble, they would not escape the fate of being suppressed into ashes.
It wasn't until Ji You's arrival that these students who were cultivating Dao finally showed some reaction.
“He really is completely unharmed…”
“Someone said he saved seven people with three swords alone, including two Senior Brothers from the Inner Courtyard; is that true or false?”
“It should be true, because someone saw those two Inner Courtyard Senior Brothers bow to him in thanks.”
News of the battle on West City Front Street had now leaked out through unofficial channels and was relatively complete, known to everyone.
It was said that the Trial Sword Forest was now bustling with activity; the students practicing martial Dao there were now more numerous than the bamboo in the Sword Forest.
Some dormitories of two-and-a-half-year trainees were closer to the Trial Sword Forest, and it was said that every dusk, one could hear an Instructor on the mountain cursing Ji You.
And at this moment, Fang Ruoyao was also in the Wudao Field.
She was still in the Initial Spirit Realm, and her communication with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was not smooth.
Therefore, she worked harder than ordinary people and finally grasped some basic principles.
But it was this very diligence that made her more clearly perceive that the gap between people could not be caught up with by mere effort.
As she watched Ji You sit cross-legged, tidying his robes, she couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
She shared a dormitory with Lou Siyi and Sun Zhiqiao, and had heard the most detailed version of the story, even dreaming several times of the white-robed sword Master switching swords with both hands and waving his sleeve to control his sword to save the two Inner Courtyard Senior Brothers.
This morning, she accidentally overheard Lou Siyi secretly sending a maid to the city to find a sword, intending to give it to Ji You as a gift.
For some reason, she felt an intense sense of loss in her heart.
In fact, many in the Courtyard were already spreading rumors that her status as his fiancée was false, because they had never spoken to each other.
“Ji You, can you walk with me before Hai Shi?”
Fang Ruoyao mustered her courage and called out to him.
But at that moment, a Heavenly Light descended, with Dragon roars and tiger growls above the clouds, and then the Heavenly Light merged into his Heavenly Spirit, evidently indicating he had entered the Heavenly Book.
Seeing this scene, Fang Ruoyao lowered her eyelids, while the crowd in the Wudao Field had complex expressions.
Entering the Wudao Field and having the Heavenly Book respond immediately—this was truly too pretentious; it made people jealous every time they saw it.
At this moment, Ji You's Divine Thought soared into the sky, gradually entering the Void as he followed the vast starlight filling the heavens.
But before he could stand firm, a snow-white jade foot came flying towards him, kicking him out with a “smack.”
In a blur, Ji You couldn't see anything clearly, only a red-dressed woman looking at him from the side with chilling coldness, her face like frost, seemingly very angry.
“?”
“You're rewarding me as soon as I come up? What's going on?”
Ji You was forcibly cleared from his Wudao state, looking utterly confused.
Then he entered again, and what greeted him was still that delicate jade foot, absolutely refusing to let him enter Void Mountain.
Ji You, whose Divine Thought had returned, sat on the Wudao Field, counting the days with his fingers, thinking, “These aren't those days!”
Why is she so angry that she won't even let me back into the room?
Meanwhile, the surrounding students stared blankly at the flickering Heavenly Light in the sky, their faces expressionless.
It wasn't until the third time that Ji You re-entered the Void and finally didn't encounter the jade foot again, successfully entering.
As Void Mountain and the chaotic Heavenly Dao became increasingly clear before his eyes, he saw the Fairy in the red dress had returned to her black stone, but her expression was still cold and unapproachable.
And what was most captivating was the deep purple, almost black, Qi shrouding her, like flames, constantly swaying around her body.
“You… what is that on you?”
“The Fairy's resentment.”
The woman gritted her teeth, her voice bone-chillingly cold.
She thought that even though they hadn't spoken many words, they always came in the afternoon to cultivate Dao, as if it were an unspoken agreement.
But who knew he would disappear without a word for three whole days?
At first, she didn't mind, thinking, “I've lived on the mountain for over ten years since I was a child, cultivating Dao alone; what difference could it make?”
But then she discovered that a light purple Qi had gathered around her.
She initially thought she had suffered Qi Deviation, but later she understood that she entered Void Mountain with her Divine Thought, and some emotions that could affect her state of mind would appear around her Divine Thought in the form of this Qi.
On the first day, the color was only faint; on the second day, it began to deepen, and finally it gradually turned towards black.
And at this moment, she also seemed to understand what those fluttering yellowish things around the person were when he was looking at her feet.
Just then, Ji You noticed that the Qi around her suddenly turned into a very sad gray.
He watched for a long time, vaguely sensing her resentment: “On the night of the Winter Solstice, I had dinner with my fellow Disciples, and on the way back, I encountered assailants. The battle consumed too much Divine Thought, so I slept for two days straight.”
“Then were you injured?”
“No injuries.”
Ji You thought for a moment and said, “The Courtyard has been investigating this matter these past few days. I just finished being questioned and came back.”
“You are a Tianshu Academy Disciple,” the woman suddenly said, pointing at him.
She was indeed quite intelligent and knew that among the Seven Great Immortal Sects, only Tianshu Academy referred to itself as a ‘Courtyard.’
Ji You raised the corner of his mouth, looking at the proud Fairy before him: “Then what is the Fairy's name?”
The Fairy looked at him for a long time: “Yan Shuyi.”
“Then I'm starting to cultivate Dao. Don't kick me anymore. Although foot Dao is also Dao…”
“Then what is your name?”
“Ji… Bochang, meaning to gather strengths from all sides.”
Yan Shuyi looked up, seeing yellow smoke puffing from his head, and slightly narrowed her eyes.
Ji You knew this was the pre-kick facial expression, so he held his breath: “Yan Shuyi, you just said you wouldn't kick me!”
“Lecher!”
“Damn it!”
Even after being kicked out of the “chat group” by the snow-white jade foot, Ji You was still puzzled.
She shouldn't know the meaning of that word, until he realized the yellow smoke billowing from his head…