Chapter 79: Rulong Immortal Emperor Suffers a Calamity
Yuan Caiwei, having taken the Spirit Extinguishing Pill and endured a long escape, was utterly exhausted in her Divine Soul, so she went to bed early.
Ji You was still pondering over the matters of the relic, trying to sort out all the events.
He continued until he had finished his tea and reached for the pot.
However, to his surprise, what he touched was not a teapot, but a cool, smooth small hand. He flinched slightly, not daring to look up.
Did they agree that holding hands counted as a promise?
Yuan Chen, holding the handle of the pot, couldn't help but shiver: "Brother-in-law, do you want tea? Or should I pour it for you?"
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Ji You looked up, saw the owner of the hand, and quickly withdrew his own, thinking, 'No wonder the knuckles are so big': "No thanks, I don't like tea."
Yan Shuyi was currently holding a teacup, sipping it slowly, and looking at him with fierce yet adorable eyes.
This guy, it seemed he had just tried to touch her hand.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door, followed by a voice: "Excuse me, is Young Master Ji You here?"
Zhuo Wanqiu went to open the door. The person was a waiter from the teahouse, holding a slip of paper: "Just now, someone came to the teahouse looking for Young Master. They asked me to keep an eye out if I saw him. After their description, I thought there could only be one person of such extraordinary immortal grace, so I searched along the way."
Ji You took the letter, unfolded it, and glanced at it, his brows slightly furrowed: "I knew I forgot something."
The waiter chuckled, rubbing his hands to the side, but showed no intention of leaving.
Seeing this, Zhuo Wanqiu took out a silver coin from her waist and handed it to him.
Ding Yao found Zhuo Wanqiu's behavior strange, thinking, 'This is a matter between Tianshu Academy Disciples, why does Lingjian Mountain need to give a reward?'
Zhuo Wanqiu, however, remained silent, thinking, 'I have understood everything.'
"My Senior Brother and Senior Sister are waiting for me at the original teahouse. I need to go there first and let them know I'm safe."
After standing up, Ji You subconsciously looked at Yan Shuyi, then immediately turned to Yuan Chen: "I'll be back. I'm staying here tonight."
Yuan Chen flinched slightly upon hearing this, thinking, 'My brother-in-law is truly thoughtful.'
This sentence might not have been meant for me, but rather to be conveyed to my sister through me.
Meanwhile, the Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain remained composed, cold and peerless, only her tea bubbled.
After leaving the Leisurely Courtyard, Ji You met Pei Ruyi, Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu, and Bai Rulong at the teahouse. They were waiting for him there, while the other Disciples were settled at the city's inn.
"Oh, so it's Divine Maiden Ruyi, Zhengxin Fairy, Heavenly Venerate Yangshu, and Rulong Immortal Emperor waiting for me here."
Ji You clasped his hands and bowed: "Ji You, an unremarkable individual with seven swords, a private cultivator from the countryside who Dual Cultivates in martial arts, greets the four of you."
The four of them blushed, and just as they were about to wave their hands and say those were just empty titles, they suddenly raised their eyes in astonishment, looking at the Qi around Ji You.
The Qi of the Lower Three Realms and the Upper Five Realms are distinctly different; the difference can be seen at a glance.
Ban Yangshu was the first to react, unable to help but widen his mouth: "Junior Brother, you've reached Tongxuan?"
Ji You nodded: "I broke through at the Wei hour today."
"How can it be Tongxuan Middle Stage?!"
"The Evil Qi in the mountains suppressed me too much. After coming out and seeing the clear sky, I couldn't hold it back at all."
Pei Ruyi looked at him, suddenly recalling Cao Jinsong's remark about this child being extraordinary.
She used to scoff at it, but now she could only study it word by word.
Afterward, the few of them exchanged information about the relic. Upon hearing what Ji You now knew, everyone felt a wave of lingering fear.
If they had been stubborn back then, they might have become someone else's immortal destiny.
"Junior Brother, are you—are you still returning to Tianshu Academy?"
Ji You looked at Pei Ruyi upon hearing the question and nodded: "Yes, why wouldn't I? I must enter the Inner Courtyard; not even the Heavenly Dao can stop me. I said so."
Hearing this, the four exchanged glances, thinking, 'Chu River has truly met his match this time.'
A private cultivator from a remote place in the countryside first comprehended the Heavenly Book, then directly broke through to the Tongxuan Middle Stage. That second son of the Chu family truly had bad luck.
So, the few of them agreed on a departure time and, for safety, decided to take an immortal ship back to the capital.
Bai Rulong looked around at this point and asked somewhat curiously: "Brother Ji, has your fiancée been rescued?"
"What fiancée?"
"Before, Zhuo Wanqiu from Lingjian Mountain came to inform us that there was trouble in the mountains and asked us to leave quickly. She specifically mentioned you, so I told her you went to rescue your fiancée."
Ji You was slightly stunned upon hearing this: "Zhuo Wanqiu came to inform you to leave?"
Wen Zhengxin nodded upon hearing the question: "Yes, she said she received a Master Jian's decree, telling us to evacuate quickly. I pondered for a long time, perhaps Lingjian Mountain didn't want to completely offend our Tianshu Academy."
Ji You looked at Bai Rulong without a change in expression: "Come, Rulong Immortal Emperor, let's find a corner and discuss the fiancée part in detail."
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"Eh?"
"Brother, I was wrong!"
After a while, the Rulong Immortal Emperor, who had discussed the fiancée part in detail, returned to the teahouse, clutching his empty money pouch,
He looked like a flower scorched by boiling water.
Damn it, I ran into a bandit.
Ji You truly profited from this outing, he sat down with a grin, then looked at Ban Yangshu, feeling a little strange: "I've already entered Tongxuan, so why can't I still see through Senior Brother's Qi?"
Ban Yangshu smiled faintly upon hearing this: "Tongxuan had trapped me for a long time, and I had originally lost hope of Integration Dao, but after this experience of life and death, I actually broke through."
"So that's how it is."
Wen Zhengxin couldn't help but speak at this moment: "We killed many Evil Seeds at that time, and he insisted he heard the world rumbling like in stories, muttering all the way, and indeed he broke through."
Ban Yangshu knew she was deliberately teasing him, so he said: "Perhaps I was the most deeply immersed."
Ru Long listened to the others speak, but said nothing. In fact, he also had a strange feeling when he was carving.
Later, when the thunder exploded in the sky, he felt it even more deeply, and now he also had a slight sense of breaking through, but he hadn't fully comprehended it yet.
Pei Ruyi interrupted their conversation and said to Ji You: "Let's eat first. This meal is on me, as thanks for Junior Brother's life-saving grace."
Ji You couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Senior Sister, good, but I suggest Ru Long pays."
"Brother Ji, I'm out of money—"
"You can borrow mine. You'll return it with interest when we get back."
The Rulong Immortal Emperor's lips trembled, thinking, 'Isn't having many fiancées a very prestigious thing? How can he be so vengeful?' It was already evening when Ji You left the Leisurely Courtyard. After dinner, it was night. Wen Zhengxin wanted to take him back to the inn, but Ji You refused, saying he was staying with a friend.
Afterward, he left the restaurant, walked dozens of steps, and suddenly stopped, looking up at the sky.
Since the sky opened at the Wei hour, what they saw was the true night, with a crescent moon hanging.
But—
That bloodstain stretching across the sky had grown larger.
Even now, Ji You didn't know what this bloodstain was. He had asked many people, but they only said it had existed since ancient times.
Ji You pondered for a long time without understanding, then pushed open the door and entered the leisurely courtyard.
After so many days of turmoil, the group was actually already exhausted. Yuan Chen and Zhuo Wanqiu had already gone to bed early.
At this moment, only Yan Shuyi was in the courtyard, sitting on the wooden railing in front of the house, holding a foxtail grass to flick away, feeling a bit sleepy and wanting to yawn.
These past few days, she had actually been very nervous, because someone ascending to immortality meant there was a problem with the Dao lineage, and what she held was the Dao lineage of Lingjian Mountain.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yan Shuyi turned her head and watched him approach little by little with glistening eyes.
"Zhuo Wanqiu came to tell us to leave, and she specifically looked for you."
"They said it was the Master Jian's decree."
The previous conversation echoed in Ji You's mind. He walked over slowly, reached out his hand when he was close, and pinched Yan Shuyi's left cheek. It was a bit cold to the touch, but truly as smooth and delicate as jade fat.
The little Master Jian was stunned by the pinch, looked up at him, her eyes fierce.
Ding Yao was not yet asleep at this moment.
She had too many things on her mind, wondering whether to report their location to Asked the Dao Sect, and thinking about how Min Cheng was doing, so she tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Small courtyards like this usually have a small window facing the bed. Pushing it open reveals the night sky. So Ding Yao reached out and pushed the window open.
It was this very action of looking out that she witnessed the astonishing scene under the moon.
The Master Jian was sitting on the wooden railing, looking up, while that Tianshu Academy Disciple named Ji You stood in front of her, pinching the Master Jian's Face.
This person was simply courting death!
She seemed to already see a bloody scene, and that foul hand being severed at the root.
But unexpectedly, Yan Shuyi only glared at him fiercely, then let him pinch her Face, kicking her feet,
Looking up at the night sky.
After a while, she flicked the foxtail grass in her hand twice and handed it to Ji You.
Ji You took it and tucked it behind his ear.
Neither of them exchanged any words during this process, only the bright moon and the sound of the wind.
After sitting quietly for a while, Yan Shuyi suddenly started yawning again, then got down from the wooden railing, stretched lazily, and returned to the house. Before closing the door, she couldn't help but wave her fist.
Seeing this, Ding Yao quickly closed the window and sat on the bed, stunned for a long time, filled with confusion.
She had always thought that Ji You could speak to the Master Jian because he knew Yuan Caiwei, but now it seemed that was not the case at all.
That person and the Master Jian had known each other for a long time, and their relationship was extraordinary.
And once this thought took hold, Ding Yao felt as if something suddenly clicked.
Ji You's mercy, the Master Jian's 'clip voice,' Zhuo Wanqiu's strange expression—
But this was unreasonable, because their identities were not at all equal.
In this world, everything emphasized matching social status and mutual benefit, so only the current generation's direct Disciples could be worthy of the current generation's direct Disciples; this was the most reasonable.
But this unreasonable guess, when integrated into all her perceptions, was indeed the most reasonable.
Yet, how could an Outer Courtyard student of Tianshu Academy compare to a direct Disciple of Asked the Dao Sect? She couldn't understand what the Master Jian was thinking at all.
Thinking of this, Ding Yao suddenly felt a bit sorry for that direct Disciple of Asked the Dao Sect.
He had shown his devotion for a long time, without even being able to say a few words to the Master Jian, but now that person could casually pinch the Master Jian's Face.