Chapter 108: Why Is Junior Brother Ji So Honest?
After dinner, the setting sun descended, and the sky above Dry An City was filled with evening clouds.
Ji You and the others left the restaurant and, passing by Qionghua Pavilion—a place where the poor were not allowed—stepped in to browse.
He still had a thousand taels left from the money he earned in the ruins, so he spent some of it here, buying some Medicinal Pills.
“Didn’t Junior Brother say he doesn’t take Medicinal Pills?” Ban Yangshu looked somewhat puzzled.
Bai Rulong pursed his lips: “Isn’t that because he was poor?”
Wen Zhengxin also approached Ji You at this moment, looking at the Medicinal Pills he bought. She noticed that most of them were Body Protection Spirit Pills, including some that Sun Bin had taken during his duel with Ji You on Baiyu Platform. Each one cost thirty taels.
Junior Brother usually split even a single copper coin in half, letting Bai Rulong pay for the other half, so such a grand expenditure was truly rare.
“Junior Brother, why are you buying so many Body Protection Medicinal Pills?”
“To prevent trouble before it arises.”
Ji You put the Medicinal Pills into his storage gourd and looked at Bai Rulong: “Brother Bai, isn’t there anything you want to buy?”
Bai Rulong turned his head upon hearing this, his mouth twitching: “Brother Ji, you’ve swindled all my silver.”
Ji You looked disdainful: “Look at your penniless appearance. Go on, pick something.”
“You’re treating?”
“Yes, just don’t get caught.”
After dinner, they returned to the inn as darkness fell. Ji You went back to his room and began to draw Spiritual Qi into his body to refine his Physical Body.
As the vast Spiritual Qi surged into his limbs and bones, that trembling sensation reappeared.
Ji You’s Divine Thought stirred slightly, igniting the Spiritual Qi within his body.
As the aching pain continuously coursed through his Meridians, the ignited Spiritual Light also began to collide within his body, roaring as it circulated for multiple cycles.
But just like that time in the daytime, he again felt an unusual sense of urgency, causing his head to buzz.
Seeing this, Ji You took a breath and decided to put it aside for now.
After his Spirit Origin exploded, he saw Spiritual Qi, wrapped in true spirit, flow into his limbs and bones. He then thought of using the method of refining Spirit Origin to refine his Physical Body. Although he achieved results, it was actually a shortcut.
As for whether doing this was right or wrong, he had no idea at all.
Since he had already refined to an unmanageable point, he did not want to be too demanding, fearing he might blow himself up. “The current strength should be enough to knock many people out with one punch.”
“But I still prefer using a sword—”
“After all, an inch longer is an inch stronger.”
Ji You clenched his fist, brandishing it with a whooshing sound. His Aura gradually subsided, and then he began to wash up and lay on his bed.
He was about to reach Lingjian Mountain, feeling a bit nervous.
Last time, Ding Yao saw him pinch Yan Shuyi’s face and said she would report it to the Sect. He wondered if he would be directly seized by the neck once he got to the mountain.
And that dog-like Bai Rulong, whose Dao Heart would become clear whenever he saw a beautiful female Cultivator, insisted on dragging him along to admire them.
There must be countless female Cultivators on Lingjian Mountain. From today onwards, he couldn't pay attention to him, lest he bring trouble upon himself.
As the stars rotated, the sky gradually brightened.
The Tianshu Academy A group of people directly departed from the inn by carriage, beginning their journey deeper into Lingzhou.
“Junior Brother, look, there’s a woman outside the window who isn’t wearing clothes.”
Ji You was resting with his eyes closed at the moment. Hearing this, he looked up at Wen Zhengxin and thought, *Senior Sister, how did you also learn this trick?* He quickly waved his hand: “No, I don’t like looking.”
He quickly held his breath and focused, his Dao Heart completely clear, which surprised Wen Zhengxin and Pei Ruyi.
There was no woman outside the window not wearing clothes. It was just that after dinner at the restaurant last night, the two of them noticed that Ji You seemed to have become much more reserved, so they couldn't help but test him during the boring carriage ride.
Only Bai Rulong and Ban Yangshu believed it; the former peered out the window, looking around.
The latter, who had been resting with his eyes closed, now slightly opened a slit that was imperceptible but allowed him to see extremely clearly.
“Do you think Junior Brother has an fiancée on Lingjian Mountain?”
Pei Ruyi looked at Wen Zhengxin upon hearing this: “Why do you say that?”
Wen Zhengxin chuckled: “Otherwise, why would Junior Brother be so honest? It’s as if he suddenly changed his personality.”
Pei Ruyi also had a sudden realization, then leaned closer to her ear: “That Zhuo Wanqiu from last time—”
1?
“Oh, it’s her—”
When they returned from Qi Ridge, although Zhuo Wanqiu claimed to be protecting the Yuan family siblings, she stayed glued to Ji You once they boarded the ship.
Moreover, Lingjian Mountain was supposed to have attacked them along with Asked the Dao Sect, yet Zhuo Wanqiu came to persuade them to leave, which was also strange.
Although Zhuo Wanqiu claimed it was Master Jian’s order, the two of them had discussed the matter after returning and felt it was not credible.
The young Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain held a noble status, equivalent to the Sect Master. Their group, even within Tianshu Academy, was considered neglected Disciples, sent to be cannon fodder, so how could they receive her attention?
Therefore, the more reasonable explanation was that Zhuo Wanqiu acted on her own initiative.
“Junior Brother is really a playboy. He has fiancées all over Qingyun World. Not to mention Fang Ruoyao, who is from the same hometown as him, Lu Qingqiu from Yunzhou, whose family owns a mine, often wanders around Junior Brother’s courtyard. There’s also Yuan Caiwei from Dan Sect, and now even Lingjian Mountain has one.”
“???”
However, after a moment of thought, Pei Ruyi glanced at Ji You, who was still closing his eyes: “No, I don’t think it’s Zhuo Wanqiu.”
Wen Zhengxin blinked: “Why not?”
“The one who can make Junior Brother so honest must be a woman whom Junior Brother cannot defeat. Zhuo Wanqiu does not have such high cultivation, so her possibility is small.”
Wen Zhengxin was somewhat surprised: “A woman with a higher Realm than Junior Brother?”
Pei Ruyi nodded, but then frowned: “Someone with a higher Realm than Junior Brother would have to be in the Rongdao Realm. Among the women in the Rongdao Realm at Lingjian Mountain, besides that direct Disciple of Xuanjian Peak, the youngest are already in their thirties or forties.”
“Hey~”
The path of cultivation is long and arduous, and the Physical Body is the greatest limitation.
One reason is that the Divine Soul cannot detach from the Physical Body, and the other is related to Lifespan.
A Junior Third Realm Completion who is not yet twenty is valuable because someone of that age who can break into the Upper Five Realms is destined to be extraordinary. But even so, unless they are one in a million Genius, they generally have to endure hardship to break through their Realm.
Just like Gongshu Chou, whom Ji You spared that day, only entered the Rongdao Realm in his forties.
Pei Ruyi and Wen Zhengxin, not yet thirty, were actually considered extremely fast, and it was inevitable that some suspected they had gained benefits in the ruins but did not report them.
Although Ji You had his eyes closed at this moment, he heard their conversation clearly, and his face gradually darkened.
Gossip is truly a woman’s nature—
“Two Senior Sisters, too much curiosity can sometimes be a distraction, which is detrimental to cultivating the Dao.”
Hearing Ji You speak calmly, Pei Ruyi and Wen Zhengxin immediately showed an expression of “as expected.”
Then the carriage jolted, and a faint salty, moist, and warm scent began to appear in the wind.
This scent should be from Xuán Hǎi; this sea area is said to be boundless and bottomless, which means Lingjian Mountain will be reached soon.
At this point, the relaxed chat atmosphere inside the carriage gradually dissipated, replaced by extremely solemn expressions.
Although You Buyu and He Lingxiu were the ones going to Asked the Dao, the Lingjian Mountain Disciples who were injured by Tianshu Academy during the ruins incident might not be so peaceful.
Especially that Gongshu Chou.
At that time, Ji You was still a Junior Third Realm Completion, yet he almost killed him in the ruins.
An ordinary person would likely not tolerate such a thing.
Since he couldn't seek revenge at Tianshu Academy, now was the best opportunity.
Freed from the suppression of Evil Qi on Cultivators in the ruins, a Rongdao Realm Cultivator against a Tong Xuan Realm Cultivator is truly enough for a fatal blow.
Then the carriage jolted again, gradually entering an ancient city.
The city gates, cast from black iron, gleamed coldly in the sunlight. A plaque hung above them, inscribed with the words Nanhua City.
This was the closest city to Lingjian Mountain, and its inhabitants were all Cultivators’ Sect.
These people all came from Cultivator Worldly Sect, but because their talent was insufficient to enter the Seven Great Immortal Sects, they lived near the Immortal Sect.
Entering from the main city road, there was a long, winding river in the city, with many boats floating on it and a large number of people coming and going.
At this moment, the carriage stopped in front of an inn. You Buyu, He Lingxiu, Wang Yue, and Fang Linchao were the first to alight, entering the inn with expressionless faces.
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Bai Rulong was somewhat puzzled: “We’re going to Lingjian Mountain, shouldn’t we go directly up the mountain? Why stop here?”
“If we were just visiting the Sect, we would go straight up after submitting a formal request. But we are here to Asked the Dao.
Ji You withdrew his gaze: “If they don’t open the Sect’s great formation, we can’t even get in. We’ll probably have to stay in Nanhua Town for a night before we get a result.”
Ban Yangshu nodded; he had considered this on the way and reached a similar conclusion.
Asking the Dao was not like visiting the Sect; the atmosphere was not as friendly, and whether Lingjian Mountain would allow them up the mountain was still uncertain.
If they didn’t allow it, it would be simpler.
They would simply return the way they came and could then claim that Lingjian Mountain was afraid to fight, so much so that even though Tianshu Academy Disciples had reached the foot of the mountain, they still dared not open the Sect’s great formation.
However, such a thought was merely a fleeting one, because Lingjian Mountain would not possibly keep its mountain gate closed.
“Everyone, be careful. Before Lingjian Mountain opens its formation to let us in, there might be some kind of initial display of power.”
Ban Yangshu muttered, then lifted the curtain and exited the carriage.
Ji You also got up and exited the carriage, following closely behind.
Lingzhou also had Tianshu Academy’s external representatives, who had already reserved rooms before their arrival and were distributing room cards one by one.
Bai Rulong and Ban Yangshu were on the second floor, while Ji You and the two Senior Sisters were assigned to the third floor.
This inn was quite good, already considered the most expensive in Nanhua City. After all, they were here representing their prestige; they couldn’t possibly stay in a dilapidated inn right at someone’s doorstep.
Ji You stepped into the room, walked across the carpet, and pushed open the window.
Looking out from the window, not far away were majestic, endless mountains.
Among these smaller mountains, three towering, perilous peaks stood like sharp swords pointing towards the sky.
And these three towering peaks were Lingjian Mountain’s Tianjian Peak, Xuanjian Peak, and Wenjian Peak.
Tianjian Peak was in the middle, shrouded in clouds and mist. Wenjian Peak was to its right, with a slightly less imposing Aura.
Ji You’s gaze swept over these two sword peaks, finally settling on the towering peak to the left.
This mountain was even more perilous than Tianjian Peak, surrounded by clouds and mist, where a huge palace could vaguely be seen situated atop the mountain.
“Boudoir—”
(Sect, please give me your monthly votes! I feel like there’s still potential to climb higher—or2)