Chapter 2072: How to Tame the Rebellious Boy 21

Ji Lai Zhi clearly saw Ji Yuan Shan's greed and anger, and also saw Ji Si Yao's unwillingness and jealousy.

He tilted his head, his features smiling beautifully, and arrogantly said of the ignorant boy he had raised with difficulty: "Jin Chen gave me so many treasures, I don't even look down on that sword in the Casting Sword Pavilion."

Ji Yuan Shan: "......"

He nearly fainted from anger, his face completely trampled underfoot.

Or he had never looked at him properly, only wanting to make more use of his deceased wife's son.

Ji Si Yao suddenly stepped forward, bowing deeply to Ji Lai Zhi, but his stance was clearly meant to show off to Jin Chen.

He looked sorrowful, as if he were worrying and feeling wronged for Ji Lai Zhi.

"Brother, we are ultimately blood brothers; we should support each other in the future. You still have many items for me to safeguard. I will certainly not distance myself from you over this, right?"

Ji Lai Zhi's expression suddenly changed; he stared coldly at Ji Si Yao, clenching his fists tightly.

"The items to be safeguarded"—my mother's keepsakes, the lower half of the Shadowless Hammer Technique manual, and his body bond.

Without these things, he would be trapped in Azure Cloud City for the rest of his life.

Seeing this, Ji Si Yao's face flashed a hint of mocking delight, then he saw Ji Lai Zhi turn and throw himself into Jin Chen's arms.

Ji Lai Zhi felt extremely wronged, clutching Jin Chen's arm as he complained, his voice trembling faintly.

"You don't know—Ji Yuan Shan seized my body bond and my mother's keepsakes; if I don't get them back, I can't leave with you."

These words reaching Jin Chen's ears meant that Ji Yuan Shan not only had been bullying his wife for so long, but also wanted to detain her so he couldn't take her away.

{Who could bear this. } Ling Gun Gun fidgeted, {Maybe the Host should give him another beating! }

Suddenly the courtyard fell silent, an oppressive pressure spreading from Jin Chen's surroundings.

Nine Cranes Elder and Du Gu Wen unconsciously stepped aside a few steps, not wanting to be implicated.

"Ji Yuan Shan, hand over the things." Jin Chen spoke in a flat tone, yet anyone could hear the displeasure within.

Ji Yuan Shan glared fiercely at Ji Si Yao, then hurriedly said: "But Sir, Lai Zhi is after all my son; do you think giving the body bond to you is proper?"

Jin Chen frowned: "Just return it to Lai Zhi; stop switching concepts."

"Furthermore, Lai Zhi is now under my care; how is that improper?"

"... Yes." Ji Yuan Shan reluctantly agreed.

Ji Si Yao suddenly regretted bringing this up today; he desperately wanted to regain the feeling of easily provoking Ji Lai Zhi into madness, but forgot that Ji Lai Zhi already had a backer.

Just one sentence, and the items that had trapped Ji Lai Zhi at the Sword Manor for years were reclaimed.

No, that's not right.

Ji Si Yao secretly glanced at Ji Lai Zhi's side room; his heart eased a little, he would not let Ji Lai Zhi have an easy time.

If Ji Lai Zhi left here, the toxin would eventually wear off after too long, leaving him worse than dead.

Ji Si Yao was thinking when he suddenly felt a chill behind him; turning, he met Jin Chen's icy, abyss-like gaze, as if looking at a corpse, his heart jolted and he hurriedly lowered his head to dodge.

"Impossible… The poison was administered so covertly that even Ji Lai Zhi's mother, who was so capable over a decade ago, died from it; no one would notice."

Leaving Observing Cloud Courtyard, Du Gu Wen, still unclear about worldly affairs, full of doubts, still went to ask Nine Cranes.

"Master, why did the Grand Master today let Ji Yuan Shan go? His excuse is so flimsy, he only exchanged Ji Shaoye's freedom and some money."

Nine Cranes stroked his long beard and sighed: "You forgot, the Formless Bureau handles cases requiring both person and evidence, with complete proof."

"The Grand Master is not being indifferent; perhaps he intends to later openly destroy the Azure Cloud Sword Manor, removing it from the jianghu, which would be venting Ji Shaoye's anger; as for the money, maybe it's pocket money for Ji Shaoye."

Du Gu Wen: "......"

"That really is indulgence— a hundred taels of gold as pocket money."

——

Three days later, on the night of the second reply from Medicine King Valley.

Since learning of Jin Chen's profound and mysterious identity, Ji Si Yao has been anxious inside, unable to get an answer even from Xue Duan Ming.

Only Ji Si Yao himself knows how jealous and panicked he feels.

Jealous of Ji Lai Zhi's already excellent talent, now with Jin Chen's guidance, he fears he will never easily surpass him in this lifetime.

This makes it unbearable for him, who has always been a head above Ji Lai Zhi since childhood.

No matter how he hints, Jin Chen remains unmoved and has no intention of taking him as a disciple.

And Jin Chen's attitude is precisely the cause of Ji Si Yao's anxiety.

Whenever he thinks of Jin Chen residing in Observing Cloud Courtyard, clearly a teacher-student relationship with Ji Lai Zhi yet ambiguous, possibly coming and going from Ji Lai Zhi's side room, he worries the toxin will be discovered.

Then it would truly be a near success ruined.

If Ji Lai Zhi does not go mad, how could he seize the Shadowless Hammer Technique, how could he seize that vast internal force?

Ji Si Yao, thinking this, felt anger surge from all sides; he kicked the wall hard, then suddenly glanced toward the window.

"Who?!"

After a few moments of silence, Ji Si Yao narrowed his eyes, quickly stepped forward, picked up his long sword, and walked toward the door.

Bang!

A palm wind burst through the door first; Ji Si Yao's pupils trembled, he hastily raised his sword and gathered internal energy to block, yet was still flung to the ground by the wind, rolling twice hard.

When he got up, the door was shut tight; Jin Chen in a moon-white long robe stood inside, his aura colder than usual.

"Sir?"

Ji Si Yao wondered how he hadn't expected the intruder to be Jin Chen; his thoughts turned several times, he bit his lip and steadied himself.

"Sir, why did you barge into my courtyard at night? If you want to come, I won't stop you."

Jin Chen paid no attention to Ji Si Yao's embarrassed posture.

He coldly questioned: "The toxin in Lai Zhi's room—was it you or Ji Yuan Shan?"

Jin Chen indeed discovered it!!!

Ji Si Yao opened his mouth, but could hardly make a sound; his inner anxiety almost turned into fear.

"... What, what poison, I don't know."

Ji Siyao's eye sockets were slightly red, as if he could not bear such oppression.

"You came in the middle of the night, sir, just to, for my brother, groundlessly pin a crime on me?"

Jin Chen lowered his gaze to look at him, but the words he spoke made Ji Siyao feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Lai Zhi tonight the poison flared up, the pain was unbearable; I soothed him for a long time before he could sleep."

"Besides, after over ten years, there ought to be someone who can empathize with his pain."

"Ugh!" Ji Siyao was strangled from a distance; the sudden suffocation pain and sense of oppression robbed him of all ability to resist.