[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-watching-the-immortals-fall":3,"chapter-watching-the-immortals-fall-watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-104":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Watching the Immortals Fall",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2259977,4410,"Chapter 104: Partners in Deceiving My Body?","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-104",104,"\u003Cp>Ji You wore only his inner robe, then went to the bamboo grove next door; after walking a few steps, he saw a tall wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was uncertain, so he turned to look at Yuanchen nearby—this direct disciple of Yu Danzong gave a solemn nod and pointed toward the wall’s interior, signaling him to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You understood at once, leapt up, and landed behind the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, there was a more refined medicinal pool here, though its area was tiny—just enough for one person to stretch out their legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so small, the medicinal power within was extraordinarily potent; merely being near it already made one feel invigorated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuanchen really knows his stuff!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You removed his clothes and stepped into the pool, immediately sensing a pleasant, faint fragrance wafting toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past few days, he had been continuously purifying his body through spiritual essence cleansing; though his physical strength had surged dramatically, he still felt aching soreness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially that new surge of qi within him—fierce and overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, soaking in the medicinal pool, as the gentle power of the herbs intervened, the lingering discomfort slowly faded, replaced by a faint spiritual glow shimmering across his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect opportunity…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You pondered a moment, then slowly closed his eyes, deciding to perform his ninth Spiritual Light Micro-Illumination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet as he sank into meditation and spiritual energy surged uncontrollably into him, his spiritual sense began rising involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt just like awakening to the Heavenly Scripture in the Heavenly Book Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You tried to retract his spiritual sense, but it slipped uncontrollably into a boundless, hazy void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked upward, and through the dim haze, he seemed to see a three-legged bronze furnace glowing brilliantly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the western bamboo pavilion, candlelight flickered as Yuan Caimei finished the final stroke—the lifelike white-robed swordsman leapt onto the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She set down her brush, stared for a long while, then smiled faintly before descending from the pavilion and entering the bamboo grove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a gentle tug at her waist, she shed her outer robe, then slipped off her moon-white inner robe, revealing the rounded, firm curves outlined beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bamboo grove was her private domain; no one entered without permission, and she was accustomed to undressing as she walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moon hung above the willows, the night hazy, birds singing softly in the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei arrived gracefully at the courtyard, now only in her undergarments, when she noticed faint, flickering light within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Xiao Die and Xiao Rou arrived already?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei froze slightly, then pushed open the door—her gaze fell on the small pool, and in an instant, her beautiful eyes widened, her body locking rigid in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The courtyard wasn’t filled with her two maids—it was a man. A man she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man sat upright in the medicinal pool, his muscular torso bare, every curve of his physique defined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because he usually wore loose immortal robes, radiating scholarly charm, no one would guess such a hard, powerful body lay beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each breath, his broad chest rose and fell, and the mysterious light around him flickered intermittently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei stared blankly for a long time, her cheeks instantly flushed pink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man had appeared in her medicinal pool—she should scream, yet her eyes were glued to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her gaze involuntarily dropped lower, her red lips parting slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuanchen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really want him to be your brother-in-law?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei suddenly understood—her cheeks burned crimson, and she snatched up her clothes, hurrying toward the exit; yet as her hand pulled open the courtyard gate, her steps halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she bathed, her maids brought petals and essential oils on schedule—they were probably already on their way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving now wouldn’t be a problem, but if she met them on the way and they entered to find Ji You naked…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since many Heavenly Book Academy disciples still resided in Jade Balance Hall…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anyu was a Fusion Dao realm cultivator—far higher than Ji You.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei took a deep breath, bit her lip, and turned toward the medicinal pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the pool’s edge lay the white silk cloth she used to dry herself; she pulled it out and, blushing furiously, draped it over his thighs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she stepped into the pool, her translucent, snow-white feet stirring the water, mimicking the sound of someone bathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuanchen, where did Brother Ji go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s out having fun—he’ll be back soon…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the neighboring large medicinal pool, Yuanchen replied, shrinking tightly into the water, tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister, don’t blame me—though the Young Master also calls me brother, he’s not truly my blood kin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight, you must perform well. Brother can only help you this far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You remained utterly still in meditation, gazing at the hazy furnace in the mist, his spiritual sense circling endlessly—he noticed no sound from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until a knock at the door startled him—he slowly opened his eyes to see a snow-white woman speaking outward, her voice soft yet trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss, your essential oils and petals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“N-no, not today… you may go. I’m almost done.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a splash of water, Ji You saw Yuan Caimei clearly—her delicate, exquisite feet were kicking water before him, sending droplets flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore only her undergarments, her head turned toward the door, her skin glistening, smooth and pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, the maids outside seemed to have left; Yuan Caimei exhaled, then immediately reached for the white silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew perfectly well: Ji You was a gentleman—he would never sneak into her medicinal pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yuanchen must have tricked Ji You into coming here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maids were gone; now, if she took the silk away, Ji You would never know she had come… or seen…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei tugged hard on the silk—but before she could pull it free, a counter-force yanked it back, dragging her into the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caught off guard, she tumbled forward, instinctively gripping a broad, firm chest, her slender body collapsing into his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She froze, raising her head slowly—only to find Ji You’s eyes wide open, staring at her in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, clad only in undergarments, had tried to snatch the silk covering her, intending improper conduct; he, in panic, grabbed the silk to stop her—and she had fallen right into his lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of it now, Ji You was utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Caimei… you and Yuanchen conspired to trick me into your body?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei hadn’t expected such a question—she blushed furiously, shrinking in his arms: “Young Master Ji, don’t misunderstand—I didn’t!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I saw it with my own eyes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei hurried to explain: “This is my medicinal pool—I didn’t know why you were here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She usually carried the aura of Yu Danzong’s eldest daughter, naturally proud; now her eyes shimmered with tears, as if she might cry, yet she made no move to escape his embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You’s mind was still foggy: “I suspected before—why did you write asking about my body’s suitability for inheritance? You must have had this in mind. Though such things do happen in the Heavenly Book Academy, you still shouldn’t use such tactics!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only asked about your body out of curiosity—I had no improper intentions!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you’re sitting right in my lap now—that’s going to cost you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei suddenly cleared her thoughts: “Yuanchen must have lied to you—that there was a pool here! He’s always wanted you as his brother-in-law, so he tricked you into my private medicinal pool!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanchen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Ji You recalled Yuanchen’s voice calling him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the fellow spoke as if undertaking some grand mission, wearing that dramatic, martyr-like expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already accepted Yan Shuyi as his sister—why now seek to make it even closer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You felt Yuan Caimei growing warmer in his arms, her breathing growing heavier—he finally realized, and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, hooking her slender leg to lift her from his lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei’s figure was tall and slender, yet in his arms she felt like a tiny thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once free of his embrace, her heart pounded wildly: “This was a misunderstanding—Young Master Ji, please leave quickly. Don’t let anyone find out. Let’s pretend today never happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You clenched his lips—he was a normal man, after all. She’d sat in his lap half-naked for ages, and now he dared not even straighten his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her feet were so pale—almost rivaling the Young Master of Spirit Sword Mountain’s…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of that girl from Spirit Sword Mountain, Ji You sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Shuyi, Yan Shuyi—you’re truly useless. After knowing each other so long, you still haven’t thrown yourself at me like a hungry wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now look—I’ve lost my body to Yuan Caimei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should know I meant to let you see it first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Caimei, you go first—I can’t leave yet. I need to wait a while longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei turned—and saw Ji You wearing the face of a virtuous gentleman, yet his arm pressed tightly against the white silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood at once, blushing as she rose, her snow-white foot stepping onto the pool’s edge, preparing to step out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in her haste, her foot slipped—she failed to escape, instead tumbling downward; at the last moment, Ji You caught her hips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be careful—if you bruise yourself, no one will believe it was an accident.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Ji is a lecher…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei muttered silently, her face burning, as he lifted her from the pool; she snatched her clothes and fled, nearly falling flat as she stumbled out the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good heavens—handsome boys really shouldn’t go out without guarding themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You watched her vanish, then immediately sank into meditation; after a stick of incense burned, he retrieved his inner robe and leapt over the wall, returning to the large medicinal pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s Yuanchen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuanchen left a while ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ji You approach with a solemn expression, Bai Ru long couldn’t help asking, “Brother Ji, what happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You sighed. “Don’t mention it—I got badly cheated tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Yangshu looked at Ji You and thought: Damn, only my brother Ji could pull this off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sneaking off to bathe secretly with the daughter of the Dan Sect, then claiming he was the one who got cheated—who else but a notorious bandit would do such a thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already a Cultivator of the Merging Dao realm; his senses far surpassed Bai Ru long’s. He had already sensed something amiss, especially after Yuan Chen left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he hadn’t heard clearly just now, he’d caught enough to learn some secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother You, your forehead’s looking a bit green…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, dusk fell, and Ji You and the others left the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhengxin and Pei Ruyi also emerged from the medicinal pool, casting strange glances at Ji You, then said nothing and returned to the back courtyard of Yuheng Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Buyu was in the courtyard, sipping tea with He Lingxiu, Wang Yue, and Fang Linchao, still talking about how the medicinal light radiating from the Shaoguang Hall on the mountaintop was marvelously mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Ji You and the others, his gaze turned slightly cold—until he noticed Ban Yangshu and the others looking at him with pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yuan Chen knelt inside his sister’s bamboo pavilion, hunched like a quail as he faced his sister, whose face was as cold as frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei crossed her arms, her cheeks still faintly flushed, holding a rattan cane as she stared at him: “Speak—did you trick Brother Ji into my medicinal pool?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuan Chen, do you want to drive your sister out of the Dan Sect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Chen immediately looked up: “No, I didn’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei gritted her teeth: “Then why did you lead a man into my pool? Luckily Brother Ji is a gentleman—if he weren’t, how could I ever face anyone again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she felt again the pressure of that broad chest against her, and her ears turned bright red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I saw that you seemed to have feelings for Brother Ji, so I came up with a clever idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… when did I ever have feelings for Brother Ji?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Chen couldn’t help raising his head: “At Qiling, when I called him ‘Brother-in-law,’ you always rolled your eyes—but today, when I asked you where Brother-in-law was, you answered right away: ‘In the Ding Room at the back of Yuheng Hall.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Caimei’s cheeks flushed red; she raised her hand as if to strike: “You dare say more!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On the way back from Qiling to the Heavenly Book Academy, I was happy, thinking everyone there was like Brother-in-law—but then I realized I was wrong. There’s only one like him. Sister, you need to think carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his sister suddenly freeze, Yuan Chen thought: Sister, you’ve been caught—I knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You may act aloof and untouchable as the Little Mirror Mistress, but you’re the one who clings closest to Brother-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll have to fight her later for the main and secondary rooms—what good is drawing pictures of Brother-in-law with seven swords in the bamboo grove? If you don’t act now, the flowers will be long gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Recommended by a friend: Two Realms Cultivation: From Shanhai to Honghuang)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2206,"2026-06-19T15:28:39.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","dccf8a7b018d6d5458ebd0ec4b9f69fca6068a67540bbef72e4b8a3c1ce74785","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-105","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-103",430,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwatching-the-immortals-fall-cover.jpg"]