Chapter 132: Changes in the Situation

After the middle of the fifth month, the chicken song is not round and the sky is already dawn, the frog croaks and the rain comes again.

During this time, the barbarian race is still constantly probing outside the Cold Iron Pass, so the flames of war are constantly rising on the Northern Plains, and the paths are chaotic.

The only divine general in the Great Xia who entered the Dao with martial arts and killing has sat in the Cold Iron Pass for more than half a year, causing countless barbarian powers hiding murderous intent to fail to cross that pass gate.

During this time, the demon race entering the Nine Provinces began to increase one after another, prospering in business and currency, causing the price of spirit stones to fall temporarily.

But because the figures of these uninvited guests gradually increased, conflicts also began to occur from time to time.

For the human race, the spirit stones flowing from the Snow Region are of extremely high quality, and there are also rare ores mined from the Ten Thousand Mountains, which are also extremely suitable for forging magic treasures and spirit tools.

But they only welcome the demon race's goods, and do not welcome the demon race's people.

These conflicts eventually ended with the demon race retreating three times, quite like the posture of having to bow one's head under the eaves, but this did not eliminate the grudges in the hearts of the Nine Provinces' aristocratic families and Immortal Manors.

"Don't be blinded by their silence; the demon race's forbearance and dormancy today must have a greater plot."

"Does this still need to be said? They originally wanted to seize the luck of my race, and are jackals from the same lair as the barbarian race, just in a different way."

"A few days ago, the spirit stones transported from Yunzhou to the three southern states seemed to be unsalable because the demon race's merchant team entered Yudu..."

"The quality of the demon race's spirit stones is still extremely high; this point cannot be denied."

"Speaking of the three southern sects, have you heard about Spirit Sword Mountain?"

"The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan asked the Dao and lost both battles; didn't this matter have rumors a few days ago? However, Spirit Sword Mountain did not publicize it widely. It is said that it is because a Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple broke their Sword Forest."

"This matter is no longer a secret; I am talking about another one."

"Another one? What else is there at Spirit Sword Mountain?"

"Heavenly Jianfeng's Qi Qi Zhengyang..."

Although the matter of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan asking the Dao and failing was not publicized by Spirit Sword Mountain, it could not be covered up because the Mountain Sea Pavilion and Asking Dao Sect were on the mountain that day.

It was just that the two great Immortal Sects that were opposed to each other in this matter seemed to have discussed it, and kept silent with extreme tacit understanding.

And the best way to lower the spread and influence of a matter is for both sides of the event not to participate.

Thus, in this atmosphere, a matter that seemed less eye-catching than the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan asking the Dao and losing both battles became a matter of more concern for the cultivation practitioners of the world when talking about Spirit Sword Mountain.

That was seven days after the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple left Spirit Sword Mountain, Qi Qi Zhengyang's daughter, Qi Rong, of Heavenly Jianfeng, officially entered the seat of Profound Jianfeng Master Yan Yan Jingxiang.

Like Yan Yan Shujing, Qi Rong was also accepted as a direct disciple of Profound Jianfeng.

But everyone knew that what Profound Jianfeng got was not a direct disciple, but that Qi Qi Zhengyang with unparalleled sword intent.

One must know that powerful practitioners at the perfection of the Upper Five Realms have the power to move mountains and fill seas, and can be regarded as the foundation of an Immortal Sect.

Spirit Sword Mountain has only five people at the perfection of the Upper Five Realms on the surface: one at Asking Jianfeng, one at Profound Jianfeng, and three at Heavenly Jianfeng.

And now Qi Qi Zhengyang's act of sending his daughter into Profound Jianfeng seems to have caused the situation to change suddenly in a subtle way.

And Qi Qi Zhengyang's act of making this move, although Yan Yan Jingxiang, the master of Profound Jianfeng, was happy to see it, he could not guess it.

One point that can be figured out is that after Qi family's eldest son died in the ruins, this Elder Qi probably did not count this debt on the Chen family or the Zheng family whose whole family died, but on Heavenly Jianfeng.

But what cannot be figured out is who the person who persuaded him to enter Profound Jianfeng was.

"This is not a matter that can be hit off immediately. After all, Qi Qi Zhengyang's status determines that this matter will involve a lot, and it cannot be a whim, nor can it be without prior notification."

"There must be a lead in this."

"This lead must bring goodwill to Qi Qi Zhengyang and bring sword intent to Profound Jianfeng, so that both sides can have a tacit understanding; otherwise, it is just one side being hot."

"But after the ruins, Qi Qi Zhengyang has never seen anyone from Profound Jianfeng."

Qi Qi Zhengyang entered the mountain as the eldest son of the Qi family in his early years, then hid in the deep mountains to comprehend the sword, rarely seeing guests except for several elders of Heavenly Jianfeng.

Yan Yan Jingxiang also wanted to make friends with him, but never had the opportunity.

As for his daughter, she was watched by people from Heavenly Jianfeng as the contemporary Mirror Master, so she naturally had no opportunity to contact Qi Qi Zhengyang.

So the occurrence of this matter made many people not understand.

Thus, after Qi Rong entered Profound Jianfeng, Spirit Sword Mountain's current Abbot Yan Zhong and countless elders under his seat began to look through Qi Qi Zhengyang's guest list.

"These people are all elders of my Heavenly Jianfeng; when have there been outsiders?"

"Then what do the elders think, could there be people in my Heavenly Jianfeng who have long been inclined toward Profound Jianfeng? My niece, no matter what, is also the orthodoxy of Spirit Sword Mountain, isn't she?"

"Abbot Senior Brother, I think this kind of suspicious heart should not be raised lightly at this time."

"But there is always a lead for this matter to be reasonable. You must know that when Qi Rong entered Profound Jianfeng, I saw Yan Yan Jingxiang's expression, and I can conclude that he did not know the details beforehand."

Yan Yan Qingchi and Yan Ye were also in the Sword Pavilion of Heavenly Jianfeng at this time, listening to several venerable sword peak elders saying one sentence after another, unable to interject.

These two elders were boiled down by the main family bloodline and years, and usually responsible for trivial matters in the sect.

For this kind of major event of the dark struggle between the two peaks, they naturally did not have much right to speak.

However, at this time, both of them also held a copy of Qi Qi Zhengyang's guest list, and at this time they were staring at a line of words, their brows slightly frowned.

【Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple, entered Qi Qi Zhengyang's residence after breaking the Sword Forest, then was slashed out by a sword】

Ji You, this is the only outsider on the list.

Yan Ye and Yan Yan Qingchi's faces were solemn, but they felt they couldn't think deeply, and couldn't speak out.

Because they knew that if this guess were spoken out, it would probably be ridiculed.

A Profound Understanding realm disciple of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, with a low realm and low status, even if he has a clear sword heart, how could he have the opportunity to have a relationship with such a major event as the internal struggle of Spirit Sword Mountain...

Afterward, the temperature began to rise one after another, and midsummer arrived in a flash.

In the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's Clear Water Lake, the lotus leaves connecting the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are exceptionally red.

The students after breakfast appeared from the rooms, facing the faint morning light, and appeared on the white jade platform of the outer courtyard. Some were going to the Enlightenment Field, but more were going to the Sword-Testing Forest.

A part of this batch of people going to the Sword-Testing Forest came because a certain wild private cultivator showed great power back then.

But a larger batch came because the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan lost both battles in asking the Dao.

Because sometimes envying someone's strength cannot be used as motivation, but fear of death can.

Thus, many people wavered in their walk of pure Dao cultivation, and Wang Jiaoxi also became the labor model in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan who no one could surpass, but the monthly salary remained the same.

"Look, that guy surnamed Cao is here again..."

"Hmm, comes every day."

"Wang Jiaoxi Cao's chest, even I feel a bit ashamed of myself..."

A group of female cultivators passing by Clear Water Lake were looking at the white jade platform at this time, where a male instructor with an abnormally proud chest was strolling, smiling and waving at them.

He did indeed come here to stroll around every day, waving at the surroundings with pride, strolling for half a day.

The female cultivators during this time glanced at their own chests, feeling deeply ashamed, and then hurried away.

Under the morning light, Lu Lu Qingqiu, Lou Lou Siyi, Sun Sun Qiaozhi, and Fang Fang Ruoyao, who followed behind the three, took an extra look before heading to the Sword Trial Forest.

"Wang Jiaoxi, I want to learn the sword."

"Is that so? I want to resign..."

Sword Dao cultivation consumes a lot of physical strength, and for these female cultivators who hadn't laid much foundation for their physical bodies before, dancing with the sword was quite strenuous.

Thus, from early morning to noon, many women with round buttocks were already sweating profusely, and the snow-white skin at the collar of their thin gauze skirts reflected a faint flash in the sunlight.

But Wang Jiaoxi had no time to appreciate it, only despair in his eyes, cursing and greeting someone's ancestors.

After noon, the sun began to tilt downward. Lu Lu Qingqiu and the others came out of the Sword Trial Forest and, after washing up, headed to the Immortal Delicacy Workshop.

However, before reaching the door, their footsteps couldn't help but pause, then stood on the mountain road on the east side of the instructor building, gazing over.

Some students who followed later also stopped one after another, their expressions and gazes exactly the same as theirs.

Not far from the line of sight, on the north side of Clear Water Lake, a man with a face like jade and sword eyebrows and star eyes appeared at the courtyard gate, seemingly coming out to get some air, and was currently stretching and looking around.

And with his every move, the faintly revealed spirit was thick and scorching, his spirit and energy as sharp as a sword.

This season had already passed the Grain Full, and it had been more than half a month since the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan returned from asking the Dao.

Many details had not been made public by the two sects, but the rumors that came one after another made the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan students constantly rise and fall within this half month.

First, He He Lingxiu lost, which made countless people depressed after the news returned to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

Afterward, it was You You Buyu who lost, which made the students in the academy even harder to accept.

In those two days, even the aristocratic disciples in the capital rarely banqueted Heavenly Tian Shuyuan students, and some even went to the city to handle affairs, encountering other sect walkers and walking low-key.

The so-called sect prestige is like this; the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan went to ask the Dao with high spirits, but was slashed down by both, so the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples would not be able to lift their heads.

Even several mountain manors under the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan were much lower-key within the three northern states.

But this was only two days later, and another piece of news came, which made the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan students stunned for a long time, their scalps tingling.

【Ji You broke the Sword Forest with seven swords, one step ahead of the Profound Jianfeng direct disciple.】

This matter happened on the same day as You You Buyu's defeat, but it was just a rumor at first.

The outer courtyard walker of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan in Lingzhou did not dare to report it directly; it was not until a masked Spirit Sword Mountain disciple wrote about it in detail that they dared to pass the news back.

At first, no one believed this, but Spirit Sword Mountain's unexpected silence after the victory seemed to invisibly corroborate this matter.

Inherited physique, unparalleled sword intent...

After that night, I don't know how many female cultivators in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan tossed and turned.

It was just that Ji You had been in seclusion since he came back, and had not been seen until this moment. During this period, no one had been able to see this legendary man.

Seeing him again during this time, they found that the aura around him was already very different, appearing sharp and profound.

Heavenly Tian Shuyuan outer courtyard disciple, his limelight at this time had already been comparable to the inner courtyard direct disciples of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

"Every time it is so unexpected, yet I couldn't see it with my own eyes. If I had known this, I should have followed to ask the Dao..."

Lu Lu Qingqiu parted her pink, moist lips and whispered a sentence, voicing the inner thoughts of countless fellow cultivators and senior sisters.

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's double defeat was a regret in their hearts, but not being able to see that sword strike of Ji You slashing through the Sword Forest in the rumors was an even greater regret for them.

Spirit Sword Mountain often says that the sword and the youth are extremely compatible; I think that kind of picture for women is perhaps as heart-moving as men seeing women whose thin gauze cannot cover their bodies.

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