Chapter 161: Magic tool: Crescent Moon Scimitar!

The next morning, rain fell on Fengzhou, and the autumn wind was biting.

After being washed by the rain, the yellow-earth city walls of Fengzhou Prefecture revealed the original gray brick body.

Trickling streams gathered at the street corners, finally flowing east with a gurgling sound.

At this time, in the east wing guest room of Fengzhou Prefecture, Seeing Ji You slept until after the hour of the dragon (7-9 AM), looked at the lacquered red beams for a long time after opening his eyes, and then got up from the bed.

After the eight-hundred-mile urgent report spread throughout Fengzhou, his tense spirit along the way suddenly relaxed, and then he felt endless fatigue.

At this time, after a night of sound sleep, he finally replenished his state.

Seeing Ji You got up, put on his clothes, and walked out of the door.

He Zhang was in the courtyard at this time, standing with Cao Jingsong and Pei Ruyi, in front of the twelve young masters of the mansion, that is, the grandsons of Governor He.

The big one should be eleven or twelve years old, and the small one is only five years old.

He Zhang has four sons, who also followed the immortal manors to practice for a period of time, but because they didn't have very good cultivation talent, they stopped at the Dim Illumination Realm, and even Condensation and Transformation was difficult to touch.

So taking advantage of the Heavenly Academy people being in the mansion, he specially invited Cao Jingsong and Pei Ruyi to check the bone structure for his grandsons, aiming for the future of their He family.

Seeing Ji You watched for a long time in the corridor, and couldn't help but think of the scholar Kuang.

In the second year of Taiwu, before leaving Yuyang County, he also had the idea of reaching the fourth rank, giving birth crazily, and sending his descendants into the immortal sect to seek the expansion of the family.

"The bone structure of these two children is quite good, they can be cultivated, and the older one is also okay, but the age is a bit late, and they may not be able to achieve anything."

"So that's how it is..."

However, He Zhang was not discouraged, but instead called over several young ladies in the mansion, all of whom were sixteen years old, and the oldest was no more than seventeen or eighteen, lined up in the corridor.

Cao Jingsong was slightly stunned: "The age of these young ladies in your mansion seems to be older than that young master just now, it is a bit late to practice now."

"Naturally, I don't pursue cultivation, but the age to be a concubine for Young Master Ji is just right."

"?"

Cao Jingsong suddenly realized, thinking to himself that it was such a thought, and didn't feel strange.

In this Qingyun world, whether practicing immortal cultivation or not, they are all relying on giving birth and marriage to strengthen their family status. The princess in Shengjing and that young lady in Yunzhou are still like this, so they naturally cannot avoid the custom.

However, Cao Jingsong still smacked his lips: "He has many fiancées."

He Zhang opened his mouth: "A great man should be like this."

"But he often likes the new and hates the old, changing one after another."

"?"

Heh, Old Cao's pocket looks like it's wide again, a bit impatient...

Seeing Ji You was already sitting at the tea table in the courtyard at this time, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, his eyes full of bandit spirit.

And after the sound of tea being poured into the teacup came out, He Zhang heard it and couldn't help but turn around, bowing slightly to him.

"Young Master, did you rest well last night?"

"Thank you for your hospitality, Governor, I slept quite well."

He Zhang then walked over and lowered his voice: "The five major immortal manors that lost their manor lords only have some Lower Three Realms cultivators left. They started packing their things yesterday, preparing to withdraw from Fengzhou."

The teacup Seeing Ji You picked up couldn't help but hang in the air, his brows instantly stood up: "Leaving? Then what about my spirit treasure? What if they take my spirit treasure away?"

Cao Jingsong also came over at this time, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble, thinking to himself that those immortal manors deserved their bad luck.

You said you couldn't make up anything else, you had to make up a spirit treasure.

This person is extraordinary, usually he would hit a tree without dates three times, now you made up a spirit treasure yourself, isn't it just like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.

"This morning, some immortal manors sent the spirit treasure..."

"?"

He Zhang reached out and clapped twice, and saw dozens of servants in the mansion carrying more than a dozen large boxes up, then placed the boxes on the ground and opened them one by one.

The first few boxes were filled with spirit stones, thousands of them, and the ones behind were some high-quality magic tools, all kinds.

Then, the spirit wine brewed with immortal grass and spirit seedlings, as well as some pills treasured in the immortal manors, were also carried into the mansion.

The offerings scraped together in this place in previous years by these immortal manors were all exchanged for tradable items, and then these things were purchased in other provinces.

And besides these immortal family items, there were countless gold and silver treasures sent together.

Seeing Ji You just took a look and could determine that this was more than all the wealth he had seen in his life.

However, there was indeed no spirit treasure among them, but what was obvious was that these were the spirit treasures.

The five major immortal manors of Fengzhou are now leaderless, with only some Lower Three Realms left in the manor, all thinking of leaving first.

But there are still some immortal manors that are unwilling, even if they know that today's Fengzhou is not yesterday's Fengzhou, they are still unwilling to let go.

In their view, in the other eight provinces of Kyushu, noble families are everywhere, and there are even immortal sects high above, so they cannot survive at all.

But Fengzhou's situation is different.

Seeing Ji You established a noble family, but in the final analysis, he is still alone, unlike other noble families whose descendants are all over the place, secretly woven into a net.

Even if they can't eat the offerings, it's always better than leaving here.

So, there must be a spirit treasure at this time.

Because if this "spirit treasure" is never found, this Seeing Ji You will always have a reason to take action against them.

Pei Ruyi looked at these things at this time and couldn't help but speak: "I didn't expect the junior brother to only take a detour for a year, and finally return to the right track."

Seeing Ji You thought to himself that the senior sister really understands me, then turned to look at He Zhang: "Hasn't this year's autumn harvest ended yet?"

He Zhang nodded: "Still have to wait for a while."

Seeing Ji You suddenly smiled: "Actually, those immortal manors that want to stay think of me too badly. I didn't say I wouldn't let them eat offerings."

Cao Jingsong looked up abruptly: "?"

Seeing Ji You raised his brows: "If you want to eat offerings, of course you can, but they have to learn sword from me, and they have to practice for eight hours every day."

"What sword?"

"Combined harvesting."

Cao Jingsong: "?"

Seeing Ji You threw the spirit stones back into the box: "Fengzhou has a huge area, but the grain production is extremely low. In the final analysis, it is because everyone cannot survive, and they have the heart but no strength. From now on, Fengzhou land will no longer raise useless immortals."

Cao Jingsong opened his eyes abruptly, thinking to himself what kind of sword practice, this is to drive all those immortal cultivators to farm the land!

For those immortal manors, this is not offerings at all, this is simply hush money!

Seeing Ji You reached out and summoned his long sword into his hand: "My sword Dao has improved in the past few days, and I have some insights. I also created a sword move called combined reclamation. These two moves are not difficult, Lower Three Realms can learn them too, the foreign immortal manors are lucky."

He Zhang's teeth trembled after hearing this.

When huge energy appears, wanting to promote social development, it is always to liberate productivity, and absolutely not to let any one person or any noble family dominate.

Otherwise, this energy will form a malignant tumor, bringing more and more incurable diseases.

However, Fengzhou Prefecture did not publicize Seeing Ji You's arrangements, but only spread them carefully.

In fact, the members of these foreign immortal manors in Fengzhou are not like the noble families in other provinces, who are entirely of one surname, bound by blood and united.

They are often stragglers from various families. Although they are all in one immortal manor, they each have their own thoughts.

Facing the conditions offered by Seeing Ji You, some manor lords and elder-level figures naturally couldn't let go of their faces, but some Lower Three Realms with low realms and no status in the mountain manor might not be tempted by this.

"Follow Seeing Ji You to learn sword Dao, can you eat this year's offerings?"

"That's right, I heard that the people from Fengzhou Prefecture did say so, Zhang Pingyang and the others have already been there today."

"There is such a good thing? Can learn sword Dao, and can have offerings to take?"

"Not only that, it is said that magic tools will be given!"

"Hehe, what kind of human Dao, it sounds good, but it's just pulling the tiger's skin to make a banner. Look, after signing the documents, he also started to take some benefits to gather the surrounding forces. Think back to Yunzhou, Youzhou, Liangzhou, which noble family didn't rise like this."

"No wonder the manor lord said, staying behind may not mean there is no chance..."

"Seeing Ji You is ultimately one person, and he also knows in his heart that even if he killed the manor lords of five immortal manors, he cannot suppress all the immortal manors by himself. Others are polite first and then soldiers, he took the soldiers first and then the polite this time, which is not a bad strategy."

Not far from Fengzhou Prefecture, at the Tianyuan Shanzhuang, several disciples of the Condensation and Transformation Realm were sitting together discussing.

Among them, a Condensation and Transformation Realm in his thirties, named Pang Yue, seemed eager to try the matter of practicing sword to eat offerings.

While discussing, a figure walked over slightly tiredly, pushed the door and entered the Tianyuan Shanzhuang, it was Zhang Pingyang, whom they had just talked about.

Pang Yue looked up from the stone pavilion instantly: "Junior brother, you went to Fengzhou Prefecture? How is it?"

Zhang Pingyang's mouth trembled: "Seeing Ji You's sword Dao is indeed... powerful and incomparable."

"So the rumor about teaching sword Dao is true?"

"Hmm."

Pang Yue opened his mouth: "What about the offerings?"

Zhang Pingyang hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Seeing Ji You did agree, if you learn well, you will be given offerings, but not as much as before."

"Giving some is not bad, after all, you also learned other people's sword Dao. For us immortal cultivators, ability is the most important thing, this is much better than before."

"Yeah..."

Pang Yue looked down at this time, his eyes attracted by the object in Zhang Pingyang's hand: "Hey, what is that in junior brother's hand?"

Zhang Pingyang moved the thing in his hand slightly behind him: "Nothing, this is a magic tool they gave, Crescent Moon Scimitar..."

"Really giving magic tools? It seems the rumors are true, but why does this look so much like a sickle used by farmers?"

"Uh, all weapons in the world are of similar shapes, sickle, treasure knife, guillotine, scimitar, don't they all have handles and blades? It's nothing strange to look a bit alike."

Pang Yue couldn't help nodding, feeling that what he said made sense: "Then Seeing Ji You accepts disciples, are there any other requirements?"

Zhang Pingyang shook his head: "No requirements, just register, you senior brothers can all go."

"Great, then I will go and see tomorrow. This Ji noble family has just been established, and it is isolated and helpless in Fengzhou at this time, and it needs manpower. I am already in the Condensation and Transformation Realm. If I go early, maybe I can become a guest of honor!"

"Right right right, guest of honor."

For people like Pang Yue, who are the scraps of noble families, coming to Fengzhou is actually an unwilling move.

The Tianyuan Xianzhuang he is in now is not their Pang family's industry, and the manor lord is only in the Profound Understanding upper realm.

So relatively speaking, he feels that following Seeing Ji You actually has a better future than staying here, because it is a noble family, and he can practice Seeing Ji You's sword Dao.

That is the sword Dao that killed the full manor lord and elders.

Pang Yue went to Fengzhou Prefecture the next day together with several fellow immortal manor cultivators, and did not return until dusk.

And at this time, some immortal cultivators in the Tianyuan Shanzhuang, like Pang Yue last night, were now sitting in the pavilion, discussing the matter that immortal manor disciples could still eat offerings.

Soon, a figure walked into the Tianyuan Shanzhuang, breaking into their sight under the stars and moon.

"Senior brother Pang Yue, you went to Fengzhou Prefecture? Is that rumor true or false?"

"It's true..."

"What are you holding?"

"Magic tool, Crescent Moon Scimitar..."

For the next three days, it rained continuously in Fengzhou.

Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu, and Bai Rulong arrived at Changning Ferry by immortal ship, then changed to a carriage to go to Fengzhou Prefecture.

They had said that when Seeing Ji You established a noble family, they would join as offerings, and now they arrived here for this matter.

However, as they approached Fengzhou Prefecture with the carriage, their eyes couldn't help but be stunned, and this expression was maintained almost all the way.

Because everywhere they passed, there was an immortal cultivator in every piece of harvested wheat field, holding a sickle, harvesting wheat frantically, and muttering something like 【Sword Dao · Combined Harvesting】!

Beside the fields, there were countless old farmers, at a loss, waiting in terror at the head of the field.

What is going on? Have the immortal masters this year become so impatient that they started to harvest tax offerings in the fields themselves?

And Wen Zhengxin and the three had not yet entered the prefecture city, and they met Seeing Ji You in a drizzle.

At this time, under the autumn rain, Seeing Ji You was standing in the field, watching a sickle fly close to the ground, harvesting thousands of ripe wheat.

He was surrounded by a group of people, including Cao Jingsong, Pei Ruyi, and officials from the prefecture who managed various affairs.

These people looked at the immortal masters who were holding 【Crescent Moon Scimitars】 in the fields, performing 【Combined Harvesting】, and their expressions were very complex.

"Junior brother Ji!"

"?"

Seeing Ji You turned his head to look, his eyes slightly bright: "Senior sister Wen, senior brother Ban, Rulong?"

The three got off the carriage at the same time and walked toward this place, their eyes looking at the immortal cultivators in the field, unable to help but speak: "This is... what's going on?"

"Foreign immortal manors are deeply rooted here, and some are clearly trying to rely on it, unwilling to leave."

"Actually, what they said is not wrong. I have always been alone, and it is very difficult to sit in town for the whole of Fengzhou. Now that the offerings on the surface are gone, these people will sooner or later be unable to help but secretly scrape in the local area and become bandits who truly cause chaos in Fengzhou."

"So, I want to open a gap for them. They can still eat the offerings. Now we have also become landlords, and the commoners don't have to be so hard. Three birds with one stone."

Wen Zhengxin opened her mouth: "So you threatened them to farm? How could they be so obedient?"

Seeing Ji You looked at Wen Zhengxin with a strange expression: "What farming, they are practicing Dao, look, holding the Crescent Moon Scimitar to practice the sword Dao 【Combined Harvesting】 I taught, they all say so when they go out."

"?"

"Immortal cultivators also need face, don't talk nonsense about farming."

Just at this moment, a sixty-year-old Fengzhou official walked over and bowed: "Lord Ji, the humble official found a crop that can be harvested three times a year, and the price is higher than grain."

Seeing Ji You was instantly beaming with joy after hearing this, thinking to himself that what he wanted came: "Let them practice 【Combined Reclamation】 during spring plowing, and we will try planting a few acres."

Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu, and Bai Rulong looked at Seeing Ji You at this time, and then glanced at the sixty-year-old official, thinking to themselves that he is a living Yama.

Then they turned to look at those immortal cultivators who were practicing 【Combined Harvesting】, thinking to themselves that these are living cattle and horses.

However... can this really work?

Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu looked at each other, feeling a little worried in their hearts.

Seeing Ji You, Instructor Cao, and Ruyi killed many people in the mountain that day, which was indeed enough to deter these mountain manors for a while.

But driving them to farm in the name of practicing sword Dao, this kind of thing is okay once or twice, but it will definitely cause chaos in the long run.

Especially those people who are harvesting in the fields, although they are just scraps of major noble families, they have noble family blood after all. Even if these people feel it's nothing, how can those noble families endure their children being treated as cattle and horses here.

Junior brother's sword Dao is unparalleled, but he is ultimately in the Profound Understanding realm.

On this land of Fengzhou, there are no immortal sects, no noble families, junior brother can be considered to have picked up a bargain, but there is still a not-small distance from suppressing the whole situation.

Not to mention thousand-year noble families like the Chu family, just some ordinary noble families have Boundless Realm as a foundation.

They don't think Seeing Ji You can't cultivate to the Boundless Realm, they are just afraid that after Seeing Ji You establishes a family this time, he will be contaminated by worldly things and waste his cultivation.

And at this time, Bai Rulong looked at Seeing Ji You with a dazed look.

"Rain, it seems that it never falls on Brother Ji, it will run away by itself."

"?"

Wen Zhengxin and Ban Yangshu were stunned for a moment, looking at Seeing Ji You.

He really didn't hold an umbrella. At this time, he was standing on the ridge of the field, and his clothes were still dry.

But what's so strange about this?

Practitioners can use spiritual energy to protect their bodies, resisting wind and cold is not a problem, naturally they can also block rain, it is not something worth being surprised about.

But soon the two realized that 【not falling on Brother Ji】 is not the point, the point is that 【it will run away by itself】.

Because the effect of blocking rain with spiritual energy is actually to bounce off the falling rain, as for where the rain flies, it is not under their control.

But those raindrops falling from the hazy sky to Seeing Ji You's side were not bounced off, but as if influenced by some airflow, they slid smoothly, bypassed the curved route, and fell to the ground.

The two were stunned when they saw this, then used their spiritual sense to capture the subtle details around his body, and saw a mysterious energy flowing slowly around his body, surrounding his whole body.

Those raindrops were blocked by this energy, and then turned with this energy, and then fell into the rural soil.

"Is it a technique...?"

Wen Zhengxin looked at Ban Yangshu.

Ban Yangshu nodded: "Hmm."

Wen Zhengxin turned her head, couldn't help but think of the discussion she heard in the academy a few days ago.

Some said that in the battle at Night Chengshan, two manor lords joined forces to kill Seeing Ji You, but every attack could not land on the target completely, as if there was some energy that deflected their weapons.

People who heard this might feel half-understood, but those who had watched the autumn battle should have thoughts as complex as theirs.

Junior brother Ji's technique around his body is very similar to the technique Chu He used to resist his sword Dao.

"Most of the Profound Understanding realm can only get a glimpse of the Heavenly Dao, observe its mystery, but cannot get the method. To truly practice Dao techniques, one must be in the Melting Dao realm."

"This is not absolute, Chu He's family-transmitted technique can also be used in the Profound Understanding realm."

"But that is their family-transmitted method after all, but where did Junior brother Ji realize it from?"

The two looked at the clear wind around him, somewhat puzzled, and their eyes couldn't help but shift to Pei Ruyi and Cao Jingsong.

They were also looking at Seeing Ji You in the rain at this time, their expressions somewhat difficult to describe.

When the war started at Night Chengshan, Cao Jingsong noticed the energy surrounding Seeing Ji You, but at that time he was busy fighting for life and death, and didn't pay too much attention.

Plus the focus of these few days was on establishing a noble family, so he ignored this moment.

But this morning, when they came to the side of the field facing the autumn rain, they noticed this scene, and they were also full of confusion at this moment.

Just as Cao Jingsong said earlier, there are thousands of Great Daos, which can only be understood but not spoken, and they don't know what Seeing Ji You is practicing.

Then everyone left the field, facing the rustling rain, and walked to Fengzhou Prefecture.

Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin, and Bai Rulong were officially registered as Ji family offerings. Plus Pei Ruyi, he had three Melting Dao realms, one Profound Understanding, and one Lower Three Realms perfection in this noble family.

Such a configuration is actually quite enough to look at in Fengzhou. After all, those arrogant mountain manors only have manor lords who can reach the Melting Dao realm.

"I'm happy today, exempting Senior brother Ban, Senior sister Wen, and Rulong from three years of offerings."

"Junior brother, actually the meaning of the identity of offering is that you have to pay us money."

"What?"

Seeing Ji You frowned directly after hearing this: "So outrageous? Don't worry, our family won't have such inhumane rules."

Immortal Emperor Long Xiandi smacked his lips: "Thinking about it carefully, it's not as good as those working in the fields. Coming to be an offering also requires paying money, not even as good as cattle and horses."

"The problem is I don't have money either, but I can't exploit the commoners like those immortal manors, eating human blood offerings. Take it slow, there will always be a way to get money. Don't forget there are so many customers of ours here."

"?"

Bai Rulong looked at the crowd blankly: "What is a customer?"

Pei Ruyi opened her mouth calmly: "He means, he wants to take you to rob."

"Rob who?"

"Including but not limited to immortal manors, noble families, and even... immortal sects."

Bai Rulong opened his eyes wide and turned to look at Seeing Ji You: "Is it too late for me to quit now?"

Seeing Ji You looked up at him: "If you quit, you will immediately become my first customer."

Hearing this, Immortal Emperor Long Xiandi held his breath.

(Asking for monthly tickets)

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