Chapter 166: The Seasonal Sorrow of the Seasonal Sorrow

There are ten thousand laws and a thousand Daos in the world, infinitely profound, impossible for human strength to fully comprehend.

Yet, by grasping one or two of them, one can possess the power to reach the heavens and traverse the earth.

Friction generates electricity, accumulation explodes like thunder, convection forms wind, and condensing Qi creates rain.

Thus, the higher the realm, the more one can shake the world, until with a wave of the hand, a gentle breeze circles the fingers, while a hundred miles away, the wind and clouds suddenly change.

Ji You, in a state of meditation, had nothing outside his heart; his Dao heart was clear and bright. He began to guide the spiritual energy to collide with itself, constantly experimenting, while the waves of Qi around his body rose and fell.

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth seems to be a universal element that can shift according to the cultivator's intent, supporting different techniques."

"So, this is the reason everyone feels that heaven and earth's might is hidden within spiritual energy."

"If burning fire, spiritual energy is the fuel; if freezing ice, spiritual energy can become water... but how the power of the laws is mobilized is the key to the human race mastering techniques."

Ji You muttered to himself, suddenly beginning to understand what spiritual energy meant for this world where one could cultivate immortality.

This elemental Qi is the reliance for cultivators to obtain the power of heaven.

And spiritual sense is innately close to the Heavenly Dao, unrestricted by reality. In this world, what he thinks of, he can obtain; therefore, cultivation emphasizes meditation and sudden enlightenment.

However, what the spiritual sense thinks of is, in the end, only false mental fabrication.

Humans must use spiritual sense to observe the Heavenly Dao, break through the barriers between thought and reality, use spiritual energy as a base, and techniques as a channel, to turn what the mind thinks into physical objects through techniques, until all methods are embodied.

The Ji Bandit of the Realm of Profound Understanding began to have a shallow understanding of cultivation.

Thus, the waves of Qi around his body rolled.

Hmm?

There is a fragrant breeze?

Who is waving food in front of me?

Ji You muttered to himself, continuing to guide the spiritual energy in his subconscious to transform back and forth during meditation, with thunderous sounds and endless waves.

At this time, the celestial phenomena induced by his intent constantly collided, forming momentum in front of him, gathering thicker and thicker, surging continuously.

But after the momentum of several types of celestial phenomena appeared, the elemental torrent within began to become incomparably chaotic.

Subsequently, they influenced and attracted each other, and before long, with a muffled boom, the tangled, false celestial phenomena suddenly collapsed.

Ji You was silent for a long time, then slowly opened his eyes.

Enlightenment, indeed, cannot be rushed.

When he opened his eyes, his gaze was calm and waveless, but at this moment, his pupils trembled slightly, and he soon couldn't help but be stunned.

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The Little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain was sitting sideways on a high stone next to him, looking beautiful and cold, lost in thought, with an restless impatience between her brows.

Those snow-white long legs were draped over the edge of the stone, and because of the height difference of where she sat, those delicate jade feet were swaying back and forth in front of him, the ten pearl-like toes like blooming petals, crystal clear.

Ji You held his breath, finally knowing why he had felt the fragrance of food just now...

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi also felt the convergence of the Qi waves around Ji You at this moment, her feet instantly stopped swaying, her slender willow waist straightened involuntarily, and she squinted her eyes, beginning to be awe-inspiring without anger, like an iceberg beauty, but pink mist drifted uncontrollably around her.

"You broke through the realm so quickly?" Ji You was somewhat surprised.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi didn't look back at him, staring straight ahead and speaking coldly: "Not yet."

The voice was very nasal, two and a half of the three words were whimpers.

Ji You stared at her for a long time: "Didn't you say you wouldn't leave seclusion until you broke through the realm?"

"My Dao heart could not find peace; I always felt something moving outside the door. I ran out to look, but found nothing. After going back and finally calming down, I heard something moving again. I didn't know where the problem was, so I came in to clear my mind, and didn't expect to meet you."

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi had been doing seclusion to break through realms since she was a child, and it had always been incredibly smooth.

But recently, this matter had begun to become somewhat difficult.

She felt someone was disturbing her, and the first one she suspected was Ding Yao. She scolded her for a while, telling her not to move around in the hall on weekdays, but Ding Yao felt very innocent, feeling that she seemed to be taking the blame for someone.

Ji You looked at him thoughtfully: "When did your symptoms start?"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was silent for a moment, seemingly realizing something: "Probably seven days ago."

Seven days ago, the Qingyun world began to collect taxes, and Ji You also returned to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan at that time; this news was not a secret.

So it was not the wind moving, not the clouds moving, but the heart moving.

He had been in Fengzhou all along, unable to come to Void Mountain for enlightenment, so for Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, even if she wanted to kick him a few times, she couldn't reach him.

But ever since she knew he had returned to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, the Little Inspector's state of mind was very different.

She wanted to see him, but she had previously written a letter saying with great arrogance that she wouldn't.

Her little mouth was also a little bit hard, so she had to say that Ding Yao was running around outside her hall, causing her to be unable to calm her mind.

But in fact, she just missed the handsome man and had been thinking about running over to whimper at him.

Ji You, like a skilled old physician, saw the source of the illness at a glance.

A beauty that brings disaster...

Her appearance was so outstanding that it caused the Little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain to be unable to meditate with peace of mind, which would lead to her cultivation speed slowing down, potentially triggering internal strife within Spirit Sword Mountain in the future, to the point that the seven great Xian Sects would become turbulent, and even indirectly affect the world's situation.

Although Ji You often criticized himself with the four words "beauty that brings disaster," only now did he deeply realize the power of these four words.

Damn it, this plain-looking Ji Bochang!

Just by his appearance, he could cause chaos in the world.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi saw him silent and didn't want him to think she was disturbed because of him, so she immediately changed the subject and began to ask him about the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's autumn battle.

Chu He had been passed down the family's 【Hun Tian Technique】, his whole body was protected by mysteries, and his fist and sword power were very terrifying.

What Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi found strange was that even so, he could only beat Ji You's broad, massive, jade-smooth, sweat-covered, scorching body until it turned red.

As early as when she was at Spirit Sword Mountain, she knew this stranger had a strong body, but she didn't know how he cultivated it.

Ji You didn't pay attention to Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's question, but instead looked at her suspiciously: "What smooth and broad, covered in sweat, and what scorching? Weren't you in seclusion at the time? Why do you know so clearly?"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was slightly stunned after hearing this, then held her breath, her eyes glancing elsewhere.

She was indeed in seclusion, but she had sent the best painters and writers to watch, and now there were paintings of the stranger with his chest bare hidden under her pillow.

However, she wouldn't tell him.

The Little Inspector's eyes drifted, and she spoke calmly: "I heard it from others too."

"Who said it? It's so detailed."

"I said it was someone else!"

Ji You slowly raised his head and looked at the sky above Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's head.

Since opening his eyes, he had noticed that there had always been pink gas drifting up around Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, thicker than at any other time.

Although she didn't say it, after not seeing each other for a long time, she must have missed him very much in her heart.

But at this moment, the pink gas was changing, first fluttering and turning yellow, then thickening into smoke, like a yellow dragon, which shocked him to the core.

Ji You remembered the hot gazes of the female cultivators in the academy when his white robe was shattered by Chu He on the White Jade Platform, revealing his chest, and turned to look at the Little Inspector.

"Did you come to see me secretly?!"

"I did not!"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was somewhat annoyed by his questioning, and raised her crystal-clear jade feet to kick him, but felt that kicking him would show her anger and shame, which would prove she was lying, so her raised feet hesitated for a moment, then rested in his arms.

Ji You took a look and instantly stopped asking.

She had already used her feet as a bribe, clearly meaning to block his mouth so he wouldn't continue asking.

"A bit cold."

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was teased by him, her cold face turning red: "It has always been like this."

Ji You squeezed it twice, then Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi suddenly spoke: "You haven't told me about the body matter yet."

"Next time you happen to travel to Shengjing and happen to meet me, I'll tell you again."

"Then tell me about Fengzhou."

"Fengzhou?"

"The family you established."

After hearing this, Ji You began to mutter about their journey from Shengjing to Fengzhou, and then from Yuyang County to Fengzhou Prefecture.

The focus of this matter was the battle of Night City Mountain, but Ji You glossed over it, mainly describing his own stronghold and introducing the few people currently in the stronghold.

Old Qiu's family, the teacher Chen, and those children he protected.

In addition, he also talked about the Full Moon Scimitar and the combine harvester.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi listened carefully, and images flashed in her mind bit by bit; she wanted to go a little.

"When I established the family, Cao Jingsong told me that if a family wants to grow, one is to unite with the outside, and the other is to constantly increase the population. He also said that the most important point for a family to last long in the world is to have continuous descendants, so he suggested that I immediately find a woman to start multiplying."

"?"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi turned her head to look at him, her eyes slightly narrowed.

Ji You puffed out his chest and raised his head, not feeling guilty at all, after all, this was all said by Cao Jingsong, he was just repeating it: "I think Old Cao's words make a lot of sense."

The Little Inspector was silent for a long time before speaking: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Nothing, just sharing casually. I used to think that one person and one sword could conquer the world, but slowly I began to realize that one person's power is limited after all. It seems that only a family that multiplies and grows can stand tall."

Ji You didn't dare to make the map of Yan too short, so he continued to pave the way, pretending to sigh, but found that Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was just looking at him without making a sound.

That gaze, sword intent surging.

After a long silence, Ji You suddenly spoke: "What do you think?"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi held her breath: "What do I think?"

"Multiplying."

"Don't understand."

Ji You swallowed his saliva: "I mean, how many... do you want to have?"

As the words fell, all the laws and ten thousand Daos on the whole mountain began to become irritable, and that yellow-with-pink aura suddenly turned into a cold tone.

Seeing this scene, Ji You knew it was over; the map of Yan was indeed too short after all.

Then, on the cliff, a fierce burst of Qi whistled over.

"I didn't say who I would have them for, I was just asking about your future plans!"

Ji You shook his palm and flew back, only to see Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi approaching in the whistling, her fair little hands carrying ten thousand jun of force, as if splitting a mountain, and his whole body was pressed down with a boom.

Realm of Responding to Heaven, even without sword Dao and techniques, just the palm force made Ji You feel a great terror.

Amidst the flying Qi waves, Ji You resisted that palm, then borrowed the momentum to fly horizontally.

At this scene, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's eyes blinked lightly, and the cold-colored aura around her body began to turn into pink again.

The stranger is a bit powerful.

They both came here in the form of spiritual sense, although it is unknown why they could gather in this space, the only certain thing is that the strength of the physical body is useless here.

And after one palm fell, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi realized that his spiritual sense was also cultivated to be incomparably powerful.

Even comparable to Merging with the Dao.

"Stop, don't fight, I can't beat you."

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi stopped abruptly, looking at him with a stern face: "Little Realm of Profound Understanding."

Ji You stood up from the smoke and dust at this time: "I'm leaving."

"Where to?"

"Go back and continue cultivating, I can't always be unable to beat you."

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi heard this, and the aura around her suddenly began to turn towards a cold color again, even colder and whiter than before.

Ji You thought to himself, what's going on, can't I even leave?

Then he saw her flying over, her palm splitting like the wind, her swaying posture truly like a fairy descending to the world.

A moment later, the aura on Void Mountain gradually calmed down, not rising with Qi waves as before, but instead incomparably quiet.

Ji You at this time was hugging Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's slender waist, looking down at the fairy in his arms with her eyes closed and breathing evenly.

So it wasn't that he wasn't allowed to leave, but that she blamed him for not coming to hug her this time they met.

This Little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain was also arrogant to the extreme, not saying things directly, but having to perform this drama of wanting to hit him and then accidentally falling into his arms.

However, did she touch it?

Ji You recalled that sudden palm just now, which came fiercely but suddenly changed direction, seemingly touching his chest twice.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was just feigning sleep at this time, her eyes still having a small slit, then looking at her lower abdomen.

This stranger she had only seen three times wanted her to multiply for him; he was truly daring to the extreme, seemingly not even wanting his life.

Her heart was filled with killing intent, but her feet resting on the edge of the cliff couldn't help but curl up gently.

After a long time, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi suddenly sat up straight: "I feel my Dao heart has calmed down, I'm going back to break through the realm, don't disturb me again, if I don't enter the Boundless Realm, I won't come again."

"Women in the world are truly all turning their faces and not recognizing people..."

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi tapped her toes lightly and disappeared from Void Mountain, returning to the sleeping palace of Spirit Sword Mountain in an instant.

Forgot to ask him what Yuan Caiwei actually saw...

The Little Inspector suddenly remembered the matter she had been thinking about for a long time, feeling a bit silly.

And at this time, Ji You had already started to observe the Dao again, the aura around his body constantly surging.

After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, his gaze slightly stunned.

Bad, it turns out that distracting thoughts won't disappear, only shift...

For the next few days, Ji You often came to Void Mountain for enlightenment, but indeed didn't see the arrogant fairy again, so he knew that after that meeting, her Dao heart could be considered calmed down.

He felt that Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi and he were probably the same kind of person, also taking some responsibility on themselves, so they hoped to be stronger, and always felt that time was not enough.

Next time we meet, I'm afraid it will really have to wait until breaking through the realm.

He stood up and walked down the mountain.

At this time, in the outer academy's enlightenment field, Fang Jincheng, Pu Yangxing, Lu Hanyan, and other disciples were all enlightening, with medicine bottles and spirit stones that had already dimmed in light piled up in front of them.

There were countless people standing around, including inner academy disciples, their brows slightly furrowed.

This scene was even more eye-catching than when Ji You comprehended the Heavenly Book.

As for the reason, it was because of Fang Jincheng.

The Fang family was also a big family in the Qingyun world, but not as famous as the Chu family.

But the Chu family had always been bound to the Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion, and their foundation in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan was far less deep than the Fang family's.

So when everyone was comprehending the Heavenly Book, Chu He only relied on the relationship with Prince Chong to get guidance from Ban Yangshu, but Fang Jincheng was different.

Since he entered the academy, students from the inner academy had come to the outer academy from time to time to give personal guidance.

Although the Heavenly Dao is mystical, it can only be understood and not taught, and relying solely on word of mouth, there will inevitably be deviations, but this is ultimately a direction of effort.

Thus, in just half a month, six inner academy disciples had shared their experience with Fang Jincheng in great detail.

But even so, Fang Jincheng still hadn't comprehended the Heavenly Book.

Both the inner and outer academies knew that this young master of the Fang family had boasted on the day he entered the academy that he had seen a glimmer of light the first time he comprehended the Heavenly Book, which had shocked everyone at the time.

Because in the past hundred years, the fastest speed from entering the academy to comprehending the Heavenly Book was Ji You.

At that time, everyone was saying that Fang Jincheng would be faster than Ji You, which meant his future achievements would be higher.

But as time passed, everyone suddenly realized that this was just a big talk.

Thus, Fang Jincheng's face was extremely ugly at this time.

He knew that he had the protection of his ancestors and would receive guidance from a large number of inner academy seniors, and thought that comprehending the Heavenly Book would not be difficult, but he never expected it to be like this.

And Pu Yangxing, who had chosen not to comprehend the Heavenly Book from the beginning and went directly to charge the realm, had already gathered the first ray of mysterious light, and Lu Hanyan followed closely behind.

"This Fang Jincheng, could it be that his cultivation is all piled up with spirit pills, and he is actually very stupid?"

"It shouldn't be like this, otherwise he couldn't have cultivated to the perfection of the Lower Three Realms, maybe it's just that he has no fate with the Heavenly Book."

"However, in the second year of Taiwu and the first year of Taiwu, it seems no one comprehended the Heavenly Book either."

"There is such a thing?"

"Yes, Ji Shidi Pan who entered the academy in the second year of Taiwu rushed into the Profound Understanding Realm by his own strength."

"And Ji Shidi Liu, he not only didn't sense the Heavenly Book, but he also entered the academy the following year, because the students of that year couldn't enter the Profound Understanding Realm, and Ji Shidi Liu was already in the Middle Realm of Profound Understanding at that time."

"I heard that the Dao monument of the Chen family also hadn't been comprehended by anyone for two consecutive years."

"What about Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion?"

"The Abbot of Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion has been in seclusion for many years, trying to ascend by using the Xuanyuan Pearl to communicate with the Immortal Realm, so he couldn't sense it at all."

"You say, could it be that the Heavenly Dao's luck is really gradually dissipating? Otherwise, the Demon race..."

"Nonsense, it's clearly that the aptitude is not good, otherwise why could Ji You sense the Heavenly Book? Although he is not a good person, his talent is indeed undeniable..."

Ji You watched from the side for a while and couldn't help but shake his head.

In the past few days, the Changsheng Hall's attitude towards him had eased a lot, and many inner academy disciples had come to send some spirit wine and the like.

Between the lines, they all hoped he could give Fang Jincheng some pointers.

But everyone said that comprehending the Heavenly Book required seeing a glimmer of light and then chasing it, but what he saw was a sea of stars rushing towards him, how to say this?

So Ji You was too lazy to bother, outer academy or inner academy, let them say whatever they want.

Family disciples are all the same, eating the people's fat and cream, seeking the ethereal immortal Dao, if the number of people is smaller and the realm is lower, it might not be a bad thing for the world.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ji You stepped away from the Divine Dao of Nishan and headed to Shengjing.

At sunset, in the back street of Chunhua Lane, in a remote little courtyard.

The kitchen set in the southeast corner was filled with smoke and fire, emitting a bubbling sound of boiling water, and dozens of white, chubby dumplings were constantly floating and sinking in the water.

Xiang Kuangcheng walked to the side of the stove, rolled up his sleeves, and carried the steaming dumplings into the main room.

Ji You was sitting in the main room and took the dumplings.

Today is the Moon Sacrifice Festival, which is also a traditional festival of the Qingyun world, with the same status as the New Year's Day, and is a festival that the people attach great importance to.

From the evening, the street was already filled with lanterns and brilliantly lit.

On this day last year, Xiang Kuangcheng was studying hard at the Chunhua Post Station, preparing to take the imperial examination, and didn't care about this festival, but today he specially cooked dumplings and called Ji You to celebrate together.

"After the tax collection, refugees from Yunzhou and Zhongzhou have moved to Fengzhou one after another. It is said that several counties in Danshui Prefecture have added a lot of people, basically all with families."

Ji You picked up his chopsticks: "For thousands of years, the people everywhere have been like this, incomparably hard just to live."

Xiang Kuangcheng nodded: "Brother Ji, according to the Qingyun Immortal Regulations, can legitimately reduce the taxes of the people of Fengzhou, but cannot protect the people of other states, but if the people can all seek life in Fengzhou, it would be a success, unfortunately..."

"Unfortunately, the local government offices began to issue bans privately, strictly forbidding the people under their rule from fleeing?"

"Brother Ji is right..."

Ji You dipped the dumplings into the vinegar dish: "This is also normal. If the people under their rule flee to Fengzhou, those officials will worry about whether the taxes collected next year will be sufficient. For the sake of their heads, they must order strict bans."

Xiang Kuangcheng also knew this point, but sighed with a little regret: "It's just a pity that all the people cannot flee to Fengzhou."

"Heh, you really know how to think. If it were really as you said, and the people all fled to Fengzhou, then the one who would die would be me."

"Brother Ji once said, life has always been death, leaving a loyal heart to shine in the history books."

Ji You looked at him, thinking to himself, you scholar, you are really easily brainwashed.

Xiang Kuangcheng turned around and opened the cupboard, took out a jar of wine, and turned to look at Ji You: "I went to the Orphan and Disabled Tian Shuyuan today and sent some food to those children. On the way back, I bought a jar of wine, but it was only brewed from grain, not comparable to the wine used in the banquets of the capital's families."

"Nagging, why don't you bring the wine if you have it."

"This wine is only two taels of silver, I'm afraid Brother Ji won't be used to it..."

Ji You took the wine jar and uncovered the seal: "Don't be silly, this kind of wine is eaten with peace of mind. The wine at the banquets of family disciples looks clear, but I always feel it is the same color as blood."

Xiang Kuangcheng set up two wine bowls, raised his eyes at the sound, his expression a bit confused: "Then why does Brother Ji still want to go?"

"I wasn't used to it at first, but later I thought, if I don't eat, wouldn't it all be cheaper for them? At the very least, after we are full and drunk, we can still manage more idle affairs."

"So it can be thought of like this..."

Ji You pointed to the dumplings at this time: "Eat quickly, later the two of us lonely people will go to see the lanterns together."

Xiang Kuangcheng was stunned: "Uh, Miss Wei and I have already made an appointment in advance."

(Everyone, happy Lantern Festival, my wife and I are going to set off lanterns!)

(End of chapter)