Chapter 185

When a person is still in front of your eyes, some feelings won't be too obvious, but once the person is gone, the feelings start to become strange.

After all, in this quiet world of the Snow Realm, there are few visitors from outside, and very few familiar clansmen suddenly leave, so even the demon princess has no experience with parting.

It's just that these days, she suddenly became dazed.

Only then would she slowly realize that it wasn't that she didn't care, but that she naively thought she didn't care.

This shows that people sometimes don't even understand themselves very well.

Under the vast white daylight, Fengyang sat blankly for a long time, then got up and walked toward the door, only seeing a man standing behind her after taking three steps.

He was wearing a fur cloak, a purple crystal crown on his head, also had horns similar to her own on his head, and fine scales on his neck, standing in the snow, looking at her with incomparable concern.

Huh, this person looks so familiar?

It's like I've seen him somewhere...

emmm... can't remember.

Forget it, irrelevant.

Fengyang withdrew her gaze and walked toward the outside of the Jade Garden in a daze, as if she didn't know which direction she should go.

At this time, Ye Han opened his eyes wide, watching his sister as if she didn't recognize him, and suddenly a manic emotion of wanting to kill and dismantle bones arose.

Shu He had two short blades of extraordinary quality, which were forged by the Scale Clan using precious iron mined from under the permafrost layer with great effort.

After he died in the West Courtyard of the Jade Garden that night, Ye Han had sent people to search for the two short blades he often used.

As a result, they almost turned the West Courtyard upside down, but the two short blades were not found.

Later, thinking about how that Ji You was awakened by Jin Zi while in a coma from serious injury, he understood what was going on.

But what he didn't expect was that his imperial sister's soul was also abducted just like those short blades.

【Just appreciation.】

【They are only guests after all.】

【I am a demon princess, it is impossible to like a human.】

Ye Han watched Fengyang's departing figure; the conversations with his sister from the past few days were like a boomerang, hitting his brain until he was dazed.

Damn humans, they actually took everything!

The humans said they came for peace and brought many gifts, which looked quite valuable; I didn't expect they didn't lose anything in the end!

No matter how precious those items are, how can they compare to a direct princess of their demon clan!

At the same time, dozens of miles west of the Snow Realm, on the road bypassing the snow mountain, Ji You was calming his mind in the carriage.

Finally leaving the Snow Realm, his heart was still somewhat complex.

Because after these few days of getting along, he felt that the demon clan people were actually quite good; although they looked barbaric, they were actually the same as the human commoners, pragmatic and simple.

And the contradiction between the two clans actually just stemmed from the competition for survival land, and there was no clear distinction between black and white.

Additionally, he also thought that he and that Princess Fengyang could be considered friends, and perhaps he could find someone to negotiate if the demon clan had any other movements in the future, but he didn't expect that she didn't even see him off at the end.

It seems he still overestimated himself a bit.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sneeze three times.

Don't know what's going on, he had been sneezing since just now.

Cultivators have strong constitutions, especially a tough player like Ji You, so it's impossible that he caught a cold; thinking about it, it should stem from being missed.

At this moment, he thought of the cute feet as white and tender as jade, thought of the Immortal Emperor's money bag that was empty but unyielding, thought of the scholar whose heart was yellow...

"Someone is missing me."

"?"

Gongshu Chou and Ji You were in the same carriage; hearing this, he raised his head and looked at Ji You, finding that he was wrinkling his nose.

There is indeed a saying in the Qingyun World that sneezing means being missed.

But sneezing three times in a row every time, this is being scolded, and looking at the frequency, the scolding is quite dirty.

Who did he offend...?

Just at this moment, the carriage slowly stopped; they had already driven to a small city called Lufeng City on the border of the Snow Realm.

Like the previous Hailong City, this was also a barren small city.

Because the time for returning was no longer urgent, they planned to leave the border from the most remote small city.

Even if the barbarians still had the heart to kill, it was impossible to send troops to guard the entire Snow Realm; after all, if the human and demon clans united to destroy them, they would also have enough of a headache.

So they had to take the longest arc to bypass the barbarians they might encounter on the Wilderness Continent.

At this time, Ji You poked his head out of the carriage and looked around: "How long will it take from here to the Nine Provinces?"

"Probably more than half a month."

Peng Dongyang, the Vice-Inspector of the Immortal Supervision Bureau, spoke upon hearing this: "We have to detour to the east side, trying our best to avoid the barbarian activity areas."

Yan Chuan also looked over at this time: "The purpose of this trip is only to return; I ask everyone not to create extra complications, don't be brave, don't pick up lost items, and return alive."

After the words fell, the elders of other sects and those sect geniuses couldn't help but look over together, their gazes fixed on Ji You.

Because of that sentence just now, especially not picking up lost items, this was clearly talking about Ji You.

The things that happened in the demon clan these few days shifted their attention very thoroughly, so much so that they rarely discussed other matters; only now did they realize that they still didn't understand why Lingjian Mountain's attitude toward Ji You was so strange.

But even after discussing it a few times, they couldn't think of the reason coming from the Little Jianzhu of Lingjian Mountain.

The status was too high.

The next Abbot of Lingjian Mountain, the wielder of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Artifact.

In the eyes of the crowd, even if Ji You was brilliant, he was still separated from the name Yan Shuyi by a natural chasm.

It's like on this trip, Jiang Chenfeng, Huo Hong, and others all considered themselves geniuses, but in front of this name, they were actually like Fang Ruoyao seeing Ji You.

They would never have thought that the Little Jianzhu of Lingjian Mountain would be so nervous about the life and death of a private cultivator in the Realm of Profound Understanding from the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, and for this reason, even sent a Boundless Realm expert to follow him specifically.

At this time, Ji You sat back in the carriage, his sitting posture upright, his expression obedient and clever.

His arms couldn't move, and no matter how awesome his sword path was, he couldn't use it; naturally, he couldn't fly as wildly as when he came.

Moreover, the demon clan's promise had been obtained, so he didn't need to be generous in facing death at every turn.

If something really happened, there were several tall people outside anyway; it wasn't worth it to let himself, a private cultivator in the Realm of Profound Understanding, risk his life personally.

Additionally, Yan Chuan watched him very closely.

He felt that this elder of Lingjian Mountain was very worried about his future, trembling with fear all day, and even had the impulse to tie him up and send him back to avoid another accident on this trip.

Ji You then slept on the road for two days; when bored, he constantly brought the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body amidst the bumps of the journey, diffusing it into his body through his broken spiritual essence to wash his arms.

The meridians before were clear, and this process could be very smooth.

But after being injured, this process became incomparably difficult; the pain and soreness were no less than when his meridians were forcibly opened back then.

But doing this was ultimately beneficial.

Because the increase in arm strength was also beneficial to the recovery of the injury.

The most critical thing was that on this diplomatic mission, he truly felt that his current combat power was not enough, whether it was his physical body or his spiritual sense.

The peace promised by the demon clan was actually very short; perhaps one day it would completely become a bubble, and the foreign immortal manors lingering in Fengzhou might not always be able to behave themselves; he needed to become stronger.

Just like when he saved Qiu Ru back then, he broke into the Lower Three Realms; to get back the tax salary, he slashed open the gate of the inner courtyard; and like this diplomatic mission to the demon clan, he lifted the forty-nine mountains at the cost of his arms.

It really is a case of hating that one has too little power when it's needed...

After his arms recover, he must seize the time to carry out the sixteenth Dim Illumination.

At the same time, a message had already been sent back to the Nine Provinces one step ahead of them.

This message did not come from Ji You, but from Peng Dongyang of the Immortal Supervision Bureau.

Like Ji You, he also carried a spiritual communication platform with him; at this time, he recorded what he saw and heard, as well as the course of events in detail, and sent it back.

Afterward, this message was transcribed by the judicial officials of the Immortal Supervision Bureau and sent to the seven great immortal sects.

During the days when Ji You and the others were on a diplomatic mission to the demon clan, nothing major happened to the humans.

And inside the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, it was also unusually calm at this time.

Perhaps it was because no one sensed the Little Little Tian Shu this year, or perhaps because a troublemaker like Ji You didn't appear again this year.

In short, even the disciples of the inner courtyard couldn't help but sigh, saying that the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan of the past had returned, and there was no more sudden news to disturb their cultivation.

The implication seemed to be that ever since Ji You left, the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan had returned to peace.

And the fact was indeed so.

During the year Ji You was there, everyone talked about things like one person with seven swords, the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's failure to ask the Dao but he slashed the sword forest, the defeat of the thousand-year family Chu He, and the rise of the only family in Fengzhou.

And since he left, everyone basically discussed what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Cultivation originally requires having nothing outside the heart, calming the mind and spirit; although most people couldn't do it, they also didn't like to see a wild private cultivator jumping around everywhere.

Others were all from famous families, or descendants of immortal clans; how could they tolerate a private cultivator taking all the attention.

Fortunately, he went on a diplomatic mission to the demon clan, and this rare tranquility made people feel refreshed.

And at this time, with the letter forwarded by the Immortal Supervision Bureau, this tranquility seemed to be broken again.

The first to receive the message was the Management Tian Shuyuan of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan; the letter they held had dozens of pages, and the small regular script on each sheet was dense.

This is the habit of the Great Xia officials; they always write things in detail when doing things.

Of course, this is also because this matter was too important for the humans, and it would definitely be written into the Great Xia history books in the future, and might even be recorded in the Qingyun Immortal History.

The three managers of the Management Tian Shuyuan gathered together at this time and looked at the letter placed on the table.

They had already learned in advance from the officials of the Immortal Supervision Bureau who delivered the letter that the Demon Emperor had spoken for peace.

What they cared more about at this time was actually the situation of Elder Ge of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, Xiao Hanyan of the inner courtyard, and Shi Junhao.

Of course, there was also Ji You.

Because the travel list at that time was their trick to deceive Ji You into going.

Although everyone later said that he actually went for Fengzhou, and it had nothing to do with money or women with round buttocks and tails, they were still somewhat concerned in their hearts.

"This trip was extremely dangerous; according to the official from the Immortal Supervision Bureau who delivered the letter, they were almost in a dead end twice; I'm afraid there were some casualties..."

"The Realm of Merging with the Dao is fine to say."

"Mm, it's just... Ji You, this Realm of Profound Understanding..."

"It doesn't matter if he can't help much; I just hope he can learn to be smarter and save his life."

The three managers muttered, then flipped through the message page by page.

The first time they saw Ji You's name was in the record about going to the Snow Realm, and there were only a few strokes, saying that when they stayed in the wilderness at night, the cultivators went out to clear the barbarian skirmishers.

This is normal.

After all, there were many people in the envoy group, and even if it was recorded, Peng Dongyang couldn't keep following Ji You to record.

In their view, no matter how strong Ji You was, he was only in the Realm of Profound Understanding; it was not easy to leave his name on such a major event.

But soon, as the message wrote about the bridge of "Twelve Barbarian Soldier Kings chasing," the three found that Ji You's name was constantly increasing.

Qin Rong licked his fingertips with the tip of his tongue at this time and flipped to the next page, only to see the two characters 【Ji You】 filling the paper, his expression gradually becoming stunned.

Previously, the records were fewer, indicating that it was not critical or not dangerous.

And when the name increased, it meant that Ji You became the key.

At this time, their gaze browsed quickly, and they saw the record of the twelve soldier kings chasing.

"This..."

"Written wrong?"

"It seems that money has never been spent in vain."

"..."

"Report it to the inner courtyard."

The letter sent by the Immortal Supervision Bureau was soon sent into the inner courtyard, and then reviewed by the five hall masters; the first to get the letter was Zuo Qiuyang, and He Lingxiu was beside him, finishing the message with her uncle, then fell into deep thought, only coming back to her senses after a long time.

Afterward, this letter was read by the other hall masters and then forwarded to the elders sitting below.

Like the three managers of the Management Tian Shuyuan, after they finished reading this letter, they all fell into a long silence, looking at each other, but their hearts were slightly heavy.

At first, they felt that Ji You was only in the Realm of Profound Understanding, and he would definitely be dead or injured after leaving the pass.

What kind of place was that?

The Wilderness, the Snow Realm, a place that cannot be entered without the Realm of Merging with the Dao.

And the facts were indeed as they expected; although Ji You didn't die outside the pass, he was indeed injured, and he also injured his hands that held the sword.

But the process of Ji You's injury recorded in this letter made them feel very hard to believe.

How to put this feeling...

It's as if it would be better if he wasn't injured.

Because they seemed to see a more brutal, more powerful Ji You from the paper, who was currently on the way back.

"..."

"Ji You didn't die?!"

In Shengjing City, at the Hongding Building on Yong'an Avenue, Dou Yuankong was riding a horse to attend a banquet.

The Winter Solstice had arrived, the temperature in Shengjing began to drop, and light frost began to form in the morning.

At this time every year, Princess Changle Zhao Yunyue would hold a snow-boiling banquet, inviting the nobles in the capital and the disciples of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to eat, drink, and have fun, and pull closer their feelings.

And just as Dou Yuankong went upstairs, he heard Princess Changle, who had arrived early to wait, mention a name that hadn't been mentioned for a long time.

It had been more than a month, and Dou Yuankong had almost forgotten this name, unable to help letting out a strange cry.

Zhao Yunyue raised her eyes gently while holding the menu at this time: "He really didn't die, and he will be back soon."

Dou Yuankong frowned upon hearing this: "His luck is really good; he went to the demon clan and can still come back alive?"

"My Father Prince said the same thing."

"Could it be that they didn't encounter barbarian pursuit along the way on this trip?"

Zhao Yunyue shook her head: "Naturally, they encountered it; the barbarians aren't stupid; anyone could guess that our human clan wouldn't watch them ally, so they would inevitably send an envoy group; how could they let it go."

Dou Yuankong opened his mouth: "Then how could he come back alive?"

"I don't know the specific situation..."

Zhao Yunyue handed the menu in her hand to the waiter, lifted the double sleeves of her gorgeous clothes, and withdrew them between her legs.

The Chong Wang Mansion was entirely a pro-immortal faction, and the diplomatic mission to the demon clan was the responsibility of the Immortal Supervision Bureau; the two camps were different, so the news was naturally not shared.

But with the status of the Prince of Chong, he could always find out something, such as Ji You not dying, the Demon Emperor speaking for peace, and the human envoy group being on the way back.

Hearing this, Dou Yuankong felt somewhat confused.

He had participated in writing Ji You into the diplomatic mission list; although he was only a fuse, he would definitely be hated.

Ji You might be helpless against those elders who fanned the flames, but he might not take his anger out on himself after coming back.

Dou Yuankong was somewhat panicked: "He is just a small private cultivator in the Realm of Profound Understanding; how can he not die!?"

"You don't have to panic; I heard that although he is fine, his hands seem to be crippled."

"Really?"

"My Father Prince has always been rigorous in doing things, so this matter should be true."

After Zhao Yunyue finished speaking, a trace of pity and helplessness couldn't help but flow from her expression.

At this time, the lanterns were lit, and the cold night of Shengjing City gradually began to be brightly lit; a few figures walked in a hurry toward the Hongding Building.

First were the Lu sisters Lu Qingqiu and Lu Hanyan, as well as Lou Siyi and others, and then Fang Jincheng and Pu Yangxing.

The one with the biggest background during this period was Leng Yingying from the inner courtyard, and another one named Wang Lingfeng.

Dou Yuankong looked at the more familiar Lu Qingqiu at this time: "Ji You... is he coming back?"

Lu Qingqiu nodded: "I also heard the instructors in the academy discussing this matter; it shouldn't be false, but I heard his hands seem to be crippled..."

"Really crippled?"

"That's what's being spread in the academy."

"Not crippled."

Leng Yingying spoke upon hearing this, looking at the crowd: "He suffered some serious injuries, and his meridians are blocked, but it should be able to get better."

The report of the Immortal Supervision Bureau was handled by the Management Tian Shuyuan, but it would eventually be forwarded to the inner courtyard.

Leng Yingying was in the same hall as Xiao Hanyan, both being competitors for the direct inheritance; she naturally inquired about this matter more clearly than them.

Zhao Yunyue looked over at this time: "It seems the human envoy group did indeed encounter barbarian pursuit?"

"Twelve barbarian soldier kings, leading countless generals, chased and killed them at night, almost wiping out the human envoy group."

Lu Qingqiu raised her eyes at this time: "Are soldier kings and generals barbarian realms or military ranks?"

Leng Yingying spoke upon hearing this: "They are both realms and military ranks; the general realm is comparable to the Realm of Merging with the Dao, the peak general realm far exceeds the Realm of Merging with the Dao, and the soldier king realm is almost the Realm of Responding to Heaven; after barbarian transformation, it can even reach the initial Boundless Realm."

"So dangerous?"

"Of course dangerous; Ji You's hand was also injured at that time."

"So it was at that time, no wonder..."

"Not bad, the message said the barbarian soldier king had strong combat power and was brave and unparalleled, tearing through the barrier of six elders and killing toward the envoy group; Ji You faced the sky and lifted forty-nine swords, fully slashing back one soldier king, blocking the final blow, and helping the envoy group cross into the Snow Realm."

"?"

Leng Yingying almost repeated this paragraph according to the original text of the message, but after the words fell, the wine table suddenly became quiet.

Looking over, Lu Qingqiu, Lu Hanyan, Zhao Yunyue, and a group of women all stopped the chopsticks in their hands, looking over in astonishment.

Dou Yuankong and Fang Jincheng thought for a long time, converted the human-barbarian realm comparison that Leng Yingying had just told them, and then slowly opened their eyes wide.

Leng Yingying was stunned for a moment, then understood.

They thought the one who injured Ji You was a general comparable to the Realm of Merging with the Dao...

Mm, not bad; she herself had had such a misunderstanding after reading it at the time.

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