Chapter 201

"Eh, where is Yuan Yuanchen?"

"Yuan Yuanchen? Who is Yuan Yuanchen?"

"Your younger brother."

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The morning after the New Year ended was the day the Pill Sect had originally scheduled to leave; this time hadn't changed.

After all, it wasn't just the sister and brother who came on this trip, but also two elders of the same clan.

And Yuan Yuan Caiwei performed the final treatment for Ji You on the morning before departure, repairing his meridians, which had been twisted by Qi energy, back to their original state, which could be considered as completely restoring Ji You's arm.

Thus, the group descended from Nishan and said their goodbyes on the main road of the Nancheng on the right side of the Divine Path.

"Brother-in-law, I'm leaving."

"Be careful on the road, don't run around anymore."

"Was that me running around? I didn't even move from my spot last night, but none of you remembered..."

Yuan Yuanchen looked aggrieved, got into the carriage holding a thick stack of book manuscripts, and then looked through them with a pouting mouth.

Shengjing was extremely lively last night, and there were not a few people who lost things amidst the mix of fish and dragons.

There were those who woke up after a night of drunkenness and found their jade pendants missing, those who strolled for half a day and found their money bags missing, those who lost their shoes, and those who lost face.

And Ji You and the others lost a younger brother, and didn't even remember what exactly they had lost after losing him.

It wasn't until this morning, when the sky was just brightening, that Yuan Yuanchen found his way back to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan looking aggrieved. The few of them suddenly realized, thinking to themselves, no wonder they felt something was missing last night, and couldn't help but feel a lingering fear in their hearts.

Don't look at Yuan Yuanchen as not deserving a name in their triangular story, but he was a direct disciple of the Pill Sect after all.

Moreover, he had no combat power, but possessed the skill of pill arts, which easily made people jealous. If he had really been kidnapped by evildoers, it's estimated that half of the Qingyun world would have been in chaos for a while.

However, Yuan Yuanchen actually didn't go anywhere last night; he had been listening to storytelling at the lantern workshop until late at night. When he came back to his senses, he found that his brother-in-law and two sisters were all gone. Not knowing the way, he followed the storyteller from the West Market lantern workshop home and forced the storyteller to tell stories for the whole night.

It wasn't that he was addicted to listening to stories; it was mainly because the storyteller was telling a new book tonight, and that new book was adapted from his brother-in-law's true experience of being an envoy to the Snow Region.

How could he not finish listening to the ending? If he couldn't finish listening to the ending, he would have been stifled to death.

The storyteller said, "I am a mortal, already fifty-seven years old; wouldn't I die if I didn't sleep for a night!"

Yuan Yuanchen said, "You won't die; I'll give you a whole night's worth of energy-restoring pills."

In the end, the storyteller couldn't stand it anymore and gifted him all the book manuscripts he had written in his life, fearing him to the point of being willing to change professions.

At the same time, Yuan Yuan Caiwei was also saying goodbye face-to-face to her plastic sister Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi.

And when she saw the wound on Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's mouth again, the resentment in her heart still couldn't dissipate.

When she decided to come to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to deliver pills, what she had in mind was two people in one room, three nights of undressing for treatment.

But what she didn't expect was that Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was also there, and even less did she expect that the Inspector sister she had known for many years would be so good at being jealous, so some seduction matters were difficult to carry out. Otherwise, she felt she could also have had a wound.

After saying goodbye, Yuan Yuan Caiwei got into the carriage. At this time, her younger brother was sitting in the carriage, focused on the storybook in his hand.

She was a very strict elder sister and usually opposed Yuan Yuanchen reading these folk-fabricated strange tales, but this time she pretended not to see it and didn't say anything.

"Sister, help me get the next one."

"You read less of this kind of thing..."

"Don't show me false concern; I'm just a younger brother no one cares about, one brother-in-law and two sisters, and not a single one remembers me."

Yuan Yuan Caiwei looked away guiltily, then handed him the other one from beside her feet.

She really didn't have enough confidence now and couldn't lecture Yuan Yuanchen.

Because she didn't want to admit that her mind was full of Young Master Ji yesterday, and she was so busy strolling with him that she couldn't remember anything, and didn't even feel that she was missing a younger brother until she went back to the courtyard to sleep.

Yuan Yuan Caiwei looked at the direction the carriage was moving, her brows suddenly furrowed, thinking to herself that her father might not want her to marry Young Master Ji, not to mention possibly being a secondary wife...

Regarding the matter of the Barbarian race wanting to ally with the Demon race to attack the Nine Provinces, the Pill Sect's nerves were the most stimulated. Although the Demon race didn't agree, it didn't mean their ambition was gone.

When the Demon race delegation first entered the Nine Provinces, they went to the Pill Sect, specifically naming that they wanted to purchase elixirs.

If the Nine Provinces really reached troubled times, their Pill Sect would have the least ability to resist.

Before coming to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, her father mentioned to her several times about the direct disciple of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion and the son of the Chen Clan Immortal Deputy Abbot...

At this time, Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi looked out at the main street of the Nancheng, golden light flickering in her eyes, looking all the way to a hundred miles away, and only felt relieved after seeing the carriage didn't turn back.

Actually, Yuan Yuan Caiwei was quite good. After all, she hadn't had many sisters for so many years, and it wasn't unreasonable that she could get along with her.

She was half a year older than her, so calling her sister was appropriate.

It's just that these past few days, every time she heard her call her Inspector sister, it always made her feel that the other party had some ambitious appearance...

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi withdrew her gaze, then followed Ji You back to the mountain, and then folded the small flower-patterned jacket she had changed out of neatly and put it into Ji You's clothing chest.

She was already very satisfied with being a little girl who didn't know about the world in Shengjing for so long, but whether it was hibernating in winter, acting spoiled, or being jealous, for her, it was ultimately just temporary comfort.

She had never forgotten that she hadn't broken through her realm yet, and had never forgotten that what she shouldered was the entire Spirit Sword Mountain.

In other words, living in a small courtyard with a strange man was like a beautiful dream where she could let herself go, but unfortunately, people would never live in a dream forever.

It was time for her to settle her heart, no longer be Ji You's only proud fairy, but to be the Little Inspector for the ten thousand disciples...

Ji You actually knew long ago that Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi would leave after the New Year. After all, she had snuck out while in the middle of seclusion. At this time, he was roasting the sweet potato she specifically asked to eat, when he suddenly felt a burst of sword Qi attacking.

Half an hour later, a ray of immortal light carrying the fragrance of roasted sweet potato soared into the sky.

Ji You waved his hand below, and the originally intact left corner of his lip was also bitten through, spilling blood.

This girl, she still knows how to leave a gift.

In Lingzhou at noon, the weather was warm. Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu decided to write a second letter to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, but just as she put pen to paper, clouds began to gather in the clear sky, and heavenly light kept whistling behind the clouds, with wind and waves spreading over the sky and earth.

The next instant, as the willow tree without new buds on the mountaintop bent slightly, Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi landed gracefully, golden light faintly visible in her eyes.

"It's the Inspector."

"The Inspector has finally returned..."

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu and Ding Yao immediately ran out of the hall, and saw Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi walking from outside the hall.

Not having seen her for a long time, both felt that the Inspector seemed to have become a bit fuller, which should be because she was raised by Young Master Ji.

However, what attracted their attention the most was still the tooth mark wound on their own Inspector's mouth.

The shape of the wound after scabbing was actually far more obvious than when it was just bitten, and both the trace and the direction were extremely easy to identify.

Just by looking at this wound, they could imagine the scene of Ji You using his mouth to bite the Inspector's lip with slight force, having a feeling of wanting to see but not daring to look, their eyes drifting for a while.

They really couldn't imagine what kind of expression a woman as cold and proud as the Inspector would have when being held in Young Master Ji's arms for a passionate kiss.

Among them, the one with the most lingering fear was Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu, who had originally suggested the Inspector go to Shengjing to visit relatives.

In one month, the Inspector had already been tricked by the son-in-law into kissing, and if it had been a few more days, it's feared she would really have returned pregnant.

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi looked at their expressions and easily guessed what they were thinking.

The human race is like this; before condensing an immortal body, no matter how fast a cultivator's recovery speed is, they have to go through the process of scabbing and shedding scabs.

That night when Ji You wanted to bite her, she also struggled, telling him she would be discovered, and at that time the entire Spirit Sword Mountain would hack him to death, but he said he wasn't afraid.

The Little Inspector was actually someone without much of her own opinion, easily overwhelmed, and after hearing him say seriously that he wasn't afraid, she also softened a bit, so she couldn't help but let him bite her.

Actually, she didn't understand herself either; clearly, returning with such a wound would definitely lead to speculation, but why did she have a faint expectation in her heart that he would bite her too?

"Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi is back?"

"I'm back, Father."

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi raised her eyes and saw Yan Yan Jingxiang walking from inside the hall, so she opened her mouth to answer gently.

Ever since his daughter went missing, Father Yan came to ask every day.

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu told him that his daughter had encountered a bottleneck and was troubled in her heart, so she decided to go down the mountain to walk around, so he didn't think too much, but secretly harbored worry in his heart.

At this time, seeing her return, that hanging heart was finally put down.

However, when Yan Yan Jingxiang walked down the long steps of the main hall, he noticed the wound on his daughter's mouth, so his complexion suddenly changed drastically, a trace of shock appearing in his eyes.

"Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, you..."

Yan Yan Jingxiang stammered for a long time, but the sentence "Who bit your mouth?" ultimately didn't come out.

Because as a father, it was inappropriate for him to ask his daughter about such things, but even if he didn't ask, he guessed at this time that his daughter had gone to meet a lover during the month she left the mountain.

Actually, as early as half a year ago, Ding Yao had already told him through a message that his daughter had a sweetheart, but he didn't know who the other party was.

Later, his daughter chose to go into seclusion to charge at the Boundless Realm and didn't go down the mountain again, which made Yan Yan Jingxiang relax a bit.

He thought Ding Yao was just listening to hearsay, and also felt that with his daughter's status and position, she wouldn't easily like a man.

But until this moment, he realized that his daughter had truly fallen into a love tribulation.

Yan Yan Jingxiang opened his mouth after a long silence: "You have traveled for so long, have your distracting thoughts been eliminated?"

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi nodded calmly: "My heart is much calmer."

"That's good, that's good... Your mother has been muttering about you these past few days; you should rest for a while, and I'll go call her."

Yan Yan Jingxiang hurried down the mountain, and Mother Yan, after hearing what Father Yan said about her daughter's lover, hurried to the Cloud-Top Palace.

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi had already changed into her Inspector immortal robes at this time and was sitting in her Phoenix Pavilion when she saw her mother enter and look at the tooth mark on the corner of her mouth.

A strange man is really the death of people.

"Heart is calm?"

"Mm, I'll go into seclusion to break through my realm when I return; I should be able to make some progress before the Heavenly Dao Assembly."

"Who is that man? What's his name?"

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi raised her eyes slightly, looked at her mother, and shook her head gently.

Mother Yan looked at her daughter's expression, and finally her brows tightened, not knowing what to say.

Who could imagine that the next Abbot of Spirit Sword Mountain, the youngest weapon wielder among the seven great Immortal Sects, would actually sneak out to meet a lover in private, and have her mouth bitten like this.

If this were to spread, it's estimated that the entire Qingyun world would be shaken...

On the second day after the New Year, the elixirs sent by the Pill Sect to Spirit Sword Mountain were counted and put into storage, followed by the Elixir Bestowal Assembly.

In previous years, the Heavenly Jianfeng took sixty percent, the Profound Jianfeng thirty percent, and the Questioning Jianfeng less than ten percent.

But this year, due to the Inspector's imperial order, the Heavenly Jianfeng could only get forty percent, and the extra twenty percent was allocated to the Questioning Jianfeng.

The disciples of the Heavenly Jianfeng naturally had opinions, especially since the Heavenly Dao Assembly was imminent, and everyone's demand for elixirs was even greater.

Thus, under the signal of Abbot Yan Zhong, the disciples of the Heavenly Jianfeng were restless at the Elixir Bestowal Assembly, and voices of dissatisfaction gradually arose.

Until a figure wearing Inspector immortal robes and a glazed immortal crown appeared, holding an elixir box and waving to send them out one by one.

The restless disciples suddenly became quiet, their eyes wide, only then realizing that this year the Inspector was actually bestowing elixirs in person.

Suddenly, the entire Gazing Immortal Terrace became quiet instantly.

Seeing this scene, Abbot Yan Zhong's eyes couldn't help but become sharp, secretly thinking to himself, "Good means."

In recent years, he discovered that Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's influence in Spirit Sword Mountain was getting bigger and bigger, even vaguely surpassing himself, to the point that whether it was the disciples of the Questioning Jianfeng, Profound Jianfeng, or Heavenly Jianfeng, they all regarded her as a spiritual belief.

Actually, he somewhat admired this niece, always regretting why she wasn't born in the Heavenly Jianfeng.

"The Inspector's mouth seems to have some injury?"

"Mm, there are some scars."

"Just now, several junior sisters were also discussing it, saying it seems to have been bitten by someone..."

"Bitten on the mouth?"

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu and Ding Yao were also bestowed spirit pills. Standing on the Gazing Immortal Terrace at this time, they naturally heard the discussions of the surrounding disciples.

However, fortunately, the Inspector had been on the high platform, and that scar wasn't considered clear in their eyes, and the disciples on the Gazing Immortal Terrace didn't dare to look directly at the Inspector for long.

"The Inspector should know that returning like this will definitely cause discussion."

"Mm, but she still let Young Master Ji bite her."

After returning from the Gazing Immortal Terrace, Ding Yao and Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu stood outside the hall of the Cloud-Top Heavenly Palace, whispering to each other while looking at the Inspector who had entered the hall.

Their own Inspector's cultivation had approached the Boundless Realm, while Young Master Ji had just entered the Upper Realm of Profound Understanding, with a difference of two major realms between them, so the gap in strength was naturally a world of difference.

So if the Inspector didn't agree, Young Master Ji couldn't even get close to her, not to mention biting the Inspector's mouth.

So Ding Yao didn't doubt at all that the Inspector was willing to be bitten by Young Master Ji and didn't resist at all.

It's just that she couldn't figure out why the Inspector would want to bring Ji You's tooth marks back to the mountain.

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu opened her mouth after pondering for a long time: "I think the Inspector actually wants people to know."

Ding Yao looked at her: "Why?"

"Some time ago, didn't Yuan Yuan Caiwei of the Pill Sect also go to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan? Those disciples walking outside the mountain who rotated back were still discussing this matter, saying Young Master Ji was going to marry into the Pill Mountain or something."

Ding Yao knew about this, but she still couldn't understand what this had to do with the Inspector.

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu looked at Ding Yao's puzzled eyes and spoke again: "Think about it, the Inspector heard so many rumors about the son-in-law and other women, she must also want others to discuss her and Young Master Ji, and even hopes others know that she is actually the primary wife. My Spirit Sword Mountain's sword path demands cleanliness and straightness; the Inspector can't deceive her own Dao heart."

Ding Yao was stunned for a long time: "But even if her mouth was bitten, except for us, no one knows it was bitten by Young Master Ji."

"It's precisely because there's no way to say it that sometimes one wants others to know even more. The Inspector was probably thinking like this when she was kissed by Young Master Ji."

"Can it be like this?"

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu opened her mouth after pondering for a moment: "Although it's just a guess, it's probably eight or nine out of ten. Didn't you notice yesterday? When the Peak Master came out of the main hall, the Inspector didn't even cover it up; she clearly wanted to be seen."

Ding Yao was slightly stunned, and a young girl suddenly appeared in her mind.

At that time, the young girl got a very beautiful sword, so she hung it on her waist all day, didn't speak, but liked to stroll everywhere to show people...

Thinking of this, Ding Yao couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, but then couldn't help but frown.

"The young lady should also be clear in her heart that she can't marry Young Master Ji."

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu was stunned for a moment, and only then reacted that the words "young lady" referred to the Inspector; this was Ding Yao's childhood address for the Inspector, and she couldn't help but look at her: "Why?"

Ding Yao raised her head: "The Inspector is now the spiritual belief of the disciples in the mountain, but if these disciples see their belief marrying into a Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple from a wild private cultivation background, it will definitely cause trouble. The Heavenly Jianfeng will push the waves and help, making the Inspector helpless, and at that time Young Master Ji will also encounter a murderous disaster."

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu pondered for a while: "Couldn't it just keep going secretly?"

"Even if it's not discovered, what about the children? No matter how strong the Inspector is, she always has to continue the bloodline."

"Conceiving a child in secret, then."

Ding Yao shook her head: "You don't understand; illegitimate children have no right of inheritance. If she can't inherit Spirit Sword Mountain, everything the Inspector is doing now loses its meaning. The Spirit Inspector and the Abbot position will eventually return to the ambitious Heavenly Jianfeng."

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu opened her mouth: "There's such a thing?"

Ding Yao nodded after a long silence: "The Peak Master called me over today to talk about these things."

"They want to know Young Master Ji's identity from your mouth?"

"Actually, after the Inspector returned yesterday, they sent people to investigate, but the Inspector left very cautiously, using the Spirit Inspector to erase all the aura and traces of this trip, so they came to ask me. Although I didn't say it, I had no way not to agree with their thoughts."

Ding Yao looked at the slowly sinking sunset: "These years, my walking very close to the Questioning Dao Sect is indeed wanting to seek some benefits for myself, but actually it's also because that is a good choice for the Inspector."

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu pursed her lips, discovering she also couldn't refute.

Ding Yao spoke again after a long silence: "Young Master Ji is good at everything, became the Master of Fengzhou, and can even kill a Soldier King with a sword, but in the end, he lacks an identity."

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu actually also wanted to say that Young Master Ji is a very good person, and his cultivation talent is also very powerful. There are so many cultivators in the world, but only he is famous for being in the Profound Understanding Realm. Look at him being this way, and that way.

But she also understood that even if Young Master Ji did so much, it still couldn't compare to the orthodoxy and background one is born with.

"Actually, Young Master Ji should also be clear, right?"

"Mm?"

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu raised her eyes: "Young Master Ji should also be clear in his heart that biting the Inspector's mouth will definitely be noticed by the people of Spirit Sword Mountain. If there are any traces leaked out, it will inevitably bring a murderous disaster upon himself."

Ding Yao nodded after pondering for a long time.

Someone who can know that Qi Qi Zhengyang's sword heart is possessed by demons just by the killing intent in his sword Qi, and thus help the Profound Jianfeng invite a sharp sword, how could he not understand such a simple principle?

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu spoke again: "Clearly knowing, yet he still bit her. Probably he also really wants others to know that the Inspector is his."

Ding Yao was silent for a long time: "There's no result. Between the Young Master and that Pill Sect daughter, it's probably the same."

"The Pill Sect will also be like this?"

"The Barbarian and Demon races are restless, and people often say the Heavenly Dao has changed. The Pill Sect without combat power is the one that needs marriage alliances the most; how could they look favorably upon Young Master Ji?"

Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu nodded: "And also to be a secondary wife."

Ding Yao turned her head to look at the hall at this time: "Speaking of which, Yuan Yuan Caiwei and our Inspector once swore to be good sisters for a lifetime. I wonder if it has been fulfilled."

"When?"

"Probably when they were seven or eight years old. At that time, the Inspector didn't want to be the Inspector and was very playful. The Pill Sect Abbot was invited to be a guest at Spirit Sword Mountain and brought Yuan Yuan Caiwei. The two of them played very well."

(End of chapter)