Chapter 206: Will to Die

After the spring flowers gradually wake up, it is the season when peach blossoms bloom.

From the eastern suburbs of Shengjing to the east, after leaving the city, one can see the ten thousand acres of peach forest in Yunhe County from afar. Looking from afar, it is a pink and moist piece. Every year, countless immortal family disciples and literary scholars come one after another.

Entering from the east side, it is a long walkway between prosperous peach trees. Walking straight to the east is Peach Blossom Lake and Spring Breeze Pavilion.

Xiang Kuangcheng and Wei Rui had gone to stroll around, chatted about the spring plowing in Fengzhou, talked about the spectacular sight of cultivators reclaiming land, and talked about the drinking and cheering of immortal manor disciples and commoners at night.

However, he didn't tell Wei Rui about Fengzhou taking in private cultivators.

The more people who know about this, the more trouble Brother Ji will get into, and no matter whether Wei Rui knows about this or not, it won't have any impact.

The afternoon was slightly gloomy, and dark clouds were gathering in the sky, seemingly about to have light rain.

The weather around Qingming is like this. It was bright and sunny just a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, it can be raining. Thus, carriages for spring outings rushed back toward Shengjing one after another.

Some broke two or three branches of peach blossoms, some drank two or three pots of clear tea.

Xiang Kuangcheng and Wei Rui also returned together. However, before entering the city gate, Kuang the Kuang Shusheng got off the carriage and parted with Miss Rui on the carriage.

This kind of caution still stemmed from cherishing the girl's reputation, which made Wei Rui feel even more moved.

After parting, Xiang Kuangcheng walked through Changsheng Avenue alone and felt a cold wind in the city.

This is the chill of winter that hasn't dissipated. Returning at this time will probably bring two or three days of gloom and cold, and then the temperature will climb until summer.

Xiang Kuangcheng walked along the alley. Before he reached his residence, he saw a figure swaying in front of the door.

When he moved forward a bit more, he discovered that the person standing at the door was Ji You, wearing a white robe embroidered with silver thread, standing proudly, looking up at a peach tree in the courtyard opposite, and holding a jar of wine in his hand.

"Brother Ji?"

"I came to find you for two drinks."

Ji You turned his head, lifted the wine jar, and shook it twice toward him. The sound of wine sloshing came from the jar: "Open the door quickly. I've been standing here for half a day. You kid really forgot righteousness for beauty, going out for a stroll with Wei Rui again?"

Xiang Kuangcheng coughed and opened the copper lock of the courtyard gate: "The peach blossoms in Yunhe County are exceptionally good this year, so I went to see them with Miss Rui."

"Strolling all day can't stroll out a baby. Flowers should be broken when they can be broken, don't wait for the flowers to fall and break the branches in vain."

"Brother Ji is truly dissolute!"

Xiang Kuangcheng couldn't help but retort, and then discovered that Ji You's face was a bit pale, and the bottom of his eyes was also a piece of gray.

However, before he could open his mouth to ask, Ji You had already walked into the door, reached out and poked the oil seal of the wine jar, and the fragrance of wine overflowed, drifting into the courtyard.

Xiang Kuangcheng followed in: "Drinking wine in the daytime?"

Ji You glanced at him: "Does drinking wine have to be divided into daytime and nighttime?"

"Just curious why Brother Ji has such interest today, and even brought wine yourself?"

"Cultivating the Dao is boring, and there is a feeling of being unable to sit still, so I thought about going down the mountain to stroll. But Shengjing is so big, and I only know you. I walked here unconsciously. Go get the bowls quickly."

Xiang Kuangcheng went into the house and took out the bowls, then placed them on the table, and saw clear wine poured out, and couldn't help but secretly guess if Brother Ji was going to rob money again.

Ji You picked up the wine bowl: "Come, let's have one."

Xiang Kuangcheng raised his sleeves and lifted the cup: "It just so happens that I didn't sit with Brother Ji last time I returned. This time I will accompany Brother Ji for a drink."

After drinking a mouthful of clear wine, Xiang Kuangcheng suddenly felt a heat flow into his body.

Then his whole body seemed to become transparent, and there seemed to be a breeze circling in his body, emerging from his energy apertures.

Xiang Kuangcheng opened his mouth: "Spirit wine?"

"Have you drunk it?"

"Not really. This thing is expensive, and I can't afford it with my salary. However, I have heard colleagues talk about it. A small sip of a cultivator's spirit wine can make one feel the opening of all energy apertures. What is wrong with Brother Ji today?"

Ji You looked at him while holding the wine bowl: "It's hard for cultivators to feel anything from ordinary wine, but ordinary people can nourish their roots and bones by drinking spirit wine. You are too thin, you need to supplement more."

Xiang Kuangcheng felt that Ji You's state today seemed a bit strange. He couldn't say where it was strange, but it just wasn't right.

The dissolute laughter from weekdays was gone; instead, he seemed much more profound.

It was probably because Zhengxin Xianzi Yan wasn't there, Miss Yuan had also left, and he had the mentality of a lonely old man again, so he told him about the repair of the Fengzhou official road.

The Si Chu Xian Ling Jian purchased a large number of spirit weapons to repair the roads and, according to Ji You's initial vision, started construction in sections. The progress was very fast, and it could be completed by the day of the Great Heat.

Ji You didn't have much to say after listening.

Just as he said earlier, he was just a small Eighteen Tongxuan, and this was all he could do.

The road was repaired, the wasteland was reclaimed, and where Fengzhou should go in the future was no longer something he could control.

Waiting for the wine in the jar to gradually decrease, Xiang Kuangcheng also told him about Wei Rui, saying that they held hands lightly at the Peach Blossom Assembly, which was teased by Ji You with a "tsk tsk tsk" sound.

Kuang the Kuang Shusheng thought to himself that this kind of progress was normal. Although it is said that the love between men and women is like a layer of window paper, it is not that easy to poke through.

How could it be like Brother Ji and Zhengxin Xianzi Yan, biting their mouths like that when they met?

Ji You didn't have much of a smile today, and only when Xiang Kuangcheng mentioned Little Xiao Jianzhu would he raise his mouth slightly, and then it would drop quickly after changing the topic.

Before long, the wine was finished, and Xiang Kuangcheng's face began to flush.

People from Yuyang County are quite capable of drinking. Xiang Kuangcheng looks weak, but his drinking capacity is quite good. Old Qiu and his wife are also like this.

However, Ji You seemed to drink more, bowl after bowl. He didn't have much to say originally, and in the end, he had even less.

Until he felt his ears become very hot, and his vision seemed to have weight. The air in front of him seemed to be dragging honey-colored sticky silk, gradually getting high.

However, this was not a feeling of the world spinning, but the excitement of the spirit, which made his heart feel a bit more relaxed.

"Leaving."

"Eh, Brother Ji..."

Ji You burped: "I have the feeling. I should be able to sleep when I go back."

Xiang Kuangcheng watched him walk out the door, stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that it turned out Brother Ji came down the mountain specifically to find him today just to drink.

At this time, Ji You walked out the door, looked toward the direction of Ningshan along Changsheng Avenue. Just after walking through the middle section, a layer of fine mist beads drifted out from his whole body, and the wine energy he had swallowed earlier was all evaporated by his scorching physique.

After a few more steps, Ji You paused slightly, and his mind was clear again. The previous drunkenness had already dissipated without a trace.

After body refinement, both body temperature and strength had reached the limit, so much so that his current body couldn't retain the wine energy for too long.

Ji You couldn't help but look up at the gloomy sky at this time, listening to the faint thunder.

It won't work, it simply won't work...

He stood on the street for a long time, thinking to himself that now he didn't even have the qualification to be drunk.

He was silent, then walked toward Ningshan. When passing Bishui Lake, he even went to Cao Cao Jingsong's courtyard, didn't stay too long, and turned to leave.

Before long, Wen Zhengxin, Ban Ban Yangshu, and Bai Bai Rulong received the message and rushed to Cao Cao Jingsong's courtyard.

The four sat around the tea table in the courtyard, looking at the two money bags in front of them in a daze.

The money bag on the left was Cao Cao Jingsong's, and the one on the right was Bai Bai Rulong's. The money bag of Bai Rulong Immortal Emperor was given by Ji You when he left the Snow Region. It was one size larger than the previous one, indicating that he should hold more money in the future.

And both of these money bags were full, even fuller than when they left their respective owners.

"Returning money?"

"Hmm, that's what he said."

Bai Bai Rulong looked like he had seen the sun rise from the west: "Why?"

Cao Cao Jingsong shook his head: "I don't know either. He put down the money bag and left. However, he has been looking for the opportunity to determine the Dao recently. He robbed money before because his professional heart was acting up. Now it might also be influenced by distracting thoughts."

Ban Ban Yangshu picked up the money bag and weighed it twice at this time: "What kind of distracting thoughts influenced Ji Shidi Ji, actually making him take out the money?"

Wen Zhengxin shook her head: "I can't imagine."

"Could it be that his kindness acted up?"

"If kindness acted up, Ji Shidi Ji should have donated the money to the orphanage. It's not like he hasn't done that before."

Cao Cao Jingsong held the teacup, feeling that the matter seemed to have become serious.

What kind of distracting thoughts a person has depends entirely on his background, past experiences, and current encounters. Although others cannot see through it, it can be judged according to his daily state.

For example, Ji You loves money extremely. Those who want to kill him don't need to work hard; they only need to throw silver to lure him away.

So everyone knows that yellow and white things must be one of Ji You's distracting thoughts. Thus, Cao Cao Jingsong and Bai Bai Rulong were robbed of money some time ago, and they didn't feel surprised at all.

But returning money is too surprising, so much so that they couldn't understand what kind of distracting thoughts Ji You was in to make such behavior.

Lust?

Lust can only drive him to find girls. This silver should be spent in the flower houses of Shengjing City.

However, Ji You doesn't seem to need to go to flower houses. Many senior sisters and junior sisters in the academy want to have a child with him, and they don't even need him to be responsible.

Cao Cao Jingsong and Bai Bai Rulong sat at the tea table thinking, feeling completely puzzled about Ji You's abnormality.

Just at this moment, Wen Zhengxin suddenly looked stunned, her brows slightly furrowed.

"What's wrong?"

"Actually, if a person really wants to die, they will leave their family wealth to those close to them. After all, yellow and white things are things you can't bring when you are born and can't bring when you die."

After Wen Zhengxin finished speaking, she raised her head: "I have a clan uncle who was always unhappy after his wife died. One day, he suddenly went to drink with friends, left all his money to his children, and not long after, he drowned himself in a water vat at home."

Bai Bai Rulong opened his mouth: "Can a water vat drown a person?"

"If there is really a will to die, a water basin can also drown a person."

Cao Cao Jingsong immediately waved his sleeves: "Impossible. Ji You's cultivation path is smooth and unobstructed, and he has established a noble family. He is also fascinated by the daughter of the Pill Sect who wishes she could move to Fengzhou with him. Plus, he is broad-minded. How could he have a will to die in his heart?"

Bai Bai Rulong, who hadn't reached Rongdao, heard this and couldn't help but speak: "Can distracting thoughts cause a person to have a will to die?"

"No, what can make a person have a will to die is not distracting thoughts, but obsession."

"What is obsession?"

"Where the heart is stagnant, where the spirit is condensed, holding on to one intention and unable to release it. Either tied to things, or trapped in feelings, or fixed in ambition. Although things have passed and the situation has changed, one still worries about it, and it is difficult to solve it in the end, unable to let go."

After Cao Cao Jingsong finished speaking, he added: "But very few people will have strong obsessions. Generally, they just have distracting thoughts."

Bai Bai Rulong scratched his head: "Why?"

"Only cultivators will encounter the heart-asking bureau, and cultivators are almost all children of immortal families."

Hearing this, Bai Bai Rulong suddenly understood.

Children of immortal families have been eating fine food and wearing fine clothes since childhood, don't need to worry about survival, and even their cultivation path will be arranged for them by others. They don't worry about food and drink, so they are naturally broad-minded and probably won't encounter heart matters that qualify as obsessions.

Even if there are, they won't reach the point of making people have a will to die...

Bai Bai Rulong pondered for a moment and then spoke: "Then what if there really is an obsession?"

Cao Cao Jingsong stroked his beard for a long time and couldn't help but say: "Find a way to uncover it. If not, you can only force yourself to forget."

"Could it be because of the disaster of the Ji family back then?"

"No."

Cao Cao Jingsong shook his head: "The disaster of the Ji family was not an extermination. If Ji You's obsession was deep, he should have gone looking for it long ago. Besides, what is quite strange is that he is now famous in the Nine Provinces, but those who fled didn't come to find him."

Ban Ban Yangshu frowned slightly: "Guessed wrong? Ji Ji Shidi is usually dissolute, could it be suspicion?"

"What suspicion?"

"Suspecting that your silver is fake, so he didn't want it and sent it back."

Just at this moment, Cao Cao Jingsong's courtyard gate was suddenly pushed open. Ji You, who had returned to return the silver earlier, went back and forth, walking into the courtyard at this time.

Cao Cao Jingsong and Bai Bai Rulong felt a tremor in their hearts, and with quick eyes and fast hands, they put away the two money bags on the table, looking at him with vigilance.

However, Ji You didn't say anything, just told Bai Bai Rulong that there was a girl with a perky butt at the door. When he got up in a panic and ran out the door, he sat on the stone stool he had just sat on.

Then he looked at them with a calm expression, but didn't speak.

Bai Bai Rulong soon walked back with a look of doubt, thinking to himself where there was a girl with a perky butt, then understood everything after seeing Ji You sitting on his stone stool.

At this time, Cao Cao Jingsong, Wen Zhengxin, and Ban Ban Yangshu were all staring at him.

Ji You frowned slightly: "What were you chatting about just now? Just keep chatting, don't mind me."

Ban Ban Yangshu looked at each other with Cao Cao Jingsong and then turned his head: "We were just chatting about why you returned the silver."

"What's the point of silver? It's not like it can buy everything."

Bai Bai Rulong narrowed his eyes after hearing this: "What's wrong with Brother Ji? Why don't we go to the medical clinic to take a look?"

Cao Cao Jingsong also couldn't help but put down his teacup and speak: "You aren't back in the inner courtyard, why did you suddenly come back?"

Ji You heard the sound and spoke: "After going back, I found that there was no one in the courtyard, so I wanted to come back and sit for a while."

"How is the search for the opportunity to determine the Dao?"

"Quite good. Oh, by the way, who has a vacant room? I want to move in and stay for a few days."

Ban Ban Yangshu was stunned for a moment: "Why is this?"

Ji You said softly: "Just don't want to stay alone."

"I live with Ji Ji Qirui."

Bai Bai Rulong also opened his mouth: "I didn't enter the academy at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms, so I live in the men's dormitory with everyone."

Cao Cao Jingsong stroked his long beard: "Then stay here with me."

Ji You then spoke: "Many thanks, Ding Shijie Wen."

Cao Cao Jingsong: "?"

Wen Zhengxin turned her head to look at him: "If you are not afraid of the daughter of the Pill Sect getting jealous, just come back with me."

What the Zhengxin Zhengxin Xianzi didn't expect was that after sunset, Ji You really followed her back to the courtyard.

On the bamboo rack in her courtyard, there were still drying bellybands, pink and green, embroidered with butterflies and flowers, as well as several silk underpants, looking like a set with those bellybands.

Wen Zhengxin stepped over the threshold, then walked a few steps quickly, pretending to be calm and running to tidy up.

Ji You was a bit absent-minded, but subconsciously carried a kind of politeness, so he subconsciously helped her tidy up together.

From the south side of the bamboo rack to the north side, Ji You grabbed a handful of bellybands, then looked up and found Wen Zhengxin looking at him with a cold face and red cheeks: "Ji Shidi, the distracting thoughts in your heart must be lust."

Ji You looked at the bellybands in his hand for a long time, then returned them to her, but couldn't help but sigh softly during the handover.

Wen Zhengxin was stunned for a moment, then looked down at her chest, her eyes instantly narrowed, revealing a trace of murderous intent.

It was definitely lust, and he was still not satisfied.

"You won't sneak into my room at night, will you?"

"It is already a great grace for Ding Shijie to take me in. The etiquette of hospitality is not necessary."

"?"

Wen Zhengxin looked at his tired and lifeless appearance, not quite sure whether he was sincere or teasing, so she returned to her room holding her bellybands and underpants.

For the whole night that followed, the Zhengxin Zhengxin Xianzi was cultivating the Dao, but from time to time she would pay attention to the sounds outside, but after a long time, there was still no movement.

Thus, near the hour of the Ox, the Zhengxin Zhengxin Xianzi put on her boots and walked to the main hall. After pondering for a long time, she looked into the room, but found that Ji You was not in the room.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and she turned her eyes to look outside the courtyard, only to find that Ji You was sitting in the night at this time.

Alone, silent, lifeless.

"Ji Shidi?"

"I'm fine, Ding Shijie."

Wen Zhengxin watched him turn his head, his eyes filled with water, so she was stunned for a moment. She just wanted to open her mouth to ask what was wrong, but before the sound came out, she saw the struggle in the other party's eyes.

She suddenly understood why Ji You chose to live here. It had little to do with lust; he was simply afraid of being asked.

Although Cao Cao Jingsong called him a rebellious disciple every day, he had high hopes for him, far more concerned about him than others.

If Cao Cao Jingsong saw this scene at this time, he would definitely ask what happened to Ji Shidi Ji.

Thus, she pursed her lips and turned back, entering the room without saying a word.

Early the next morning, Wen Zhengxin got up, put on her outer robe, and came to the courtyard. In fact, she was still a bit worried about Ji You in her heart.

And when she arrived at the courtyard, she found that her courtyard seemed to have changed its appearance, being tidy everywhere.

The clothes and bellybands changed last night were still hanging on the bamboo pole, wet, as if they had just been washed.

Ji You saw Wen Zhengxin at this time and said good morning to her.

Wen Zhengxin found that at this time, the Ji Shidi was like a soul lost.

He actually only slept for a very short time last night, so he started tidying up the courtyard early in the morning, pruned the jujube tree in the courtyard that had just sprouted new buds, and organized the pruned branches and threw them out.

Then he leveled the courtyard, dried the bedding, and washed the water vat inside and out.

The room was also cleaned, the dust on the porcelain vase was wiped away, and the chair cushions were scrubbed.

He didn't intend to settle down here for a long time, just wanted to keep himself busy until there was no time to think and recall.

But now there was nothing left to do, and he had to find something to do.

At this time, Ji You suddenly remembered Lu Lu Qingqiu's message from a few days ago, saying that she wanted him to teach Lu Lu Hanyan sword path, so he thought about it, then walked toward the outer courtyard, and after several twists and turns, came to the Sword Forest.

Although he had refused Lu Lu Qingqiu's request to teach sword path a few days ago, he still wrote down some insights and gave them to Lu Lu Hanyan.

Although Lu Lu Hanyan was practicing sword in the Sword Forest, she was surprised to see Ji You: "Senior Brother Ji? Why are you here?"

"I told you some sword path insights a few days ago. It just happened to be free, so I came to see how you are practicing."

"Really?"

"Hmm, practice for me to see."

"Yes!"

At this time, in the Sword Forest of the outer courtyard of the Heavenly Academy.

Lu Lu Hanyan was holding a long sword, dancing a sword flower in the forest, her posture graceful, coming and going like a startled swan. Her beautiful figure made the male disciples all around look away.

With a *hum*, the Dao sword swung fiercely, and a burst of sword energy made the whole bamboo forest rustle.

Then she flew back and returned the sword, the sword momentum becoming more and more fierce.

Just at this moment, Ji You suddenly swung the wooden sword in his hand and hit Lu Lu Hanyan's hand with a *plop*.

The sword style of the Second Miss Lu was instantly interrupted, and her delicate hand began to turn slightly red.

"Don't grasp it too hard, otherwise it will inevitably affect your sword drawing."

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

*Slap*—

"The waist must be stable. If the waist is not stable, the sword is not fierce."

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

*Slap*—

"Don't twist your butt!"

Seeing this scene, the surrounding disciples looked at this scene with some astonishment.

Although Ji You is an inner courtyard disciple now, he is ultimately from a rustic private cultivator background, and Lu Lu Hanyan is the direct descendant of the Yunzhou Lu family. This courage is truly too big.

Lu Lu Hanyan, who was hit, was also stunned for a moment, blinking her eyes in disbelief, seemingly a bit surprised.

She only received personal guidance from Senior Brother Ji today. Her first feeling was that Senior Brother Ji was really strict when treating the sword path, and seeing her sword path improve continuously in just half a day, she was also a bit happy in her heart.

Being hit on the hand a few times was nothing to her, but the butt...

Lu Lu Hanyan blinked her eyes as if feeling it carefully, then a blush appeared on her cheeks, and she was surprised to find that she had no annoyance at all.

Regarding this, everyone didn't understand very well...

However, setting this aside, everyone discovered that as Ji You adjusted Lu Lu Hanyan's movements several times, this Lu family Second Miss's sword became more and more silky, and the air waves slashed by the sword style gradually solidified and became sharper, gradually forming a momentum.

Fang Fang Jincheng and his cousin Fang Fang Zhiheng were also in the bamboo forest. Seeing this scene, their expressions gradually became ugly.

Fang Fang Jincheng was still okay. He was a beginner in the sword path and was not sensitive to the changes in Lu Lu Hanyan's sword style, only feeling that it was getting stronger and stronger.

But Fang Fang Zhiheng was already proficient in the sword path, and at this moment, he felt the clumsiness and cleverness in her sword intent more clearly.

He had been in seclusion for a long time and didn't know much about Ji You, so after seeing that sword in the Teaching Academy, he began to inquire about Ji You, and even sent a letter to his friend at Lingjian Mountain.

When he went to pay respects back then, people at Lingjian Mountain praised his sword heart as excellent, which could be considered a very good evaluation.

But at Lingjian Mountain, Ji You was called the natural sword seed with a clear sword heart.

"Don't watch, continue practicing."

"Yes, cousin..."

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