Chapter 232

Cao Jiaoxi and his group of four came by the night cargo truck of the Shengjing post station and didn't arrive in Zhongxing County until this morning.

In his own words, it saved a day's room fee, and the night truck only charged half price, being the best at calculating in the world.

But the good thing is that cultivators don't need much sleep, and entering meditation for an hour can be enough for several days.

By the time they arrived at the post station this morning, Pei Ruyi had already arrived. She came by carriage from Fengzhou, an hour earlier than them.

After the four met up, they saw the note Ji You left with the innkeeper, so they rushed here. As soon as they entered the garden, they felt a burst of spiritual energy fluctuation, so they saw Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi in the small building opposite.

Floating like an immortal, her temperament is noble, her eyes carry arrogance and awe-inspiring without anger, making people fix their eyes at a glance.

Cao Jingsong is actually a bit familiar with this figure, but after thinking about it, he can't remember who it is.

And Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin, and Pei Ruyi felt that they seemed to have never seen such a moving fairy in this life.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was also looking at them at this moment, her hands resting on the railing, motionless, her eyelashes trembling lightly.

She was thinking about the stick thing just now, the things in her brain were a bit full, there was the scene of bumping into Ji You preparing to bathe that day, and the sensation of being lifted up in the bamboo forest, so much so that she didn't notice anyone approaching at all.

By the time she noticed, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi only had time to slip away.

When she landed on the small building behind, Cao Jingsong and the others had already looked over. She definitely couldn't turn around and leave in a panic, so she made a posture of leaning on the railing to enjoy the scenery.

Actually, she was still a bit fortunate that they hadn't kissed yet.

Because if they had kissed, it would be hard for her to restore the Inspector's majesty in a very short time.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi curled her feet at this moment, feeling the coolness of the floor, and found that she seemed to have forgotten to wear shoes again...

Cao Jingsong and the four didn't dare to look for too long. After all, the woman's cold arrogance indeed brought them a kind of pressure. Hearing Ji You open the door at this time, they turned their heads to look and happened to meet Ji You coming out of the room.

"Why did you only come today?"

"The first few days of the Heavenly Dao Assembly were all banquets, and we weren't among them. Staying an extra day is just a waste of money. Coming today even saved two days of room fees. Why not do it?"

Cao Jingsong spoke with a look of being old and calculating after hearing this.

Ban Yangshu also looked at Ji You: "How has Ji Shidi been these two days?"

"Not bad, eating and drinking, and not having to spend money. It's more comfortable than robbing money to live in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, but the business is not easy to develop. I haven't met a single client these few days."

But the good thing is that there is a tsundere who can be seen every day, Ji You couldn't help but add in his heart.

Wen Zhengxin and Pei Ruyi just moved their gaze from the small building opposite at this moment and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Ji Shidi, who is the woman on the small building just now?"

"Someone from Spirit Sword Mountain."

Wen Zhengxin was surprised after hearing this: "So it's a Spirit Sword Mountain disciple. I don't know why her temperament is so extraordinary."

Ji You looked at the second floor opposite: "Not strange. After all, she is the Inspector, so having some temperament is as it should be."

"..."

"?!"

The four turned their heads abruptly after hearing this, their eyes slowly widening. After seeing that Ji You wasn't joking, they revealed almost the same expression of astonishment.

God, Spirit Sword Mountain people are so indifferent.

They thought it was some female disciple who had been in seclusion for too long!

Afterward, without waiting for Ji You to speak, the four instantly rushed out of the door, continuing to look toward the second floor just now.

No wonder that woman was like a goddess descending to the mortal world. Just one look could be majestic enough to make people unable to lift their heads. It turned out that was Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, the next sect leader of Spirit Sword Mountain.

The most powerful woman in the Qingyun world, the only wielder of an artifact among the direct descendants, the youngest Boundless Realm master in a thousand years.

They actually had the good fortune to see such a figure just now, but didn't know it!

Only after the four looked for a long time did they find that Spirit Sword Mountain seemed to have turned around and returned to the room long ago, leaving only an empty second floor.

Seeing this scene, the four instantly looked at Ji You with some rage.

"Why didn't you say earlier that she was the Little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain?"

Ji You thought to himself, are you blaming me? "You didn't ask early either."

Wen Zhengxin's expression was full of regret: "I'm afraid I can only see such a figure once in this life, but I didn't expect it to be an accidental encounter."

Ji You thought to himself, what's the matter with that? There will be plenty of opportunities to see her in the future. After all, you are all contributors who pay to work in my Ji Village. Maybe you can even see a mini version of the Little Inspector in the future.

Thinking of the mini version of the Little Inspector, Ji the Bandit couldn't help but think of the scene in the bamboo forest.

When playing stick beats tiger, chicken eats worm just now, he threw out a stick, which definitely made her associate something.

Pei Ruyi looked at the small building opposite and couldn't help but have a doubt: "It's a bit strange, why would my Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple live with Spirit Sword Mountain people?"

"Maybe there is some secret relationship, the kind that is unknown to others. But even if there isn't, there's nothing strange about it. The Chen family and the Shanhai Pavilion have a feud of surrounding the mountain, and they also live next door."

"In that case, your luck is really good, to be able to live so close to such a figure."

"If I could be stronger, maybe I could be even closer."

Ban Yangshu also sighed quite a bit at this time: "What was your reaction when you first saw the Little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain opposite you?"

Ji You pondered for a long time before speaking: "Truly a perfect match for me."

"?"

The four became serious instantly after hearing this, moving three steps away from him involuntarily, and loudly proclaimed to the empty small building that they had nothing to do with Ji You.

Not until confirming that there was no movement in the small building opposite did they feel slightly relieved, and couldn't help but click their tongues at Ji You's boldness.

"Next time before you speak, notify this Jiaoxi first."

"Why?"

"So I can clean up the sect in advance, so as not to splash on me..."

After Cao Jingsong finished speaking, he took the lead to enter the room, looked around the room, and felt sour in his heart.

This is called a room. Unlike the inn they live in, which only has a bed and a stool and can't put anything else, and it's also expensive.

Wen Zhengxin and Pei Ruyi were also strolling in the room at this time, particularly interested in the decorations in the room.

However, as they strolled, the footsteps of the two suddenly paused, and they saw a pair of shoes placed by Ji You's bed, with two white socks scattered beside the shoes.

Seeing this scene, the two fairies couldn't help but hold their breath, then looked at each other, turned their heads to look at Ji You with strange expressions, thinking to themselves that the service of this Heavenly Dao Assembly is indeed a bit too thorough.

Ji You followed their gaze and soon discovered the shoes and socks on the ground, realizing that Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi had left barefoot again, so he surged with spiritual energy and collected the shoes and socks with lightning speed.

Wen Zhengxin looked at him with great interest: "Ji Shidi has great interest, in broad daylight..."

Ji You also looked at them, not knowing whether to understand this "broad daylight" as an adjective or a verb.

At this time, Pei Ruyi suddenly pulled Wen Zhengxin's sleeve, her eyes glancing toward the tea table.

There were two tea cups on the table, both still steaming, indicating that they had just been poured.

They looked at each other, looked around the house twice, and searched every corner.

In their view, the woman in the room might not have left yet. The tea is evidence, and the shoes and socks are also, and they didn't see anyone walking out when they came.

However, they didn't find anyone after searching for a circle, and a trace of doubt appeared on their faces.

Cao Jingsong and Ban Yangshu came back to their senses from the exquisite decoration of the room and couldn't help but ask, looking at the expressions of Wen Zhengxin and Pei Ruyi: "What's wrong?"

"There are shoes and socks just taken off by a woman by Ji Shidi's bed. We thought there was still a woman in the room."

"?"

After Cao Jingsong finished listening, his eyes instantly became strange: "Wicked disciple, you don't have a moment of leisure even when participating in the Heavenly Dao Assembly? And you say you are a virgin. Don't smear our virgins."

Ban Yangshu nodded mysteriously, feeling that he had the same opinion as Cao Jiaoxi before.

Ji You couldn't help but glance at the small building opposite after listening, thinking to himself that his reputation as a pure virgin was ruined by Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi like this.

However, the purpose of Cao Jingsong and the others coming here was naturally not to worry about Ji You's private life. As they chatted, the topic was turned to tomorrow's battle.

Ji You took out the document and handed it to them, causing the four to take a look.

The tournament format of the Heavenly Dao Assembly is considered a bit complicated because there are many participants and the grouping is all-encompassing. It took several people a long time to understand how the participants should win.

"You will have your first match tomorrow afternoon? It seems we came at a really coincidental time."

Ji You poured tea while speaking: "There are too many participants in the Profound Understanding Realm, and my group is at the back, so I was arranged for tomorrow. However, although it is one day later, I won't fight any fewer matches."

Cao Jingsong looked at the document again: "Six people duel, competing for three. Then how do the remaining three duel?"

"Among the three, one will have a bye, waiting for the two to decide one, and then conduct a challenge. Anyway, only one will enter the second round in the end, which is somewhat similar to defending the arena."

"..."

As the setting sun fell, another burst of footsteps came from Rusheng Garden.

He Lingxiu and the others returned, the disciples of the Management Tian Shuyuan returned one after another, and there were several elders, all gathering in the courtyard at this time.

Shi Junhao, Chai Ze, Wang Gaocen, and Yu Shiliu all had their first duels today, all four won, and were highly praised by the Management Tian Shuyuan and several elders.

Although this is like Yan Hao dueling Lu Qifeng, it is just an appetizer for the entire Heavenly Dao Assembly, but in their view, a good start will inevitably be a good omen.

Besides this, they also chatted about the performance of other immortal sects and family disciples, as well as some intelligence collected in secret.

After the Immortal Gathering Banquet last night, they all saw the unique spiritual flow of breaking through the realm in seclusion, knowing that someone must be planning to break through the realm during the battle, and they had managed to find some clues today.

An old man in his fifties from a family in Yongzhou, named Lin Hong, successfully broke through the realm at the hour of the rat last night and entered the Initial Realm of Responding to Heaven.

This person had felt a cultivation bottleneck several years ago and didn't have much confidence in the road ahead, so he placed all his expectations on the Sage's place of attaining the Dao. It is said that he had decided a year ago to suppress his realm for the Heavenly Dao Assembly, holding it back until now.

The aptitude of cultivators leads to different times for everyone to reach the same realm, and the Heavenly Dao Assembly doesn't limit age, only realm, which leads to many old people appearing on stage.

This person is considered a threat to He Lingxiu and the others.

Because exceeding the threshold of a major realm is an inestimable improvement in combat power.

As for the Profound Understanding Realm, there are also three who broke through to the Upper Realm of Merging with the Dao. However, the good news is that they are not in the group of the four Profound Understanding Realm cultivators of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, which means the four will at least not meet them in the first round.

However, this is only the comparison of the first day.

Only four people successfully broke through the realm before the match, which doesn't mean only four people are trying to break through the realm before the match.

Because according to the flow of spiritual energy last night, at least one-tenth of the people will eventually successfully break through the realm during the competition process.

In the group where Gu Zetao is, there is a cultivator named Lu Xiuwen. It is said that he is also one of those charging the realm in secret. Although he hasn't successfully broken through the realm yet, the risk he poses cannot be ruled out.

At this time, everyone who returned saw Cao Jingsong and the four, drinking tea in front of the window of Ji You's house.

Ji You is a private cultivator who entered the immortal sect alone and has always been alone. Even at the Immortal Gathering Banquet, his figure appeared very lonely. This time, he finally had people to watch the battle and cheer for him.

Although the comparison of duels in the Heavenly Dao Assembly is not about the number of people watching behind, momentum sometimes affects the Dao heart.

In the eyes of these people with strong backgrounds, Ji You inevitably has the meaning of fighting alone.

Cao Jingsong and the four then left the small courtyard. After all, they had rushed all night, so they had to go back and rest.

Ji You sent them all the way out of Rusheng Garden, and when he returned, he was stopped by He Lingxiu.

"Ji Shidi Ji, did you not go out to watch the battle all day today?"

"I went. Not long after you left, I went out and chose an arena to watch the battle."

"You only watched one match?"

Ji You nodded: "I came back in the afternoon. It happened that Cao Jiaoxi and the others came here, so we drank some tea and chatted for half a day."

While speaking, Qin Zhangshi of the Management Tian Shuyuan spoke to him, repeating the words he had said to Wang Gaocen, Yu Shiliu, and the others before, mainly talking about those Profound Understanding Realm cultivators who might break through the realm before the match.

Ji You thought about it after hearing this, then said thank you and turned back to the room.

Seeing this scene, Shi Junhao couldn't help but purse his lips: "This Ji You actually has no sense of urgency at all. You must know that those who can participate in the Heavenly Dao Assembly are not the same goods as the Liu Qichen and Wu Zhen he defeated before."

He Lingxiu pursed her lips: "His temper has always been like this."

During the chat, Spirit Sword Mountain disciples also returned from outside.

The few of them who fought today also won all their matches. Only Gongshu Chou took a longer time. On one hand, it was because the opponent he met was stronger, and on the other hand, it was because he stayed up late writing books last night.

Family disciples against immortal sect disciples, in the end, were still a bit inferior.

No one would feel surprised by such a result.

Past Heavenly Dao Assemblies were all like this. The final spots basically fell into the hands of immortal sects, and only the geniuses of families who were not born into the world could occupy a spot, but the proportion was not many.

Ji You watched the Spirit Sword Mountain disciples leave, then entered the room.

He is not very familiar with the families of the Nine Provinces, so the Management Tian Shuyuan just told him to pay attention to this and that, but he couldn't match who was who, so he could only come back and flip through the duel document to determine their groups.

After flipping through for a long time, he glanced at the deep night outside the window, feeling that the sky was already quite late.

If it were arranged according to the usual arrangement, he should have completed a body refinement at this time and was about to take off his clothes to bathe, but because of Cao Jingsong's visit today, the time was delayed.

He still has a duel tomorrow, so he doesn't plan to continue today.

Ji You closed the document, poured out the tea, washed the teapot, and was about to get up to go to sleep, but just after taking a step, he instantly stopped his movement.

At this time, a shallow ripple appeared in the air not far away, followed by the silently surging mysterious light.

The barefoot Little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain came to his room silently, landing in front of his bathtub, pretending to glance at the barrel several times unintentionally...

Finding no one in the bathtub, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi paused slightly, turned her head, and found Ji You sitting at the tea table, instantly becoming somewhat composed and cold on the spot, as if she wanted to destroy everything.

Ji You's mouth twitched, thinking to himself that the tsundere calculated really accurately, both in time and position.

The Little Inspector looked at him at this time: "Stranger man who has only met a few times, return this Inspector's shoes and socks."

"The Inspector is the next sect leader of Spirit Sword Mountain. I didn't expect that you only have one pair of shoes and socks, and you even have to come and take them in the middle of the night. The timing and position are chosen so perfectly."

"How this Inspector does things, does it need to be questioned by you, a small Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple?"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's tone was light, and there was a touch of ferocity in her righteous indignation.

If you want to watch a bath, just watch a bath, and you even specifically left shoes here to cover it up.

Ji You muttered to himself and got up, then took out the shoes and socks he had put away from the cupboard, and while walking over, he also pulled a towel from the basin rack.

The Little Inspector was already sitting on the floor waiting to put on her shoes, when she suddenly felt her feet being lifted, and then her soles were stuck by a towel soaked in warm water.

"You little dirty feet..."

Ji You was on the ground at this time, holding her feet and gently washing them, and then rubbed her pearl-round jade-like toes clean one by one.

Looking at his gentle and meticulous appearance, the Little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain was stunned for a long time. Not until she heard Ji You say her feet were dirty did she narrow her eyes and couldn't help but stretch her legs to kick him twice.

Ding Yao returned to the small building in Rusheng Garden very late, because she also went to watch the battle.

She watched two duels of Spirit Sword Mountain disciples and three duels of other sects, one of which was the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's.

Just entering the small building, Ding Yao suddenly heard a faint melody and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, so she looked at Zhuo Wanqiu, who was carrying tea over.

"Who is humming? It seems to be our Lingzhou folk song."

"Shh, it's the Inspector."

"Why is the Inspector so happy today?"

"Went to find the husband, just came back."

Ding Yao looked at the pitch-black sky and glanced at the Inspector's room: "Young Master Ji still has a duel tomorrow, but he only watched one battle and played with the Inspector until so late. Is it a bit too relaxed?"

Zhuo Wanqiu looked at Ding Yao: "Are you afraid the husband will lose?"

"The Young Master is naturally a genius-like figure, but those who can participate in the Heavenly Dao Assembly are not simple people. I'm just afraid the Young Master will be too careless. If he wants to marry the Inspector, he needs to enter the Sage's Holy Land more than others. Moreover, the Young Master also said he wanted to cut some prestige for the Inspector from Heavenly Sword Peak. He should be cautious."

(End of chapter)