Chapter 233

The next morning, the breeze was gentle.

Countless cultivators walked out of the gardens, facing the faint morning light, surging toward the nine major arenas, some to participate, some to watch.

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan group also left the garden after washing up and went to Jingyang Arena together.

He Lingxiu has a duel here today, and the old man named Lin Hong also has a duel in Jingyang Arena today.

The news of his breaking through to Responding to Heaven before the match is actually known to many people, and that ambition that cannot be hidden has also been discussed for a long time.

So it's not just the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan people, but other immortal sects and families also flocked here, among whom there are some elder-level figures with white hair and beards.

Plus those who don't participate but love to join in the fun, so much so that the entire Jingyang Arena is overcrowded, and there is no room for even one more person.

But even so, people still came one after another. Seeing that they couldn't enter, they stepped into the air and landed on the eight stone walls surrounding the arena.

Jingyang Arena has become the most popular one among the nine major arenas.

Even Princess Changle, Zhao Yunyue, came early and mixed into the crowd.

Liu Junchi also has a duel here today. She came to watch the battle, and also wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to the Spirit Sword Mountain disciples.

At the same time, she also wanted to go see this person named Lin Hong who broke through the realm before the match, as well as other mysterious battles of the Merging with the Dao Realm.

And in stark contrast to the overcrowded Jingyang Arena is the quiet atmosphere of Cangwu Arena.

Because the first round of Cangwu Arena is all duels of Profound Understanding Realm cultivators from small families, and there are no people who are particularly concerned, except for the families of both sides of the duel, there are no other idlers.

The Miao family of Yuzhou, the Han family of Liangzhou, the Xiang family of Yunzhou...

Most of them are newly promoted centennial families, with shallow foundations. After a few rounds, not to mention inherited techniques, even exquisite moves are rarely seen.

Even if someone came to Cangwu Arena to watch the battle, they basically all left after one battle.

Such an atmosphere continued until the afternoon. After five duels ended, Cangwu Arena gradually began to have more people.

The first batch to walk in was a woman with her face covered in light gauze. She had a graceful figure, and her whole body exuded a cold majesty, making people afraid to look directly.

Even if some people raised their heads to look directly, they felt there seemed to be a hazy feeling in front of them, making people unable to see clearly.

And accompanying her were two women, not wearing immortal robes, just wearing ordinary dresses.

They didn't sit in the ordinary auditorium, but circled the arena and entered the viewing building next to Cangwu Arena, sitting on the second floor.

The small families gathered in Cangwu Arena have never seen the highest-level rulers of the Qingyun world, and even the heads of millennial families are very hard to see, but what they are very clear about is that those who can go to the viewing building to watch the battle are definitely not ordinary people.

"Inspector."

"Outside, you still have to call me Miss, to avoid being noticed."

"Yes, Miss. Does the husband know we came to watch his duel today?"

Yan Shuyi raised her eyes lightly after hearing this: "I was just a bit bored staying in the room, so I came out for a stroll. Passing by Cangwu Arena, I just happened to come to see the duel of the second son of the branch of the Lingzhou Hua family. What does it have to do with him?"

Zhuo Wanqiu couldn't help but cough after hearing this, thinking to herself that you probably don't even know the name of the second son of the Hua family branch.

And according to what she knows... the second son of the Hua family branch is indeed dueling in Cangwu Arena, but that duel ended this morning.

The Inspector doesn't reject the word "husband" at all, but she has to say it's just passing by. It seems Ji Young Master was right; the Inspector is indeed a tsundere, wanting to see her own husband but still having to be stubborn.

Thinking of this, Zhuo Wanqiu couldn't help but recall last night.

At that time, their own Inspector returned to the small building with a cold face, then entered the room arrogantly, but when she went in to deliver tea to her, she found her sitting on the bed staring at her own feet, her toes couldn't help but move, and she didn't even notice her coming in.

She muttered to herself in her heart and couldn't help but glance at Ding Yao beside her.

Ding Yao was looking at the circular platform at this time, her expression slightly solemn.

The main reason is that Ji You has been too relaxed these few days, which made her feel a bit bottomless in her heart.

Just like the sentence she muttered last night, those who can participate in the Heavenly Dao Assembly are not simple people.

And arriving at Cangwu Arena after them was Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple Yu Shiliu.

She came to Cangwu Arena, found a place with fewer people, and sat down, then started to sit quietly and wait.

The senior brothers and sisters either have matches or have opponents they are concerned about. Wang Gaocen and Gu Zetao are more concerned about the three Profound Understanding Realm cultivators who broke through to Merging with the Dao.

But for some reason, she was more curious about Ji You's battle, so she came specifically from Jingyang Arena.

Actually, her thoughts are somewhat similar to Ding Yao's, feeling that Ji You doesn't seem to care much about the Heavenly Dao Assembly duels, so she is more curious about his performance in this first battle.

And arriving at Cangwu Arena at about the same time as Yu Shiliu were three married women.

They sat in the seats closer to the entrance of the arena, and there were servants setting up tea tables and tea snacks around them.

The woman sitting on the left had her hair coiled high, wearing several purple hairpins, wearing a gold-inlaid jacket and skirt, her eyes light, quite having the temperament of a noble lady from a wealthy family.

If Ji You had arrived at this time, he should have recognized that this was the woman who had been sizing him up at the Immortal Gathering Banquet, the wife of the Lu family, the mother of Lu Hanyan and Lu Qingqiu.

The other woman who came with her had a gorgeousness that was not inferior in terms of clothing, and she was the wife of the Rong family of Yunzhou.

The Rong family is also a family with quite a lot of say in the Spirit Stone Chamber of Commerce, and their status is only slightly worse than the Lu and Ding families, counting as the third in command.

The Rong family came to the Heavenly Dao Assembly this time because Rong family disciples were coming to watch the battle.

Mrs. Rong didn't have much interest in the duels between cultivators. After all, she was a woman, although she had practiced cultivation in her early years, she gradually gave up after giving birth to children, and had been stuck in the Condensation and Transformation Realm for many years.

And the reason why she followed the family to come was just because she felt it was rare to have such an opportunity to come out for a walk and be able to be with sisters.

Mrs. Rong had agreed with her sisters yesterday that she planned to go around today.

It is said that there is a painter in Zhongxing County with excellent skills, who can outline the charm of characters with just a few strokes.

She originally wanted to invite this painter to paint some portraits for the sisters in this Garden of Sages with pleasant scenery, to take home and mount, but she was pulled here by Mrs. Lu before she could go out.

Sitting beside her was Mrs. Wang of the Wang family of Yunzhou, whose status and family background were basically the same as Mrs. Rong's. Her purpose for coming to the Heavenly Dao Assembly was also about the same, and she was also suddenly pulled here by Mrs. Lu.

Looking at this sparsely populated Cangwu Arena, Mrs. Rong couldn't help but frown slightly: "Today's sun is extremely suitable for outings. I don't know why Mrs. Lu suddenly changed her mind and pulled us sisters here to do what?"

Mrs. Wang, who was beside her, had the same doubt in her heart and couldn't help but look at Mrs. Lu with Mrs. Rong.

"Coming here today is to let you accompany me to see someone."

"?"

Mrs. Rong and Mrs. Wang were a bit bewildered: "There doesn't seem to be any Lu family disciples dueling today."

Mrs. Lu nodded after hearing this: "There isn't, but there is that Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple Ji You, who comes from a wild private cultivator background in Fengzhou."

"So it's him?"

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Rong opened their lips slightly, and their brows couldn't help but furrow slightly.

Although they haven't paid much attention to external affairs these years, they have heard of Ji You's name.

The reason is none other than the Snow Region Demon Stone.

After the demon race entered the Nine Provinces for trade, the Snow Region Demon Stone had a great impact on the business in Yunzhou.

The Spirit Stone Chamber of Commerce in Yunzhou originally wanted to restrict the Immortal Supervision Bureau's transportation of Snow Region Demon Stones, but didn't expect the Immortal Supervision Bureau to find Ji You and change the route to Fengzhou.

These women can be indifferent to other things, but they naturally have some understanding of their own business.

Mrs. Rong frowned slightly: "Why did Mrs. Lu come specifically to see him?"

"Naturally, a daughter who has grown up cannot be kept."

"?"

Mrs. Lu turned her eyes to look at them: "You also know that my two daughters are in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan. This time I went to see them and found that my second daughter seems to have a heart for this Ji You, and my husband seems to be extremely satisfied with him."

Mrs. Rong and Mrs. Wang looked at each other, thinking to themselves that if this is really the case, then it is a good thing.

The Spirit Stone Chamber of Commerce increased transportation taxes, originally wanting to take control of the Snow Region Demon Stone, but in the end, they were tricked by the Immortal Supervision Bureau.

But if Ji You becomes the son-in-law of the Lu family later, then naturally there is no need to say two families' words, and this matter of controlling spirit stones will instead fall into place.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smile lightly after hearing this: "No wonder Mrs. Lu didn't even have interest in playing, it turns out she came to see her son-in-law."

"Son-in-law?" Mrs. Lu gave a cold laugh, "I don't have the fortune to let this Ji You be my son-in-law."

"?"

Mrs. Wang paused after hearing this: "Mrs. Lu seems to have something in her words?"

Mrs. Lu folded her hands on her lap: "This Ji You is very arrogant."

"?"

"Actually, I look down on this kind of wild private cultivator, but my daughter likes him, and my husband also agrees. I, a woman, naturally cannot go against them, so I thought about taking a good look at him and interrogating him, but who knew that he didn't even come in the end, and even the letter of refusal only wrote a few words."

Although the Lu family's overall ranking is not high, it is a powerful family in Yunzhou. Mrs. Lu has not been out of Yunzhou many times in her life, so naturally, she has a kind of heart-high and arrogant spirit in her bones.

In her view, the Lu family has already become a centennial family and makes friends in all directions by relying on the spirit stone business, and her daughter is even more talented.

Ji You should be secretly happy to be able to marry, but she didn't expect him to be so arrogant, so naturally, she was unhappy in her heart.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Rong frowned after hearing this: "This is his fault, but since he is so arrogant, why did Mrs. Lu come specifically for him?"

Mrs. Lu's face sank slightly: "I saw him at the banquet earlier, but at that time my husband was also there, so some words were not very convenient to say. Coming here today is to make it clear to him that whether to marry or not is decided by my Lu family, not by what he wants."

Mrs. Wang nodded lightly after hearing this: "It should be so."

Mrs. Rong also agreed and nodded: "Then who is dueling with him today?"

Mrs. Lu frowned slightly: "I have no interest in these cultivator duels and haven't asked clearly. It seems to be someone from the Tang family in the Central Plains."

"Tang Jingming?"

"Mrs. Rong knows him?"

"The younger brother of the head of the Tang family and my cousin were fellow cultivators. I have also heard of this Tang Jingming. I heard that he started cultivation late and failed to enter an immortal sect, but his subsequent cultivation was steady, and his foundation was solid. Rumor has it that he cultivated faster and faster after the Lower Three Realms were full, as if all nine orifices were open."

Mrs. Wang was surprised after hearing this: "It doesn't look like a simple character."

Mrs. Rong nodded after hearing this: "Strength is greater than reputation. If this Ji You is careless, there may be trouble."

"That's something to see..."

Just as the three ladies were whispering, the Tang family appeared from the entrance, entering the arena facing the setting sun.

Looking around, more than ten people were all wearing brocade clothes and jade belts, carrying an arrogant temperament, and sat down on the south side after entering the arena.

Walking at the very front was a young man with a pearl crown and jade belt, eight feet tall, holding a long sword, and started to sit quietly and cultivate his spirit after taking his seat.

He is Tang Jingming, the son of the Tang family.

And sitting on his left and right were the head of the Tang family, the younger brother of the head of the family, relatives, and friends.

However, following the Tang family was a girl with a good figure, named Huang Rou.

She came from the Huang family of the Central Plains and was a close friend of Qiu Hanyue.

And the reason why she came here was because she and Tang Jingming, the son of the Tang family, had a childhood sweetheart relationship, and this time she came specifically to watch his duel.

Actually, she didn't know at first that Tang Jingming's opponent was Ji You, and she was a bit surprised when she heard the Tang family chatting about it early this morning.

People will meet countless strangers in this life, most of whom will only have one meeting and will not have the opportunity to meet again afterward.

For Huang Rou, the one who didn't want to marry her close friend is also like this.

But what she didn't expect was that in just two days, she had heard the news of this Ji You many times, which was truly a bit surprising.

Huang Rou's cultivation talent is not high, and she is quite a small family girl. She doesn't go out much, so she is not very familiar with the world, and naturally not familiar with a stranger man far away in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

It was only after hearing that the Qiu family wanted to arrange for Qiu Hanyue to marry him that she followed up to understand some things.

I heard that this Ji You entered the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan by breaking the rules, and later followed the human mission to the demon race, and fought with the barbarian race and the demon race, and then was injured, but saved his life.

Women are all like this, their minds are extremely small, and they don't care about any world situation.

Even if they know that the human race is on a mission to the Snow Region, they won't have the mood to figure out the so-called reason, let alone the details.

And those like Huang Rou are actually considered good, their vision and horizon are already larger than ordinary women. Some of her close friends are not as good as her, only putting their eyes on their own surroundings.

After taking her seat, Huang Rou looked at the Tang family in the diagonal corner and couldn't help but start thinking carefully.

In her view, Ji You and Tang Jingming are in the same realm, and the gap in combat power shouldn't be very large.

Tang Jingming comes from a family, and compared with a wild private cultivator, he should naturally add one point, because the resources of an immortal sect family are by no means comparable to individual power.

But Ji You is an immortal sect disciple, and this should add one point more than Tang Jingming.

But then again, Tang Jingming's second uncle was once an inner-mansion disciple of the Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion. After leaving the mansion, he personally taught Tang Jingming, which is actually not much different from a proper immortal sect disciple. There should be half a point.

After calculating, Huang Rou felt that the gap between the two was not very large, but Tang Jingming should be slightly higher. Winning is a possibility, but a bitter battle might be inevitable.

I heard that the duels this morning were all like this, because the strength between them was not much, and they almost fought for three matches to decide the winner.

Huang Rou couldn't help but raise her head after thinking, thinking to herself that she should have pulled Hanyue over today.

However... she had just gotten rid of an unwilling marriage contract, so even if she knew, she probably wouldn't come.

At this time, the sun entered the lower rotation, and the summer wind was a bit stronger.

Just as everyone in the arena was chatting, Ji You, holding an iron sword, came with the slanting sunlight, entered Cangwu Arena along the white marble road.

His hair crown was neat, his dress was tidy, although he didn't have the rich young master temperament like Tang Jingming, he had a bit of scholarly style.

However, he didn't dress up exquisitely specifically for this battle, mainly because he had been refining his body since morning and had bathed after sweating.

He didn't come alone, followed by Cao Jingsong, Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin, and Pei Ruyi, as well as the Management Tian Shuyuan disciple Wen Siyuan, who was specifically responsible for him.

After stepping over the entrance stone steps of Cangwu Arena, Ji You and the others began to look around while walking.

Actually, the difference between the nine major arenas is just different names. The interior is exactly the same, also surrounded by eight stone walls, and the middle is the venue for the duel, the material of which is about the same as the Dengxian Bai Yu Platform of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

Looking around here, Ji You saw the Tang family and many people he didn't know.

During this period, his gaze skipped over Huang Rou, but he didn't remember who she was.

Finally, he saw Yu Shiliu, which gave him some reaction, but he only nodded slightly toward her.

Cao Jingsong and the four also looked around, then said a few words to Ji You, and separated from him, walking toward the auditorium.

Only Ji You and Wen Siyuan didn't stop, walking together to the front of the waiting area.

"This Tang Jingming rarely comes out to walk, but his strength has no moisture. He is considered a talent in the family, and he is used to using long swords in both hands."

"In this lineage of the Tang family, the younger brother of the head of the family entered an immortal sect and has currently cultivated to the Responding to Heaven Realm, so some people in the Central Plains still think highly of Tang Jingming."

"The basic information is just like this, nothing else."

"Additionally, even if most family disciples are not as good as immortal sect disciples, otherwise they would have entered the academy long ago, but those who can participate in the Heavenly Dao Assembly are not people who have a name but no reality."

Wen Siyuan accompanied Ji You to the waiting area, talking while walking, pointing to Tang Jingming opposite.

He is still extremely responsible, having been investigating the opponent's information before Ji You's duel started, and had said everything he could know.

After speaking, he saw Ji You nod slightly, but didn't express any opinion, nor did he ask anything.

For example, what kind of long sword it was, whether the Tang family had any inherited techniques, etc., he didn't ask, just stood in the waiting area for a while, staring at the circular platform for a long time.

"The material used for this arena platform is so familiar. Is it the same material as the Dengxian Bai Yu Platform of my Heavenly Tian Shuyuan?"

"Should be."

(End of chapter)