Chapter 276: Spiritual Sense Bombardment

"Zhengxin Xianzi Xiang, congratulations on entering the Inner Court."

"Many thanks..."

"Those who enter the Inner Court must treat their peers to a meal at Hongding Tower; this is a rule passed down from ancient times, Zhengxin Xianzi Xiang, don't feel it's a waste of money."

"Being able to enter the Inner Court is a great joy; naturally, I must share the joy with everyone."

"Speaking of which, this matter is truly strange. We disciples of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan all know that the Elder Pavilion has always been powerful. We originally thought that even if you, Junior Sister, had high talent, it would be difficult to enter the Inner Court. I didn't expect you to really enter. Is there any trick to it?"

Under the noisy night, many Outer Court disciples of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan were seated in Hongding Tower.

Amidst the conversation, someone couldn't help but look at Xiang Fu, asking as if it were a casual question about the matter that had been puzzling them.

As the words fell, others at the same table couldn't help but turn their heads to look.

In fact, Xiang Fu herself was also dazed, twisting her chopsticks and pondering for a long time.

Ever since the results of the selection were announced, many people had come to ask her with curiosity how she had managed it, but what no one could have imagined was that even she herself couldn't explain it clearly.

"Perhaps it was because of Cao Jiaoxi's guidance..."

"Cao Jiaoxi?"

"The instructor said that if I really wanted to enter the Inner Court, I could try to learn from Second Miss Lu and get closer to Senior Brother Ji..."

Hearing this, everyone revealed thoughtful expressions, looking at each other at the table.

Xiang Fu was not from an aristocratic family and did not have the complex identity of a family marriage; in the eyes of these fellow disciples from aristocratic families, she was actually as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

So who she knew and who she was close to, all kinds of relationship lines were clear at a glance.

In fact, after she received the Inner Court quota, someone quickly used family connections to investigate all her overt and covert relationships, and they didn't find any big figures.

The only one who came to mind was Ji You, who was stirring up trouble...

She belonged to the same instructor as Ji You, and at the same time, she also came from Fengzhou, which was under Ji You's jurisdiction.

But the problem was, if Ji You was still cultivating in the Sages' Holy Land, or if he had already touched the threshold of the Responding to Heaven Realm when he came out, this matter would indeed be reasonable.

But he hadn't, which made this autumn selection seem unreasonable...

"Get closer to Ji You...?"

"Just like Second Miss Lu..."

The disciples at the table picked up their wine cups, holding them to their lips while pondering, guessing among themselves.

And the explanation Xiang Fu gave, "I didn't do anything, I just listened to Cao Jiaoxi and got closer to Senior Brother Ji," also gradually spread, causing discussion in the Outer Court.

A clue is not the answer, but it points to the answer.

But there were still many people who didn't understand why Ji You could influence the results of the selection.

At this time, Ji You walked out of the small courtyard, heading down the mountain against the late autumn sunlight.

The matter of Xiang Fu entering the Inner Court did not have much impact on Ji You, because the matter of entering the academy through the autumn selection was not in his focus at all.

The reason he was dragged into it was entirely because of Cao Jingsong's "sudden inspiration."

However, along the way, someone kept staring at him, sizing him up for a long time, but saw that his expression was as usual, without any intriguing look.

After a long while, Ji You arrived at the Qin Zhangshi's Courtyard.

The matter of Bu Qirong was over; although this matter was not made public, they were still under the orders of Hall Master Zuoqiu, and there were some things that still needed to be known clearly.

For example, the process of Ji You entering the mountain to kill people, as well as his motive for killing.

This was not something worth keeping secret, so Ji You told them the process; as for the motive, it was still the same sentence he said to Bu Qirong.

He just wanted to farm with the common people and did not want to see chaos.

This reason sounded very childish; if it were someone else, it would have been dismissed as nonsense, but coming from Ji You's mouth, the three managers of the Qin Zhangshi's Courtyard believed it.

He had always been doing this: establishing an aristocratic family, serving as an envoy to the Snow Region, and going home to harvest wheat during the Heavenly Dao Assembly.

Ji You, this person, from the bottom of his heart, looked down on the Xian Sects, looked down on the aristocratic families, and looked down even more on the system of being supported by the common people...

At the end of the inquiry, Qin Zhangshi Qin told him that if he had any needs in the academy in the future, he could give orders directly.

The combat strength Ji You displayed destined that the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's attitude toward him could not be the same as before, and seeing that the Qin Zhangshi's Courtyard's attitude was so good, Ji You did indeed make some requests.

He wanted to know if Cao Jingsong's monthly salary could be issued directly to him in the future without going through another hand, but he was politely refused.

"Really not?"

"Doing this... is not in accordance with the rules."

"What about Elder Fang's?"

"???"

Ji You knew it wouldn't work at a glance, but he didn't make things difficult for them, just saying they didn't know how to be flexible, and then stood up and drifted away.

Looking at his departing back, Qin Rong couldn't help but touch his money bag and let out a sigh of relief: "Mother of his, that was close."

Ji Jingyao nodded upon hearing this: "Brother Qin's words are very true..."

After a brief moment of relief, the two recorded the content of the conversation just now and went to the Zizai Hall in the evening to report it to Hall Master Zuoqiu Yang.

Zuoqiu Yang held the case file in his hand and looked at it for a long time, his brow couldn't help but furrow slightly.

Especially the process of Ji You gathering the Bu family members in the mountains, which made him read it several times in a row.

Qin Rong looked at Zuoqiu Yang's expression and couldn't help but cup his hands and speak: "Does the Hall Master feel there is a problem with this statement?"

Zuoqiu Yang came back to his senses, pondered for a long while, then turned to look at him: "You only focused on marveling at Ji You's combat strength and the reason for the killing, but ignored another very obvious thing."

"Obvious thing?"

"Except for the Pill Sect, the six major Xian Sects joined forces to surround the mountain, taking a whole month, yet they didn't find any Bu family member other than Bu Qirong. But Ji You was like he had opened his heavenly eyes, hunting and killing precisely all the way, without ever coming up empty-handed."

Zuoqiu Yang waved his hand to release a ray of spiritual light, and a piece of white paper floated in the air.

Then, facing the case file sent by Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao, his fingertips moved slightly, and a brush fell down on it with a rustle.

After the brush stopped, Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao couldn't help but be slightly startled.

That was Ji You's killing route, and when they were presented on paper, they realized that these routes had almost no detours, being almost the most efficient places.

And the places this route passed through were all places where the corpses of Bu family disciples had been found.

Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao's eyes instantly became surprised after reading it: "The Hall Master is discerning; if the matter is viewed this way, it is indeed strange..."

Zuoqiu Yang stroked his long beard lightly: "However, this is not an important matter; it just makes me feel surprised."

"Is it Ji You's precision?"

"No, it's Ji You's spiritual sense; I'm afraid it's even stronger than his physical body."

Hearing this, Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao's pupils trembled slightly.

They had originally thought that Ji You could find the Bu family members so precisely because he possessed some mystical magical artifact or other divine ability, but they hadn't expected it to be spiritual sense.

In other words, Ji You searched the entire Dongping Mountain Range purely by spiritual sense.

But that vast Dongping Mountain Range was boundless, something even those Boundless Realm elders were helpless against.

Qin Rong pondered for a long time before coming back to his senses, raising his head to look at Zuoqiu Yang: "May I ask the Hall Master, does this matter need special attention?"

"No, I just thought of some old news in the academy and felt his cultivation method was very interesting; it has nothing to do with the Bu family matter..."

At the same time, in a forest tea pavilion not far from Zizai Hall, Peng Zhanglao's grand-nephew Peng Yu was furrowing his brows tightly.

After the results of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's autumn selection came out, Xiang Fu was pleasantly surprised, while this Peng Zhanglao's grand-nephew was full of awkwardness.

He had already been fully prepared to enter the Inner Court, who knew such a thing would happen.

Fang Jincheng seized the opportunity and was leading a group of Inner Court senior brothers to incite him, asking him to seek justice from Ji You.

Are you just going to watch that Fengzhou disciple replace your position?

You usually haven't offended them, yet they insist on targeting you; if it were me, I couldn't endure it.

Fang Jincheng's words were sharp; he was indeed a good hand at inciting people.

Of course, he didn't believe that Ji You could influence the results of the selection, because he was also in the Profound Understanding Realm.

In his view, Ji You was the type of Profound Understanding practitioner that could be grabbed by the handful, like an ant in the eyes of the Xian Sects.

He wasn't even qualified to enter the Immortal Hall, so how could he possibly be qualified to influence the selection?

But he had a grudge against Ji You, and now that there was such an excellent opportunity, he naturally hoped that all the spearheads would be aimed at Ji You.

Peng Yu was originally a person without much of his own opinion; under several persuasions, he directly clenched his fists, intending not to be silent anymore and to speak up for himself!

However, Peng Yu didn't dare to face Ji You directly, because he was only at the completion of the Lower Three Realms and felt that he might not be able to beat Ji You, who was in the Profound Understanding Realm.

As for Fang Jincheng, he had always only used his mouth and not his strength.

However, what stood behind Peng Yu was not just Peng Zhanglao, but the entire Peng family.

Before the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's autumn selection began, the head of the Peng family had specially brought several clan elders to congratulate their own disciple on entering the Inner Court.

Now that such a thing had happened, they were also holding a belly full of anger.

However, when Peng Yu came to ask them to take action against Ji You, the head of the Peng family couldn't help but sneer: "Do you really think a mere Profound Understanding practitioner can influence the decision of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's Elder Pavilion?"

Peng Yu was stunned after hearing this and turned to look at Fang Jincheng and the other Inner Court disciples standing beside him.

Fang Jincheng immediately acted innocent and said: "Many people in the academy are saying so, even Xiang Fu, who replaced Brother Peng, admitted it."

"You children are really too easy to fool."

Hearing this sentence from the head of the Peng family, Fang Jincheng and the others around couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking to themselves that this head of the Peng family was indeed not as easy to fool as Peng Yu. ===== CHAPTER 277 =====