[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-watching-the-immortals-fall":3,"chapter-watching-the-immortals-fall-watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-276":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Watching the Immortals Fall",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2260149,4410,"Chapter 276: Spiritual Sense, Crushing Kill","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-276",276,"\u003Cp>“Miss Xiang, congratulations on entering the Inner Court.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those who enter the Inner Court must invite their peers to a feast at Hongding Tower—it’s an ancient custom, Miss Xiang, don’t think it’s a waste.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Entering the Inner Court is a great joy; of course I must share this happiness with everyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speaking of which, this is truly strange. All of us in the Outer Court know the Elder’s Pavilion holds great power—we originally thought even if you were exceptionally gifted, you’d still struggle to enter the Inner Court, yet here you are. Any secret?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the noisy night, many Outer Court disciples of the Heavenly Book Academy sat at Hongding Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In conversation, someone couldn’t help but glance at Xiang Fu, as if casually asking the question that had long puzzled them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, others at the table also turned to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, Xiang Fu herself was dazed, turning her chopsticks over in thought for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since the Selection results were announced, many had come curiously asking how she’d done it—but no one could have guessed that even she herself couldn’t explain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe it was because of Instructor Cao’s advice…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Instructor Cao?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He said if I truly wanted to enter the Inner Court, I should try learning from Miss Lu Er—get closer to Brother Ji.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, those at the table wore thoughtful expressions, exchanging glances among themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Fu was no scion of a noble family, with no complicated marital ties; in the eyes of these aristocratic cultivators, she was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, whoever she knew, whoever she befriended—all her connections were plain to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, after she secured her Inner Court spot, people quickly used family connections to investigate her known and hidden ties, finding no major figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one who came to mind was Ji You—the one who stirred up the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shared the same instructor as Ji You, and she hailed from Fengzhou, under Ji You’s jurisdiction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was, if Ji You had still been training in the Sacred Ground of the Ancients, or had emerged already on the verge of Yingtian, this would make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he hadn’t—he made this autumn selection seem unreasonable…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get closer to Ji You…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Like Miss Lu Er did…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disciples at the table lifted their cups to their lips, lost in thought, speculating among themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Fu’s explanation—that she “did nothing but follow Instructor Cao’s advice and grew closer to Brother Ji”—soon spread, sparking gossip throughout the Outer Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clue wasn’t the answer, but it pointed toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet many still didn’t understand how Ji You could influence the Selection results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Ji You stepped out of his small courtyard, walking downhill beneath the deep autumn sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Fu’s entry into the Inner Court had little impact on Ji You, for the autumn selection had never been his concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dragged into it entirely due to Cao Jinsong’s “sudden inspiration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet along the way, someone kept watching him, studying him for a long while—yet his expression remained calm, revealing nothing noteworthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Ji You arrived at the Administrative Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matter of Bu Qirong was over. Though it wasn’t made public, they were still ordered by Lord Zuqiu to clarify certain things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as Ji You’s path into the mountains to kill, and his motive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t something worth concealing; Ji You told them the details. As for his motive, he repeated the same words he’d told Bu Qirong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply wished to farm peacefully with the common folk, and didn’t want to see chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reason sounded absurd—if anyone else said it, they’d be dismissed as nonsense. But coming from Ji You, the three administrators believed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always acted this way: establishing noble houses, embarking on missions to the Snowlands, returning home to harvest wheat during the Heavenly Dao Assembly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You, from the very core of his being, looked down on immortal sects, noble families, and the mass support system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the questioning, Administrator Qin told him that if he needed anything in the court, he could simply give orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You’s displayed combat power ensured the Heavenly Book Academy could no longer treat him as before; seeing the Administrative Court’s favorable attitude, Ji You did indeed make some requests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to know whether Instructor Cao Jinsong’s monthly stipend could be paid directly to him, without passing through another hand—only to be politely refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really not possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doing so… violates protocol.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about Elder Fang’s?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“???”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You immediately saw it was impossible, but didn’t press them—only said they lacked flexibility, then rose and drifted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his retreating figure, Qin Rong couldn’t help but pat his money pouch and exhale: “Damn, that was close.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jingyao nodded at the sound: “Brother Qin speaks truly…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After brief relief, the two recorded the conversation and headed to the Zizai Hall that evening to report it to Lord Zuqiu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Zuqiu Yang held the dossier in his hands for a long while, his brow slightly furrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the account of Ji You gathering the Bu family for reunion in the mountains—he read it repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Rong, watching Zuqiu Yang’s expression, bowed and spoke: “My lord, do you sense issues in this testimony?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuqiu Yang snapped back to attention, pondered a moment, then turned to him: “You’ve been awestruck by Ji You’s combat power and his motive, yet you’ve overlooked another obvious thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An obvious thing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aside from Yu Danzong, the Six Immortal Sects joined forces to surround the mountain, spending a full month yet failed to find even a single Bu family member beyond Bu Qirong—yet Ji You, as if granted divine sight, hunted them down with pinpoint accuracy, never returning empty-handed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuqiu Yang waved his hand, releasing a streak of spiritual light; a sheet of white paper floated into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a flick of his fingers, he traced lines onto the dossier Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao had submitted, and a brush appeared, writing swiftly upon the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the brush stopped, Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao froze slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Ji You’s killing route—and only when laid bare on paper did they realize these paths showed almost no backtracking, achieving maximum efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every location along this route had previously yielded the corpses of Bu family disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After viewing it, Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao’s eyes widened in shock: “My lord, your insight is extraordinary—this does indeed seem strange…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuqiu Yang gently stroked his long beard: “But this isn’t the crucial matter—it merely surprises me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ji You’s precision?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. Ji You’s spiritual sense—likely stronger than his physical body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao’s pupils trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had assumed Ji You’s pinpoint accuracy stemmed from some mysterious artifact or divine ability—but never from spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant Ji You had scoured the entire Dongping Mountain Range using nothing but his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Dongping Mountain Range stretched boundlessly—even the Elders of Wujiang Realm had been helpless against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After long thought, Qin Rong returned to himself and looked up at Zuqiu Yang: “My lord, should this matter be given special attention?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. I merely recalled some old tales from the Academy, and found his cultivation method intriguing—it has nothing to do with the Bu matter…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in a forest teahouse near the Zizai Hall, Peng Yu, the great-grandnephew of Elder Peng, frowned deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Heavenly Book Academy’s autumn selection results were announced, Xiang Fu was stunned by her favor—while this Peng Yu was filled with resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already prepared to enter the Inner Court—then this happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Jincheng seized the opportunity, gathering a group of Inner Court seniors to incite him to demand justice from Ji You.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you just going to watch that Fengzhou disciple take your place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve never wronged them, yet they deliberately target you—if it were me, I couldn’t bear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Jincheng’s words were sharp—he was truly skilled at stirring up trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t believe Ji You could influence the Selection results—he himself was a Tongxuan cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, Ji You was just one of countless Tongxuan cultivators, insignificant as ants in the eyes of immortal sects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even have the qualification to enter the Immortal Hall—how could he possibly influence the Selection?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he bore a grudge against Ji You, and now, with such a perfect opportunity, he naturally hoped all blame would fall on Ji You.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peng Yu, lacking will of his own, was swayed by repeated persuasion—he clenched his fists, resolved to no longer stay silent and speak up for himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Peng Yu dared not confront Ji You directly—he was merely a Perfect Lower Realm cultivator, and feared he couldn’t defeat Ji You’s Tongxuan realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Fang Jincheng, he always spoke but never acted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Peng Yu wasn’t alone—he stood behind not only Elder Peng, but the entire Peng family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Heavenly Book Academy’s autumn selection began, the head of the Peng family had brought several clan elders specifically to congratulate their own disciple on entering the Inner Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that this had happened, they were seething with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when Peng Yu came asking them to act against Ji You, the head of the Peng family sneered: “Do you truly believe a mere Tongxuan cultivator can sway the Elder’s Pavilion’s decision?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peng Yu froze, turning to look at Fang Jincheng and the other Inner Court disciples beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Jincheng immediately feigned innocence: “Many in the Academy say so—even Xiang Fu, who replaced Brother Peng, admitted it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You children are far too easily fooled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Fang Jincheng and the others around him couldn’t help but frown slightly, thinking: this head of the Peng family was no fool like Peng Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>",1645,"2026-06-19T15:28:41.422Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","83fba84189958be12081218e1ba414022cec366e81ec2f3502f3ef6e641aef65","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-277","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-275",430,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwatching-the-immortals-fall-cover.jpg"]