Chapter 309

Under the night, the small, jade-like feet constantly swayed amidst the jolting, and the soft whimpering sounds rose and fell constantly.

The style of the Pill Sect's daughter and the little Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain is particularly different.

The little Inspector has cultivation, and when attacked fiercely, she still has the ability to scold people while whimpering, while using whistling sword Qi to help the fun, just like her strong personality.

But the Pill Sect's daughter keeps her mouth tightly shut, only having auxiliary words, and only when she can't help it will she call out a fragmented "Young Master Ji."

This is a personality reason, and the force-bearing reactions reflected are completely different.

If Ji You were to judge, he feels both reactions are very interesting.

However, just from this aspect, Yan Shuyi is indeed more like an elder sister, while Yuan Caiwei is more like a younger sister.

Amidst the arrogant wind and rain, the small flowers behind the house were splashed with water.

Until the last ray of sunset outside the window gradually disappeared, and the night surged over, filling the Danshan.

In the quiet second half of the night, the night was incomparably thick.

Ji You opened his eyes and looked down at the round and flat Yuan Caiwei in his arms.

The tender daughter of the Pill Sect could not bear the beating of the rain, and had already fallen into a trance after the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, her breathing even, her sleeping face peaceful, only her long, curled eyelashes still carried tears.

This is not him bullying people; he just adopted a counter-tuning strategy for the gluttonous girl who looked dignified on the surface.

Ji You stood up with a "pop," covered her with the quilt, then dressed neatly, pushed open the bamboo door in the dark night, and walked out of Yuan Caiwei's small courtyard.

After killing Chu Hong last night, he met Qi Zhengyang and asked what the Immortal Sects wanted to refine; Qi Zhengyang did not respond directly, just made an appointment with him to meet at the foot of the mountain.

He actually wanted to go down the mountain at noon today, but at that time he couldn't use spiritual energy.

The Immortal Sects returned empty-handed with countless casualties, so they might not necessarily not have an ambush at the foot of the mountain, so he could only go to see him after nightfall.

The delay in the middle was mainly because young men are full of vitality.

The mountain wind carrying water vapor struck his face, falling on his skin with a chill.

At this time, Danshan had fallen into a piece of silence, only the sporadic lights in the distance flickered, echoing with the stars in the night sky.

Ji You closed the courtyard gate and walked silently to the front mountain all the way.

After a day of cleaning, the bloodstains on the Nine-Layered Steps had been scrubbed clean, and the broken stone slabs had been removed, leaving only the original dirt road, looking as if no tragic battle had happened.

He walked down the Nine-Layered Steps and then headed toward the mountain gate located in front of the mountain road.

The Pill Sect was already in a state of sealed mountain, the mountain-protecting great array was no longer extinguished, but Ji You went to heal his wounds after killing people and hadn't had time to return the array hub, so he easily passed through the great array and headed down the mountain.

Below the Pill Sect is a small town named Huichun Town, which is just like Nanhua City below Spirit Sword Mountain, where most of the residents are descendants with thin bloodlines of those in-law families of the Pill Sect.

So, many shops in this town hang signs with words like "Pill" and "Medicine," just like the countless sword pavilions in Nanhua City.

Ji You landed on the stone slab road of the small town, then walked through the empty alleys under the night, and arrived at the Yuelai Inn after several turns.

Although it was already the second half of the night, because it was an accommodation business, the inn hadn't completely closed, but left a small servant at the counter.

However, that small servant was currently supporting his head with his arm, dozing off amidst the dim candlelight.

Ji You did not make a sound, turned and went to the second floor, then arrived at a guest room, and then opened his mouth lightly with a low voice.

"Elder Qi."

"Enter."

With a creak, the door was pushed open lightly.

In the room, Qi Zhengyang, the chief of the Spirit Sword Mountain sword path, was sitting on the bed in meditation, his aura hidden.

Hearing the footsteps from beside his ear, he slowly opened his eyes, the golden light in his eyes slowly fading, and his gaze looked at Ji You.

"How is the injury?"

"Fortunately, it was at the Pill Sect; after treatment, it recovered extremely quickly, otherwise I'm afraid I would have been bedridden for a long time."

"I didn't expect that five Boundless Realm experts would all die in your hands."

Qi Zhengyang murmured, a trace of exclamation flashing in his eyes.

Many years ago, the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan went to Spirit Sword Mountain to ask about the Dao; that was the first time he saw Ji You. At that time, he just felt that he was a rare sword seed, never thinking that after a few years of not seeing him, he would have reached this point.

However, he felt that only a man like this could barely be worthy of their Spirit Sword Mountain's little Inspector.

Qi Zhengyang regained his composure and stood up from the bed: "Sit."

Ji You sat down at the square table: "What is the precious material that the Immortal Sects want the Pill Sect to refine, and why, after being at peace for hundreds of years, did it suddenly reach the point of attacking the mountain yesterday?"

"This matter must start from the New Year."

"?"

Qi Zhengyang looked at Ji You: "You participated in the matter of the Dongping Mountain Range personally, so you must know everything. You must also be clear about the subsequent traces of those Immortal Sect Elders who stayed in Shengjing?"

Ji You nodded: "They searched the world for clues about the Bu family, and it is said that they finally returned to Qingzhou."

"Not bad, but what you don't know is that after they returned to Qingzhou, they opened a ruin located in the Great Wilderness Forest."

"?"

Hearing this sentence, Ji You slowly raised his head, his eyes beginning to become deep.

In fact, he had guessed early on whether this Pill Sect disaster was because those Elders who were exploring the Bu family matter had found something.

But he did not expect that after being calm for so long since the Qiling, another ruin had been opened.

When he was sent to the Qiling by the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan as cannon fodder, he had seen its tragedy with his own eyes.

Qi Zhengyang looked at him: "Are you thinking about the Qiling?"

"Yes."

"This time is different from the Qiling."

"?"

Qi Zhengyang looked at him and said: "After the rise of the human race, people of all generations have wanted to peek into the ruins, but they have never been able to enter. But this time, the Great Wilderness Forest was entered very easily, and someone even brought things out from it."

As the words fell, brilliance appeared between his palms, and a crimson fruit appeared in his palm.

This fruit was the size of a chicken egg, its surface presenting a transparent gelatinous quality, with fire-red constantly surging within it, emitting a mysterious light.

Ji You took this fruit from his hand, his eyes gradually beginning to widen.

"Zhu Guo?"

"Not bad, Zhu Guo. This is the kind of fruit that caused contention in the Qiling back then; because of its crimson appearance, it was named Zhu Guo. Those with outstanding natural talent who swallow it can directly rise in realm."

"Impossible, how could this thing be brought out?"

Ji You's thoughts were instantly pulled back to the night he took Yuan Caiwei and Yuan Chen and escaped the Qiling from the Hongshan Mine tunnel.

At that time, they encountered a robbery on the road, and out of professional habit, he showed those people what it meant to be professional, and finally obtained a storage gourd.

At that time, the situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to look carefully, so he could only take people and leave first.

As a result, as soon as they went out, the storage gourd exploded.

Other items in the gourd were intact, only the two Zhu Fruits those people had snatched were annihilated into ashes.

At that time, they realized that the things in the Qiling were contrary to the Heavenly Dao and could not be brought out; even if forcibly brought out, they would be erased by the Heavenly Dao.

But at this very moment, he was holding a real, existing red fruit in his hand.

Thinking of this, Ji You instantly thought of a possibility, his face becoming incomparably gloomy.

Qi Zhengyang suddenly waved his hand to suppress his Qi: "The Inspector wants me to tell you, don't have murderous intent; this fruit was brought out directly, and it is not the same way as you thought."

"If things from the ruins are brought out directly, they will be annihilated."

"That is why I said this matter is different from the Qiling."

Qi Zhengyang stroked his long beard and said: "After those Immortal Sect Elders whose lifespan was nearing its end entered the ruins, all the major Immortal Sects sent disciples in, but because of the lesson of the Qiling, the disciples sent in didn't dare to eat randomly, but used clothing to wrap them and bring them out, and surprisingly, they were not annihilated by the Heavenly Dao."

A trace of doubt flashed in Ji You's eyes: "Why would this happen?"

"I don't know either, but there have always been rumors in the Azure Cloud World that the Heavenly Dao is different, but there has never been any direct evidence. But the things in the ruins have now been brought out; perhaps it is really because the sky has changed."

"In other words, the six major Immortal Sects came to Danshan to forcibly borrow alchemists, just to refine this object?"

"Not just this object, they also brought back other strange flowers and fruits from the ruins, each one the same as this, surging with immortal opportunity."

Qi Zhengyang said sternly: "No one can say clearly what efficacy the things in the ruins have, so naturally they need alchemists to refine them, but this is after all an immortal opportunity. The six major Immortal Sects want to monopolize it, which is why they want to capture alchemists back to the mountain."

Hearing this sentence, Ji You looked at the Zhu Guo in his hand again.

That fruit had constant mysterious light, and the crimson color within it flowed constantly; looking at it for a long time would give people an urge to swallow it in one bite.

"Just because of a small fruit, they want to kill and attack the mountain?"

"So what? You must know that the reason the six major Immortal Sects let the alchemists return to rebuild the Pill Sect back then was not because they repented, but because the alchemists were almost dead. Now that they have recuperated for hundreds of years, the number of alchemists has grown, and in the eyes of the major Immortal Sects, it is just enough to use."

Ji You heard this sentence and looked up: "Capture a batch to refine pills and then kill them, as long as it doesn't hurt the Pill Sect's foundation?"

Qi Zhengyang was silent for a long time before nodding: "Understanding it this way is also acceptable."

"Could it be that alchemists really cannot cultivate the immortal path?"