Chapter 363

The You and Yun Prefectures were completely occupied, but they did not continue to move south, so the Qingyun Nine Continents maintained a rare stability.

From the outbreak of the corpse tide in autumn to the day of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, for a full half year, the human race finally had a moment to breathe.

It was just that no one knew how long this precarious stability could be maintained.

During this time, the New Year arrived.

Because after the great war, countless aristocratic families fought fiercely to snatch the inheritance of the thousand-year aristocratic families, leading to many feuds and a reduction in movement between each other, the atmosphere of joy and liveliness was reduced.

Even the Xian Sects canceled the aristocratic families' pilgrimage to the mountain.

Compared with this, Fengzhou was a scene of peace.

From the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year gradually became enthusiastic, reaching its peak on the day of the New Year.

According to the guidance of the government, all counties in Fengzhou organized large-scale annual meetings. Looking from afar, people were moving, and it was an endless stream.

The small Inspector of Spirit Sword Mountain went to every one of them.

Especially the lantern festivals in various places, all of which were visited.

Ji You, while constantly refining his body, accompanied Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi to stroll around, seeing all of Fengzhou.

On the night of the New Year, a rich dinner was prepared in Ji Village, and everyone gathered together to drink and talk happily.

As the real Master of Fengzhou, the small Inspector was still that cold and unapproachable appearance, sitting quietly and gracefully, but no matter who came to toast, she would drink.

And Ji You was also surprised to find that Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's alcohol tolerance was actually not very good. After one round, she was drunk, and in the end, she could only be carried away from the banquet by Ji You.

From the front courtyard to the back courtyard, the cold wind blew in his face. Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, who was carried up, opened her eyes slightly, stared at Ji You, and looked at him, looking a bit dazed.

"Husband."

She didn't know what she thought of, and suddenly called out softly.

Ji You looked down at the fairy in his arms who was dazed with drink and couldn't help but speak softly: "Only when you are drunk do you know to call me husband?"

The small Inspector was dazed for a while, then burrowed into his arms and was obediently brought into the room.

Not long after, as the bed board shook lightly, a soft whimpering sound came from the room.

The flat bed sheet gradually wrinkled, the snow-white jade feet dangled in the air and shook lightly, and then it was a pool of water light.

However, the next morning, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, who had sobered up, was completely unwilling to admit this, and as soon as she opened her mouth, it was "small Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple."

Afterward, Cao Jingsong, Wen Zhengxin, and Ban Yangshu came to say goodbye.

Except for the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion, which had completely closed the mountain like the Pill Sect, the other five major Xian Sects all announced that they would start choosing students again.

Moreover, they all lowered their original thresholds by a lot, with the goal of expanding the number of disciples.

Although Cao Jingsong had been promoted to the position of Elder, he still served as an instructor in the outer courtyard. After the New Year, he was recalled to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to prepare for admissions.

Ban Yangshu and Wen Zhengxin left with him, intending to return to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to seek enlightenment and break through.

Ji You sent them away and then began his cultivation.

As for the barbarian and demon tribes, in order to move their clansmen over before spring arrived, they were busy with large-scale construction in the You and Yun Prefectures and had not yet shown any signs of re-gathering soldiers.

Not only that, the demon race also began to sell Snow Region Demon Stones to the outside world.

With the Pill Sect closing the mountain and Yunzhou being occupied, lacking the assistance of elixirs and spirit stones, the cultivation of the human race became a bit difficult. The demon race's move was almost like stabbing the heart of the human cultivators.

But the demon race's manipulation of the human race in this way also aroused the anger of many people.

"The demon race invaded our human land and still wants to trade with our human race. It's simply daydreaming!"

"That's right, daydreaming!"

Loud voices of condemnation were endless, causing the human race to be filled with righteous indignation.

However, soon, the demon race and the barbarian tribe threw out the historical materials from their own tribes—to be precise, the historical materials recorded by the two tribes a thousand years ago.

This historical material only explained one problem, and that was that a thousand years ago, their demon race and barbarian tribe also lived in the Nine Continents together with the human race.

"You Prefecture and Yun Prefecture do not have developed agriculture, especially Yun Prefecture, which has always relied on spirit mines. Wanting to reclaim wasteland for farming is a bit difficult for them, and wanting to trade is also to feed the clansmen who are about to move over."

"This historical material is also very interesting."

"War is cruel after all. Casualties are inevitable when attacking cities and seizing land, and the name of justice is far more inspiring to the soldiers' morale than simple slaughter, which can allow them to go all out and fight without regard for their lives."

In the inner courtyard of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, the three managers discussed the demon and barbarian tribes' behavior of throwing out historical materials and wanting to trade.

Large-scale campaigns are like this, needing a name to unite every soldier.

So what the demon and barbarian tribes have been shouting is always "returning to the Nine Continents."

In their historical materials, the Nine Continents were their hometown, and it was the human race that invaded their land and drove them to a place where grass did not grow.

If it were the demon race, they could still be related, but for the barbarian tribe to say so makes people feel like laughing.

When the relic tribe war broke out, they fled because of fear, and the word "return" is truly high-sounding.

Lang Hetong rolled up his sleeves: "Such a situation is already a bit like the Three Kingdoms standing side by side at the end of the warring states back then."

"No, it's four countries."

"Four countries?"

Qin Rong raised his eyes: "Don't forget there is also Fengzhou."

Hearing this, Lang Hetong and Ji Jingyao were both slightly stunned, thinking to themselves, how can Fengzhou be counted as a country? It hasn't been occupied by a foreign race.

But as they thought about it, their eyes began to flicker constantly, and then they fell into deep thought.

True, it is four countries.

The five prefectures of the human race with cultivators as the main body, Yun Prefecture represented by the demon race, and You Prefecture represented by the barbarian tribe.

And there is another side, Fengzhou represented by the common people.

In fact, if this discussion had taken place before the Wulu Trading Firm sold grain, they would definitely not have separated Fengzhou, but after the grain-selling event, it told the people of the world that Fengzhou was also different.

The tax levy system is the foundation of the human cultivators, and Fengzhou, under Ji You's leadership, almost cut off this foundation.

So Fengzhou represented by Ji You is the strangest one, and also the most complex one.

In principle, that is human territory, but the difference in ideology and the conflict of class contradictions determine that it is just as subversive to the Nine Continents as the barbarian and demon tribes.

And Ji You's temperament told them that although the land leasing matter failed, he wouldn't be able to let it go so easily.

In a mere five years, he had become so strong that many people were helpless. Who knows what it will be like in the future.

Hum—

On the eve of spring, in the backyard of Ji Village.

As the spirit stones filling the courtyard were all sucked dry, and shattered with a crack as the light dimmed, a majestic and scorching aura kept surging.

Ji You sat in the pile of spirit stones, and his aura began to become more majestic, like a surging tsunami, continuous, and the spirit fire on his body swayed to the sky.

Not long after, as those spirit fires surged, his aura began to climb to an incomparable stage.

The sixth level barrier, broken.

Taking a deep breath, Ji You couldn't help but clench his fists.

Breaking through a small barrier wouldn't bring too strong a miracle to the physical body, but the increase in energy was quite obvious.

He slowly loosened his clenched fists. He looked at the spirit stones around him that had been sucked dry.

This was the inventory left over from trading with the demon race back then. Consuming hundreds in one breakthrough made his heart ache.

He muttered to himself in the courtyard, but didn't notice Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi watching him under the eaves behind him, her beautiful phoenix eyes full of shyness.

Then, she resolutely decided to return to the mountain.

She couldn't handle it a bit now. Several times she wanted to call Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu to help. Now the scoundrel clearly had a stronger physique, and if she stayed any longer, she would die.

And hearing Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi speak coldly, saying thank you for the hospitality and that she was going to set off to return to the mountain, Ji You's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that refining the body was not only a waste of money, but also a waste of his wife.

In front of the gate of Ji Village, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu waved their hands lightly at him, were pinched on the cheeks twice, and then got on the cart.

"Didn't the Inspector say a few days ago that she would stay for a few more days?"

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's eyelashes trembled: "Small Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple, the way of hospitality is thorough, but we can't be so unreserved and keep disturbing you here."

Zhuo Wanqiu thought to herself that the Inspector's mouth was really hard, while Ding Yao, because of that "thorough way of hospitality," couldn't help but have a hot shape appear in her mind.

After the Young Master's body refining reached a higher level, the way of hospitality was estimated to be stronger, and their own Inspector was clearly like this, which was why she left.

It's just that you can hide for a while, but not for a lifetime. What about next time?

Thinking of this, a hint of shyness flashed in Ding Yao's eyes, and there was also a hint of expectation in the shyness.

At this time, as the cart moved slowly, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi couldn't help but look out, a hint of reluctance flowing in her arrogant eyes.

Actually, it wasn't just because of shyness that she decided to leave; otherwise, she wouldn't have run every night...

The bigger reason was that she felt if she stayed any longer, she wouldn't want to return to Spirit Sword Mountain to be the Inspector anymore.

But now the human race was suffering from both internal and external troubles, and undercurrents were surging, so she couldn't just throw in the towel at this time.

"Young Master."

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