Chapter 71

Crossing over from the back of the mountain ridge, in front is an ancient battlefield on the edge of the ruins.

Countless huge flying swords were broken here, and among them were quite a few skeletons that had been air-dried, nailed to the broken stone walls.

This was a place they had never seen when they came.

In fact, the immortal sect disciples had walked the straight path since entering the mountain, and their understanding of the Qiling ruins was not even one-thousandth.

Ban Yangshu once said that the ruins are vast and boundless, which is indeed not bragging.

However, Ji You did not stop because of this, suppressed the bandit heart of "fishing for some antiques to get rich," and continued forward, muttering "money and goods are cleared."

"Brother-in-law, it seems someone is following us."

"I felt it, don't look back, keep going forward, I'll talk when we reach the vicinity of the mine cave."

The immortal fate in the mountain alarmed the world, so there were countless seekers of immortality.

But because the disputes were fierce, many people with low realms, although ambitious, did not dare to go deep, so they had to linger at the entrance.

At this time, following the three of them were three middle-aged practitioners.

Two men were already in the Profound Understanding realm, and there was also a mature woman, with a curvaceous figure and good temperament, who was at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms.

With their ordinary aptitude, they definitely couldn't come from an immortal sect; they should be from an aristocratic family.

Logically speaking, the three of them should be the kind of people who have cultivated hard without results; seeing the immortal light rushing to the sky here, they wanted to take a risk.

And judging from the blood already appearing on the three of them, their way of seeking immortal fate was to lurk here for lone practitioners, and then kill them to seize their goods.

"Brother-in-law, they followed up."

"You go a step ahead, wait for me at the entrance of the mine cave, I'll go and persuade them."

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Ji You stopped his footsteps and turned back, spiritual energy condensing bit by bit.

His principle for entering the mountain was to avoid conflict if possible, enter and withdraw quickly, but this time it wouldn't work.

He didn't know if the miners in the mine cave had escaped alive; if a tail was really left behind, it might be a great disaster.

The three practitioners following closely behind stopped immediately upon seeing this, sneered, and drew their swords, but saw a vast spiritual energy surging out, and then seven spirit swords darted out of the mountain forest.

Hum—

Amidst the clear sword hum, the sky full of sword waves whistled, circling like a dragon.

The three practitioners widened their eyes, drew their swords to resist, were directly wounded and flew out by the sword aura, and then saw the opposite side already bending the bow and setting the arrow, shooting like a sky full of cold light...

At this time, the Pill Sect siblings did not stop, running all the way to the entrance of the mine path.

Taking this opportunity, Yuan Caiwei once again refined a Qi-replenishing Elixir, recovered her spirit, and felt that some fragments in her mind were still blurred.

Just at this moment, she noticed her hand.

Her hand was slender and jade-white, but at this moment there were faint patterns between them, like jade quality.

Profound Jade Elixir Hand...

This was the appearance before recovering after using the Profound Jade Elixir Hand, representing what she had refined.

Just as she was deep in thought, the sound of her younger brother muttering came to her ears, not very clear, but probably saying he was worried about his brother-in-law.

Yuan Caiwei couldn't help but turn her head: "Yuanchen, listen, the word brother-in-law cannot be called randomly."

Yuanchen stood at the entrance of the mine cave, pursed his lips upon hearing this: "The family has already given sister an ultimatum, wanting you to find a husband; brother-in-law is exactly the suitable candidate, he is a rural private practitioner, without an aristocratic family background but with astonishing combat power, extremely suitable to be my Pill Sect's son-in-law."

"When did this matter need you to worry for me?"

"I know sister has high aspirations, but brother-in-law is truly not bad; although I can't say exactly what is different, I vaguely feel that he will definitely crown the Nine Provinces alone."

Yuan Caiwei looked at him: "Crown the Nine Provinces alone? Even the Chu family wouldn't dare to claim that; I think you've been poisoned by those folk novels."

The Pill Sect itself does not possess combat power, but the elixir Dao lineage can only be passed down in their hands.

So to ensure that this lineage can continue smoothly, the Azure Cloud Immortal Rules have long stipulated that no cultivator can harm Pill Sect disciples.

But rules... are ultimately just rules, and will not dispel the covetous heart of some petty people.

Just like this attack incident.

So for the past hundred years, women who have obtained the Pill Sect inheritance will choose the best talents from small families and recruit them to the Pill Mountain as sons-in-law.

One is that small families are easy to control, and their ambitions won't be too big.

The second is that no one in large families would be willing to be a son-in-law, and even less would they attach themselves to the Pill Sect, so they wouldn't achieve the goal of gathering sand into a tower through marriage.

So choosing a good talent without a deep background, and supplementing it with Pill Sect immortal medicine, this is one of the means for the Pill Sect to stand in the Azure Cloud World.

"The small aristocratic families in the Pill Sect's mouth must have at least ten Upper Five Realms, and there is a world of difference between them and rural private practitioners."

"Moreover, the perfection of the Lower Three Realms is simply not in my conditions for choosing a husband."

"I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup he gave you, or what he promised you, but let's drop this idea."

The Pill Sect is one of the seven great immortal sects in the world, and Yuan Caiwei is the eldest daughter of the Pill Sect; it is impossible for her to choose a husband who hasn't even entered the Upper Five Realms.

It's the heart, Yuanchen whispered silently.

No ecstasy soup, what he saw was the heart.

The Pill Sect is located between Liangzhou and Youzhou, and through various methods such as gifting elixirs, saving injuries, and marriage, they have indeed formed ties with small aristocratic families in the two places.

But what about after sister went missing?

Although those aristocratic families sent disciples to search outside, not one of them dared to enter the ruins.

Later, after the immortal light surged, those people dared to enter the ruins, but they were aiming for immortality, and even directly threw him in Beisha Town.

So before immediate benefits, this seemingly reliable relationship is simply unreliable.

But brother-in-law is different; although brother-in-law shouted "money and goods are cleared" all the way, he made him feel many times that he is trustworthy.

Just like when entering the Hongshan Mine, like the people he saved all the way, like the stories of immortal sect young masters he told.

If he is unreliable, then even the Approaching Immortal Realm cannot compare to a perfection of the Lower Three Realms.

As the next direct descendant of the Pill Sect, Yuanchen is not a fool who doesn't understand the world; he feels that Ji You will definitely be a good match for sister, able to make sister safe for a lifetime.

However, before he could think about how to speak out what was in his heart, his sister's voice sounded from his ears again.

"When you let him enter the mountain with you, what elixir did you promise him?"

"A thousand taels of gold."

"Just silver money? So cheap?"

Yuan Caiwei was stunned for a long time, thinking to herself that a rural private practitioner is indeed a rural private practitioner: "Does he know you are a direct descendant of the Pill Sect?"

Yuanchen recalled: "His senior brother guessed it, but he shouldn't know yet."

"Give him two thousand taels; this person took such a big risk to accompany you, don't treat him poorly."

Yuanchen heard his sister's meaning, which was the same as brother-in-law, that money and goods are cleared, and then they have nothing to do with each other; as for the marriage matter, don't mention it again.

But actually, Yuan Caiwei had one more sentence she didn't say, and that was if he could come back.

Although the Pill Sect does not cultivate Dao methods, they have their own way of observing Qi, so she knew there were two Profound Understanding realms opposite, and one perfection of the Lower Three Realms like him.

Go and persuade them...?

Just looking at the blood-covered appearance of the other party, one knew that they had long been filled with killing intent.

Yuan Caiwei felt that this person could go back and forth here with her younger brother; besides being naive, his luck was also terrifyingly good.

Just as she was pondering, footsteps suddenly came from the mountain forest, and Ji You walked over leisurely, carrying a long sword on his back, white robes fluttering, holding three money bags in his hand.

(End of chapter)