Chapter 84: Fierce bandits never complain about the environment

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples left in early spring, and when they returned, it was already spring rain.

At this time in Shengjing City, the rain fell on the road, soaking the stone slabs, which were polished round by straw sandals and cloud shoes in the past, until they were as bright as mirrors.

In a tavern on Yong'an Street, several young masters from noble families in the capital were sitting at the table, with a dazzling array of dishes in front of them, but they had not been touched.

Sitting in the upper seat was a woman, wearing a plain snow thousand-water skirt, wearing a phoenix hairpin, with a noble appearance. She was the daughter of Prince Chong, Princess Changle, Zhao Yunyue.

The woman on her right was wearing a jade-colored flower jacket, her face was as moist as light, her cloud temples and flower face, she was Wei Rui, the granddaughter of Wei Xiang.

Below them were several sons of officials, among whom the host was Dou Yuankong, the son of Minister Dou.

Several people had some cultivation on their bodies, among whom Princess Changle was the highest, already at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms, but she was not an immortal sect disciple.

Because when the Great Xia was founded, there was a holy decree that the families of important ministers in the court could practice immortal cultivation, but could not belong to an immortal sect.

So these people all had experts invited from immortal sects as guests in their homes.

Like Princess Changle, her family enshrined an elder of Spirit Sword Mountain, who practiced in the Prince's Mansion all day.

"Wasn't it agreed at the hour of the snake, why haven't people come yet?"

"Princess, don't be anxious, maybe something has delayed them..."

"Let people take away the food first, and make a new portion later, so as not to let the guests see it and be unhappy."

Zhao Yunyue said lightly, and couldn't help but hammer her plump buttocks that were a bit numb after sitting for a long time.

They came here today to entertain several Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples, including Lu Qingqiu and Lou Siyi.

But unlike ordinary banquets, they were instructed by their families today for the sake of spiritual mines and immortal seedlings.

Since around the New Year, the Emperor began to select new people and established the Immortal Supervision Bureau. Originally, he thought it would be like before, with thunder and little rain.

But who knew that the Immortal Supervision Bureau immediately began to investigate the case of tax corruption and arrested a large number of officials on this ground.

If it were in the past, the pro-immortal faction in the court would not be afraid.

Just like Prince Chong's words, the Azure Cloud World is supreme in immortal power.

But after the accident in the ruins, all the major immortal sects suffered heavy losses, and there are still people wandering in the mountains, so they have no time to take care of such small things.

There is a Town North God General sitting in the capital, deterring the officials, so the Emperor took the opportunity to arrange a large number of new officials to take office.

Among them are several important official positions involving spiritual mine mining and immortal seedling cultivation.

And the Emperor's hand reached very long this time. For example, several spiritual mines in Yunzhou are currently being inspected back and forth by newly appointed officials of the imperial court.

This kind of behavior naturally makes the noble families in the capital and the immortal sect families quite unhappy.

These immortal sect families agreed with several noble families in the capital of the pro-immortal faction to meet here in the name of meeting friends, but in fact, they were communicating with each other to send those officials away.

However, not long after the food was removed, the maid beside Lou Siyi came in a hurry with an umbrella and entered the building.

"Princess, Miss Wei, Young Master Dou, my young lady cannot come to the banquet today and wants to change the date."

Dou Yuankong couldn't help but stand up and said unexpectedly: "Change the date? Why is this?"

Lou Siyi's maid pursed her lips: "Young lady said that someone returned to the academy today, and she wants to see him. Miss Sun is also like this, so they can't come to the banquet today."

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Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

They didn't know who had returned to the academy, so much so that even the banquet that had been agreed upon in advance was not attended.

And just after Lou Siyi's maid left, Lu Qingqiu's maid also rushed over, saying roughly the same thing, that she had something to do today and could not come to the banquet.

Zhao Yunyue lightly bit her thin lips: "Lu Qingqiu is a proud woman. Who is coming back that has such a big battle that she also wants to join in the fun?"

"Maybe those who visited the ruins are back?"

Lu Qingqiu's maid spoke: "It is Young Master Ji You who returned to the academy today. My young lady once gave him a sword."

Everyone at the table opened their mouths and suddenly remembered this person, Ji You.

It is said that he was a private cultivator who entered the academy, then sensed the Little Little Tian Shu, but was sent out of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan when he was charging the realm, and went to visit the ruins.

"Then... did Young Master Chu come?"

"Young Master Chu doesn't seem to be coming either."

The Chu family had no relationship with the imperial court, just because the family name was loud, but whenever there was any banquet, the invitation card must have his share.

When Prince Chong entertained Chu He, Zhao Yunyue had seen him from afar in the side hall and felt that he was heroic and elegant.

Later, she had also heard about what happened in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan. It is said that Ji You sensed the Little Little Tian Shu first, which made Chu He feel frustrated.

But Chu He later closed his doors for countless days and months, caught up from behind, and was the first to enter the Initial Realm of Profound Understanding.

So Zhao Yunyue was a bit strange why Chu He would also join in the fun when Ji You returned.

"Sister Yunyue, since they are not coming, let's just stop today."

Wei Rui couldn't help but speak softly, with a delicate voice.

Zhao Yunyue thought for a moment and said: "Anyway, there is nothing to do today, I am a bit curious about this Ji You. Let's go, let's go to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to see."

"This..."

Wei Rui actually didn't understand the affairs of the imperial court, she was just a weak woman who liked piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

The reason she came today was because Wei Xiang was the representative of the pro-immortal faction and needed someone from their family to come forward.

She was still thinking about things outside the city at this time, but her personality was soft and she was not good at refusing, so she had to follow Zhao Yunyue into the carriage and head to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

The light rain on the street had stopped at this time. When everyone arrived at the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, they saw some other people standing here, seemingly some sect-outside walkers stationed in Shengjing.

And the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples were scattered in twos and threes under the mountain gate, on the divine road, and beside the divine road.

Among them, Chu He and Lu Qingqiu stood higher, the former with gloomy eyes, the latter with a complicated expression.

And behind them were several Pill Sect disciples, wearing red and yellow robes, with a three-legged pill furnace embroidered on their backs, seemingly looking forward to it.

"It seems that it's not just as simple as Ji You returning."

Zhao Yunyue was thoughtful and muttered.

Wei Rui felt a bit bored, so her eyes began to drift, and suddenly she saw a scholar standing under a distant willow tree outside the crowd.

That place was severely waterlogged, so no one was there, but the scholar padded two bricks in the water and stood on them, looking towards the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

After a long while, seemingly noticing the gaze, the scholar couldn't help but turn his head, was slightly stunned when he saw Wei Rui, and then cupped his hands to salute.

Wei Rui couldn't help but smile, bowed slightly to him, and then hesitated for a moment before walking over.

"Why did the Young Master come here? Could it be that you are also interested in immortal cultivators?"

"I have a friend returning today, and I want to see for myself if he is safe."

"So that's how it is."

"What about the girl?"

"Hmm... I was pulled to join in the fun."

Xiang Kuangcheng nodded, not knowing what to say, so he had to smile.

He didn't know who this girl was, just because of the evil disaster that had arisen in the past few days, there were many refugees outside the city.

These refugees came from all directions, dared not gather in places of immortal sect families, so they could only come to Shengjing.

Xiang Kuangcheng had been worrying about the refugees for the past few days, following the Immortal Supervision Bureau to maintain order outside, and saw this girl giving porridge outside, and he also helped a few times, but didn't say a few words.

Wei Rui looked at him at this time, her face was slightly pink for some reason, so she said lightly: "Will the Young Master go outside the city today?"

"I'll go after watching."

"Me too."

Xiang Kuangcheng listened to her answer, didn't dare to look directly, but really wanted to ask her name.

Just at this moment, Kou Yuankong came from afar and walked to Wei Rui's side: "Why did you come here?"

Wei Rui glanced at him: "Met a friend."

"This is your friend?"

"Met when I was giving porridge outside the city."

Dou Yuankong couldn't help but glance at Xiang Kuangcheng, and said to Wei Rui: "Are you still going to give porridge outside today?"

Wei Rui nodded: "Yes."

"I'll arrange for someone to follow you. Those refugees will snatch if they are not full, so as not to hurt you."

Xiang Kuangcheng had already turned his head back at this time and didn't say anything more.

The young ladies in the capital are all dignitaries. Seeing that she and her friends are also very extraordinary, it is difficult for a poor scholar like him who holds a leisure position in the Immortal Supervision Bureau to make friends with them.

Xiang Kuangcheng was thinking, when he heard a burst of discussion from the place opposite the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

Within sight, four carriages drove slowly and stopped in front of the divine road of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan's mountain gate.

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan group took a ship from Wind Travel Ferry and changed carriages at the post station outside the city, taking a day and a night to finally return to Shengjing.

The fierce bandit is back to the mountain, Ji You muttered to himself, and then looked up, finding eyes everywhere, almost being looked to death. It seems that the news of his breakthrough has spread in the past few days.

And at this time, the discussion among the onlookers became louder and louder.

"What happened, why are everyone's expressions so strange?"

"That Ji You... has entered the Realm of Profound Understanding."

"..."

Except for the Qi-gazing method unique to the Pill Dao, low realms cannot see high realms clearly, so they can only see the major realm.

But at this time, Chu He's face was very ugly, and he left with a flick of his sleeve.

He was already in the Initial Realm of Profound Understanding, and naturally could see that Ji You's realm was different from his own. He didn't believe the message from home, but now he had to believe it.

Lu Qingqiu had also vaguely heard the rumor of Ji You's breakthrough, but didn't understand why Chu He, who was at the same level as him, was so angry: "What's wrong with him?"

Wang Jiaoxi Ma took a deep breath: "Not the Initial Realm of Profound Understanding, but the Middle Realm of Profound Understanding."

"Middle Realm?" Lu Qingqiu opened her eyes wide.

Cao Jinsong was not standing with everyone at this time, but stood on the Immortal Gazing White Jade Platform with his huge chest, facing the mountain gate.

The moment Ji You walked into the mountain gate, he saw Old Cao's eyes turn red instantly.

Old Cao had replied to him on the ship, saying that he had been restless for a few days, um... how did he seem to have gained some weight while being restless?

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Cao Jinsong walked up and patted him. This child brought back from Yuyang County was extraordinary, and for a time he was speechless.

Ji You looked at him and finally patted his shoulder.

In fact, after coming to the Azure Cloud World, he had always found it difficult to open his heart to others. Old Qiu counted as one, Xiang Kuangcheng counted as one, and now Old Cao could count as one.

He originally thought Old Cao just cherished talent, but later allowed him to leave, so the friendship became much heavier. In the future, he would rob him less and rob Wang Jiaoxi Wang more.

And at this time, Cao Jinsong's eyes were slightly surprised, looking at Pei Ruyi, who came from the divine road, and slowly opened his mouth wide.

Her appearance had not changed much from when she left, but her aura was already obviously different.

"Ruyi, you... you also broke through the realm?"

Pei Ruyi nodded lightly, her eyes smiling: "I had a feeling on the ship, so I broke through the realm."

When eating on the ship last night, Wen Zhengxin sent someone to call her, but she didn't go, because she felt the signs of breaking through the realm, so she meditated in the room for a night.

She, like Ban Yangshu, had been stuck in this realm for many years, and didn't know why she broke through the realm that she had worked hard to practice but couldn't get at this time.

Cao Jinsong opened his mouth after hearing this, and then he was full of relief.

Fengzhou is remote and barren, and the students every year are a bit worse, but now there is a Realm of Merging with the Dao and a Realm of Profound Understanding.

He took a deep breath, turned to look at Ji You, intending to say some heroic words, but his expression suddenly froze, finding that Ji You was walking towards the Management Tian Shuyuan, seven swords together, one sword in hand, six swords floating in the air.

"Ji You, what are you going to do?"

"Ask for money. Didn't they promise that if I didn't die and returned to the mountain, they would give me a hundred taels?"

"Then why are you moving your sword?"

"To shed blood for the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, my sword was cut to the edge. I'll ask them if they will compensate."

Ji You raised his sword to welcome the sky, and walked alone towards the mountain road under the eyes of everyone.

Cao Jinsong immediately followed: "The Management Tian Shuyuan has rules, you need to un-sword when entering the door."

Management Qin was in the Management Tian Shuyuan at this time, heard the dialogue under the mountain, and soon saw Ji You holding a sword into the door, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He felt the sharpness in that sword intent, and this sharpness was facing the authority of the Management Tian Shuyuan.

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan has existed since the rise of the human race, and the history of the Management Tian Shuyuan is about the same, but no disciple in the academy has ever dared to confront it, especially since he is only an outer courtyard disciple...

The veins on Management Qin's forehead couldn't help but gradually bulge, but in the end, he pretended not to see it, let Ji You enter the door with his sword, gave him a hundred taels, and gave him money to change his sword.

The Pill Sect is currently in the academy. He saved the Pill Sect siblings, so even if he is now, he can't do anything to him.

"You brat, your courage has grown after going out for a trip?"

"The Management Tian Shuyuan is just a bully, and I happen not to be a soft persimmon, impossible to be kneaded by others. Taking advantage of the Pill Sect being here, it's better to rob than not to rob."

"This is the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, there are rules."

"True fierce bandits never complain about the environment."

And what the two didn't know was that at this time, in the vast sea of clouds on the top of Nishan, there were also two figures watching this scene.

The old man wearing loose clothes looked at Cao Jinsong, thinking to himself that this old boy is more arrogant than me like an Abbot.

"This child has some courage, and his actions are very much to my liking. Why not change the direct disciple of the Auspicious Hall and let him do it."

Yu Yingqiu said this, her eyes looking at the Abbot Master in front of her, seemingly wanting to see something from it.

The Abbot smiled lightly and waved his hand.

He had also forcibly changed the causal trajectory for a person as Yu Yingqiu said before, and finally obtained a lesson like blood.

Azure Cloud has an old saying called fortune and misfortune depend on each other. With his status, blocking misfortune for others is also depriving him of his fortune.

This female disciple of his must be optimistic about him because of the Little Little Tian Shu's reaction to him, not because he is good.

This is reversing cause and effect, and this source comes from him, which is a great misfortune.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 85 =====