Chapter 91

The epidemic in the refugee camp has ended, and the Yuan siblings will set off to return to their sect in a few days.

This meal of Ji You's, besides celebrating his safe return with Xiang Kuangcheng, can also be considered a farewell for the two siblings.

After all, they have lived and died together, so they do have a bond of friendship, even though Yuan Yuanchen is a person of crooked mind, often plotting his sister's jade-like pure body for him.

"Inviting us to dinner?"

"Brother-in-law, you don't need to contemplate the Dao tonight?"

Yuan Yuanchen was both happy and confused when he heard Ji You was hosting.

He still remembered that a few days ago, his brother-in-law would drag him back in a hurry every evening, then go to the Dao contemplation field to contemplate the Dao, as if the Heavenly Dao would run away if he were a moment late.

For this, his instructor was often teary-eyed and deeply gratified.

Ji You raised the corner of his mouth confidently: "No need tonight. I'll go ask my Heavenly Dao for leave in a moment."

Xiang Kuangcheng had exchanged some silver taels at the bank, preparing to send them to the orphanage, and was stunned upon hearing this: "This Heavenly Dao... could it be alive? Can it really communicate with cultivators?"

"How could the Heavenly Dao be alive?"

"Then why does Brother Ji have to ask the Heavenly Dao for leave when going out to meet us?"

Ji You pondered for a moment and said: "The Heavenly Dao I observe is alive; it will lose its temper if I don't ask for leave."

Yuan Yuanchen and Xiang Kuangcheng couldn't understand his riddles, but they were obviously more concerned about food, so they asked: "Then what are we eating tonight?"

"Pick whatever you want. After all, I've earned quite a bit of money from you two siblings. Remember to notify your sister after you've chosen."

"Me? Brother-in-law, I think since you're hosting tonight, it's better for you to invite her."

Although Yuan Yuanchen recognized the little Inspector as his sister, he always felt in his heart that his brother-in-law wasn't a real one and that it wasn't quite right.

Seeing that he was about to return to the Pill Sect and didn't know when they would meet again, his desire to marry off his sister began to heat up again.

Ji You had to go back to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan to ask the "Heavenly Dao" for leave anyway, so he nodded in agreement upon hearing this, then followed the evening sky back to the Dao contemplation field, sat on the ground, and sent his spiritual sense flying into the sky.

"I'm going out to eat, with the Yuan siblings and Xiang Kuangcheng."

"No."

The fairy under the Void Mountain looked cold when she heard he was going out to eat, then jumped up from the mountain to kick him, but ended up having her feet touched several times.

Sure enough, the strange man was bold and reckless.

First pinching her face, now touching her feet, he wasn't stronger than her yet, but he had already started thinking about things further down the line.

However, whenever her snow-white, delicate jade feet were pinched in the other's hand, the fairy would always feel her whole body go soft and couldn't say the harsh words of wanting to kill him.

"Wanqiu has already returned to the mountain to report to me for several days, so why haven't the Yuan siblings left yet? Are they really going to live in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan permanently?"

"Didn't I say before that Yuan Yuanchen is helping me refine medicine and can't return to the sect for the time being? The matter was resolved today, so this meal is also a farewell for them."

Ji You looked at her, thinking to himself that the fairy is being sour today.

He had to tell her every day about Yuan Yuanchen helping to treat the refugees, so she naturally knew that the medicine was only refined yesterday.

But she asked him every day, worrying about why the Yuan siblings hadn't left yet, looking very concerned.

Yan Shuyi noticed his gaze and feigned calmness, straightening her slender willow waist: "Don't overthink it, I'm just curious what you're eating tonight?"

"I want to eat braised bones, but the woman Xiang Kuangcheng likes doesn't seem very willing."

"You only know how to eat braised bones."

Yan Shuyi was still brooding over the fact that the first time she was taken out to eat by Ji You, it was braised bones that were hard to eat.

It's no wonder other women don't like it; after all, that kind of food is truly too unrefined.

No woman would try hard to open her mouth wide to gnaw meat off a bone.

However, thinking of the Shengjing tour that was a "whim" that day, Yan Shuyi suddenly felt a sense of nostalgia.

Compared to the internal strife of Spirit Sword Mountain and the external pressure she was facing now, she was actually incredibly envious of Yuan Caiwei being able to sit and gnaw bones with Ji You.

She felt that Ji You should have taken her, not the Yuan siblings.

"When you come to Shengjing again, I will also take you to eat delicious food, and by the way, introduce you to the woman Xiang Kuangcheng likes."

"I didn't say I wanted to follow you to eat delicious food."

"But I think you clearly look envious right now."

Ji You imitated her expression, squinting at her for a long time: "Why not come down the mountain to play with me now? With your speed in the Responding to Heaven Realm, we can even eat breakfast together."

Yan Shuyi raised her snow-white little face to look at him: "I'm not a little girl who will follow someone just because they lure me."

"I don't know who it was last time, coming without being lured."

"I already said last time was on the way, not specifically to find you. Go eat your braised bones."

Yan Shuyi chased him away, resting her chin on her hands and sitting on the Void Mountain, actually having a real impulse to run away from home.

Afterwards, Ji You got up and left the Dao contemplation field, heading to the small courtyard arranged for the Pill Sect disciples in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

At this moment, in front of the small courtyard, a group of people had just left.

They came from the inner courtyard, led by He Lingxiu, a direct disciple of the Free Hall, and You Buyu, a direct disciple of the Auspicious Hall.

In the past few days, under the indication of the Pill Sect and the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, Yuan Caiwei and You Buyu had been in contact, and today was no exception.

The group admired the new sprouts of the ten thousand acres of forest in the inner courtyard and the spring breeze circling in the sea of clouds.

You Buyu conducted himself with elegance and spoke with wit, often winning a smile from Yuan Caiwei, and he was relatively satisfied in his heart.

Originally, they had agreed to go to a tavern to eat together tonight, but Yuan Caiwei said she would set off tomorrow and wanted to rest well, so You Buyu sent her back with the others.

Seeing Ji You coming from down the mountain and walking straight into Yuan Caiwei's courtyard, the group couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

In the past few days, the news about the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple taking the Pill Sect direct disciple to treat refugees outside the city had spread like wildfire in the academy, and even they couldn't see through this person's style.

Like those who exclaimed "what a waste of heaven's gifts," they also felt that it was extremely difficult to know an alchemist, not to mention that she was a Pill Sect direct disciple.

Having such an opportunity, one should naturally ask for a furnace of immortal medicine that could raise one's realm.

Taking it to treat refugees? Simply crazy...

But just when everyone felt that Ji You's behavior was incomprehensible and that he was wasting his opportunity, other rumors leaked out.

Some said that the Pill Sect direct disciple had been calling Ji You brother-in-law outside the city.

Yuan Yuanchen calls Yuan Caiwei sister, so the first character in brother-in-law naturally points to this daughter of the Pill Sect Abbot.

So some quick-witted people thought about whether the life-and-death experience in the ruins had already led the affectionate man and woman to pledge their lives to each other.

However, not many people believed this matter.

The Pill Sect was indeed willing to be on good terms with the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan. After all, the ruins matter had been causing panic, and everyone was much more vigilant, feeling that the chaos had already appeared, so the Pill Sect hoped to be protected.

And for someone of Yuan Caiwei's status, the benefits obtained from sending her to marry were sometimes higher than her alchemical talent.

After many days of contact, You Buyu felt that Yuan Caiwei's impression of him was extremely good, and she was all smiles when they talked, so the rumor of "brother-in-law" must be unbelievable.

But since there was such a rumor, Ji You coming to Yuan Caiwei's courtyard alone at this moment, without Yuan Yuanchen by his side, was still easily subject to onlookers.

"Ji You, what is he doing here?"

He Lingxiu thought for a while and said: "He should be here to find Miss Caiwei. Miss Caiwei has been with us for the past few days, and he hasn't had a chance to see her. Perhaps he heard they were leaving tomorrow and rushed over."

You Buyu frowned upon hearing this: "He has a very good relationship with the Pill Sect direct disciple, why does he need to come and find Miss Caiwei again?"

"No matter how good the Pill Sect direct disciple is, he is still a man."

"What does Junior Sister Lingxiu mean by this?"

He Lingxiu turned to look at him: "The relationship of friendship is far less stable than marriage. Ji You comes from the countryside and has no noble family background, so his mind is naturally more complicated. Senior Brother You, I'm afraid you have a competitor."

You Buyu chuckled upon hearing this: "I am a Merging with the Dao Realm disciple of a Hall Master, while he is just an outer courtyard disciple in the Realm of Profound Understanding. Don't let others hear you say this, lest they laugh at you."

"Senior Brother You, don't forget, he did save Miss Caiwei's life after all."

"Miss Caiwei is an extremely cold and arrogant woman. Even to me, she only responds with a faint smile. She separates grace and affection very clearly. Approaching her with such a purpose, it would be strange if she paid any attention to him."

As the words fell, everyone discovered that Ji You had walked out of Yuan Caiwei's courtyard.

Seeing this, You Buyu and the others couldn't help but look at He Lingxiu, wanting to see if she would be embarrassed.

Being invited out after staying for less than a quarter of an hour, what He Lingxiu said earlier really seemed a bit ridiculous at this moment.

However, at this moment, the laughter of the crowd came to an abrupt end.

Because in the moonlight of the dusk at this moment, following Ji You walking out of the courtyard, Yuan Caiwei also followed, and Yuan Caiwei at this moment was... extremely different from what they saw during the day.

The difference was in her attire.

Yuan Caiwei was not wearing the alchemical robe she had been wearing all along, but had changed into a dress with scattered snow patterns, and was also wearing a jade hairpin and dangling hairpins, with light makeup and graceful steps.

And You Buyu suddenly realized that during their tour these past few days, Yuan Caiwei had never dressed up at all.

He only remembered that she was the daughter of the Pill Sect Abbot, so he felt that she naturally had more radiance, but only now did he realize that she could be even better-looking than what he had seen.

But...

She wasn't dressed up for him.

"Miss Caiwei actually has such a heaven-defying appearance. What is she going to do following that Ji You?"

"It seems they are going down the mountain..."

"Didn't she say she wanted to rest early today?"

He Lingxiu was also stunned at this moment, looking at You Buyu's incredulous eyes, not knowing what to say for a while.

There was also competition among the five halls of the inner courtyard, so the relationship between He Lingxiu and You Buyu wasn't very good.

The reason she said these things tonight wasn't because she thought the eldest daughter of the Pill Sect would fancy that outer courtyard disciple, but because she was a bit unhappy that her friendship with Yuan Yuanchen didn't work out.

But she really didn't expect to see such a scene.

Yuan Caiwei followed behind him with graceful steps, always looking at the man in front. If anyone said there was nothing going on, no one would believe it.

He Lingxiu suddenly opened her mouth, thinking of a possibility.

It wasn't because Yuan Caiwei had been touring with them that Ji You didn't have a chance to see her.

It was because Ji You hadn't asked her to come along, so Yuan Caiwei had been touring with them...

Why?

He Lingxiu couldn't figure it out. First the brother, then the sister, what exactly is different about this outer courtyard disciple?

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