Chapter 94: Paying You to Draw Your Sword

Sun Bin was said to be in his thirties, but in fact, he was already nearly forty, the oldest batch of students in the outer courtyard.

He was the kind of person whose talent was insufficient, and he had relied on his lifespan and medicinal pills to reach the Upper Five Realms. Now he had no hope of breaking through his realm, and leaving the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan was inevitable.

For him, making such a scene before leaving the academy seemed funny, but it was a very cost-effective business.

His realm had no hope of improvement, but his family's glory still needed to be continued. Doing this would not only satisfy the You family where You Buyu was, but also make the Chu family feel satisfied.

This was the reason why it was difficult for a wild private cultivator to gain a foothold among a group of noble family disciples.

Sun Bin thought while looking at him, and finally stroked his beard and chuckled.

Although the outer courtyard had been spreading how powerful he was for the past half year, seeing his "pretty boy" appearance still made him feel funny.

In a competition, one should stop at the point of contact, so he wasn't worried. This contemptuous smile was also to provoke his anger. After all, there were many people waiting behind him to draw their swords.

"Where are we fighting?"

"Naturally, we are going to the Bai Yu Platform."

Ji You looked around: "Who offered the silver reward? Give the money first. If you don't give the money, I won't fight."

Wang Yue had already arrived here to watch everything. At this moment, he walked out of the crowd, holding a stack of silver notes, and threw them into his arms.

Ji You looked at the silver notes, thinking to himself, it's hilarious. This much money could make me admit defeat, but you insist on having a fight.

Afterwards, he headed to the Bai Yu Platform surrounded by the crowd.

During this time, Ban Yangshu and the others also followed, but they knew they couldn't stop him.

The temptation of money to his Ji Shidi was simply shockingly large; this was something verified by countless practical cases.

It is said that in Ningcheng County that day, there were disciples of the Asking Dao Sect who wanted to kill him, so they decided to lure him to a deserted place by throwing silver all the way...

At the hour of the Rooster, the setting sun went down, but the sky was still clear, and there was no wind for ten thousand miles.

Those outer courtyard disciples of the same batch as Ji You all heard the news and gathered at the Immortal Ascending Bai Yu Platform.

Ji You walked among those malicious gazes, light and breezy.

Lu Qingqiu heard the news and came. At this moment, she stood in front of the steps of the Bai Yu Platform. Seeing him walk by, she couldn't help but speak: "Young Master Ji, there are eleven people on the opposite side. Even if you are strong, you will be exhausted. Doing this is not wise."

"I know, but they pay."

"You really love money. I really suspect that if one day your enemy wants to kill you, they only need to throw silver at you to lure you away."

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Ji You stared at Lu Qingqiu, thinking to himself, how did you know?

His eyes were always affectionate even when looking at a dog, so under this gaze, the Miss Lu of Yunzhou suddenly had her cheeks turn slightly pink.

Fang Ruoyao was not far from Lu Qingqiu at this moment, looking at the tenderness in Lu Qingqiu's eyes, her expression complicated.

She had also heard the rumors in the outer courtyard and knew that Ji You was fighting for favor with a senior brother in the inner courtyard, which led to such a scene today.

And whether it was the woman who came to look for Ji You before, or the matter of the eldest daughter of the Pill Sect, or Lu Qingqiu's blushing cheeks now, all would make her situation very awkward.

Because since she entered the academy, she had personally put on the title of "Ji You's fiancée," which she had once discarded like a worn-out shoe.

Even after so many things, many people didn't believe this title, but every time Ji You was entangled with other women, those strange looks would always fall on her.

And the biggest problem was that Ji You was becoming more and more dazzling, and the women entangled with him were coming from bigger and bigger backgrounds.

Lu Qingqiu's status as the eldest daughter of Yunzhou was already something she couldn't reach, and the daughter of the Pill Sect made her even more in awe.

Lose...

Fang Ruoyao bit her thin lips and muttered to herself.

She knew Ji You's combat power was amazing, but there were ten challengers behind, and he would definitely lose.

If he lost, Ji You's light would naturally be able to dim a bit, and he wouldn't be as dazzling as he was now.

I am your fiancée, aren't I?

Her father had written a letter this month saying that the matter of Ji You sensing the Little Little Tian Shu had already spread back to Yuyang, telling her to get along well with Ji You and strive to re-establish a Daoist partnership with him to branch out and spread leaves for him.

But Fang Ruoyao felt that he was too dazzling now, and she didn't dare to get close after struggling for a long time, so she could only hope his light would dim a bit...

"Thank you for the reminder, Miss Lu. I have my own sense of proportion. Also, your new clothes are nice."

Ji You left a sentence for Lu Qingqiu and walked onto the stage.

New clothes...?

Lu Qingqiu looked at the fine sand soft smoke silk on her body, thinking to herself, this was originally an old skirt, and she had worn it in the past. How could it be new clothes?

In the end, her cheeks suddenly turned redder, and she tightly covered her chest.

She only had one new item on her, which was the bellyband she changed at noon today...

The fabric of the thin gauze skirt would have holes. If one's spiritual sense was powerful, observing from top to bottom, one could observe everything in detail...

Lu Qingqiu suddenly remembered the several times she cultivated at the Enlightenment Field before, when Ji You always looked at her with bright eyes while resting.

Sun Bin had already taken the lead to board the Bai Yu Platform, watching Ji You walk up.

Although he was middle-aged, his realm was extremely stable, his long sword ringing, and spiritual energy whistling.

But what made him feel puzzled was that Ji You, who practiced both martial arts and Dao, was famous for his sword, but at this moment, he came empty-handed.

"No weapon? Or do you know you will lose, so you're breaking the pot?"

Ji You stood still on the stage, looked at him, and then spoke to the stage: "My sword was broken when I went to the ruins, and I haven't had time to recast it. Is there any fellow Daoist who can lend me one?"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Qingqiu had already handed out her sword, just like that night.

Following that, Lou Siyi, Sun Qiaozhi, Ban Yangshu, Wen Zhengxin, Pei Ruyi, and others also reached out their swords.

Besides that, some fellow cultivators also handed out their swords forward, some out of goodwill, and some hoping that the excitement would be even bigger.

Seeing this scene, Sun Bin suddenly became solemn.

He knew the rumors about Ji You using many swords to deal with enemies. In fact, many people in the outer courtyard now had learned this method.

However, he had already thought of a way before coming. At this moment, he took out a bottle of medicinal pills from his arms and poured them into his mouth.

Afterwards, the spiritual energy in his body whistled out, protecting his whole body.

Ordinary spiritual energy cannot be distinguished by the naked eye, but at this moment, the spiritual energy around Sun Bin gradually emulsified into a shape.

"The swords controlled by Ji You have a very strong interference ability, but in fact, their attack power is not fierce, and they can only achieve unexpected results when attacking by surprise. Sun Bin took medicinal pills and formed a protective spiritual light. I don't know if it will still work."

"There is such a saying?"

"Not bad. Look, Sun Bin is already prepared. This battle is afraid to be very difficult."

"Ji You is too famous now. People who know him will be on guard against his sword control. This is really his weakness."

Amidst the discussion, Ji You didn't directly control the swords, but slowly closed his eyes and began to absorb spiritual energy.

Cultivators have spiritual energy in their bodies, and usually rely on the self-breathing of spirit essence, basically in a state of overflow.

But for this time, the spiritual energy of self-breathing was not enough at this moment.

Beside the Immortal Ascending Bai Yu Platform were the Enlightenment Field and the Green Water Lake. Old Cao said there was mystery in the Green Water Lake, which could gather spiritual energy here for the students of the Enlightenment Field to practice.

After his spirit essence was broken, spiritual energy could scatter into his limbs and bones, and its capacity had always far exceeded that of ordinary people.

But he had never absorbed it with all his strength, every time it was just enough, because he could never figure out whether this was good or bad.

This was the first time he had liberated all the Qi apertures around his body, intending to fill his entire body with spiritual energy to see what would happen.

And at this moment, following his breathing, the spiritual energy surrounding this place began to flow slowly, gathering towards the Bai Yu Platform.

Hum—

Lu Qingqiu's sharp sword suddenly left its sheath and hung in the air.

Afterwards, it was Ban Yangshu's sword, Pei Ruyi's sword, Wen Zhengxin's sword...

One, two, three...

Gradually, the eyes of Ban Yangshu and the others changed from expectation to disbelief. In half a cup of tea, the flying swords overflowing with spiritual energy had already exceeded twenty.

"Ji Shidi Ji can't use at most seven swords?"

"Who said that?"

Ban Yangshu turned his head after hearing this and found that the visitor was Wang Jiaoxi of the Trial Sword Forest: "This... is what Brother Ji said himself."

Wang Jiaoxi raised the corners of his mouth: "That's because every sword is used with different moves. His limit is seven."

"Different moves..."

"Not bad, because too many moves will consume infinite spiritual sense, and a person's spiritual sense has a limit after all. Ji You exercises his spiritual sense every day and night, practicing his double pupils to turn golden, just to break through this limit."

Wen Zhengxin opened his mouth slightly after hearing this: "He succeeded?"

Wang Jiaoxi shook his head: "The limit of a person's spiritual sense comes from the flesh. If you don't get rid of the shell, you can't break through at all. Ji You encountered the limit and came to ask me how to be stronger on the day he returned to the mountain, but I have no way."

"Then why does Ji Shidi want to control so many swords?"

"Because he only needs to face one person now, so all swords can be the same move, which has nothing to do with spiritual sense, only with spiritual energy."

Ban Yangshu and the others then realized that in fact, Ji You had always been participating in team battles.

Whether it was the attack on the street or the siege in the ruins, Ji You needed to take care of the entire battlefield, and no one had ever seen him truly deal with a single opponent.

Wang Jiaoxi frowned slightly at this moment, looking solemnly at the increasing sharp swords.

In fact, since Ji You told him about one person controlling many swords, he had also studied this matter, but the conclusion was that it was not very feasible.

Spirit essence is the foundation of cultivation, but it also limits the speed and volume of breathing.

But Ji You's current volume of spiritual energy did not fit his realm at all.

He didn't know that Ji You's spirit essence had exploded and he was already trying to operate himself as a spirit essence.

He only felt that Ji You's breathing method and application method were very different, more like the Qi refining method of the ancient times.

Just at this moment, Wang Jiaoxi suddenly came back to his senses and immediately looked at Ban Yangshu and the others beside him, his voice becoming hoarse and dull.

"Pay attention, his sword is coming, and I have more work to do."

"But this, I really can't teach."

Wang Jiaoxi muttered a sentence, and the Immortal Ascending Bai Yu Platform suddenly heard the sword whistling all over the sky, resounding in all directions.

Ji You suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils shining like gold, and at the same time, the majestic spiritual energy soared into the sky, surrounding his body, setting off endless wind and waves, rolling the skirts and robes in the field to fly.

"Why is his spiritual energy so exaggerated?!"

As the words fell, fifty-three flying swords vibrated violently, driven by the vast spiritual energy, whistling away in the wave of a hand, piercing the wind and breaking the waves, directly stabbing at Sun Bin.

Straight sword, all swords are straight swords!

There were no tricks, only the fierce sword intent.

In fact, a single straight sword is easy to be interrupted, but a sky full of straight swords is another matter.

When the sword Qi crossed the sky, fifty-three sword lights gathered together, like a sun wheel, so that the sky full of cold light flashed on the Bai Yu Platform, and the sword dragon flew fiercely forward.

Lu Qingqiu and Fang Ruoyao had already opened their eyes wide, watching those swords as if reflecting the sky full of starlight.

And Ji You was already walking among the sky full of flying swords, golden light shining in his fierce eyes, and then reached out to pick a sword from the sword group, straight sword went.

Clang!

The sound of gold and iron colliding was incomparably crisp, but there was only one sound.

The sword in Sun Bin's hand had been shaken away. At this moment, he was pale and facing the sharp sword that stopped in the air.

He didn't make a move, because although the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan stipulated that the competition should stop at the point of contact, such a huge sword group would inevitably lead to accidental injury...

When those fifty-three swords hung in the sky just now, he thought the other party was just playing a trick, judging that the seven swords that really had attack power were actually hidden among them.

But until countless spirit swords whistled, he knew he was wrong.

At that moment, no one could feel the killing intent of each sword as clearly as himself.

That's right, the protective spiritual light he formed by taking medicine could indeed withstand the damage, and could definitely defend against seven flying swords, fighting Ji You for hundreds of rounds, making his sharpness dissipate.

But fifty-three... he knew he should be broken through.

And when the sword group flew and stabbed, Ji You was holding a long sword behind him, the spiritual energy in his hand was already whistling, obviously to wait for his stab after breaking through.

He couldn't understand why the other party's spiritual energy was so thick that he could do this...

"What? One move?"

"Senior Brother, he controlled fifty-three swords. I don't know if that counts as one move..."

"What about the rest?"

"Ji You said he couldn't always use other people's swords, so he asked if the remaining ten could defeat Sun Bin in one move. He said if they could, try it, and then come again. Sun Bin said he had a stomachache and left on the spot."

You Buyu was silent for a long time in the Purple Bamboo Zen Forest, anger rising in his eyes.

He set up this stage to embarrass him, not to let him sing a good show.

Fifty-three swords, what kind of Qi refining technique is this?

You Buyu recalled the previous rumors, saying that this brat showed an extraordinary amount of spiritual energy in the ruins, and could even suppress the Realm of Merging with the Dao.

But even so, fifty-three swords made no sense at all, unless he was desperately squeezing himself, regardless of the damage of spirit essence exhaustion.

The idea of treating himself as a spirit essence operation seems to be no problem... Ji You walked down from the Immortal Ascending Bai Yu Platform and found that the surroundings were silent.

The sky full of sword light just now was indeed as bright as the stars, making everyone unable to come back to their senses in a trance.

When they reacted, they saw him suddenly wave his sleeves, and fifty-three swords flew back into the air.

However, because it was difficult to distinguish the sword blade from the scabbard, a part of them was inserted wrongly.

Ji You was a bit apologetic, bowing to Lu Qingqiu and others like an upright gentleman: Sorry, inserted wrongly.

However, his apologies were all to female cultivators, because he couldn't say such things when facing men.

At this moment, in the crowd of onlookers, Chu He showed a gloomy look, then gritted his teeth and flicked his sleeves away.

"Did you hear? Chu He left the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan."

"Left? When?"

"Just after the competition between Sun Bin and Ji You, Chu He left with his family."

"Is he quitting the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan?"

"No, it is said that he just went home to visit relatives and will be back before the autumn competition. The improvement of the Realm of All Methods actually depends entirely on the thinking, understanding, compliance, and application of the Heavenly Dao. The Chu family has an extremely profound foundation in this regard. I guess he is going back to the clan to pass on the method."

"Go back to the clan to pass on the method and then come back to participate in the competition?"

"Hmm."

"It is said that these people challenging Ji You were suggested by You Buyu of the inner courtyard, wanting to break Ji You's Dao heart, but how... did it break Chu He's Dao heart instead?"

"That thing, whoever looks at it breaks..."

"But I heard a lot of discussions today. It is said that after those fifty-three swords, Ji You's spiritual energy was empty, and he could only use one move, and it caused great damage to the spirit essence."

"Why did he do this?"

"Maybe it was because he saw that there were ten people behind, so he hardened his heart and thought about doing it once and for all."

(Eight thousand words, asking for monthly tickets, family members help me rush the list... or2)

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