Chapter 99: Demon Race Enters the Capital

Although the Seven Great Sects have been each guarding their own camp for these years, there is no lack of movement between them.

Discussion gatherings such as the Heavenly Dao Assembly and the Wandering Immortal Assembly are held from time to time, and there are often cultivators visiting other sects during their leisure time.

When the Little Appraisal Master of Spirit Sword Mountain went down the mountain for the first time, she also went to question the Chen clan as the Abbot, and received the courtesy of the Chen clan lifting the mountain protection formation.

But asking the Dao is slightly different from these few kinds.

Asking the Dao does not convey friendliness, but is more like a provocation.

Since it is a provocation, there is no need to submit a post to notify the other party in advance. Just send disciples directly, and there is no need to be afraid of the other party closing the door, because not seeing is announcing to the world that they are afraid. No Immortal Sect can afford to lose this face, so they will definitely accept the battle.

"The Tianjian Peak personal disciple is named Zhuang You, in the Middle Realm of Merging with the Dao, and the Xuanjian Peak personal disciple is named Yan Shujing, in the Initial Realm of Merging with the Dao."

"These two can be considered equal to us. Before the fight, it's really impossible to determine who wins and who loses. However, since we are taking the initiative to ask the Dao, we can only win and not lose."

"If we lose, the holy sect name of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan will truly become a joke."

In the inner courtyard of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, in a white jade pavilion west of the Purple Bamboo Zen Forest, a man and a woman were sitting opposite each other.

On the west side is He Lingxiu, a personal disciple of the Free and Unfettered Hall, who is conveying all the words of the Master to You Buyu, a personal disciple of the Auspicious Hall sitting opposite.

You Buyu pinched a spirit date from the plate and put it into his mouth, speaking expressionlessly: "The initial realm is not worth my action. I choose that Zhuang You."

"Senior Brother You is truly confident."

"I just want to kill someone, so I want to find someone to take my sword."

You Buyu's mood had been extremely depressed these past few days, and his killing intent was also extremely heavy.

The disciples of the Auspicious Hall turned a blind eye to this, but everyone knew what his killing intent was caused by.

He Lingxiu smiled lightly and didn't shirk: "Then I'll take it as picking up a bargain and choose that Yan Shujing in the initial realm."

You Buyu nodded, then opened his mouth again: "From the capital to Lingzhou, we will pass through Yongzhou. You follow me to the Pill Sect to meet Miss Yuan."

He Lingxiu was surprised: "I thought you were just following the orders of your elders. I didn't expect Senior Brother You to really like that eldest daughter of the Pill Sect."

You Buyu smiled lightly: "Yuan Caiwei has an excellent appearance and is a fifth-grade alchemist. It can be considered a perfect match with me, and with the support of the elders, why wouldn't I like her?"

"Senior Brother You is truly intentional, but..."

Before He Lingxiu could finish, You Buyu raised his hand to stop her next words.

"Gratitude for saving a life sometimes blinds the eyes. It's also my fault for being too low-key. I didn't deliberately cultivate dominance on weekdays in the academy, which made people look down on me. When I go to the Pill Mountain as a personal disciple of the Hall Master, Miss Yuan will understand my status."

"That's not false. We sit in the green mountains to realize the Dao and have never fought. The people of the Pill Sect don't quite understand how scarce people like us are."

He Lingxiu raised her eyebrows proudly and placed the teacup lightly on the stone table.

At their age, being able to cultivate to the Realm of Merging with the Dao is already one in ten thousand. Only fellow travelers know the glory represented by this cultivation base.

The Pill Sect does not cultivate the immortal Dao but the Dao of alchemy. Perhaps they cannot feel this glory for a while.

Thinking of this, He Lingxiu suddenly remembered that there was a woman with a more noble status on Spirit Sword Mountain.

"I don't know if I can see that Little Appraisal Master in the rumors this time when I go to Spirit Sword Mountain."

You Buyu raised his eyes, thought for a while, and shook his head lightly.

The Little Appraisal Master of Spirit Sword Mountain is a personal disciple of the sect and a personal disciple of the sect who holds the holy artifact of the Heavenly Dao. To the outside world, she is already an Abbot-level figure.

They are going to ask the Dao this time. If that Little Appraisal Master comes in person, it would be giving the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan too much face.

But if Spirit Sword Mountain really gave so much face, there wouldn't be a matter of them going to ask the Dao.

Afterwards, in less than half a day, the matter of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan sending personal disciples of the Hall Master to Spirit Sword Mountain to ask the Dao was spread to the capital city outside Nishan.

The sect walkers stationed in the capital soon learned of this matter and immediately sent a message to their respective sects.

This was not because they were well-informed, but because the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan did it on purpose.

Because provocation must be grand in momentum.

Spirit Sword Mountain soon learned of this through Bai Xi, the walker in the capital, and the list was copied into two copies, one sent to the Abbot's Palace of Tianjian Peak, and one sent to the Cloud Top Heavenly Palace of Xuanjian Peak.

"Coming to ask the Dao?"

"Hehe, what a big courage."

"The Seven Great Immortal Sects haven't fought for a hundred years. Does the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan really think it is number one in the world?"

In the Cloud Top Heavenly Palace, Yan Shuyi was sitting obliquely on the phoenix couch covered with red silk, her two slender white legs crossed. The snow-white skin under her anger was almost bursting out, and there was a cold intent in her tone.

The two maids guarding outside the palace looked at each other, thinking to themselves that the Appraisal Master was truly angry this time.

However, not too long after, they heard a cheerful humming sound coming from inside the red gauze tent, which made their eyes rise with a trace of confusion.

At this moment, Ji You was packing his luggage, sneezed several times, and then packed all the necessary items into the storage gourd.

He had said before that he wanted to go to Spirit Sword Mountain to learn swords, but Yan Shuyi said he would be thrown out with broken legs before going up the mountain, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so suddenly. His heart to watch swords was already eager to move.

However, Instructor Cao had worries about him following to Spirit Sword Mountain.

He felt that Ji You was different from Pei Ruyi. Pei Ruyi was the one injured by Spirit Sword Mountain disciples, and she followed the two inner courtyard personal disciples to Spirit Sword Mountain for justice.

But Ji You injured a Spirit Sword Mountain disciple and almost killed a disciple in the Realm of Merging with the Dao across levels.

His going to Spirit Sword Mountain, no matter what the purpose, would be seen by outsiders as showing off.

Cao Jingsong was afraid that he would follow to ask the Dao so carelessly, which would cause the targeting and hatred of Spirit Sword Mountain disciples.

However, Ji You was obviously very confident, and even raised the corners of his mouth lightly, not knowing what it was for...

After things were packed, Ji You went down the mountain. In the late spring, the temperature in the capital had gradually begun to rise, and the whole city was tender green.

Kuangcheng heard that he was going to Spirit Sword Mountain, his eyes stunned: "You just came back? Why are you going out again?"

"Can't stay on the mountain, going out for a walk is also good. The situation between the Immortal Sects is very complicated now, and I need to improve my strength as soon as possible."

"So that's it..."

Ji You looked at him with a teacup, his eyebrows wrinkled: "Why are you absent-minded?"

Kuangcheng pondered for a long time and looked at him: "Brother Ji, I am going to be promoted, but I don't know what vacancy I will fill."

"It's not even a year, and you are going to be promoted?"

"Although I am an idle position now, I am a top graduate after all. A large group of the pro-immortal faction beside Minister Wei has fallen, and there are vacancies in the court, so naturally someone needs to fill them."

Ji You put down the teacup: "But how can I not see joy on your face, but instead full of worries?"

Kuangcheng was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Brother Ji, do you know that Wei Rui... she is actually the granddaughter of Wei Li."

The scholar who had been reading poetry and books since childhood only had the pursuit of fame, but suddenly met the woman he liked, only to realize that the pass of talented men and beautiful women was also very difficult to pass.

Kuangcheng knew from the beginning that Wei Rui must be a young lady of a noble family in the capital, but he didn't stop his heart from moving.

First love is always unexpected and difficult to restrain.

But just yesterday, on his way home from the Immortal Supervision Bureau, he saw Wei Rui riding in the same carriage as the Princess of the Chong Prince's Mansion, and then asked someone to inquire, and learned this answer that was very difficult to accept.

"Ordinary people can figure out some connections just by looking at her surname. Tsk, you are truly blinded by beauty."

Kuangcheng was stunned for a moment: "Brother Ji, did you know it long ago?"

Ji You nodded: "I also guessed that she was related to Wei Li, but I didn't think about how to tell you, it's good that you found out yourself."

"Didn't expect that a bad bamboo could also produce a good shoot..."

"Are scholars all so sharp when scolding people? Is your mouth poisoned?"

Kuangcheng clenched his fingers: "Wei Rui is kind-hearted and a good girl, but it's a pity that she was born in the Wei family. I am a person of the Immortal Supervision Bureau, and what I investigate is these pro-immortal factions, so it's not good to contact her anymore."

Ji You smacked his lips, not very good at commenting on Kuangcheng's decision. After all, feelings are a matter for two people, and outsiders cannot interfere.

Just at this moment, a burst of noise came from the city, and then countless people looked up at the sky.

The thoughts of the two were interrupted, and they couldn't help but look out of the door. Just

Both of their thoughts were interrupted, and they couldn't help but look out the door; at this very moment, those who had been trading along the street had already fled in a panic.

Just as the two were feeling puzzled, a massive black shadow suddenly headed toward Shengjing.

As a cultivator, Ji You had keen senses; gazing into the distance, he saw more than a dozen harnessed exotic beasts stepping through the air toward them.

These exotic beasts were covered in scales, had two horns on their heads, and were similar in form to tigers, but they had a pair of large wings behind them that blotted out the sky and sun.

Ji You steadied his mind and saw several figures sitting atop the exotic beasts; they also had horns on their heads, and some even had fine scales growing on their necks, which shone brilliantly in the sunlight.

"It's the Demon race."

When the exotic beasts stepped through the air above Longevity Street, Xiang Kuangcheng looked up at the sky and muttered, "So this is what the Demon race looks like."

Ji You turned to look at him: "How are you so sure this is the Demon race?"

"The day before yesterday, the Immortal Supervision Bureau received a message saying that the Demon race wanted to establish trade with the Human race and would send a delegation to Shengjing to negotiate with the Great Xia. I only just remembered; these people are clearly not human, yet they dare to enter the capital so openly, so they are naturally the Demon race without a doubt."

Establishing trade was the Demon race's public stance, but according to Yan Shuyi, they knew that the Human race's orthodoxy had problems and were beginning to stir against the Nine Provinces.

The Great Xia Dynasty had been weakened to the extreme under the suppression of the Seven Great Immortal Sects; the Demon race had come to Shengjing after entering the Nine Provinces, which seemed to be a probe.

"It really is an eventful autumn."

After hearing this, Xiang Kuangcheng withdrew his gaze: "Does Brother Ji know that the Northern Suppressing Divine General returned to the Northern Plains yesterday?"

Ji You was startled upon hearing this: "Is there going to be a war in the Northern Plains again?"

"I'm also puzzled. It's clear that the Barbarian race only suffered a defeat half a year ago and retreated back to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains. By all logic, they should be recuperating for a few years. I didn't expect them to make a comeback so soon; it's truly baffling."

As Xiang Kuangcheng spoke, he looked out the window again and suddenly widened his eyes: "Brother Ji..."

Under the clear, sunny sky, the airborne exotic beast suddenly plummeted, and at this moment, a young child was standing beneath its feet, staring blankly upward at the scene.

The next second, air waves rolled over the tavern, and Ji You had already vanished from his spot, appearing on the long street.

All objects in the world appear larger when close and smaller when far; as the exotic beast landed, it could truly be called a behemoth.

(End of chapter)